Marvel ‘Moon Knight’ Star Dead at 37 After Skiing Accident

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37-year-old Gaspard Ulliel, who was slated to play Midnight Man in the new Marvel series Moon Knight has died after a skiing accident. Ulliel is a well-known French actor who has appeared in a number of films, including A Very Long Engagement, Sybil, To The Ends of the World, and Eva. Marvel’s Moon Knight was considered the actor’s big break into the American television scene.

Ulliel’s parents reported the actor’s death on Wednesday, January 19, one day after his accident. According to the BBC, which reported on the tragedy, the actor collided with another person.

Per BBC: 

His family told news agency AFP he died on Wednesday following a skiing accident in the Alps.

Ulliel, one of France’s best-known actors, has appeared in It’s Only the End of the World and Saint Laurent, the biopic of the French fashion designer.

The actor was skiing in the Savoie region on Tuesday when he collided with another person.

He suffered severe brain trauma and was airlifted to a hospital in Grenoble, where he died the next day.

The other skier was not hospitalized and an investigation is now under way.

The actor’s death comes just one day after Marvel released the trailer for Moon Knight. Moon Knight is not the first Marvel show to gain a lot of attention in recent years. During the pandemic, Marvel released a number of shows on Disney+ that were loved by millions — including WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki.

Here is more information on Moon Knight — which is scheduled to premiere on March 30.

Moon Knight follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.

Below you can watch the full Moon Knight trailer that was released by Marvel.

Tim Allen to Reprise His Role as Santa for Disney+!

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The holidays may be over and done with, but we’re feeling all sorts of jolly with the newest announcement coming in from Disney! That’s right, Tim Allen is making a comeback to reprise his role as the man in the red suit we all know and love… SANTA!

Disney+ has announced the big news that Disney Legend, Tim Allen, will once again become everyone’s favorite Santa Claus with a new The Santa Clause limited series. The highly-anticipated series will be executive produced by Tim Allen and is set to begin production in Los Angeles this March. Along with Allen, the award-winning Jack Burditt will be an executive producer and showrunner, and Kevin Hench, Richard Baker, and Rick Messina will also serve as executive producers.

D23 has said The Santa Clause series will be set after the trilogy of The Santa Clause films. “In the Disney+ series, Scott Calvin is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can’t be Santa forever. He’s starting to lose a step in his Santa duties, and more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the Pole. With a lot of elves, children, and family to please, Scott sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while preparing his family for a new adventure in a life south of the pole.”

The Santa Clause

Tim Allen made for the perfect Saint Nick with his portrayal of Scott Calvin for the 1994 The Santa Clause and won a People’s Choice Award for his performance. He then reprised the role in two sequels, 2002’s The Santa Clause 2 and 2006’s The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.

Disney fans know Allen as far more than just his red suit as Santa Claus, but also easily recognize his voice as Buzz Lightyear in Pixar’s Toy Story film franchise.

THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 (Credit: Disney)

Another Pixar Movie to Skip Theaters and Go Straight to Disney+

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The pandemic has been incredibly tough for the film industry. Almost all theaters across the country shut down for months because it was not safe for strangers to be around each other while indoors, and films that were supposed to have massive premieres were either pushed back or canceled altogether. However, the pandemic did lead to an absolutely massive jump in streaming service subscriptions — especially for Disney. Disney even introduced Premier Access to Disney+, where Guests would pay $30 to see the latest movie from the comfort of their own home.

While theaters are now back open and fans are seeing their favorites on the big screen, one production is still struggling to get its films into theaters. Pixar has been releasing a number of wonderful and popular films since the pandemic hit, but none of them have had a theatrical release. The last Pixar film to be in theaters was Onward which was in theaters for just a few weeks before the pandemic hit. Since then, Soul and Luca have come out but went straight to Disney+.

And now, Disney is revealing that yet another Pixar film will be going straight to Disney+ and not even with Premier Access. Turning Red will be available to all Disney+ subscribers beginning on March 11. Disney explained their decision in a press release and said:

Today, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution announced that Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” will premiere exclusively in homes worldwide on Disney+ on Friday, March 11.

“Disney+ subscribers around the world enthusiastically embraced Pixar’s Academy Award-winning ‘Soul’ and the critically-acclaimed “Luca” when they premiered exclusively on the service and we look forward to bringing them Pixar’s next incredible feature film ‘Turning Red’,” said Kareem Daniel, Chairman, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution. “Given the delayed box office recovery, particularly for family films, flexibility remains at the core of our distribution decisions as we prioritize delivering the unparalleled content of The Walt Disney Company to audiences around the world.”

Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” introduces Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), a confident, dorky 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. Her protective, if not slightly overbearing mother, Ming (voice of Sandra Oh), is never far from her daughter—an unfortunate reality for the teenager. And as if changes to her interests, relationships and body weren’t enough, whenever she gets too excited (which is practically ALWAYS), she “poofs” into a giant red panda! Directed by Academy Award® winner Domee Shi (Pixar short “Bao”) and produced by Lindsey Collins “Turning Red” releases on March 11, 2022.

Lately, Disney has been releasing its films with a limited theatrical run — typically 45 days — and then moving them to Disney+, but Turning Red was supposed to experience what would be considered a “normal” theatrical release.

The decision to skip theaters for another Pixar film has reportedly been incredibly demoralizing for the teams that work so hard on these great films. Matthew Belloni, who runs a film and television industry reporting site called Puck, reported that Pixar employees were upset that their films aren’t even being perceived as good enough to be released with Premier Access, and Skyler Schuler responded that complaints about the issue have been voiced.

People are forgetting some Pixar staff are upset and have voiced their concerns and rightfully so. Look at Raya and Encanto, one received a Premier Access release with a theatrical run, the other a 30-day theatrical run then Disney+. The last 3 Pixar films get neither option.

Turning Red will premiere on Disney+ on March 11 and tells the story of Mei Lee — a 13-year-old-girl who turns into a giant, fluffy red panda when her emotions get the best of her, and if you know teenagers, it happens a lot. To make matters worse, Mei’s overprotective mother is never far away from her.

Disney unveils a new series inspired by Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland”

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A new series inspired by Disney’s Alice in Wonderland is coming to Disney Junior in February. You’ll also be able to see it on Disney Channel and on the Disney+ streaming platform.

The series, called Alice’s Wonderland Bakery, will be another component of the original programming on the Disney Junior Channel and will feature the talents of 13-year-old Libby Rue as the voice of Alice, as well as Craig Ferguson, Eden Espinosa, Jon Secada, Saturday Night Live‘s Bobby Moynihan, Vanessa Bayer, and Ana Gasteyer, Donald Faison (Dr. Turk in NBC’s Scrubs), Yvette Nicole Brown (NBC’s Community, Disney+’s Lady and the Tramp and Big Shots.

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The original new series follows the adventures of Alice, but she’s not Disney’s Alice from the 1950s. She’s that Alice’s great-granddaughter, and the series definitely has nods to the original 1951 Disney animated feature, Alice in Wonderland.

Other stars lending their voices to the new Disney Junior series include Abigail Estrella as the Princess of Hearts, C.J. Uy as Hattie, Jack Stanton as Fergie the White Rabbit, Secunda Wood as Cookie the Cookbook, and Audrey Wasilewski as Dinah the cat. Musician and singer Jon Secada plays the King of Hearts, and Vanessa Bayer and Bobby Moynihan play as Tweedle Do and Tweedle Don’t. Captian Dodo is voiced by Rich Sommer, and Yvette Nicole Brown voices Mama Rabbit. Ana Gasteyer voices Kiki, Lesley Nicol plays Iris, Lamorne Morris plays Dandy, and Matthew Moy plays a character cleverly named David of Spades (not that any preschooler will pick up on the name).

No word yet on whether the March Hare will make an appearance in the new series.

The series was created with preschool-aged children in mind and will include musical numbers as well. Alice’s Wonderland Bakery will debut on Disney Junior on February 9 at 10:30 a.m. and will also air at the same time on Disney Channel. The first few episodes of the Alice-themed series will also be streamable on Disney+.

‘Home Alone’ Actor Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Strangle Girlfriend

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Home Alone news is making headlines, but it’s not the holiday news we want to hear. With just days until Christmas, we’re learning the 1990 Home Alone actor, Devin Ratray has been arrested for alleged domestic assault and battery.

Buzz and Kevin

Former Home Alone and Home Alone 2 actor Devin Ratray played the character, Buzz McCallister. Buzz was the older brother of the film’s star Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin). He was never an especially nice brother as he portrayed the typical older brother that thinks very little of his little brother, especially when he’s in his way during the holidays.

Now, we’re learning Ratray was arrested in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, after an altercation with a woman earlier this month.

According to PEOPLE, Ratray was arrested on Wednesday after authorities in Oklahoma City issued a warrant regarding the altercation. Ratray is charged with one count of domestic assault and battery by strangulation and another count of domestic assault and battery, according to online court records.

Ratray, now 44-years-old, “turned himself in and was processed through and bonded out”. His bond was set at $25,000.

The woman who was allegedly Ratray’s girlfriend noted that the two got into an argument at a bar. She left the bar to return to the hotel. Ratray followed her back to the hotel which is where the altercation occurred.

The woman reports that she was punched in the face by Ratray, followed by Ratray covering her mouth and attempting to strangle her.

Home Alone 2

Ratray recently shared that a Home Alone reunion was in the works with some original cast. He also reprised his role as Buzz in the movie Home Sweet Home Alone that recently debuted on Disney+.