Hollywood's revolving door for scandal scarred executives just spun again and the timing couldn't be worse for the biggest media merger in years. Jeff Shell, who got booted as CEO of NBCUniversal in 2023 after an internal probe confirmed an inappropriate relationship...
Lucasfilm may still be waving the James Mangold flag when it comes to his announced Star Wars movie Dawn of the Jedi, but a closer look at the director’s recent moves reveals a very different story. While Disney continues to promote the origin-of-the-Force film as a pillar of the franchise’s future, Mangold appears to be everywhere except a galaxy far, far away.
The quiet feud inside Lucasfilm may not be so quiet anymore. Following a recent podcast that exposed Dave Filoni’s alleged gatekeeping of the Star Wars franchise, Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy is making it clear—he’s not playing by Filoni’s rules. In fact, he’s rewriting them.
A bombshell allegation is making the rounds in the entertainment world—one that might finally explain the creative logjam at Lucasfilm. According to a new report, Dave Filoni could be gatekeeping Star Wars, rejecting pitches that don’t align with his vision of what Star Wars should be.
Pixar’s next big release, Elio, is shaping up to be one of the most expensive animated films ever made—with sources now estimating its production cost at nearly $300 million before marketing. That eye-watering figure puts the Elio budget in the same cost bracket as major live-action blockbusters, and far beyond what’s typical for an animated feature—even by Pixar standards.
Earlier reports suggesting Matt Reeves was no longer director for The Batman: Part 2 have now been officially corrected, following a direct response from DC Studios co-head James Gunn.
After a listing in Production Weekly omitted Reeves’ name as director—listing him only as the screenwriter—speculation ran wild that Reeves had stepped away from the project entirely. The omission reignited concerns due to previous delays and ongoing rumors regarding Reeves’ personal circumstances.
However, those rumors were put to rest this week.
The surprises surrounding James Gunn’s Superman keep piling up—and they’re not all about flight, strength, or truth and justice. First came the leaked plot about mutant monkeys and Twitter trolls. Now? Gunn himself has confirmed that in his version of Superman, Clark Kent grew up in a trailer.
After a lackluster debut, Thunderbolts is showing some staying power in its second weekend drop at the box office — at least by recent Marvel standards.
Marvel Studios’ latest team-up flick pulled in $33.1 million domestically this weekend, bringing its 10-day North American total to $128.5 million and a global tally of $272.2 million. That’s not blockbuster-tier success for the once-dominant Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the drop from its opening weekend offers a glimmer of hope for a studio in desperate need of it.
When Disney released the first trailer for the Lilo & Stitch live-action remake, long-time fans noticed a curious detail. Pleakley, the beloved Lilo & Stitch comic relief character, looked a little different.
Disney’s baffling decision to re-release its live-action Snow White remake this past weekend has resulted in one of the most humiliating flops the studio has ever experienced — and that’s saying something in the post-Wish era.
Initially intended as a crowd-puller for Mother’s Day weekend, Snow White was dropped into over 1,300 theaters across the United States. The result? A pathetic haul of just over $200k, averaging just $50 per theater.
In an entertainment industry where press tours increasingly double as political soapboxes, Tom Cruise just proved that a movie star can still stay focused on the movie. During a press conference in Seoul promoting Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, the man many call “the last real movie star” was asked a pointed question about President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on films produced outside the United States.
This week, The Hollywood Reporter ran a smug editorial by Patrick Brzeski blaming President Donald Trump for the film industry’s diminishing appeal on the world stage. The argument? That the rise of Trump-era foreign policy has made international audiences recoil from American heroes and, by extension, American movies.
In a recent BuzzFeed UK interview, actor Alan Cumming—who famously portrayed Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United—spoke candidly (and maybe a little too freely) about returning to the superhero genre in Avengers: Doomsday. But one offhand comment in particular set off a frenzy online.