Posts by Zach Dionne
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J.K. Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter’ Spinoff Will Actually Be Three ‘Megamovies’
The eight ‘Potter’ movies grossed $7.7 billion in a decade. How well can Warner Bros. and Rowling do this time?
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Box Office Top Five: ‘Noah’ Wins the Weekend, ‘Frozen’ Becomes the Biggest Animated Film Ever
‘Divergent’ stuck around near the top, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ had a strong early opener internationally, and Arnold Schwarzenegger had his worst opening weekend in 29 years.
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Hope You Weren’t Too Into ‘Once Upon a Time in Wonderland’
The ABC spinoff has been canceled. Also in the Afternoon Links: Russell Crowe plays a Johnny Cash song on ‘The Tonight Show’ (?), not-famous Shia LaBeouf leaves a major movie, and ‘House of Cards’ faces off against the state of Maryland.
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For Sale: David Hasselhoff’s Chandeliers, Coats, KITT, ‘Knight Rider’ Golf Carts
David Hasselhoff’s trash is about to become another (rich) man’s treasure. The nostalgia event of the century will feature auctions as sparkly as a fan-made, talking replica of KITT from ‘Knight Rider’ and as ordinary as ‘David Hasselhoff Worn Hawaiian Shirts.’
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ABC Cancels ‘Mind Games,’ Christian Slater and Kyle Killen Officially Getting Used to This Crap by Now
Tuesday’s episode pulled 2 million viewers and only a 0.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic. The cancellation is Slater’s fourth in six years, and ‘Mind Games’ creator Killen’s third in four years. Ouch.
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George R.R. Martin Released a New Chapter from ‘The Winds of Winter’
Also in the Afternoon Links: Hannibal Buress’s unfortunate rendezvous with Scarlett Johansson, Zach Braff’s next move on the soundtrack landscape, and a Lena Dunham–directed video for Bleachers’ “I Wanna Get Better.”
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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Teaser: You Got Grit on My Pizza, Duder
Looks like Michael Bay thinks the heroes in a half shell are better off emulating Optimus Prime and ‘Batman Begins.’
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The New ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Trailer: The Channing/Mila Laser Show
While ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ and the rest of the blockbusters are threatening to rule or extinguish mankind this summer, the intergalactic baddies of ‘Jupiter Ascending’ promise something so much creepier on their tour de Earth: a harvest. And only Channing Tatum’s elf ears and Mila Kunis’s plucky spirit can stop it.
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‘24: Live Another Day’ Is So Close You Can Taste the Gunpowder
24: Live Another Day, a limited edition comeback, is just 12 episodes, and EVERY. SECOND. COUNTS. Also in the Afternoon Links: A killed-off ‘Hannibal’ character defends the show, the ladies of ‘Broad City’ prepare you for tonight’s finale, and Benedict Cumberbatch goes Shakespeare. (Unless he’s just always Shakespeare?)
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Wu-Tang Has a Surprise Album Coming, There’s Only One Copy of It, and It’s Going to Cost Millions of Dollars
Interesting development: ‘A Better Tomorrow,’ the 20th-anniversary Wu-Tang Clan project that haunted Amos Barshad’s recent 10-part profile of the group, is not alone. It’s still coming, reportedly this summer, but there’s something else happening, too.
