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Gladiator 2 now has a release date, as Paramount has put the sequel on the schedule for November 22, 2024, meaning it'll debut over the Thanksgiving weekend next year if the date holds.The original Gladiator was released in May 2000, so the sequel will be out more than 24 years later. It's not quite as long as the 36 years fans waited for Top Gun: Maverick, however.Ridley Scott, who directed the first Gladiator, is coming back for the sequel. Paul Mescal, who starred in Aftersun and is up for an Oscar for it this year, is reportedly going to star...

Actor Nick Offerman, who starred in the latest episode of HBO's The Last of Us, has responded to haters who criticized the newest episode, "Long Long Time." Spoilers for The Last of Us follow below.In the episode, Bill meets Frank (Murray Bartlett) and they fall in love in what critics are calling the best episode so far and one of the best episodes of TV in years. But not everyone liked it, due in part to the episode's gay romance storyline. Offerman is now hitting back at the haters. He replied to a tweet from someone who said the Episode...

Linda Rondstadt's 1970 hit song "Long Long Time" was featured in the January 29 episode of The Last of Us, and streams of the song on Spotify jumped by 4900%. However, Ronstadt will not earn a penny from the explosion in popularity for the song because she sold her music catalog years ago.The song was written by Gary White, who is presumably lined up for a payday thanks to the resurgence in popularity."I still love the song and I'm very glad that Gary will get a windfall," Ronstadt told Billboard. She hasn't seen the episode and only became aware of...

The new DC Universe of films and TV series includes heavyweight heroes such as Batman and Superman, new spins on familiar icons such as Supergirl, and a universe of Elseworlds stories where gritty takes on the Joker can thrive. Wedged between all of these projects is a superteam of anti-heroes who have never made it to the big screen before; A squad of pragmatic metahumans known as the Authority.Essentially an anti-Justice League, the Authority have existed in several shapes and forms since 1999, but never made it beyond the printed page. The closest we've come to an Authority feature film...

The director of photography for HBO's The Last of Us series has shared some behind-the-scenes photos and images from the much-loved third episode, "Long Long Night." Eben Bolter shared an incredible and fascinating look into the gripping and emotional episode, confirming, among other details that HBO basically built an entire town for the episode.One of Bolter's images also shows the precise latitude and longitude of the much-talked about scene claiming to be "10 miles west of Boston." Because of those specific geopositioning details, we know that this scene was not actually filmed anywhere near Boston.In fact, based on the coordinates...

It turns out that Detective Pikachu 2--specifically the film, not the game--is still in the works, though getting it made doesn't sound like an easy task.2019's Detective Pikachu was an immediate hit, amassing $433 million worldwide--making it the second highest grossing video game film of all time--and generally positive reviews, so a sequel was presumed a safe bet. It's almost four years later, and we haven't really heard much, with the star of the first film Justice Smith even saying Detective Pikachu 2 is unlikely. But according to Polygon, a sequel is in development, it's just not clear how far...

Pedro Pascal has revealed that he took an Ambien on the night he got the job to play Joel in HBO's The Last of Us, and because of the sleeping drug he took, he forgot he landed the gig.On The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Pascal recalled that fateful night. He was in London at the time and the rest of the team on The Last of Us was in Los Angeles."I got sent these scripts. I was told Craig Mazin wants you to read these scripts and if you like them, he'd like to talk to you. I loved...

New details have been revealed for the future Avatar movies, with Game of Thrones star Oona Chaplin set to play the Na'vi fire leader in Avatar 3.In a new Empire magazine interview--via Variety--Avatar producer Jon Landau shared some brand-new details for the next three films in James Cameron's Avatar universe. It's already been confirmed by Cameron that Avatar 3 will feature another race of Na'vi, but Landau expanded on this and confirmed the group will be named the Ash People and are described as "an aggressive, volcanic race."Landau also revealed that Oona Chaplin, who played Talisa Maegyr in Game of...

HBO's The Last of Us showrunner, Craig Mazin, has teased an upcoming episode that will feature an emotional moment for the character Joel.In a recent interview with TV Line, Mazin was asked whether The Last of Us will go on to explore the life of Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) between 2003, the year of the outbreak, and 2023, like how Bill and Frank's relationship and life was showcased in episode 3. Mazin said probably not, but there will be a moment in a future episode that will hit audiences hard."I don’t think we’re going to go backwards at length like...