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Summary:

An isekai slice-of-life fantasy romantic comedy and a satirical take on the weeaboo lifestyle, Me and My Waifu follows Tom (Simon Pegg), a 40-something loser who's been a hardcore weeaboo since childhood. One night, when he decides to binge-watch a slice-of-life anime before putting an end to his otaku lifestyle under the advice of his friend Peter (Nick Frost). But when a blackout occurs and Tom accidentally injures himself--and his television--while attempting to navigate himself through the dark, he wakes up the next day to find the anime's protagonist, a young dandere schoolgirl named Yumiko (Erica Mendez) has come to life as his roommate.

Now, Tom and Peter must assist Yumiko through the ups and downs of the real world, as Tom begins to find friendship in her--and the line between his otaku life and personal life begins to blur along the way.

Me and My Waifu also stars J.K. Simmons as Tom's therapist Francis, Erika Harlacher as a fictionalized version of herself that Tom and Peter attempt to seek help from, Xanthe Huynh as the voice of Yumiko's best friend Chiemi, Rosamund Pike as Tom's ex-girlfriend Sarah, Paul Rudd as Tom's douchebag officemate Walter, and Taika Waititi as Tom's boss Michael.

Director: Edgar Wright

Writer: Edgar Wright

Cast:

• Simon Pegg as Tom
• Nick Frost as Peter
• Erica Mendez as Yumiko
• J.K. Simmons as Francis
• Xanthe Huynh as Chiemi
• Paul Ridd as Walter
• Taika Waititi as Michael

Rotten Tomatoes: 75%

Metacritic: 54

VOD: April Fools' Day

Kendrick Lamar’s untitled comedy won’t debut on America’s birthday after all. Paramount, the studio behind the closely guarded movie from Lamar and “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, has been delayed from July 4, 2025 to March 20, 2026.

Lamar will be away for much of the spring and summer on his Grand National stadium tour, which kicks off on April 19 in Minnesota and concludes on Aug. 19 in Sweden. On its new date, the yet-to-be-titled film will open on the same day as Liongate’s faith-based “I Can Only Imagine” sequel with Dennis Quaid.

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As for Lamar’s movie, not a single detail — not the cast, logline or title — has been revealed at this point. What is known, however, is the live-action comedy is written by comedian Vernon Chatman and follows a young Black man who interns as a slave re-enactor at a living history museum.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/41206778

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27623988

Warner Bros. has agreed to a deal with Ketchup Entertainment to give its embattled Looney Tunes movie a theatrical run.

There's the old claim that test screenings don't make a movie. Still, It’s interesting how James Gunn and Warner Bros have allowed “Superman” to test so openly given the inevitable leaks that could occur, not to mention the risk of having negative reactions pummeling advanced hype.

Yes, a few days ago, “Superman” had its first non-internal test screening — I only spoke to a few attendees. Suffice it to say, they both felt underwhelmed by Gunn’s film, and I'm being kind here. No need to taint the film further.

Now, reporting on two people who didn’t like “Superman” doesn't mean much in terms of quality. I've heard of people being turned off by the inherent humor, and silliness, that comes with a James Gunn movie — which Superman seems to have in spades.

So far, based on what’s leaked, we've had the usual “scoopers” weighing on the reactions. MyTimeToShineHello says the reactions were “decidedly mixed.” According to “insider” Daniel Richtman, people he spoke to “loved it.”

Yesterday, scooper ViewerAnon shared, "The response I heard directly from Warner Bros was decidedly less glowing than Daniel [Richtman]'s post. Not to say it went terribly, but it’s a divisive film with a particularly silly tone. Some people click with it, some seem to bounce right off."

In an unexpected upset, the Jason Statham thriller “A Working Man” has taken the No_ 1 spot at the box office, besting the rapidly declining performance of “Snow White.”

In a nut shell, people are creating film trailers with AI and sharing on YouTube. Film studios are now asking Google for a slice of the profits as it's their intellectual property.

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In an interview with Vanity Fair, the actress admitted: “I don’t have many friends, because of who I am. I didn’t go to school, so I don’t have the best social skills.”

She’ll be able to retire there when the algorithm is no longer counting on her. For now, after Stranger Things and the third Enola Holmes movie, she’s signed another film with Netflix. According to Bloomberg, in the third season of Stranger Things, she earned $250,000 per episode. Millie Bobby Brown is the closest thing to those classic movie stars who had exclusive contracts with a studio. It was their home — like Marilyn Monroe with Fox or James Stewart with MGM. The difference today is that she’s a movie star without stepping foot in a movie theater.

Really a very sweet movie.

Earlier this week, A24 announced that the highly-anticipated Ronnie Spector biopic, starring Zendaya, will be directed by Barry Jenkins. The film, titled Be My Baby (of course), is based on Spector’s 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. The girl-group legend personally chose Zendaya to play her shortly before her death in 2022. “Thank you for sharing your life with me, I could listen to your stories for hours and hours,” Zendaya wrote in a tribute back then. “I hope I make you proud.”

Be My Baby is just one of the several highly buzzy biopics of female musicians that are currently in the works. There’s also the long-promised Janis Joplin film starring Shailene Woodley, as well as a Linda Ronstadt movie where the powerhouse vocalist will be played by Selena Gomez. These movies all follow a slew of successful male biopics — most obviously last year’s Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown, which garnered Oscar nominations for star Timothée Chalamet and others, but also the Queen movie, which Rami Malek actually won an Oscar for, and don’t forget the recent films that dramatized the life stories of Elvis, Elton John, Bob Marley, Mötley Crüe, and Robbie Williams as a chimp for some reason. It will be refreshing to see female musicians get the same Hollywood treatment.

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