A new ‘Spider-Man’ trailer, Minions at Wendy’s, and I have questions about the Enchirito
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It T-Rex’d the box office? It Pteranodon’d the weekend crown?
The duo behind ’The Lego Movie’ brings Andy Weir’s latest book to life. PLUS: The first ‘Running Man’ trailer, Amazon wants a baby ‘Bond,’ and Disney plans an ‘Indy’ reboot?
The heavily promoted movie lapped its opponents to give director Joseph Kosinski and Apple a big win.
Three things to know. Two trailers to watch. One article to read. Here’s what you need to know for this month.
The ‘Dune’ director will helm Amazon MGM Studios’ franchise reboot. PLUS: Sorkin to write and direct ‘Social Network’ sequel, ‘Fantastic Four’ gets final trailer, and Channing Tatum is ‘Roofman.’
Universal’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ redo holds on to the No. 1 spot while ’28 Years Later’ scares up franchise’s best debut.
The series returns for Season 17 next month. PLUS: Cruise and Parton get honorary Oscars, Gunn talks ‘Superman,’ and the summer of Seth Meyers continues.
A live-action remake dethrones a live-action remake to claim the No. 1 spot.
As if his late-night show, YouTube segment and two podcasts weren’t enough, the host is suddenly everywhere. PLUS: It’s splitsville for Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney turns its lawyers on an AI image generator, and a Wonder Woman movie is in the works.
The ‘John Wick’ spinoff didn’t have the moves to dethrone Disney’s latest live-action cash grab.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande take us back to Oz. PLUS: Trailers for ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ and more, first look at Josh Brolin in ‘Whalefall,’ and Marc Maron ends ‘WTF.’
The legacy sequel earned a respectable $21 million — but that wasn’t enough to overpower the tag team of Disney’s latest remake and Tom Cruise.
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