Vin Diesel’s Richard B. Riddick once said, “You keep what you kill.” Apparently, in Hollywood, you can sometimes get a dead franchise in exchange for a favor.
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OPINION: Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby Mock and Laugh At Fantastic Four Source Material as Disney Clearly Learns Nothing From Rachel Zegler Disaster
In what’s becoming a troubling Hollywood tradition, yet another high-profile IP adaptation from Disney has its stars laughing at the very material they’re adapting. This time it’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps, where actress Vanessa Kirby revealed she and co-star Pedro Pascal shared a laugh over “outdated” portrayals of Sue Storm in classic comics.
Judge Orders Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni to Work Out Attempt to Drop Emotional Distress Claims, Rejects Lively’s Initial Request
The ongoing legal clash between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni took another turn Tuesday as a federal judge denied Lively’s request to dismiss two of her emotional distress claims on her own terms, instead instructing both parties to resolve the issue themselves.
Clint Eastwood Calls Interview Run in Hollywood Trades Where he Criticized Sequels and Remakes “Entirely Phony”
Legendary actor and director Clint Eastwood is pushing back against an interview cited in an article by journalist Elisabeth Sereda for Kurier, a German language newspaper published in Vienna, Austria. The original interview, which appeared on the Kurier website on Friday May 30th, was translated and aggregated across other platforms like Variety, Reuters, and Deadline.
The only problem was that Clint Eastwood, according to the legendary Western star himself, never gave an interview to Kurier.
Blake Lively Moves to Withdraw Emotional Distress Claims as Legal Battle With Justin Baldoni Heats Up
The legal saga between Blake Lively and It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni took another contentious turn this week, as new court filings reveal Lively is attempting to drop two key claims from her lawsuit—while resisting full dismissal with prejudice.
California Politicians Investigate Paramount’s Attempts to Settle with President Trump in Possible Effort to Pressure Skydance Away
The State of California is opening an investigation into Paramount's efforts to settle a $20 billion lawsuit with President Trump, but the reason for it may have little to do with actual fact-finding. Rather, politicians could be looking for a way to convince Skydance...
Trump Rejects Paramount’s $15M Settlement Offer, Demands Apology from CBS as Threat of Second Lawsuit Looms
Just days after reports emerged that Paramount had offered Donald Trump $15 million to settle his $20 billion CBS lawsuit over a 60 Minutes interview with then-candidate Kamala Harris, the deal appears to be off the table—for now.
Paramount Offers Settlement in Trump CBS Lawsuit Over 60 Minutes Segment as Skydance Merger Hangs by a Thread
After months of legal silence, Paramount/CBS has finally put serious money on the table, offering a settlement to President Donald Trump to end his explosive $20 billion lawsuit over a 60 Minutes segment aired during the 2024 election. The move marks a dramatic shift in the media giant’s stance—and may signal panic as the company fights to save its proposed merger with Skydance Media.
Avengers Doomsday Delay Could Cost Marvel Tens of Millions According to Former X-Men Creative Insiders
The recent delay of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars may be more than just a calendar shuffle. According to two former Marvel-affiliated creatives, the sudden shift in release dates could signal deeper issues behind the scenes — and the financial...
OPINION: Amazon Cancels Wheel of Time But Still Pretends Rings of Power Was a Hit With Transparent Syndication Plot
Amazon is at it again—just days after canceling the much maligned Wheel of Time, the company is trying to convince the world that The Rings of Power is still worth its weight in mithril. After burning through more than $1 billion and facing a mountain of critical and audience indifference, the company has now decided the best way to salvage their beleaguered Tolkien spin-off… is to bring The Rings of Power to syndication.
Former Dragon Age Lead Writer Praises ‘Expedition 33’ — Talks About Giving Games Time to “Cook” While Veilguard’s Failure Lurks in the Shadows
Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider is once again weighing in on the RPG genre, this time praising Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for achieving what few games manage: appealing to a niche while breaking into the mainstream. This of course immediately drew discussion on the utter implosion of Dragon Age with last year’s epic flop The Veilguard.
Disney Places Dozens of Venezuelan Employees on Unpaid Leave Following Supreme Court Ruling
Walt Disney Co. has begun placing Florida-based Venezuelan employees under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on unpaid leave after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to move forward with ending legal protections for these migrants. In an internal...
Marvel VFX Workers Ratify First Union Contracts as Disney Faces Fallout from Past Crunch Culture Allegations
In a historic move for Hollywood’s visual effects industry, VFX workers behind the scenes of Marvel Studios and the Avatar franchise have ratified their first union contracts—marking a major shift for a field long plagued by overwork and lack of representation.