Benson Shum said he related to the story s sense of community and coming together. Victoria Ahearn, Canadian Press
03/05/2021 09:22pm EST
An advance poster for Raya and the Last Dragon featuring Raya, voiced by Kelly Marie Tran.
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TORONTO When animating Disney’s new film “Raya and the Last Dragon,” Vancouver-raised Benson Shum says he honed in on the subtle details to ensure cultural accuracy.
Available in theatres and on Disney Plus with Premier Access on Friday, the epic adventure follows a Southeast Asian-inspired warrior and her pals as they battle an evil force in the fantasy world of Kumandra.
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It’s a very different landscape this week than it was a year ago, just before the pandemic forced cinemas to close around the country. Still, with New York cinemas cautiously reopening this week and many other markets determined to bring moviegoing back, the studios and indie distributors alike are bringing many of their long-delayed releases onto screens, albeit in an entirely new way.
For contrasting examples, look at how two of the majors are handling what were intended to be family film tentpoles: Paramount decided to bypass theaters entirely with “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run,” using the title to launch its new subscription service, Paramount Plus (audiences can also rent it, at a price of $19.99, for a limited time via PVOD platforms). Disney tested a similar approach with
WandaVision finale: The Darkhold could be the missing book from Doctor Strange
Jacob SarkisianMar 5, 2021, 22:16 IST
The Darkhold could link WandaVision and Doctor Strange. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Disney Platform Distribution
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for the
WandaVision season finale.
The Darkhold book that Agatha uses to explain the Scarlet Witch is an ancient tome of spells.
The book could actually be the missing book from the Kamar-Taj library in
Doctor Strange.
The Darkhold book could well be the thing that connects WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Agatha Harkness uses the mysterious, magical book in the WandaVision finale, but it could actually be the missing book from 2016 s Doctor Strange.
The Biggest Burning Questions Before the WandaVision Finale
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March 2, 2021
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SPOILER ALERT:
Do not read this story unless you’ve seen Season 1, Episode 8 of Disney Plus’ “WandaVision.”
After eight episodes, six distinct television eras, and apparently two rival Visions, Marvel Studios’ “WandaVision” first and possibly only season is coming to a close this Friday on Disney Plus. But we still have
so many questions that this twist-strewn superhero TV show has yet to answer. With just one episode left and so much to settle in the saga of how Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) grieved the loss of Vision (Paul Bettany) by creating a sitcom reality in the sleepy New Jersey city of Westview let’s look at the biggest dangling plot strands audiences are eager to see resolved.
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