Poe Dameron’s line in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, “Somehow, Palpatine returned,” was apparently added in a reshoot. According to Oscar Isaac, who was tasked with delivering this key bit of exposition, he never considered that it might spark fan backlash and become an internet meme.
Fans can now add another title to the long list of Star Wars projects that failed to launch. In an interview with the Associated Press, Adam Driver, who played Kylo Ren (later revealed to be Ben Solo) in the Star Wars sequels that started with The Force Awakens, said he and director Steven Soderbergh spent two years independently developing a Star Wars movie called The Hunt for Ben Solo before presenting it to Lucasfilm and Disney executives.
In an interview on The Playlist’s Bingeworthy podcast, director Andy Muschietti reflected on the poor reception to 2023’s The Flash, his DC Extended Universe (DCEU) movie and, unsurprisingly, blamed the fans and internet hate.
Warner Bros. Discovery may soon look very different from the company that merged just three years ago. In an internal email sent Monday morning, CEO David Zaslav confirmed to employees that the company’s board of directors has begun a formal process to evaluate a broad range of strategic options—including potential sales, mergers, or structural separations.
In a forceful public rebuke, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has formally rejected OpenAI’s newly unveiled video-generation tool, Sora 2, warning that its adoption poses “serious and harmful risks” to the intellectual property of artists, performers, writers, and other creative professionals.
There’s a new report out of Deadline about how much money noted box office flop Tron: Ares will lose for Disney, but we’re afraid it may have “de-rezzed” the true statistics just a bit. Whereas Deadline is claiming the movie will lost $132M+ for The Walt Disney Company, the total could come all the way up to more than a quarter billion dollars. And the reason for it is a cute little smoke-and-mirrors accounting trick we’re excited to expose for you!
Disney has worn its share of very expensive bruises at the box office. Prior to the post-pandemic trend of losing money on major blockbusters, Disney would often react strongly to a public failure. John Carter and The Lone Ranger are the two canonical examples that triggered boardroom autopsies and strategy pivots.
KPop Demon Hunters is continuing up, up, up this year as the Netflix streaming musical sensation has taken 6 of the top 10 Halloween costumes spots this year.
After Marvel’s tumultuous announcement that Jake Schreier will be directing the X-Men reboot film, it seems the ever patient fans might finally have some good news, as an alleged release date has been revealed. According to a report from World of Reel, Jeff Sneider shared on The Hot Mic that Marvel’s X-Men is set to release at the beginning of the summer season, on May 5, 2028.
Gloria Estefan claims Rachel Zegler will play her in an upcoming biopic. The only problem is that the movie doesn’t exist and no role has been offered. Plus, after the Snow White disaster, is Rachel Zegler really Hollywood’s choice for anything?
Netflix is reissuing a sing‑along version of KPop Demon Hunters in theaters over Halloween weekend, and this time AMC is participating. The reissue is timed amid comparatively weak box office momentum in October 2025.
Impossible Creatures, a fantasy novel by British author Katherine Rundell, was published in 2024 and is now being adapted into a movie series by Disney. The story follows Christopher, a young boy who discovers a hidden passage to a magical archipelago filled with mythical beings—dragons, unicorns, and other legendary creatures. Along with his friend Mal, Christopher must uncover the mystery behind why the island’s creatures are dying and what dark force threatens this enchanted world.
The Walt Disney Company appears ready to drop “Diversity Equity and Inclusion” in favor of “belonging.” After a tumultuous upheaval at the House of Mouse following the last presidential election, in which controversial programs like “Reimagine Tomorrow” were purged from the entertainment juggernaut, Disney is retooling employee outreach next week with a program all about “belonging” rather than DEI.