A two-time Oscar-nominated actor known for his serious chops, Jude Law, has been spreading his wings a little bit and trying out the world of franchises in recent years. His first foray into that blockbuster domain was “Sherlock Holmes” with Robert Downey Jr. In recent years, he did a stint in Marvel’s “Captain Marvel” alongside Brie Larson, and next month in December, he joins the “Star Wars” universe in Lucasfilm’s upcoming series, “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.”

We recently caught up with Law to discuss his upcoming FBI/white supremacy drama, “The Order,” directed by Justin Kurzel (“Macbeth”) and co-starring Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, and many more.

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In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo hits the books to discuss “Lessons in Chemistry.” Set in the 1950s, The Apple TV+ series follows Elizabeth Zott and her dream of being a chemist, which is put on hold when she finds herself pregnant, alone, and fired from her lab. The Emmy-nominated limited series stars Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Alice Halsey, Rainn Wilson, Aja Naomi King, Beau Bridges, and more.

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As we know from yesterday’s excerpt from an upcoming episode of The Playlist’s The Discourse podcast featuring Jude Law promoting his forthcoming film period drama “Firebrand” opposite Alicia Vikander (read our review), the actor basically turned down an early version of “Superman” when Brett Ratner was attached to direct.

For years, Law seemed to avoid most franchises.

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“Superhero fatigue” can be a loaded phrase that generally raises the hackles of fandom. For one, it’s been weaponized, used, seemingly for years, like a Cassandra in the streets foretelling doom, to no avail—superhero films have ruled the box office for nearly two decades now and have rarely shown signs of slowing down (the pandemic box-office hit, notwithstanding, but everyone took a beating there).

And so, fandom, for years, has had to endlessly hear and endure the portentous gloom and doom of predictors and naysayers, only to see their films reign victoriously at the box office—it’s understandable why they’d eventually tune out this overused and worn-out phrase that has lost most of its meaning.

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When it was released, “Captain Marvel” surprised everyone in a couple of big ways. First, it earned more than $1 billion, which is massive, especially for a female-led superhero film. Unfortunately, it was also shocking to see just how much hate was thrown at the movie, especially at its star, Brie Larson, from the darkest corners of fandom. The hate seemed to stem from guys being upset with Larson’s outspoken feminism.

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For some actors, stardom didn’t take a break when a pandemic hit. And for Teyonah Parris that meant a breakout part in Marvel Studios‘ “WandaVision,” a leading role in the delayed (and highly anticipated) new incarnation of “Candyman” and an unexpected starring role in what is effectively the “Captain Marvel” sequel, “The Marvels.” Almost a decade after getting the industry’s attention in “Mad Men,” Parris is toplining a major studio blockbuster and on the cusp of her first Emmy nomination.

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Earlier this year, Brie Larson revealed she had auditioned for a “Star Wars” movie, but didn’t reveal which. Now, in an appearance on Gary Whitta‘s Twitch live stream Animal Talking show she revealed she auditioned for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which Whitta co-wrote.

“Oh yeah! You wrote ‘Rogue One,’ right?” Larson asked Whitta at one point when discussing Disney and the way they hold secrets– she also revealed she knew she was “Captain Marvel” for a year before it was announced.

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There are plenty of intriguing “what if” casting stories in Hollywood, where now-known actors auditioned for roles that they didn’t get, before the movie ended up being incredibly successful. There’s Jake Gyllenhaal auditioning for “Lord of the Rings,” Gwyneth Paltrow in “Jurassic Park” or Kurt Russell‘s auditioning to play Han Solo. The latest actor to reveal the major roles they auditioned for?

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After years of being criticized by fans and pundits for being incredibly non-diverse and non-inclusive, Marvel Studios has been making strides to fix those issues. And in the process, the film studio has not only made a more diverse and inclusive MCU, but the studio has also earned a lot of cash at the box office. But according to a new interview with The Independent, Marvel star Mark Ruffalo tells a story that shows the inclusivity and diversity that the studio has attained was hard-fought and could have led to the firing of Kevin Feige.

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Marvel revealed 11 film and TV projects
at Comic-Con this past summer, three more at D23, but there was barely a
mention of the billion-dollar grossing “Captain
Marvel” franchise except from a little throwaway aside that President Kevin Feige made at the very end, “we
didn’t even mention that we’re making ‘Black
Panther 2’ and we didn’t mention that ‘Guardians
of the Galaxy 3’ is coming.

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The Costume Design Guild announced the 22nd Costume Designer Guild Awards nominations this morning and there were a number of expected nominees. For instance, Michael Travers work for “Hustlers,” Ruth E. Carter’s creations for “Dolemite is My Name” and Julian Day‘s nominations for “Rocketman” were not surprises when the three different film categories were revealed. What was unexpected were the two major designers who didn’t make the cut for their high profile films this year.

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We’re less than two weeks away from the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences announcing a slew of shortlisted categories, but today a slimmed down number of Visual Effects contenders were revealed with some mild surprises. Big hits such as “Avengers: Endgame,” “Captain Marvel,” “Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” made the cut as expected. More artistic visual effects endeavors such as “The Aeronauts,” “The Irishman,” “1917” and “Ford v Ferrari” also were included.

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To say that “Charlie’s Angels” is a bit of a box office disappointment this weekend is an understatement. Sure, the film only cost roughly $48 million, but when you earn an estimated $8.6 million in your opening weekend, no studio is going to rush out to make 14 sequels. Well, according to some recent interviews with ‘Angels’ director Elizabeth Banks, she has a clue why female-led action movies are at a disadvantage.

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This year has been a monumental period in the career of actress Brie Larson. While she’s already earned the acclaim from critics and peers thanks to numerous quality performances in films, including an Oscar for her role in “Room,” 2019 saw the actress turn into a pop culture icon thanks to “Captain Marvel.” But with that popularity came a large outcry from certain people (let’s just call them “trolls”), who, without even seeing the film, hoped that it would fail due to Larson’s outspoken opinions.

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Love her or hate her (and there doesn’t seem to be very many in between, unfortunately), Brie Larson knows how to make a statement. As seen in the press leading up to “Captain Marvel,” the actress is not afraid of speaking her mind and using her platform to raise up those she feels get passed up. And as a fitting bookend for the “Captain Marvel” publicity, at last night’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, the actress took the time to honor some other unsung heroes while accepting her award.

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Leading up to the release of Fox’s “Dark Phoenix,” the running theme of the news surrounding the film seemed to be about the last-minute reshoots and changes made. Considering the end result being so poorly-received, fans were clamoring to find out if it would have been a better film if director Simon Kinberg and the studio stuck to their guns and released the film, as it was originally conceived.

Continue reading Tye Sheridan Confirms Aliens In ‘Dark Phoenix’ Were Initially Skrulls Before Reshoots at The Playlist.

Over at Screen Junkies, folks like to poke fun at some of the biggest film releases every year with their Emmy-nominated Honest Trailers. Normally, these videos are for films that are either universally praised or panned, with fans ready to laugh along with the jokes. However, Screen Junkies had to know that they were walking into a minefield with their Honest Trailer for “Captain Marvel.”

READ MORE: New Deleted ‘Captain Marvel’ Clips Trigger The Toxic ManBro Trolls

Of all the movies released in 2019 so far, “Captain Marvel” is the one that has been the most heavily debated.

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We don’t know much about where Marvel Studios is heading post- “Avengers: Endgame,” other than the few projects that we know are in various stages of pre-production/production, but we do have an idea that at least one new character is likely going to appear sooner rather than later — Ms. Marvel. And speaking to MTV News, actress-writer Mindy Kaling explains that she has talked to Marvel about the possibility of bringing the character to life, or at least helping out in any way possible.

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“Dark Phoenix” arrives in theaters this weekend, ending the 20-year run of Fox ‘X-Men’ films. However, the version of the film that the audience will enjoy now is very different from what was originally intended. And as we have learned previously, writer-director Simon Kinberg had to greatly change his film due to other superhero films feeling very similar. Now, in an interview with io9, he explains what films affected his story.

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A trio of clips has been released in recent days to build up anticipation for the looming June home release of “Captain Marvel,” which, following the massive opening and discourse launched by “Avengers: Endgame,” suddenly feels like it came out much longer ago than it did.

READ MORE: Brie Larson Continues To Use Her Platform On The Captain Marvel Press Tour; Kevin Feige Say More Marvel Heroines To Come

The brief clips – two of them whole scenes cut out from the final film released in March – provide some context to the first portion of the film, when Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) is still referred to as “Vers” and training with her adoptive Kree paramilitary family on Hala.

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Before “Captain Marvel” was released, the trolls came out of the woodwork to try to take down actress Brie Larson, claiming that she’s anti-white male for voicing opinions on the state of the film industry, especially in the realm of film critics. That trolling didn’t end once the film was released, as shortly thereafter, Larson began her press tour promoting the new film “Avengers: Endgame.” And it appears that even after the monster success of both films, earning Larson a legion of new fans, some people are still not ready to accept the actress into the fold.

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As we approached tonight’s official release of the long-awaited “Avengers: Endgame,” fans have learned some of the ridiculous ways that Marvel Studios kept the secrets and twists to the film under wraps. Most of the time, this included not giving actors full scripts, instead just the scenes they were actually there to film. However, as Brie Larson, who plays Captain Marvel in the film, explained to Jimmy Fallon on the “Tonight Show,” during her first scene on set, they didn’t even give her a partial script.

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It’s the calm before the storm weekend, and Warner Bros./New Line has two success stories coming out of Easter. First up, “The Conjuring” series keeps posting results. The sixth film in the series (‘Conjuring 3’ doesn’t come out until 2020), “The Curse of La Llorona,” a horror spin-off from the series won the weekend singlehandedly with a very nice $26.5 million; even better when you consider the movie cost $9 million to make.

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Normally, when Marvel Studios releases character posters for an upcoming film, they’re mainly just another way for the studio to highlight everyone’s favorite characters and earn a bit more social media buzz. But when Marvel Studios released the “Avenge the Fallen” posters for “Avengers: Endgame,” fans were shocked to see that Tessa Thompson was featured as her character Valkyrie, confirming that the fan-favorite warrior will make a surprise (well not anymore) appearance in the upcoming team-up flick.

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If we had to sum up the first quarter-plus of the 2019 film industry’s news in one person, it would have to be Brie Larson. Not only does she currently have the biggest film of the year, but she’s also the person that has become a lightning rod for many of today’s social issues, as trolls and others have tried to take her down based on her beliefs. And another person who feels the same is Tessa Thompson, one of Larson’s MCU cohorts.

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