If Mark Ruffalo was angry about David Ellison's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery before, the latest development probably isn't going to make him feel any better. Paramount CEO David Ellison has reportedly considered approaching Elon Musk about becoming...
Mark Hamill is warning Hollywood about the “terrifying” future of AI performers. In a new Variety interview, the Star Wars veteran blasted the rise of synthetic actors as “ghastly,” “ghoulish,” and “weird.”
But the same man now decrying artificial actors has already been turned into one — at least partially — by Disney.
Paramount and Skydance’s controversial Star Trek: Starfleet Academy made a big splash at New York Comic Con — but not for the reason the studio intended. Among the lavish displays, massive booth installations, and preview imagery for the upcoming series, one photo has ignited heated discussion across the fanbase: a male Klingon character wearing a skirt.
What is Mattel, a toy company, going to do with artificial intelligence? That’s the question toy fans have been asking since last Monday’s OpenAI Developers Conference. OpenAI—the company behind ChatGPT and the AI video-generation platform Sora 2—announced a new partnership with Mattel to explore how artificial intelligence can speed up the toy design process.
The animatronics of Frozen Ever After are getting an update, going from their current projection-face style to sculpted faces, like those on the Frozen animatronics at Hong Kong Disneyland.
If the opening weekend for The Smashing Machine was bad, its second weekend box office drop was catastrophic.
When Keira Knightley told Decider that she was “not aware” of the J.K. Rowling gender politics controversies before signing on to play Professor Umbridge in Audible’s new Harry Potter: The Full Cast Audio Editions, it raised more than a few eyebrows. After all, Rowling’s public feud with gender activists has been one of the most heavily covered celebrity controversies of the past five years.
Doctor Who could be a dead show, never to return to the airwaves after a string of creative misses by its two most recent showrunners Chris Chibnall and Russell T Davies. Indeed, The Doctor may have survived Daleks, Cybermen, and the end of time itself — but can he survive modern television?
Hollywood’s next great media merger may have just hit its first major snag. According to a detailed report from Bloomberg, Warner Bros. Discovery has officially rejected Paramount Skydance’s initial offer to purchase the company — a bold move that signals confidence from Warner’s leadership and a potential bidding war ahead.
Rumors are swirling once again around DC Studios—and this time they point directly at co-CEO James Gunn. Matt McGloin of Cosmic Book News published a story alleging that Gunn could be fired if Warner Bros. Discovery is sold to Paramount Global (and its Skydance Media partner).
Disney’s long-awaited Tron: Ares has officially crashed on entry to the weekend box office. Despite heavy promotion and years of anticipation, the sci-fi sequel opened to just $33.5 million domestically and $60.5 million worldwide, according to AP News and Entertainment Weekly. For a film carrying a reported $180 million budget (which some outlets claims actually reached heights of over $200 million), those are alarming numbers.
Mattel is continuing development of a live-action Polly Pocket movie, though writer-director Lena Dunham is no longer involved. The company confirmed the film remains in active development despite her departure.
In October 2025, the media landscape was shaken when Paramount Skydance announced that it had acquired Bari Weiss’s media company, The Free Press, and appointed Weiss as editor-in-chief of CBS News: a newly created position meant to redefine the network’s editorial...