The gaming press just can’t help itself. This week, GameRant published an article claiming Hogwarts Legacy 2 must follow its instructions to avoid the same “boycott” that allegedly haunted the first game. It’s a claim so absurd it borders on parody — because Hogwarts Legacy sold over 34 million copies.
If the opening weekend for The Smashing Machine was bad, its second weekend box office drop was catastrophic.
When Keira Knightley told Decider that she was “not aware” of the J.K. Rowling gender politics controversies before signing on to play Professor Umbridge in Audible’s new Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions, it raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, Rowling’s public feud with gender activists has been one of the most heavily covered celebrity controversies of the past five years.
Doctor Who could be a dead show, never to return to the airwaves after a string of creative misses by its two most recent showrunners Chris Chibnall and Russell T Davies. Indeed, The Doctor may have survived Daleks, Cybermen, and the end of time itself — but can he survive modern television?
Hollywood’s next great media merger may have just hit its first major snag. According to a detailed report from Bloomberg, Warner Bros. Discovery has officially rejected Paramount Skydance’s initial offer to purchase the company — a bold move that signals confidence from Warner’s leadership and a potential bidding war ahead.
Rumors are swirling once again around DC Studios—and this time they point directly at co-CEO James Gunn. Matt McGloin of Cosmic Book News published a story alleging that Gunn could be fired if Warner Bros. Discovery is sold to Paramount Global (and its Skydance Media partner).
Disney’s long-awaited Tron: Ares has officially crashed on entry to the weekend box office. Despite heavy promotion and years of anticipation, the sci-fi sequel opened to just $33.5 million domestically and $60.5 million worldwide, according to AP News and Entertainment Weekly. For a film carrying a reported $180 million budget (which some outlets claims actually reached heights of over $200 million), those are alarming numbers.
Guests at Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights got a shocking surprise this week when WWE superstar Alexa Bliss emerged from the darkness — not in the ring, but inside one of this year’s most talked-about haunted houses: “WWE Presents: The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks.”
Disney’s live-action Tangled remake is reportedly back in motion after a quiet pause earlier this year — and Scarlett Johansson may soon join the project in a key villain role.
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In one of the most delightful twists of Oscars awards season, indie studio IFC has unleashed an open letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — signed not by a publicist or a producer, but by a dog.
The Elon Musk Netflix investigation story has taken a new turn. For the first time since the billionaire’s “Cancel Netflix” campaign began trending, a senior Netflix executive has publicly addressed the wider content controversy.