‘Wicked’ and the controversial practice of splitting a film into two: ‘It’s like releasing the same thing twice’
Releasing two movies for the price of one is the industry’s big strategy for milking franchises, even if some might feel cheated
Superheroes are no longer saving the box office
After the genre’s disappointments this year, it seems Marvel no longer has an infallible formula to fill theaters — what will take its place?
Wesley Snipes: From disgraced action hero to breaking Guinness World Records
The actor’s cameo in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ as the vampire hunter Blade is causing a media stir, nearly three decades after the same role gained him a reputation as being a difficult person to work with
Actor Jonathan Majors avoids jail time, sentenced to counseling for assaulting ex-girlfriend
The star of ‘Creed III’ still faces his former girlfriend’s civil suit, which she filed last month in Manhattan federal court accusing him of assault, battery, defamation and inflicting emotional distress
Actor Jonathan Majors found guilty of assaulting his former girlfriend in car in New York
The verdict dealt a major blow to Majors, who was on the verge of Hollywood stardom until his arrest in March sent his career into a tailspin
‘The Marvels,’ the last link in the long chain of Marvel’s commercial nonsense
The most recent installment from the Hollywood studio – which doesn’t stop churning out movies for the multiplex and series for Disney+ – attests to artistic fatigue and the desertion of fans
‘The Marvels’: The newest Marvel team explained
Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani team up in the newest Marvel movie. Here, we delve into their characters from the comics and the MCU
Fall Movie Preview: Hollywood readies for a season with stars on the sidelines
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Hollywood is at a standstill. Actors and screenwriters are months into a dual strike. Film sets are dark. But the movies are still coming – or, at least, most of them
‘Transformers’ edge out ‘Spider-Verse’ to claim first place at box office
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Three Walt Disney Co. releases rounded out the top five with “The Little Mermaid” in third place, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3″ in fourth and “The Boogeyman” in fifth place.
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ swings to massive $120.5 million opening
The latest installment more than tripled the debut of the 2018 animated original and showing the kind of movie-to-movie box-office growth that would be the envy of even the mightiest of Hollywood franchises
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates at SAG Awards
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The clearest result of the SAG Awards was the overwhelming success of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s madcap multiverse tale
Angela Bassett, ‘Wakanda Forever’ top NAACP Image Awards
Viola Davis won outstanding actress for the action epic “The Woman King,” a project she championed and starred in
After her Super Bowl reappearance, Rihanna will sing at the Oscars next month
‘Lift Me Up’, with music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson and lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler, is nominated for original song
Ant-Man opens big at box office with $104 million for ‘Quantumania’
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The Walt Disney Co.’s movie added another $121.3 million overseas to give the pint-sized hero a $225 million global launch
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ tops Oscar nominations with 11
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The surprise hit of 2022, starring Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, leads the nominations at the 95th Academy Awards with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Avatar’ rolling up for the big-budget studios
The war of the superheroes: Will DC disputes give Marvel an edge?
James Gunn has been tasked with rebuilding the Superman and Batman movie house, but has faced a backlash over his decision not to include certain characters in his plans
Actor Jeremy Renner, Marvel’s Hawkeye, in critical condition after snow plow accident
The Hollywood star was airlifted to hospital, where he is being treated for serious injuries
The best new music of November: Rihanna, Bruce Springsteen and Niño de Elche
EL PAÍS takes a look at the pick of the songs that were released last month
Mabel Cadena: ‘I was told that people of color would never be superheroes’
The Mexican actress stars in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s latest film, which opens on November 11
How Lou Ferrigno became the Hulk: Green paint, contact lenses and two buckets of cement
‘She-Hulk,’ the Disney+ update of the Marvel legend, has been criticized for its poor visual effects. Among its detractors: is the former Mr. America who needed only basic makeup to triumph in the series over 40 years ago