July 24, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Credit: Scott Garfield. © 2019 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Another day, another announcement that Hollywood studios are shelving their big pictures until 2021. 

With U.S. theaters still shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic and cases increasing in many states, Variety reports Paramount has grounded Top Gun: Maverick. The Tom Cruise movie, which had already been bumped from its June 26th release date to December 23, will now fly into theaters on July 2, 2021.

The studio also announced that A Quiet Place II, which had been bumped from March 20 to September 4, will now be released on April 23, 2021.

Similarly, two Spider-Man projects have swung into new release dates; the Marvel Studios co-produced follow-up to Spider-Man: Far from Home will move from July 16, 2021 to November of that year.  The move no doubt is partly to make room for Marvel Studios’ anticipated openings: the studio’s Black Widow was bumped from its May 1 slot, causing a chain reaction of conflicts with the release dates for its other superhero flicks.

Also, the sequel to Sony’s Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has also been delayed by sixth months: it’s now slated for an October 7, 2022 opening.

By Stephen Iervolino
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July 24, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

© 2020 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation(LOS ANGELES) — Following several delays, it seems even the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t keeping The New Mutants, the final X-Men universe film from 20th Century Fox, from sticking to its August 28 release date.

The film’s cast appeared at Thursday’s The New Mutants’ panel at ComicCon@Home, the digital version of the annual San Diego festival, to talk about the film, and even presented a glimpse of the opening sequence and a new trailer.

The psychological thriller — starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams and Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton — was shot in 2017, before Disney’s acquisition of the studio, and has had a rocky road to launch.

The movie, about a spooky facility where young mutants are pushed to their psychological and physical limits, was originally supposed to hit theaters April 13, 2018.  Its release was bumped to Feb. 22, 2019, and later moved to August 2, 2019.

The opening scene begins at 24:10 for those looking to find it in the recorded panel.

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July 24, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Amazon Prime(LOS ANGELES) — The Boys are back on Amazon Prime. Even before its second season premiere, the streamer has renewed the superhero vigilante drama for a third season, according to Variety. 

Season two will also present an after-show, titled Prime Rewind: Inside The Boys, hosted and executive produced by Aisha Tyler. The after-show will start on August 28 with a recap of the series so far. 

Based on the comic from Garth Ennis and produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the series centers on a group of egotistical — and in some cases sociopathic — superheroes, and a group of mortals led by Karl Urban’s Billy Butcher who are intent on taking them down.

The Boys launches September 4, three episodes, with an additional five episodes premiering weekly through October 9. 

By George Costantino and Stephen Iervolino
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July 24, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

Karwai Tang/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — A representative for Mel Gibson confirms to ABC Audio that the Oscar winner spent a week in the hospital battling COVID-19. 

The actor and Hacksaw Ridge director was diagnosed with the disease in April, and was subsequently treated successfully in a U.S. hospital with the drug Remdesivir.

Gibson’s spokesperson says he’s now negative for the coronavirus, and like those who have recovered from the respiratory virus, has COVID-19 antibodies.

By Stephen Iervolino
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July 24, 2020 • No Comments • Entertainment News

ABC/Todd Wawrychuk(LOS ANGELES) — The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the Montecito home of Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi was burglarized on July 4, ABC News has learned.

The crooks are said to have made off with “high value jewelry and watches.”

Sheriff’s detectives and forensics technicians are conducting a thorough investigation of the burglary but so far no arrests have been made.

Additionally, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is in contact with other law enforcement agencies to determine if the incident was related to other recent celebrity home burglaries.

It’s unclear if either Portia or Ellen were home at the time of the break-in.

By George Costantino 
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