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Popculturology • Friday Newsletter
Animation should be the future of ‘Star Wars’ movies
While the live-action movies struggle, Lucasfilm animation has never been better. PLUS: New trailers for ‘Focker-in-Law’ and ‘Hunger Games,’ Pixar’s leadership collapse, and ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ heads to NYC.
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Two horror films dominated the weekend as Jon Favreau’s film became the first ‘Star Wars’ movie to not stay at No. 1 its second weekend.
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The film’s final trailer pulls back the curtain on the alien mystery. PLUS: ‘Toy Story 5’ trailer takes on tech, the pope quotes Gandalf, and the new ‘X-Men ’97’ trailer has to ‘get the X-Men back ... to the nineties.’
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ fails to beat ‘Solo’ 3-day opening weekend
The first ‘Star Wars’ film since 2019 is on track for the worst debut of the Disney era.
A new nope: ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ flops as a ‘Star Wars’ movie
There’s no reason for this movie to exist. PLUS: Colbert and ’The Late Show’ sign off, The Daniels replace Gosling with Damon, and a new trailer for ‘Lanterns.’