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Khaleej Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
James Gunn says replacing Henry Cavill in 'Superman' was 'unfair'
Following the success of Superman, director James Gunn opened up on how he convinced Henry Cavill to sit out from the Superman film franchise ahead of casting David Corenswet in the latest DC Studios' superhero project. During a recent appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Superman director explained that as his deal to take over DC Studios was finalised, it was announced that Cavill would reprise his role as the Man of Steel. However, according to Gunn, it was already decided that he would helm a new Superman film with a new actor, which created an "unfair" situation for Cavill. "The day our [DC] deal closed, all of a sudden, they were announcing that Henry was back. And I'm like, 'What is going on?' We know what the plan is. The plan was to come in and do Superman. So it was really unfair to him and a total bummer," Gunn was quoted as saying by Variety. Gunn added that the miscommunication was due to a sector of the studio trying to "force" their own vision of DC, which was "never part of the equation". To solve the misunderstanding, the director decided to disclose the truth to Cavill. "So, that was really unfortunate. Peter and I [thought] the right thing to do was to sit down with [Cavill] and talk to him. And we sat down and we talked to him. He was an absolute gentleman, a great guy about it," Gunn was quoted as saying by Variety. "'The only thing I ask is that I'm able to reveal it myself as opposed to it coming from you guys.'" Gunn also hinted at the possibility of casting Cavill in future DCU movies. While Cavill starred as the Man of Steel across three DC films from 2013 to 2017, Corenswet took over the role for Gunn's DCU debut feature Superman, which released July 11. Other cast members for that film include Nicholas Hoult (Lex Luthor), Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane), Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Anthony Carrigan (Metamorpho), Edi Gathegi (Mister Terrific), Nathan Fillion (Guy Gardner) and Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl).
The Independent
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Freddie Prinze Jr reveals hopes for rebooted horror franchise
Freddie Prinze Jr has hinted at the future of the I Know What You Did Last Summer film franchise. Speaking on the red carpet in Los Angeles on Monday, he said he hopes the series will continue to get "longer and stronger". The 49-year-old actor has reprised his role from the original 1997 movie in a new sequel. He is joined in the latest instalment by co-star Jennifer Love Hewitt. Watch the video in full above.
Daily Mail
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Who needs kryptonite when the reviews are this bad? Woke Superman reboot is savaged in brutal early review as hard-to-please critics brand new movie a 'convoluted mess'
Usually it's just kryptonite that brings Superman out in a rash, but early reviews of the latest instalment in the long-running film franchise suggest our lycra-clad hero has significantly more to worry about than green crystals. The new film, directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet as the fictional superhero, with Rachel Brosnahan as precocious reporter Lois Lane, will go on general release from July 11. But while it marks a new chapter in a franchise that began with the iconic Christopher Reeve in Richard Donner's well received 1978 classic Superman: The Movie, a faction of early reviews suggest some critics are already longing for it to end. MORE TO FOLLOW
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Jurassic Park and World movies ranked from worst to best according to fans
Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park franchise has been an integral part of Hollywood history since the first film came out in 1993, and it has been going strong for more than three decades. Dinosaurs have fascinated people ever since Richard Attenborough's John Hammond first welcomed us to Jurassic Park, and viewers saw Sam Neill face down a T Rex in the rain. Hollywood has been hoping to recapture that magic ever since, and the franchise now features seven films — the latest of which is now in cinemas: Jurassic World Rebirth. From the original Jurassic Park trilogy to the Jurassic World movies, viewers have had varying responses to the film. Here is how they all rank according to fans. Jurassic World: Dominion features a complicated narrative involving human clones, giant insects, and even more mutated dinosaurs. After the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom led to the destruction of Isla Nublar, genetics corporation Biosyn hopes to use their DNA to find a way to control the world's food supply. The 2022 film brought the gang back together for the first time. Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern returned to their iconic roles as Dr Alan Grant, Dr Ian Malcolm and Dr Ellie Sattler one last time. But, unfortunately, it wasn't worth their time, and audiences have rightly voted it their least favourite film of the franchise thus far with a middling 5.6 rating. IMDb rating: 5.6 The Jurassic Park franchise originally ended with a whimper rather than a bang back in 2001 with Jurassic Park III. The movie centred on Alan and a group of all-new characters, who persuade him to go on a rescue mission and risk the wrath of dinosaurs once more in exchange for funding for his research. It is not as exciting or charming as its predecessors; in fact, it has become a bit of a punchline on the franchise's diminishing returns, especially because of a dream sequence in which a velociraptor speaks to Alan. The movie almost sealed the franchise's fate for good, and it has been rated only slightly better than the dud that is Dominion. IMDb rating: 5.9 Jurassic World helped reinvigorate the franchise, and its follow-up, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, helped draw audiences to cinemas. The movie swapped the dinosaur adventure story in favour of horror, a surprising turn of events that helped make Fallen Kingdom a memorable experience. The film followed Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard's Owen and Claire contending with dinosaurs rampaging in the house of Hammond's former business partner, who is hosting a black market sale of the creatures after an extinction event threatens them. The film comes in at the middle of the pack and received a decent enough rating from viewers: 6.1. IMDb rating: 6.1 The seventh Jurassic movie, Jurassic World: Rebirth, is one of the best-received sequels despite being released to mixed reviews from critics. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film is a soft reboot of the story, moving on from the events of 2022's Dominion with an all-new cast that includes Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali. David Koepp, the screenwriter of the first movie, returns to script the standalone sequel, and fans were impressed with the action set pieces that restored the thrilling pace of the original film. Only the two Steven Spielberg-directed Jurassic movies and the 2015 Jurassic World reboot rated higher with fans on IMDb. IMDb rating: 6.3 The original Jurassic Park was hard to follow, but audiences wanted more, so Hollywood answered, and thus, Goldblum returned for The Lost World in 1997. The movie saw his character Malcolm work with a new team, including Sarah Harding (Julianna Moore) and Nick Van Owen (Vince Vaughn), at Jurassic Park's Site B island to document the dinosaurs that live there. While Malcolm and his crew hope to show that dinosaurs deserve to be left alone after being brought back from extinction, others wish to bring them closer to civilisation even if they're at risk of running riot. The film was an enjoyable adventure even if it wasn't quite the same as the original, but it received a favourable 6.6 rating among fans. IMDb rating: 6.6 After the failings of Jurassic Park III, it seemed like Spielberg's beloved franchise had reached its end until 2015's Jurassic World proved there was still life in it. The movie introduced Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as Owen and Claire, staff at the new Jurassic World theme park. The dinosaurs are still dangerous, but the idea of being entertained by them is still appealing, so the public has flocked to the park, but it all goes wrong when a mutated dinosaur goes rogue and starts wreaking havoc. Jurassic World helped bring the beloved franchise back from the brink of extinction and proved an entertaining romp that did just enough to breathe new life into the series. IMDb rating: 6.9 Nothing can compare to the original Jurassic Park; it's undeniable. Spielberg's original 1993 movie is perfect in almost every way, from the exciting narrative to the awe-inspiring action sequences and countless memorable moments. There are few films like it. The movie follows Dr Alan Grant, Dr Ian Malcolm and Dr Ellie Sattler as they are brought to a remote tropical island where John Hammond reveals that dinosaurs are no longer extinct and asks for their help to endorse the park to open to the public. The movie became an instant classic, and it should be no surprise that audiences view it as the franchise's best film by a mile. IMDb rating: 8.2
Times
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Every Jurassic Park movie ranked — from worst to best
The cinematic world has never been quite the same since 1993, when Steven Spielberg unleashed on the world breathtaking CGI dinosaurs accompanied by performances from Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern and the great Richard Attenborough. Jurassic Park captured the hearts and minds of movie lovers across the world and although not every film since has fired on all cylinders, it has grown into a franchise of epic proportions. The seventh film in the series, Jurassic World: Rebirth (released July 2), is a standalone sequel to Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) and stars an ensemble cast that includes Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey. • Jurassic World: Rebirth review — more sumptuous than Spielberg's original Set five years after the events of Dominion and with the world now inhospitable to most prehistoric creatures, operatives and scientists working for a pharmaceutical company head to a forbidden island in search of creatures whose biomaterials could change drug-making for ever. What happens next, obviously, does not go to plan (it never does). What are the best Jurassic Park films so far? Our critics have ranked the first six from worst to best. But do you agree? Share your favourites from the franchise in the comments below. What were they thinking? Up to this point, the expansion of the original film series had been surprisingly successful. Then this dud, flaccid dino disaster comes along. This film forgets about John Hammond's park and instead lets the dinosaurs loose to roam free, pretty much everywhere. It seems to forget everything that came before and instead copies from other blockbusters: a hint of Mission: Impossible, a sprinkle of Indiana Jones and a splatter of 007. The dinosaurs, once awe-inspiring, now feel like a CGI afterthought. And just when you thought it couldn't get more desperate, they shoehorn in the original trio of Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum and expect it to stick. The worst part? It wasn't scary at all. Read our full review The third in the original dino trilogy delivers all the expected thrills but is largely forgettable. William H Macy and Téa Leoni play wealthy adventurers who make the stupid decision to return to the island of the first film in search of their lost son. Neill and Dern reprise their earlier roles but Goldblum is missing, reportedly due to an injured leg. But the real person missing is Spielberg. This was the first movie in the franchise not directed by him (and the first not based on the novels by Michael Crichton) and it shows. • Jeff Goldblum: I've devoted my life to the serious business of play This dinosaur sequel is severely underrated. Directed by JA Bayona (the Spanish director behind A Monster Calls and the survival thriller The Impossible), the movie took the franchise in a different and gothic direction. We start back on the treacherous shores of Isla Nublar, where everything has gone wrong. There is a volcanic super-eruption and our leads Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard have minutes to send their dino-friends onto rescue boats. From then the film is at a creepy stately home with strange housemaids and even stranger benefactors. Rafe Spall and Toby Jones deliver enjoyably theatrical villain turns, while Goldblum pops in for a brief but memorable three-minute cameo. The real triumph lies in how bold and invigorating this instalment feels. Ignore the naysayers; this is blockbuster entertainment at its our review Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite and Arliss Howard joined returning favourites such as Goldblum and Richard Attenborough for this solid sequel to the original film, once again directed by Spielberg. It managed to riff well around Crichton's The Lost World novel to deliver an action-packed and entertaining story that felt the same but different from the original. Set four years after the events of Jurassic Park the movie follows the story of John Hammond's nephew, who has taken control of his company and is planning to exploit a second dinosaur Island, Isla Sorna, and open a dinosaur park in San Diego. What follows is a breathtaking battle for the very soul of dinosaur DNA cloning. After two sequels that had failed to fully recapture the magic of Spielberg's 1993 film, a lot was riding on this reboot 14 years after the original trilogy had ended. Directed by Colin Trevorrow, it did not disappoint, finally allowing us to see Jurassic Park in action as John Hammond had intended … for a bit. Pratt and Howard offered supercharged energy in a film that offered hidden secret references and callbacks galore to the original while successfully driving forward a film that could be enjoyed by newbies too. There was a lot of nostalgia and just as much action — plus those glass ball things they went round in were the best. • Ranked: the best 20 Steven Spielberg films The original. The film that changed everything. Spielberg's roaring masterpiece exploded onto the screen across the globe with stunning CGI that was the talk of every playground. But far more than just an action thriller that brings alive Crichton's high-concept sci-fi novel, the film has a beautifully crafted mix of humour, drama and intrigue that draws in the viewer before jump-scaring them back out again with a velociraptor attack. The dialogue is pithy and eminently quotable ('Life will find a way …'; anything Goldblum says) and the performances, from Neill and Dern to Attenborough, tread the line perfectly between hammy and knowing. The dino-directors have had several decent attempts since 1993, but no one has come close to beating this marvel of modern cinema.
