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Turns out a Get Out and Star Wars star nearly landed the role of Eggsy in the Kingsman series. The role ultimately went to Taron Egerton (Rocketman), but the other two possibilities are interesting. During an appearance at the New York City Comic Con (per Collider), Matthew Vaughn, director of the Kingsman series, revealed that […]

Martin Scorsese is releasing his 26th feature film, Killers of the Flower Moon. And despite being 80-years-old, he doesn’t want to slow down. “I don’t want to slow down”  Speaking to The Times, Scorsese said “I don’t want to slow down.” He continued, “At my age, your body tells you at a certain point you […]

Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have collaborated on six films. Their most recent, Killers of the Flower Moon, comes out Friday. It appears they will reunite again very soon. Their seventh collaboration In an interview with The Times, Scorsese revealed that DiCaprio will star in his next film, The Wager. The Wager is based on […]

U2 is making a huge decision regarding their Las Vegas residency at the Sphere. The show must go on The Las Vegas Review Journal is reporting that the band is expected to extend its residency, properly titled “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere,” at least into January.” As of now, U2’s schedule sees them play […]

A fourth-grade teacher showed his class Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. What is Winnie the Pooh: Blood any Honey? For those unfamiliar, Blood and Honey is a slasher horror film using the Winnie the Pooh characters. After Christopher Robin leaves for college, Pooh and Piglet become angry. They eat Eeyore and seek vengeance upon […]

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, a concert film chronicling Swift’s “Eras” tour shows at SoFi Stadium, nearly beat Joker in an October box office milestone. The Swift “Eras” tour concert film topped the charts during its opening weekend. It grossed $96 million domestically, $128 million worldwide. Deadline added that AMC is reporting that the film […]

Indie supergroup Boygenius (consisting of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker) released one of the year’s best albums, The Record, earlier this year. After embarking on a support tour, the trio has released The Rest — an epilogue to their debut album. Full of ambient sounds, and a spotlight on each of the women […]

A new featurette sees Hayden Christensen spill all on his Star Wars return in Ahsoka. He called the whole experience “special.” “When I read the scripts for the first time, I was just blown away,” Christensen said of the Ahsoka scripts in a new video posted to Star Wars’ social media pages. “When I got […]

Shawn Levy, who acted in Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” film and is directing Deadpool 3, heaped praise her way. That also came with a huge Beyoncé comparison. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly at the premiere of his new Netflix series, All the Light We Cannot See,” Levy called Swift a “generational voice and creative force.” […]

The box office haul from Thursday night previews for Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour concert film is in. Deadline is reporting that the “Eras” tour concert film made $2.8 million during Thursday night previews. Screenings for Swift’s film began at 6pm local time. Granted, this fell right in the soft spot of the projections. Deadline noted […]

Ahead of U2’s Las Vegas residency at the Sphere (properly known as “U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere), there was one big question mark. That was “So Cruel,” the sixth track on Achtung Baby. You see, the band hadn’t played “So Cruel” much prior to the Sphere shows. On U2’s “ZooTV” tour, the original support […]

Peter Sohn, director of Pixar’s Elemental, thinks he knows why the film recovered from a shaky box office start and became a success. Speaking to Discussing Film, Sohn and the interviewer discussed Elemental’s themes of immigration. “When first starting Elemental, I was hoping that there was a universality between two people falling in love from […]

Ahead of his latest leg of the “Got Back” tour, Paul McCartney spilled on his true feelings after seeing old pictures of The Beatles. Speaking to The Herald Sun (via Daily Mail), McCartney revealed that “there’s a lot of emotions” seeing old photos of him. “When you look at pictures of yourself quite a bit […]

The Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise launched nearly a decade ago. And yet, it took that long to get a film adaptation. Jason Blum, head of Blumhouse Productions, has a reason why it took that long. Speaking at a panel during NYCC (via ComicBook.com), Blum spilled on why it took so long to get a […]

The first long-range box office tracking is in for The Marvels, and it’s a troubling sign for the MCU. BoxOffice Pro is forecasting The Marvels to open between $50-$75 million domestically, and $121-$189 million worldwide. While certainly not numbers to scoff at, it’s a bit disappointing considering its predecessor. Captain Marvel opened to $153.4 million […]

Cat Person is a scary movie. Okay, maybe not in the traditional sense. The film follows a young college student, Margot (played by CODA standout Emilia Jones),  who meets an older man, Robert (Nicholas Braun), while working a shift at her local movie theater. After some weird tension, the two start texting. The relationship consumes […]

Tim Miller (Deadpool) was tasked with taking over the director’s chair on the Borderlands film. He replaced Eli Roth, who had other commitments, and recently dished on that experience. An “interesting experience” Speaking to Collider, Miller called the Borderlands experience an “interesting” one. “It was an interesting experience to come in and do reshoots on […]

After speculation that A24 or Miramax could acquire the rights to the Halloween series, the latter took home the prize. At least on the TV side. Deadline’s reporting that Miramax has secured the television rights to the Halloween franchise. Trancas International Films currently control the iconic horror franchise’s rights. Miramax Television signed a wide-ranging deal […]

Frasier is coming back. Here’s how to catch the reboot on Paramount+. What is the Frasier Paramount+ reboot?  Kelsey Grammer returns to titular role and the series brings the character to Boston — taking him away from his Seattle residence. For those unfamiliar, Frasier is a spin-off of Cheers. Boston was the city in which […]

Will we get a Loki Season 3? One of the producers of the MCU Disney+ series cautiously teased that there may be “other books on the shelf” for the titular character. Talking to Collider, producer Kevin Wright enforced the idea that Loki Season 2 will pay off storylines from the first season. “It was similar […]

AMC Theatres’ CEO, Adam Aron, was involved in a messy blackmail plot. Semafor is reporting that the AMC CEO allegedly sent sexually explicit images and messages in “a weeks-long text exchange” with a woman. This woman was trying to get “hundreds of thousands” of dollars from Aron for using fake identities. In a 2022 federal […]

Ahead of their Sphere residency kicking off, U2 released their first single in years, “Atomic City.” That song has topped a Billboard chart that U2 has never conquered: Alternative Digital Song Sales. “Atomic City” finished atop that chart thanks to its 3,329 copies sold (per Luminate). U2 beat out another legendary band, Blink-182, for this […]

While U2 is celebrating their 1991 album Achtung Baby during their Sphere shows, they took time to honor the album that preceded it: Rattle and Hum. Filled with live renditions of some of their biggest hits and some originals that would become classics, the hybrid studio/live album was a companion piece to their documentary film […]

Michael Fassbender, who stars in David Fincher’s new film The Killer, didn’t blink in any shots. In a new interview with Empire Magazine (subscription required), Fincher discussed the reason for Fassbender’s insane non-blinking performance. “Michael’s eyes betray a lot,” he said. “He can hold a lot of conflicting things in his mind and his eyes […]

Popular anime streaming service Crunchyroll will be going live 24/7 pretty soon. On October 11, the streaming service announced the launch of a new 24/7 anime channel. The channel is a collaboration between Crunchyroll and GSN. “Anime is on the menu all the time on the Crunchyroll channel, which will be available first via Amazon […]

Vincent D’Onofrio, who will reprise the role of Wilson Fisk/Kingpin in the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again series, is taking to X to discuss the show. This comes after rumors of the MCU overhauling the upcoming Disney+ series. “Have some trust” Responding to X (formerly Twitter) users, D’Onofrio answered fans who were questioning the status of […]

A new report indicates that indie darling studio, A24, could be aiming for a big shift. Despite nearly 50 Oscar nominations and over a dozen wins, A24 wants to get bigger. Typically, the studio is known for distributing smaller indie films such as The Florida Project, Moonlight, and Eighth Grade. Getting big The Wrap is […]

Barbie was the hit of the summer. But iconic horror director, John Carpenter (Halloween), had a harsh review for the Margot Robbie-led film. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Carpenter revealed he saw Barbie (albeit at home since he doesn’t “go out”). “I watched Barbie. I can’t believe I watched Barbie. It’s just not my […]

George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, will be appearing in a new documentary about Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. Mike Figgis is making a documentary about Coppola’s Megalopolis film, which has had a long road to release. Coppola self-financed the film, which is yet to find a distribution home. A “great” interview In an Instagram post, […]

The 18-episode MCU-Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again, seemed to be going smoothly prior to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. However, the series will be getting a complete overhaul per a new report. The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit revealed that Daredevil: Born Again is basically getting a full overhaul. They are now “on the hunt” for […]

During her recent intimate show for Amex Card Members, Olivia Rodrigo spilled her Guts (pun intended) revealing that she nearly replaced one of the album’s key tracks. She revealed that the song “The Grudge” was nearly replaced with “Obsessed.” For context, the latter song is a vinyl-exclusive song from Guts. It’s available as a hidden […]

Jada Pinkett Smith has made a huge admission regarding her relationship with Will Smith and the infamous Chris Rock Oscars slap. After 18 months, Jada has weighed in on Will’s infamous Oscars slap. “I thought, ‘This is a skit.’” Jada confessed to People. “I was like, ‘There’s no way that Will hit him [Rock],’” She […]

A new trailer for A24’s Von Erich brothers biopic, The Iron Claw, has dropped. It shows Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and more in action. “Ever since I was a child, people said my family was cursed,” Kevin Von Erich (Efron) says at the beginning of the trailer as he’s shown running the ropes. “Mom […]

On June 30, 2023, Olivia Rodrigo made her long-awaited return to the spotlight with “Vampire,” the lead single off her new album, Guts. Producer Dan Nigro, who worked closely with her on her debut album, Sour, wanted another song to serve as the lead single. During Rodrigo’s intimate show in L.A. this week (via Variety), […]

Barbie stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling will reunite for a new Ocean’s Eleven film. Josey McNamara spoke to GamesRadar+ on the red carpet of Saltburn at the BFI London Film Festival. “I can’t really say much,” McNamara said, “but I think we’re just trying to do right by the franchise. I’m excited for people […]

Richard Linklater sounds like he will be returning to France (specifically Paris) in the near future. Speaking to Gregg Araki for Interview Magazine at the New York Film Festival, Linklater spoke about what he’s currently working on. Araki mentioned his “secret” Ethan Hawke project — perhaps another Before film? — and something he heard at […]

It was assumed that David Gordon Green, who directed the recent Halloween trilogy, would direct the new Exorcist trilogy beginning with Believer. However, that may not be the case. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Green seemed very unsure about his Exorcist future. “My intention is just to start making things, and as those plans come […]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood co-stars Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt will be re-teaming soon. Deadline is reporting that LuckyChap and Plan B Entertainment are in talks to acquire the rights to the Thin Man property. Their report indicates that both companies have been eyeing the rights for a while even prior to the […]

With James Gunn set to take over the DCU, many wonder what will happen to the OG Justice League. The lineup consists of Gal Gadot, Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, and Ezra Miller, but it appears none will return. In Variety’s expose on the latest DCU film, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, […]