“Aquaman” A Massive Hit In China

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James Wan’s superhero pic opened two weeks ahead of its US release and it seems to have paid off as the film posted record numbers in Chinese boxoffice.

With its $93.6 million weekend gross, Aquaman beats Warner Brothers’ own Ready Player One by 66 percent, making it the largest opening in the studio’s history. This number also bested DC titles such as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, which opened in China with $55.7 million and $50.5 million respectively.

“Aquaman” swims next into United Kingdom, Mexico, Russia, and Brazil next weekend.

Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Nicole Kidman co-star in film. Directed by James Wan (The Conjuring, Furious 7), the film’s screenplay was written by David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall.

“Aquaman” is set to dive into US theaters December 21st, 2018.

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“Avengers: Endgame” First Trailer Released

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Marvel has released the first official trailer for Avengers 4. And with it comes the reveal of the title, teaser poster and release date. See details below.

“We lost friends, we lost family. We lost part of ourselves. This is the fight of our lives,” Captain America says in the trailer of Avengers: Endgame, released on Friday.

The film follows this year’s Avengers:Infinity War’s cliffhanger ending, wherein Thanos, played by Josh Brolin, manage to collect the Infinity Stones and activated the completed Infinity Gauntlet, thereby disintegrating half of life across the universe by Thanos’ snap, referred to in Marvel Comics as the Decimation.

Among the Avengers characters that are presumed killed as Scott Lang/Ant-Man who was absent in the Infinity War movie. But now the character is revealed towards the end of the new trailer and may possibly hold the key to universe’s survival (in “Ant-Man and the Wasp” post-credits scene, Ant-Man was in the quantum realm while the world disintegrate).

“Avengers: Infinity War” broke plenty of boxoffice records and has become the highest grossing film of the year with over $2 billion boxoffice gross worldwide.

Originally scheduled for release on first weekend of May, Avengers: Endgame is now set for release on April 26, 2019.

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Grammy Awards 2019: Complete Nominations List

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Nominations for the 2019 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning, with Kendrick Lamar leading the pack with eight nods, followed by Drake with seven nominations.

Both artists scored noms in album of the year, record of the year and song of the year categories. Cardie B bagged five nods including album for the year for her acclaimed debut studio album “Invasion of Privacy”.

The 2019 Grammy Awards is set to take place on Sunday, February 10th, 2019 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The show is returning to LA after a one year stint in New York City last year.

“We are delighted to host the world’s premier music event back in our hometown and look forward to celebrating the remarkable musical contributions made by songwriters, producers, engineers, mixers and recording artists,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of the Recording Academy.

The show is set to broadcast on CBS at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT.

Album of the Year:
Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny and J Balvin – Invasion of Privacy
Brandi Carlile – By the Way I Forgive You
Drake – Scorpion
Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer
H.E.R. – H.E.R.
Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys
Kendrick Lamar and Various Artists – Black Panther

Record of the Year:
Cardi B – “I Like It”
Brandi Carlile – “The Joke”
Childish Gambino – “This is America”
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “All the Stars”
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
Post Malone and 21 Savage – “Rockstar”
Zedd and Maren Morris – “The Middle”

Song of the Year:
Kendrick Lamar and SZA – “All the Stars”
Ella Mai – “Boo’d Up”
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Shawn Mendes – “In My Blood”
Brandi Carlile – “The Joke”
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – “Shallow”
Childish Gambino – “This is America”
Zedd and Maren Morris – “The Middle”

Best New Artists:
Chloe x Halle
Luke Combs
Greta Van Fleet
H.E.R.
Dua Lipa
Margo Price
Bebe Rexha
Jorja Smith

Best Solo Pop Performance:
Beck – “Colors”
Camila Cabello – “Havana”
Ariana Grande – “God Is A Woman”
Lady Gaga – “Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’?)”
Post Malone – “Better Now”

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Titans Set Non US Release Date On Netflix

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DC’s Titans is set to make its international premiere on Netflix UK on Friday, January 11.

The series is currently airing in the United States on DC Universe streaming service, with eight of its twelve episodes aired so far.

Based on various incarnations of the characters from DC Comics, the tv series follows the young group of superheroes known as Titans, with Brenton Thwaites playing Robin, the leader of the band of heroes which also includes Starfire (Anna Diop), Raven (Teagan Croft), Garfield “Gar” Logan / Beast Boy (Ryan Potter), Hank Hall / Hawk (Alan Ritchson), Dawn Granger / Dove (Minka Kelly), and Amy Rohrbach (Lindsey Gort).

Here’s the official synopsis of “Titans”:
TITANS follows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find belonging in a gritty take on the classic Teen Titans franchise. Dick Grayson and Rachel Roth, a special young girl possessed by a strange darkness, get embroiled in a conspiracy that could bring Hell on Earth. Joining them along the way are the hot-headed Starfire and loveable Beast Boy. Together they become a surrogate family and team of heroes.

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New “Shazam!” Posters Released

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With the release of Aquaman on the horizon, Warner Bros wastes no time in reminding us of their other upcoming superhero film “Shazam!”.

The first poster, right, shows the fun and playful nature of the character, showing Shazam chilling with a cellphone and bubblegum. In case you are wondering, the poster is appropriate given that Shazam is in fact a teenage boy named Billy Batson.

Over at CCXP18 in Brazil, DC is hosting a special presentation for the film where star Zachary Levi is said to be in attendance. With it comes an exclusive Shazam! poster and it looks fantastic. Shown in a comic book style of illustration, the poster reminds fans of the fun tone of the movie. See poster below posted on DC Films United’s twitter account.

It is rumored that a brand new trailer could possibly surface at CCXP18. We will keep an eye on it.

Levi is of course playing the film’s titular superhero. Directed by David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation) from a screenplay by Henry Gayden, the film co-stars Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer and Djimon Hounsou.

“Shazam” is set to storm into US theaters on April 19th, 2019. See the film’s first trailer below.

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Golden Globe 2019 Nominations Announced

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76th annual Golden Globe Awards nominees were announced on Thursday morning live from Beverly Hilton Hotel, with biographical comedy-drama “Vice” leading the list six nominations.

Also doing well are historical period comedy-drama “The Favorite” from Fox Searchlight Pictures, comedy-drama set in the 1960s deep south “Green Book” from Universal Pictures, and musical romantic drama film “A Star Is Born” from Warner Bros. Pictures, each of which scoring 5 nominations.

The Golden Globe Awards recognizes excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign and are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh will hosting the 76th Golden Globe Awards. The event is set to be held on Jan. 6, 2019 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Best Motion Picture – Drama
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“A Star Is Born”

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Glenn Close (“The Wife”)
Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”)
Nicole Kidman (“Destroyer”)
Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
Rosamund Pike (“A Private War”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”)
Willem Dafoe (“At Eternity’s Gate”)
Lucas Hedges (“Boy Erased”)
Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”)
John David Washington (“BlacKkKlansman”)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
“Crazy Rich Asians”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Vice”

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt (“Mary Poppins Returns”)
Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”)
Elsie Fisher (“Eighth Grade”)
Charlize Theron (“Tully”)
Constance Wu (“Crazy Rich Asians”)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Christian Bale (“Vice”)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Mary Poppins Returns”)
Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”)
Robert Redford (“The Old Man & the Gun”)
John C. Reilly (“Stan & Ollie”)
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Netflix Keep “Friends” For Another Year With $100M Deal

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Keeping Friends can cost you a lot, in fact it cost $100m in the case of Netflix.

Netflix is reportedly keeping the iconic TV show for another year to the tune of “around $100 million”, various sources are reporting including New York Times.

This deal is a huge leap from the $30m annually it cost Netflix to stream the show exclusively which was signed in 2014.

The streaming service made the announcement shortly after fans took to social media after discovering that show might be leaving Netflix in 2019.

“No, it’s not leaving in January,” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer told NBC News on Monday.

The deal is a somewhat a confirmation that the show is a big draw to Netflix, which reportedly has 57 million subscribers in the US and 130 million around the globe.

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AFI Awards Reveal Top 10 Films And TV Programs

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The American Film Institute has announced its honorees of AFI Awards 2018 this morning, revealing 10 films and 10 television shows as honorees of the 2018 AFI Awards.

AFI Awards celebrate the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image — with 10 films and 10 television programs “deemed culturally and artistically significant” selected by AFI trustees, scholars, artists and critics.

AFI also recognizes Alfonso Cuaron’s latest film “Roma” with an AFI Special Award, given that it falls outside of AFI’s criteria as a foreign-language film.

AFI AWARDS selections are made through a jury process where AFI Trustees, scholars, artists and critics determine the year’s most outstanding achievements and provide contextual rationales for each selection.

The AFI Awards 2018 is set to be presented at an annual private luncheon in Los Angeles on Jan. 4, 2019.

See the full list below:

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
BLACKKKLANSMAN
BLACK PANTHER
EIGHTH GRADE
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
THE FAVOURITE
FIRST REFORMED
GREEN BOOK
MARY POPPINS RETURNS
A QUIET PLACE
A STAR IS BORN

AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
THE AMERICANS
THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
BARRY
BETTER CALL SAUL
THE KOMINSKY METHOD
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
POSE
SUCCESSION
THIS IS US

AFI SPECIAL AWARD
ROMA

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“Incredibles 2,” “Spider-Verse” Lead Annie Awards After Eclectic Year In Animation

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While powerhouses Disney and Pixar dominated in animation, 2018 has been another great year with the diverse list of offerings.

From Japanese animated fantasy “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” to live/action animated hybrid “Peter Rabbit”, 2018 has been a strong banner year for animation with plenty of choices for fans to choose from, not just from the big players, but also from smaller and independent animators around the world as well.

On Monday, the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, released the nominations for 46th Annual Annie Awards, with two animated sequels Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Ralph Breaks the Internet” topping the list, while Studio Chizu’s “Mirai” and Hungarian National Film Fund’s “Ruben Brandt, Collector” also had a good showing.

Also receiving plenty of love from ASIFA-Hollywood are Sony Pictures Animation’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Aardman Animation’s “Early Man” and Wes Anderson’s “Isle of Dogs.”

The Annie Awards best feature has been a strong harbinger for the Oscars: the winner has gone on to win the corresponding Oscar animated feature category a total of 12 times since the academy created the category in 2002, the most recent of such scenario is last year Disney-Pixar’s Coco, which won the best animated feature at both the Oscars and Annie Awards.

Recognizing the best of the year in animation in film and television, the Annie Awards were originally conceived in 1972 and has since evolved in scope. For films to be considered, films must be released in the United States between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018.

The 46th Annual Annie Awards is set to take place on Saturday, February 2, 2019, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.

Here is the full list of 2019 Annie Awards nominees:

Best Animated Feature
“Early Man”
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle Of Dogs”
“Ralph Breaks The Internet”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

Best Animated Independent Feature
“Ce Magnifique Gâteau!”
“MFKZ”
“Mirai”
“Ruben Brandt, Collector”
“Tito and the Birds”

Best Animated Special Production
“Back to the Moon”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“The Emperor’s Newest Clothes”
“The Highway Rat”

Best Animated Short Subject
“Grandpa Walrus”
“Lost & Found”
“SOLAR WALK”
“Untravel”
“Weekends”

Best Virtual Reality Production
“Age of Sail”
“Battlescar”
“Crow: The Legend”
“Mind Palace”
“Moss”

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“Captain Marvel” Trailer 2 Released

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This is the second trailer that Marvel Studios has released for the movie.

This new look at the film fleshes out the character and the film’s storyline, and features more of its hero Carol Danvers in action.

“Captain Marvel” follows Larson’s Carol Danvers, a US Air Force Pilot who gains superhuman powers after a bizarre accident infused her with alien DNA.

In the comics, the character is the original Captain Marvel from an alien race of Kree who later adopted the identity of the recently deceased human scientist Walter Lawson. While posing as Lawson, he meets and become a mentor to Larson’s U.S. Air Force character Carol Danvers. Her DNA is melded with that of an alien after an explosion of a Kree device. It remains to be seen how much of the character origins from comics will carry over into the film.

Also in the film are new characters such as Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), Minn-Erva (Gemma Chan) Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch), and Mar-Vell (Jude Law), these in addition to known returning MCU characters such as Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), and Korath from Guardians of the Galaxy (Djimon Hounsou) and Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace).

Captain Marvel is currently slated for a March 8, 2019 release.

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