The battle between Paramount and California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the studio’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery does not appear close to ending. As Hollywood waits for the dispute to play out in court, a new report examines what could happen to WBD if the deal collapses.
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.
The Zootopia 2 box office has delivered a major jolt to a movie industry desperate for good news. Disney’s long-awaited sequel blasted out of the gate with $39.5 million in its first full day of release, instantly establishing itself as the dominant film of the Thanksgiving corridor.
Disney fans spotted an unexpected voice in Zootopia 2 this Thanksgiving weekend, as Disney CEO Bob Iger made a cameo appearance. Iger was inserted briefly into the sequel with a quick cameo as a tiger weatherman named, fittingly, “Bob Tiger.”
Actor Simu Liu lashed out at the film industry Sunday night. Using his Threads account, the star of Marvel’s Shang-Chi wrote, “Put some Asians in literally anything right now.” He followed that with a claim that Asian representation on screen is backsliding, which he finds “appalling.”
In a twist nobody had on their Hollywood bingo card, Rush Hour 4 is finally happening — and yes, it’s the Rush Hour 4 President Trump reportedly pushed for behind the scenes.