“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the latest, most-cursed-yet installment of J.K. Rowling’s increasingly cursed Harry Potter franchise, which is now on track to post the lowest box office numbers of the entire Wizarding World series of movies. Per Variety, the film is set to bring in roughly $40 million this weekend, $22 million less than 2018’s The Crimes Of Grindelwald—a ‘blockbuster’ so fundamentally incoherent that reading a plot synopsis of it now (despite your humble Newswire writer having actually been dragged to see the damn thing in theaters back in the day) feels like stumbling into the manifesto of a flashback-obsessed psychopath.” Read more at The A.V. Club New rumors suggest that the Merc with a Mouth himself Deadpool could be one of the multiversal characters appearing in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Read more at The Mary Sue Trailers will always exist for marketing purposes, but does Marvel really need to release trailers for their new movies? “If you’re on Twitter and keep up with anything related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then chances are you’ve seen Thor: Love and Thunder trend a few times over the last few weeks as fans kindly but firmly demand Marvel release a trailer. After all, the movie’s coming out in a little over two months, and thus far, we’ve only had a logo and some character art on the side of toy packaging; in a non-pandemic world, we would’ve had a cover story on Entertainment Weekly by now, plus about 13 character posters and 80 TV spots.” Read more at Gizmodo Pop superstar Billie Eilish is the latest mega-celebrity to appear on The Simpsons in a new short called “When Billie Met Lisa.” Read more at Hype Beast Did you know Harrison Ford was initially supposed to star in Big? Discover more interesting facts about the classic film. “Big is hardly the only age-changing movie that has ever been made. But even today, it remains one of the sub-genre’s most enduring entries. Tom Hanks and director Penny Marshall were the two main reasons for the film’s success, even though they only became involved in the project after other, bigger names (in 1988 anyway) backed out. Isn’t that always the way?” Read more at Mental Floss LEGO has unveiled its latest series of collectible figures, this time with the legendary Muppets getting the minifig treatment. Read more at Brickset
