Margot Robbie's Pirates Of The Caribbean Movie Sinks, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Rises
A Happy Monday (is that even possible? Let's pretend it is) to you all. The /Film Newsletter has roused from its weekend slumber and I'm ready to round-up several stories you might have missed at slash film dot com. If you didn't miss any of these stories, thank you. Why not read them again?
In this issue, we learn the fate of Margot Robbie's Pirates Of The Caribbean movie. You'll also hear about the Wakanda Forever box office haul, the horror movie Smile coming to digital and streaming, news of a potential RRR sequel, a review of The Santa Clauses, and much more.
Have You Heard the News?
Last week we learned about Studio Ghibli teaming up with Lucasfilm for a mysterious project. Now, we know what it is – a short animated film (we're talking very short here — about three minutes) featuring Grogu, aka Baby Yoda. It's now streaming on Disney+.
The horror hit Smile is headed to Paramount+ and digital platforms tomorrow.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, the Iranian man whose story loosely inspired Steven Spielberg's film The Terminal, has died in the airport where he lived.
No big surprises here: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever had a big opening weekend at the box office.
Everybody loves RRR, and now there's talk of a sequel. That's great, in theory – but will it be able to capture the crazy magic of the original movie?
At one point we learned that Margot Robbie would star in a new Pirates Of The Caribbean movie. But according to Robbie herself, that's no longer happening.
Reviews
Speaking of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Josh Spiegel has a spoiler review of the film right here.
Lex Briscuso recaps the latest episode of The White Lotus season 2.
Sarah Milner says the new Disney+ series The Santa Clauses is surprisingly good, especially if you grew up watching The Santa Clause during the holiday season.
Features and Exclusives
Here are the 10 best Batman moments of Kevin Conroy, the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series voice actor who died last week.
We rank every Sherlock season from worst to best.
Check out an exclusive interview with Bones and All star Taylor Russell.
In another exclusive interview, screenwriter Tony Kushner talks to us about Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans.
These are the 10 most underrated episodes of The West Wing.
Video of the Day
Today's Video of the Day is a short-but-sweet feature highlighting Rick Baker, one of the best special effects makeup artists of all time.
Parting Words
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