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It’s Not Fantastic: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie Won’t Include Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ Song In news that is sure to make you look back mournfully at your childhood, I regret to inform you that it’s official: the iconic song “Barbie Girl” by Aqua willnotfeature in the upcoming film"Barbie.“Cue the tears. I’m not kidding. “The song will not be used in the movie,” Ulrich Møller-Jørgensen, who manages Aqua lead singer Lene Nystrøm, recentlyconfirmed to Varietyin regards to the 2023 Greta Gerwig release....

Theme Park Bits: Secret Life Of Pets Ride Opening Date, A Possible Expansion At Disney World, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: At Universal Studios Hollywood, they’re preparing for a brand-new attraction that’s really gone straight to the dogs. The Secret Life of Pets: Off the Leash! will be opening on Friday, March 27 to guests, offering a very detailed ride experience. As notedhere, there are going to be 64 animatronic characters in the attraction, and it’ll have a virtual queue just like Rise of the Resistance at Disneyland and Walt Disney World....

‘Blair Witch’ Producer Explains Why Sequels And Remakes Aren’t Going Anywhere This past summer was pretty disappointing in the sequel and remake department, even if the box office numbersweren’t as underwhelming as they may have seemed. This summer’s blockbusters just felt mostly underwhelming, but thankfully there are plenty of smaller independent films that are worth seeking out. However, just because this summer churned out some regrettable sequels and remakes, don’t expect Hollywood to slow down on churning them out....

‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Trailer Asks You To Prepare For War John Wick is back, and he’s ready to killeveryone. InJohn Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum,Keanu Reevesreturns for the third entry in the wildly popular action franchise, once again playing a legendary hitman who just can’t seem to catch a break. John is on the run this time, having broken the rules of the Continental, the fancy-pants hotel all assassins like to chill at....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Honest Trailer: It’s Clear ‘Deadpool’ Is All Fox Has Left Even though it feels like ages ago,X-Men: Apocalypseactually hit theaters this past summer. It was just so forgettable that it’s hard to believe this was a movie we just saw a few months ago, That’s coming from someone whohad an immense amount of fun watching itwhile still recognizing the overwhelming number of flaws in the sequel. However, there were plenty ofX-Menfans who just couldn’t get past how lame of a villain Apocalypse was, how boring the story turned out to be, and why none of theX-Menhad aged a day despite being a decade later thanX-Men: Days of Future Past....

DJ Caruso To Direct Video Game Adaptation Dead Space Games publisher EA and Temple Hill Entertainment (which has a hand in theGears of Warfilm adaptation) have been working to set up a film version of the horror / sci-fi gameDead Space. NowVarietyhas announced the director:DisturbiaandEagle Eye’sDJ Caruso. The game had strong film overtones; you couldn’t play through without detecting obvious strains ofAlien,Solarisand quite a few other influences. What direction will a film based on a game that is heavily indebted to film take?...

Drew Goddard To Write And Direct New ‘Spider-Man’ Sony and Marvel have found their man to take on the new feature film version of the Web Slinger.Drew Goddardhas reportedly been chosen to write and direct the newSpider-Manfilm, set for release in 2017. Goddard, best known for co-writing and directingThe Cabin in the Woods, was previously attached to theDaredevilTV show before leaving that to focus onSinister Six, a Spider-Man spin-off project that is now dead....

Thomas Haden Church Starring In New FearNet Web/On-Demand Series, Zombie Roadkill Before his career-changing turn inSideways, most people knewThomas Haden Churchas a television actor onWings, andNed and Stacy. He’s not returning to television quite yet, but he is working on something in a series format. Haden Church is starring in a new FearNet web/on-demandseries,Zombie Roadkill. He’ll play “a park ranger who partners with a teen (David Dorfman) to escape a portion of highway where roadkill is resurrected as flesh-eating zombie animals....

True Story Trailer: Kevin Hart And Wesley Snipes Get In Trouble With The Law Kevin Hart is taking a step back from comedy for his first dramatic TV role… as a comedian. Going just a bit outside his comfort zone, Hart stars in the upcoming Netflix limited series “True Story” as a funny-man with a dark past. He’ll take to the stage to get a stadium roaring with laughter, but the series trailer shows that the humor stops there — once offstage, things get more serious than this comic can handle....

Two Trailers And Posters: ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene,’ Fox Searchlight’s Sundance Sensation If the titleMartha Marcy May Marleneis too hard to remember, call it “The Four M’s.” That’s what virtually everyone who was in Park City, UT for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival did and the phrase was on everyone’s lips. Many felt “The Four M’s” was one of, if not the,best films at the entire festival. Directed bySean Durkin, it centers on a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) who leaves her home and joins a strange cult....

‘Detective Pikachu’ Footage Reaction: How Are We So Excited For This Movie? [CinemaCon 2019] Pokémonis a worldwide video game phenomenon, so there was always going to be excitement when a live-action film adaptation came to theaters. But we’re a little flabberghasted that the first attempt at bringing the Nintendo video game franchise to life in this fashion is in the form ofDetective Pikachu. Even more shocking is the fact that thetrailers we’ve seen so farhave been absolutely fantastic, making even the biggest naysayers curious about how this movie will turn out....

Cool Stuff: Bottleneck Gallery’s New Batman Posters Honor ‘Batman Returns’, ‘The Dark Knight’ & More Bottleneck Gallery is going batty today with the release of several newBatmanprints inspired by the Dark Knight’s various appearances in film and television over the years.Mark Chilcotthas delivered a batch of incredible cityscapes featuring the Caped Crusader keeping watch over Gotham City and cruising the streets in a couple trademark vehicles from Tim Burton’sBatmanand Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knight....

Moon Knight Almost Included A Reference To Kang The Conqueror “Moon Knight” has completed its run, though there is no way (I have no confirmation for this other than my story sense) that this is the last we’ll see of Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lockley. There are spoilers ahead for the show, so be warned. There wereEaster eggsin the Disney+ series, but one of themcouldhave been about Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors in the “Loki” series....