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• ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse’ Colored Outside the Lines February 16, 2019
  The well-worn superhero genre and one of its best-known icons are unlikely vehicles for creating a visually fresh animated feature. But Sony Pictures Animation’s work on the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” shows throwing out the rule book and letting everyone play in the creative sandbox can pay off big. “I think we […]
  Shalini Dore
• Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Gets November 2020 Release Date February 16, 2019
  Warner Bros. has scheduled Legendary’s science-fiction tentpole “Dune” for a Nov. 20, 2020, release in 3D and Imax. “Aquaman” star Jason Momoa is in negotiations to join the “Dune” reboot with Timothee Chalamet, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, and Zendaya. Production is expected to launch in the spring […]
  Dave McNary
• Hearst Magazines Buys Clevver’s Pop-Culture YouTube Channels After Defy’s Demise February 16, 2019
  Hearst Magazines has snapped up Clevver, a network of female-skewing lifestyle and pop-culture news YouTube channels that had been owned by now-defunct Defy Media. Clevver was left homeless after Defy’s sudden shutdown in November; its principals said at the time they were looking for a new home. Hearst Magazines sees a digital fit with Clevver’s […]
  Todd Spangler
• Tiffany Haddish Reveals Plans for Album That May Be Called ‘The She Ready Experience’ February 16, 2019
  Tiffany Haddish has music on her mind. In a recent interview with Glamour, Haddish revealed that she’s working on an album. The “Girls Trip” actress was up for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for her audiobook “The Last Black Unicorn.” She also sings on that project at the very end. “This is before I […]
  Margeaux Sippell
• Bond 25 Moved Back Two Months to April 2020 February 15, 2019
  James Bond will arrive two months later than planned as MGM moved back the release date on the untitled Bond 25 movie from Feb. 14 to April 8, 2020 — a Wednesday before the start of Easter weekend. It’s the second delay for Bond 25. MGM and Eon originally announced in 2017 that the film […]
  Dave McNary

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