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#BoycottWB trends as SnyderVerse supporters rally the troops

As the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas meme would say; “Ah sh*t, here we go again”.

There’s nothing quite like the SnyderVerse fandom out there in the pop culture sphere, with supporters of Zack Snyder’s DCEU refusing to give up a fight that Warner Bros. aren’t even interested in fighting at all. Barely a day goes by without calls for the restoration or resurrection of the mythology, while Twitter users have subtweeted the studio, HBO Max and even incoming corporate overlords Discovery into the ground on virtually everything they post.

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India vs South Africa 2021-22: Virat Kohli's Pep Talk With Mohammed Shami At Boundary | WATCH

Kohli was earlier ruled out of the second Test match in Johannesburg after a back spasm.

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BBL 2021-22 Schedule Rejigged After Brisbane Heat Latest to be Hit by Covid

Big Bash League has been hit by coronavirus with several players getting infected forcing change in schedule.

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One of Robert Downey Jr.’s last movies before he went to prison rebounds on Netflix

The fall and rise of Robert Downey Jr. is one of modern Hollywood’s most heartwarming comebacks, with the actor now clean, sober and one of the biggest names in the business after spending a decade anchoring the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Tony Stark.

RDJ admitted he couldn’t be happier that the internet was less prevalent and social media non-existent during his wilderness years, with the star hitting a succession of new lows towards the end of the 1990s.

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ICC U19 World Cup 2022: Four Zimbabwe Cricketers Test Positive For Covid-19

The four players, who took part in a four-match youth one-day series against the Ireland Under-19 side that ended in Barbados on Sunday, underwent PCR tests on Monday morning.

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Sony officially launches Oscars campaign for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

The discourse surrounding the merits of superhero cinema is always bubbling just below the surface of the pop culture conversation, ready to ignite whenever a high-profile industry figure opens their mouth.

Plenty of acclaimed filmmakers have blasted the genre in a very public forum, while Marvel Cinematic Universe architect Kevin Feige maintains that there’s a bias towards comic book adaptations from the major awards bodies, even though Black Panther became the first such title in history to land a Best Picture nomination at the Academy Awards.

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'Taken The Responsibility Very Well': Former India Allrounder Praises Stand-in Captain KL Rahul

Irfan Pathan reckons KL Rahul coped up with the extra responsibility of captaincy without letting it have a negative impact on his batting.

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Piracy may have cost ‘Black Widow’ $600 million

One of the biggest issues that’s come burdened with streaming services debuting major movies on demand is a drastic increase in piracy, and we’ve gotten to the stage now where torrenting websites are sharing Top 10s of their own to reveal which titles people are refusing to pay for.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Widow landed in theaters and on Disney Plus Premier Access back in early July, and it caused a major issue between Scarlett Johansson and the Mouse House. The actress ended up taking legal action against the company for loss of earnings, but the movie itself may have suffered an exponentially worse financial fate.

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The divisive adaptation of an unfilmable novel sniffs success on streaming

The word “unfilmable” starts to lose more meaning each time we hear it, if only for the fact countless literary works that were deemed impossible to translate into live-action have done just that, with many of them finding huge success.

Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, Tom Twyker and the Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas, Ang Lee’s Life of Pi and many more have experienced critical or commercial highs, often both.

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Apple pays top dollar to land Brad Pitt racing drama

Much like Netflix, Amazon and Disney Plus, Apple also appear to have a bottomless pit of cash to thrown around in an effort to secure some of the hottest in-development projects in Hollywood, which comes in very handy as the streaming wars continue to get more and more competitive.

Last month, it was revealed that virtually every major platform and studio in the industry was vying for an untitled racing drama that came bearing a raft of big-name talent. Brad Pitt is set to play the lead role with Top Gun: Maverick‘s Joseph Kosinski behind the camera, while Jerry Bruckheimer is part of the producorial team, and seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton is also involved in some capacity.

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Simu Liu shares BTS image from his new movie with Mark Wahlberg

Thanks entirely to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Simu Liu has rocketed from relative obscurity outside of the Kim’s Convenience fanbase to being an international superstar.

Of course, that comes with the territory when you play the title role in a brand new blockbuster from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, one that scored some of the best reviews for any of the franchise’s origin stories, and went down as one of the pandemic’s biggest box office hits.

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‘Eternals’ director addresses the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score

The critical consensus isn’t always the benchmark by which success is measured, but it had to sting Chloé Zhao to come off the back of Best Picture and Best Director wins at the Academy Awards for Nomadland, only to deliver the worst-reviewed installment in the world’s biggest franchise.

Not only is Eternals the lowest-rated entry in the 27-film series on Rotten Tomatoes, but a 47% tally also makes it the only one to have ever dropped below the 60% Fresh threshold, while it additionally suffered the ignominy of landing the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s weakest CinemaScore.

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A planned franchise starter that failed horribly bounces back on Netflix

Dylan O’Brien has proven himself as both a blockbuster action hero and engaging leading man in The Maze Runner trilogy and last year’s hidden gem Love and Monsters, while he even managed to emerge unscathed from the wreck that was Paramount’s Mark Wahlberg blockbuster Infinite.

However, when an attempt was made to reinvent him as a straightforward square-jawed badass in a potential franchise starter, things didn’t go so well. O’Brien plays Vince Flynn’s popular literary creation Mitch Rapp in American Assassin, a highly transparent origin story for a rookie CIA agent who doesn’t blink twice when it comes to getting his hands dirty.

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Alastair Cook Pins Responsibility on ECB to Change England's Test Fortunes

Alastair Cook feels that it is the responsibility of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) director Ashley Giles to turn England's fortunes in Test cricket.

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An instant cult classic horror spooks the Netflix most-watched list

It takes a hefty set of stones to craft a direct sequel to one of the greatest horror movies ever made that was helmed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick, but you’d have to travel pretty far in order to find anybody who’d claim that Mike Flanagan isn’t one of the genre’s pre-eminent modern talents.

Unfortunately, Doctor Sleep ended up bombing at the box office after recouping just $72 million from theaters, instantly ending the planned sequel that had entered the early stages of development before The Shining successor had even hit the big screen in November 2019.

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Is Shahid Afridi Going to Join Pakistan Coaching Staff? He Answers

A couple of days back, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) posted an advertisement for men's team coaching staff. PCB had introduced two new positions -- high performance and power-hitting coach.

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Marvel movies account for 30% of total 2021 domestic box office

The box office has been slowly but surely rebounding throughout 2021, with a running total of $4.45 billion up by almost 100% on a dire 2020, but that doesn’t mean we’re returning to anything even remotely resembling normality.

In fact, if it wasn’t for the continued popularity of Marvel Comics adaptations and blockbuster franchises, plenty of analysts would no doubt be decrying the continued decline of the theatrical industry. Mid budget titles, prestige dramas and content geared towards older audiences has consistently failed, but at least Marvel have been there to pick up the slack.

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Former India Cricketer Says Shikhar Dhawan Was Not Treated Properly in Test Cricket

Currently, Shikhar Dhawan is not a part of the Test as well as the T20 team, though he is expected to feature in the ODI squads.

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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ passes $100 million at the box office

Naturally, most of the box office chatter has been pointed in the direction of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which is fair enough when the Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster recently passed $600 million domestic and now ranks as the twelfth highest-grossing movie in history.

However, we should point out that The Matrix Resurrections has just accomplished a significant feat of its own, even if a global haul of $106 million and counting is a mere drop in the ocean compared to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. Of course, given that the sci-fi actioner is reported to come bearing a budget of $190 million it’s hardly in line to turn a profit, but it’s performing well by the standards of the pandemic.

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An inspiring drama that flew under the radar rouses fans on streaming

Thanks to the effects of the pandemic, there’s a huge number of movies to have been shuffled into theaters since March 2020 that are in real danger of becoming almost instantly forgotten and lost to the sands of time, unless a streaming service steps in an attempt to give the project in question a new lease of life.

We can definitely put 12 Mighty Orphans into that category, because a lot of people may not have had the slightest inkling the uplifting drama premiered on the big screen in June 2021, where it failed to even reach $4 million at the box office despite decent reviews.

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It's Been a Pleasure to Work With Someone Like Virat Kohli: Rahul Dravid Hails Test Captain's Leadership

Dravid said Kohli has acted like a true leader in the way he is connected with the group both on and off the field.

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SnyderVerse fans blast Warner Bros. over latest DCEU rumors

As you may have noticed, a very one-sided battle over the fate of the DCEU’s SnyderVerse has been raging for the better part of a year since HBO Max’s four-hour version of Justice League premiered in March 2021.

Fans have constantly bombarded social media with calls, campaigns and petitions for the franchise to pick up from where the Snyder Cut’s epilogue left off, and Warner Bros. have completely ignored them. Of course, it can’t be 100% ruled out that Discovery will have other ideas in mind when the merger is finalized this summer, but for the time being both parties are locked in a stalemate.

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Covid Impact: ECB Asks Players to Return And Isolate Ahead of West Indies Tour

The likes of Saqib Mahmood, Sam Billings, James Vince, Reece Topley, Tymal Mills and George Carton have ben asked to return.

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Doctor Strange set to rock a new hairdo in ‘Multiverse of Madness’

For the most part, fans know what to expect when Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange shows up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, at least in terms of aesthetic.

However, on top of the leading man growing his own goatee for the first time ever in what marks his sixth feature film appearance in the franchise, he’s also getting a new hairdo for good measure. Or at least, one of the multiple variants set to feature in Sam Raimi’s Multiverse of Madness is.

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'He's Never Been a Leader of Substance': Ian Chappell Slams Root's Captaincy, Picks England's Next Test Skipper

England captain Joe Root has been receiving flak for his team's dismal performance. England are already reeling behind 3-0 in the series and the recent Covid outbreak in their camp has added to their dismay.

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Tom Holland reveals ‘Spider-Man’ producers got in trouble with his mom

Tom Holland has become a regular fixture on our screens as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man, with No Way Home marking his sixth outing as Peter Parker since he made his debut in May 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, and technically seven if you include the post-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

With that in mind, it’s easy to forget that the actor was just a kid himself when he first landed the role, and his maiden appearance as Peter Parker in Civil War hit theaters just a month shy of his 20th birthday, making him the only person to have played the high school student and superhero while still a teenager.

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India vs South Africa 2021-22: Indian Team Trains at Wanderers Ahead of Second Test | VIDEO

India beat South Africa in the first Test match in Centurion by 113 runs.

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A terrible holiday-themed rom-com lands on Netflix

Matthew McConaughey has always been a great actor, that much as been clear since he first captured mainstream attention for his lead performance in 1996 John Grisham adaptation A Time to Kill, but it also wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that he took it a little too easy for the better part of a decade.

The 2000s saw the star settle comfortably into a groove as the handsome, charming and regularly shirtless face of the rom-com genre. The Wedding Planner, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Failure to Launch, Fool’s Gold and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past all arrived with the space of eight years, but repetitiveness and formula inevitably began to set in.

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‘Black Adam’ producer hints at HBO Max spinoff shows

The DCEU’s episodic expansion hasn’t even officially started yet, with James Gunn and John Cena’s Peacemaker not premiering until January 13, but there’s already a number of feature film and television spinoffs in the works as HBO Max bets big on the superhero franchise.

The Batman already has two offshoots in the works, one following the Gotham City Police Department and the other tracing the continued rise of Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot up the criminal ranks, while Batgirl occupies an intriguing place in the mythology, given the cast features Justice League‘s J.K. Simmons and Michael Keaton’s Batman.

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IND vs SA: Why Jasprit Bumrah Has Been Made India ODI Vice-Captain Ahead of Rishabh Pant And Shreyas Iyer?

If sources close to the selection committee are to be believed, Bumrah being elevated as vice-captain is a message to both Pant and Iyer to show supreme all-format consistency,

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'50s And 60s Won’t Win You Games': Alviro Petersen Concerned About Lack of Big Hundreds Among South Africa Batters

During seven Tests played in 2021, only three South Africa batters struck centuries.

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Smriti Mandhana Among Four Nominees for ICC Women's Cricketer of Year Award

Mandhana was also nominated for Women's T20 Player of the Year on Thursday. Mandhana was shortlisted for the top award along with Tammy Beaumont of England, Lizelle Lee of South Africa and Gaby Lewis of Ireland.

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‘The Last Duel’ gets reappraised after people actually watch it

Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel found itself in the headlines on several occasions after releasing in theaters on October 15, but the reasons were hardly of the positive variety.

The $100 million historical epic flopped spectacularly at the box office, recouping just over $30 million, although it did go on to find instant success on streaming. Scott then found himself getting roasted online after claiming the reason the movie bombed was because millennials couldn’t tear themselves away from their phones long enough to make the trip to their local multiplex, before he caused another firestorm when a clip of him telling a journalist to go f*ck themselves after questioning The Last Duel‘s historical accuracy went viral.

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Zendaya wanted a different ending for ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’

Fans were blown away by almost every aspect of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which somehow managed to deliver on the impossible expectations people had built up in their heads.

Of course, it helps when the multiversal superhero epic roped in a cavalcade of returning favorites to bring audiences fan service on a previously unimaginable scale, but the movie never lost sight of the emotional throughline, either.

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‘The Matrix’ trilogy explodes in popularity on streaming

If you weren’t around at the time, then it’s hard to overstate just how much of a paradigm shift The Matrix was when it first exploded into theaters back in 1999. By now you’ll have witnessed countless imitations, parodies and ripoffs, and we’ve long since passed the point where people that haven’t even seen the movie are fully aware of its major narrative, visual and dialogue beats.

Four years later, the world was gripped by Matrix fever all over again when it was announced sequels Reloaded and Revolutions would be releasing just six months apart. The former did massive business at the box office and was fairly well-received, but the closing chapter saw takings drop by over $300 million, before being roundly criticized as a disappointing conclusion to a potential all-timer of a series.

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Nicolas Cage says he left his own body shooting iconic ‘Face/Off’ scene

It goes without saying that John Woo’s action classic Face/Off is a masterclass in overacting, with stars Nicolas Cage and John Travolta not just chewing on the scenery, but completely inhaling it.

The two A-listers go for broke with their respective dual performances, with Cage as Cage playing Castor Troy one of the most deliriously unhinged turns you’re ever likely to see in a big budget studio blockbuster. As it turns out, the Academy Award winner is of the belief that he came close to full-blown astral projection during the prison sequence.

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Alfred Molina breaks down his ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ return

The earliest promotional and marketing materials for Spider-Man: No Way Home largely revolved around Tom Holland’s Peter Parker doing battle with Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, to the extent that fans started to grow weary of seeing footage from the bridge scene long before the movie was released.

Part of the reason for that may have been down to the fact Molina was the first veteran from franchises past to confirm his involvement, coming right out in an interview earlier in the year and admitting that he was strapping the tentacles back on, much to the chagrin of Kevin Feige.

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Rohit, Ashwin Among Four Indians Included in Cricket Australia XI of 2021

Besides Rohit and Ashwin, the other two Indians in the team were swashbuckling keeperbatter Rishabh Pant and leftarm spinner Axar Patel.

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‘Encanto’ scores bigger Disney Plus viewership than ‘Shang-Chi’

Streaming viewership is a contentious issue, when Netflix is the only one of the major platforms that releases data in any sort of official capacity, having recently pivoted away from the 28-day model of households reached in favor of weekly film and television rankings that count total hours streamed.

HBO Max, Disney Plus and Prime Video have never been interested in sharing the cold, hard data with the public, and they’re under no obligation to do so. However, third-party aggregator Samba TV has done a sterling job in filling the gaps, revealing how many televisions equipped with the company’s software have been checking out the latest major on-demand titles.

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Centurion Win Notwithstanding, India Can’t Take a First-ever Series win in South Africa for Granted

India’s successes overseas in the past 5-6 years have been built around the efforts of the bowlers – pacemen to a large extent –who have almost unfailingly taken 20 wickets to put the side in positions from where victory is possible.

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Tom Holland shares his thoughts on ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ ending

Tom Holland recently poured cold water on the rumors claiming he had no interest in playing the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man once he turns 30, insisting his words were misinterpreted by the press. That’s just as well, because it looks as though we’ve still got at least another three solo movies to go.

Even though Kevin Feige confirmed that Holland’s fourth standalone outing is in the earliest stages of development, No Way Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers admitted that they wrote the ending of the smash hit blockbuster to be as definitive as possible, in the event that it marked the end of the road for this version of the web-slinger.

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Watch: Ashwin, Pujara, Siraj Dance After India's Historic Test Win in Centurion

Virat Kohli-led team has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series and Ravichandran Ashwin shared a video on Instagram giving fans a glimpse of how the cricketers are celebrating their historic win.

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'Who Had a Problem with My Presence?' Harbhajan Singh Reveals How He Was Sidelined from Indian Team

A veteran of 103 Tests, ‘Bhajji’ said he could have had 100 Test wickets with time on his side being just 31.

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'Viable Alternative': Mike Atherton Suggests England Allrounder Could Succeed Joe Root as Test Captain

Joe Root, who has not won any of his three Ashes series in charge, was reluctant to discuss the long-term future of his captaincy after England lost by an innings and 14 runs in the third test in Melbourne.

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