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in FilmsWhat is the name of Disney’s Animal Kingdom area in Orlando dedicated to “Avatar”?
Answer: In 2017, Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando dedicated an entire park area to the “Avatar” film’s fictional world of Pandora. The area, called Pandora: The World of Avatar, features rides, attractions, and experiences based on the film’s characters and locations.
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in FilmsIn Netflix’s “Day Shift,” Jamie Foxx and Snoop Dogg are what?
Answer: Netflix’s “Day Shift” follows Jamie Foxx as a blue-collar dad who sells vampire teeth for profit. Dave Franco and Snoop Dogg are joining Foxx as members of an international union of vampire hunters. The movie streams on Netflix starting Aug. 12, 2022. Watch the first trailer.
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in FilmsWhich movie features Disney/Pixar’s first same-sex kiss?
Answer: The 2022 Toy Story prequel, Lightyear, features Disney/Pixar’s first onscreen same-sex kiss. In the film, starring Chris Evans as the real-life inspiration for the “Toy Story” character Buzz Lightyear, Buzz’s close friend is a female space ranger who marries another woman. A scene showing milestones in the couple’s relationship includes a brief kiss. As…
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in FilmsWhy do Black Adam and Shazam wear the same lightning bolt symbol?
Answer: In the DC Universe, Shazam is the ancient wizard who gave Billy Batson (the other Shazam) and Black Adam their powers.Are the films connected?2022’s “Black Adam,” set to release in November starring Dwayne Johnson, is a spin-off on 2019’s “Shazam!.” The sequel “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” is set for Dec. 21, 2022
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in FilmsIn Black Panther, who is Shuri?
Answer: Marvel Studios unveiled the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” at Comic-Con on July 23, 2022, in San Diego. Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther in the original film, died in Aug. 2020. Marvel decided not to recast him
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in FilmsWho plays Batman in the upcoming 2023 DC Universe films?
Answer: Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton will appear as two Batmans in March 2023’s The Flash, and Affleck will reprise the role in June’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (as revealed on Jason Momoa’s Instagram account.) Keaton was also set to appear as Batman in Batgirl, initially scheduled for 2023. That is, until Warner Bros.…
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in FilmsIn Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive, Mila Kunis is what?
Answer: Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive features Mila Kunis as Ani FaNelli, a New York Times writer approached by a true-crime documentarian about a shooting incident that happened when she was a school student. The film premieres in theaters for a limited run on Sept. 30, 2022, before arriving on Netflix on Oct. 7.
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in FilmsWhat’s Minions 2’s official title?
Answer: “Minions: The Rise of Gru” is the title of the 2022 addition to the Despicable Me franchise. The movie made an estimated $125 million domestically for its four-day opening weekend – the biggest opening ever over the July 4th holiday weekend.Who’s the Previous Record Holder?Minions 2 surpassed the previous biggest opener over the July 4th…
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in FilmsWho’s playing Geppetto in Disney’s live-action remake of Pinocchio?
Answer: Walt Disney Studios released the first teaser trailer for the live-action remake of “Pinocchio” on May 31, 2022, giving the first look at Tom Hanks as Geppetto. Pinocchio premieres on Sept. 8, 2022, on Disney+.
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in FilmsWhich Hollywood actor is behind this heavy Leonard Bernstein makeup?
Answer: Bradley Cooper has transformed into Broadway composer Leonard Bernstein in the Netflix biographical drama “Maestro.” The film marks Cooper’s directorial follow-up to the Oscar-winning “A Star Is Born.” “Maestro,” which also stars Carey Mulligan as Bernstein’s wife, started production in May 2022 and should be released in 2023.
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in FilmsWho’s this?
Answer: You’re looking at Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher in “Thor: Love and Thunder.” Chris Hemsworth headlines the film in the title role, with Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, director Taika Waititi as Korg, and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, in her first appearance in the MCU since 2013’s “Thor:…
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in FilmsHow many years have passed between Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen’s roles in “Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith” and their return in “Obi-Wan Kenobi”?
Answer: It has been 17 years since Ewan McGregor (as young Obi-Wan) and Hayden Christensen (as his pupil, Anakin Skywalker, who turns into Darth Vader) appeared in “Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith,” the last of the prequel trilogy. McGregor and Christensen return to their roles in “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” a six-part television series streaming…
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in FilmsWhat did Kate Winslet have to learn for her role in Avatar 2?
Answer: In Jan. 2021, Kate Winslet told Variety she had to learn how to free dive and breath-hold to play her role in Avatar 2._x000D_
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in FilmsWhich movie had the biggest opening weekend in 2022 in US theaters?
Answer: With an estimated $185 million in ticket sales in its first weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness had the biggest opening weekend of the year, ahead of “The Batman’s” $134 million and the second biggest of the pandemic, behind “Spider-Man: Far From Home’s” $260.1 million.
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in FilmsWho portrays the first Latinx superhero to lead a live-action Marvel film?
Answer: Sony Pictures has cast Puerto Rican reggaeton star and wrestling aficionado Bad Bunny as El Muerto, the first Latinx superhero to lead a live-action Marvel film. El Muerto is a masked Mexican wrestler who inherits superhuman strength from his powerful ancestors. Bad Bunny’s casting was announced on Apr. 25, 2022, at CinemaCon in Las…
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in FilmsWhy would “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” be banned in Saudi Arabia?
Answer: The Hollywood Reporter reported on Apr. 22, 2022, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” had been banned in Saudi Arabia, where homosexuality is illegal. According to other reports, Saudi Arabia had asked Disney to cut “LGBTQ references” from the movie, but it had not been banned. The movie features America Chavez, a character…
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in FilmsWhich Nirvana song is featured in 2022’s The Batman?
Answer: Nirvana’s “Somethin in the Way” appeared in the trailer for “The Batman” and the film itself. The director, Matt Reeves, told The Washington Post that he envisioned Bruce Wayne as a young Kurt Cobain, bursting with talent but not interested in the fame that comes with his unique abilities. “The Batman” started streaming on…
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in FilmsWhich Bond record did Billie Eilish break?
Answer: Billie Eilish, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Song on March 27, 2022, with her brother Finneas, is the youngest recording artist to work on a James Bond theme song. She was 18 when recording “No Time to Die.” In 2013 Adele’s “Skyfall” became the first Bond theme song to win an…
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in FilmsWho is the first woman to win both directing and writing Academy Awards?
Answer: On March 27, 2022, Jane Campion became the first woman to win both directing and writing Academy Awards. She won the Oscar for best original screenplay for 1993’s “The Piano” and best director for the Netflix 2021 Western “The Power of the Dog.”
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in FilmsWhich movie made history for being the first film from a streamer to win a best picture Academy Award?
Answer: “CODA” from Apple TV+ won the Oscar for best picture in 2022, becoming the first film from a streaming service to win Hollywood’s top honor. On the other hand, Netflix won 16 awards in eleven categories over the years but no Best Picture Oscar.
