Mahershala Ali is opening up about the extraordinary amount of time, physical preparation, and professional opportunities he sacrificed waiting for Marvel Studios to make Blade — and he agrees with Kevin Feige's brutal assessment of the studio's failure to get the...
On January 18, Sphere Entertainment Co. and the State of Maryland announced plans to construct a smaller-scale model of the Las Vegas Sphere. Under the proposal, the new Sphere would be located in the National Harbor waterfront district. In 2009, Disney bought land in the area for a resort hotel.
Less Americans are watching content made by Disney, and that may just signal a huge problem for the House of Mouse. Disney’s share of total U.S. TV viewing has slipped over the past year in Nielsen’s “Media Distributor Gauge,” and the details of what did drive...
The possibility of Avengers: Secret Wars being split into two films appears increasingly likely. It’s a rumor that’s been circulating since May 2025, when sources told WDW Pro that the Russo Brothers and Marvel want to make Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars into a trilogy. At the time, Pro questioned if there were growing concerns at Marvel about the introduction of Doctor Doom and the overall health of the franchise.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel once again became visibly emotional on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week, breaking down in tears during a monologue addressing the killing of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti during an immigration enforcement operation involving federal agents...
The Avatar box office story is taking an unusual turn as a segment of the franchise’s most dedicated fans begin openly encouraging repeat theatrical viewings of Avatar: Fire and Ash in an effort to boost its global total. After five weekends in theaters, Fire and Ash...
Rose Tico actress Kelly Marie Tran is weighing in on the Kathleen Kennedy departure from Lucasfilm — and in doing so, she appears to frame the longtime executive’s exit less as a business or creative shift and more as a symbolic loss tied to identity and longevity....
A small vocal segment of the fandom is calling for a Star Wars Celebration boycott. The 2027 event is being organized by ReedPop, a subsidiary of RELX. The protesters argue that since RELX holds government contracts that work directly with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Star Wars community is being “used as a shield for corporate complicity in state violence.”
Disney CEO Bob Iger got a total pay package raise of 11.5% in 2025 to $45.8 million, a figure that has reignited debate over executive pay at a corporation struggling to find its footing amidst shifting media landscapes and operational turmoil. The briefing in...
For years, the assumption baked into Hollywood’s financial worldview was simple: scale wins. Theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, cable networks, broadcast television, and century-old intellectual property portfolios were supposed to be unbeatable advantages. Yet...
Disney’s unusual marketing strategy for Avengers: Doomsday seems to be paying off for Marvel in a big way. Marvel attached a character-focused teaser trailer to Avatar: Fire and Ash screenings over a four-week period. A few days after their theatrical debuts, the teasers were posted online. Insiders have told The Hollywood Reporter that the four teasers for next December’s entry in the MCU have already hit a combined 1.02 billion views across YouTube and social media.
In mid-January 2026, The Walt Disney Company deleted a post from an official social media account after the responses diverged sharply from what the company appeared to intend. Disney had asked its audience to share a quote from a Disney property that reflected how...
Speaking with Deadline in an exit interview, Kathleen Kennedy effectively acknowledged that Indiana Jones has no active future at Lucasfilm following the commercial collapse of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. During the interview, Deadline directly challenged...