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An incredibly talented Minecraft player recently created a space ship-sized Oreo with almost 50,000 blocks. Originally released in 2011, Minecraft has stayed relevant with constant updates and free additional content added at a semi-consistent rate. Over the years, Minecraft has evolved from a pure survival game, with players gathering materials to build homes and weapons

EXCLUSIVE: Calmatic, who most recently wrapped production directing the House Party reboot for New Line, has been tapped to direct a reboot of White Men Can’t Jump for 20th Century. Kenya Barris and Doug Hall co-wrote the script with Barris also producing. Blake Griffin, Ryan Kalil and Noah Weinstein are executive producing through their Mortal Media banner. The

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+/Marvel’s Hawkeye was the most shared TV series title among pirate networks for the week of Nov. 22-28 according to MUSO, while Amazon Prime’s The Wheel of Time ranked second. Such are the calamities for an entertainment industry obsessed with streaming: If there’s a pristine copy of a movie or series available on the web,

In 1985, Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa faced off against Russian powerhouse Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, a story that was recently explored through a new lens thanks to the director’s cut. Then in 2018, Dolph Lundgren reprised Drago for Creed II, which saw the character’s son, Viktor Drago, exchanging fisticuffs with Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis

The British Board Of Film Classification (BBFC), which certifies film and TV content for the UK, has unveiled the results of a survey it commissioned into racism and discrimination on screen and how such scenes should impact classification. Key findings include that the majority of people do not think that older films and TV shows

There’s a new Peter Pan movie that’s about to take to the skies next year — and wouldn’t you know it … their lead Wendy is getting paid handsomely, especially for her age! Actress Ever Anderson, who’s just 14 years old, stands to make at least six figures for her work on Disney’s “Peter Pan

EXCLUSIVE: It has been nearly two full years since Guillermo del Toro started shooting Nightmare Alley. But now, finally, four years to the day since The Shape of Water’s US release, the cast and crew are preparing to gather in New York City for the movie’s global premiere at Alice Tully Hall Wednesday night. A

Warning! SPOILERS for 8-Bit Christmas HBO’s first Christmas movie of the season 8-Bit Christmas features a battle royale between Tammy and Timmy with the Nintendo Power Glove, raising the question of why filmmakers chose to showcase a fake game. Neil Patrick Harris’ latest movie is a fun-filled family romp set in the late ’80s during the Nintendo craze. The

Remember when New York and Los Angeles use to post big figures for the opening of a specialty film at the box office? Well, those days look to be coming back. United Artist Releasing’s MGM Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1970s teen comedy Licorice Pizza posted a huge $83,8K opening screen average from four theaters, which the

France has become the latest European nation to re-introduce restrictions in response to a new wave of Covid-19. Positive cases, hospitalisations, and deaths are all on the rise in the country, with numbers reaching levels last seen in April. Health minister Olivier Véran announced yesterday that masks will again be mandatory in all indoor settings,

Most people are stuck inside on Thanksgiving cooking and cleaning all day, maybe even getting the fire department sent to their house after attempting a deep fried turkey. (Hopefully, that wasn’t the case.) There are some, though, that apparently like to go on a celebrity house tour, and this year was one they probably won’t

Hope springs eternal among those bent on getting to the bottom of the Roman Polanski sex case. On Monday morning, two writer/journalists, Sam Wasson and William Rempel, are now hoping that Judge Sergio Tapia II of the Los Angeles County Superior Court will look kindly on their request to unseal some critical evidence in the

Play video content TMZ.com Faizon Love says a potential “Elf” sequel doesn’t need the star power of Will Ferrell … he says America is ready for a Santa’s helper redo — a Black elf. The actor, who played the store manager in the original “Elf,” tells TMZ … he’s surprised Will turned down a $29

Mortal Shell was released last year as the inaugural game from developer Cold Symmetry, and some players are wondering how similar the game is to Dark Souls. The popularity of the Dark Souls franchise has spawned a sub-genre of games called “Soulslikes,” with many developers attempting to pay homage to FromSoftware’s games by replicating the

Liverpool City Council have set out the next steps on the long road to delivering a new film and TV studio in the city. A report, which will go to the Council’s Cabinet next Friday (December 3), is requesting permission to unlock a potential £70M to redevelop the iconic Littlewoods building, which would include studios, creative office

In a benchmark that was to be expected, Warner Bros./Legendary’s feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune has clocked past $100 million at the domestic box office. This brings the global running total to north of $370M; the ultimate exclamation point here for the Denis Villeneuve directed movie being $400M WW. Dune made $400K on Thanksgiving yesterday sending its domestic

Casting director and producer Don Phillips, who helped launch the careers of such actors as Sean Penn, Matthew McConaughey and Mary Steenburgen, passed away on Thanksgiving Day from natural causes. He would have turned 81 on Dec. 21. Phillips received his first break when he landed an entry-level job in the casting department of filmmaker

I’m sure just getting the chance to try out for a big franchise flick with a built-in audience like Top Gun: Maverick is a big deal, regardless of what level of fame you’ve achieved in Hollywood. While Miles Teller is more of a known name than Glen Powell — though Powell has had notable gigs

Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim, famous for his song writing and music compositions, has died. Stephen died Friday at his home in Roxbury, CT … according to a New York Times report citing his lawyer, F. Richard Pappas. The cause of death is currently unclear … but it sounds sudden, because Stephen’s lawyer says he had

A woman makes a dramatic life change in Tereza37, the official International Feature Film Oscar entry from Croatia. Screenwriter Lana Barić plays married Tereza (37), who has been going the traditional route to try for a baby for years without success. She considers other options when her gynecologist jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner. Taking

The upcoming movie Black Adam could be the first major step for the DCEU setting up the Legion of Doom. The Legion of Doom is a supervillain team in the DC Comics universe, and a wide variety of villains from Joker to Black Manta have at some point been part of the collective. Black Adam holds a special place

EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired U.S. rights to Kyle Thomas’ drama Range Roads, along with North American rights to Dylan Reid’s semi-autobiographical film, By the Grace of…The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios will release the former title written and directed by Thomas across internet, cable and satellite platforms on

Disney’s animated movie Encanto received a $1.5 million start Tuesday off showtimes starting at 6 p.m., as the pic opens today in 3,980 theaters. The movie, which features a soundtrack from Emmy-, Grammy- and Tony-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, is expected to make $35M-$40M over the next five days. So far, Encanto is 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes off 67

Of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s five children, two have followed in his acting footsteps: Patrick Schwarzenegger and Joseph Baena. Regarding the latter, you might recall that five years back, Baena recreated one of his father’s most memorable scenes from 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Now, on the set of his new movie, Baena is once again totally

UPDATED with WHO news: The U.K. added six African countries to its travel quarantine list on Thursday after a new, potentially more-transmissible variant of Covid-19 was identified there. The BBC said the countries are South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini. Twenty-two positive cases of the variant, which is being called B.1.1.529, have been

Play video content @therock / Instagram Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is spreading some holiday cheer — and jokes — this Thanksgiving, surprising an unsuspecting group of fans with a funny warning. The WWE superstar turned Hollywood megastar posted a video Thursday of himself driving up on a Hollywood tour bus. You can see, the passengers

In the wake of Rust producers being hit with two lawsuits stemming from the fatal shooting of that film’s DP Halyna Hutchins, Variety reports this morning that producer Ryan Donnell Smith is co-financing a Dustin Hoffman–Sissy Spacek movie entitled Sam & Kate.  Deadline has reached out to the Rust producer’s reps for comment. We will update the story should

Those who have been playing Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will likely have had occasions where their Pokémon have demanded to be petted by the player, something that develops from the remakes’ friendship mechanics. BDSP welcomed players back to the Sinnoh region 15 years after the original Diamond and Pearl were released, but this time, players were met with

EXCLUSIVE: By this weekend, Warner Bros/Legendary’s Dune will cross $100M, making it the second movie from the studio this year to clear the century mark stateside off their controversial day-and-date theatrical HBO Max pandemic strategy. But with the Denis Villeneuve-directed adaptation of the Frank Herbert exclusively available in theaters now in its second month of release, sans

Wardpark Film and Television Studios, one of the largest production facilities in Scotland, has been acquired by U.S. companies Hackman Capital Partners and partner Square Mile Capital Management. Located in Cumbernauld, Scotland, the site is roughly 20 minutes from both Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is a 14-acre campus offering 200,000 square feet of studio space,