Recent reports in business and gaming media have sparked discussion about whether The Walt Disney Company is considering acquiring Epic Games, the developer of Fortnite. This is not the first time the idea has been rumored, but recent comments seem to show that Disney...
For years, Disney has been accused of alienating men and boys, the very audience that once made Marvel and Star Wars global juggernauts. Now, according to a Variety exclusive, the company is quietly admitting its mistake. Executives are instructing their film division to create content specifically targeted at Gen Z males—boys and young men between the ages of 13 and 28, who Disney has been pushing away for years.
The Muppets are going to Broadway, but not in any way that should excite longtime fans.
Disney has finally answered the question everyone was asking since they closed the door on MuppetVision 3D: “What’s next for the Muppets?” The answer, apparently, is licensing them out to a magician for a Broadway magic show.
Disney’s Marvel Studios is pulling the plug on Georgia as a production hub, and the fallout is already being felt across the state. Once hailed as the “Hollywood of the South,” Georgia built its entertainment economy around Marvel blockbusters like Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Black Panther.
Disney’s Snow White remake was supposed to be a surefire hit. Instead, it became one of the studio’s most controversial misfires in years. The film was dogged by criticism before release, marred by political firestorms during promotion, and ultimately collapsed at the box office. Now, Gal Gadot—the actress behind the Evil Queen—has drawn renewed attention to Snow White after candidly suggesting that anti-Israel backlash was to blame for the movie’s failure.
For the last week, the internet has been set ablaze with Avengers: Doomsday cast rumors. One day, Spider-Man is reportedly in the movie. The next, Hulk. Then, out of nowhere, outlets insist Steve Rogers is returning alongside Deadpool, Ironheart, and She-Hulk. Depending on which “scoop” you believe, Doomsday might contain every Marvel character that’s ever existed plus a few extras for good measure.
Marvel fans may want to keep their expectations in check when it comes to the Merc with a Mouth. Two of Hollywood’s top trade outlets — The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline — are publishing directly contradictory claims about whether Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool will appear in Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars.
In what has become a troubling pattern for Disney in 2025, the studio’s latest release, Freakier Friday, has debuted to underwhelming box office results, adding to a string of films that have failed to live up to expectations.
The sequel to the 2003 body-swap comedy, featuring returning stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, opened with $28.6 million domestically over the August 8-10 weekend, falling short of higher-end projections that ranged from $35 million to $45 million.
Netflix and Sony’s KPop Demon Hunters has exploded in popularity, absolutely shredding many big budget Disney animation projects in recent years.
Marvel Studios’ latest superhero entry, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, experienced a significant 60% decline in its third weekend at the domestic box office, grossing an estimated $15.5 million.
Are you—or maybe your kids—fans of Disney’s Descendants? Over the past decade, a group of stylish, singing, teenaged villains-in-training has quietly (and now loudly) taken the Disney fandom by storm. And the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.
Attendees at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) got a big surprise at the Star Wars booth. According to an official display on the show floor, Anakin Skywalker only “had the potential to become the most powerful Jedi ever.” That same phrase has been added to the...
Disney and Lucasfilm have reached a settlement with actress Gina Carano, who filed a lawsuit against the companies for discrimination and wrongful termination following her dismissal from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian.