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The successful box office returns of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two almost guarantees that its sequel, Dune Messiah, will get made. However, Villeneuve told Empire that he needs two things to return to Arrakis: a strong screenplay and for the sequel to be better than the first two movies. Since the director spent six years […]

The late ‘90s cult favorite The Boondock Saints is getting a resurrection, Deadline exclusively reported. While the movie was considered one of the hottest scripts at that time, of the main reasons the film didn’t do well both critically and commercially was that it was released two weeks after the Columbine High School shooting. There […]

Japanese actress Anna Sawai recently spoke with The Hollywood reporter about her role in the hit FX samurai epic series Shōgun and whether or not there would be a second season. Shogun’s pilot episode garnered 9 million streaming views worldwide both on Disney+ and Hulu when it premiered in February. It had higher numbers than […]

Beyoncé posted an Instagram story yesterday evening that showed an image of the Guggenheim Museum’s coordinates in New York City, Variety reported. Then photos circulated on social media that showed quotes from the superstar’s quote from earlier this week on the museum’s facade promoting Act 2: Cowboy Carter’s upcoming release: “This ain’t a country album. […]

Peaky Blinders series creator Steven Knight has confirmed that Cillian Murphy will reprise his role for the follow-up film to the massive BBC/Netflix hit show, Deadline reported. Knight also provided a timeline and said that the film is due to start production in September, according to the Birmingham World. “He’s definitely returning for it,” he […]

I was right. When the House of the Dragon X (formerly Twitter) page released the Team Black and Team Green character photos Wednesday, I said that the caption ‘Tomorrow’ might refer to either to the trailer and/or the release date, I was right. On both counts. Max just recently dropped two versions of the House […]

The House of the Dragon official X (formerly Twitter) page recently released the Team Black and Team Green photos. It also exhorts whoever sees them to choose. The first of the Team Green photos is of Ser Criston Cole (Fabien Frankel) standing beside the Iron Throne in full armor sans helmet. On the Iron Throne […]

NBA superstar James LeBron asked X (formerly Twitter), “Where can I watch the new X-MEN 97 animated series?? I loved it back in the days.” Where can I watch the new X-MEN 97 animated series?? I loved it back in the days. — LeBron James (@KingJames) March 20, 2024 Well, James — I’ll just call […]

The Sims is coming to the big screen. LuckyChap, Margot Robbie’s production company with Tom Ackerly, Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr, will be producing the feature adaptation of the massively popular simulation game, according to Jeff Sneider of The InSneider. The game’s publisher, Electronic Arts, will also be part of the production in a creative […]

sekai The beloved ’80s cult classic movie The NeverEnding Story, based on the German author Michael Ende’s 1979 novel, is getting a 21st century remake, Variety exclusively reported. The film is set to return to the big screen through a joint venture between the Michael Ende Productions and See-Saw Films. According to Variety, the late author’s […]

The Walt Disney Company will be inducting 14 new Disney Legends to their awards program, according to The Walt Disney Company. The 37th Disney Legends Awards honors artists and visionaries that have been part of the company’s history and have “pushed the envelope of creativity, challenged conventional wisdom, and broken the restraints of the status […]

Smallville’s Lex Luthor Michael Rosenbaum recently gave an update on what could be a revival of the Superman TV show from the early aughts, Screen Rant exclusively reported. The series ended its run on The CW in 2011, 14 years ago. However, since reboots of beloved movies and series from decades past have been enjoying […]

April is a few weeks away, but Disney+ already has quite a few new series and movies in store for the coming month, ComicBook.com reported. Next month, Disney Animation Studios’ Wish will make its streaming debut on April 3. The film was released in cinemas in November 2023. The hit Australian kids show Bluey will […]

Disney’s biggest individual shareholder, Star Wars creator George Lucas is backing Disney’s board and its CEO Bob Iger, Variety reported. Lucas released a statement in support of Disney and Iger. He urged the company’s investor not accept the bids offered by two activist investor groups so they can acquire seats on the board. George Lucas […]

Shōgun’s fifth episode, Broken to the Fist, opens up with the men of the Ajiro village’s gruesome task of picking up the body parts and disposing of them. These are what remains of Nebara Jozen and his men. The mean hear the thundering of hooves (great sound design, by the way). Thousands of them by […]

The Dwight D. Opperman Foundation has backtracked from giving the RBG Award to Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and three others after Barbra Streisand called them out, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It only took hours after Streisand, a former recipient of the award, took to Instagram to condemn the foundation’s choice of honorees. The late […]

Columbia Pictures is celebrating its 100th Anniversary by re-releasing eight live-action Spider-Man in movie theaters, Nerdist reported. Each of the movies will be shows in cinemas for one night only. Starting on April 15 it’s Spider-Mondays until June 3. The screenings will start with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man released in 2002. It’s the movie that started […]

Two-time Academy Award and four-time Grammy winner Hans Zimmer has spent more than 40 years crafting the soundtracks of our favorite movies. IndieWire asked if he’s ready to retire. “Are you kidding me? I’ve played all my life. Why would I stop playing?” he responded. Hans Zimmer: Retirement? I don’t know her. “Why would I […]

Jennifer Love Hewitt said she can’t confirm, but can’t deny either that she would be involved in the upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer sequel, ComicBook.com reported. However, she has admitted that she hasn’t read the sequel’s script so her casting would hinge on the story. There’s also the possibility that the sequel […]

Adam Wingard, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director has another MonsterVerse movie coming up, but he also has another project up his sleeve: a live-action feature of the beloved ’80s cartoon classic ThunderCats, Comicbook.com reported. Wingard has been working on the film since 2021 with his frequent collaborator Simon Barrett. In an interview with […]

Alex Proyas, director of the original 1994 The Crow doesn’t think it was a good idea for Rupert Sanders to remake the upcoming Bill Skarsgård movie, Variety reported. He wrote on Facebook, “I really don’t get any joy from seeing negativity about any fellow [filmmakers’] work.” The Crow (Brandon’s version) vs. The Crow (Bill’s version) […]

In the last episode of Shōgun, we saw John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) become Lord Toranaga’s (Hiroyuki Sanada) hatamoto — his personal retainer, essentially his vassal much like Lord Yabushige (Tadanobu Asano) is. In this episode, we see the entire party arriving int he seaside village of Ajiro where Blackthorne’s Erasmus was first see in Japan, […]

Is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson exempt from the WWE rules? Earlier this week, a report from SEScoops said that several WWE executives such as President Nick Khan, Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque and Executive Vice President for Talent Dan Ventrelle sent out a memo to the talents that reminded them to follow “PG guidelines” when […]

The Color Purple won big at the 55th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday. Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo won two Image Awards: one for best actor for Rustin and best supporting actor for The Color Purple. Queen Latifah hosted the ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. See the complete list of winners: Entertainer […]

The 2024 GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday gave out trophies to honorees from film, TV, music and media, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with Wayne Brady as host. The Vanguard Award was handed to Oprah Winfrey and the Stephen F. Kolzak Award for LGBTQ Visibility went to Niecy Nash-Betts. The big winners from the night […]

Ke Huy Quan is on a winning streak. His new action movie from Universal and 87North, With Love, has a release date, Feb. 7, 2025, Deadline reported. It was previously reported in January this year that the Oscar-winner will lead the project from the studio behind Nobody, Violent Night, Atomic Blonde and this year’s The […]

George Clooney and Adam Sandler are teaming up for the first time in Noah Baumbach’s upcoming movie for Netflix, the streaming platform announced. Baumbach will take on double duties of writing and directing. The Academy Award-winning director has cast Clooney and Sandler for what Netflixed described is a “funny and emotional coming-of-age film about adults.” Also […]

Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner are currently in talks to star in David Freyne’s upcoming romantic comedy Eternity. The film is a partnership between A24 and Star Thrower Entertainment, Deadline exclusively reported. Freyne will helm the film while Olsen and Teller will serve as executive produce. A24 will produce and finance the film, […]

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is currently working on another Netflix drama focusing on a wealthy and powerful family: the House of Guinness, What’s on Netflix reported. After the successes of The Crown, House of the Dragon, the above mentioned Knight drama and Succession, Netflix has another one on the way with the working title […]

Danny DeVito would love to reprise his role as Penguin… on one condition, Screen Rant exclusively reported. The actor played his iconic character also known as Oswald Cobblepot in Tim Burton’s 1992 film Batman Returns. He co-starred with Michael Keaton as the titular Batman and the equally iconic Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. The movie and […]

A24 is coming to the big screens… I mean BIG screens. Several of the studio’s films will be released on IMAX screens on a monthly basis continuing into 2025, IndieWire reported. The indie studio is collaborating with IMAX and will start with its release of Alex Garland’s 2014 film Ex Machina on March 27. It […]

Jamie Dornan is set to star in Netflix’s new crime noir series The Undertow, Variety exclusively reported. The series is based on the Nordisk Film Production show of the same name from Kristoffer Metcalfe. The Irish actor will play twin brother Adam and Lee. Dornan will be joined by Mackenzie Davis, Iain De Caestecker and […]

The Viscount Lord Anthony Bridgerton — that is to say, the actor who plays him, Jonathan Bailey, might just be joining Heartstopper season 3, Screen Rant reported. A new Instagram account called Jack Maddox posted photos of Bailey, and has a bio that reads “Scholar. Keyboardist. Racer. ‘Meditations of the Greek Complex’ is out now in […]

Sen. Katie Britt thinks Scarlett Johansson’s SNL parody of her State of the Union rebuttal was “awesome” as she joined Sen. Ted Cruz’s podcast on Wednesday, Deadline reported. The junior senator from Alabama said she was “pretty pumped” when she saw the Black Widow actress wearing a green shirt and diamond crucifix during Saturday Night Live’s […]

The Bear star and multiple award winning actress Ayo Edebiri is gearing up for the director’s chair for the show’s third season, Vogue reported. Edebiri spoke to Vogue about her journey to fame. The first paragraph narrated the story of how in the company of Paul Mescal, Fred Herchinger (both in Gladiator II), Jeremy O. […]

Apple TV+ just recently released the first trailer for its historical drama Franklin starring Michael Douglas as the titular character. The series is an adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winner Stacy Schiff’s 2006 novel A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, according to Screenrant. The story follows Benjamin Franklin, one of the US’ founding […]

Don Lemon’s new show is too much CNN and not enough X. According to Elon Musk, that is. On Wednesday, Lemon posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Musk “has canceled the partnership I had with X … he informed me of his decision hours after an interview I conducted with him on Friday.” The former […]

Prime Video posted a series of images on Instagram to announce that filming for the upcoming series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf has begun. The on-set photos feature stars Chris Pratt and Taylor Kitsch reprising their roles as James Reece and Ben Edwards from the first series The Terminal List. Lukes Hemsworth and Tom Hopper […]

Sarah Snook, Sarah Jessica Parker, Andrew Scott and David Tennant have been nominated for the 2024 Olivier Awards, which recognizes achievements in the London theater, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Snook was nominated for best actress for her one-woman stage version of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Parker was nominated in the same category for […]