After 13 years, the blockbuster sequel Avatar: The Way of Water has finally been unleashed into the world, earning $441.6 million worldwide in its opening weekend. It is the first of four planned sequels from filmmaker James Cameron and came at a cost of $350 million, making it the most …
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I’m so high. I overheard this as I walked through the concessions area at the AMC cinema in Universal CityWalk Hollywood, surprised that I wasn’t the person who said it. Which could only mean that I was also high, and the handful of psilocybin mushrooms I’d scarfed down in the …
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You’d seen that square jaw before, whether as fast-talking tabloid journalist Freddy Lounds in Manhunter, Col. Nathan Jessup of Broadway’s A Few Good Men, cowardly Ike in the Western Tombstone, or one of the FBI agents who gunned down Dillinger in Public Enemies. But it wasn’t until decades into Stephen …
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The first sequel to James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi epic Avatar was supposed to hit theaters in 2014. Then it got pushed to 2015, then 2016, and 2017. Eventually, it was slated for release in December 2021 — but COVID-19 pushed it another year. At long last, the film debuts this …
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Avatar: The Way of Water is a long time coming. The newest chapter in James Cameron’s spears-versus-guns, aliens-versus-predators epic has been planned all along, and its own sequel, Avatar 3, is already set for a 2024 release (the movies were filmed simultaneously). Avatar 4, partially shot, has been slated for …
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Zoe Saldana remembered her trailblazing Star Trek predecessor Nichelle Nichols, who died on Saturday at age 89, in a recent Instagram post. The actress made history as one of the first Black women in a feature role on a major television series when she portrayed Nyota Uhura in the original …
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