Dave Filoni apparently isn't finished with the MandoVerse on the big screen despite the failure of The Mandalorian & Grogu movie. Despite The Mandalorian & Grogu delivering a deeply disappointing theatrical performance earlier this year, Filoni's long-planned...
Captain America: Brave New World has managed to hold onto the #1 spot at the box office for a third weekend in a row, but there’s little to celebrate. The film brought in just $15 million domestically—a staggering 85% drop from its opening weekend and a 46% decline from its second weekend, making its top of the chart status more an indictment on the current state of Hollywood that an accolade for the troubled movie.
Although the 2025 Oscars were tepid in their TDS, issues from the era of DEI still remained a strong force in the background. A requirement for diversity across a broad spectrum of creative and technical rubrics meant that many movies and documentaries that Americans loved were simply “unfit” for Hollywood’s biggest night. Americans, of course, give the ultimate award with money and viewership.
Hulu subscribers expecting a seamless Oscars viewing experience were left frustrated Sunday night as the Disney-owned streaming service suffered major outages and—worse—cut off its live broadcast before the most anticipated awards of the evening were announced.
The 97th Academy Awards AKA the Oscars, made headlines, not for grand political statements, but for what was missing—any mention of President Donald Trump.
While Hollywood has long relished taking jabs at the current president, this year’s ceremony was eerily silent on political matters. Despite being one of the longest Oscar broadcasts in recent history, not a single presenter, winner, or host uttered Trump’s name. A stark contrast to years past, when late-night comedians and Hollywood elites openly ridiculed him at every opportunity.
Few studios have experienced a more tumultuous journey in recent years than Monolith Productions. In October 2017, they released the second game in their Middle-earth series. This was a major critical and commercial success that sold over 10 million copies—a feat comparable to a blockbuster sweeping the box office.
There’s a great hullaballoo going on about the Disney news that park admission prices may implement a “new” “Surge Pricing” formula designed to follow crowd patterns, making the cost of tickets go UP when demand is high (and, the implication—ONLY an implication with ZERO actual statement of this) and, go DOWN when demand is slack.
In feel-good news, Warwick Davis won the highest honor of prize at the BAFTA Film Awards: the Fellowship prize.
Warwick Davis is known for many roles throughout cinema. His most notable characters are Professor Flitwick and Griphook in Harry Potter, Willow in Willow, and the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
The legal battle between YouTube personality Smash JT and former Kotaku Senior Editor Alyssa Mercante has taken another turn, with Mercante’s legal team filing a response to Ron Coleman’s motion to dismiss her lawsuit.
CNN took another credibility hit this week after it seemingly ran defense for Kathleen Kennedy in what now appears to have been a blatant PR move, according to information shared by Puck’s Matt Belloni. The network published an article contradicting Puck’s report that Kennedy is planning her exit from Lucasfilm—citing a vague, anonymous “source close to the situation” who claimed there was “nothing there right now.”
Now, Belloni has exposed exactly who that source likely was—Kennedy’s personal publicist, Simon Halls.
The ongoing Kathleen Kennedy leaving Star Wars saga has taken an amusing turn as two Hollywood journalists, Puck’s Matt Belloni and Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr., are now publicly feuding over the story of her rumored exit from Lucasfilm.
It’s an uneasy time for Doctor Who. With growing speculation that the series could be shelved after its next season and uncertainty surrounding Disney+’s long-term commitment, fans are left wondering whether the TARDIS is about to go dark. Now, another piece of Doctor Who’s legacy has come to an end, as The Mill, the visual effects studio responsible for the revived series’ early VFX success, has officially shut down after 35 years.
After weeks of speculation about Kathleen Kennedy and her rumored retirement Lucasfilm, Deadline has now published an exclusive interview in which Kennedy flatly denies she is leaving anytime soon. This comes after Puck first reported that Disney was planning for her departure by the end of 2025, with The Hollywood Reporter and Variety following suit.