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It seems that renters wanted to laugh in 2006. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have crashed another party, coming first in the hearts of American movie lovers with their bad boy antics in Wedding Crashers. The comedy tops the list of most rented movies at BLOCKBUSTER in 2006, both in-store and online. “Half of this year’s top movie rentals are comedies, showing America loves to laugh in its downtime,” said Joyce Woodward, senior vice president and general merchandising manager for Blockbuster Inc....

Black Panther’s 2018 release signaled much more than excitement around Marvel Studios’ latest superhero film. The movie was a phenomenon, ranking third place as the highest-grossing film in the entire MCU. While delivering an all-Black lead cast with an emphasis on Africa, urban culture, and strong supporting female characters, the movie also delivered an impeccably well-executed cinematic splendor with one of the best-conceived stories in the Marvel Universe. The passing of Chadwick Boseman was a shocking and tragic loss that family, friends, and fans might never fully recover from....

Welcome to MovieWeb’s daily DVD announcement column, The Daily Spin. Everyday at 9:00AM PST we compile a list of titles which have been recently announced by the studios and have been given or rumored with a release date. Click a title below to see the full press release info attached to the release. Enjoy and stay tuned to MovieWeb for the latest home video announcements, 9:00AM PST, on the dot, Monday through Friday....

On Friday, we reported the tragic news that a stuntman died on the set of The Expendables 2, and that another stuntman was seriously injured. Their identities were not revealed at the time, but, earlier today, Nu Image/Millennium Films released a statement which identified the deceased stuntman as Kun Lieu, and the injured stuntman as Nuo Sun. Take a look at the statement below. “In the early evening hours last Thursday, October 27; an accident occurred during filming of Second Unit Stunt Sequences of TThe Expendables 2 on Lake Ognyanovo, Bulgaria....

The CW has had a tremendous amount of success with their DC Comics-based TV shows in recent years. That has been especially true when they have a crossover event of some kind. The next one of these crossover events will be happening later this month when Supergirl and The Flash once again cross paths. The difference? This time it is going to be a musical. The upcoming musical crossover, titled Duet, has now been given an official synopsis....

The MCU is known for its inclusion of comedy in its high-action superhero films. This comedic element creates levity and helps to bring fans back to these films time and time again. It has also helped many fans who don’t traditionally enjoy superhero films to gravitate to the MCU, which has generally been much funnier than the DCEU movies (except for the recent Suicide Squad). This allows fans a space to introduce themselves to new characters and themes all while being able to laugh - a lot....

Roadside Attractions has picked up U.S. rights to Ernest Hemingway’s The Garden of Eden, a feature adaptation of the famed writer’s final, posthumously published novel, and plans to release the film in theaters Dec. 10, according to Risky Business. Mena Suvari, Jack Huston, Caterina Murino, Richard E. Grant, Matthew Modine and Carmen Maura star in the Jazz Age, erotically-charged romance. The story follows a successful American writer (Jack Huston) and his beautiful wife (Mena Suvari) on an extended European honeymoon as she becomes restless in the relationship and draws an Italian girl (Caterina Murino) into their lives....

The Hangover 2 is a colossal disappointment. It is EXACTLY the same story, same characters, same resolve as the first film. It’s almost as if they took the original script and replaced the words ‘Las Vegas’ with ‘Bangkok’. How on earth could Todd Phillips (Director) have turned in such a half-assed, lazy film? It boggles the mind. I really cannot imagine a more lackluster effort on all parts involved. This movie is a pure cash cow....

Is a childhood really a childhood without animated films? For an entire generation of kids in the 90s and early 2000s, The Land Before Time movie franchise left a lasting impression on families in unprecedented ways. Of course, there have been many iconic movies involving dinosaurs from the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World franchises to King Kong. However, what other movie can provoke as much childhood innocence, core memories, and a sense of nostalgia as The Land Before Time?...

Principal photography is under way on Dark Castle Entertainment’s action adventure The Losers. The film is based on the comic book series published under DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, and is being directed by Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard). The Losers features an ensemble cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen), Zoe Saldana (Star Trek), Chris Evans (Fantastic Four films), Idris Elba (Obsessed, RocknRolla), Columbus Short (Stomp the Yard, upcoming Whiteout), Holt McCallany (Vantage Point), Óscar Jaenada (Che (Part 2)) and Jason Patric (In the Valley of Elah)....

More casting news has come in for The Munsters reboot from director Rob Zombie. Taking to Instagram, Zombie has posted another photo of the movie’s latest cast member, revealing Hungarian actor Jeremy Wheeler as Herman’s boss Mr. Gateman. You can see the post below. In the caption, Zombie says, “Ladies and gentlemen I give you some new casting straight from the set of The Munsters in beautiful downtown Budapest… Jeremy Wheeler aka MR....

The door has not been firmly closed on the stop-motion features The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline getting sequels. Conceived by Tim Burton and released in 1993, The Nightmare Before Christmas was directed by Henry Selick, who saw the film go on to have monumental success in the coming years. Selick would later helm the 2009 stop-motion movie Coraline. Like his other movies, the film was never given an official sequel....

Sometimes, ideas are in the air, and two movies with similar themes or stories are released in the same year. It happened with Armageddon and Deep Impact, Antz and A Bug’s Life, and, The Prestige and The Illusionist. In 2006, these two movies about magicians hit the cinema. Which one is better? Here’s our verdict. Why The Prestige Is Better Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Based on the novel by Christoper Priest, The Prestige tells the story of two magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), and their battle to one-up each other, consequences be damned....

In 2001, The Fellowship of The Ring debuted in theaters, ushering in the beginning of a new age of visual fantasy. Ten years later, in 2011, the fantasy world changed again when the cinematic television adaptation of Game of Thrones debuted on HBO. These two properties set a tone for visual fantasy storytelling. Without The Lord of the Rings films, one could make an argument that there would not be Game of Thrones....

Working Title has picked up the screen rights to The Snowman, the seventh book in the popular Harry Hole novel series by Jo Nesbo, according to Deadline New York. Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce the movie, although it doesn’t seem that a screenwriter has been hired to adapt the novel as of yet. The story is set in Oslo, Norway and centers on detective Harry Hole. In this particular novel, a woman goes missing....

AMC’s landmark series The Walking Dead premiered on Halloween night in 2010, and ran for an impressive 11 seasons and 177 episodes. It told the story of the survivors of a worldwide zombie apocalypse, who find themselves fighting both the undead (dubbed “walkers”) and the living who have lost their humanity. Based on the Image comic book from Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard, the series not only explored the horrors of the dead roaming the earth, but the terrible depths of humanity....

It seems as though, every year, the film industry finds a way to outdo itself, whether that is due to advancements in technology, increasing budgets, or the quality of storytelling. One year that stands out in particular amongst the rest is 2005. Some of the most complex and moving films from the 2000s were released during that year. From the Academy’s Best Picture winner Crash, directed and written by Paul Haggis, to Ang Lee’s romance/drama Brokeback Mountain, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and future Oscar-winner Heath Ledger....

Disney is looking to turn another theme park attraction into a movie, with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen starring in Jungle Cruise. Roger S.H. Schulman will write the script, which is based off the Magic Kingdom theme park ride. No plot details were given, although it was mentioned that this will be a live-action adventure. The ride follows a steam boat down the wilds of Africa, where it comes in contact with numerous safari animals such as lions, elephants, and hippos....

After its solid showing in Tuesday night sneak peeks and midnight shows, Transformers: Dark of the Moon went on to have the best opening day of 2011 thus far. Michael Bay’s 3D sequel earned $37.2 million on Wednesday, beating out the $34.2 million Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides earned on its opening day last month. The $37.2 million tally includes the $8 million Transformers: Dark of the Moon earned in midnight screenings, but not the $5....

The first trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts teases a new era for the iconic Robots in Disguise. Released courtesy of Paramount Pictures, the first footage from the latest outing in the long, long-running Transformers franchise offers our first glimpse at things to come as the Maximals, the Predacons and the Terrorcons make their way onto the big screen. You can check out the new trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts below....