Is Eternity The Final Guardians Of The Galaxy Easter Egg?
No one can figure out what the final Easter egg is in James Gunn's Gaurdians Of The Galaxy, even though fans have been frantically searching since the film was released on Blu-Ray.
James Gunn shot down this mans hopes and dreams by confirming he was indeed WRONG about the final Guardians Of The Galaxy Easter Egg being being the Quasar.
"I was wrong about Quasar and I apologize."
In a new video, Youtuber MasterTainment explains how Eternity, the Marvel Comics cosmic entity, is James Gunn's missing Guardians of the Galaxy Easter Egg. Seen in the scene where Peter Quill (Star Lord) uses the Infinity Stone and sees Meredith Quill in space with Gamora.
The mysterious Easter egg has once again drawn attention to itself when a fan on Twitter recently accused James Gunn of lying about the Easter egg, and that he won't reveal what it is because there isn't one.
Around the time Guardians of the Galaxy came to Blu-ray, filmmaker James Gunn told ComicBook.com that, yes, there were still Easter eggs nobody had spotted yet.
"There's definitely one really big thing that people haven't seen, but they may never see it -- we'll see. There's other things, too," he said at the time, citing a then-recent example of something that had just been uncovered.
Set to the backdrop of ‘Awesome Mixtape #2,’ Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill’s true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes’ aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opens on May 5, 2017; Spider-Man: Homecoming– July 7, 2017; Thor: Ragnarok – November 3, 2017; Black Panther – February 16, 2018; Avengers: Infinity War – May 4, 2018; Ant-Man and the Wasp – July 6, 2018; and Captain Marvel on March 8, 2019.
Underworld: Blood Wars Clip – Selene is a Reluctant Warrior
The Underworld franchise may never have produced the most well-reviewed blockbusters in Hollywood, but the series has endured for over a decade with impressive fortitude. Additionally, the films have built up a fiercely loyal fanbase thanks to a strong commitment to its surprisingly deep backstory and mythology. The mythos imagines a centuries-spanning war between rival clans of vampires and werewolves (here called “Lycans”) and a onetime vampire enforcer named Selene (Kate Beckinsale) caught between loyalties when she uncovers the secret truth behind her own origins.
Now, check out a new clip featuring Selene’s return in the long-awaited fifth installment, Underworld: Blood Wars.
In the clip released by GamesRadar, Selene is shown to be resistant to a call back to action by vampire compatriot James (Theo James) who reveals that an army of vengeful lycans has mobilized in search of her and her daughter, whose blood is the key to granting their leader Marius (Tobias Menzies) extraordinary powers. Whereas the first three Underworld movies took place alternately in the present and medieval times, the fourth film found Selene waking up in a dystopian future where humanity had declared war on both species via a new breed of scientifically-enhanced lycans with extra abilities.
Blood Wars evidently picks up from that point. However, it’s yet unclear whether or not the film intends to include Scott Speedman as Selene’s missing lover Michael, a superhuman vampire/lycan hybrid whose existence drove the plot of the original two films and who was implied to still be alive at the end of Underworld: Awakening. The full plot of the latest installment has not been revealed, though trailers feature Selene receiving a power-upgrade of her own from a group of white-haired vampires (or something else?) with Flash-like super-speed powers.
In the broader Underworld mythos, vampires and werewolves descend from a pair of twins from antiquity who inherited mutated genes from their immortal genetic engineer father and were subsequently bitten by a wolf and a bat (respectively). Beckinsale’s Selene has appeared in each installment of the Underworld films, though only as a brief cameo (via recycled footage) in the third film, which was a prequel set in the medieval era outlining how the lycans went from an enslaved race to a rival faction of their own. The film featured Rhona Mitra and Michael Sheen as a pair of star-crossed vampire/lycan lovers whose forbidden relationship lead to the ongoing open war depicted in the first two films.
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‘The Accountant’ outnumbers ‘Kevin Hart: What Now?’ while ‘Max Steel’ bombs
In Photo: Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick star in The Accountant, a thriller about an autistic CPA with assassin-like abilities, which opened as the No. 1 film at the North American box office.
WARNER Bros.’s The Accountant outperformed two fellow new releases, Universal’s Kevin Hart: What Now? and Open Road’s Max Steel, and holdovers to overtake the weekend box office.
The Accountant pulled in an estimated $24.7 million in the United States and Canada, meeting analyst expectations of $20 million to $25 million. Internationally, the film grossed an estimated $2.8 million. With a total gross to date this weekend of more than $27 million worldwide, Warner Bros. is happy, especially considering the studio projected a more modest bow of $15 million to $20 million.
“This is such a big win,” said Jeff Goldstein, the studio’s distribution chief. “The story is compelling, and audiences responded.”
The film stars Ben Affleck as an autistic CPA with assassin-like abilities whose secret freelance work for criminal organizations draws the attention of someone in the US Treasury Department, played by J.K. Simmons. The movie was directed by Gavin O’Connor, who is best known for the 2011 mixed-martial arts drama Warrior. Anna Kendrick and Jeffrey Tambor also star.
This is a solid start for a movie that cost about $40 million to make, and audiences seem pleased with the product. Moviegoers (58 percent male, 68 percent over 35) gave the picture an “A” CinemaScore. Film critics, however, were less stoked with the movie, which received a 51-percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Such a performance bodes well for Affleck and the studio, demonstrating the continued strength of his star power. He also had roles in Warner’s DC Comics franchises, such as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League.
“We’re in the Ben Affleck business, and we’re proud of it,” Goldstein said.
Meanwhile, comedian Hart again proved his ability to generate profits with his latest stand-up concert movie, What Now? Garnering an estimated $12 million, the picture just failed analyst projections of $13 million to $15 million, but still can be counted as a success for Hart as it performed better than his last stand-up flick.
“It’s great,” said Nick Carpou, Universal’s president of domestic distribution. “We love Kevin Hart, and apparently, so does North America.”
Costing almost $14 million to produce, which Hart funded himself, the film was taped during his tour stop at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, filled with 53,000 people. In a 15-minute cinematic prelude to the stand-up act, Hart plays a James Bond-esque character who must fight off a villain to make it to his gig. That part of the movie stars Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Ed Helms.
What Now? is pacing ahead of Hart’s 2013 stand-up hit, Let Me Explain, from Lionsgate, which grossed $32 million domestically.
It’s also yet another demonstration of the comedian’s marketing prowess as one of Hollywood’s most reliably bankable stars.
Those who saw the concert film gave it an “A-” CinemaScore, while it has a 78-percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
What Now? is the fourth film this year alone where Universal has partnered with the star. And every other movie has been a box-office success—Ride Along 2 grossed $90.9 domestically, Central Intelligence (in partnership with Warner Bros.) pulled in $127.4 million and Secret Life of Pets took in $365.5 million. “He is a comedic star and has earned his star power,” Carpou said. “It’s great to be a part of it.”
Coming in third place was last week’s victor, Universal’s The Girl on the Train, adding an additional $12 million to its gross. The dark Emily Blunt movie has brought in $46.6 million domestically to date.
Fox’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children landed in fourth place in its third week with $8.9 million. The Tim Burton-directed flick has grossed $65.8 million.
Rounding out the top 5 is Lionsgate’s Deepwater Horizon with $6.4 million. It’s grossed $49.3 million domestically in three weeks.
Following what some have called a disappointing $7-million debut the previous week, Fox Searchlight’s The Birth of a Nation added an additional $2.7 million to its gross over the weekend, only good for a 10th-place finish. That’s a 61-percent drop week to week, evidence that the studio’s hope for strong word of mouth is faltering. Over the course of its first 10 days, the film, whose writer, director, producer and star, Nate Parker, has been recently involved in controversy surrounding an old rape case, has garnered only $12.2 million.
New release Max Steel, a PG-13 science-fiction action movie based on the Mattel line of action figures, distributed by Open Road, bombed with $2.2 million. It failed to meet analyst expectations of $5 million to $7 million, becoming the second lowest opening for a wide release this year, behind Fox’s Morgan. Audience members gave the picture a “B” CinemaScore, but critics didn’t enjoy the film at all. Out of the eight reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, the picture has a 0-percent positive rating.
On the limited-release front, STX Entertainment’s thriller Desierto finally opened after a seven-month delay. On 73 screens, the migration tale from Jonas and Alfonso Cuaron, the acclaimed filmmakers of Gravity, pulled in $450,000, for a per-screen average of $6,164.
Desierto is an immigration tale that follows Moises, played by Gael Garcia Bernal, who, after living in Oakland, California, without proper immigration documents, is deported to Mexico after being detained for a parking violation.
In an effort to rejoin his family, carrying the stuffed bear he promised to return to his son, he crosses the US border on foot with a group of others seeking the American dream. Their lives, however, are threatened by a Confederate flag-toting racist (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) taking border patrol into his own hands—with his hunting dog and shotgun in tow.
The Spanish-language film (with English subtitles) was acquired out of 2015’s Toronto film festival for about $1.5 million and is Mexico’s official entry for the foreign language Oscar at next year’s Academy Awards.
This week Halloween-themed pictures take over the box office with Lionsgate’s Boo! A Madea Halloween and Universal’s Ouija: Origin of Evil. Joining that group will be Paramount’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and the studio’s comedy Keeping Up With the Joneses.
‘Bad Santa 2’ Star Billy Bob Thornton Talks Post-Split Relationship With Angelina Jolie
Billy Bob Thornton and Angelina Jolie are still friends 13 years after they ended their marriage.
At a press junket for his upcoming Christmas film “Bad Santa 2,” Thornton revealed what kind of relationship he has had with Jolie since their divorce was finalized in 2003. “We’re still very good friends,” Thornton told Entertainment Tonight, “but she’s got her world. I’ve got mine.”
The Oscar-winning actor said that he still talks to Jolie, who recently split with Brad Pitt. “Once in a blue moon we come together,” Thornton said. “Every now and then we talk.”
While it’s unclear whether the “Maleficent” actress has deliberately reached out to Thornton to seek some sort of comfort since news of her split with Pitt broke, the “Fargo” alum did reveal that he and the actress recently had the opportunity to catch up with one another.
“She’s seems, you know, OK to me when I talk to [her],” Thornton told the news outlet when asked about how Jolie’s been doing following her breakup with Pitt. “But when people are going through their trials and tribulations I try to leave them alone unless they want to talk to me.”
Thornton and Jolie, who played an eccentric couple in the 1999 movie “Pushing Tin,” tied the knot in 2000. The two then split three months after they announced in March 2002 that they adopted a child from Cambodia. It was later revealed that Jolie had adopted the child as a single parent.
There were a lot of rumors about the reason of their breakup, but in a recent interview with GQ, Thornton said that he “never felt good enough” for Jolie. He added that, unlike her, he preferred to spend time at home. “I'm real uncomfortable around rich and important people,” he said.
This isn’t the first time Thornton has said that he wasn’t good enough for Jolie. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2014, the actor said that while they had a “great marriage,” he “chickened out” because he didn’t feel good enough for her. “That’s all that happened,” he said. “It was no big deal, we never hated each other.”
Thornton’s “Bad Santa 2” opens in theaters on Nov. 23.
“Bad Santa 2” actor Billy Bob Thornton opened up about his amicable relationship with his ex-wife, Angelina Jolie. Pictured: Thornton smiles during a ceremony honoring actor Kathy Bates with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California on Sept. 20. Photo: REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn and More Tease 'Office Christmas Party' Antics
Ain't no party like an Office Christmas Party, because an Office Christmas Party gets raunchy, as ET found out on the movie's set!
The star-studded comedy features Horrible Bosses alums Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman along with Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, Vanessa Bayer, Courtney B. Vance, Rob Corddry and Sam Richardson -- all of whom are sure to be on Santa's naughty list this year for their on-screen shenanigans.
"Everything that you would hope to have at a Christmas party happens at this Christmas party," Munn tells ET's Cameron Mathison. "And everything that you hope wouldn't happen also happens at this Christmas party."
In the movie, when a CEO (Aniston) tries to close the branch run by her hard-partying brother (Miller), he and his Chief Technical Officer (Bateman) rally their co-workers and host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client who could save their jobs.
While the purpose of the shindig is to keep the branch afloat, everyone uses the party to serve their own personal goals. Richardson is a guy from legal, itching to show off his skills as a DJ, Bayer is an executive assistant looking for love, and McKinnon needs to satiate her obsession with the holidays.
Bateman listed just a few of the outrageous hijinks the cast of characters commits to in the movie.
"People play with the microwave, put things in it they shouldn't," Bateman says. "They play with the 3D printer."
Of course, any partygoer knows libations are the cornerstone of any respectable holiday party, and Munn gave ET a short tour of the set, showing off some of the key props used in the film.
"This is our souped-up version of Sparkletts," Munn reveals, standing in front of a bevy of beverages. "We got tequila, gin, vodka."
And while this marks Munn's first time on-screen with Aniston, she shares a previous connection with the Golden Globe winner.
Before Aniston married Justin Theroux in Bel-Air last year, The Leftovers star was giving dating tips to Munn in New York. The two were drinking buddies when Munn worked as a correspondent on The Daily Show in 2010.
"He'd be like, 'This guy. Stay away from that guy,'" recalls Munn, who is currently dating Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. "He does like Aaron."
In the movie, Aniston's character isn't nearly as chummy.
"I'm sort of, in a way, the Grinch, who wants to steal Christmas away from all of these hard-working employees who are not doing as good of a job as they should be doing," Aniston says in a behind-the-scenes clip. "I know that I'm actually right. I just don't go about it the right way."
‘Almost Christmas’ Review: Danny Glover and Mo’nique Serve Up Holiday Satisfaction
If you come to Christmas movies for laughs, poignancy and familial reconciliation, this all-star cast provides it in abundance
If I’ve learned anything about Christmas movies after years of research, it’s that the ones we flock to every December often provide us with heaping helpings of comedy, poignancy and the resolution of long-standing family arguments. Those same classics tend to get roasted by film critics the first time around for being sappy or sentimental or contrived, as though those weren’t exactly the qualities that so many of us look for in a holiday movie.
All of which is to say, if you love Christmas movies for all the reasons that make them Christmas movies, “Almost Christmas” is a Christmas movie for you.
Anyone can whip the basic beats of a Christmas tale into a movie — go turn on the Hallmark Channel right now for a quick example — but it takes a degree of skill to make the comedy truly hilarious and the moving moments genuinely meaningful, and writer-director David E. Talbert (“Baggage Claim”) unlocks every door in this Advent calendar with precision.
It’s the first Christmas for the Meyers family following the death of the matriarch, and while widower Walter (Danny Glover) wants nothing more than to bring his four children and their families together for the holidays without any arguments, keeping the peace will be no easy task. Joining him in his beautiful Birmingham, Alabama, home is his outspoken sister-in-law May (Mo’nique), who’s spent decades 20 feet from stardom as a back-up singer; daughter Cheryl (Kimberly Elise), a dentist with two kids and a husband (J.B. Smoove as Lonnie) with a roving eye; son Christian (Romany Malco), an aspiring politician; daughter Rachel (Gabrielle Union), a divorcée with a chip on her shoulder and a daughter of her own; and youngest son Evan (Jessie T. Usher, “Independence Day: Resurgence”), a star college football player.
Naturally, there are any number of mini-dramas afoot, from Cheryl and Rachel’s longstanding enmity to Evan’s addiction to painkillers to Christian’s backers wanting to close down a homeless shelter that once took in his late mother to neighbor Malachi (Omar Epps) and his hopes of rekindling his high-school relationship with Rachel. The barbed dialogue zings back and forth in wildly funny ricochets, and Talbert — angling hard to be 2016’s Most Improved writer-director – stages some wonderfully recognizable agonizing family moments, from May’s inedible buffet of world cuisine to a dinner scene in which Lonnie’s babbling paramour Jasmine (Keri Hilson, “Riddick”) is the last person at the table to realize that she’s sitting next to Lonnie’s wife.
“Almost Christmas” gets the sad stuff right, too — there’s an ongoing story element about the search for the mother’s famous tin box of recipes, and of Walter’s desperate attempts to recreate her sweet potato pie, and the film reminds us how food can be just as powerful as home movies or photographs when it comes to summoning the presence of someone we’ve lost. Family get-togethers, especially around the holidays, so often are reminders of who is no longer sitting at the table with us, and the movie nails that note of sorrow that can appear even in the most joyous occasions.
Talbert’s script perhaps bites off a bit more than it can chew; the homeless-shelter stuff gets resolved pretty briskly, and the movie seems to understand Evan’s pill habit at a “Valley of the Dolls” level, but the ensemble cast is so strong that they smooth out the rough spots. Old hands Glover and Mo’nique strike an easy rhythm and have great chemistry, and once again Union steals the show, whether she’s sparring with Elise or resisting (or not resisting) Epps’ charms. (If only talented supporting players Nicole Ari Parker and John Michael Higgins were given more to do.)
Yes, “Almost Christmas” has its heart set on being heartwarming, and if that’s a problem, you should probably avoid major-studio movies with the word “Christmas” in the title. For the rest of us, this is a satisfying holiday concoction that has the potential to be around for many Decembers to come.
Review: 'Moana' really sings as a respite from the usual princess story
An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. Joining her on the adventure is her hero, the legendary demigod Maui.
The title heroine of Disney’s animated extravaganza Moana is like a refreshing sea breeze. There are no princes or other square-jawed hunks for her to pine after, and the teen wayfinder-in-training gets to sing the tunes of the uber-talented Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The Hamilton creator and the island personalities of Moana make beautiful music together in this charming seafaring epic (***½ out of four; rated PG; in theaters nationwide Nov. 23). While it wears out its welcome in places, the latest from The Little Mermaid directors Ron Clements and John Musker gets a lot of things right, including a memorable soundtrack, a commitment to Polynesian culture and an MVP voice performance from Dwayne Johnson.
Hawaiian newcomer Auli‘i Cravalho plays Moana, a rebellious youngster feeling the call to sail uncharted waters: She has a connection from the very beginning with the ocean, which plays an important role in her hero’s journey. However, while she shares an adventurous spirit with her Gramma Tala (Rachel House), Moana’s father, Chief Tui (Temuera Morrison), wants her to stay on their home island of Motunui where it’s safe.
When a mysterious dwindling of resources begins to threaten her people’s well-being, Moana learns about her ancestors’ penchant for voyaging — thanks, Gramma! — and plans a course to find a disgraced demigod named Maui (Johnson), return an important gem to its mythic home and save her land.
The story treads overly familiar ground: That well-worn conceit of one girl’s quest leading to a discovery of identity is pretty standard stuff for Disney. Also, there’s a lot of time spent on family drama, so it takes Moana too long to set off on her mission, and the plot drifts at times when she’s on the water.
Maui (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) boasts a large ego and a nifty magical fishhook. (Photo: Disney)
However, Moana overcomes all that with considerable humor — courtesy of a dimwitted comic-relief rooster Hei Hei (with clucks by Alan Tudyk) and an army of coconut-wearing beasties straight out of a kiddie Mad Max — plus a variety of nuanced and entertaining personalities.
Johnson is expertly cast as the shapeshifting Maui, a figure with an ego as big as his biceps who has to overcome insecurity and past sins on his way to redemption. He also has a way-cool magical fishhook and a tattooed mini-Maui who acts as the big guy’s voice of reason.
Jemaine Clement adds shifty panache to the monster crab Tamatoa, a crustacean Gollum who’s obsessed with treasure. For her first big acting gig, Cravalho brings the right amount of naivete and spunk to Moana, whose narrative is mostly a welcome respite from the usual princess story line.
While Moana isn't officially a musical, somebody’s probably already thinking Broadway. Comparable to the best of Disney’s song-filled cartoons (Little Mermaid, Frozen, et al.), the new film has a strong melodic bent because of Miranda, who might as well be Alan Menken 2.0.
Miranda himself sings on the call-to-arms We Know the Way, while You’re Welcome is Maui’s look back at helping mankind with hip-hop flavor. And Moana’s girl-power anthem How Far I’ll Go is the new Let It Go.
So what if she'd rather be a sailor than a princess? Moana still rules.
