James Gunn is not secretly torching DC in a warehouse. He does not need to. He is doing something more ordinary, and more expensive: treating the characters as raw material for his own taste, then acting surprised when the market does not clap. That is the pattern...
On Wednesday, former Mandalorian star Gina Carano highlighted a striking similarity between a new marketing slogan for Andor Season 2 and one of her own previous tweets. In a post on X, Carano pointed out that the phrase “Welcome to the Rebellion,” prominently used in Andor’s promotional campaign, mirrors her own previous post and also the slogan.
It’s not loud. It’s not dramatic. But it’s real: Hollywood is quietly collapsing. For all the glitz, premieres, and red carpets that still dot Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles—the beating heart of the American entertainment industry—is bleeding out in silence. Beneath...
In what might be one of the clearest signs of desperation from legacy media, the San Francisco Chronicle recently published an article dredging up a three-decade-old scene from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York — all for the purpose of landing another punch on...
Believe it or not, in their misguided quest to find new ways to entice customers back into movie houses the exhibitors are getting more and more crazed and deluded.
I mentioned in my previous piece how it wasn’t the “aeroplanes” of screen size, sound, or “exclusive windows” before they go online or other enhancements that killed the movie biz but the lack of “beauty” in the crummy movies themselves.
But now, it seems, something new has been added to the mix of mayhem: MINECRAFT is spurring a whole new round of in-theater antics thanks to that dubious ChiCom gift to the world called TikTok.
One of the most puzzling omissions from Universal Studios’ newly announced UK theme park is arguably its most globally recognized franchise: Harry Potter. With a 476-acre resort now confirmed for Bedfordshire, just an hour north of London, and concept art revealing lands potentially tied to Jurassic Park, Shrek, and Back to The Future, fans were quick to notice what wasn’t there—and that’s Hogwarts.
In recent years, a growing trend has taken root in Hollywood adaptations: strong female characters are often made more “masculine” in presentation. Traits like stoicism, physical toughness, and emotional restraint have increasingly defined the modern female hero, as...
Marvel's next big film is on track to be the worst performing MCU since The Marvels. It could be the canary in the coal mine, truly. By all available metrics, Thunderbolts is shaping up to be a full-scale alarm bell for The Walt Disney Company. The anti-hero ensemble...
This week, Disney Parks Blog released new concept art and design plans for a reimagined Grand Floridian Resort lobby. The changes are being sold as a “refurbishment,” a light refresh meant to breathe new life into the resort. But what’s really happening is far more insidious: Disney is dismantling one of its most elegant, timeless spaces and replacing it with something entirely ordinary that’s soaked in alcohol.
Per Hasbro’s CEO Chris Cocks, they have announced that as of 2025 they will be moving away from physical toys while focusing more on digital play (i.e. video games). Since that time we’ve paradoxically seen one of the largest toymakers in the world begin to license out their properties to other toymakers to produce.
I’m not the CEO of a multi-million dollar company, so it may not be my place to say, but as a toy collector I feel that this is a mis-step on the part of Hasbro and its CEO. At the same time, unfortunately I can understand why they feel forced to go this route, and it has to do with both the mistakes they have made as well as those of their partners.
PlayStation 5 release of MachineGames Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, has entertained gamers on many platforms... including our own author, Frank, here at That Park Place. However, the physical edition’s storage requirements have sparked a minor controversy,...
So yeah, we’re raising massive tariff’s on Chinese manufactured goods, and yeah, a lot of them have to do with toys and park merch (and popcorn buckets) and it means such things will cost more to get to these shores. But DOES that obligate a huge price rise where your...
Nintendo’s next-generation console, the Switch 2, is officially launching at a retail price of $449.99—just $50 shy of Sony’s PlayStation 5. But while that price point puts it within striking distance of true next-gen hardware, early reports indicate that the Switch 2 will perform at roughly the same level as a PS4, a console that originally launched back in 2013 for $399.99 and now sells used for under $200.