During a lengthy interview with Variety promoting his new film, The Last Photograph, at the Toronto International Film Festival, the director addressed several assumptions frequently made by his critics. He also attempted to distance himself from the perception that he is somehow “right wing.”
Only weeks after Netflix leadership downplayed the idea of buying entertainment giants, the company now appears to be circling Warner Bros Discovery — a move that could represent the biggest power shift in Hollywood since Disney acquired Fox. According to Reuters reporting, Netflix has hired Moelis & Co. and gained access to sensitive financial data, actively exploring whether to make an offer for the famed WB studio and its streaming assets.
Earlier this year, Luscasfilm announced that it would be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope by re-releasing it on April 30th, 2027, and recently it was revealed that it would also have showings in IMAX.
Could the U.S. government shutdown ultimately harm Hollywood?
The government shutdown threatens to take away food stamps (discretionary income) and could gravely damage family movie money as a result. With Avatar: Fire and Ash coming in late and Stranger Things mostly playing on New Year’s in 2026, can the domestic box office even match the horrible totals for last year?
According to a That Park Place source close to Warner Bros. Discovery, CEO David Zaslav hosted a company-wide town hall this week that left many employees buzzing—not because of major announcements, but because of one surprising moment.
The plot just thickened in Disney’s battle with YouTube TV. As the two companies fight over carriage fees and threaten a blackout of ESPN, ABC, and FX, Disney has quietly completed a blockbuster deal that explains everything: it now owns a 70% controlling stake in Fubo, the sports-focused streaming service once seen as a challenger to Hulu + Live TV.
Will James Gunn continue as the co-head of DC Studios if parent company WBD is bought by Paramount? There are a lot of conflicting reports about what the future could hold for Gunn and the DC Universe.
Netflix announced on October 21st that it secured exclusive rights to adapt the iconic board game Catan into a broader entertainment franchise. The game was originally released as The Settlers of Catan in 1995. These projects will be the game’s first ever on-screen adaptations. This partnership with Asmodee, the game’s publisher, will include both scripted and unscripted projects.
When DC Studios first announced Lanterns as part of James Gunn’s new “Gods and Monsters” chapter, fans expected an epic cosmic detective series — a grounded, serious look at the Green Lantern Corps that would finally give Hal Jordan and John Stewart the screen treatment they both deserve.
DC Studios appears to be setting the stage for another massive showdown in its expanding cinematic universe. According to a new report from Nexus Point News, casting is currently underway for the lead villain in Man of Tomorrow, James Gunn’s follow-up to Superman—and early descriptions have fans convinced the next major DCU threat will be either Brainiac or Mongul.
There’s a major connection between the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the divisive Disney+ series The Acolyte.
Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker left theaters nearly six years ago and divided fans as part of the divisive sequel trilogy. A few years later, The Acolyte went into production for Disney+. One would think that showrunner Leslye Headland might have tried to distance herself from the sequel trilogy despite its canonical status.
The title of an upcoming project in the DC Universe (DCU) is Batman: The Brave and The Bold. But “brave” and “bold” weren’t exactly the qualities the Batman film’s director, Andy Muschietti, or his sister/producer, Barbara, conveyed in a recent interview.
Disney budgets continue to skyrocket as box office returns plummet. It was recently alleged that The Walt Disney Company paid screenwriter Scott Z. Burns a seven-figure sum — the highest in Lucasfilm history — for a script that will never be made.