Reactions to the premiere of The Mandalorian and Grogu are coming in (even if they're still embargoed)... and let's just say they're not good. Folks we've talked to have said it's a train wreck. It's a filler episode for a season never made from a TV show that jumped...
As the Paramount Warner Bros. bidding war nears its conclusion, a new report suggests the Ellison-led Paramount Skydance bid is nowhere close to surrendering — even if Warner Bros. Discovery ultimately leans toward Netflix.
In one of the biggest casting moves of the year, Deadline has confirmed that Scarlett Johansson is in final negotiations to join Matt Reeves’ The Batman Part II alongside Robert Pattinson.
With Warner Bros. Discovery officially on the market, one of the biggest questions has been what happens to James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios leadership is Paramount emerges the victor? Various reports have bounced between two extremes: rumors claiming Gunn would be fired immediately if Paramount takes over, and others insisting he would be entirely protected. Now, a new report from an industry insider seems to land somewhere in the middle — and it directly ties Paramount, James Gunn, and the broader future of the DCU together.
While doing press for his upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash, filmmaker James Cameron spoke out against generative AI. “They can make up an actor. They can make up a performance from scratch with a text prompt,” the director said on CBS Sunday Morning. “That’s horrifying to me.”
Move over, superheroes. The next big entertainment era may have less capes and a whole lot more talking cartoon animals. It’s the 1930s all over again!
The Matrix co-director Lilly Wachowski is once again taking aim at right-leaning audiences—this time by declaring that conservatives who use the term “red-pilled” are essentially embracing fascism. The comments surfaced during a recent interview highlighted by The Post Millennial, generating fresh debate about who really owns the cultural language surrounding The Matrix and whether its creators understand the modern meaning of the phrase they helped inspire.
The Wicked franchise has just released its two-part movie adaption. Now the book universe is getting an addition.
In a Hollywood landscape where taking even a neutral position on President Donald Trump can get an actor quietly iced out of projects, Avengers, Deadpool 2, and Dune star Josh Brolin just lobbed a truth grenade into the industry echo chamber.
Variety has published yet another report asserting that Paramount Skydance’s latest all-cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery is backed by Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, and Abu Dhabi’s ADIA. The timing is striking—not only because the Warner Bros. bidding war is heating up, but because Paramount already blasted this exact story last month.
For those of you who follow entertainment news religiously, nothing in this article should surprise you.
For those of you who, like me, had only really heard about AI and movies as a sort of nebulous, “someday in the future” concept … holy guacamole, the future is now (almost).
For months, industry watchers have speculated about who will finally succeed Bob Iger at Disney, and a clear frontrunner has now emerged. According to a detailed report from The Wall Street Journal, Josh D’Amaro—the chairman of Disney Experiences—has become the internal favorite to step into the top job as Disney CEO.
The Netflix Warner Bros. saga took another sharp turn this weekend as Reuters confirmed the streamer submitted a mostly-cash bid in the second round of binding offers for WBD. However, the streaming giant may still face enormous obstacles—even if its bid is competitive. According to reporting from the New York Post, high-level government officials have already indicated that they would oppose any Netflix acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds.