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Comedian George Carlin was brought back to life, well, digitally, thanks to AI for a new comedy special. And his daughter is not impressed. The special is called George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead, Variety reports. George Calin AI special receives criticism from his daughter Carlin, who passed away in 2008 from heart failure, was […]

Many moons ago, Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson auditioned for the titular role in The Amazing Spider-Man. That role ultimately went to Andrew Garfield, but Hutcherson isn’t giving up hope of someday playing the role in someway. A multiverse cameo?  Speaking to Inverse, Hutcherson said he’d “potentially” consider popping into a Spider-Man movie as a […]

Ryan Gosling’s new film The Fall Guy will be premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film and TV Festival. The Fall Guy is an action comedy that stars Gosling and Emily Blunt, The Hollywood Reporter states. Ryan Gosling’s The Fall Guy debuting at SXSW According to the summary on IMDb, the film’s premise is: “Colt Seavers […]

The MCU’s upcoming Fantastic Four film has gotten some negative updates. Pedro Pascal’s potential involvement may delay its filming according to a new report. Fantastic Four filming pushed Jeff Sneider of The InSneider is reporting that Pascal has dropped out of Weapons. That film is from Zach Cregger, director of Barbarian. Coming up in February, […]

The first season of Peacock’s Ted prequel series has dropped. What happens to the titular bear (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) and John Bennett (Max Burkholder)? What’s it about? Ted is a prequel series to MacFarlane’s 2012 movie of the same name. The film follows a man, John (played by Mark Wahlberg in the films), who […]

Keanu Reeves is set to add novelist to his list of jobs, writing The Book of Elsewhere with China Miéville, Deadline reported. Random House’s Del Rey imprint will publish the novel in July. The novel is Reeves’ first, set in the BRZRKR world. Reeves co-created BRZRKR with writer Matt Kindt and artist Ron Garney. The […]

Mattel just launched its Career of the Year collection, and there are now Barbies as Women in Film, Deadline reported. The toy company has four dolls dressed in their respective professions as studio executive, director, cinematographer and movie star. Studio executive Barbie has a smartphone and sunglasses. Director Barbie carries a viewfinder and a script. […]

Fresh off her Emmy nomination for Succession, Sanaa Lathan is set to star as the TV psychic Miss Cleo in a Legendary Entertainment drama series, Deadline exclusively reported. Lathan will also serve as executive producer along with former head of drama for Sony Pictures Television Sharon Hall through her company Mom de Guerre Productions. Miss […]

AMC’s The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live just dropped its newest trailer. In it, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) fight zombies and humans alike to find their way to each other. The trailer has both characters in dire circumstances, presumably right where the audience left them after Lincoln and Gurira left the franchise […]

Jodie Comer made her Broadway debut as the star of the one-woman play Prima Facie for which she won both the Laurence Olivier and Tony Best Actress Awards. Now she’s narrating the audiobook based on the play‘s novel written by Suzie Miller, Deadline exclusively reported. The audiobook is from Macmilan Audio and will be released […]

Martin Scorsese said, “Every movie should be seen in Filmmaker Mode,” for the Apple TV+/LG promo where he was touting the features of his movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, now streaming on the tech giant’s platform. As per The Hollywood Reporter, this is in conjunction to the UHD Alliance’s attendance at CES to preview […]

Amazon just announced that it is laying off hundreds of employees from Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Senior Vice President at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios Mike Hopkins announced the job cuts in an email Wednesday. He wrote that “several hundred roles” were being terminated. Amazon slashes jobs… […]

Paramore will be working with A24 on a tribute album to Talking Heads. This new album will feature 16 artists covering the setlist from Stop Making Sense, the band’s 1984 live album, Variety reports. Talking Heads cover album is in the works with A24 Hayley Williams, Paramore’s frontwoman, is featured in a teaser video. In […]

The Blob is coming back to the big screen. David Bruckner, the filmmaker behind Hellraiser and The Night House, is set to write and direct the new movie, The Wrap reports. It will be for Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group. The Blob movie is in the works with Warner Bros. There are no details about […]

The season premiere of Echo didn’t waste time introducing viewers to Maya Lopez, her backstory, and the events that led up to her returning to her home in Tamaha, Oklahoma, after 20 years. Episode two of Echo continues as Maya begins her war to takeover Kingpin’s empire, roping in some estranged family members to help […]

Convicted actor Jonathan Majors’ new Magazine Dreams film will more than likely not be released by Searchlight. The movie was a Sundance Film Festival favorite, but the brakes have been upon its release now that the star has been convicted of assault and harassment, The Hollywood Reporter writes. Jonathan Majors’ film Magazine Dreams unlikely won’t […]

Comedian Jo Koy is getting some much-needed support from Steve Martin after the backlash of his Golden Globes performance. Fresh from hosting, Jo Koy’s comedy didn’t land too well on Sunday night in several instances. However, comic legend Steve Martin took to his defense on Threads, Variety reports. Steve Martin supports Jo Koy’s Golden Globes […]

Some exciting news in the DCU and Supergirl as the lead role is looking to be between Emilia Jones, Meg Donnelly, and Emilia Jones. Apparently, James Gunn and Peter Safran’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow film will be holding screen tests in the next month, ComicBook.com reports. Casting for Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow for the lead […]

After an action-packed introduction in Hawkeye, Echo makes her return to the TV screen in the first episode of her titular series on Disney+ and Hulu. The first release under Marvel Studios’ new Marvel Spotlight banner, episode one doesn’t waste any time in getting audiences familiar with Maya Lopez’s story and the chaos that her […]

Doritos is gearing up for the Super Bowl with new snacks. There will be four new flavors of the Doritos Dinamita rolled chips, PEOPLE reports. They’ll be the focus of the Super Bowl commercial that will air during the big game on Feb. 11. Doritos Dinamita will showcase new flavors on Super Bowl The new […]

Selena Gomez will play Linda Ronstadt in a new biopic that’s confirmed. This comes after news that the singer teased about playing the part on Instagram, Variety reports. Selena Gomez will play Linda Ronstadt in new biopic Regarding the role, Ronstadt and Gomez are both of Mexican descent. Additionally, they’re both singers, so it seems […]

After starring in the biggest film of 2023, Barbie, Margot Robbie may be taking a break. In a recent interview, Robbie seemed unsure of what’s next. Fear not, though — even if she takes a break on-screen, she will still be working behind the scenes on projects. Her longest break Speaking to Deadline, Robbie touched […]

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that something is wrong with the Chiefs this season, but pinpointing the exact cause of the subpar play remains elusive. If we can’t find the root of the problem, we might at least draw attention to an apropos metaphor for it. In this case, look no further […]

When Nicole Kidman won the Oscar in 2003, the actress had a rough time with her divorce from Tom Cruise. She won the award for her role as Virginia Woolf in The Hours. But, though it was a monumental moment, Kidman was “struggling,” PEOPLE reports. Nicole Kidman admits to going through a rough time at […]

Margot Robbie, the star of Barbie, had Gal Gadot as her first choice to play the lead part. Deadline reveals that Robbie thought Gadot was the “ultimate personification of the doll. Gal Gadot turned down the part of Barbie due to filming commitments Of course, Robbie eventually ended up playing the part. But it’s due […]

U2 has not played a show at the Sphere since December 16, 2023. Are they still doing their U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere residency? What is U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere? U2:UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere is the Irish rock band’s first concert residency. They are the inaugural act at the new […]

Barry Keoghan, star of Saltburn, admitted to having a pretty serious issue at one point in his life. During a recent interview with GQ, the actor revealed what happened to him a few years ago. Actor Barry Keoghan reveals he had a case of necrotizing fasciitis They (the actor and interviewer) went by the pool […]

HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us added Kaitlyn Dever to its Season 2 cast. But who is Dever? She hasn’t starred in a franchise project on the scale of The Last of Us before, so this may be an introduction to the actress. Before The Last of Us Season 2, we will catch you […]

The star of Beef, Young Mazino, will now join HBO’s The Last of Us. He’ll be embarking on the journey with newcomer Kaitlyn Dever into the apocalyptic world, Variety reports. Young Mazino to star in season two of The Last of Us The actor broke out in the Netflix series Beef, where he played Paul, […]

Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film will be star-studded. After Licorice Pizza, which starred Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman (son of the legendary Phillip Seymour Hoffman), his next film cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and Regina Hall. Star-studded additions Deadline reported the castings. DiCaprio and Penn are both Oscar winners, with Hall being a former host […]

Many moons ago, Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were set to make a Star Wars film. It was then scrapped, but the duo recently revealed some details about it. The First Jedi In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Benioff and Weiss spilled on their scrapped Star Wars project. If it […]

The Last of Us Season 2 has gotten a huge Kaitlyn Dever boost. HBO’s hit show cast Dever in a pivotal role in The Last of Us Season 2. Dever will play Abby, one of the sequel game’s leading characters. After first gaining notoriety with roles in Justified and Last Man Standing, Dever has given […]

Bong Joon-ho’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning film, Parasite, has gotten a disappointing update. Mickey 17 is being distributed by Warner Bros and it may be a while before it hits theaters. A disappointing update Warner Bros has pulled Bon’s Mickey 17 from its upcoming release slate. In turn, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire has […]

Greta Gerwig will direct a forthcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia for Netflix. However, this new venture puts the Barbie director in a “place of terror,” she revealed. High expectations For Gerwig, it seems to come down to the expectations. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today show (via Deadline), Gerwig revealed that […]

Bernice King, daughter of civil rights activists Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, called out Jonathan Majors for mentioning her mother during his controversial interview, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), King didn’t outright mention Majors, but said she wanted to remind people that her mother “wasn’t […]

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain star in the upcoming thriller Mothers’ Instinct. The recently released trailer show the two Academy Award-winning actresses as 1960s suburban housewives whose friendship is about to unravel after a tragedy. The film is described as an “edge-of-your-seat thriller,” according to Deadline. It follows the story of best friends and neighbors […]

Andrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo are lending their voices for Audible’s audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1949 novel 1984, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Garfield will be playing Winston and Erivo, Julia. Joining them are Andrew Scott as O’Brien and Tom Hardy as Big Brother. Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy and composer Ilan Eshkeri will write […]

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has a new media company with a new show to be hosted on X (formerly Twitter), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Elon Musk’s X is making strides into original programming as it announced on Tuesday content deals which include Lemon’s new show, as well as former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and […]

SAG-AFTRA recently announced an AI voice agreement with Replica Studios during CES’ opening day, according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to the union, the agreement will let its members “safely explore new employment opportunities for their digital voice replicas with industry-leading protections tailored to AI technology, allowing AAA video game studios and other companies working […]