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  • Disney D23 Expo: Chadwick Boseman, Kristen Bell, and others to receive Disney Legends Award

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Disney’s D23 Expo will kickstart next month with the Disney Legends Awards ceremony honouring artists such as Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell, Chadwick Boseman, Rob’t Coltrin, Patrick Dempsey, and Idina Menzel.

    The opening ceremony, which will also give a sneak peek into the company’s 100-year celebrations ‘Disney100’, will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center on September 9.

    “The Disney Legends Award is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the Disney legacy,” the press release stated.

    Other honourees are Robert Price “Bob” Foster, Jonathan Groff, Don Hahn, Josh Gad, Doris Hardoon, Chris Montan, Ellen Pompeo, and Tracee Ellis Ross.

    Congratulations to @TraceeEllisRoss and @AnthonyAnderson on becoming 2022 Disney Legends! #D23Expo https://t.co/PMTmQzvvNG pic.twitter.com/BAG60SgeVv
    — black-ish (@blackishabc) August 19, 2022
    “For nearly a century, Disney has been entertaining and inspiring people around the world. I can’t wait to give fans a first look at what we have in store for our hundredth anniversary, and how we’re using this occasion to celebrate all the fans and families who have welcomed Disney into their lives,” Bob Chapek, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said in a statement.

    The Disney Legends Awards began in 1987 with Fred MacMurray becoming the first recipient.

    Till now, including this year’s honourees, 304 artists have been named Disney Legends.

    The list includes Tim Allen, Julie Andrews, Robert Downey Jr., Annette Funicello, Whoopi Goldberg, Sir Elton John, Angela Lansbury, George Lucas, Steve Martin, Robin Roberts, Marty Sklar, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Ming-Na Wen, Betty White and Robin Williams.

    The opening ceremony, to be hosted by Tamron Hall, will be streamed as part of D23 Expo [LIVE].

    It will also feature a special performance by cast members from Disney On Broadway’s productions of “Aladdin” and “The Lion King”, and “The North American Tour of Frozen”.

    LOS ANGELES: Disney’s D23 Expo will kickstart next month with the Disney Legends Awards ceremony honouring artists such as Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell, Chadwick Boseman, Rob’t Coltrin, Patrick Dempsey, and Idina Menzel.

    The opening ceremony, which will also give a sneak peek into the company’s 100-year celebrations ‘Disney100’, will take place at the Anaheim Convention Center on September 9.

    “The Disney Legends Award is given to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the Disney legacy,” the press release stated.

    Other honourees are Robert Price “Bob” Foster, Jonathan Groff, Don Hahn, Josh Gad, Doris Hardoon, Chris Montan, Ellen Pompeo, and Tracee Ellis Ross.

    Congratulations to @TraceeEllisRoss and @AnthonyAnderson on becoming 2022 Disney Legends! #D23Expo https://t.co/PMTmQzvvNG pic.twitter.com/BAG60SgeVv
    — black-ish (@blackishabc) August 19, 2022
    “For nearly a century, Disney has been entertaining and inspiring people around the world. I can’t wait to give fans a first look at what we have in store for our hundredth anniversary, and how we’re using this occasion to celebrate all the fans and families who have welcomed Disney into their lives,” Bob Chapek, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said in a statement.

    The Disney Legends Awards began in 1987 with Fred MacMurray becoming the first recipient.

    Till now, including this year’s honourees, 304 artists have been named Disney Legends.

    The list includes Tim Allen, Julie Andrews, Robert Downey Jr., Annette Funicello, Whoopi Goldberg, Sir Elton John, Angela Lansbury, George Lucas, Steve Martin, Robin Roberts, Marty Sklar, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters, Ming-Na Wen, Betty White and Robin Williams.

    The opening ceremony, to be hosted by Tamron Hall, will be streamed as part of D23 Expo [LIVE].

    It will also feature a special performance by cast members from Disney On Broadway’s productions of “Aladdin” and “The Lion King”, and “The North American Tour of Frozen”.

  • Shang-Chi  director Destin Daniel Cretton to helm next Avengers film

    By Express News Service

    Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is set to helm the upcoming Marvel film Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. According to reports, a Marvel Studios representative confimed the latest development. It is to be noted that the film was announced officially by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige during San Diego Comin Con held recently.

    Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is set to hit the big screens on May 2, 2025. The cast is yet to be announced. However, from the title it is known that Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars, which will release on November 7, 2025. However, the director for the latter has not yet been announced.

    Meanwhile, Cretton who has signed a deal with Marvel Studios is also working on the sequel of Shang-Chi, apart from being involved in the Wonder Man series for Disney+.

    Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror, who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2023), will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars on November 7, 2025

    Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is set to helm the upcoming Marvel film Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. According to reports, a Marvel Studios representative confimed the latest development. It is to be noted that the film was announced officially by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige during San Diego Comin Con held recently.

    Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is set to hit the big screens on May 2, 2025. The cast is yet to be announced. However, from the title it is known that Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars, which will release on November 7, 2025. However, the director for the latter has not yet been announced.

    Meanwhile, Cretton who has signed a deal with Marvel Studios is also working on the sequel of Shang-Chi, apart from being involved in the Wonder Man series for Disney+.

    Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror, who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2023), will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars on November 7, 2025

  • Disney announces two new Marvel ‘Avengers’ films at Comic-Con

    By AFP

    SAN DIEGO: Disney announced a slew of Marvel superhero movies including two new “Avengers” films Saturday at Comic-Con, as it offered screaming fans an emotional first glimpse at its upcoming “Black Panther” sequel.

    The record-breaking Marvel movies have dominated Hollywood and global box offices in recent years, with 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” briefly becoming the highest-grossing film of all time at more than $2.79 billion.

    “I wonder if you guys wouldn’t mind looking ahead a little bit?” studio president Kevin Feige asked the wildly cheering hall of die-hard superhero fans toward the end of a raucous hour-plus presentation at a San Diego convention center.

    “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” will hit theaters in 2025, he then announced.

    The films will aim to follow in the footsteps of “Avengers: Endgame,” which built unprecedented hype by rounding off storylines presented in all the preceding Marvel films.

    The two new “Avengers” titles will conclude the next “saga” of more than a dozen inter-connected films and television shows in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe,” said Feige.

    “That will complete the second saga of the MCU, which of course is ‘The Multiverse Saga,’” he said.

    The Marvel franchise in recent films and shows has explored the “multiverse” concept popularized by superhero comic books, in which infinite universes — and infinite versions of each hero and villain — exist in parallel realities

    ‘Black Panther’ returns

    The Marvel presentation capped off the biggest day at Comic-Con, and drew the week’s loudest and most frenzied cheers in the 6,000 capacity Hall H, where many had camped in line for days to gain access.

    It ended with the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a sequel to the first comic book film to win a best picture Oscar nomination, set to premiere November 11.

    Returning director Ryan Coogler, taking to the San Diego stage with a colorful troupe of African drummers and dancers, paid an emotional tribute to the first film’s star, the “late, great Chadwick Boseman.”

    Boseman died from cancer in 2020, and his role is not being taken over by another actor in the new film. “I promise you, I can feel his hand on me right now,” said Coogler.

    “Chad is no longer with us physically, but his spirit, his passion, his genius, his pride in his culture, and the impact he made on this industry will be felt forever.”

    Coogler then presented new characters in the franchise being played by Michaela Coel and Tenoch Huerta.

    Coel, who won an Emmy for “I May Destroy You,” praised the unique “energy” of the first “Black Panther” film, which was widely seen as a breakthrough for Black representation in mainstream Hollywood movies.

    “I think it’s got something to do with a Black superhero, padded out a clan of Black superheroes and what that kind of does for Black people,” she said.

    Marvel A-listers 

    Other Marvel films announced Saturday by Disney at the world’s most famous pop culture gathering included “Thunderbolts” and “Fantastic Four,” both due in 2024.

    Feige also set out dates for “Blade” — in theaters November 2023 — and the newly titled “Captain America: New World Order” coming May 2024.

    Bill Murray and Olivia Colman join the ranks of Hollywood A-listers flocking to the Marvel franchise, appearing in first-look footage from movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” respectively.

    Chris Pratt, Paul Rudd, and Lupita Nyong’o also appeared on stage Saturday along with Jonathan Majors, whose “Kang the Conqueror” character appears poised to become a major new supervillain for the franchise.

    SAN DIEGO: Disney announced a slew of Marvel superhero movies including two new “Avengers” films Saturday at Comic-Con, as it offered screaming fans an emotional first glimpse at its upcoming “Black Panther” sequel.

    The record-breaking Marvel movies have dominated Hollywood and global box offices in recent years, with 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” briefly becoming the highest-grossing film of all time at more than $2.79 billion.

    “I wonder if you guys wouldn’t mind looking ahead a little bit?” studio president Kevin Feige asked the wildly cheering hall of die-hard superhero fans toward the end of a raucous hour-plus presentation at a San Diego convention center.

    “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” will hit theaters in 2025, he then announced.

    The films will aim to follow in the footsteps of “Avengers: Endgame,” which built unprecedented hype by rounding off storylines presented in all the preceding Marvel films.

    The two new “Avengers” titles will conclude the next “saga” of more than a dozen inter-connected films and television shows in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe,” said Feige.

    “That will complete the second saga of the MCU, which of course is ‘The Multiverse Saga,’” he said.

    The Marvel franchise in recent films and shows has explored the “multiverse” concept popularized by superhero comic books, in which infinite universes — and infinite versions of each hero and villain — exist in parallel realities

    ‘Black Panther’ returns

    The Marvel presentation capped off the biggest day at Comic-Con, and drew the week’s loudest and most frenzied cheers in the 6,000 capacity Hall H, where many had camped in line for days to gain access.

    It ended with the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a sequel to the first comic book film to win a best picture Oscar nomination, set to premiere November 11.

    Returning director Ryan Coogler, taking to the San Diego stage with a colorful troupe of African drummers and dancers, paid an emotional tribute to the first film’s star, the “late, great Chadwick Boseman.”

    Boseman died from cancer in 2020, and his role is not being taken over by another actor in the new film. “I promise you, I can feel his hand on me right now,” said Coogler.

    “Chad is no longer with us physically, but his spirit, his passion, his genius, his pride in his culture, and the impact he made on this industry will be felt forever.”

    Coogler then presented new characters in the franchise being played by Michaela Coel and Tenoch Huerta.

    Coel, who won an Emmy for “I May Destroy You,” praised the unique “energy” of the first “Black Panther” film, which was widely seen as a breakthrough for Black representation in mainstream Hollywood movies.

    “I think it’s got something to do with a Black superhero, padded out a clan of Black superheroes and what that kind of does for Black people,” she said.

    Marvel A-listers 

    Other Marvel films announced Saturday by Disney at the world’s most famous pop culture gathering included “Thunderbolts” and “Fantastic Four,” both due in 2024.

    Feige also set out dates for “Blade” — in theaters November 2023 — and the newly titled “Captain America: New World Order” coming May 2024.

    Bill Murray and Olivia Colman join the ranks of Hollywood A-listers flocking to the Marvel franchise, appearing in first-look footage from movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” respectively.

    Chris Pratt, Paul Rudd, and Lupita Nyong’o also appeared on stage Saturday along with Jonathan Majors, whose “Kang the Conqueror” character appears poised to become a major new supervillain for the franchise.

  • Keanu Reeves to helm OTT docuseries on F1 and the Ross Brawn saga

    By Express News Service

    Keanu Reeves is working on a docuseries about Formula One for the streaming portal Disney+. This yet-to-be-titled four-part series will reportedly focus on Formula One managing director Ross Brawn, who in 2009 bought the Honda team, renamed it Brawn GP, and took it to two championship victories.

    Reeves will host the series and has already been conducting interviews. Last week, Reeves was pictured at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, UK, where he spoke to a local racing journalist about the documentary series.

    “We want to tell that amazing remarkable story (of Brawn). There is so much to talk about. A friend of mine was telling me the story and I was so struck by it. He was actually working for Brawn back in the day in publicity and he’s a producer/director and so we were like, well let’s tell that story, let’s try and tell that story,” he said.

    “It’s been really great to be able to learn more about what was going on in Formula One that year. It wasn’t just the cars, new regulations, FOTA (the Formula One Teams Association), and breakaway series. I mean there was just so much happening in Formula One at that time. The world of Formula One was just extraordinary. I mean, it’s always extraordinary, but in that year with Brawn GP I think something really special happened,” Keanu added.

    Keanu Reeves is working on a docuseries about Formula One for the streaming portal Disney+. This yet-to-be-titled four-part series will reportedly focus on Formula One managing director Ross Brawn, who in 2009 bought the Honda team, renamed it Brawn GP, and took it to two championship victories.

    Reeves will host the series and has already been conducting interviews. Last week, Reeves was pictured at the British Grand Prix in Silverstone, UK, where he spoke to a local racing journalist about the documentary series.

    “We want to tell that amazing remarkable story (of Brawn). There is so much to talk about. A friend of mine was telling me the story and I was so struck by it. He was actually working for Brawn back in the day in publicity and he’s a producer/director and so we were like, well let’s tell that story, let’s try and tell that story,” he said.

    “It’s been really great to be able to learn more about what was going on in Formula One that year. It wasn’t just the cars, new regulations, FOTA (the Formula One Teams Association), and breakaway series. I mean there was just so much happening in Formula One at that time. The world of Formula One was just extraordinary. I mean, it’s always extraordinary, but in that year with Brawn GP I think something really special happened,” Keanu added.

  • Disney+ in deal with HYBE, BTS ropes two exclusive projects with streamer

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: South Korean entertainment company HYBE and the streaming platform Disney+ have entered into an agreement, which includes the global distribution of two exclusive programmes featuring K-pop superstars BTS.

    The long-term collaboration will see both companies working together “to showcase creative excellence from South Korea’s music and entertainment industry to the world stage”, a press release stated.

    Disney+ will have the rights to stream five major content titles from BTS studio HYBE, some of them are the concert film “BTS: Permission To Dance On Stage – LA”, original docuseries “BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star”, and previously announced “In The Soop: Friendcation”, an original travel reality show, which stars V of BTS among other stars of the Korean entertainment sector.

    Jessica Kam-Engle, APAC Head of Content, The Walt Disney Company, said the studio is “thrilled” to be collaborating with HYBE to showcase their original content created with powerful artist IP on their global streaming services including Disney+.

    “This collaboration represents our creative ambition to work with iconic content creators and top stars in Asia Pacific so their talent can be enjoyed by mainstream audiences in multiple ways. We believe these new titles will captivate consumers worldwide and look forward to introducing more music content on our service,” Kam-Engle said in a statement.

    Park Ji-won, CEO of HYBE, said they are looking forward to this multi-year content deal with Disney.

    “This will be the start of a long-term collaboration, where we present worldwide audiences a wide range of HYBE content for fans who love our music and artists. The Walt Disney Company has a long history of franchise-building and promoting musical artists, with its unparalleled brands and platforms,” added Park.

    According to the streamer, the collaboration will allow Disney to introduce a series of new titles from HYBE over the next few years, as the entertainment platform continues to produce high-quality content based on its music and artists IPs.

    “BTS: Permission To Dance On Stage – LA” is an exclusive cinematic 4K concert film which will offer subscribers a peek into BTS’ live performance in Los Angeles’ Sofi Stadium in November 2021.

    Performing Billboard hit songs “Butter” and “Permission to Dance”, this was the first time in two years since the pandemic that the band met fans in person.

    BTS, comprising RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook, released their anthology album ‘Proof’ on June 10 and days later said they will be taking a break as a group to focus on solo activities.

    “BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star”, an original docuseries, will follow the incredible journey of BTS, who enjoyed a massive fan following across the world. It will be available exclusively on Disney’s streaming services next year.

    “With unprecedented access to a vast library of music and footage over the past nine years, the series will feature the daily lives, thoughts and plans of BTS members, as they prepare for their second chapter,” read the synopsis of the show.

    “In The Soop: Friendcation”, an original travel reality show with a star-studded cast of V, “Itaewon Class” star Park Seo-jun, “Parasite” star Choi Woo-shik, “Strong Girl Bong-soon” star Park Hyung-sik, and rapper Peakboy.

    The programme, which will stream from July 22, features the five friends venturing on a surprise trip and enjoying a variety of leisure and fun activities.

  • Disney’s reported USD 300 million offer is ‘made up’, says Johnny Depp’s rep

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Johnny Depp has not been offered an apology deal worth $300 million. One of the representatives of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star has denied the existence of any such deal saying, “This is made up,” reports NBC News.

    A media report had earlier said that after Depp won his defamation suit against Amber Heard, Disney offered the deal plus an apology letter to Depp with the request to return to the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise.

    ALSO READ | Johnny Depp celebrates Amber Heard trial win, spends Rs 48 lakhs at Indian restaurant in Birmingham

    The NBC News report further states that Depp, who has played Captain Jack Sparrow in all the five ‘Pirates’ movies, the latest being the 2017 film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’, has declined to be part of the franchise irrespective of how lucrative the offer is. The actor had made the statement in court.

    At one point during the trial, Heard’s attorney Ben Rottenborn asked the actor, “The fact is, Mr Depp, if Disney came to you with $300 million and a million alpacas, nothing on this earth would get you to go back and work with Disney on a ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film? Correct?”

    Depp replied in the affirmative, “That is true, Mr. Rottenborn.”

    ALSO READ | Judge makes jury’s USD 10.3 million award official in Depp-Heard trial

    A Virginia jury later ruled that Heard was liable for defaming Depp. The jury awarded $10 million to Depp in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.

    The Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate later reduced the punitive damages to $350,000, which is the state’s statutory cap or legal limit, making his total damages less than $10.4 million.

    Back in May, ‘Pirates’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who is now working on two more films, was asked if Depp would be back for future projects. He told ‘The Sunday Times’, “Not at this point. The future is yet to be decided.”

  • Farhan Akhtar pens note for ‘Ms Marvel’ team, praises show for ‘conscious inclusiveness’

    By PTI

    MUMBAI: Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar on Tuesday said he is proud to be associated with “Ms Marvel”, the upcoming Disney+ series which he described as a “celebration of diversity”.

    Ahead of the series premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on Wednesday, Akhtar penned a note of appreciation for the makers of “Ms Marvel” congratulating them for mounting a show that promises to bring a “pride of self-identity” to several young children in the Indian subcontinent.

    “Ms Marvel”, part of the blockbuster Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is fronted by newcomer Iman Vellani who plays Kamala Khan aka Ms Marvel, a Pakistani-American teenager growing up in Jersey City.

    “Tomorrow, 8th June, will see the release of the first episode of Ms Marvel on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. This post is in appreciation of the creators, the directors and all those in front and behind the camera, who collaborated to make Ms Marvel what it is. It is in appreciation of Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for her guidance through my days of working on it,” the multi-hyphenate personality wrote.

    “Bad Boys for Life” helmers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a two-time Oscar winner in the documentary short category, and Meera Menon, who has worked on shows like “The Walking Dead”, have directed the episodes of the series.

    “Ms Marvel” marks the Hollywood debut for Akhtar, known for starring in films like “Rock On”, “The Sky is Pink” and for directing features like “Don” and “Dil Chahta Hai”. He is said to be guest-starring on the show.

    Commending Marvel Studios, owned by The Walt Disney Company, for its continued push for inclusion, the actor-filmmaker said the series is a “celebration of diversity”.

    “It is in appreciation of Marvel. I’m proud to be part of their conscious inclusiveness. This show is a celebration of diversity and it certainly will bring joy and pride of self-identity to millions of young girls and boys of the sub-continent,” he added.

    Akhtar, 48, also gave a shout-out to Vellani and said the audience will be impressed by the debutante’s performance.

    “And last but not least, it is in appreciation of the wonderfully talented Iman Vellani. Be prepared to be thoroughly entertained and effortlessly charmed by her. Thank you and good luck, Team Ms Marvel,” he added.

    “Ms Marvel” also features Pakistani stars Fawad Khan, Nimra Bucha, Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, and Travina Springer.

    The show will be available in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.

  • Stephanie Beatriz was in labour when she recorded ‘Encanto’ song

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Actress Stephanie Beatriz has shared she was in labour while she was recording a track for her movie ‘Encanto’ and was singing her lines in between contractions.

    The actress was pregnant with her daughter Rosaline when she voiced Mirabel in the animated Disney movie and continued with a planned studio session for the song ‘Waiting On A Miracle’ despite going into labour, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

    Speaking on new Disney Podcast ‘Journey to the Magic’ hosted by Giovanna Fletcher, Beatriz said: “I was in early labour, but I didn’t tell anyone because the contractions were very far apart. But they were happening. I was also getting checked out all the time. My doctor was all over it – because I’m a little bit older and she was all over the pregnancy making sure I was going in for checks and everything.”

    Beatriz said carrying on with work helped her conquer her anxiety about becoming a first-time mum.

    She added: “If anything could have taken me out of the fear of having my first kid it was focusing on this job that I love to do. I love to work so much, I love telling stories and I don’t want that amazing part of myself to be sacrificed when it didn’t need to be.”

    However, the actress shared she would have stepped away if she was having difficulties: “I know my own limits, and if I had said like I can’t breathe or I can’t do this or whatever and if I had been having contraction after contraction – I would sure as heck not do it.

    “There were a couple of times, when we were in that booth where I was like I’m just going to look like I’m thinking about this for a while – while I feel my way through what’s happening with my body. All right let’s go!”

  • Predator prequel Prey to release on Hulu on August 5

    By Express News Service

    20th Century Studios’ upcoming Predator prequel, Prey has got its official release date. The film which has skipped its theatrical release will stream exclusively on Hulu, on  August 5.

    The film will be released by Star+, and by Disney+ in all other territories. Prey is set three hundred years before the rest of the Predator films, in the Native American Comanche Nation, and features a cast of almost entirely Native and First Native actors, including Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, and Julian Black Antelope.

    Prey tells the story of a young, trained warrior who goes to any extent to protect her camp. She decides to hunt an unknown enemy that has been targeting her camp. Soon, it is exposed that the enemy is actually the extraterrestrial being that is known as the Predator. The film has been teased as depicting the first time a Predator visited Earth.

    Prey is directed by Dan Trachtenberg from a script by Patrick Aison. Trachtenberg is known for helming the film 10 Cloverfield Lane, and select episodes of The Boys and Black Mirror. Aison has written for the shows Wayward Pines, The Kingdom, and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, but Prey is the first script he has penned for a feature film.

    Prey is produced by Jhane Meyers and John Davis and  Prey will serve as the fifth film in the long-running Predator franchise.

  • ‘Doctor Strange’ casts a spell on box office: USD 551.6 million, and counting

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: Disney/Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ easily will extend its reign over the global box office in its second weekend without any truly fire-breathing competition from rival majors, according to ‘Deadline Hollywood’.

    The blockbuster is expected to draw $74 million to $80 million over the weekend, which may be a 57-60 per cent decline, but is not likely to affect its position on top of the pecking order.

    On Thursday, the North American collections of the Sam Raimi-directed sequel stood of $230.4 million. In overseas territories, the Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer has garnered $321.2 million to crank up a global total of $551.6 million.

    Hitting the five-century global mark, notes ‘Deadline Hollywood’, was “pre-ordained” following a weekend debut that ultimately came in at $449.4 million. That was good for the second-biggest worldwide start for a Hollywood movie during the pandemic era, and the fourth ever for the MCU, behind ‘Avengers: Endgame’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’.

    The sorcerer’s Top 10 offshore markets, as of Tuesday, were Korea ($32 million), the UK ($27.8 million), Mexico ($23.8 million), Brazil ($17.6 million), India ($14.3 million), Australia ($13.7 million), France ($12.9 million), Indonesia ($10.5 million), Japan ($10.3 million) and Germany ($10.2 million).