FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is now publicly arguing that ABC’s long-running daytime talk show The View should be held to equal time standards if the network intends to continue classifying the program as a legitimate news or public affairs broadcast. The comments come...
Tatiana Maslany just can’t seem to let She-Hulk: Attorney at Law go. In a new interview with Newsweek, Maslany praised the show’s writers for “predicting toxic fan responses” and weaving that backlash into the series itself. One might normally stop short of praising the writers of a show that failed as spectacularly as She-Hulk given that they objectively failed in their one and only goal, but Maslany loves to blame “toxic fans” for the fact that she’s no longer a super hero.
The Dark Tower is a sprawling, genre-blending epic that follows Roland Deschain, the last gunslinger, on his quest to reach the mysterious Dark Tower—a structure said to be the linchpin of all existence. Stephen King mixed elements of fantasy, horror and Westerns into the series. Among all his works, The Dark Tower stands out as one of his most ambitious. Many consider it his magnum opus.
Marvel Studios had high hopes for Daredevil: Born Again, positioning it as a major revival of the Netflix-era Daredevil series and a key effort to win back longtime fans. However, despite Variety and Disney painting the numbers as a success, a closer look reveals a starkly different story.
According to Disney, Daredevil: Born Again drew 7.5 million views in its first five days. Variety calls this a “strong launch,” but in reality, this number falls well below expectations for a series of this magnitude.
Disney’s inability to manage its streaming services is becoming a recurring theme. Just weeks after Hulu’s Oscars debacle, where viewers were locked out of the final awards of the night, ESPN+ suffered a catastrophic failure during UFC 313 that has led to bad blood with members of the TKO board.
Deadline has now confirmed part of the recent rumor: Jon Favreau is indeed working on a Disney+ series based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. The animation/live-action hybrid project will be written and produced by Favreau under Walt Disney Studios. While this doesn’t confirm the rumored Epic Mickey or Kingdom Hearts projects said to be connected to Oswald, it does lend credence to the idea that Disney is giving Favreau more creative freedom within the company.
HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series has made a controversial casting decision, with Deadline confirming that Paapa Essiedu has been selected to portray Severus Snape. This move fundamentally alters one of J.K. Rowling’s most explicitly described characters, disregarding the author’s detailed portrayal in favor of Warner Bros. Discovery’s ongoing push for so-called “inclusivity.”
A recent claim from scooper MyTimeToShineHello has set the internet ablaze, suggesting that Jon Favreau—best known for his work on Iron Man, The Lion King, and The Mandalorian—has been tapped to build a shared Disney universe, starting with a big-budget Oswald the Lucky Rabbit hybrid animation/live-action series for Disney+. From there, the rumor states that Epic Mickey, Kingdom Hearts, and even Favreau’s long in production film Magic Kingdom could be in development.
It’s finally here. The long-dead, much-maligned Powerpuff Girls CW series Powerpuff has surfaced in the form of a leaked trailer, and it’s somehow even worse than expected. This ill-fated live-action adaptation of The Powerpuff Girls has been an industry punchline for years, but now we can all witness just how misguided the project truly was. If you thought the idea of a gritty, angst-ridden take on Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup was bad in theory, it’s so much worse when you see how it looks in action.
The Walt Disney Company is set to eliminate approximately 200 positions within the ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks division, according to reports. The staff reductions, expected to be communicated to employees as early as Wednesday, represent nearly 6% of the combined workforce of these two units.
Once a celebrated hallmark of cinematic excellence, the Oscars have deteriorated into a diminished version of their former glory—a transformation accelerated by the implementation of diversity and inclusion standards in 2024.
The debut episode of Win or Lose, Pixar’s latest Disney+ series, has made waves by introducing Laurie, the first openly Christian character in a Disney project in nearly two decades. The show’s approach appears to reflect a shift toward more traditional storytelling, avoiding the divisive narratives that have contributed to some of Disney’s recent box office failures.
While Disney has officially positioned the cancellation of its Tiana animated series on Disney+ as part of a shift toward short-form animation, insider sources tell That Park Place there’s much more going on behind the scenes. According to sources familiar with Disney Animation, the project’s demise is part of a broader effort to remove former Disney Animation Chief Creative Officer Jennifer Lee’s hires from the studio following her demotion back in September.