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A decade after “La Famille Belier,” which was remade as the Oscar-winning “Coda,” another comedy featuring protagonists with disabilities, “A Little Something Extra” has stormed the French box office. It’s not only the year’s biggest hit so far, but the highest grossing French movie since before the pandemic.

Released May 1 by Pan Distribution and modestly budgeted at €6.1 million ($6.55 million), the feel-good movie (called “Un p’tit truc en plus” in French) has grossed an estimated €50.7 million ($54 million) from 7.2 million tickets sold as of June 16 — two times more than Warner Bros. tentpole “Dune 2” starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya.

It’s a mighty feat, considering that that unlike “La Famille Belier,” in which the deaf and speech-disabled characters are played by bankable European stars — Karin Viard and Francois Damiens — “A Little Something Extra” has an ensemble cast of young non-professionals with different types of disabilities.

The movie, produced by Pierre Forette...

The original soundtrack of Netflix's newest movie, Love, Divided, has a soothing score created by Arnau Bataller. 

Love, Divided tells the story of two neighbors (David and Valentina) who established a strong connection after starting a conversation through the wall separating their apartment. The Spanish romantic comedy movie is based on the French comedy, Blind Date.

Love, Divided premiered on Netflix on April 12.

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Before Disney extended their business with the Star Wars franchise, the studio had an expensive bet against George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope— a space adventure that took Hollywood by storm. It was one of the greatest hits of the time, which prompted several studios to have their pie in the game.

George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope poster.

Of course, it was before Disney acquired Lucasfilm— founded by the director of the first and several Star Wars movies, George Lucas. Decades before the acquisition of the company on 30 October 2012, Disney had their own ambitious plan to create another space adventure marvel.

Disney’s Most Expensive Bet Against Star Wars A still from Disney’s The Black Hole

Disney was very keen to have their shot at the space adventure genre following the mega-hit of George Lucas’ 1977 Star Wars movie. Disney made the...

Descubre todos los detalles de ‘Pared con Pared’. © Netflix

Netflix ha desvelado el tráiler de “Pared con Pared”, la primera película protagonizada por Aitana. La cantante, estrella internacional de la música, se convertirá en Valentina en el remake de la comedia romántica francesa “Tras la Pared” para librar una singular guerra de ruido con su vecino David (Fernando Guallar).

Valentina es una joven pianista que se prepara para una audición. David, un inventor de juegos que solo puede concentrarse en silencio. Solo una delgada pared les separa… ¿lograrán aprender a convivir?

La película, dirigida por Patricia Font (“El Maetro que Prometió el Mar”), escrita por Marta Sánchez (“Como Dios Manda”)y producida por Tripictures, Second Gen Pictures y Blind date Productions, está protagonizada por Aitana (“La Última”) y Fernando Guallar (“Explota Explota”). Además, completan el reparto Natalia Rodríguez (“Isabel”), Adam Jezierski (“Venga Juan”), Paco Tous (“Los Hombres de Paco”) y...

Oscar-nominated “Hacksaw Ridge” producer David Permut has acquired the motion picture rights to Joel Dobson’s nuclear bomb thriller “The Goldsboro Broken Arrow.”

Dobson’s book follows the formerly classified events that took place in 1961 when four pilots ejected out of a B-52 aircraft carrying two thermonuclear bombs at 9,000 feet after the plane was struck multiple times by lightning and lost a wing. One pilot died, three others survived, and the two nuclear bombs fell at a velocity of 700 mph and crashed into Goldsboro, N.C.

The condition of the fail-safe mechanism on the bombs was unknown, and there was no guarantee that they could be deactivated. The destructive power of each bomb was large enough to create a 100% kill zone within a radius of eight miles. Twenty-two-year-old Lt. Jack ReVelle, a bomb disposal expert, was charged with the dangerous mission of deactivating the bombs.

Information about the event was...

R.L. Stine's enigmatic mind is full of terrifying tales to scare this new generation of kids and young adults. He and the fine folks at Boom! Studios have revealed a new comic series called Just Beyond: The Scare School with artwork by Kelly and Nichole Matthews, and Julian Totino Tedesco. The first issue is available right now at shops and online, and we have details on the series as well as a look at seven preview pages.

"Boom! Studios today announced Just Beyond, an all-new original graphic novel series debuting in September 2019 from R.L. Stine, the award-winning, bestselling horror author and creator of Goosebumps and Fear Street, artists Kelly and Nichole Matthews (Pandora’s Legacy) and featuring a cover by Julian Totino Tedesco (Life of Captain Marvel). This four volume middle grade supernatural horror series takes young readers Just Beyond the reality they know…Just Beyond their normal lives…...