New Disney Movie Has Lowest CinemaScore in Three Decades

Infinity Pool is earning its fair share of praise from critics, earning a positive review score on RottenTomatoes and commonly seeing compliments fly around on social media. However, the commentary surrounding the film is often including its graphic nature. Brandon Cronenberg's latest horror thrill ride produced an NC-17 cut which was screened for press before an R-rated version of the film is set to be released in theaters. As it turns out, Cronenberg did not change very much of the film to earn an MPAA rating which makes it more suitable for distribution in theaters.

You can bet James Cameron is smiling slyly at all those "Who still cares about Avatar?" types out there, because their months (years?) of taking shots at Cameron's film franchise are certainly looking more misguided by the minute. The Avatar sequel Avatar: The Way of Water will officially pass Avengers: Infinity War at the worldwide box office before the weekend, having earned over $2.046 billion total (and counting) at the time of writing this.

Jason Momoa has been hinting a big news for the DC Universe for the past few months, and he recently teased something pretty major. There are rumors that Momoa could leave his Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom role behind and play a new character in James Gunn and Peter Safran's DC Studios slate, but the actor has denied that pretty heavily. Gunn and Safran will unveil their new DC Studios slate later this month, and no one except the higher ups at Warner Bros. Discovery seems to know exactly what will happen. Momoa is rumored to be cast as Loboin the new DC Universe and one artist has created a cool new design that shows how he could look as the character.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners was one of the most beloved new anime adaptations to arrive in 2022, with Netflix joining with Studio TRIGGER and CD Projekt Red to take viewers on a brand new tour of the technologically advanced locale known as Night City. With the series introducing fans to the tragic lovers known as David and Lucy, it should come as no surprise to see that there are plenty of cosplayers that are continuing to further explore the universe first introduced via the video game, Cyberpunk 2077.

Chainsaw Man season one is over, but thanks to the fans, we can still meet up with our favorite hunters whenever we want. The hit series has millions of fans worldwide, and plenty of them have perfected their cosplays of our heroes. And now, one of the fandom's best cosplayers is going viral thanks to their take on Makima.

My Hero Academia has said goodbye to many of the heroes and villains in the series thanks to the events of the Paranormal Liberation Front War arc in the first half of the anime's sixth season, and one awesome cosplay has brought back Midnight to the spotlight to help celebrate her time in the series! There were a few notable heroes that lost their lives during the course of the war, but the biggest undoubtedly was Midnight as she used her final moments to give Momo Yaoyorozu and the other hero students one last task before she was taken down by the heroes.

Marvel Studios just finished up their Phase 4 slate of projects with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and they're looking to start 2023 off with a bang. But, before they do that, we can't help but note the great films they released last year like Wakanda Forever, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and even Thor: Love and Thunder. Thor: Love and Thunder was a first for Marvel and a first for superhero movies as it marked the first time a comic book character had gotten four movies. The film does a lot of interesting things with the God of Thunder, but the most interesting thing was bringing Omnipotence City to life as well as all of the Gods. In the film, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) goes to Omnipotence City to ask his fellow Gods for help, but they end up laughing him off and he ends up killing Zeus (Russell Crowe). Love and Thunder's post-credits tag features Zeus dying and his son Hercules (Brett Goldstein) promising to find and kill Thor. Goldstein has been pretty quiet about his brief appearance and has followed all of the studio's strict guidelines, and now he's revealing what happened during his first day on set. While appearing on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Goldstein jokingly says that Marvel security microchipped him and threatened him not to say anything.

The upcoming Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is set to bring the bizarre and outlandish character M.O.D.O.K. into live-action, and if he isn't conceptually a strange enough figure, writer of the upcoming movie Jeff Loveness joked that his on-screen antics are so "extra" that he could see himself getting fired from future Marvel Cinematic Universe projects. Marvel Studios likely not only supported but also encouraged Loveness to embrace that absurdity, as they knew the figure had enough potential that he had previously earned his own series on Hulu, in which he was voiced by Patton Oswalt. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania lands in theaters on February 17th.

Richard Gere starred in a number of acclaimed films and projects over the course of his career, roles that have earned him numerous awards nominations and wins as well. But of all the films in the actor's repertoire, there is one that he feels deserves more praise than it received. Speaking with ComicBook.com about his new romantic comedy, Maybe I Do, Gere said that there a few of his films that he feels deserved to break through more than they did, but that The Hoax was "a really good film" that just didn't quite break through.

David Zaslav will be putting his bulldog approach to the bottom line to good use for Turner Classic Movies’ future, according to TCM host Ben Mankiewicz. One of the long-standing faces of the channel, Mankiewicz addressed how the Discovery buyout of TCM parent company Warner Bros. will change the brand with new CEO Zaslav at the helm. “We’ve had a lot of changes in the last five years, one after another. New bosses,” Mankiewicz told Entertainment Weekly. “When [Zaslav] says that they value what we do and that we’re going to be continuing what we do in the foreseeable future, I believe...

Kaguya-Sama: Love is War ended its manga series in November of last year, following a successful third season of its anime adaptation that introduced many new fans to the characters of Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya. While there have been plenty of romantic comedies in the anime realm, Kaguya-Sama takes the unique position of making hidden attraction into a war of wills. Now, following the franchise's first feature-length film's release in Japan, Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War – The First Kiss That Never Ends has chosen the perfect release date for its North America debut.

The Star Trek: The Next Generation cast will reunite for Star Trek: Picard's third and final season, but it's possible that not all of their characters will survive the experience. While the TNG cast has teased on multiple occasions that there may be more Star Trek adventures in their future, showrunner Terry Matalas can't guarantee the safety of the former Enterprise-D senior crew. Matalas confirmed this in a new interview with SFX Magazine, where he discusses the future of the Star Trek: The Next Generation crew post-Star Trek: Picard's finale. In the interview, he does note that should a character fall in the season, Star Trek's sci-fi setting means you never know when they might come back.

Marvel writer Dan Slott is revealng some of the unused Spider-Man variants he pitched for the most recent Spider-Man multiverse event, "End of the Spider-Verse". In a Twitter post, Slott shared some of the names of alternate versions of Spider-Man he wanted to put in the storyline, including one photo image of the New York Mets mascot, Mr. Met, who was apparently the inspiration for a Spider-Verse character that Slott has the biggest regrets about not using:

Japan really does get all the cool stuff when it comes to celebrating some of its biggest anime franchises. Not only does the Naruto franchise have its own theme park in the East, which allows attendees to accomplish a number of Konoha-themed tasks and take pictures in front of a life-life recreation of "Hokage Rock", but the Shonen franchise that sprang from the mind of creator Masashi Kishimoto is also set to create a unique virtual reality experience that is set to transport players to the Hidden Leaf Village this spring.

Velma might be swimming in negative reviews, but the popularity of the series is surging anyway. HBO Max debuted the Scooby-Doo reimagining helmed by Mindy Kaling recently. And, the show has remained in the top 10 programs streamed on the service from the word go. The Wrap reports that demand for Velma has increased 127% this week. So, it's actually more in-demand than The Last of Us. Maybe some of that negative attention drew people in to see what the fuss was about? Or perhaps, getting that shiny front-page spot on the app with a recognizable franchise like Scooby-Doo did the trick. Kaling talked about the opportunity to represent a whole different segment of fans with this interpretation back at New York Comic Con with UPI.

A Tomb Raider TV series is in the works at Amazon with one of the writers of No Time to Die leading the charge. Tomb Raider is one of the biggest video game franchises out there and the pulpy action-adventure stories with a charming female protagonist have always lent well to being more than just a game. To date, the series has seen three movies, one of which being a reboot that was intended to kickstart a new film series. Unfortunately, the sequel to the 2018 Tomb Raider movie got held up by things like COVID, constant behind-the-scenes changes, and then rights issues, leading to it being scrapped earlier this year. Many were disappointed as the 2018 film is regarded as one of the better video game adaptations, but it was unfortunately not to be.

Verve has promoted Liz Parker to partner, the agency announced. Parker runs Verve’s intellectual property team and co-runs its motion picture literary team. She joined the agency in 2018, moving from New York to Los Angeles to build the its publishing division. Parker previously worked as a literary agent at InkWell, and as the publishing director for Counterpoint and Soft Skull Press.  During her tenure, Parker has built up the IP division while opening up new avenues for material such as TikTok and Reddit, as well as expanded the publishing team to also encompass media rights and podcast/audio rights. Last year,...

CBS is bringing back one of its crowd-pleasers for season five. They announced that Bob Hearts Abishola got renewed for more laughs on Mondays. According to the network, Bob Hearts Abishola is actually averaging 5.99 million viewers. In that Monday 8:30pm slot, those numbers are crushing it. If you add the Multiplatform streaming numbers into the mix, the CBS comedy jumps to 6.9 million. All those viewers vault Bob Hearts Abishola in the second-ranking comedy among African-American viewers. Chuck Lorre Productions has scored another hit with the partnership between Warner Bros. Television and the Paramount network. Check out the enthusiasm behind a recent renewal.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever took fans behind the scenes to show off Ruth E. Carter's Oscar-nominated costume design work. In a clip posted to YouTube, the beloved creative walks viewers through some pieces to describe the small details you might not see on the big screen. In the first Black Panther, Carter was tasked with creating the look and feel of an entire fictional nation. Making somewhere like Wakanda feel real is daunting task. Following that up with Talokan and how it differs from both the average surface world and the Black Panther's home country is even more daunting. Add in the fact that Mesoamerican influences run throughout Namor's home and it's impressive without even leaving your couch. Check out the clip for yourself down below!

McFarlane Toys / DC Direct Page Punchers action figure lineup offers an action figure and a full-size comic book in clamshell blister packaging. The collection includes 3-inch scale figures priced at $9.99 each and 7-inch sale figures with a $24.99 price point. Today, new Aquaman releases join the 7-inch lineup. A breakdown for each figure in all of the Page Punchers waves can be found below. Note that domestic US shipping is free on orders $39+ using the code FREESHIP39 at Entertainment Earth during the month of January 2023. Several of the previously released figures are also on sale via the Amazon links.