In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Raimi opened up about his return to the Marvel universe while reminiscing about his scrapped plans for “Spider-Man 4” with Tobey Maguire. The director also kept the door open for reteaming with Maguire for a new “Spider-Man” movie if it could fit into the MCU’s plans. “If there was a great story there, I think it’d be … my love for the characters hasn’t diminished one iota,” Raimi said....
“After ‘Iron Man’ to going into ‘Avengers,’ there’s been an evolution of her look,” Johansson said. “I think part of that is just gaining the trust of the executives at Marvel and kind of sitting in the character and just being able to make decisions for her. That really happened fairly early on. I mean, in ‘Iron Man 2,’ I worked with the amazing incredible costume designer Mary Zophres, who created an absolutely beautiful femme fatale look for the character....
Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan star as the two inspectors hired to solve a string of murders, with the killer targeting members of a popular West End play, in “See How They Run,” out this September from Searchlight. A desperate Hollywood producer sets out to turn a popular play into a film. The only problem? The play’s star actors are killed off one by one. The official logline reads: “In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered....
Our pessimistic August projection was $550 million; all in, this month will gross about $470 million. Our estimate for September 2022 is less than $300 million; September 2021 was $367 million. Blame the lack of product: There will be four titles from major studios, one from A24, a handful from smaller companies; none are expected to do major business. Two of those studio titles — “Bros” from Universal and Paramount’s “Smile” — open September 30, so any impact will have to wait for October....
Fear not, faithful readers: No spoilers will be listed here, even if those of you familiar with the source material — Lauren Beukes’ 2013 novel “The Shining Girls” — already know what’s up. (If unfamiliar, avoid the Wikipedia page. There’s no coming back from the first sentence.) Showrunner Silka Luisa’s adaptation is far from straightforward; our point of entry is flipped, among other maneuvers, but even reorganizing a book described as “extremely complex” isn’t enough to derail the assurance of these early episodes....
“Saturday Night Live” cast member Chloe Fineman also delivered one of her typically skillful impressions as Britney Spears, who was in the news recently since the premiere of a New York Times Presents documentary, titled “Framing Britney Spears,” on Hulu. In the “Saturday Night Live” sketch below, Fineman as Spears hosts a talk show called “Oops, You Did It Again,” where she interviews the likes of Cruz (played by Aidy Bryant), Cuomo (played by Pete Davidson), and Carano (played by Cecily Strong)....
HBO announced on Monday that Lee will direct and produce the “NYC EPICENTERS 9/11→2021½” documentary series. Per HBO, the series is an “epic chronicle of life, loss, and survival in the city of New York over the 20 years since the September 11 attacks. The multi-part documentary event will offer an unprecedented, sweeping portrait of New Yorkers as they rebuild and rebound, from a devastating terrorist attack through the ongoing global pandemic....
