The original cast of Friends are coming together once again for a special reunion, which will air on HBO Max. But it won’t be a sitcom reunion per se, but an unscripted special, which will reunite cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer on screen together once more. The special, due to air in May this year, will see the stars gather at the iconic stage 24 on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank to discuss and reminisce about their time on the show and filming the episodes of Friends.
Sonic Breaks Video Game Movie Record
Paramount Pictures’ adaptation of Sonic
the Hedgehog is paying off dividends as the film has raced past USD57
million at the box-office over its opening weekend. The stellar result was
enough to secure the Sega video game character top billing over the previous
video game movie champ, Detective Pikachu,
which raked in an impressive USD54.3 million over its opening weekend. Made
with a budget of USD90 million, Sonic the
Hedgehog, which stars James Marsden and Jim Carrey has already raked in an
impressive USD113 million at the box-office in its first weekend in cinemas.
No Time To Die Cancelled In China
The coronavirus has officially shelved the newest James Bond adventure, No Time To Die in China. The film will
not premiere in the nation as it struggles to overcome the outbreak of the
disease. The film’s planned promotional tour with Daniel Craig and the rest of
the cast has also been canned. The virus has scuppered a number of events and
also caused Chinese cinemas to shut down temporarily as China attempts to
control the disease. The coronavirus outbreak has also caused a number of big
films such as Birds of Prey to lose
out on the lucrative Chinese box-office.
Gerard
Butler’s New Action Thriller
Action star, Gerard Butler is back in the driving seat of yet another action
thriller. Remote Control, which will
be produced by STX, will see the actor portray a former war correspondent
turned corporate security consultant, whose life is overturned when he receives
a mysterious phone call, which puts him smack in the middle of a global
conspiracy. Butler will next be seen in Greenland,
starring opposite Morena Baccarin. The film will follow a family struggling to
survive in the face of a natural disaster.
Mulan
Gets A PG-13 Rating
The live-action adaptation of Mulan looks
to be a lot more serious compared to the animated classic. The upcoming film
has landed itself a PG-13 rating for ‘sequences of violence’, which is a first
for Disney’s live-action franchise. Niki Caro directs the reimagining of the
1998 classic film, which stars Yifei Liu as the titular warrior princess. The
cast of Mulan is impressive with the
likes of Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Gong Li and Jet Li lending their talents
to the film. Mulan is due to open in
cinemas on 26 March.
