It’s one of the most-anticipated movies of the summer, and as expected, “Green Lantern” is already moving its way to the top of the box office.
The film starring Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively hit theaters last night at midnight earned a whopping $3.4 million.
Today, “Green Lantern” moved into a total of 3,816 theaters, including 2,711 3D locations, after playing in 1,180 midnight runs.
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The final trailer for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2” is here. And boy is it intense.
With less than a month to go before the last film in the beloved franchise hits theaters, the trailer gives fans the biggest look yet at the epic showdown between Lord Voldemort and “The Boy Who Lived.”
Watch it already!
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Regarding BYUH’s spring play, the Mad Hatter, Riley Mills, shared he is “confident we’re going to put on a good show.” The California junior, studying biochemistry, continued, “Everyone knows ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ of course, but this is something new because it’s being performed by a lot of the most talented kids here on campus.”
Craig Ferre, the fine arts professor from Utah, directs the play. The productions star role Alice will be played by Makena Ford, with Riley Mills as the Mad Hatter, Jacob Contor as the March Hare and Aymie Haslam as the Red Queen, among others.
“I’m really stoked for this part [as the Red Queen]. She’s threatening and impatient, but she doesn’t actually cut off anyone’s head . . . I think she’s just going to be fun. We have a great cast and we have the cutest Alice ever,” exclaimed Haslam, a junior from Canada in ICS.
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“The boy who lived, come to die.” Warner Bros has debuted the official theatrical trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in high def on Apple after its world premiere during the ABC Family presentation of Happy Gilmore on TV tonight. We all know where this is headed, we’ve all seen the first half of the end, now get an incredible glimpse at the true finale coming up this summer. Daniel Radcliffe stars as Harry Potter, Ralph Fiennes as his nemesis Voldemort, and a fantastic cast full of so many other great actors. Get ready to hold your breath for the full two minutes it takes to watch this phenomenal new trailer.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is again directed by British filmmaker David Yates, of Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince previously. The script was also written again by Steve Kloves, of Sorcerer’s Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, and also Half-Blood Prince, but not Order of the Phoenix. This is based on J.K. Rowling’s very popular series of books which have already concluded. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 arrives in theaters in 3D starting on July 15th this summer!
Watch the full theatrical trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2:
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HBO did not go small in making “Game of Thrones,” its first series in the fantasy genre.
For starters, there’s the source material: “A Game of Thrones,” a 700-plus-page novel by George R.R. Martin that’s the shortest in his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. Production on the show’s 10 episodes ran for seven months in Northern Ireland and Malta. There are 17 actors listed in the opening credits, and at least that many more have good-sized roles in the series. The marketing has been nearly ubiquitous in recent weeks.
So does it all add up to something you’ll want to watch when it premieres at 9 p.m. ET Sunday (April 17)? In two words: Hell yes. “Game of Thrones” is a grown-up fantasy tale that is less about magic and mysticism than it is about power, political gamesmanship and the consequences of both. It’s stunningly rendered and very well-acted, and though the first few episodes have a tendency toward telling rather than showing, the pace rarely feels slack.
Caveat time: I wasn’t familiar with Martin’s work prior to the series. I started reading “A Game of Thrones” before watching, then stopped after I saw the first two episodes — not out of lack of interest (quite the contrary), but because I found myself tracking how faithful the TV series was to the novel (quite faithful, for as far as I read) rather than really paying attention to what was on screen. I wanted to evaluate the series as its own work.
As adapted by executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, “Game of Thrones” follows the numerous power-hungry and amoral figures (along with a few decent ones) surrounding the Iron Throne, the seat of power in Westeros. It’s currently occupied by King Robert Baratheon (a lusty Mark Addy), who took power in a rebellion some years before in which the previous king was killed by Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), who happens to be the twin brother of Robert’s wife, Queen Cersei (Lena Headey).
As the series opens, Robert travels to the remote northern citadel of Winterfell to ask his hold friend Eddard “Ned” Stark (Sean Bean) to be the Hand of the King — his closest adviser. Robert doesn’t really trust anyone else at the court, and with good reason; his wife is already looking forward to the day when their son Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) takes the throne, others around him — notably Petyr Baelish, also known as Littlefinger (“The Wire’s” Aidan Gillen) — have their own agendas, and, well, Jaime killed the last king.
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Any time Harrison Ford slips on a wide brim hat for a retro action flick, you’ve got my attention. Particularly when Daniel Craig, Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde are tagging along for the ride. But the first look at “Cowboys & Aliens” (which aired during the Super Bowl) didn’t get my jollys like I’d hoped.
Thankfully a brand new trailer for this western/sci-fi/actioner not only makes the story a whole lot clearer, but showcases some astounding action and the pitch perfect relationship between Harrison & Daniel’s contentious twosome.
ABC has canceled two of its longest-running programs, daytime soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live.”
The network announced Thursday that the two soap operas would end, with “All My Children” going off the air in September and “One Life to Live” going off the air in January.
In their place, a Mario Batali-hosted food show called “The Chew” will premiere in September, and a health/lifestyle transformation show tentatively called “The Revolution” will premiere in January.
“General Hospital” will remain on the network.
“All My Children” has been the subject of cancellation rumors of late, with Deadline.com’s Nellie Andreeva reporting last month that the show might be replaced by a talk show.
“While we are excited about our new shows and the shift in our business, I can’t help but recognize how bittersweet the change is,” Brian Frons, ABC’s daytime department president , said in an announcement. “We are taking this bold step to expand our business because viewers are looking for different types of programming these days. They are telling us there is room for informative, authentic and fun shows that are relatable, offer a wide variety of opinions and focus on ‘real life’ takeaways.”
In an exclusive interview with The Huffington Post’s Lucas Kavner, Frons noted that he certainly expects some backlash. “I haven’t had a chance for anybody to physically assault me yet,” Frons said. “But if you’re a passionate viewer of these shows, you can assume people are going to be really angry at me.”
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In a summer filled with amazing choices at the box office, one more flick has made it’s way into the pre-season hype- “Conan the Barbarian.”