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Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, the first installment of director Zack Snyder‘s two-part, Netflix-bound sci-fi epic, is headed to theaters.

The movie, about the freedom fighters who take on a totalitarian empire’s invasion of a backwater moon, stars Kingsman‘s Sofia Boutella, Deadpool‘s Ed Skrein, Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Djimon Hounsou and The Princess Bride‘s Cary Elwes.

ABC Audio has confirmed the movie will have a weeklong, 70mm run at Los Angeles’ renovated Egyptian Theatre, the Paris Theater in New York City, London’s Prince Charles Cinema and Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox venue from December 15 to December 21.

The movie comes to Netflix the following day.

Snyder originally intended for the project to be a stand-alone Seven Samurai-style Star Wars film, but when that opportunity with Lucasfilm fizzled out, he expanded the story and brought it to the streaming service, which is home to his Army of the Dead projects.

The director behind possibly one of the best-known director’s cuts of all time, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, now has multiple cuts of Rebel Moon planned for Netflix.

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On Tuesday, Prime Video released the trailer to the second season of its hit action drama Reacher.

Hulking Alan Ritchson is back as author Lee Child‘s bruising former military investigator, and the trailer kicks things off with a bang: Reacher spots a woman nervously withdrawing money at an ATM and quickly realizes she’s being forced to do so by a carjacker.

The guy who says he “prefers not getting involved” responds by calmly walking to her vehicle, punching out the window and stomping the pistol-packing carjacker.

Season 2 has Reacher’s former military team members being hunted, apparently by a shady military contractor played by Terminator 2 and 1923‘s Robert Patrick.

If you tuned into season 1, you know that was a big mistake.

“They’re coming after us,” an ally warns him. “Good,” Reacher says defiantly.

The jacked hero works his way up the chain in bone-crunching fashion in the trailer, braining one dude with a cinderblock and drowning another in wet cement.

“Damn, Reacher: When we were kids, we just wrote our names in it,” says Dixon, one of his team members, played by Serinda Swan.

Based on Bad Luck and Trouble, the 11th book in Child’s bestselling book series, Reacher season 2 debuts December 15 on Prime Video.

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Jeremy Renner is thanking those who have been pulling for him since a near-fatal snowplow accident outside his Nevada home on January 1.

Alongside a mirrored-image photo titled “Rest and Recovery” featuring an image of a bandaged heart, the Marvel movie star explained, “I have been exploring EVERY type of therapy since Jan 14th,” when he was discharged from the hospital.

Those include “countless hours of physical therapy, peptide injections, iv drips and pushes, stem cell and exosomes, red light / IR therapy, hyperbaric chamber 2.0 atmospheres, cold plunge, and the list goes on and on….”

The two-time Oscar nominee continued, “BUT…My greatest therapy has been my mind and the will to be here and push to recover and be better…. Be exceptional… I feel it’s my duty to do so. Not to squander my life being spared, but to give back to my family, friends, and all of you whom have empowered me to endure .”

Renner closed by saying, “I thank you all,” adding the hashtag #loveandtitanium.

The hashtag comes from his interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, during which he said, “I’ve lost a lot of flesh and bone in this experience, but I’ve been refueled and refilled with love and titanium.”

Incidentally, Love and Titanium is the title of Renner’s recently announced collection of music, which will center on “different milestones” in his “journey of recovery.”

Renner said the project “has been painful, deeply healing, and ultimately cathartic for me to create,” adding, “I hope I get the courage to share with you all.”

The Hawkeye star suffered 30 broken bones and other serious injuries when he was dragged under his 14,000-pound snowcat plow, following an attempt to save his nephew from the sliding vehicle.

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Jeremy Allen White was a working actor but arguably unknown before FX’s The Bear made him a Golden Globe winner.

His success came with a downside, he tells the new issue of British GQ, describing his year as “insane” with “a lot of high highs, a lot of terribly low lows.”

In May, White’s wife of nearly three years, Addison Timlin — with whom he shares daughters Ezer Billie, 5, and Dolores Wild, 2 — filed for divorce.

Then there’s the “really weird” paparazzi attention.

“They know where I live. There was a period … when I would pull out [of the driveway], they would follow, and when I got home they were there,” White says. He started wearing the same clothes every day to reduce the marketability of photos of his daily comings and goings, like Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Radcliffe have done.

Elsewhere in the article, White says he “had a meeting for a kind of Marvel-y movie” but notes, “I had an attitude.”

“They were like, ‘F*** you.’ And I was like, ‘Right on,'” he adds of the meeting, insisting, “I played it the way I wanted to play it.”

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The representatives for SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s top producers will reportedly return to the bargaining table Tuesday, following Monday’s session that extended into the night.

The performers’ union told its members it had been considering what it called the producers’ “last, best & final” offer.

According to a message sent by SAG-AFTRA to its members Monday night, “There are several essential items on which we still do not have an agreement, including AI. We will keep you informed as events unfold.”

Deadline is reporting the studios’ use — and potential use in the future — of the emerging technology is a major sticking point, with the trade explaining the guild wants “project-specific protections on scans of performers and re-use of their likenesses.”

Quoting “well-positioned sources on both sides,” the trade explains the sticky wicket is devising “effective guardrails for a technology that is evolving in leaps and bounds.”

Tuesday marks the 117th day of the strike, which has had a major economic impact on the entertainment industry.

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These days, Gwyneth Paltrow has traded acting for running her lifestyle brand Goop, but she says there is one actor who would get her back on the screen.

“Well, it would be very hard for me to do any acting right at the moment, just because of my job,” the Oscar winner told Entertainment Tonight while at the CFDA Fashion Awards on November 6. “But, I guess Robert Downey Jr. could probably always get me back.”

“You know, to some degree,” added Paltrow, who was honored for her company at the awards.

Paltrow and Downey Jr. have collaborated on numerous films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with her playing Pepper Potts to his Tony Stark/Iron Man, starting with the 2008 blockbuster about the hero, as well as several ensemble Avengers movies, and the Spider-Man films fronted by Tom Holland.

She was in so many Marvel movies, in fact, that she famously forgot in which ones she appeared.

Incidentally, Paltrow’s comments come in the wake of a Variety story that rumored Marvel Studios was looking for a way to bring the original Avengers — including Downey’s character, who perished at the climax of Avengers: Endgame — back to theaters.

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Deadline reports The Longest Yard is getting another remake at Paramount Pictures. The original 1974 film, starring Burt Reynolds as a former star quarterback serving time in prison, where he’s tasked with putting together a team of inmates to play the guards’ team, grossed over $43 million worldwide. A 2005 remake with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Reynolds, this time serving as coach, grossed over $190 million globally…

VH1 will air the Matthew Perry tribute special, Matthew Perry: Life and Legacy, on Tuesday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. ET. The special will highlight Perry’s rise to fame through archival clips and exclusive interviews never shared before. The tribute will also include new interviews with Perry’s former co-stars and the friends who stood by his side in his final days. Perry was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on October 28 at the age of 54…

SAG-AFTRA formally responded to the AMPTP’s “Last, Best and Final” offer to end the actors’ strike, telling its members, “There are several essential items on which we still do not have an agreement, including AI. We will keep you informed as events unfold.” The now-resolved WGA strike and the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike have cost the California economy over $6.5 billion so far, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, the total shutdown of production has resulted in the loss of 45,000 entertainment industry jobs…

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Apple has announced it’s planning a new Peanuts feature movie featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang.

“[T]he new family film will see the Peanuts gang go on an epic adventure to the Big City, learning the true meaning of friendship, while meeting some surprising new friends along the way,” the company teases.

The CG-animated film from Oscar-nominated director Steve Martino, who directed 2015’s The Peanuts Movie and was a veteran of Ice Age: Continental Drift, is calling the shots on the movie, which is slated to get underway in 2024 from WildBrain Studios.

The screenplay is co-written by Chicken Run and Over the Hedge veteran Karey Kirkpatrick, from an original story by co-writers Craig Schulz and Bryan Schulz — respectively, the son and grandson of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz — and Peanuts Movie co-writer Cornelius Uliano.

“Peanuts fans have been clamoring for another feature for years, and this film will bring joy to our millions of fans around the world,” Craig Schulz said in a statement.

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The Marvels‘ final trailer, which aired during ABC and ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast on November 6, revealed Tessa Thompson‘s heroic warrior Valkyrie from the Thor franchise.

The trailer begins with flashbacks of the Avengers final battle with Thanos in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame and the Marvel villain declaring that he is inevitable. “There will always be more to finish it,” he continues, leading to our best look yet at a new enemy, the Kree revolutionary Dar-Benn — played by Zawe Ashton.

“Be there for the moment that changes everything,” reads a graphic in the trailer, after which Valkyrie tells Brie Larson‘s Captain Marvel, “You can stand tall without standing alone.”

The trailer teases one more surprise when Samuel L. Jackson‘s Nick Fury says, “They’re here.” Who “they” are, however, is not revealed.

The Marvels, also starring Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani, opens nationwide Friday, November 10.

Marvel is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.

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In an era where loyalty programs seem to be shrinking, Bank of America is thinking differently, by revamping their rewards program to offer members the lap of luxury — think luxury cars, luxury bags, the creme de la creme of wellness and more.

While the financial institution offers rewards to members based on tiers, notably, Diamond-tier members are in for a luxurious lifestyle experience. They gain access to exclusive offers from renowned brands across categories like automobiles, travel, arts and culture, food and wine, style and design, sports and wellness, and personal services.

For automobile enthusiasts, special pricing incentives await with luxury partners like Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Volvo, and Audi. Travel aficionados can enjoy faster airport and stadium access, thanks to collaborations with boutique travel-planning companies. Arts and culture lovers get access to leading art museums, while food and wine connoisseurs can savor special pricing on luxury wine and spirits brands and exclusive selections of caviar.

Fashion-forward members can relish special pricing incentives on luxury watches and fashion from partners like Zegna, Hodinkee, and others. Sports and wellness enthusiasts can benefit from at-home golf simulators, private golf club access and more.

Personal services such as security, health, and legal solutions come at special pricing incentives for Diamond-tier members. 

That’s all in addition to financial incentives like a credit card rewards bonus of up to 75%, increased savings account interest rates of up to 20%, no-fee transactions at non-Bank of America ATMs, and discounts on various banking services.

Basically, in the words of Ariana Grande, if you want it, you got it! Members can find out more on the Bank of America Preferred Rewards site.

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