Hollywood actor and activist Mark Ruffalo took aim at the proposed Paramount-Skydance merger this week, appearing before a U.S. Senate hearing to warn about what he described as serious consequences for the entertainment industry and media landscape. Ruffalo, speaking...
Hollywood promised that the summer of 2025 would be the big comeback. Bob Iger told Wall Street earlier this year that Marvel and Disney’s film slate would be the strongest since 2019 in terms of summer box office. Analysts across the trades said the industry could finally hit a $4 billion summer, marking the first real rebound since the 2020 lockdowns. The message was clear: after years of decline, Hollywood would deliver a box office season worth celebrating.
As every movie fan knows, the Pirates’ Code is more like guidelines. Now, we’ve learned that the Way of the Gunn (at least where it concerns the DC Universe) is more like “bullet points.”
The summer 2025 box office has wrapped, and the headlines will tell you that Disney came out on top. That’s technically true. But if we’re being honest, this “victory” says more about how dismal the competition was than about Disney’s strength. This was not a coronation. It was a race where everyone tripped over their shoelaces, and Disney just happened to hobble across the finish line first.
The summer box office is supposed to be Hollywood’s surest bet. Big-budget blockbusters, loaded with effects and franchise branding, are meant to draw in global crowds and deliver the kind of revenue that keeps the industry afloat. Instead, the 2025 summer box office season has ended not with fireworks but with alarm bells.
A new lawsuit could expose Disney for hypocrisy when it comes to gender messaging.
The Walt Disney Company has built an empire in recent years on the language of empowerment and virtue signaling. From turning Marvel into a “girl brand” to leaning hard into Force is Female “girl power” messaging across Star Wars and the theme parks, Disney has marketed itself as the corporate face of gender progress. Now, the company finds itself accused of something that cuts against that very image. A former top lawyer, Alisa Clairet, has filed a lawsuit against Disney in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging gender pay discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
Avengers: Doomsday is in production with still no script finalized. So how in the world are they filming months into the movie’s process with no finished roadmap? According to sources, it’s based on the idea of shooting big action sequences required for the film and then filling in narrative gaps in between. Some might say that’s called “knowing the beats without the reasons”.
Guillermo del Toro has made it clear that his recently released Netflix Frankenstein film isn’t a parable about artificial intelligence, despite speculation about an AI connection. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival ahead of the film’s premiere, the Oscar-winning director emphasized that the story is about human flaws, broken hearts, and the imperfection inherent in all of us.
The controversy surrounding the Snoop Dogg apology over his Disney Pixar Lightyear comments just took a bizarre new turn. What started as a blunt critique of Disney’s storytelling has spiraled into a cultural tug-of-war — and now, even Snoop’s own Instagram account is at the center of the storm.
The rappers reps have now claimed that despite originating on Snoop Dogg’s Instagram account and remaining up as of this writing, the apology was not written by Snoop himself.
James Gunn says he’s already done a 60-page outline for the next Superman movie. He’s scripting it now. The 2025 film hasn’t finished its run yet. Fans perked up. Hollywood rarely greenlights sequels this quickly; studios wait for ticket sales. Why the rush? And what does it say about Superman, the hero with the messiest sequel track record ever?
For a brief moment, Snoop Dogg was the unlikely voice of dissent in Hollywood. His blunt reaction to Disney Pixar’s Lightyear—where he admitted being caught off guard by a two moms subplot while watching with his grandson—went viral and resonated with countless families who felt the same way. But after days of media outrage, celebrity condemnations, political pressure, and network panic, the rapper has now walked it back.
According to sources at Deadline, Dave Bautista may soon face off against Henry Cavill in Amazon MGM Studios’ Highlander reboot. Bautista, a former WWE wrestler who’s made a name for himself as an actor, most recently in Dune: Part 2 and The Killer’s Game, will likely be playing The Kurgan in Highlander, a character first played by Clancy Brown in 1986.
Could Tyler Hoechlin go from Superman to Batman in the DCU?
The new DC Universe under James Gunn is still taking shape, and one of the biggest unanswered questions is who will don the cape and cowl as Batman. While Robert Pattinson continues to star in Matt Reeves’ The Batman franchise in its own separate continuity, Gunn’s rebooted DCU will feature a brand-new Dark Knight in The Brave and the Bold. Casting speculation has been rampant—but this weekend, a surprising contender threw his name into the ring.