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Netflix’s Squid Game has been watched for 1.6 bn hours, Red Notice clocks 148.7 mn hours.

November 18, 2021 Published by

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Netflix on Tuesday rolled out a new website that measures its most-viewed films and series by the amount of hours users spend watching them. The result is people are watching Squid Game and the new action-adventure film Red Notice maybe even more than we would have guessed.

According to the streaming service’s new metric, Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds, has been watched for 148.7 million hours globally since it debuted Nov. 12 on Netflix. In the past week, the most popular series was season three of Narcos: Mexico, with 50.3 million hours viewed.

The first season of Squid Game ranks as Netflix’s most-watched show or film ever, with 1.6 billion hours viewed.

Netflix will publish both English and non-English rankings, and top-10 lists for more than 90 countries. The company said that it has hired the accounting firm EY to audit its figures.

At its current rate, Red Notice — which received largely poor reviews from critics — could become Netflix’s most popular film ever. That title currently is held by the 2018 Sandra Bullock thriller Bird Box, with 282 million hours viewed.

Vin Diesel invites. Dwayne Johnson To Return To ‘Fast & Furious’ Franchise

November 17, 2021 Published by
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The Fast & The Furious franchise began in the early 2000s as an American street racing film series. And since then has gone on to become a lot of things.

The family just kept on getting bigger, despite losing out on the gem of a person and actor that was the blue-eyed Paul Walker.

One of the most prominent things was the tiff between superstars Vin Diesel and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who clashed during the filming five years ago.

Since then, Dwayne departed from the series soon after and instead started Hobbs & Shaw, leaving the Fast franchise still with a lot of stars. However, Vin Diesel, who recently saw the release of the latest film in the series, Fast 9 wants to finally put an end to his feud with The Rock, and bring him back to The Family. The XXX actor even wrote an Instagram post to invite the star back to the franchise.

Vin Diesel wrote, “My little brother Dwayne… the time has come. The world awaits the finale of Fast 10. As you know, my children refer to you as Uncle Dwayne in my house. There is not a holiday that goes by that they and you don’t send well wishes… but the time has come. Legacy awaits. I told you years ago that I was going to fulfill my promise to Pablo [Paul Walker]. I swore that we would reach and manifest the best Fast in the finale that is 10! but you must show up, do not leave the franchise idle, you have a very important role to play. Hobbs can’t be played by any other. I hope that you rise to the occasion and fulfill your destiny.”

This really seems honest and despite all the fights and controversies, who wouldn’t want them to return together and be Hollywood’s own version of Karan-Arjun.

Taylor Swift releases her short film ‘All Too Well’.

November 17, 2021 Published by

Taylor Swift attended a premiere of the 10-minute ‘All Too Well: The Short Film’ at the AMC Lincoln Square 13. In New York City which she wrote and directed on Friday night.

Before the short film started, Taylor Swift thanked her fans for helping her create ‘a cinematic universe around’ the song.
“For me personally, this song is 100 percent about us and you,” Swift told the group. As she explained how “All Too Well” didn`t even have its own music video when she released her album “Red.”
`All Too Well: The Short Film` is like a music video on steroids meets a Noah Baumbach movie. It`s set to Swift`s 10-minute, extended version of `All Too Well`. A bonus track part of Swift`s `Red (Taylor`s Version).

In the new lyrics to the song, Swift sings: “You kept me like a secret and I kept you like an oath/You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine, and that made me want to die.”

The movie features dialogue – mostly fighting – between the lead actors: Sadie Sink as a younger Swift, and Dylan O`Brien (as presumably Jake Gyllenhaal). In real life, Gyllenhaal is nine years older than Swift.

Swift appears in a cameo as herself at the end, in a sequence where she`s written a novel called “All Too Well” based on the doomed relationship.

Swift’s 10-minute live performance of ‘All Too Well’ on a red guitar capped up the showing. As she exited the theatre, she re-played the film.

Mel Gibson To Direct ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ As The Franchise’s.

November 17, 2021 Published by

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Actor Mel Gibson will be starring in and directing the fifth installment of ‘Lethal Weapon’.

Gibson, who appears as Martin Riggs in the franchise, announced his involvement in the project at an event in London, according to Britain’s The Sun newspaper after paying tribute to the filmmaker who had previously helmed the franchise.

The film is expected to enter production sometime in 2022.

Sources said: “As well as stepping up to direct Lethal Weapon 5 Mel is going to be starring in it.”

 

Harry Potter ‘Return to Hogwarts’ to reunite.

November 17, 2021 Published by

Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are reuniting. With other cast members from the blockbuster. Film franchise for a special 20th anniversary TV retrospective, movie studio Warner Bros said on Tuesday.

Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid, Tom Felton, Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange), Gary Oldman (Sirius Black). Director Chris Columbus and other stars of the eight movies will join them.

The special will broadcast on Jan 1 on streaming platform HBO Max. Warner Bros and HBO are owned by AT&T Inc

The retrospective will see the cast return to the original Hogwarts boarding school sets that is features in the first film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone releases in November 2001.

The film franchise based on J.K. Rowling’s stories about an orphaned boy with magical powers took in some $7.8 billion at the global box office.

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ trailer.

November 17, 2021 Published by

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Marvel Studios dropped the highly anticipated trailer Wednesday morning, which offered an action-packed glimpse into the superhero film. While the first trailer saw Peter Parker, with Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange. Accidentally open up the multiverse while trying to make the world forget Spider-Man. The new clip sees the return of villains of the past return.

These include Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin from 2002’s ‘Spider-Man’, Alfred Molina’s Otto Octavius from 2004’s ‘Spider-Man 2’. Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman from 2007’s ‘Spider-Man 3’, Rhys Ifans’ Lizard from 2012’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’, and Jamie Foxx’s Electro from 2014’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’.

“When you botched that spell where you wanted people to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, we started getting visitors… from every universe,” Strange says in the clip.

Although the trailer did not feature Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, it was impossible to miss the recreation of a cinematic parallel between Zendaya’s MJ falling off a scaffolding and Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy falling to her death.

Also starring Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds and Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan and J K Simmons, the film will have a wide release in India on December 17.

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ will be dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

 

Killers of the Flower Moon: Leonardo DiCaprio’s next film with Martin Scorsese.

November 16, 2021 Published by

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Leonardo DiCaprio turns 47 now. The actor, who has been around since the early 1990s, is calls the last remaining movie star in Hollywood. Killers of the Flower Moon will be DiCaprio’s first collaboration with Martin Scorsese after 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street.

A western crime drama, the film is based on journalist David Grann’s non-fiction book of the same name. It is set in Oklahoma in the 1920s and portrays a series of murders of Osage Nation Native Americans.

A prominent white cattleman, William Hale had many friends. Among the Osages and understand a friend of the tribe. He proved to be anything but.

The story is chilling and it sounds incredible but it is true. American Indians have been oppressed, killed, and persecuted ever since Europeans set their eyes upon them. But this was singularly cold, for the elaborate conspiracy involved marrying Osage women, having children with them, all the while being aware of the eventual outcome.

DiCaprio is an all-around great actor but many believe he is particularly good in villainous roles, perhaps most famously in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, as a racist, calculating plantation owner, and this is making us all the more excited for his portrayal of Burkhart. DiCaprio is a great actor and a blackguard character like Burkhart will give him a lot to chance to show off his dramatic chops.

Also, the story of the Osage, the improvement of their fortunes after centuries of depredation, and the murders, make for a thrilling tale. It helps that somebody like Scorsese is at the helm.

Red Notice gets ‘biggest opening day in Netflix history’.

November 16, 2021 Published by

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Red Notice stars Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot took to their respective social media handles to celebrate the film’s ‘biggest opening day in Netflix film history’ on Saturday. Since the film did not release in theatres apart from a limited release in the US, this perhaps means that the film garnered the most views for any film yet on Netflix.

Reynolds took to Twitter to reveal the news by sharing a photo. He wrote, “WOW #RedNotice is @Netflix biggest ever opening day for a film. Congrats to this whole team! Can’t wait for Red Notice (Taylor’s Version).”

Gadot shared the same photo and wrote, “This is amazing!!!! What can I say, you guys are the best and the reason why we make these films. So grateful and excited!!! Congratulations @Netflix and to the entire #RedNoticeMovie team Heart suitWoman dancing @TheRock @VancityReynolds.”

Red Notice is a Netflix action comedy thriller that is writing and direct by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Its trailers and promos had teased a fast-paced globe-trotting comedic action thriller. The film was earlier going to be released by Universal Pictures before Netflix acquired its rights.

Despite its starry cast, Red Notice did not please critics. On review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a score of 39 percent. The critical consensus reads, “Red Notice’s big-budget and A-list cast add up to a slickly competent action comedy whose gaudy ingredients only make the middling results more disappointing.”

 

Eternals earns Rs 27.45 crore in India in 2nd week.

November 16, 2021 Published by

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Disney and Marvel’s Eternals took a steep drop in its second weekend in theaters. But it’s still hanging on to first place ahead of newcomers like Clifford the Big Red Dog. Eternals added $27.5 million over the weekend in North America, bringing its domestic total to $118.8 million.

According to studio estimates Sunday. The film, directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao and starring Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, and Gemma Chan, fell 61% from its debut. Though not uncommon for a big superhero tentpole, but it was significantly steeper than the 52% drop seen by the last Disney and Marvel offering, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

In India, Eternals has accumulated Rs 27.45 crore.

“There’s been a lot of talk about family audiences and whether or not they want to go to the movie theater,” said Paul Dergarabedian, Comscore’s senior media analyst. “I think this is a really solid debut. It shows there is a demand for family films on the small screen and the big screen.”

Blockbusters rounded out the top five with Dune in third place with $5.5 million, No Time to Die in fourth with $4.6 million, and Venom: Let There Be Carnage in fifth with $4 million. Notably, Venom 2 this weekend became only the second pandemic-era film to cross the $200 million mark at the domestic box office. The other was Shang-Chi.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

No Time to Die crosses $700 million mark, second Hollywood movie during Covid-19 pandemic.

November 16, 2021 Published by

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The 25th James Bond movie, No Time to Die, has become one of the few big-screen. Releases during the Covid-19 pandemic to cross the $700 million mark. A Cary Joji Fukunaga directorial, the Daniel Craig-starrer has accumulated $708 million. It is only the second Hollywood film after F9 to achieve this feat.

Now, only F9: The Fast Saga ($721 million), Hi, Mom ($822 million), and The Battle at Lake Changjin ($874 million) are above No Time to Die.

But in terms of purely overseas (outside North America) earnings. The film has grossed more than F9 and is thus the biggest overseas earner in Hollywood during the pandemic.

Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz, Rory Kinnear, and Ralph Fiennes return from previous films. Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Billy Magnussen, Ana de Armas, David Dencik, and Dali Benssalah join the franchise with No Time to Die.

 

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