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...
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.
China’s long-standing love affair with talking-animal films has become one of the most reliable patterns in the global box office, repeatedly turning anthropomorphic stories into runaway hits. Disney first witnessed the phenomenon in a major way with The Lion King (2019), which roared to over $120 million in China thanks to its photorealistic animal cast and nostalgic appeal.
Discussions surrounding Ariana Grande and her health picked up again the last few months as online memes about her and Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo circulated across social platforms. The renewed attention prompted Grande to reshare a past message on her Instagram Story addressing commentary about her appearance—without directly responding to any specific post or meme.
What’s one more legacy sequel? Macaulay Culkin, who famously played Kevin McCallister in the first two Home Alone movies, says he “wouldn’t be completely allergic” to returning for a third true Home Alone sequel (we’ll pretend the others never happened).
Senior White House officials are raising major red flags over the Netflix bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, and those concerns may effectively knock the streamer out of the running before the next round of offers even lands on the table. The conversation around Netflix and Warner Bros. has rapidly shifted from speculation to skepticism, as officials inside President Trump’s administration now view the potential merger as a looming antitrust headache.
Wicked: For Good saw a steep second weekend box office drop amid huge competition during the holiday weekend. The Universal musical stormed into theaters with a stronger debut than the original Wicked, which many saw as a promising start for Universal’s two-part adaptation of the beloved Broadway hit. But as the dust settles on the Thanksgiving frame, a worrying trend is emerging: that second weekend plunge.
Disney has finally landed a certifiable global animated hit in 2025, and it comes from a franchise many assumed had been dormant too long to matter. Zootopia 2 has erupted across the international marketplace, with the opening holiday 5-day weekend box office surging past the half-billion mark thanks primarily to China’s astounding turnout.
The mystery surrounding who Sadie Sink is playing in Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to grow.
In a sit-down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss Stranger Things season 5, the young actress said that she knows how to keep a secret.
According to hints from director Shawn Levy, his upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter will be unlike anything fans have seen before. Levy is clear that the “do something new” mandate isn’t something he demanded before coming on board, but is an instruction coming from Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy to avoid legacy Star Wars characters.
Am I going to have to eat crow when I said that Zootopia 2 would not break $500 million globally in its first weekend? Well... probably not. But the Chinese zeal for Judy and Nick is so wild that anything just might be possible. And that's why, after having spoken...
For months, online speculation has circulated that Netflix would swoop into the Warner Bros. bidding war, take control of DC, and somehow resurrect Zack Snyder’s original failed superhero universe. It’s a dramatic idea, the kind of rumor that lights up social media and generates clicks. But it runs into one tiny problem: the same company supposedly planning a Snyder cinematic renaissance is also shutting down Snyder projects left and right. If anything, the pattern forming at Netflix looks far more like Zack Snyder being canceled than Zack Snyder being restored in any meaningful way.
James Cameron is one of the few filmmakers left who can still move global audiences on name recognition alone. But even the “king of the world” isn’t immune to modern theatrical realities — and now he’s openly acknowledging that the entire Avatar franchise may hinge on the Avatar Fire and Ash box office performance this December.