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12-07-2025
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Jurassic World Rebirth D-Rex Based on Classic Star Wars Monster
Every Jurassic movie kind of has to introduce a new kind of dinosaur, and with the recent Jurassic World Rebirth , the film introduces a new mutant dino in the form of the D-Rex. As it turns out, director Gareth Edwards actually took some inspiration from a classic Star Wars monster to give the creature its final look. In a recent interview with Collider, Edwards confirms that the D-Rex is partly inspired from the Rancor in Return of the Jedi . He says: 'Basically, you took everything in a melting pot. It's really hard to come up with a monster idea. We put in a little bit of the Rancor from Star Wars. Don't tell people who work on Star Wars.' For context, the Rancor is the creature that lives in Jabba's Palace and was killed when Jabba tried to feed Luke to it; they also made an appearance in The Book of Boba Fett . Of course, the Rancor wasn't the only thing that inspired the D-Rex; the classic T-Rex is still in its DNA, and Edwards also confirmed that there's some inspiration from H.R. Geiger's designs for Alien . Edwards also asked the designers to have a look at David Lynch's Elephant Man to give the D-Rex a kind of 'suffering monster' feel. Some are actually speculating that Edwards wanted to put a Rancor in Rogue One , but just couldn't find a way to until he needed a giant monster for Jurassic World . Admittedly, Jurassic World Rebirth didn't get the most sparkling reviews, but the movie is still tearing it up in cinemas. I guess people just love to watch dinosaurs regardless of what the critics say. Catch Jurassic World Rebirth now screening in theaters.
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11-07-2025
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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Drops One Tom Hardy Clone for Another
For a while it seemed like Tom Hardy was Christopher Nolan's golden boy, but it's been almost a decade since Hardy and Nolan worked together in a movie. What's funny is, Hardy look-alike Cosmo Jarvis ( Shogun ) had been cast in Nolan's The Odyssey, but he apparently had to leave the production because of scheduling conflicts, and according to Deadline, Jarvis was replaced by Logan Marshall-Green—who undoubtedly looks even more like Tom Hardy. Here he is in Prometheus getting poisoned by Michael Fassbender: We don't know yet what role Jarvis was originally set to play in the movie, but he missed out on being part of an all-star cast which includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Anne Hathaway, Jon Bernthal, and many more. With Nolan usually taking on action-oriented sci-fi with his minimalist flare, it's going to be interesting to see him take on a huge fantasy epic like The Odyssey . We don't know exactly how he's going to switch things up, but I imagine that it's not going to be something like Lord of the Rings and Tenet put together. A teaser featuring Tom Holland and Jon Bernthal has already been playing in theaters, but it has leaked online if you're willing to go find it. That being said, there aren't any special VFX shots; but you can get the tone that Nolan is going for—and fans already can't wait to see what he's going to deliver. The Odyssey is expected to hit theaters on July 17, 2026.
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08-07-2025
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Harry Potter Veteran on the Toxic Reaction to Reboot's New Snape, Paapa Essiedu
Like it or not, current fandom culture is now plagued with all kinds of toxicity whenever a POC actor is announced for a franchise that was dominantly white for a time. It happened with Star Wars , and it's now happening with the Harry Potter reboot with Paapa Essiedu being cast as the new Professor Snape. With so many people complaining about the casting, a Potter vet, Jason Isaacs, who played Lucius Malfoy in the original movies, has stepped up to bat for Essiedu. During a talk with Collider at Fans Expo, Isaacs says, ' Paapa Essiedu is one of the best actors I've ever seen in my life. I've seen some people online who are being rude about him. What they're being is racist… All the cast of the new 'Harry Potter' TV series are amazing. They will be swallowing their tongues, hopefully — you know, their digital tongues — when they see what [Paapa] does on screen.' While there are toxic and bigoted reactions to Essiedu getting cast, there are also some concerns on the opposite end of the spectrum where they are worried that casting a black Snape actually has different implications for other characters—specifically Harry's dad who was Snape's bully. Some think it would be hard to root for Harry's dad if he was bullying a black student; but on the contrary, some think that an easy fix for this problem is to make James Potter and the rest of his gang POC to make things… less racist? I guess bullying is more forgivable as long as it's inclusive. We don't know when we'll get a first look at the reboot, but the main trio and adults have already been cast, and production is expected to start very soon. No release date has been set for the Harry Potter reboot, but fans are expecting it to come out sometime next year or early 2027.
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08-07-2025
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Superman Director James Gunn on Comic Book Movie Moments We Don't Need to See Again
It's a big week for DC Studios, and James Gunn and the cast of Superman are hard at work doing press for the movie. With Gunn being a central figure in the comic book movie space, Gunn talks a bit about cbms and what he feels doesn't need to be adapted onscreen anymore. Talking to The Times (via @DiscussingFilm), Gunn says that his three comic book moments that don't need further recreation include: The Death of Batman's Parents Peter Parker Getting Bitten by the Radioactive Spider Baby Kal-El in a Tiny Spaceship. 'I don't need to see pearls in a back alley when Batman's parents are killed. I don't need to see the radioactive spider biting Spider-Man. I don't need to see baby Kal coming from Krypton in a little baby rocket.' Admittedly, this is just a testament to how many times Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman have been adapted onscreen; so it would track that their origins have been filmed and interpreted several times across several creatives. For more obscure characters that have only seen the spotlight recently like the Guardians of the Galaxy or Wonder Woman, I guess reinterpretations of their origins are still on the table. Personally, I think adapting the moments are fine as long as people are creative in the way that they're filmed. I personally love the visual flair that Snyder puts in Batman and Superman's origin, and Spider-Man: No Way Home does an interesting twist on the 'canon event' of Uncle Ben's death, only in that movie, it's May that dies. I'm personally irked that Gunn would be starting DC back at one with Superman , but I'm willing to let him cook if that means this franchise moves forward. Gunn's Superman comes out at the end of the week on July 11.
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08-07-2025
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Fans are Reacting to Rumors of a Bald Timothee Chalamet for Dune: Messiah
Ever since Timothee Chalamet has been in the spotlight, he's more or less sported the same kind of hairstyle from Call Me By Your Name to Wonka . With work starting for Dune: Messiah soon, word is coming out that Chalamet is actually going bald this time. The rumor comes from @SolaceCinema who says that Chalamet has shaved his head for Messiah , and that the movie is expecting a 'massive tonal and stylistic shift'. While no official photos of Chalamet have come out, several of his fans have already been reacting and the edits have also found their way to Twitter. ❔️ — ⓖ 🇦🇺 (@agirlfromperth) July 7, 2025 So far this looks like a photo of Chalemet sporting a buzz cut, but it's not really the full head: OMG BUZZ CUT!!?? — ⓖ 🇦🇺 (@agirlfromperth) July 7, 2025 While a buzz cut would be a new look for Chalamet, some fans think that it would be a thematic visual change, seeing that the Harkonnens were famously hairless in Villeneuve's Dune movies. Maybe Paul looking like a Harkonnen would be a subtle hint as his fall from grace. With all the changes that Villeneuve has introduced in Dune: Part Two , a lot of fans are wondering just how Messiah will change things when it comes to the overall story. After all, a lot of people have said that the following books in the series, though weird, don't hold a candle to the first Dune book. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Dune: Messiah is expected to come out Dec. 16, 2026.
