Jake Gyllenhaal has opened up a bit about his role as Mysterio inSpider-Man: Far from Home. Gyllenhaal, for a number of years, in terms of talent and range, has been one of the top actors working in Hollywood. But, up until now, he hadn’t been lured into the world of comic book movies. That’s set to change this summer when he shares the screen with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man. Now, the actor explains what drew him to the role and what took him so long to board a comic book movie....

The Walking DeadSeason 7 finale,The First Day of the Rest of Your Life, notched 11.3 million pairs of eyeballs in the all-important 18-49 demographic. That’s a steep 20% drop in viewers from the Season 6 conclusion. This number still represents thehighest rated show on television, but the trend downward is clear. The show debuted Season 7 to near record ratings, but then fell 34% precipitously by the last episode. Overall, these latest episodes had the third worst viewership behind the first two seasons respectively....

Gangster entertainment is arguably red-hot these days, with Guy Ritchie’sMobLandbreaking streaming recordsas just one recent example. And this week, a New York-set film from good ol' Lionsgate centers on what it calls the darkest corruption case in the history of the NYPD. I guess that’s saying something, folks. Unfortunately,Mob Copsis too often plagued by tough-guy one-liners that will make you cringe (“with all due respect, f*** ya motha”) and boneheaded decisions that would make sleazes likeHenry Hill (Goodfellas)scoff in disapproval....

The barbaric act ofwarhas been around since the dawn of humankind. From conflicts over land, borders, and territories, to battles over religion, political disparities, royal families, and sometimes just over plain, concentrated evil. While the birth of social media means we now have unprecedented access to footage of the atrocities of war around the world, every war pre-the influx of citizen journalism and post-the invention of the camera relied on brave camera men and women, and documentarians to head off to war zones to capture footage of the ensuing bloodshed, and as such, we have been left with some truly astounding, often horrifically saddeningdocumentarieson war over the years....

Now, more than ever, we need to escape through film, and today’s movies aren’t so effective at tuning out harsh reality. Everything is, for the most part, heavy, raw, dark, and overly based in very real trauma. No decade or genre of film encapsulated lighthearted escapism quite like 80s comedies. They had a sort of goofy charm and lack of grit that’s seldom seen in modern film. Sure, many movies, like the works of John Hughes, touched on real world, personal issues, but these themes were tackled in a lighter fashion, with more innocent humor injected to ease the weight of misery....

Movies often make us fall in love with their characters. We grow attached to their stories and personalities, even when those characters turn out to be horrible people. They’re killers and monsters, they’re liars and master manipulators. And yet, we look past their faults and embrace them for the a**holes they really are. Their charisma and appeal helps us forget their twisted intentions, and their bad deeds often get overshadowed by their compelling scenes....

Everyone knows the story of King Arthur and his legendary sword Excalibur. But not everyone has seen the 1981 medieval fantasy epic,Excalibur.Loosely based on the 15th-century Arthurian romanceLe Morte d’Arthur, Excaliburretells the legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, capturing their efforts to unite a kingdom that’s under threat by dark forces. Excaliburwas a commercial success that garnered positive reviews. But in the years since its release, it’s gone largely forgotten....

As it just so happens,Avengers: Endgamemade even more money at the box office this weekend than was previously reported. The weekend box office estimates that poured in yesterday had Marvel’s latest on a record-breaking tear, taking in $350 million domestically alone, to go with $859 million from international markets. Now, as the weekend actuals are coming in, it’s clear that the movie did, somewhat shockingly, even more business than we thought, which is genuinely both hard to believe and not hard to believe at the same time....

Last month, actressAnna Kendrickrevealed in an interview that her brother sent her aSquirrel Girlcomic, because he thinks she should play this Marvel character in a movie. Of course, Marvel has not announced any plans to make a Squirrel Girl movie, butAvengers: Infinity WardirectorJoe Russoteased that some of the Great Lakes Avengers could appear inSpider-Man: Homecoming, which is currently filming in Atlanta. Since Squirrel Girl was part of the Great Lakes Avengers, it’s possible that this character could surface inSpider-Man: Homecoming, and now it seems there is a new candidate for the role,Stranger Thingsbreakout starShannon Purser....

It was just yesterday that we shared the news with you guys that filming has begun onSpace Jam 2starring LeBron James. And today we have word that originalSpace Jamstar Charles Barkley isn’t a fan of the idea of the upcoming sequel. The basketball legend spoke his peace at the 2019 NBA Awards on Monday night when he was asked if he was interested in the upcoming live-action/animation sequel, he said this....

Filming onCreed 2is officially underway.Rockyis one of the most enduring and acclaimed franchises in cinema history, with only a couple of bad movies to its name. Even though Sylvester Stallone is a bit too old to still be throwing punches in the ring, Michael B. Jordan stepped in as the son of Apollo Creed in 2015’sCreed, which totally reinvented the franchise in an exciting way. Now, filming on the sequel has commenced, as revealed in a new set video shared by Stallone....

Guardians of the GalaxystarDave Bautistais clearly as excited as cinemagoers to see him share the screen with fellow action movie star Jason Momoa, with the actor taking to social media to celebrate the news of their buddy-cop idea selling to MGM. The studio is expected to emerge from the recent bidding war victorious, meaning that they will handle the project, which stemmed from a tweet by Bautista himself. “2 months 11 days wait time....

The saga of who is going to play Cable inDeadpool 2just got a whole lot more interesting. There have been a ton of names thrown around for months, but now we have a couple of new, huge actors thrown into the mix. And they are game changers. It looks like none other than superstarBrad Pittis now at least being considered to some degree for the role of Cable whileNocturnal AnimalsandMan of SteelstarMichael Shannonis the reported frontrunner....