First reactions to Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ arrive online

Remaking one of the all-time great musicals is nothing if not a risky gambit given the original’s monolithic stature in the genre, but Steven Spielberg has more than earned the right to do whatever he wants, and what he wanted to do was update West Side Story.

Update might be the wrong word when the latest version is still set in the 1950s, but the legendary filmmaker will be utilizing plenty of modern techniques to put his own stamp on an undisputed classic. Very few talents would even contemplate the idea of mounting a brand new adaptation of a movie that won eleven Academy Awards from twelve nominations 60 years ago, but this is Spielberg we’re talking about.

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A spectacular Yuletide flop is rebounding on Disney Plus

On paper, a $120 million fantasy blockbuster produced by Disney that had staked out a prime November release date seems like a slam dunk, especially when you factor in a stacked ensemble that included Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. Grant and more.

Throw in a trio of established talents tackling the project, which saw three-time Academy Award nominee Lasse Hallström share a directorial credit with Captain America: The First Avenger and Jumanji‘s Joe Johnston after the latter helmed 32 days of reshoots with pages that were rewritten by Oscar-winning Spotlight scribe Tom McCarthy, and there was surely no other option for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms other than success.

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ producer not bothered by all the leaks

As soon as Spider-Man: No Way Home was given an official title and a multiversal premise, the floodgates to the rumor mill were well and truly opened, and we’ve now reached a point where barely a day goes by without purported plot information, surprise cameos or spoilers being widely shared online.

That’s par for the course when we’re talking about one of the year’s most hotly-anticipated titles, and as is always the case, there’s going to be an element of truth buried somewhere among the raft of unfounded speculation. However, longtime Sony producer Amy Pascal doesn’t seem too bothered.

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Cyberpunk ‘Zorro’ reboot lands a writer and director

It’s been sixteen years since we last saw Zorro in live-action, when Martin Campbell reunited with Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones to deliver a subpar sequel to the gloriously entertaining 1998 swashbuckler.

That hasn’t been for a lack of trying, though, with countless reinventions of the iconic character having been touted in the interim. Gael García Bernal was once attached to headline Jonás Cuarón’s near-future Z, while Robert Rodriguez and Sofa Vergara are developing an episodic series for NBC.

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MAW vs UDK Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for Bengal Inter District T20 2021 match, December 01, 12:45 PM IST

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HOR vs GBM Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for Bengal Inter District T20 2021 match, December 01, 08:45 AM IST

Check here HOR vs GBM Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the Bengal Inter District T20 2021 match between Hooghly Rivers and Gour Badsha Malda. Also, check the schedule of the Hooghly Rivers vs Gour Badsha Malda match.

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IND B U19 vs BD U19 Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain, and Probable Playing XIs for Under-19 Tri-Series 2021 match, December 01, 09:00 am IST

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IPL Retention: Aakash Chopra Wants This Player to be Named Punjab Kings Skipper if KL Rahul Departs

According to various reports KL Rahul would not remain with Punjab Kings and the Mohali-based franchise are likely to release all their players.

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India Tour of South Africa is On As of Now, Says BCCI Treasurer Arun Dhumal

The India A team has stayed back in the South Africa to complete the series. South Africa's foreign ministry has also assured that a "full bio-secure environment"

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A Gerard Butler bomb swims to the surface on streaming

Much like fellow genre stalwarts Liam Neeson, Denzel Washington and Jason Statham, any action thriller that comes bearing Gerard Butler’s name attached is destined to find a new lease of life on streaming, regardless of what the critics think.

Essentially the four top dogs of mid budget running and gunning, the quartet have seen a laundry list of their respective back catalogues trouble the Top 10 on all of the major platforms, with one of the weakest efforts from Butler’s filmography the latest to resurface on Netflix, as per FlixPatrol.

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‘Malignant’ fans are suggesting hilarious titles for a sequel

The success of A Quiet Place Part II, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It and Halloween Kills showed that R-rated horror could thrive at the box office even in the midst of a pandemic, but the caveat is that all three of those titles were sequels to hugely popular originals, or the latest installment in an enduring franchise.

James Wan’s Malignant wasn’t quite so fortunate, despite being the first completely original project from one of the genre’s most popular filmmakers in a decade. The absolutely insane supernatural romp failed to recoup the $40 million budget from theaters, but it’s instantly found a whole new lease of life as a cult favorite based on nothing more than the fact it’s completely and utterly deranged.

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‘Spider-Man’ fans hoping a ‘Venom’ crossover movie is on the way

Sony may have backtracked slightly after Amy Pascal exuberantly outlined that more Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland were on the way, downgrading the official announcement to a ‘we’re definitely planning on it but nothing is official yet’ kind of deal, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating already.

Presumably, the second Spidey trilogy will take the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Peter Parker off to college, but there’s every chance we’ll be seeing him show up in a standalone Sony project or two. After all, the studio wouldn’t have rebranded its entire franchise as Sony’s Spider-Man Universe and broke the internet with Venom: Let There Be Carnage‘s post-credits scene if there wasn’t at least a semi-solid plan in place.

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A festive classic romances its way up the Netflix charts

A quick glance at the Netflix most-watched list makes it perfectly and abundantly clear that the countdown to Christmas is on, with countless festive favorites experiencing their annual resurgence in popularity.

Of course, not all of the feature-length Yuletide cheer needs to lean heavily into tinsel, mistletoe, Santa Claus, tinsel, reindeer and all the rest of the festive trappings, and one of the most enduringly popular examples is Nancy Myers’ The Holiday, which uses Christmas as a backdrop to the story and not the driving force behind it.

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Sony producer explains how the studio plans to juggle multiple Marvel universes

The raft of Marvel characters at Sony’s disposal haven’t been used to their fullest potential, and we’re even including the crown jewel of Spider-Man in that discussion.

Heavy-handed studio interference compromised Sam Raimi’s threequel and saw him walk away from a fourth installment, while any plans for a rapidly-expanding shared mythology built out from The Amazing Spider-Man were shelved when it became the lowest-grossing and worst-reviewed entry to date.

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India Batter KL Rahul Begins His Recovery From Injury

KL Rahul was ruled out of the ongoing two-match Test series against New Zealand.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: 'My Mum & Dad Are Proud'-Rachin Ravindra Tells Partner-in-Crime Ajaz Patel

While Rachin survived 91 deliveries to make 18, Ajaz scored 2 off 23 balls as Indian fans pondered over the end result.

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South Africa Promises Secure Bio-bubble for Team India; Appreciates BCCI for Continuing 'A' Tour

The Indian senior cricket team is scheduled to compete in three Tests starting December 17, followed by as many ODIs and four T20 Internationals.

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A threequel you never knew existed is a surprise streaming hit

Sam Mendes’ directorial career got off to a phenomenal start after American Beauty raked in $356 million at the box office and won five Academy Awards from eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. He followed it up with the acclaimed crime thriller Road to Perdition, but third time did not mark the charm for the filmmaker.

Jarhead was a blackly comic military drama based on the memoir of the same name by Anthony Swofford, who was played in the movie by Jake Gyllenhaal. A middling critical response and underwhelming commercial performance marked the first setback Mendes had faced, but he’s since rebounded and then some.

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Tom Holland teases violent fight scenes in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Given that he’s a self-appointed ‘friendly’ neighborhood superhero, we’ve never really seen Spider-Man lose control of his emotions and beat his enemies into a bloody pulp, with the arguable exception of Sam Raimi’s original when Tobey Maguire effectively pushed Uncle Ben’s killer out of a window to his death.

When you factor in the staunchly family-friendly nature of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, at least until Deadpool 3 eventually arrives, then it would be foolish to expect fresh-faced Tom Holland to go full John Wick on the myriad of antagonists he’s set to come up against in No Way Home.

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A bruising crime thriller refuses to budge from HBO Max’s most-watched list

David Cronenberg has never been regarded as anything approaching a mainstream or accessible filmmaker, and it’s telling that one of his directorial efforts to strike a chord with critics and audiences for being relatively easy to digest by his standards is still an often-harrowing crime story.

Viggo Mortensen landed an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor after fully dedicating himself to his performance as Nikolai Luzhin in Eastern Promises, the ruthless and enigmatic enforcer who has strong ties to one of London’s most notorious and feared crime families.

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MGM addresses rumors that ‘No Time to Die’ is losing money

Under most circumstances, it would be ludicrous to think that a movie to have earned over $750 million at the box office would be in danger of losing money, but that’s exactly what we’ve been hearing about No Time to Die.

Even before the 25th installment in the James Bond franchise had been released, we’d heard reports that it needed to bring in at least $900 million simply to turn a profit, which is about as close to an impossibility as you can get in the midst of a pandemic.

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A dystopian horror is a multi-platform streaming success

James DeMonaco’s claims that The Forever Purge would mark the final installment in the franchise didn’t hold water for very long, with Jason Blum admitting that he’d love to see the series continue, while Frank Grillo revealed he was set to return as Leo Barnes.

While the creator of the property hasn’t stepped behind the camera to direct since Election Year, DeMonaco was open when it came to saying if he’s to take the reins on The Purge again, it has to be with Grillo in the lead or else he’s not doing it. However, the sixth installment is poised to feature a ten-year time jump, leaving The Forever Purge as the final near-future installment with direct ties to the first four.

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IND vs NZ, 1st Test: Don't Think we Could Have Done Anything Different, Says Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane praised his players saying they tried their best and couldn't have done anything different.

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DG vs TAD Dream11 Team Prediction: Check Captain, Vice-Captain And Probable XIs For Abu Dhabi T10 2021 Match, November 29, 7:30 PM IST Monday

Check here DG vs TAD Dream11 Team Predictions and hints for the Abu Dhabi T10 2021/22 match between Deccan Gladiators and Team Abu Dhabi. Also, check the schedule of the Deccan Gladiators vs Team Abu Dhabi match.

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Another new ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ poster arrives as tickets go on sale

The internet is gripped in an uneasy sense of excitement and panic now that tickets for Spider-Man: No Way Home have gone on sale, with virtually every website operated by a major theater chain having crashed under the weight of demand.

Of course, this is exactly the outcome we’ve been expecting ever since Sony leaned into the hype by announcing an entire Spider-Monday, dedicated solely to the tickets now being available for purchase. If you haven’t been able to get your hands on one just yet, then fret not, for the studio has unveiled a brand new theatrical poster.

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ breaks the internet after tickets go on sale

Well, we all knew this was going to happen. So much hype has built around Spider-Man: No Way Home that even something as straightforward as buying a ticket to see the movie on opening day was never going to be easy, especially when Sony announced an entire Spider-Monday full of festivities.

Fans all over the country stayed up late, patiently waiting for the clock to strike midnight so they could guarantee their attendance at one of the earliest showings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster, and many of them have been left disappointed.

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An awful action reboot is taking out the competition on Disney Plus

What happens when you adapt a popular video game series for the big screen, only to see it widely panned by critics despite making decent money at the box office? Obviously, you reboot it and make it exponentially worse and watch it earn less.

Timothy Olyphant has been open in admitting that the only reason he signed on to 2007’s Hitman is because he’d just bought a house and Deadwood had been canceled, so he was open to anything. The painfully mediocre actioner managed to do a solid turn after bringing in $101 million during its theatrical run against a $24 million budget, but a 15% Rotten Tomatoes score killed any franchise potential.

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Watch: Henry Cavill confirms he’s wrapped ‘Enola Holmes 2’

We’ve long since resigned ourselves to the fact that the speculation surrounding Henry Cavill’s future, or lack thereof, as the DCEU’s canonical Superman will always be lurking in the background whenever the actor’s name comes up, but he’s been keeping himself busy even without the prospect of slipping back into the spandex looking as though it’s forthcoming.

Having wrapped Season 2 of The Witcher earlier this year, Cavill has since dived into a world of blockbuster espionage he’s become familiar with after The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission: Impossible – Fallout to shoot Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle, while he’s also got John Wick director Chad Stahelski’s Highlander reboot and The Rosie Project on the horizon.

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A acclaimed midlife crisis comedy is toasting to streaming success

Hollywood has largely seen Mads Mikkelsen typecast as a villain, whether that’s the utterly forgettable Kaecilius in Doctor Strange, Casino Royale‘s calculated Le Chiffre, the sinisterly charming Hannibal Lecter or his upcoming turn as Johnny Depp’s replacement in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

While there’s no denying that the actor is very good at being the bad guy, he’s also an all-round phenomenal talent that doesn’t really get enough opportunities in Hollywood to show what he can do. Thankfully, he returned to his native Denmark to headline Another Round, which turned out to be one of the best dramatic comedies to come along in years.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: Ravindra Jadeja Four-For In Vain as New Zealand Stage Great Escape

The visitors were nine down and staring at a defeat, but it never came as India failed to pick a wicket for 52 balls.

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‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ prologue shockingly praised for scientific accuracy

Given that we’re talking about a franchise that began with a wealthy and eccentric entrepreneur using DNA discovered in fossilized amber to genetically recreate dinosaurs, bring them back from extinction after 65 million years to use them as the basis of a tourist attraction, Jurassic Park has hardly been lauded for its realism.

Each new installment in the blockbuster series veers further and further into outlandish territory, whether it’s a T-Rex rampaging through San Diego in The Lost World, an invisible Indominous Rex in Jurassic World or Jimmy Buffet managing to flee a rampaging reptile attack without spilling a single drop of his dual-wielded margaritas.

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A record-breaking box office bomb is rebounding on streaming

Up until yesterday, it didn’t matter how many A-list names or Academy Award winners came attached to the project, virtually every movie aimed at older audiences to hit theaters since March of last year had flopped at the box office.

Denzel Washington, Clint Eastwood and Will Smith couldn’t save The Little Things, Cry Macho or King Richard from commercial disaster, but Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci bucked the trend in spectacular fashion this past weekend by landing the biggest opening weekend for a drama since 2019.

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‘Spider-Man’ fans debate if they’d rather see Noir or 2099 in live-action

Next month’s No Way Home marks the seventh live-action Spider-Man movie, and his tenth appearance overall if you include Tom Holland’s supporting roles in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, but they’ve all been modern-day tales focusing on Peter Parker.

While that’s to be expected given that the iconic superhero’s origins and history are so well known in every corner of the globe, Sony’s animated Into the Spider-Verse gave us a tantalizing peek into what a Spidey blockbuster could look like when another iteration of the web-slinger is the focus.

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‘Eternals’ director shares photo from parking lot test screening

Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Eternals may have wrapped shooting in February 2020, just weeks before the world was ground to a standstill by the effects of the pandemic, but the intergalactic epic was still hit hard by the worst global health crisis in generations.

Not only was the movie delayed by an entire year as a result, but it hasn’t been able to fly as high at the box office as it would have done under normal circumstances, even if a haul of almost $370 million after three weeks is still an impressive return for the standards of the time, never mind for the worst-reviewed installment in MCU history.

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James Gunn reveals Baby Groot wasn’t the most popular character in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

Audiences instantly fell in love with Baby Groot from the second they were first introduced to the reborn version of the sentient tree, with the little guy dancing his way around an action-packed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 prologue and capturing the imagination of fans all around the world.

It also conveniently allowed Disney to merchandise the ever-loving sh*t out of the adorable critter, while he stole just as many scenes as he did hearts during his innocently hilarious reactions to the intergalactic adventures that unfolded around him. Based on the reception to Baby Groot, you’d have thought he would have far and away been Vol. 2‘s most popular character.

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'Wish You Many More Brother': Harbhajan Singh Congratulates Ravichandran Ashwin on Becoming India's Third Highest Wicket-taker in Test Cricket

The legendary Anil Kumble tops the chart with 619 scalps and is followed by India's first World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, who has a total of 434 wickets under his name.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: 'It's So Lopsided in Their Favor, It's Not Funny'-Former NZ Player Unimpressed With Ordinary Spin Bowling

All three spinners were far from effective in India’s first innings, instead it was their seam department which managed to take all the scalps with Tim Southee finishing with a five-for.

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An existential sci-fi muses its way up the streaming charts

Denis Villenueve has become Hollywood’s go-to guy if you’re looking for blockbuster sci-fi that goes light on action scenes and set pieces, but heavy on existentialism, moral quandaries and stunning cinematography.

Blade Runner 2049 bombed at the box office despite being a direct sequel to one of the greatest efforts the genre has ever had to offer, but the same fate thankfully didn’t befall literary adaptation Dune, which is sitting on a worldwide tally of $374 million to fully justify the decision to give Part Two the green light.

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