‘Red Notice’ is already Netflix’s 2nd most-watched movie ever

Netflix recently changed the way it measures audience data, moving away from the standard four-week metrics that count two minutes of streaming as a household having viewed a project in favor of cumulative hours watched, and it’s given a brand new insight into what really quantifies as a massive success for the platform.

One of the first casualties of the new system was Chris Hemsworth’s Extraction, which was dislodged as the most-watched in-house movie of all-time, as the bruising actioner’s 231 million total minutes saw it swap places with Sandra Bullock’s supernatural thriller Bird Box, which ascended to the throne with 281 million minutes.

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Christina Ricci starring in high concept cyberpunk sci-fi

Christina Ricci has been working solidly for over 30 years, but the actress finds herself in the midst of a mini resurgence thanks to the acclaim that’s greeted her role on Showtime series Yellowjackets, while she’s set for her biggest movie appearance in a while when The Matrix Resurrections comes to theaters and HBO Max next month.

As per Deadline, The Addams Family star is sticking with the genre for a little longer, having signed on to play a supporting part in the intriguing-sounding cyberbunk story The Dresden Sun, which is being written and directed by Michael Ryan.

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Kelsey Grammer says he’d love to play Beast again

As far as on-point casting goes, you can’t argue with Kelsey Grammer being hired to play Hank McCoy in the X-Men franchise, with the performance essentially requiring an extension of his Frasier persona, albeit with the caveat of spending hours in the makeup chair to be turned into a big, blue, furry mutant.

Despite how well-suited he was for the role, Grammer didn’t get much opportunity to make an impact as part of the superhero franchise. His screentime in both The Last Stand and Days of Future Past was limited, but he still did enough to leave an impression, even if Nicholas Hoult put his own stamp on the character as the younger version.

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NW vs DG Dream11 Team Prediction And Tips: Check Fantasy Captain, Vice-Captain And Probable XIs For Abu Dhabi T10, November 23, 7:30 PM IST

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

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Review: ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’

Hollywood has struggled turning video games into viable movie franchises for the better part of 30 years, and it’s a little ironic that Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil would be the one to break the mold, spawning a six-film series that earned over $1.2 billion at the box office.

Removing the active element when transplanting console properties to the big screen as passive experiences instantly eliminates the very thing that makes them so popular in the first place, so we regularly see filmmakers double down on fan service and Easter Eggs to overcompensate. While that’s all well and good, it can often make the lore impenetrable to newcomers, who end up being hit with a barrage of images, references and plot points that mean nothing to anyone outside of the diehards.

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‘Red Notice’ director confirms sequel talks with Netflix

Based on how Netflix have been responding to the movie’s performance so far, the boardroom will be desperate to get a sequel to action blockbuster Red Notice into active development as quickly as possible, especially given the hectic schedules of the three A-list stars.

On top of scoring the most-watched opening day and first weekend in the platform’s history, Dwayne Johnson touted that the globetrotting heist caper has already been viewed by over 150 million subscribers, so when Netflix releases the official data, we’ll be comfortably looking at the streamer’s biggest original film ever.

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‘He Deserves a Bit of a Break to Switch Off From Cricket’: Robin Uthappa Backs Out of Form India Youngster

Robin Uthappa opined that the long durations inside multiple bio-bubbles might have taken a toll on the youngsters’ mind and body.

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Mithali Raj Retains Third Spot Among Batters, Jhulan Goswami Second Among Bowlers in ICC ODI Rankings

Raj, who has 738 rating points to her kitty, is behind Lizelle Lee (761) of South Africa and Alyssa Healy (750) of Australia as there was no change in the top10 batters from the previous rankings.

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Time BCCI Allows IPL Teams to Play Exhibition Games Overseas in off Season: Ness Wadia

Speaking to PTI, Wadia is not surprised by the massive amounts shelled out by investors to enter IPL. He also said constant innovation is the need of the hour in any business and he is confident that the BCCI will continue to break new barriers.

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Dubai Cricket Council Chairman Open to Hosting India vs Pakistan Bilateral Series

The bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan have been suspended due to diplomatic tensions between the two nations.

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‘No Time to Die’ still expected to lose money despite box office success

Cary Joji Fukunaga, Daniel Craig and the rest of the No Time to Die team would have been celebrating wildly after it was confirmed that the 25th installment in the James Bond franchise had passed Fast & Furious 9 to become the highest-grossing Hollywood movie to hit theaters since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was released in December 2019.

It’s an impressive achievement given the circumstances, especially with the globetrotting espionage epic having been available on VOD for almost two weeks. At the time of writing, No Time to Die‘s haul is sitting at a mammoth $734 million, and yet there are no guarantees that 007’s latest adventure is going to turn a single penny of profit.

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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ producer says it isn’t a sequel

While it’s obviously a fact that a fourth installment in the franchise is incoming, with the movie set to hit theaters and HBO Max on December 22, nobody involved in the production has come right out and said that The Matrix Resurrections is a direct sequel to the original trilogy.

We’ve heard various teases and tidbits of how it references the events that previously unfolded on the big screen between 1999 and 2003, but everyone has stopped short of calling it a continuation. While that’s not much of a surprise given the reality-bending premise of the series as a whole, it’s set to create a lot of curiosity as we approach the final few weeks before release.

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Jeremy Renner says Robert Downey Jr. took everyone in the MCU under his wing

The success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it, in an onscreen capacity at least, can be directly attributed to Robert Downey Jr. Had Iron Man not become a critical and commercial smash hit, rejuvenating the actor’s career and turning him into an A-list star overnight, then the franchise as we know it could have turned out much differently.

It’s something that Kevin Feige has admitted on numerous occasions, and it only further enhanced the symbiosis between RDJ and Tony Stark when the MCU’s biggest star and most popular name knew fine well that he was the catalyst for what soon became the most successful film series in history.

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‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ reviews are mixed across the board

The trouble with video game adaptations in general is that many of them fail to strike the balance between pandering to the core fanbase and appealing to those unfamiliar with the source material, which often ends up creating a discrepancy between the critical and fan consensus, which in turn may affect box office takings.

We saw it earlier this year with the Mortal Kombat reboot, which wound up with a solid-if-unspectacular Rotten Tomatoes score of 54% and a commercial haul of less than $90 million, while users deemed it worthy of an 86% rating as it became the most-watched HBO Max hybrid release of the year.

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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ director shot the action in 20-minute takes

Younger audiences most likely won’t be aware of the seismic impact that The Matrix had on the industry as a whole at the turn of the millennium, not just the action genre. The Wachowskis changed the game with their jaw-dropping cyberpunk classic, and you could barely turn around for years without bumping into a thinly-veiled imitation.

Suddenly, slow motion and bullet time were being mercilessly replicated or parodied, everybody wore a black leather trench coat and sunglasses, while intricate wire-assisted fight choreography and gun fu became the industry standard. With that in mind, The Matrix Resurrections stunt team would have needed to pull out all of the stops to slap a fresh coat of paint on a formula they came damn close to perfecting back in 1999.

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Ridley Scott says he was the 5th choice to direct ‘Alien’

If you’ve been on social media at any point over the last 12 hours, you may have seen Ridley Scott’s name come up on your timeline, with Twitter blasting the filmmaker for claiming that his historical epic The Last Duel bombed at the box office because of those damned millennials and their damned cellphones.

The truth is that almost every movie geared towards older audiences has flopped during the pandemic regardless of how strong the reviews are, and it’s not a coincidence that every title to have bucked the trend since March 2020 is either a high concept blockbuster or a sequel.

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Virat Kohli Always Insisted That Fielding is Non-Negotiable: R Sridhar

As cricket became more modern, one aspect soon became non-negotiable. Fielding.

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Premier League T20, All You Need to Know: The IPL Team Owners, Format And Window

A new T20 league is set to be added to the ever-growing list of franchise-based global tournaments from next year onwards.

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India vs New Zealand: KL Rahul Ruled Out of Kanpur Test Due to Injury - Report

India batter KL Rahul ruled out of Kanpur Test against New Zealand due to injury, reports PTI

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Andrew Garfield thanks Lin-Manuel Miranda for making a dream come true

Andrew Garfield has barely been away from the headlines during the last few weeks, and in news that must make the actor so happy, he’s currently been a hot topic of conversation for reasons entirely unrelated to the never-ending discourse surrounding his presumed involvement in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

Instead, social media has been fawning over Garfield’s incredible performance in Netflix musical Tick, Tick… Boom!, which has placed him firmly in the Best Actor conversation. Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature-length directorial debut on the project tracing the all-too-brief life and times of Jonathan Larson, with the star and filmmaker clearly hitting it off.

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‘Super Mario Bros.’ producer defends Chris Pratt’s casting

Since being announced as the voice of Mario and Garfield in quick succession, the internet has been having a field day worrying about a world where every single character in animation is obligated to be voiced by Chris Pratt, a terrifying prospect that can’t be completely discounted at this stage.

Illumination Entertainment’s Super Mario Bros. is coming to theaters in December 2022, and it’s got a star-studded ensemble in place that features such heavy hitters as Seth Rogen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key and more, but all anybody wants to seem to talk about is Pratt’s involvement.

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Jennifer Lawrence doesn’t mind getting paid less than Leonardo DiCaprio

The gender pay gap has been a point of contention in Hollywood for many years, if not decades, but it’s something the industry has actively been trying to remedy. The discrepancies between how performers are financially compensated is gradually closing, but it’s probably going to be a while before everyone finds themselves on even footing.

Jennifer Lawrence recently praised Scarlett Johansson for taking legal action against Disney, even though the latter had already landed $20 million upfront for a starring role in a solo movie hailing from the biggest franchise in the history of cinema, because at the end of the day it’s all about principle.

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An unexpected name could gatecrash the Oscars’ Best Actor race

We’re gearing up to hit the height of awards season, with a string of prestige dramas already beginning to roll out, with plenty more waiting on the wings. There was widespread shock and outrage last year when Anthony Hopkins was named Best Actor at the expense of the late Chadwick Boseman, but the next recipient could come from anywhere.

Most insiders and analysts have the five-man shortlist pegged to be comprised of The Tragedy of Macbeth‘s Denzel Washington, The Power of the Dog‘s Benedict Cumberbatch, Tick, Tick… Boom!‘s Andrew Garfield, Don’t Look Up‘s Leonardo DiCaprio and King Richard‘s Will Smith, all of whom are major stars and household names.

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Keanu Reeves reiterates that he’d love to play Constantine again

If the constant spate of rumor and speculation is even the slightest indication, fans would be overcome with joy were Keanu Reeves to sign on for one of Hollywood’s two premiere shared superhero universes, and we all know that he’s been linked with the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DCEU often enough.

You’d have thought Warner Bros. would have the advantage in this situation, though, given that they previously worked with the action star on cult favorite Constantine, a movie that’s only found more supporters in the sixteen years since it was released.

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Tim Paine Could be a Distraction for the Entire Australia Squad: Ian Healy

Healy said that Australia had plenty of wicketkeeping options if it chooses to replace Paine.

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'He's 26. Bang, Get Him In'-Shane Warne Suggests the Best Alternative For Tim Paine

Warne said that Paine's hold on the specialist No. 7 position was waning much before the sexting scandal came out in the open.

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A Bowler Needs to Be Brave and Confident in Shorter Formats Like T20, T10: Adil Rashid

Rashid feels they will have to be brave and confident enough to stand up to the task.

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Tamil Nadu Beat Karnataka in a Last-ball Thriller to Win Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22

In a contest that was decided only after the last delivery was bowled, Tamil Nadu defended their title in a thrilling finale.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: 'Your Mind is a Bit Fried'-Brendon McCullum Blames Hectic Schedule for Kiwi Downfall

The New Zealand team, after finishing their T20 World Cup assignment in the UAE where they lost to Australia in the final, flew straight to Jaipur the next morning, and less than two days later they were playing the three-match T20I series against India.

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SL vs WI: Shai Hope Replaces Jeremy Solozano as West Indies Concussion Substitute

Solozano was at short leg on day one in Galle on Sunday when he was hit a sickening blow on the grille of his protective helmet from Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne's full-blooded pull shot.

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‘DC League of Super-Pets’ image confirms John Krasinski as Superman

Hollywood is often a small place that can put big names into each other’s orbit very quickly, and you don’t need to run through the full Six Degrees of Separation (or even Kevin Bacon, for that matter) to get to a collaboration between Dwayne Johnson and John Krasinski.

Ryan Reynolds is close friends with both, and he recently appeared in Free Guy, which featured sneaky cameos from the pair. On top of that, he also co-starred with Johnson in Netflix’s Red Notice, while The Rock was seen this summer in Disney’s Jungle Cruise opposite Emily Blunt, who is of course married to Krasinski. Turns out that it really is a small world after all.

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Fans might have to wait a while for Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

As morbidly hilarious as it would be to see the reactions from the internet were Spider-Man: No Way Home to come and go without any sign of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, we’re all feeling pretty confident that won’t be the case as we edge closer to the movie’s release.

It’s been one of the most heavily-speculated blockbusters we can remember, matters that haven’t been helped by the nonstop barrage of leaks to have made their way online, which have all been viewed with varying degrees of skepticism, all while Marvel Studios and Sony keep their lips tightly sealed.

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Marvel artist reveals earliest Hawkeye concepts ahead of Disney Plus series

It’s been ten years since Jeremy Renner made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Thor, via a cameo that was blatantly added very late in the day in order to briefly introduce Clint Barton to general audiences ahead of the release of The Avengers the following summer.

Since then, Hawkeye has become an integral supporting player in the overarching tapestry of the MCU, without ever coming close to sniffing leading man status. However, that all changes in two days when his solo series finally premieres on Disney Plus, even if the expert archer is set to share top billing with Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop.

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4 ‘Spider-Man’ movies are exploding on streaming ahead of ‘No Way Home’

As one of the most iconic and popular characters on the planet, there hasn’t really been any danger of audiences suffering from Spider-Man overkill, despite the sheer volume of live-action projects starring the web-slinging superhero to have made their way to theaters over the last 20 years.

Sam Raimi’s trilogy wrapped up in disappointing fashion with Spider-Man 3, before Andrew Garfield suited up for the first time just five years later in The Amazing Spider-Man. When Sony’s second franchise imploded at the second hurdle, Tom Holland debuted in Captain America: Civil War less than two years after Garfield’s sequel had been released.

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We've Some Good Bowlers, Look Forward to Spin Challenge in Tests: Mitchell Santner

After losing the T20I series 3-0, World Test champions New Zealand are now gearing up for the two-Test series, beginning November 25 in Kanpur.

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India vs New Zealand 2021: Surya Kumar Yadav Set to Join India Squad For Kanpur Test-Report

Meanwhile, according to Mid Day, BCCI is all set to fly Yadav from Kolkata to Kanpur.

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Under-19 World Cup winner Unmukt Chand Ties The Knot with Simran Khosla: See Pics

Unmukt Chand took to Twitter and shared a few pictures of his wedding with his followers.

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Can’t be Complaining About Workload: Rishabh Pant

Pant further talked about India's roadmap for the future after an early exit from the 2021 T20 World Cup.

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An action blockbuster that’s so bad it’s good is rebounding on Netflix

Snake Eyes is set to go down in the history books as the biggest box office bomb of 2021, failing to recoup even $40 million of its estimated $80 million budget, never mind how much Paramount spent on promotion and marketing.

Having now gone zero-for-three on the big screen adventures of G.I. Joe, maybe it’s time for the studio to put the property back into cold storage for a while until the brain trust can come up with a worthwhile idea. In a surprising turn of events, though, Stephen Sommers’ opening salvo The Rise of Cobra has been rocketing up the Netflix most-watched list, having jumped almost 40 places on the rankings in the last 24 hours to set its sights on the Top 20, as per FlixPatrol.

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An underwhelming spy movie is throat-punching its way up the Netflix charts

With James Bond on hiatus following the poor reception afforded to Pierece Brosnan’s swansong in Die Another Day, there was a gap in the market for anyone looking to become cinema’s most popular secret agent, a position that Matt Damon’s Jason Bourne was more than happy to seize for himself.

The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum combine to form one of the greatest trilogies of the modern era, with Doug Liman setting the stage in the opening installment before Paul Greengrass went on to inspire a decade of action cinema with his signature handheld camera techniques.

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Eddie Redmayne says he regrets his role in ‘The Danish Girl’

Eddie Redmayne followed up his Academy Award-winning performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything with another awards-baiting turn the very next year, but despite landing a second consecutive Best Actor nomination, The Danish Girl didn’t come without controversy.

Tom Hooper’s adaptation of David Ebershoff’s novel of the same name, which was inspired by the lives of painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, came in for criticism after Redmayne was tasked to play one of the first known recipients of gender reassignment surgery, a role that many believe should have gone to a member of the trans community.

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Vin Diesel gets jacked as he gears up to say goodbye to ‘Fast & Furious’

It hasn’t officially been confirmed by anyone other than Tyrese Gibson as of yet, but the longtime franchise veteran recently offered that the tenth and eleventh installments in the Fast & Furious franchise were set to shoot back-to-back.

The penultimate chapter has already been awarded an April 2023 release date, so it won’t be too long before we hear of a locked-in start date for production. It’s going to be bittersweet for the cast, crew and audiences around the world to bid farewell to Dominic Toretto and the family, but we can sleep easy knowing that plenty of spinoffs will be arriving to keep The Fast Saga alive once the main storyline draws to a close.

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‘Rocky’ producer says the original ending was far too depressing

Even though it’s been 45 years since the movie turned Sylvester Stallone from an unknown into an Academy Award-nominated actor and writer in the Best Picture winner, the Rocky franchise is just as popular today as it’s ever been.

Sly might be sitting out Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut Creed III, which is going to be strange when the film arrives to deliver a Rocky spinoff without the Italian Stallion, but the 75 year-old action icon has been keeping himself plenty busy with his Director’s Cut of the fourth installment.

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