‘Shang-Chi’, ‘Spider-Man’ For Film, ‘Midnight Mass’, ‘Evil’ In TV Lead Critics Choice Super Awards Nominations

Benedict Cumberbatch has said the upcoming Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness will be as successful as Spider-Man: No Way Home.Following its release in December, Tom Holland’s third Spider-Man film became the first Hollywood film to gross over $1bn since 2019, reaching the milestone in just 12 days. By January it had become the sixth highest grossing film of all time at the box office, collecting a huge $1.69billion (£1.25bn).But according to Cumberbatch, who plays the titular Doctor Strange, the upcoming The Multiverse Of Madness could be just as big.“It’s a big, big movie,” he told Empire (via Screenrant).

Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is nearly at $1.9 billion worldwide, and the two “Venom” films account for $1.3 billion in total, establishing that audiences are hungry for the studio’s splinter cinematic universe. Next up for the studio after “Morbius” in their Spider-Verse is “Kraven The Hunter,” the next villain to receive the solo film treatment.

The “Spider-Man” franchise couldn’t be more popular as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is approaching $2 billion at the global box office. Sony is looking to continue to flesh out its own cinematic universe without the help of Marvel Studios after the success of the “Venom” films.

AMC Entertainment, the exhibition giant that became an improbable meme stock, posted revenues $1.2 billion during the holiday quarter as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” galvanized ticket sales at the company. That Q4 performance, revealed Tuesday by AMC, represented a huge jump from the $162.5 million in revenues that AMC posted in the year-ago period and marked the best quarter for the company in two years.Comparisons are tricky, because vaccines at that time were not readily available and there were few studio films debuting exclusively in theaters.The company had 60 million guests visit theater locations globally in Q4, AMC chairman and CEO Adam Aron said during the company’s earnings call Tuesday.

wrote TheWrap’s Todd Gilchrist in his review of the film.Reviews also note that Pattinson, who stars as the Dark Knight detective, gets to be the active protagonist in his film, instead of being a supporting character to a villain that chews up the scenery like previous films. “The Batman” opens Friday in theaters nationwide.“Matt Reeves’s The Batman, at least as far as superhero movies go, feels so old-fashioned that it has come all the way around to unique again.

Charlie Cox is opening up about witnessing the reaction to his cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home – and it wasn’t what he was expecting at all.

Refresh for latest…: Sony’s Uncharted handily crossed the $200M mark globally this weekend, after adding $35M from 64 overseas markets and $23.3M domestically. The international box office cume is now $143M. Worldwide, the Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg-starrer counts $226.4M.

Spider-Man stars in ‘No Way Home’ wore a fake bum.Three generations of the web slinger appeared in the movie alongside Holland, with the return of the original Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, who took up the role in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man and its 2014 sequel.Speaking about the fake bum revelation on a recent episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers. Holland said: “I’ll give you a spoiler, I’m not gonna tell you who, but one of us has a fake ass in their suit.”He went on to talk about the moment he first saw it on set.

Spider-Man stars have come together to recreate the franchise’s most instantly recognisable memes.Posting on social media, the official Spider-Man: No Way Home account showcased a new image featuring Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield pointing at each other in the style of the classic meme.The playful pose accompanies Sony Pictures’ announcement that No Way Home will arrive on digital March 22, and on 4K UHD and Blu-ray on April 12, according to Variety.The image originally comes from the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon episode Double Identity, in which a villain attempts to impersonate the titular hero. In modern social media usage, it is often deployed to note the identical nature of two different people or situations – particularly if both seem unaware of their similarities.of course, we got THE meme.

Even before the runaway success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Sony had been deep in the expansion plans of their live-action Spider-verse. “Morbius” is next coming in April, and after that, in early 2023 will be “Kraven The Hunter,” the latest Marvel film being assembled by Sony Pictures.

The nominees for the 2022 Critics Choice Super Awards are finally here!

Naman Ramachandran Sony’s “Uncharted” remained atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second weekend in a row, while Universal’s “Sing 2” maintained its strong showing.“Uncharted,” featuring a galaxy of stars including Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas, collected £3.7 million ($5.1 million) in its second weekend and now has a total of £12.1 million, according to numbers released by Comscore.In second place, animated sequel “Sing 2,” with an array of voice actors including Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson also performed strongly during school half-term holidays in the territory and collected £3.1 million.

Clayton Davis The Critics Choice Association announced the nominations for the 2nd annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across film and television.Destin Daniel Cretton’s “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and Jon Watts’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” led the film nominations with five noms each. Two of the three Peter Parkers landed acting mentions for Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland, but Tobey Maguire was omitted from the list.“Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” the four-hour cut of his superhero film with Ben Affleck and Gal Gadot, also landed in the best superhero movie category alongside “Black Widow,” “Eternals,” “Shang-Chi,” “Spider-Man” and “The Suicide Squad.” On the television side, Paramount Plus’ “Evil” and Netflix’s “Midnight Mass” led with six apiece.

Oscars were watched by the fewest amount of people on record. Ratings plunged to historic new lows when only 10. 4 million people tuned into 2021's show.

Refresh for latest…: Hitting 15 offshore markets ahead of its domestic debut and further overseas expansion next weekend, Sony’s Uncharted mapped out an international box office launch of $21.5M. The Tom Holland/Mark Wahlberg-starrer was No. 1 in each of its openings, taking advantage of school holidays in some markets and, of course, the Spider-Man Holland halo.

earlier this week. “They got 10 slots. They can’t give one to the biggest f—ing movie of like the last three years?”Smith was referring to a change in the nomination process this year ahead of the March 27 Oscars ceremony.

Zack Sharf Kevin Smith isn’t happy with the Academy for snubbing “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in the best picture race. Despite earning critical acclaim and being one of the highest-grossing films ever made with over $750 million in the U.S. and over $1.7 billion globally, the latest “Spider-Man” film earned just a single Oscar nomination.

Sony Pictures Television and WarnerMedia have extended a content deal that will see the likes of Spider Man: No Way Home and Ghostbusters: Afterlife made available on HBO Max and HBO channels across Central Eastern Europe.

Zack Sharf Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t understand how “Spider-Man: No Way Home” lost out on an Oscar nomination for best picture to “Don’t Look Up.” The late-night host used the Feb. 8 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to call out Academy voters for snubbing “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which earned rave reviews and has become of the highest-grossing films ever made with nearly $750 million in the U.S. and $1.7 million worldwide.“How did [‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’] not get one of the 10 nominations for best picture?” Kimmel asked viewers.