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EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Animation/Universal's Kung Fu Panda 4 crossed the $500M mark globally this past weekend, reaching the milestone on a staggered release pattern that has worked well for the partners in the past (think Puss in Boots: The Last Wish). Through Wednesday, it’s at $324M international box…

The School of Rock may be back with Black. In an interview with JOE, Jack Black was asked about his 2003 hit film, School of Rock. He raised hopes when he responded, “I’m ready.” “I wish there'd be a School of Rock 2: Electric Boogaloo, he said, giving a shout-out to the 1984 sequel to Breaki…

Since its debut in 2008, DreamWorks’ kickass charmer Po, aka Kung Fu Panda, has racked up nearly $2 billion at the global box office over the course of three films, the most recent being eight years ago. A lot has changed in the world of animation in that…

EXCLUSIVE: Production is about to get underway on Warner Bros/Vertigo/Legendary’s feature take on Mojang/Microsoft’s Minecraft, and sources are telling us that Jack Black is joining the cast of the Jason Momoa-led movie. The pic’s plot is under wraps, with writing credits still being determined. We…

“Ya know, I did go full method,” reveals Jack Black to us on Crew Call in regards to how he prepped for the role of Mega villain Bowser in Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie. “I gained seven pounds, only eating Bowser-type food, which ironically is similar to my type of food…

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have released the first trailer for Kung Fu Panda 4, the upcoming fourth installment of the popular franchise starring Jack Black. Coming March 8, with direction by Mike Mitchell, the movie will mark the first Panda chapter since 2016 (the first sequel to…

Jack Black has some ideas for The Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel and he is suggesting Pedro Pascal get cast as Wario. Black voices Bowser in the animated movie and although he is not sure if his character would return for a potential follow-up film, he would want The Mandalorian star to voice Mario’s…

The Force is strong with this one. And that one. And that one. Big names abounded in the latest episode of DIsney+ series The Mandalorian as several guest stars joined the ever-expanding universe of the galaxy far, far away. Lizzo in particular stole the show, playing a noblewoman who befriends…

Jack Black will rock on. Black revealed plans for a 20-year School of Rock reunion in a recent Entertainment Tonight interview promoting The Super Mario Bros. Movie. But he didn’t specify whether the reunion would be a film, a special, or simply a get-together. “All those kids — dig this — they…

Widely considered to be one of the greatest video game franchises ever, Super Mario Bros. is an iconic, generation-spanning success that has taken on many iterations to always keep up with the times. One area in which it failed miserably was the 1993 live-action film version that starred Bob Hoskins and…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Black and brothers Bobby and Peter Farrelly, the team behind the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal, look to be reuniting for the holidays — and bringing an infamous character along for the sleigh ride. Sources tell Deadline that Black is set to star in the Christmas comedy Dear Santa with Bobby…

“The Dragon Master is here.” So proclaims Jack Black’s Po the Panda in the official trailer for Netflix/DreamWorks Animation’s new animated series Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight. In the trailer, we see the first footage of Black’s Po, in a reprisal of his role from the Kung Fu films, the first time he’s voiced the…