The Crow Reboot Picked Up by Lionsgate, Will Be Released in 2024

The long-awaited reboot ofThe Crowfranchise has received a hugely promising update today, as the Bill Skarsgård-led movie has now been picked up by Lionsgate in a reported eight-figure deal with the studio planning to release the movie in 2024. Lionsgate has now purchased the domestic rights toThe Crowreboot, which will star It actor Bill Skarsgård as the titular avenging angel alongside singer-songwriter andHoneyboystar FKA Twigs. The report comes viaDeadline, who have revealed that Lionsgate picked up the rights at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival market, with CAA Media Finance handling the deal....

June 3, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Brittany Adams

The Mustang Review: A Powerful Story of Redemption

The Mustangis a simple, but powerful film about hope and redemption. In a cinema landscape cluttered with big budget CGI spectacles, a troubled man’s connection with an untamed horse is a hidden gem. Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts is unrecognizable as a hardened prisoner. He delivers a quiet performance with moments of tense explosiveness.The Mustangis the feature length debut from French actress and screenwriter Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Kudos to this European tandem for telling a uniquely American story....

June 3, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Cynthia Aguilar

The Thankless Job of a Hollywood Movie Cat Wrangler, Explained

You can’t herd cats, the idiom goes. While not technically true, trying to train a feline is not nearly as easy a task as training a dog, horse, or pig to leap on command or pretend to like its Homo sapien co-star. Those animals are more social pack animals. Cats? They’d rather sleep in the wheel well of your car than next to you. That hasn’t stopped thousands of professionals, and some average folks, from enlisting their pets into casts of movies and TV shows....

June 3, 2025 · 5 min · 1065 words · Brandon Calhoun

This MCU Role Recast Confirms Fan-Favorite Anti-Hero Joining Upcoming Series

The upcomingVisionseries on Disney+ just announced some exciting casting news, including recasting an Academy Award nominee and also the confirmation of a fan-favorite anti-hero joining the franchise. While all eyes are onThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsand the upcoming releases ofSpider-Man: Brand New DayandAvengers: Doomsday, the television side of theMarvel Cinematic Universeis still going strong, and one of the most anticipated series isVision, under the working titleVision Quest. Overseen byStar Trek: Picard’s Terry Matalas,Visionwill pick up with the story of the reprogrammed White Vision last seen inWandaVisionback in 2021....

June 3, 2025 · 3 min · 523 words · David Brewer

Weinstein Threatened to Replace Peter Jackson with Tarantino on Lord of the Rings?

Quentin TarantinodirectingLord of the Rings? One can only imagine what that might look like, but in an alternate reality not too far from our own, this could have happened. According to a newly released book, Harvey Weinstein, who was involved in the production of Peter Jackson’sLord of the Ringstrilogy, reportedly threatened to replace Jackson with thePulp Fictiondirector over disagreements during the development phase. This reveal comes from a new book titled Anything You Can Imagine:Peter Jackson& The Making of Middle-Earth....

June 3, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Sherri Evans

What's Up with Force Ghosts in Star Wars?

Ever since we first heard Obi-Wan Kenobi calling to Luke Skywalker from beyond the grave, we began to understand just what the old Jedi Master meant when he told his former pupil turned rival, “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can imagine.” Force Spirits are one of the coolest things aboutStar Wars. So what’s up with them, anyway? Decades before people were screaming “YourSnoke TheorySucks” at each other, one of the greatest mysteries inStar Warswas this: why was it that both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda disappeared at death, but Darth Vader did not?...

June 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1168 words · Brooke Johnson

Why a Pokemon Live-Action Movie Won't Happen Anytime Soon

Last week, The Pokemon Company and Nintendo launched the wildly popularPokemonGo augmented reality app, which has quickly become the biggest mobile game in U.S. history. Just a few days ago, we reported that Legendary Pictures is working on a deal for a live-actionPokemon movie, although the deal is far from being finalized. A new report surfaced today which claims that, despite the massive success of the game, both The Pokemon Group and Nintendo may not be willing to license their property out for a movie adaptation....

June 3, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Kelly Foster

Zombieland 2 Video Game Is Coming Before Double Tap Hits Theaters

GameMill Entertainment and High Voltage Software have announcedZombieland Double Tapvideo gameRoad Trip, which will tie-in to the events of the upcoming movie sequel. It’s been a decade since we last encountered the likes of Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock in the first Zombieland. Now, with the long-awaited follow-up mere months away, fans have even more reason to be excited as they will be able to get in on the action personally with this new game....

June 3, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Lisa Gonzalez

'A Minecraft Movie' Breaks All-Time Box Office Record for Video Game Films

A Minecraft Movieis overcoming a much-hated first-look teaser trailer and is on a path to box office glory. Based on the worldwide best-selling video game,A Minecraft Moviewas projected to have an opening weekend of around $60 million, putting it in the top five highest opening weekends for a movie based on a video game. If the Thursday night screenings are anything to go by,A Minecraft Moviemight have a bigger opening weekend than expected....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · Jim Lynch

10 Best Underrated Anime Series To Binge In a Day

Anime, the brilliant Japanese art form, has become so vast and is so rapidly evolving, that audiences are now familiar with both the timeless classics and flashy juggernauts. And while most of the medium’s landscape is dominated by long-running series, there is a treasure trove of hidden gems that pack a satisfying punch in just about a dozen episodes. The world is moving real fast and there is something truly appealing aboutbinge-watching a complete series in a single day....

June 2, 2025 · 8 min · 1689 words · Cody Clark

10 Hilarious Actors That Should Try Stand-Up Comedy

Stand-up comedy is the ideal way to have a good laugh since throughout the whole set, a comedian will be entertaining a large crowd using nothing but a mic and maybe limited props. Thus, it is, more often than not, a one-man show that seems easy but is definitely one complex task. Not everyone is capable of being a stand-up comedian, and it is one of those entertainment fields in which either you become a hit or a miss....

June 2, 2025 · 5 min · 1043 words · Justin Allen

18 Horror Franchises With the Most Movies

Horrorfilmsoften come equipped with low budgets and are met with high returns. They’re a safety net for film studios in the wake of a bomb with a blockbuster budget. And, naturally, success leads to a desire for more success. If audiences have taken to characters once, be they protagonist or antagonist, there’s a solid chance they’re going to want to pay to spendmoretime with them. This is especially true when there’s the threat of death....

June 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1267 words · James Johns

Adam Sandler Celebrates Happy Gilmore 25th Anniversary by Testing His Golf Skills

On the 25th anniversary of the comedy classicHappy Gilmore, star Adam Sandler showed off his golf skills in a new video posted online to prove that he’s still got it. Released on Jun 15, 2025,Happy Gilmorestill stands as one of Sandler’s best movies and one of the most memorable comedies of the 1990s. 25 years to the day after the movie first debuted on the big screen, Sandler took to Twitter to whack a golf ball once again in a way that would have made his character proud....

June 2, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Suzanne Wright