Chris Pratt is a bit of a polarizing figure amongst film fans. Some don’t agree with his perceived politics. Others are just upset that he seemingly gets cast in every major tentpole film. Hell, he was picked to voice both Mario and Garfield. But you can’t get mad about his most recent comments at New York Comic-Con.

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While speaking at an “Electric State” panel at NYCC (via People), Chris Pratt opened up about what it’s like dealing with difficult people on set.

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How would humanity deal with a robotic dystopia? “The Electric State” offers an intriguing glimpse into a retro-futuristic world shaped by humans and technology. It sees a young woman set out on a journey to find her brother, encountering surprising new allies and challenges. This Netflix adaptation of  Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel comes from Anthony and Joe Russo (“Avengers: Endgame”)—the duo helm the film, with a screenplay by frequent Marvel collaborators Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. 

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The filmmakers are all too familiar with sci-fi and fantasy entertainment.

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We all know the Russo Brothers are coming back to Marvel Studios to direct “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars.” But well before that happens, they have another film coming to Netflix, titled “The Electric State,” which we now have a first look.

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This first look for “The Electric State” comes courtesy of Vanity Fair and gives us a peek at what’s to come with the Russo Brothers’ new film.

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When James Gunn took over as co-CEO of DC Studios, he made it very clear that he would like to bring some of his Marvel Studios actor friends over to the new universe he is crafting. One such person who is seemingly ready, willing, and able to join DC Studios is Chris Pratt. When he’s not voicing animated films, he’s seemingly always attached to some massive franchise.

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The Cannes Film Festival may still be a few weeks away, but that doesn’t mean its film market can’t start heating up.  Deadline reports that a package for one of the buzzier titles to hit the Croisette ready to go. And while it’s a Chris Pratt vehicle, not exactly an actor who comes to mind when thinking of Cannes, it’ll likely be a success for whomever snatches it up.

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Pratt will star in an adaptation of Jocko Willink‘s bestselling novel “Way Of The Warrior Kid,” with McG attached to direct.  It’s the first time Pratt and McG work together, but it sounds like a winning combo for the white American male demographic on paper.

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The partnership between Amazon and MGM Studios has birthed many various genre projects. One of the latest is a sci-fi thriller starring Chris Pratt (“Guardians of The Galaxy”) titled, “Mercy,” The new pic hails from Timur Bekmambetov, the Kazakh-Russian filmmaker likely best known for the Mark Millar comic book adaptation “Wanted” starring James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie superhero-level assassins.

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Another year, another Super Bowl. While many people watch the Big Game for the action on the field (and last night’s game was one for the ages), there are still quite a few people who like the commercials and the Half Time Show. Well, this year (like every year) featured yet another star-studded list of commercials featuring so many huge names shilling for massive corporations… but with jokes!

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Sure, we already talked about Jason Momoa trying to sell you on T-Mobile, as well as Martin Scorsese attempting to build a website, but there was so, so many more that showed up during last night’s Super Bowl.

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Earlier this year, surprising just about everyone, Chris Pratt scored a huge box office win as the voice of Mario in “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” This came after fans were originally really upset over the actor’s casting. However, once the film was released and earned way more than $1 billion, it’s like the controversy never happened. Now, Pratt returns to animation to voice another iconic character in “The Garfield Movie.”

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Yes, that’s right, Chris Pratt is voicing everyone’s favorite lasagna-loving feline in “The Garfield Movie.” As seen in the trailer, the film follows Garfield as he is shocked to be reunited with his long lost father and is forced to go on an adventure. 

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Joining Chris Pratt in the voice cast are Samuel L.

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While the ending of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” put a bow on a lot of the dangling storylines developed by filmmaker James Gunn, it did also tee up what is to come. Obviously, the ending set up a new Guardians team lineup and the possibility of more films with the characters, but there was also a scene that seemed to set up a potential spinoff project with Chris Pratt returning as Star-Lord.

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While “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” crosses the billion-dollar mark this weekend at the global box office, another big Chris Pratt film is heading to theaters next week with “Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3” wrapping up a trilogy from writer/director James Gun. Pratt wasn’t always successful in the audition process and is reflecting on the multitude of high-profile roles he missed out on before landing Marvel’s Peter Quill, aka, Star-Lord.

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It’s easy to forget now, given the wild success of the franchise since, but remember the context of the time: filmmaker James Gunn did the unthinkable and overcame incredible odds with 2014’s “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 1.” Moreso than almost any other Marvel characters that led their own movies in the last 20+ years, the Guardians were mostly unknown C-list characters, and many skeptical pundits were expecting a bomb because audiences would be unfamiliar.

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Only 30% of gamers are under the age of 18, according to market research. A Nintendo-commissioned survey found that the same demographic represented only 17% of the highest-intent buyers for their Switch console. These data points may be entirely out of mind for anyone watching “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Yet they were almost assuredly top of mind for the team making the film.

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Phase 5 of the MCU is about to kick off with “Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania,” but not long after that comes “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3.” While the Guardians had supporting roles in Taika Waititi‘s “Thor: Love And Thunder,” and turned up recently in “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” this final edition of the franchise—at least the final installment for writer/director James Gunn—promises to be a big epic finale which will reunite the Guardians with Zoe Saldaña as Gamora, who’s been missing in action since “Avengers: Endgame.”

James Gunn’s tweets about it promise a story he “has been cooking up for years,” and in the past, he’s described it as “so big and dark.”

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It’s been a busy couple of years for writer-director James Gunn. After turning the crew of the “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies into bonafide stars of the Marvel universe, Gunn was fired from the series, only to bring his superhero know-how to Warner Bros for “The Suicide Squad” and its popular HBO Max spinoff series, “Peacemaker.” But after a reconciliation with Marvel, Gunn is finally bringing his space trilogy to a close with “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

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The highly anticipated “The Super Mario Bros.”  will be the second American film adaptation of the popular Nintendo game. After the disastrous 1993 live-action “Super Mario Bros.” movie, which starred Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo as Mario Mario and Luigi Mario (yeah…), a new film version of the video game franchise languished in development hell until reports of the video game developer discussing with Illumination entertainment to do an animated film centering around the popular iconic character gamers grew to know and love. 

Chris Pratt and Charlie Day will be voicing Mario and Luigi, while Anya Taylor-Joy plays Princess Peach.

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Filmmaker James Gunn’s modus operandi has been mostly the same but especially pronounced over the last few years. He’s always been attracted to misfits, outsiders, and the forgotten, and that’s always yielded lots of great, irreverent humor, championing the losers of various universes and watching them succeed by supporting one another. But pushing it even further lately with “The Suicide Squad” and this new “The Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special,” he’s genuinely considered, with great empathy, the emotional costs of being left behind in a more meaningful and even touching way.

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As “Causeway” hits Apple TV+ tomorrow, Jennifer Lawrence has made the press rounds to promote the film that many call her Hollywood comeback. Granted, that’s just a narrative to help with the film’s release. Lawrence never really left the limelight but didn’t act in things for about a year after getting engaged to her husband, Cooke Maroney. But Lawrence’s press tour for “Causeway” gave the actress a chance to talk about her career and some movies she regretted making, like the 2016 space drama “Passengers” with Chris Pratt.

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Filmmaker James Gunn’s tenure as the director and creative force behind the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise is coming to an end, but the filmmaker plans to go out with a bang. In addition to his third and final film in the series arriving in the summer of 2023, Gunn has also directed “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” set to premiere during this upcoming holiday season on Disney+.

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While major films based on video games used to be a dicey proposition, they’re becoming something of an industry staple. Since the financial success of projects like “Detective Pikachu” (2019) and “Sonic the Hedgehog” (2020) shattered the glass ceiling, various studios have greenlit plans for movies and TV shows based on Dungeons & Dragons, MegaMan, Pac-Man, and more.

Perhaps the most anticipated is the upcoming “Super Mario Bros” movie, the first attempt to capture Nintendo’s trademark franchise on the big screen since 1993’s ill-fated adaptation became one of Hollywood’s most infamous bombs (or “bob-ombs,” if you prefer).

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Chris Pratt‘s Amazon Prime Video series “The Terminal List” debuted on July 1 to interminably bad reviews. Critics loathed the series, with The Daily Beast calling it “an unhinged right-wing revenge fantasy. Meanwhile, Variety described it as a “military vanity project for a charisma-free Chris Pratt.” In a word, ouch.  

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But the show found a fanbase fast, with Nielsen reporting that the show earned 1.6 billion minutes viewed in its first week.

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For many Marvel fans, the worst news to come out if this year’s Comic-Con was James Gunn‘s confirmation that “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” would bring a close to the director’s trilogy of sci-fi hijinks. And while the first trailer for the film might have been a Comic-Con exclusive, here’s everything we saw – and what you can expect when the teaser finally drops online (we assume sometime in the next few weeks).

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In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast, co-host Mike DeAngelo sets his sights on Prime Video’s “The Terminal List,” which stars Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Jai Courtney, and more. The series follows a Navy Seal officer who is sucked into investigating why his entire platoon was ambushed during a covert mission overseas. The entire eight-episode series drops on Prime Video on July 1.

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Prime Video has developed a sizable portion of its programming that could be called “Dad TV.” Without trying to stigmatize or stereotype their viewers in the slightest, the truth is that shows like “Bosch,” “Jack Ryan,” and “Reacher” all appeal to a relatively similar audience. They’re all based on hit series of books with male protagonists who generally subscribe to an old-fashioned code while also trying to adapt to a changing world.

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Colin Trevorrow’s return to the director’s chair for the (alleged) final installment of the ‘Jurassic’ saga opens with a fake NowThis video. The zippy edit splices together footage from what Jeff Goldblum’s Dr. Ian Malcolm dubbed the emerging “neo-Jurassic age” at the close of the prior film as humans coexist uneasily with escaped dinosaurs. This prologue works well as a convenient “previously on ‘Jurassic World’” memory jog for those who forgot to look at the Wikipedia plot summary for “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.” And thanks to a news anchor’s commentary, it also establishes some real ideas for the film to explore surrounding ecological and genetic responsibility for people, corporations, and governments alike.

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It’s a busy 2022 ahead for Chris Pratt. Alongside the release of “Jurassic World: Dominion,” Pratt reprises his role as Peter Quill in “Thor: Love And Thunder” in July. There’s also the “Guardians Of The Galaxy Holiday Special” on the way and the new “Mario” movie next year. Also coming: “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.

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