Category: Entertainment News
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A New Hope: Thor Director Taika Waititi Tapped to Fix Star Wars
Remember when Taika Waititi fixed Thor? Well, now he gets the chance to show he can fix Star Wars. Waititi was already tapped to direct the hugely popular Disney+ Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian. The serialized Bounty-Hunter-meets-[Redacted for Spoilers] premise was greeted with nearly galactic reactions of relieved happiness. Star Wars was looking good…
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Movie Theaters Slowly Reopening, But With What Movies?
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It’s noteworthy that movie theaters are opening in some places around some US states and around the world. (Like in New Zealand.) We at RunPee are excited to see people getting back to the cinema, but that happiness is tempered by worry. No one wants movie theaters to become the new pandemic hot zones. Remember…
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Watch Broadway Shows at Home – ‘Best Of’ Playlists Streaming Free During Quarantine
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Tend to your need for pure culture during quarantine! There are plenty of classy places to explore from your own living room. Many people in “the industry” are adapting to our world’s new needs, offering including virtual museum visits, live opera and orchestral Zoom events, and now, adding streams of elegant, adored, well-curated Broadway shows.…
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Indiana Jones 5 Film Delayed (again) Until July 2022
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Harrison Ford is going to have a hard time being believable in adventure films if Indiana Jones 5 is put off much longer, but it’s exactly what he — and us — are facing. Now we won’t get to see our favorite globe-trotting, death-defying archaeologist in action again until July 2022. With Disney’s Marvel Phase…
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New Zealand Movie Theaters to Re-Open this Week
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The government of New Zealand wants to promote a sense of ‘normalcy’, according to NZ’s Stuff site, by having people still be able to attend movies during the time of the CoVid-19 epidemic. As of this morning, according to the New Zealand Herald, movie theaters will officially reopen Thursday, May 14. The Herald reports “retail…
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Next Mission Impossible – and Tom Cruise – Heads to the International Space Station
The next mission in the next Mission Impossible will be on the real International Space Station! While the news is super cool, it should surprise exactly no one. Yes. It’s Tom Cruise, in spaaaaaaace! Announced on May 5 of 2020: Mission Impossible star Cruise has partnered with NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX to send him…
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Movie Artemis Fowl Going Straight to Streaming June 12, and Why This Matters
In a major movie news event, Disney announced they’re sending their summer blockbuster Artemis Fowl straight to streaming, bypassing any theatrical release. They’re skipping cinemas entirely. This is significant. Every other feature initially on Hollywood’s 2020 summer roster has been rescheduled to late Fall — or next year. Or, in some cases, are now on…
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Jean-Luc Picard Writes a Quarantine Starlog – A playful Star Trek ‘episode’ for troubled times
The newest Star Trek television show, called simply Picard, is not immune to the effects of the world (galaxy?) spanning quarantine. Star Trek: Picard showrunner, writer, and director Akiva Goldsman playfully imagines what Trek would be like in the wake of social distancing and isolation. Here’s our favorite ex-captain, ex-ambassador Jean-Luc himself, drafting a Starlog…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter – April 29th, 2020
The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Shawn of the Dead Reprise – CoVid-19 Advice from Simon Pegg “Hey, so what’s the plan?” Does that bring back fond memories of everyone’s favorite Zombie comedy? If so, you have to…
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New Hunger Games Prequel Movie Announced
A new Hunger Games movie? Yes, please! The new movie title is The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and it’s a prequel. Author Suzanne Collins is writing the novel right now, which should be published by May 19th. Of course the movie rights are already picked up by Lionsgate, according to Variety. Is this any…
