Friday, January 26, 2024

The ‘Dune 2’ popcorn bucket is strange and inappropriate and you’re going to love it

The ‘Dune 2’ popcorn bucket is strange and inappropriate and you’re going to love it

With the deserts of Arrakis just on the cinematic event horizon and the Fremen drums of war heralding Dune: Part Two‘s premiere in theaters, the weirdest-looking popcorn bucket you’ll see in your life has surfaced online, and fans don’t know quite what to make of it.

Cinemagoers are no stranger to the art of upsell merchandise. That’s doubly true whenever we talk about prominent franchises with enough hype to carry a dozen independent releases. And while Dune is not a record-shattering blockbuster in the traditional sense, a lot of excitement is hovering around this sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s acclaimed 2021 flick.

And so, to spice up your special night (if you’ll pardon the pun), there will be a special popcorn bucket, increasing your immersion both in the aesthetic and thematic sense. The only problem is the shape of the bucket in question, which will make you feel like you’re reaching into the literal maws of a Sandworm for a handful of corn puffs.

Is the Dune 2 popcorn bucket going to eat me?

You’ll have to admit that the jokes basically write themselves. When looking at the Sandworm bucket, some folks can’t help but be reminded of something altogether inappropriate. The mere thought of the people seated next to you reaching into their buckets while you’re watching the epic next chapter to Paul Atreides’ story… I think you get the overall gist of it without me having to elaborate any further. (And no, with any luck, your bucket won’t actually begin gnawing on your forearm.)

Note that we have no confirmation as to whether these Sandworm-shaped buckets are the official supplementary snack for Dune: Part Two. As such, more details will be forthcoming as we inch closer to the premiere date of March 1.

You might be wondering about the potential price. We know that these special treats can go for egregious sums, like the outrageous $65 Barbie bucket that came with a car and a doll. Other examples include the Groot-inspired Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 buckets, which sold for $25, and of course, the recent Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie, which could go up as much as $20 and ended up on eBay for hundreds of dollars for being limited. You can probably expect to pay more for this Sandworm bucket than your ticket, so I guess it will ultimately boil down to how much of a Dune fan you are, or whether you find the idea of munching on something that comes out of the gullet of a Sandworm particularly appealing.



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Could Sydney Sweeney’s new horror movie ‘Immaculate’ be rated R?

Sydney Sweeney‘s latest film doesn’t have much in common with Euphoria.

The 26-year-old star made a name for herself on the mega-popular HBO drama, but she’s branching out into new(ish) territory with the impending release of Immaculate. The incoming flick is far from her first foray into horror, of course, but it may well be her best if initial reactions to the film’s first trailers are any indication.

People are already singing Sweeney’s praises as they stew in excitement for the psychological horror film‘s release. She ventured into similar territory with 2020’s Nocturne and her fans are more than ready to see how she handles horror the second time around.

What will Immaculate be rated?

The enthralling first trailer for Immaculate dropped just over two months ahead of the film’s March 2024 release, but it didn’t provide any specific details on the film’s rating. A number of its themes, including the overarching horror tones, point to an R rating, but it’s still unclear if Immaculate will manage to secure a potentially more lucrative PG-13.

A PG-13 rating is unlikely in Immaculate‘s case, unfortunately for Sweeney’s younger fans, given the film’s dark and bloody nature. That first trailer points to a sinister and occasionally gruesome plot, and PG-13 ratings typically exclude violence that is “both realistic and extreme or persistent.” It’s still hard to say whether or not Immaculate falls into that definition at this early stage, but it feels like a safe bet.

We should know for sure soon, but for now it’s safest to treat Immaculate as an R-rated film. It’s got clearly violent scenes with all that religious torture thrown in, and the presence of eerie, demonic visitors and at least one violent suicide seems to easily qualify the flick for the harsher rating.

Immaculate releases in theaters on March 22, 2024.



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Why is ‘Road House’ director Doug Liman boycotting his own film?

Why is ‘Road House’ director Doug Liman boycotting his own film?

A director spends months — even years — performing their craft on a film in hopes of creating the highest quality picture they can. And although Doug Liman believes he did just that with the remake of the cult classic Road House, he won’t be attending its world premiere.

Road House is scheduled to play as the SXSW (South by Southwest) film festival’s opening movie in early March. However, Road House is not receiving the big screen treatment that Liman was expecting when he signed on to direct the action movie starring Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal and former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor.

It’ll be available to stream on Prime Video when it releases on March 21. Amazon MGM Studios is charged with bringing the film to life, as well as the decision to send it straight to people’s devices instead of cinemas, which doesn’t sit well with Liman.

Liman shared his thoughts about Road House in a guest column on Deadline in a blog posted on January 24.

Essentially, Liman is boycotting the movie’s SXSW airing in Austin, Texas, to protest Amazon’s choice to leave it out of theaters. “Contrary to their public statements, Amazon has no interest in supporting cinemas,’ Liman wrote. “Amazon asked me and the film community to trust them and their public statements about supporting cinemas, and then they turned around and are using Road House to sell plumbing fixtures.”

He pointed to Amazon’s apparent strategy with the highly anticipated film. Instead of sending it off to theaters across the globe, it’ll be solely available on Prime Video which, of course, requires an Amazon subscription. Liman claimed in the guest post that Road House has received an obscene amount of traction on social media. And if that translates to movie viewership, Amazon will likely notch more subscriptions, and more potential clients purchasing goods off of its marketplace.

“When Road House opens the SXSW film festival, I won’t be attending,” Liman wrote. “The movie is fantastic, maybe my best, and I’m sure it will bring the house down and possibly have the audience dancing in their seats during the end credits. But I will not be there.”

Amazon acquired MGM in 2022. When Amazon did, the company said it’d invest over $1 billion into theatrical pictures, according to a report from Bloomberg. But, from Liman’s perspective, Amazon doesn’t intend to make good on the promise, which could be another domino in the potential downfall of theaters. “The impact goes far beyond this one movie,” he wrote. “This could be industry-shaping for decades to come.” As an impassioned Liman stated:

“If we don’t put tentpole movies in movie theaters, there won’t be movie theaters in the future. Movies like Road House, people actually want to see on the big screen, and it was made for the big screen. Without movie theaters, we won’t have the commercial box office hits that are the locomotives that allow studios to take gambles on original movies and new directors. Without movie theaters, we won’t have movie stars.”

Liman also wrote that the shift from theatrical to streaming releases would zero out box office revenue, which could lead to film industry layoffs, and ultimately the end of the cinema experience. So, although Liman is glowing about Road House, he’s taking the opportunity to bring awareness to the bigger picture.



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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Latest Marvel News: Deadpool, Daredevil, and Spider-Man combine to rescue the MCU as ‘Madame Web’ box office woes mask its biggest secret

Latest Marvel News: Deadpool, Daredevil, and Spider-Man combine to rescue the MCU as ‘Madame Web’ box office woes mask its biggest secret

What the MCU really needs right now is a group of remarkable people, an assembly of heroes who can fight the battles that the franchise apparently can’t. No, not the Avengers, they’re sadly still a ways away. I’m talking about that unlikely trio of Daredevil, Deadpool, and Spider-Man.

Yes, this unforeseen trinity may just put the Multiverse Saga back on track if all goes well, or else finish it off for good if it doesn’t. Elsewhere, Sony’s preparing to release its first Marvel movie since Morbius, and even though it’s tracking even worse than The Marvels, Madame Web might yet have a sneaky hack up her sleeves…

Daredevil: Born Again resumes filming as Deadpool 3 finishes reminds us how the MCU is hanging in the balance

Daredevil in She-Hulk overlaid on a Deadpool 3 promo image of Deadpool and Wolverine
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Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have announced to the world that Deadpool 3 has officially finished filming at long last, meaning we’re one step closer to getting the much-anticipated threequel on the big screen. Coincidentally, this week also saw Daredevil: Born Again resume filming. It’s interesting to compare the two projects as they are basically the one movie and the one TV show that the studio is relying on to relaunch the two halves of its cinematic universe to past heights. Marvel really needs both of these to succeed. Or else it’s literally just Spider-Man 4 or bust.

Spider-Man 4 reportedly a tug-of-war between Sony and Marvel as Maguire and Garfield returns are up in the air

Three Spideys unite in Spider-Man: No Way Home
Image via Marvel Studios

While much of the Multiverse Saga hasn’t hit home as hoped, Spider-Man: No Way Home remains the saga’s most popular film by some margin. So it’s no surprise that, rumor has it, Sony is keen to replicate the formula in Spider-Man 4 as closely as possible, including potentially bringing back Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield as Peters 2 and 3. However, if you believe the scuttlebutt, Kevin Feige and Tom Holland are against the idea, preferring to keep the next movie more grounded and self-contained. Albeit it with some Daredevil connections thrown in for laughs. Expect a civil war to break out in the fandom over which version folks would prefer.

Madame Web heading for woeful opening weekend, but it might somehow still turn a profit

Dakota Johnson's Cassandra Webb looks through a spider's web in Madame Web.
Photo via Sony Pictures

Sorry to break it to you, Madame Web-heads, but the Dakota Johnson vehicle is headed for a dismal opening weekend at the box office, with projections predicting a six-day gross of just $25 million. This would be truly woeful, even worse than Morbius, and yet here’s the thing: Madame Web‘s budget is so low that whatever happens it’s guaranteed to be less of a costly bomb than The Marvels was for Marvel Studios. That film came with a whopping $219 million price tag while MW cost merely $80 million. That said, at this rate, it might be a chore for the movie to make even that back. We’ll find out come Feb. 14.



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Jake Gyllenhaal slapping grown men in parking lots is the ‘Spider-Man’ spinoff we didn’t know we needed

Despite the total lack of interest from the entire world, Sony is pressing ahead with its Spider-Man-less Spider-Man universe in 2024 with the release of two — count ’em, two — new spinoffs about characters Peter Parker occasionally crosses paths with in the comics.

Specifically, we have Dakota Johnson in the fifty shades of unnecessary Madame Web due in February and then former Quicksilver Aaron Taylor-Johnson in August’s Kraven the Hunter (we didn’t see that coming). Somehow, we live in a timeline where an El Muerto movie can be in development but not one where Sony has bothered to bring back one of the best parts of Marvel’s Spider-Man trilogy: Jake Gyllenhaal as the master of manipulation, the guy who spoke about the multiverse before it was cool, Mysterio.

Thankfully, Gyllenhaal is as busy as he’s ever been, and his latest project offers an unlikely way to scratch the itch for those missing Marvel’s Mysterio.

Road House? Gimme a gritty Mysterio spinoff movie, Sony

Jake Gyllenhaal enters the ring in a fight club in the Road House trailer
Screencap via Prime Video

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Road House, a mid-budget action thriller based on the cult classic 1980s movie of the same name starring Patrick Swayze. Gyllenhaal plays the brilliantly named Elwood Dalton — from Donnie Darko to Quentin Beck, he’s sure had a career full of characters with colorful names. Dalton is a former UFC fighter who winds up working as a bouncer at a roadhouse, only to discover the place isn’t what it seems.

Social media is going crazy for the movie, which promises more of Gyllenhaal in his Southpaw mode, ably supported by The Suicide Squad fave Daniela Melchior, Billy “I Play That Annoying Guy In That Film You Like” Magnussen, and actual MMA legend Conor McGregor.

Whatever its quality, at least we know Road House will be better than the last time director Doug Liman worked with a Spider-Man star — 2021’s chaotic YA sci-fi Chaos Walking. Even if, ironically, Liman will be boycotting his own movie due to Amazon’s decision to sling it onto streaming.

What Road House is really bringing into sharp focus, though, is just how much the Marvel multiverse has wasted Gyllenhaal’s talents to date. I’m just spitballing here, but imagine a Joker-like solo movie based around a more grounded Mysterio variant. Some kind of violent, street-level vigilante who beats up folks in parking lots with a fishbowl on his head. Don’t lie to me, you know you’d be more intrigued to watch that than either Madame Web or Kraven.

I leave you with the awe-inspiring sight of Jake Gyllenhaal doing his best Brad Pitt in Fight Club impression. Catch Road House on Prime Video from March 21.



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What happened to the real life ‘Queenpins’ and where are they now?

What happened to the real life ‘Queenpins’ and where are they now?

Despite Queenpins coming out in 2021, the film is seeing a wave of positive attention after arriving on Netflix. Viewers who are seeing the movie for the first time have found themselves intrigued by the true story, but what happened to Connie and JoJo?

If you haven’t seen it, Queenpins is inspired by a real-life coupon counterfeiting scam. Whilst the story in the movie did happen, some parts were changed or exaggerated to make the flick more entertaining. 

First of all the names were changed, in the film we follow the story of Connie Kaminski (Kristen Bell) and JoJo Johnson (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), two friends from Arizona who start selling fake coupons causing corporations to lose millions whilst making themselves rich. In real life, the gang consisted of Robyn Ramirez (the ring leader), Marilyn Johnson, and Amiko Fountain.

Without overtly spoiling the end (just in case you wanted to watch it) their story ends in pretty much the same way as their real-life counterparts. Although only Ramirez served any jail time, and she served a bit more than Kristen Bell’s character in the movie, she was sentenced to two years. All three were ordered to pay back $1.3 million in restitution.

So where are the real Queenpins now?

Image via Netflix

More than ten years after their crimes you’d expect all three to be living pretty normal lives by now. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple, whilst Ramirez did her time in jail she’s not exactly out of the woods yet. Around about the time Queenpins initially came out in theaters it was reported that she was still paying off her share of the $1.3 million that the trio had been ordered to reimburse the companies.

What’s worse is that according to reports, Ramirez is struggling to keep up with her repayments, falling $4000 short which resulted in her probation being extended by 5 years. Currently, she’s paying $300 a month but even so, it would take her over 100 years to pay back everything.

Ramirez’s partners in crime were also still paying back monthly at the time of the movies’ release, and before you ask, no, none of the women will receive any kind of payment from the film’s success due to Arizona laws. In addition, the fact that enough details like names were changed means that the filmmakers wouldn’t be obligated to pay any kind of royalties to the people who inspired it.

So that’s a pretty depressing turn of events for the real Queenpins, I guess the lesson here is that crime doesn’t pay. Whilst not a great deal is known about the three women’s lives now it seems like their movie counterparts got a way happier ending than they did.



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Is ‘The Hill’ based on a true story? The real-life Rickey Hill, explained

Jeff Celentano’s inspirational baseball drama The Hill hit a home run all the way to the top of Netflix’s United States charts after hitting the platform on Jan. 20, 2024.

Beloved by audiences (but not quite meeting the mark for critics) the movie tells the story of Rickey Hill, a young boy suffering from a degenerative spinal disease who dreams of becoming a baseball player. Moreso than his physical shortcomings, it’s his devout Christian father who stands in his way, not wanting his son to pursue a life as strenuous.

The poorer Reviews of The Hill on Rotten Tomatoes describe Celentano’s film as “preachy,” “hokey,” and suffering from too much “telling” and not enough “showing,” resulting in a slim 44 percent rating. Viewers, however, couldn’t disagree more. The movie is currently sporting a 97 percent audience score with comments highlighting its family friendliness and Christian message.

Does Rickey Hill in the movie The Hill really exist?

Yes. The Hill takes from Rickey Hill’s real life to write its faith-led narrative of perseverance. Jeff Celentano met Hill after his brother overheard him talk to someone on the phone about needing a film director for a script about his life.

Being a huge fan of classic sports movies, the Breaking Point director was taken by the project from the start and dedicated to getting it through the finish line. The Hill took 17 years to make. After repeatedly losing funding, it was finally shot in 2021 in Georgia as a stand-in for Hill’s home state of Texas.

Hill, who is played by Colin Ford in the film, was born with a disability, undergoing multiple surgeries in his legs between ages 1 and 4, and later being diagnosed with degenerative spine disease. He grew up with pain but never stopped doing physical activities for fun. Speaking on the Your Biggest Breakthrough podcast, Hill said he didn’t “have any money so all [he] did was hit rocks, continuously.”

In another interview with Father Edward Looney, Hill also described his Baptist minister father’s influence on his childhood, saying he was “tough,” “strict” and affiliated with the “independent fundamental Baptists.” As seen in the film he wasn’t the most supportive of dads when it came to his son’s sporting dreams, but Hill is a devout Christian to this day because of his upbringing.

Realizing he had an eye for hitting those rocks he played with, Hill decided to become a baseball batter. He trained to improve his running and made it as far as the minor leagues until his condition finally became unbearable. Hill played professional baseball for four years in teams like the Lethbridge Expos, the Rio Grande Valley Whitewings, the Texas City Stars, and the Grays Harbor Loggers.



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‘Deadpool 3’ and ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ reaching opposite milestones days apart proves 2024 will make or break the MCU

‘Deadpool 3’ and ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ reaching opposite milestones days apart proves 2024 will make or break the MCU

What a busy year for Marvel 2024 is turning out to be. January has delivered not just all of Echo and the digital release of The Marvels but also major updates for both Deadpool 3 and Daredevil: Born Again. As they say, when one door closes another must open…

On Jan. 22, the much-anticipated reboot of the Man Without Fear’s adventures resumed filming, following a long break brought about by both the 2023 strikes and a major creative overhaul which saw the show’s writers and directors replaced. Meanwhile, on Jan. 24, Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman announced that production had finally wrapped on DP3, which has likewise had an uphill journey since cameras started rolling last May.

So while one of Marvel’s most eagerly awaited projects calls it a day, another is just starting out in its new form. And the coincidence of these two comings and goings happening in the same week reminds us just how important this year is to the MCU at large.

Deadpool 3 and Daredevil: Born Again will determine the future of the MCU on the big and small screens

Daredevil in She-Hulk overlaid on a Deadpool 3 promo image of Deadpool and Wolverine
Images via Marvel Studios

It’s hard to sugarcoat it: 2023 was almost a uniform disaster for Marvel Studios across the board. Barring the success of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (which speaks more to the chances of James Gunn’s DCU than the future of Marvel), the studio was hit by flop after flop, from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to Secret Invasion to The Marvels.

With even a sequel to a billion-dollar earner (2019’s Captain Marvel), one which also teased the arrival of the X-Men, crashing at the box office, it’s clear that the studio needs to win back audiences ASAP. And, wouldn’t you know it, it has literally one single attempt in which to do that this year, as July’s Deadpool 3 is Marvel’s only cinematic release of 2024.

Unfortunately, Marvel’s Disney Plus endeavors are facing their own crisis. As She-Hulk being canned due to exorbitant costs makes plain, the studio is going to have to majorly rethink how it makes these shows. Luckily, it’s already in the process of doing that, hence Marvel taking the drastic measure with Born Again to go back to the drawing board halfway through. Casting updates offer an encouraging tease that this was the right decision.

Although Born Again won’t be premiering until 2025, the upcoming TV releases — Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, for example — were produced via the old way of doing things. The Daredevil revival, meanwhile, looks to be the start of a brand-new era. Or, rather, one that goes back to Netflix’s successful methodology — street-level, cheaper shows with longer episode counts.

Similarly, Deadpool 3 seems to be going back to what worked so well for Marvel during the Infinity Saga: star power squared. The partnership of Reynolds and Jackman, and Deadpool and Wolverine, will be the big make-or-break test that determines whether the right combination of movie stars and beloved characters can still reel ’em in like it used to.

Basically, if either or both Daredevil: Born Again and Deadpool 3 fail then, well, we might not need Kang to threaten the Marvel multiverse. Good luck, boys, you’re going to need it.



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‘Sandy Cheeks’ movie release window, cast, plot, and more

‘Sandy Cheeks’ movie release window, cast, plot, and more

We’ve had SpongeBob movies, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot and even a Paw Patrol movie, but I know what you’re asking: when oh when are we getting a Sandy Cheeks movie? Well, say no more, because it’s on its way, and here’s everything we know.

Supposedly the film won’t see a theatrical release like its predecessors and will land directly on Netflix. This will be the fourth SpongeBob SquarePants movie and the full title is rumored to be Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks movie. I don’t know about you, but I’m already sold.

All jokes aside, SpongeBob has always been a favorite of 90s kids but right now the SBU (SpongeBob Universe) has never been in a better place. It’s expanding exponentially with new seasons of the show, more movies, and (despite being against the wishes of the show’s late creator) multiple spin-off series.

We had Kamp Koral, a prequel show following much younger versions of the characters; then we got The Patrick Star Show, neither of these spin-offs is particularly well-liked. This hasn’t stopped Nickelodeon from beginning another project and it seems the studio is determined to systematically work through all the side characters, either giving them their own show or movie. I can’t wait for the Squidward one.

When could the Sandy Cheeks movie be released?

Image via Nickelodeon

With any luck we could be seeing the movie as early as this year, although there has been no confirmed date for release as of the time of writing this article. That suggests that if it were to be released in 2024, it would likely be the second half of this year. 

However, the film was originally set for a February 2023 release window before being delayed due to COVID and other factors. If they were aiming for a release almost a year ago, it makes you wonder if maybe the film could drop on Netflix sooner than we think.

The plot

Image via Nickelodeon

No plot details have been given as of yet, however, based on the title we can assume that Sandy’s home town of Bikini Bottom is under some sort of threat, and this time it won’t be up to SpongBob to save the day, but rather the Texan Squirrel.

The cast

Spongebob and his friends
Image via Nickelodeon

Sandy Cheeks will be voiced by Carolyn Lawrence, who has voiced the character since her debut back in 1999. Tom Kenny will also be voicing SpongeBob; in fact, all of the show’s original voice actors are expected to reprise their roles including Bill Fagerbakke, Roger Bumpass, Clancy Brown and Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley and Mary Jo Catlett.

The IMDb page also lists a few recognisable faces such as Wanda Sykes as Sue Nahmee. We’ll also get to meet Sandy’s family with Grey Griffin and Craig Robinson set to play Ma and Pa Cheeks and Johnny Knoxville playing Randy Cheeks.



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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Why is Ethan Slater being compared to a ‘Jim Henderson animatronic creation’ after hyping ‘Wicked?’

Why is Ethan Slater being compared to a ‘Jim Henderson animatronic creation’ after hyping ‘Wicked?’

We turn now to Ethan Slater, who has kissed Ariana Grande, and we all need to learn to sit peacefully with that.

Slater became the face of a new generation of musical entertainment when he landed the lead role in the deeply weird SpongeBob SquarePants musical in 2016, a production widely remembered as the thing that theater kids at the time might have talked about if they could have just stopped reciting Hamilton for ten minutes. Since then, he’s been making bigger and bigger waves, appearing in the Broadway production of Spamalot, racking up television and movie credits, and dating Ariana Grande.

But arguably his biggest win: Landing the part of Boq in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Wicked, which also stars Grande.

With that sort of success comes increased visibility, a bevy of reporters eager to stick microphones in your face, and many, many more opportunities to say the words “love and care.” What’s more, it brings commentary by people who – and this is a weird thing to have to say about an adult stranger – maybe don’t know as much about the Muppets as they think they do.

Ethan Slater and the no-good, very-bad Reddit comments

@broadwaydirect

The first Wicked movie is officially one year away! We spoke with Ethan Slater at the opening night of @Monty Python’s Spamalot about the highly-anticipated movie musical event. #EthanSlater #Spamalot #Wicked #Broadway

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In a video that found a pretty remarkable audience thanks to the TikTok account @broadwaydirect, Ethan Slater is seen getting interviewed at a Spamalot-related event. Asked about Wicked, the performer gets a little bit out of sorts, the way that you did when you realized that this man has probably gone to the convenience store to pick up stuff that Ariana Grande forgot to pack in her overnight bag.

The video received no small amount of attention thanks to Slater’s jittery gesticulations, wild facial expressions, and the way that he repeats the phrase “love and care” over and over when describing how the musical is being approached by the filmmakers. One Reddit user even went so far as to call Slater a “Jim Henderson animatronic creation,” which, you have to assume meant “Jim Henson,” right? Unless there’s a guy named Jim Henderson out there, making Rock-afire Explosion jam bands out of guys that look like Griffin Newman from The Tick if he never got a chance to finish cooking.

Wicked is expected to be released in two parts, each of which was treated with love and care, with the first part hitting theaters in November 2024. Part two is slated for November 2025, and was also treated with love and care.



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