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Sources have told Deadline that three-time Emmy nominee and The Mandalorian Pedro Pascal is currently in negotiations to play Mr. Fantastic in Marvel’s Fantastic Four. Movie insiders said that it may all come down to scheduling. Pascal has a full slate including Gladiator 2, which is supposed to start production before the end of 2023. […]

Now that the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have ended, Mortal Kombat 2 is back in production. The movie’s Johnny Cage, Karl Urban, posted a photo with some of the cast on Instagram.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Karl Urban (@karlurban) The photo was shot in front of Jax Briggs’ […]

Eight out of the 80 members of the SAG-AFTRA National Board voted against the new contract. Two of the eight National Board members said they voted no because they believe the new contract does not give enough protections for actors against AI, Variety reported. The union’s negotiating committee approved the deal unanimously on Nov. 11, […]

Disney+’s Loki’s erstwhile Time Variant Authority judge Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) was last seen waking in The Void and suddenly bathed in purple light. This led some fans to believe that because there was a pyramid, that meant that Kang the Conqueror’s Rama-Tut variant was about to join her, Cinemablend reported. However, Loki directors Justin […]

Ted’s voice and creator Seth MacFarlane has released the eponymous teddy bear’s first look in an X (formerly Twitter) post. An image from @Framestore Melbourne, who have surpassed themselves with their exquisite VFX work on “Ted” for @peacock. Much gratitude to our Aussie friends! pic.twitter.com/npvuECDTmc — Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) November 12, 2023 MacFarlane captioned the […]

Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he wants to call for a federal investigation of Warner Bros. and how it handled Coyote vs. Acme. The @WBD tactic of scrapping fully made films for tax breaks is predatory and anti-competitive. As the Justice Department and @FTC revise their antitrust guidelines they should […]

Before Welcome to Wrexham’s season 2 finale, FX already ordered its third season. Season 3 is scheduled to be released in spring 2024, Variety reported. The docuseries stars executive producers and team co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. The show follows their story, along with the Wrexham Red Dragons and fans, in a bid to […]

Netflix’s Wednesday is set to go to Ireland for season two, Deadline reported exclusively. Although the show is set in the fictional town of Jericho, Vermont, Wednesday’s season one was filmed in Romania from September 2021 to March 2022. For its second installment, it’s reportedly heading for Ireland. There has been no confirmation, but production […]

SAG-AFTRA recently released an 18-page summary of the 2023 Tentative Agreement agreed to by its National Board on Nov. 10. The summary also included updated casting rules with regard to self-tapes, virtual interviews and auditions. As someone who has been covering the SAG-AFTRA strike for over a month now, I’ve been learning quite a few […]

SAG-AFTRA has released an 18-page summary of its 2023 tentative agreement, Deadline reported. A union source told the website, “Nobody gets everything they want in any deal, but this is a good deal, a fair deal and both a big step in the right direction and an insurance policy for the next contract.” SAG-AFTRA stated […]

Warner Bros. Discovery has backtracked on its decision to shelve Coyote vs. Acme as a tax write off, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The studio has decided to let director Dave Green shop around the movie to other buyers. Amazon is said to be a potential buyer. The entertainment website broke the news that WBD […]

It has been 13 years since Tom Hiddleston first graced the screens as Loki in 2010’s Thor. Loki has also died at least three times… that we know of. It’s why Hiddleston has said that it’s “unwise” to assume he won’t be back, he said in an exclusive interview with Comicbook.com. “It’s so hard because […]

In 2022, Machine Gun Kelly and wife Megan Fox dressed as Link and Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda for Halloween.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Just Jared (@justjared) Now that Shigeru Miyamoto has announced that he’s developing a live-action movie based on the best-selling Nintendo game, MGK […]

Netflix recently dropped an exclusive clip of its upcoming live-action adaptation of Liu Cixin’s best-selling sci-fi book, The Three-Body Problem. The 3-Body Problem is based on the first book of Liu’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. It follows the story of astrophysicist Ye Wenjie. She saw her father murdered during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Years […]

Netflix just released the teaser of the live-action adaptation of the beloved manga, Yu Yu Hakusho. Yu Yu Hakusho (translated as Ghost Files) was released as Ghost Fighter in India and the Philippines. The 19-volume manga ran 1990-1994 on Weekly Shonen Jump.  The animated TV series was originally broadcast on Fuji TV in Japan from […]

More details have emerged about SAG-AFTRA’s $1 billion deal, Deadline reported. After the union’s National Board voted on Friday to approve the tentative agreement with the AMPTP, the guild released more items about the deal. An 80-page summary of the full agreement will be sent to the members of the union on Nov. 13, but […]

Neil Gaiman’s Dead Boy Detectives is moving to Netflix, Variety reported. The show was originally set up at Max in April 2022, but will now move to Netflix. This is because the show did not fit James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC universe at Max. Max’s Doom Patrol also introduced the teenage detectives in the […]

During the Q&A portion of Ferrari’s screening at the Camerimage Film Festival in Poland, an audience member asked star Adam Driver about the crash scenes, Variety reported. The audience member asked, “What do you think about [the] crash scenes? They looked pretty harsh, drastic and, I must say, cheesy for me. What do you think?” […]

The Terminator franchise is getting a new lease on life as an anime series on Netflix, Variety reported. The streaming platform announced the upcoming series during their Geeked Week promo. Its current working title is Terminator: The Anime Series. The show will have brand-new characters from the animation studio Production IG. The official synopsis said: […]

The New York jury in the lawsuit against Robert De Niro and his loan-out company, Canal Productions, has awarded the A-lister’s former assistant $1.26 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The award is for plaintiff Graham Chase Robinson case against the actor and his company for gender discrimination and retaliation. While the jury did not […]

During a Deadline exclusive interview with SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland spoke about AI protections for actors in the deal with the AMPTP. Crabtree-Ireland told the entertainment website that the deal is about specific protections. These include the creation and use of digital replicas of the actors. The deal also goes […]

Netflix has set a release date to stream The Super Mario Bros. Movie for the U.S., Deadline exclusively reported. The movie released in April this year is currently on Peacock and will leave the platform for Netflix on Dec. 3, the date of the Netflix streaming release. The movie is based on Shigeru Miyamoto’s Nintendo […]

SAG-AFTRA’s deal with the AMPTP will give union members $120 million in streaming participation bonuses over three years. That’s $40 million a year, according to the union’s chief negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Variety reported. SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher initially asked for 2%, then lowered it to 1% or approximately $500 million annually. The union came back […]

Netflix’s much-awaited live-action series adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender has released its teaser trailer. Originally a Nickelodeon animated series, Netflix ordered a live-action adaptation in 2018. The streaming platform released the first images last week. In the video, an old man’s voice over begins, “Time. Time is a funny thing.” The next scene shows […]

Denis Villeneuve is reportedly directing Cleopatra for Sony Pictures and Dune star Zendaya will play the Egyptian ruler. According to the World of Reel, the screenplay was written by Napoleon writer David Scarpa based on the bestselling Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. The movie will supposedly start production in 2024. In a 2017 interview […]

To celebrate the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds posted an update on Instagram: Did @Dogpool save the day? Not a chance in gremlin hell. But she IS currently causing the Disney plushy merch department nightmares. Coming with the movie, Summer 2024 🐶💩L   View this post on Instagram   A post […]

Hunter Schafer has been in the minds of fans while dream-casting for Zelda as soon as a Legend of Zelda live-action movie was announced. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Schafer said she hadn’t seen the TikTok video of a fan wanting her cast as Zelda. She said, “That would be so cool.” “I played […]

Hollywood is celebrating the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike. The actors’ union and the AMPTP reached a tentative deal on Wednesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The strike will end on Thursday, 12:01 A.M. SAG-AFTRA end-of-strike statement SAG-AFTRA shared a statement with its members that said, “In a contract valued at over one billion dollars, […]

The beta launch of the combined Hulu and Disney+ app will help families get used to seeing Bluey with Deadpool, Deadline reported. Disney CEO Bob Iger said, “We are basically putting it in beta so that we can prepare parents, largely, to basically implement parental controls, because you’ll be able to access Hulu programming on […]

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire just dropped its teaser and features a new villain. The movie will see Grooberson (Paul Rudd), Callie (Carrie Coon), Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) return from the 2021 film Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Also returning are some of the OG Ghostbusters: Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Winston Zeddemore […]

Alien fans can somewhat rejoice with the news that FX’s series adaptation will resume production in Feburary 2024, The Wrap reported. Series showrunner, director and writer Noah Hawley said that the show will premiere in early 2025. Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike will officially end 12:01 PM Thursday, there is a high possibility of the series […]

Brian Cox thought he would be in a James Bond movie when he signed up to host 007: Road to a Million, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On his guest appearance on Tuesday’s The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the Succession star said, “Oh, finally they’re getting me in a James Bond movie.” However, Cox […]

The SAG-AFTRA strike will end at 12:01 A.M. Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. After 118 days, the SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve the preliminary agreement. The new three-year contract will be submitted to the union’s national board on Nov. 10, Friday for approval. The actors’ union announced the tentative agreement […]

Netflix’s Head of Film, Scott Stuber said that The Gray Man 2 will take a step back from its action scenes and focus on the characters instead, Collider reported. The Gray Man’s success in 2022 ensured an announcement for a sequel immediately after its premiere.The Russo brothers’ movie had a limited theatrical release before it […]

Director Ridley Scott told The New Yorker that he was in the middle of editing 90 minutes’ worth of Gladiator 2 footage when the strikes shut down film production. The footage included Paul Mescal, who stars in the movie, fighting a troop of baboons. Scott’s inspiration for the scene was a video of the primates […]

Record producer Timbaland went live on TikTok to apologize to Britney Spears and her fans for his comments on Oct. 29, Variety reported. During a live interview with fellow producer 9th Wonder at the Kennedy Center, Timbaland said that Justin Timberlake “should have put a muzzle” on Spears. This was in response to an audience […]

BTS main vocalist Jungkook said he will go on a solo world tour when he’s ready, People reported. During an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, Jungkook talked about the release of Golden, his debut solo album, and plans to do a solo tour. “Of course I want to do a […]

Sony has released a new Napoleon featurette where star Joaquin Phoenix and director Ridley Scott talk about the French emperor’s relationship with first wife, Josephine. Love, it’s complicated. Witness the great story of Napoleon and Josephine in @NapoleonMovie – in Premium Large Formats, Screen X, 70mm and IMAX November 22. Get tickets now: https://t.co/7kgBqGvr3S pic.twitter.com/f4PegYaYoB […]

Thomas Brodie-Sangster will play Jack Dawkins in Disney+ and Hulu’s The Artful Dodger, Collider reported. The official trailer of The Artful Dodger features Brodie-Sangster as the pickpocket turned surgeon Dawkins. He’s trying to keep a straight and narrow path in the Australian town of Port Victory, leaving his criminal past behind. However, Fagin, his old […]