Angelique Jackson When “Creed III” punched its way to the top of the box office over the weekend with a massive $58.7 million domestic haul, it knocked out a host of records. Directed, produced by and starring Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed, the MGM movie notched a franchise-best opening and the biggest domestic opening for a sports movie. With an additional $41.1 million Internationally, the film has already totaled more than $100 million worldwide. “Creed III” is also expected to become MGM’s first non-“Bond” film to gross $100 million domestically since the hit 2019 animated movie “The Addams Family.” There were other impressive stats, including the film’s “A-“ CinemaScore and ticket buyers reported to be 63% male, with 55% between the ages of 18 and 34. The statistics also illustrated a racially diverse audience where 36% were Black, 28% were Latino, 23% were white, and 13% were Asian, according to PostTrak data. The film, which Jordan shot with Imax cameras, also posted an impressive turnout on premium large format screens, with a huge 38% of the box office coming from those ticket sales.
‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Star Evangeline Lilly Said “No” To Hugh Jackman’s Request On Doing An ‘X-Man’ Film
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Even the charms of Hugh Jackman were not enough to convince Evangeline Lilly to become an X-Man (or woman, as the case may be). Doing the promotional rounds for her new film, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Lilly revealed that she once turned down Jackman’s pitch to have her join an X-men film.
The request came while they were both working on the 2011 film Real Steel, she told the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
“[He] was like, ‘Hey, so, the X-Men guys are asking me if I would approach you because they know that you won’t talk to anybody,” she said. “They knew I was working with you and were interested to know if it would ever interest you to do an X-Men thing.”
Lilly didn’t need a lot of time to decide.
” I was like, ‘No. It doesn’t interest me. I’m not interested,'” she recalled. “I was like, ‘I feel like such a dick because I’m talking to an X-Men! The X-Men! And I’m telling him, ‘No that doesn’t appeal. Like, what?!’ I felt so rude!”
Lilly had experience in super-hero turndowns. She spoke to Joss Whedon at one point about doing Wonder Woman.
“I think my impression, coming away from it, was I had no desire and he could tell,” Lilly said about the experience, noting that she was “too young to be that polite” to at least fake interest in the idea of becoming the DC character.
“It didn’t appeal and there was nothing about the meeting that, like, jazzed me or made me think like, ‘Oh, I’ve gotta do this.’ Nothing clicked. Nothing felt good,” she said. “I am way too authentic for my own good. I mean, it’s not good. If I am not impressed, you’ll know. And maybe you shouldn’t know sometimes.”
Lilly said she felt that Whedon didn’t like her attitude on that. “I was okay with that. I was okay with burning bridges,” she
‘Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania’ writer “surprised” by negative reviews
Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania screenwriter Jeff Loveness has revealed his thoughts on the negative reviews that the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film has received.Following the release of the film, which has seen a sharp decrease in viewership in the box office across the globe in just its second week, Loveness has revealed in an interview with The Daily Beast that he was “surprised” by the film’s negative reception.“To be honest, those reviews took me by surprise,” Loveness said, “I was in a pretty low spot… Those were not good reviews, and I was like, ‘What the… ?'”. He added: “I’m really proud of what I wrote for Jonathan [Majors] and Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet Pym).
‘Deadpool 3’: Hugh Jackman Teases More Than One Wolverine In The Marvel Team-Up Film
We all know the story of the Untitled third Deadpool movie, aka “Deadpool 3,” rumored to be called “Deadpool vs. Wolverine” (or ‘Logan’), but officially untitled at the moment.
Hugh Jackman says his voice was damaged by 'screaming,' 'yelling' and 'growling' in 'Wolverine' movies
Hugh Jackman revealed that playing the mutant Logan/Wolverine in the "X-Men" movies and Marvel Cinematic Universe took a toll on his singing voice. The 54-year-old actor, who recently finished his year-long run starring in the Broadway musical "The Music Man," admitted that some of the acting that was required of his iconic role damaged his voice.
Evangeline Lilly Told Michael Douglas, 78, That He Was a ‘Grandpa I’d Like to F—k’
Not holding back! Evangeline Lilly broke character when she made an NSFW comment to Michael Douglas while filming their new movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
Evangeline Lilly Accidentally Told Married Michael Douglas She'd 'Like To F**k Him'!
Evangeline Lilly really put her foot in her mouth again!
Evangeline Lilly recalls making Michael Douglas a provocative proposal
Evangeline Lilly thinks very highly of her co-star, Michael Douglas. Lilly, 43, currently stars in the Marvel movie "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" with Douglas, 78, and announced in a room full of children that she wanted to "f--- him." She blurted out her naughty comment while the two were filming a scene in a restaurant and were in a waiting room full of extras and children. Lilly recalled the moment she called her co-stars "GILFS," including Michelle Pfeiffer, 64. "I turned to Michael and Michelle, and I said, ‘You know, you guys are real GILFs,’" Lilly confessed during an appearance on "The Jonathan Ross" show. "Michael had no idea.
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Star Kathryn Newton Says Filming Her MODOK Scenes ‘Felt Like Shakespeare’ (Video)
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”Kang the Conqueror may be the new big bad of the MCU, and certainly the core villain of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” but he was not the only new villain to enter the MCU with this movie. We also met M.O.D.O.K, in all his big-headed glory, and according to star Kathryn Newton, filming her scenes with the character was like a crash course in being part of a Marvel film.M.O.D.O.K, of course, stands for Mechanized Organism Designed Only For Killing (at least in the MCU. In the comics, the M stands for “mental”).
Evangeline Lilly Recalls The Time She Told Michael Douglas She’d ‘Like To F**k Him’
Evangeline Lilly is opening up about an awkward moment with screen icon Michael Douglas.
Fans ask why Letitia Wright was “dragged more” than Evangeline Lilly for “anti-vax” views
Rolling Stone, titled ‘Why Was Letitia Wright Dragged More than Ant-Man star Evangeline Lilly?’. The piece compares the media promotional cycle between last year’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, starring Wright, and the recently released Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania featuring Lilly.It highlights an article titled ‘How Personal Baggage Will Impact Oscar Chances’ in The Hollywood Reporter published in November. In the piece, Wright was mentioned for sharing an anti-vax propaganda video in December 2020, alongside those who had been accused of actual crimes like Roman Polanski and Brad Pitt.Wright criticised the article for her inclusion at the time, writing: “This is vile behaviour.
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Has Box Office Buzzing With $104 Million Debut
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” buzzed to $110 million at the domestic box office, beating expectations and scoring by far the biggest opening weekend in the pint-sized Marvel trilogy. The superhero adventure, starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly as the titular Ant-Man and the Wasp, is expected to bring in $118 million or $120 million from 4,345 North American theaters by President’s Day on Monday. It’s the first $100 million domestic debut of 2023. The film added $121 million at the international box office, bringing its global tally to $225 million. “’Ant-Man’ is the first new Hollywood blockbuster out of the gate in 2023,” says Imax’s CEO Rich Gelfond, noting that $24 million came from the company’s premium-format screens.
Evangeline Lilly says she cringes at her acting in early seasons of ‘Lost’
Lost hard to watch because she doesn’t think her acting was very good back then.Lilly played the role of Kate Austen on the J.J. Abrams series, which ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2010.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Lilly said: “We would have Lost parties where the cast would get together to watch the show, and when it would be a Kate-centric episode, I would want to curl in a hole and die because I knew I was bad.
‘Ant-Man’ Star Evangeline Lilly Addresses Her Controversial Anti-Vax Posts: ‘I Know the Beast That I’m Attacking’
Esquire that the backlash she received after attending an anti-vax rally in Washington D.C. in January 2022 was something she fully expected.Back in 2022, Lilly revealed on Instagram that she was among the protesters at a rally in Washington opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Evangeline Lilly On Backlash To Anti-Vaxx Protest: ‘I Know The Beast That I’m Attacking’
Back in 2020, shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Evangeline Lilly became embroiled in controversy when she shared an Instagram post explaining why she wasn’t social distancing.
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Star Jonathan Majors Admits Kang Is ‘An Actor’s Dream or An Actor’s Nightmare’ (Video)
WARNING: Some spoilers ahead for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”Jonathan Majors makes his official debut as Marvel mainstay villain Kang the Conqueror in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” — and a few hundred other variants of him. And for him, playing one character in a bunch of different ways all at once is a lot of fun; but he knows that it could also be “a nightmare.”Though we spend most of “Quantumania” with Kang the Conqueror, we first met Majors in the role back in “Loki” season one. There, he plays He Who Remains, a variant of Kang who’s spent most of his existence keeping his other selves at bay.
Evangeline Lilly Speaks Out About The Backlash To Her Controversial Anti-Vaxx Rally Post
Evangeline Lilly is opening up about her decision to post the pictures from the anti-vaccine mandates rally in Washington D.C. that she attended last year.
Evangeline Lilly Knew Posting Anti-Vaxx Rally Pics Would ‘Wake the Giant,’ Says ‘Ant-Man’ Director Told Her to Ignore Rumors Marvel Was Firing Her
Zack Sharf Evangeline Lilly said in a new interview with Esquire magazine that she was well aware she’d ignite controversy by posting photos on social media from an anti-vaccine mandates rally in Washington D.C. The “Lost” and Marvel star faced backlash in January 2022 after participating in the rally, which she joined in support of “bodily sovereignty.” “I believe nobody should ever be forced to inject their body with anything, against their will, under threat of violent attack, arrest or detention without trial, loss of employment, homelessness, starvation, loss of education, alienation from loved ones, excommunication from society…under any threat whatsoever,” Lilly wrote on Instagram at the time. “This is not the way. This is not safe. This is not healthy. This is not love. I understand the world is in fear, but I don’t believe that answering fear with force will fix our problems. I was pro choice before COVID and I am still pro choice today.”
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Star Evangeline Lilly Wants a Hope and Cassie Spinoff: ‘I Loved That Relationship’ (Video)
Cassie’s (Kathryn Newton) stepmom, and Hope and Scott (Paul Rudd) aren’t officially married, as far as we know. But at this point, they’re very solidly together, and Hope has clearly struck a good relationship with Cassie — so good, in fact, that the two secretly work together on quantum science projects.With Hank Pym’s (Michael Douglas) help, Hope and Cassie build a device that can send a signal to, and subsequently map the Quantum Realm. It’s something they’re clearly proud of building together, and excited to show off to their loved ones.
Evangeline Lilly’s Net Worth Includes 3 ‘Ant-Man The Wasp’ Movies—What She Makes Compared to Paul Rudd
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Evangeline Lilly Once Turned Down The Chance To Star In An ‘X-Men’ Film To Hugh Jackman’s Face
Evangeline Lilly reprises her role as Hope Van Dyne/The Wasp in “Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania” this weekend. But the “Lost” actress wasn’t always so keen on starring in superhero movies.