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Longtime Martin Scorsese editor Thelma Schoonmaker doesn’t think the Goodfellas director’s lack of Oscars is fair. “Marty should have won at least 7” Speaking to Esquire, Schoonmaker called Scorsese’s lack of Oscars is “not fair.” She laments that Scorsese’s bad luck at the Oscars is “because the films are sometimes very unusual. And people are […]

The fifth season of Stranger Things is still in the early stages of development. But we have a clearer idea of how it opens. Writers’ room shenanigans In a new post from the @strangerwriters X account, the first couple of lines of Stranger Things Season 5 were revealed. The mood is set with its “darkness” […]

Jason Momoa will be hosting SNL amid the SAG-AFTRA strike ahead of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Aquaman hosting SNL The official SNL social media accounts announced Momoa as the November 18 host. Tate McRae will be that week’s musical guest.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Saturday Night […]

A Scarface remake was in the works from Call Me by Your Name helmer Luca Guadagnino. That remake got a sad update. Say goodbye to my little friend Speaking to The Hindu, Guadagnino revealed that he’s no longer attached to direct a remake of Scarface. His Scarface reboot was set to be written by Joel […]

The Millie Bobby Brown-led Enola Holmes series for Netflix has gotten a positive update. Mystery solved Scott Stuber, Head of Netflix Film, spoke to Collider. He first praised Brown, who is a “homegrown star” for the streamer given her Stranger Things debut. “You know, she’s such a great homegrown star for us,” he said. “I […]

The Bear star Jeremy Allen White recently recalled an NSFW meeting with Marvel Studios. “I played it the way I wanted to play it.” In a new profile for GQ UK, White spoke about his meeting with Marvel. “I had a meeting for a kind of Marvel-y movie, and I had an attitude,” White recalled. […]

Nia DaCosta revealed that fellow MCU film, Iron Man 3, inspired her film, The Marvels. The Extremis effect Speaking to Collider, DaCosta named the “Extremis effect” from Iron Man 3 as something that inspired her film. “Oh, Iron Man 3. I just love it so much, first of all. I think it’s one of the […]

Nia DaCosta recently spoke about The Marvels runtime, which is the shortest in the MCU. The Marvels has an “average” runtime The Marvels has a reported runtime of 105 minutes — that’s the shortest in the history of the MCU. Plenty of recent films in the franchise have eclipsed two-and-a-half hours, so this was a […]

The first reviews for All the Light You Cannot See, Netflix’s adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from Shawn Levy, are in. Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy’s series got brutal first reviews. No light on Rotten Tomatoes Netflix released the four-part All the Light We Cannot See miniseries on November 4. While the novel it […]

The first poster for the WWE’s upcoming PLE, Survivor Series: War Games, has been unveiled. It features Cody Rhodes in an Apocalypse Now-inspired poster. “War Games!” “Let the games begin,” WWE Head of Creative Triple H said in an X post. “#SurvivorSeries: #WarGames descends upon Chicago’s @AllstateArena on Saturday, Nov. 25, streaming live at 8ee/5p […]

The final trailer for the upcoming MCU film, The Marvels, spoils a major cameo in an Avengers-heavy trailer. Who cameos in The Marvels?  Warning: Spoilers for The Marvels ahead The final trailer for The Marvels puzzlingly opens with Nick Fury’s (Samuel L. Jackson) voiceover and shots of the OG Avengers. Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man […]

The Beatles released their “last” song, “Now and Then,” and Paul McCartney spoke about singing with John Lennon a final time. John Lennon still “Here, There and Everywhere” Speaking to BBC Radio 1 (via Billboard), McCartney described the experience as “joyful.” “When we were in the studio we had John’s voice in our ears so […]

In a recent interview, Ridley Scott had a blunt response to those who critique the historical accuracy of Napoleon. Let’s just say, he’s got three words for you. “Get a life.”  Speaking to The New Yorker for their latest profile, Dan Snow, a TV historian, was brought up. Back in July, Snow analyzed the Napoleon […]

A fifth Keanu Reeves-led John Wick film gets a “confident” update from one of the producers. Producer believes it will happen Warning: Spoilers for Chapter 4 ahead One of the John Wick franchise producers, Basil Iwanyk, is very confident that a fifth movie will happen and made that clear to ScreenRant. Even if the fourth […]

John Wick director Chad Stahelski has a bold prediction for the Oscars. Best Stunts incoming?  The Oscars have been long overdue for a Best Stunts category. Films with amazing stunt work fly under the radar and Stahelski is tired of it. Speaking to ScreenRant, he discussed this. “If you think a movie’s got really good […]

HBO and Max’s Spanish horror series, 30 Coins, recently came back for a second season. Álex de la Iglesia created the series and directs the series. The series follows an exorcist, Father Vergara (Eduard Fernândez), who is exiled to Pedraza. There, a mystery revolving around one of the coins he owns arises. It’s theorized that […]

Joaquin Phoenix and Ridley Scott will team up for the Blade Runner director’s upcoming historical epic, Napoleon. But have the two worked together before? Gladiator 23 years before he made Napoleon, Scott released a film called Gladiator. Another historical epic, Gladiator followed Maximus Decimus Meridius’ (Russell Crowe) revenge tale against Commodus. Phoenix starred as the […]

Edgar Wright reassembled the cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World for Netflix’s upcoming anime adaptation. The subject line of his pitch has been revealed. “To be continued?” In Netflix’s Tudum feature on Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Phillipe Thao revealed Wright’s pitch email subject line. “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright had an […]

Michael Cera, who is set to reprise the role of Scott Pilgrim in Netflix’s anime series, was the cast’s “cheerleader.” An enthusiastic Cera In Netflix’s character profiles for Tudum, Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, spoke about Cera’s return. “We really appreciated Michael Cera’s enthusiasm for this new take on the […]

Variety’s latest cover story claimed The Marvels director Nia DaCosta left post-production early to work on her next film. The director has now responded. Release date changes to blame In Variety’s article, they said that DaCosta began work on her next film, Hedda, whilst The Marvels was in post-production. They go as far as claiming […]

Bruce Springsteen has gotten a big health update from the E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt. The Boss will come back stronger A couple of months ago, Springsteen had to postpone his 2023 tour dates with the E Street Band. This was due to Springsteen recovering from peptic ulcer disease. One of the E […]

The MCU’s upcoming film, The Marvels, has gotten a sad box office update on par with Black Adam and The Flash. A DCU-level flop?  Deadline is reporting that the upcoming film is now tracking to be one of the lowest debuts in the MCU. They are reporting that The Marvels is even tracking behind DCU […]

The Five Nights at Freddy’s movie took a huge drop during its second weekend at the box office. That was still enough to top Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Blank Space In its second weekend, Five Nights at Freddy’s grossed $19,399,640 — a 75.8% drop — despite adding 114 more screens. Perhaps audiences realized that […]

For those who thought U2’s Sphere setlists were stagnant, Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton made a huge War change. “How long must we sing this song?”  To their credit, U2 has varied their snippets during the Sphere shows. They’ve shouted out Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, and the Rolling Stones (among more) during these shows […]

There is a viral video going around of Rashmika Mandanna, or what appears to be the actress, entering an elevator. The video is actaully a deepfake, but the actress has responded to the video via X (formerly Twitter). Misused technology The original video was posted on October 8 by Instagram user Zara Patel (@zaarapatellll). In […]

The Hunger Games and West Side Story star Josh Andrés Rivera has caught his next big role. He will play former NFL and New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in American Sports Story (Variety confirmed). From Hunger Games to an American Sports Story Nina Jacobson, producer of the Hunger Games films including the Ballad […]

Rachel Zegler will be heavily featured on the soundtrack of her upcoming film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Soundbirds & Sneaks. A songbird The full tracklist for the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film’s soundtrack has been revealed. Zegler features on eight songs including her rendition of “The Hanging Tree.” Olivia Rodrigo also contributed to […]

Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy name-dropped Star Wars when talking about inspirations for his MCU film. Return of the Deadpool Writing for Esquire, Levy revealed that he used Star Wars as a reference point for his team. “For one key scene in the movie (Deadpool 3), I said to my stunt and action team, ‘Guys, […]

Sofia Coppola has made a shocking admission when it comes to Lana Del Rey and her latest film, Priscilla. “Say Yes to Heaven” (and Priscilla) Speaking to E! News, Coppola spoke about Lana Del Rey’s connection to Priscilla. “I got a lot of requests with how is she gonna be part of the movie?” Coppola […]

Sydney Freeland executive produced and directed the upcoming MCU Disney+ series, Echo. She recently spilled on how the titular character’s powers and how they differ from the comics. Different powers “Her power in the comic books is that she can copy anything, any movement, any whatever. It’s kind of lame,” Freeland revealed (via Variety). “I […]

Olivia Rodrigo will have her dreams come true when she attends the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. “We can be heroes, just for one day” Speaking to Rolling Stone, Rodrigo revealed that multiple wishes are granted with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony. First, she will perform with Sheryl Crow. When […]

HBO and Max exec Casey Bloys threw shade at the MCU and their Disney+ series. “A lot of them” Speaking during HBO and Max’s showcase event (via Deadline), Bloys discussed the difference between what the DCU and MCU are doing with their series. “I think the key, even within DC, is trying to tell different […]

The upcoming MCU Disney+ series, Echo, got a surprise rating. TV-MA?  Echo is marking a lot of firsts for the MCU. It will premiere simultaneously on Hulu and Disney+ on January 10 — with all episodes being available to stream on that date. The series also revolves around a Native America and deaf character, Maya […]

During recent shows at the Sphere, U2’s Bono and The Edge channeled the Rolling Stones. They have begun playing a snippet of the Stones’ hit song, “Paint It Black.” Painting the Sphere Black The snippet began during the October 28 performance of U2’s “Until the End of the World” off of Achtung Baby. On November […]

Dune’s female-led spin-off, The Sisterhood, got a major name change. The Max series will release in fall 2024. Prophecy IGN confirmed the news that the female-led spin-off has been retitled, Dune: Prophecy. The series is a prequel to Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi classic novel.  It takes place nearly 10,000 years before the events of the […]

The CW has decided to call it quits on their DC show, Superman & Lois. Superman, no more On November 2, the CW announced that Superman & Lois will end with Season 4. The upcoming 10-episode season will begin airing on the CW in 2024. “Over the last three seasons, Superman & Lois redifineed both […]

The late Friends star Matthew Perry had a bonkers Zac Efron-related request prior to his passing. A Matthew Perry biopic?  Athenna Crosby, the woman who was photographed having lunch with Perry the day before his death, spoke to Entertainment Tonight. Perry was reportedly looking ahead — and he was working on a biopic about himself. […]

The Beatles released their “last” song, “Now and Then,” on November 2. John Lennon was first in line to buy it (yes, you read that right). First customer One Beatles super-fan, Alan Williams, who changed his name by deed poll to John Lennon, bought the first copy of “Now and Then” at a midnight release […]

Swifties are a different breed. Some Argentinian fans have been camping out for Taylor Swift’s upcoming “Eras” tour shows in Buenos Aires. Hardcore dedication Pitchfork released a feature on the Swift fans that have camped out for five months before the “Eras” tour shows. One fan, who remained anonymous, revealed that she spends her afternoons […]