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The new Netflix anime series, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, recently got an eye-opening Avatar comparison. BenDavid Grabinski, co-writer of Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, spoke about the scale of the fight sequences in the anime with Empire. “There’s an extended fight sequence in Episodes 2 and 3 that, if this was a live-action movie, would cost […]

Martin Scorsese stopped working with Warner Bros after 2006’s The Departed. The Goodfellas director had a very specific reason for this. Warning: Spoilers for The Departed ahead. Speaking to GQ, Scorsese claimed that Warner Bros wanted to make The Departed into a franchise. Furthermore, the studio wanted to keep either Leonardo DiCaprio or Matt Damon’s […]

Martin Scorsese is a legend. But the iconic filmmaker has made a shocking admission about his future post-Killers of the Flower Moon. Speaking to GQ, Scorsese, 80, revealed that he’s got maybe one or two films left in him. “And if I could just muster up the energy, God willing, to make a couple more […]

Chris Evans had one big fear prior to taking on the role of Captain America. He was worried about the quality of the MCU films. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Evans revealed that he his biggest pre-Captain America worry was making “s**tty f**king movies.” He added that, “I don’t want to [be] contractually obligated to make […]

Ed Sheeran’s penultimate show of his “Mathematics” tour at SoFi Stadium broke another attendance record. Per SoFi Stadium, Sheeran’s “Mathematics” tour broke the record of the highest single-show attendance at the stadium. Over 81,000 fans were in attendance at SoFi Stadium. Congratulations to @edsheeran on breaking the highest single-show attendance record at #SoFiStadium with over […]

The producers of the Sicario franchise have confirmed a third film in the Benicio del Toro series is in the works. Speaking to The Messenger, producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee dished on the future of the Sicario franchise. “Oh yeah,” Iwanyk said about a third film. Lee added, “When we can continue writing it. […]

A new report indicates that Paddington in Peru has lost a major star. Hollywood scooper Daniel Richtman is reporting that the third Paddington film wraps in two weeks. However, Rachel Zegler was recast due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Paddington 3 wraps filming in two weeks and Rachel Zegler was recast due to strikes […]

After a night of disappointing Thursday night preview screenings, Expendables 4 (a.k.a. Exepend4bles) has bombed at the box office. It opened to the lowest box office figure in franchise history. During its opening weekend, Expendables 4 grossed just $8.3 million domestically. This is just a little over half of the previous franchise low, The Expendables […]

Bill Belichick has more layers than you think. For those who only see the New England Patriots head coach’s personality on display at press conferences, it is easy to just call the man a curmudgeon. But the SnapFace master has a way of occasionally flashing a glimpse of his sparkling sense of humor when people […]

Michael Fassbender went into preparation for The Killer head-first. He recently spoke about the insane preparation he did for the David Fincher film. In a pre-SAG-AFTRA strike interview with Empire, Fassbender called Fincher’s The Killer “The type of film I was salivating to do.” He followed that up by telling Empire that he trained for […]

Renowned director Martin Scorsese shows support for Christopher Nolan’s ‘art’ and discusses his ongoing critique of comic book and franchise culture. In the interview, Scorsese emphasizes the ‘potentially negative’ impact it has on audiences less exposed to diverse forms of cinema. “The danger there is what it’s doing to our culture. Because there are going […]

Dave Filoni, writer of the Ahsoka series, brought Lars Mikkelsen back as Thrawn in his live-action series. He previously voiced the character in Star Wars Rebels. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Filoni dished on bringing back Mikkelsen. He called the decision to cast Mikkelsen in the first place “a very big challenge.” Though he claims that […]

Pop megastar Taylor Swift is the most decorated, highest-selling, and outright successful musician of the 21st century. With over 30 million albums sold and 12 Grammy Awards to her name, fans everywhere resonate with her music. But while her songs often revolved around heartbreak, we thought that may change soon since Taylor was in love […]

Despite reports of Robert De Niro playing Travis Bickle in a new wave of ads for Uber, a representative of the Oscar winner has thrown cold water on that. It appears De Niro won’t be playing the iconic Taxi Driver character again for the ride-hailing service. Uber released a statement on the ads. “We are […]

After a hard-earned win against the Las Vegas Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers encountered a hiccup in their travel back home. Their chartered flight back home was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City due to an emergency. This was reported by Dov Kleiman, and was then confirmed by Steelers DT Cam Heyward while […]

Right after a tentative deal has been made between the WGA and AMPTP, news of a reboot of The Office has surfaced. According to Puck News, a reboot of The Office is in the works. Greg Daniels, showrunner of the original U.S. adaptation, is set to return. After the WGA strike officially concludes, work on […]

146 days of being on strike came slowly for all Hollywood studios because of the Writer’s Guild of America Strike. The concern about artificial intelligence’s rapid use in the industry brought a lot of fear into the hearts of the WGA. Layoffs of thousands of workers also added more fuel to the flame which made […]

Are global pop icon Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce dating? That is the question everyone is asking these days, and after getting little bits of confirmation in the last week, the Eras Tour hit-maker showed up at Arrowhead Stadium in a luxury box for the Chiefs’ Week 3 game against […]

In a surprising turn of events, close sources revealed that Britney Spears is on board with sister Jamie Lynn Spears, joining the cast of DWTS or “Dancing With the Stars.” They revealed that prior to releasing it to the press, Britney already knew in advance and gave her wholehearted approval. Although the identity of the […]

On Saturday evening, Hollywood Studios announced that they would be presenting their “best and final” offer to the WGA (Writers Guild of America) to end the strike. This will be the fourth day where representatives for WGA and Hollywood studios engage in intensive negotiations to hopefully end the strike. Yet, a tentative deal requires ratification […]

After my New York Giants got stomped by the San Fransisco 49ers, I needed some levity. Luckily, Ed Sheeran played a set for the premiere of Amazon Music Live series. This set could have been anything. Given that this was happening after a football broadcast, I wasn’t expecting Sheeran to pull out the sappiness of […]

Jason Statham and The Meg 2: The Trench will swim onto Max very soon. Warner Bros announced that The Meg 2 will be available to stream on Max on September 29. This means that The Meg sequel will hit Max after nearly two full months in theaters. Since coming out on August 4, The Meg […]

Warner Bros is giving DC Studios a massive expansion. The studio will be giving DC Studios a primary production hub in the U.K. The Leavesden lot will be expanded with an additional 10 sound stages (going from 19 to 29) and 400,000 square feet (going from 1.14. million swuare feet to 1.78 million square feet) […]

The Expendables 4 (stylized as Expend4bles) is finally in theaters. However, the fourth installment in the Sylvester Stallone-led franchise had a disappointing night of Thursday night preview screenings. Deadline is reporting that Expendables 4 made $750,000 during Thursday night previews. The screenings began at 6pm yesterday. Overall, the film is projecting to gross somewhere between […]

Should there have been a Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 3, co-director Phil Lord had a title in mind. Responding to an X user about the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs series, Lord revealed there was a script for a third film. There was a script! The title was PLANET OF THE GRAPES […]

Netflix has finally released its first look at Squid Game: The Challenge — a new game show based on the popular show. A short 40-second teaser was released for the Netflix Squid Game reality show. “You will now compete for our biggest cash prize in reality show history,” the host says. The 10-episode Squid Game […]

Amazon Prime Video has made a major decision on ads on its platform. It’s being reported that Prime Video will implement ads beginning in early 2024 for the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Canada. France, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and Australia will also receive the change later in the year. Ads aren’t completely new to Prime Video. […]

After renewing their Pitch Perfect spin-off, Bumper in Berlin, Peacock has changed their tune. Deadline is now reporting that Peacock is not moving forward with the Pitch Perfect show after all. In January, the streaming service had announced that Bumper in Berlin had been renewed for a second season. Prime Video had previously made a […]

The debut of Ahsoka has been huge for Disney+. It was so successful that it only trails one other Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Hollywood Reporter reported that Ahsoka logged 829 minutes viewed during its first week from August 21-27. The first two episodes ran for 100 minutes, which means about 8.29 million complete […]

We’re now on our third week of September and we’re getting good variety in the new shows, movies, films, and series we’re getting this weekend. We’ve got good reality TV shows, a spy thriller, and a Korean Spaghetti Western. But here’s a twist: we’re only actually getting new shows this Friday for the entire weekend. […]

You’d think that a movie that’s 90% Kaitlyn Dever — the other 10% is shoddy alien CGI shots — is right up my alley. Hulu’s No One Will Save You, a new alien horror film, proves that’s not a winning formula on its own. It’s not that No One Will Save You is completely irredeemable […]

Kim Kardashian began her television debut in the only way we know she would, as a trending topic. The SKIMS founder is starring in this season’s “American Horror Story: Delicate.” Kim stars alongside Emma Roberts, Matt Czuchry, Denis O’Hare, Juliana Canfield, Cara Delevingne, Annabell Dexter-Jones, Julie White. Additionally, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Maaz Ali, Billie Lourde, […]

Hours after David Goyer revealed a Star Wars script he wrote for Guillermo del Toro, the Shape of Water director chimed in. In an X post, del Toro revealed that the Star Wars film was about Jabba the Hutt. “True,” he confirmed. “Can’t say much. Maybe two letters ‘J’ and ‘BB’ is that three letters?” […]

Despite being on-screen rivals, Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. helped convince Chris Evans to take his MCU role. Evans played Captain America in the MCU from 2011-2019. Vanity Fair ran a story of alternate castings in the MCU. Turns out, Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’o auditioned for Guardians of the Galaxy roles prior to […]

Ubisoft partners with Interscope will be releasing a hype music video called Mirage to promote Ubisoft’s upcoming title Assassin’s Creed Mirage, with the music video performed by top 50 global artist OneRepublic featuring Mishall Tamer. The collaboration marks the first time Ubisoft gets to collaborate with a top 50 global artist and is aligned with […]

Black Panther stars the late Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong’o auditioned for two other marquee MCU roles. Had they landed them, they would’ve starred in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. In a new Vanity Fair story about alternate MCU castings, it was revealed that Boseman and Nyong’o auditioned for the roles of Drax […]

Foundation producer, director, and showrunner, David Goyer, revealed a scrapped Star Wars film directed by Guillermo del Toro. Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Goyer was asked about other sci-fi IPs he’d like to work on. He claimed that “dabbling in Star Wars would have been fun for me.” He then revealed that he […]

Michael Caine could finally be hanging up his boots. While not official, the actor may be somewhat retired. Speaking to The Telegraph, Caine revealed that he’s “sort of” retired. “I am bloody 90 now, and I can’t walk properly and all that,” Caine said. “I’ve had the best possible life I could have thought of.” […]

Popular WWE program Friday Night SmackDown will be making a major network shift. The show will soon jump over from Fox to USA Network, which is where Monday Night Raw currently resides. Starting in October 2024, SmackDown will now air on USA Network, leaving Fox (where the show has aired since 2019) in the dust. […]