Category: Studios and Franchises
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Tenet and Mulan to Hit Theaters in July
If we’re really good, and really lucky, we can have nice things this summer — new movies at actual walk-in theaters near you. And not just any movies: genuine blockbusters! YAY…drumroll…. for Tenet and Mulan! After months in global lock-down and endless quarantine, people are ready to be transported to great science fiction and fantasy…
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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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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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Forget life for a while and watch all 9 episodes of Star Wars… AT ONCE
Thank you Internet, for once again delivering something new and distracting for us. Watch this YouTube video of a nine screen split of Star Wars episodes I – IX. It’s crazy! UPDATE: Well, you actually can’t watch this now. Disney managed to find it overnight and yanked it, stating copyright concerns. Which is their right:…
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How I Came To Love Guardians Of The Galaxy
There are certain films that hook you from the very first time you see the poster, let alone the trailer, and there are those that you really struggle to see why they bothered. For me that spectrum ran from “Leon” (BIG fan of Luc Besson) down to “Dangerous Liaisons,” which I’ve sat in front of…
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Comic Con 2020 is Cancelled
For the first time in 51 years, world premier event San Diego Comic Con is cancelled, due to the Viral Apocalypse. Last year I attended the 50th anniversary of the SD Comic Con, and things were in high swing. Just like it was when I attended the year before, and the year before that. I’m…
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A Gift of Gunn: The Complete Awesome Mix is now Available
The Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix volumes are now complete! James Gunn’s entire list of Meredith Quill’s favorite songs are on a playlist everyone can listen to. It’s Gunn’s personal quarantine gift to the world. Fantasy website Tor.com reports: “James Gunn is staying active on Instagram, giving shout-outs to his cast and crew, sharing pictures…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter – April 8th, 2020
The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. The RunPee app has been updated to version 5.5 with an exciting new feature you’ve been asking for: Peecoin Coupon Codes When you start the app you’ll see a message displaying your personal 5-digit…
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Marvel Phase 4 reset almost all of their release dates
In an alternate reality where that one bat in Wuhan China zigged left instead of right, we’d be going to see the new Black Widow movie on May 1st, 2020. Alas, that’s not how things turned out. In this reality, where everything has been turned inside out, we’ll have to wait until November 6th of…
