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“Avatar: The Way of Water” made waves at the box office, but lingering concerns over the coronavirus tempered ticket sales in China, where the makers of the science-fiction epic were hoping to score a major hit.Directed by James Cameron and distributed by Walt Disney Co. DIS -0.45% ’s 20th Century Studios, the film earned $435 million in theaters around the world in its debut, the second-highest global opening-weekend gross of 2022,…

Photo: Cheryl Eddy/GizmodoMembers of a very specific, very passionate fandom niche descended upon a historic movie theater in Orinda, California in May this year for the first-ever Krofft Kon—a day honoring the works of 1970s TV legends Sid and Marty Krofft. Both brothers (who are 93 and 85) were on hand, as were performers notable for their work in the duo’s colorfully weird, puppet-filled, fantastically psychedelic children’s shows, including H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, Lidsville, and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.…

Avatar: The Way of Water — now playing in cinemas worldwide — has a gargantuan task on its hands. (And I'm not even talking about the sequel's need to earn over a billion dollars at the box office to turn a profit.) James Cameron, the returning director, co-writer, co-editor, and co-producer on the second Avatar movie, must prove to audiences that his world of Pandora is worth revisiting thirteen years on. The original Avatar was both a showcase of 3D cinema and otherworldly visuals. One of them is on its last legs, while…

Image: DC ComicsLee Cronin teases Evil Dead Rise’s connections to the wider franchise. Bryce Dallas Howard will lead Disney+’s Witch Mountain reboot. Plus, filming wraps on Dune 2, and check out two more sneak peeks at Sonic Prime. Spoilers away!The DCUIn response to a fan on Twitter, James Gunn confirmed Superman “is a huge priority” in his vision of the DCU going forward, “if not the biggest priority.” Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse/Spider-Verse 3In a recent interview with TotalFilm (via GameRadar), Across the…

Image: The CWFor some unknown, godforsaken reason, I decided to rewatch Supernatural this year. Yes. All of it. I had only ever seen random episodes and maybe I watched seasons 1-5 during a depressive episode in college, but I dropped off around 2014, and by god, that show went until 2020 and I was going to watch it. So I did. Every single episode. It took six months of near-constant viewing but I am a goddamn trooper and I found ways to make it fun. From pointing out the outdated gay jokes to lamenting the point when the…

The Game Awards has just announced that it'll be partnering with IMAX to offer live screenings of the show in 40 cities across the US and Canada. As an incentive for those who may be on the fence about buying a cinema ticket to watch an awards show, the IMAX screenings will include an exclusive "extended gameplay preview" of the upcoming Dead Space remake.The IMAX partnership was announced by Game Awards mastermind Geoff Keighley, who promised that IMAX audiences would also get "other digital game…

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ticket bookings are now live in select cities across India — in English and Hindi. Though I'm not seeing all languages everywhere just yet. Also, I'm not seeing any cinemas offering Tamil and Telugu dubs as yet. Early on Friday, Disney Star announced that advance sales for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie were “now open” — though it took until Friday afternoon for ticket sales to actually begin. Even then, with caveats, as I've noted. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever tickets are…

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ticket bookings will go live in India today. Early on Friday, Disney Star announced that advance sales for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie were “now open” — though at the time of writing, Gadgets 360 has discovered that Wakanda Forever tickets aren't available anywhere as yet. Not in any of the major cities (be it Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, or Hyderabad), not in any of the formats (2D, 3D, IMAX, or 4DX), and not in any of the four languages (English, Hindi, Tamil, and…

Image: Courtesy of Universal StudiosNope—the latest wholly original, thought-provoking spine-tingler from Oscar-winning writer-director Jordan Peele—comes to Blu-ray next week, meaning the film, which was shot on IMAX cameras, will now squeeze onto TVs for home viewing. Though it’s not the ideal way to view his sci-fi chiller, Peele has made peace with that fact.“When I’m making a movie, I am thinking about the fact that it is a theatrical thing,” Peele told io9 over video chat. “I’m trying to make an experience that the…

Image: GKids/KharaEvangelion 3.0+1.0's purported sendoff of Hideaki Anno’s iconic mecha anime is finally coming to U.S. theaters later this year—but now GKids has announced it’s getting even more screenings, letting you experience emotional distress in the largest cinema format possible.GKids has announced that in addition to the previously revealed December theatrical screenings for the fourth and final film in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie saga Thrice Upon a Time, there will be a single extra day of IMAX screenings on…