Netflix Developing a Sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s ‘We Can Be Heroes’

Ed Sheeran is a musical “genius” but also a musical “magpie” who borrows from other people’s work when he’s writing his pop songs. Sometimes he borrows from the work of superstars, who get their credits.

Benedict Cumberbatch has a few things to say about that “The Power of the Dog” criticism.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is developing A24 and Scott Rudin Productions’ adaptation of 2020 Booker Prize winner Shuggie Bain, Deadline can reveal.

Tom Hardy’s character Alfie Solomons has made his first appearance in Peaky Blinders season six.Despite having been shot in the face in season four by Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), the season five finale confirmed Solomons was still alive and secretly living in Margate. He didn’t survive without injury though, having gone blind in one eye.In the second episode of season six, Shelby visited Solomons and convinced him to go into business together to sell opium abroad to help “shift the balance of power” against Jack Nelson (James Frecheville).It was Solomons’ preoccupation with opera, however, which provided the character’s standout line: “I always thought opera was just fat people fucking shouting.” You can check out some reactions below.Tom Hardy’s first line in the new season.

Charli XCX has recalled the time that Cardi B called her “Charli STD” on Twitter – check out the clip below.Charli appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Friday night (March 4), having released her latest single ‘Baby’ last Tuesday (March 1).At one point in the conversation, the singer looked back on her collaborative track with Cardi B and Bebe Rexha, ‘Girls’, which came out in 2018.“It was one of those scenarios where we never actually met when we made the song,” Charli told Fallon. “We shot the music video separately, and we were sending verses and whatever.”She continued: “And then she tweets the song, and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, Cardi B tweeted my name! This is huge!’ And then I check the tag, and instead of ‘Charli XCX’ it’s ‘Charli STD’ [Laughs].“There is an account called Charli STD… I think Cardi tagged it not once, but twice.”A post shared by Charli (@charli_xcx)Charli went on to say that she “felt honoured” by the rapper’s mishap, adding: “If anyone is gonna make this kind of online error, it’s gotta be Cardi ’cause it’s iconic and I’m almost happy it happened.“She can call me Charli STD whenever she wants.”Charli later posted a clip of the conversation on Instagram, captioning it: “Thank u @iamcardib for creating this iconic piece of Twitter history – I love you.” You can watch the video in the above post.

Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright travelled to Los Angeles on Sunday and went straight to a sports bar to meet up with friends for a fun night out.MORE: Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan's huge walk-in wardrobes are too dreamy for wordsFormer TOWIE star Mark has been keeping his followers updated throughout the trip and revealed his excitement to cross the pond after almost two years.WATCH: Michelle Keegan stuns in jeans and crop top as she dances with friendsFilming from inside the plane, he said via his Instagram Stories: "It's been a long time since I've done this route. On a BA plane on the way to LA.

Music rights firm Reservoir has renewed its deal with songwriter Ali Tamposi, extending an agreement that began in 2017.“Ali has written some of the most popular songs in the world”, says Reservoir EVP, Global Creative Director Donna Caseine. “Her creativity, friendship, and generosity are boundless.

Cardi B has returned to court in a bid to get an injunction forcing YouTuber Latasha Kebe to take down a number of the videos that featured in the rapper’s recent defamation lawsuit against the video maker.At the end of a January court case, Kebe was ordered to pay Cardi B – real name Belcalis Almanzar – $4 million in damages in relation to various defamatory claims she previously made on her YouTube channel. That included that Almanzar “was a prostitute … was a user of cocaine … had and still has herpes … had and still has HPV … engaged in a debasing act with a beer bottle and … committed infidelity”.During the court hearing Kebe basically admitted that she didn’t fact-check any of the allegations made about Almanzar on her YouTube channel, even when the rapper was actively denying those allegations, and even when they were being made by a guest that she suspected was lying.

Dua Lipa is facing a second song theft lawsuit over her 2020 hit ‘Levitating’ which, it’s alleged, rips off not one but two songs. Well, three if you also count the allegations made in the first of the lawsuits filed over ‘Levitating’ last week.The legal cliche, of course, is that “where there’s a hit there’s a writ”.

Dan Walker has taken to Instagram to make a candid confession!MORE: BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker shares intimate glimpse inside family 'escape' with wife and kidsThe BBC Breakfast star issued a tongue-in-cheek apology to his Strictly partner Nadiya Bychkova as he joked about his former dance experience before taking part in the show.WATCH: Dan Walker admits he had dancing experience ahead of StrictlyDan, 44, shared a short clip filmed in 2019 when he took part in a Comic Relief challenge to climb Kilimanjaro. He explained: "I have a confession to make… I have remembered that I did have some dancing experience before I did #Strictly.READ: Dan Walker makes surprise revelation about his future on BBC BreakfastMORE: Dan Walker speaks out following BBC Breakfast 'absence' rumours"It's 3 years since we climbed Kilimanjaro with an incredible team to raise money for @comicrelief and, on one occasion, I tried to lift @shirleyballas' spirits with a spot of paso [laughing emojis].

Post Malone is having another go at dismissing a legal claim made by a former collaborator who reckons he co-wrote the 2019 hit ‘Circles’. This time the rapper is arguing that the contribution made by Tyler Armes during a recording session in 2018 was not sufficiently original to be protected by copyright.Armes – a songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and member of Canadian rap-rock outfit Down With Webster – claims that he co-wrote ‘Circles’ during an all-night jamming session with Malone and producer Frank Dukes back in August 2018.When the track was released he contacted Malone’s manager who allegedly conceded that Armes co-wrote the track, offering him 5% of the copyright.

K.J. Yossman Renowned singer Shirley Bassey is set to open this year’s BAFTA film awards with a James Bond tribute.

Hipgnosis Song Management has announced a big old deal via its Blackstone-backed venture Hipgnosis Songs Capital ICAV to acquire a stack of rights in the songs catalogue of Leonard Cohen for an undisclosed sum.In total, the deal covers 278 songs and derivatives, including the all-important ‘Hallelujah’ – which has been covered more than 300 times. For songs written from the start of Cohen’s career through to 2000, Hipgnosis has acquired the writer’s share of royalties.

Janet W. Lee Zendaya returns to the big screen — this time, in black-and-white — as John David Washington’s lover in “Malcolm & Marie,” set for release on Netflix on Feb.

Oh, Netflix. How you vex me so! Instead of just giving us viewership numbers that are easy to understand and have no sort of skew, you continue to post tweets on social media touting massive viewership numbers on recent projects without any sort of proof or specificity.

, is a hit—like, a huge hit. executive-produced the series, and she has in development with the streaming platform.

Netflix had a whole lot to offer during the holiday season and one of them was a fun and adorable superhero flick titled We Can Be Heroes. Revolving around a bunch children with superpowers, comical violence, and aliens zapping superheroes, the film was opened to mixed reviews.

Netflix has ordered a sequel for We Can Be Heroes, the adventure offshoot movie from The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl franchise.

Netflix has unwrapped some viewing data for its most-watched titles across the festive period – highlighting numbers for Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton and Robert Rodriguez’s children’s feature film We Can Be Heroes.

revealed that its other Christmas release, George Clooney’s sci-fi film “The Midnight Sky,” is projected to be watched by over 72 million households in its first 28 days and is on track to be one of the streamer’s most popular films ever.Also Read: See Pedro Pascal in Robert Rodriguez's 'We Can Be Heroes,' Set in 'Sharkboy and Lavagirl' Universe (Photos)Netflix also said “The Midnight Sky” did well in theaters and was its largest release of the year, playing in more than 800 locations in 16 countries, though no specific box office figures were provided.“We Can Be Heroes” was not exactly a hit with critics (it has a 53 on Metacritic) and has just a 4.8 out of 10 user score on IMDB.

Robert Rodriguez is a filmmaker that is constantly surprising fans. He’ll go and make a $200+ million blockbuster like “Alita: Battle Angel” and then follow it up with a kid-friendly superhero film like the recently-released “We Can Be Heroes.” Other times, he’ll show up as a director on “The Mandalorian” and then be named a producer on a future ‘Star Wars’ series.

As one of Hollywood’s more restless pop myth-makers, Robert Rodriguez seems determined to continue cranking out sequels to his most beloved movies, regardless of whether or not the public asked for them.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticRobert Rodriguez famously made his first feature, “El Mariachi” (1993), for $7,000, and in the years since he’s made a point, rather charmingly, of staying in touch with that DIY side of himself. This first became apparent in the early 2000s, when he churned out three “Spy Kids” films in a row, working out of a home studio where he wrote, directed, edited, and shot these cheeky Bondian kiddie flicks with a gizmoid invention as airy and frictionless as the films’ homegrown FX — but in a way it all played as a sly poke at Hollywood becoming a big-budget toy factory.

Most parents think it's a big deal to take their kids to Disney World or Universal Studios for some family bonding. Sorry, but Robert Rodriguez has you all beat.

least two years before it returns for Season 3. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t more Baby Yoda — sorry, we can’t really accept “Grogu” — content to tide you over in the interim.Well, sorta.

For fans of The Mandalorian, Christmas came early as director and The Book of Boba Fett executive producer Robert Rodriguez joined the Child (a.k.a. Grogu)for a holiday jam session.