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Disney reported Monday that it’s investigating an alleged hack of its internal Slack messages, according to Deadline. The hack, was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, includes data from the messaging platform that the media and entertainment giant uses. The AI activist group Nullbulge has claimed responsibility for the hack. Its website claims that […]

Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell recently announced her next project on X (formerly Twitter). The Saltburn director posted an artwork by Katie Buckley with the words “Be with me always,” “Take any form,” and “Drive me mad” above intertwined skeletons. In the center is the title of the 1847 classic gothic novel Wuthering Heights […]

Rapper Wiz Khalifa has been charged with possession of illegal drugs after his performance at a resort in Romania, the Agence France-Presse reported. Romanian prosecutors claimed that the hip-hop star consumed cannabis on stage. Khalifa was headlining the “Beach, Please!” festival in Costinesti, located on the Black Sea shore, when he was caught with the […]

House of the Dragon season two, episode five, Regent, opens with Driftmark. We see Lord Corlys (Steve Toussaint) walking slowly to his throne at High Tide, his face a mask of grief as tears run from his eyes. We then see Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) in Dragonstone, looking at the horizon, grieving as well. In King’s […]

Netflix is going international this weekend with its new shows. The German comedy thriller Blame the Game puts a new twist in meeting your partner’s friends during game night… then her ex shows up. The Spanish sports drama The Champion will have you rooting for the misunderstood footballer Diego. The battle for good and evil will […]

Netflix is currently developing a series adaptation of the best-selling Vault comic, Barbaric, Deadline reported. Sam Claflin is set to star as Owen the Barbarian and will also serve as executive producer. Patrick Stewart will star as The Axe. The project is from A+E Studios and Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s studio-based 100% Productions. Turner […]

Disney has released the full schedule of its upcoming D23 fan event this year, and true to what it promised at CES, it is huge. The entertainment giant said that it would break new ground for its biennial fan convention this year. And for the first time, it will also stream parts of it on […]

Despite some directors’ insistence that physical media isn’t dead, Redbox shutting down belies that decree, Variety reported. After more than 20 years of the company’s once ubiquitous red box kiosks — 24,000 — for DVD rentals in the US, Redbox and its streaming services will be shut down. Its parent company, Chicken Soup for the […]

Universal and Illumination just announced Minions 3, the next chapter in the tiny yellow creatures’ franchise, Variety reported. The news comes after Despicable Me 4 debuted during the 4th of July weekend with $230 million at the worldwide box office. Minions 3 will be released in cinemas June 30, 2027. The script will be written by […]

ivHallmark Movies Now is rebranding itself as Hallmark+, a streaming service launching in mid-September which will have ad-free viewing as well as retail and product benefits, Variety reported. Hallmark CEO and president Mike Perry said, “Hallmark+ marks a seminal moment for Hallmark. By intertwining new, rich content experiences with tangible rewards and premium Hallmark gifts, […]

Andy Samberg got candid with Kevin Hart on his Peacock show Hart to Hart and told his fellow comedian why he left Saturday Night Life 12 years ago, Variety reported. Samberg was one of SNL’s biggest stars when he was a cast member from 2005 to 2012. He and his Lonely Island cohorts Akiva Schaffer […]

Sony has bought the film rights to Eruption, Michael Crichton and James Patterson’s best-selling novel, Deadline exclusively reported. The deal is rumored to be worth seven figures, closed through an auction with several studios interested in the property. The feature adaptation already has directors attached in Academy Award winners Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi […]

When the first trailer of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2 was released, fans all over the internet started posting their reactions to it on social media. However, there’s another tidbit about the film that has fans active online: its release date coinciding with Wicked’s. The Jon M. Chu-directed film moved its premiere date five days earlier […]

Prime Video’s upcoming Spider-Man Noir has found its Robbie Robertson in Lamorne Morrison, Variety reported. The show now bears the title Spider-Noir and was announced for a series order in May with Nicolas Cage in the titular role. The show will premiere on the linear channel MGM+ and internationally on Prime Video. The logline describes […]

When Disney released the trailer to the upcoming Marvel series Agatha All Along, it opened with star Kathryn Hahn humming and driving a car. We see her pull up to a crime scene and it turns out, she’s a detective. But not for long because while she’s in the morgue finding out that the body […]

The producer of 1998’s Practical Magic, Denise Di Novi, exclusively told Entertainment Weekly that the upcoming sequel will be based on Alice Hoffman’s 2021 book The Book of Magic. The original film was also based on Hoffman’s 1995 novel of the same name. Since then, two other books have been published, The Rules of Magic […]

DreamWorks Animation recently announced the release date for the fifth Shrek film on its X (formerly Twitter) page. A Shrek green number five bounced around in the video set to the tune of Smashmouth’s All Star several times before the date, July 1, 2026, appeared. The caption read, “Not too Far, Far Away… @Shrek 5 […]

Emily Henry’s newest bestseller Funny Story will be developed into a feature film, with the author herself writing the screenplay, Variety reported. The novel was released April 23 by Penguin Random House. The movie adaptation will be produced by Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company. Have I got a ‘Funny Story’ for you The story, […]

The recent release of Gladiator 2’s official trailer gave us the first look of the new and returning characters in Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated sequel. We’re familiar with Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and Gracchus (Derek Jacobi) as they appeared in the 2000 film. Lucilla is based on the real-life sister of Emperor Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix). She […]

It has been 18 years since The Devil Wears Prada was released, which gave us the deliciously icy Miranda Priestly, perfectly played by three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep. The movie was a hit in 2006, with $326.7 million in the worldwide box office and an Academy Award nomination for Streep as best actress. According […]

Taylor Sheridan’s newest Western drama, Landman, gave a first look of its leads Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, Jon Hamm and Ali Larter on Vanity Fair. Sheridan based Landman on Christian Wallace’s Boomtown, a podcast about big oil based in the Permian Basin. It’s the highest producing oil field in the US, located in western […]

HBO’s House of the Dragon season two episode four, The Red Dragon and the Gold, opens with Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) entering the throne room in the Red Keep, with a voice speaking in High Valyrian. He walks towards the throne, saying he doesn’t understand what’s being said. We see a figure seated on the […]

Margot Robbie is pregnant with her first child with husband and Lucky Chap producing partner Tom Ackerley, People reported. The Academy Award nominee was photographed Sunday with Ackerley while the couple were on vacation in Lake Como, Italy. Robbie appeared to have a baby bump. Sources confirmed to the magazine that the Barbie star is […]

Happy independence weekend, USA! I’m sure you have plenty of plans with friends and family. Or if you’re celebrating solo, you can opt to Netflix and chill as well. Or you could turn your binge-watching into a group activity. Everyone’s welcome. If you’re into drama in a foreign language, the Brazilian drama Desperate Lies, is premiering […]

Full disclosure: I’m not an American. Therefore, I don’t celebrate the 4th of July the way you do. I watch movies and television shows that exemplify what America is to me. I have spent my entire life watching American movies and TV shows and most of my adult life working for American companies based in […]

Marvel Studios head of television and animation Brad Winderbaum gave updates on the upcoming WandaVision spinoff series Agatha All Along, starring Kathryn Hahn, when he appeared on the Official Marvel Podcast. He said that while Agatha will be fun, it will end up scaring viewers. “‘Agatha is really fun, but it’s really scary. And it […]

Producers of the Alec Baldwin-starrer Rust have been having a challenging time shopping the film to distributors due to the death of the movie’s cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was fatally shot by the actor during a rehearsal in 2021, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Only two things are certain… Now they’re going to have to […]

Sean Combs, AKA Diddy, and his legal team has been notified by officers from the Southern District of New York that he is a subject of an ongoing criminal investigation, NBC News reported citing two sources who are familiar with Combs’ legal issues. These sources also confirmed that a federal grand jury has been impaneled […]

Justin Timberlake’s mugshot has found a place in an art gallery at Sag Harbor, where he was arrested due to driving while intoxicated (DWI), New York Post’s Page Six reported. The singer’s mugshot was turned into a limited-edition artwork which now hangs on the wall of the Romany Kramoris Gallery at Sag Harbor, New York. […]

Deadpool & Wolverine main villain Cassandra Nova was inspired from two iconic villains, Emma Corrin told British GQ. The first is Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka in the 1971 movie. The other is Christoph Waltz’s Col. Hans Landa in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film Inglorious Basterds. “There’s something extravagant in Gene Wilder’s performance,” Corrin told the […]

Two men have accused Neil Gaiman, author of The Sandman and Good Omens, of sexual assault. According to Tortoise Media, a British news website, he was in consensual relationships with the women. The author is named in a police complaint in New Zealand. Gaiman has strongly denied the allegations of non-consensual sex with the women. […]

The third episode of House of the Dragon’s second season, The Burning Mill, gave us a pleasant surprise in the return of the young Rhaenyra, played by Milly Alcock. When Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) arrives at Harrenhal, his claim to the castle isn’t challenged. In fact, it’s welcomed by its castellan Ser Simon Strong (Simon […]

The world of The Dreaming in Netflix’s The Sandman has expanded to include gods, faeries, hobgoblins, security personnel and a sarcastic dog, Deadline reported. The latest additions come in the form of Orpheus, The Sandman’s (Tom Sturridge) son with Calliope (Mellisanthi Mahut), played by Ruairi O’Connor. Then there are three Norse gods as promised: Odin, […]

And just like that… after the announcement that Warner Bros. was interested in exploring a joint streaming partnership with its own Max and Paramount Global’s Paramount+, Skydance is back in the game, as reported by Deadline. Three weeks ago, Paramount Global controlling shareholder Shari Redstone through National Amusements Inc., which has 80% of voting shares […]

Clutchpoints spoke with Freddie Poole, the stunt coordinator and second unit director of The Bikeriders, starring Austin Butler and Tom Hardy. He also served in those roles for Paramount+’s Tulsa King starring Sylvester Stallone. Poole has been the actor’s long-standing collaborator, having been his lead double on all his projects in the last 12 years. […]

Universal’s tentpole movie Jon M. Chu’s Wicked has moved up its release date to Nov. 22 from Nov. 27, Deadline reported. Its original release date had it going head-to-head with Disney’s animated sequel Moana 2. Now, Wicked is going up against Ridley Scott’s sequel Gladiator II. It would have been interesting who came out on […]

Warner Bros. Discovery is maybe thinking about partnering with Paramount Global for a combined MAX and Paramount+ streaming platform, Variety reported. After Paramount Global’s controlling shareholder Shari Redstone abandoned the merger with Skydance Media last month, the company is trying out a new strategy under its three CEOs to cut costs, exploring the idea of […]

When the Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket was released, it was immediately compared to the other, earlier monstrosity of a bucket, Dune 2’s. Now the director of the movie based on Frank Herbert’s novels, Denis Villeneuve, has commented on the superhero merch, to Canada’s eTalk. Denis Villeneuve reacts to the ‘DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE’ popcorn bucket. […]

FromSoftware president and Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki told The Guardian that he’s open to turning the massive popular video game into a movie. Elden Ring is a fantasy RPG in the world The Lands Between, created with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. What is Elden Ring? The players take the role of […]