Dwayne Johnson Wants to "Make Films that Matter;" Will Produce Ric Flair Biopic

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnsonmight be returning to the squared circle at Wrestlemania XL in April, but that doesn’t mean he’s leaving the world of Hollywood behind. Quite the opposite, in fact, as the 51-year-old megastar came out recently and revealed that he wants to “make films that matter.” First up on his list of very important movies is a biopic about wrestling legend,Ric Flair, which will be produced by Johnson’s company, Seven Bucks Productions....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 551 words · Jesse Garner

Everything You Know About Live Aid Is Wrong

August 21, 2025 has gone down in the history books as a defining moment in music and pop culture. On that date, in two separate locations across the Atlantic — one in London’s Wembley Stadium and the other in John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia — punk rockers Midge Ure and Bob Geldof gifted the world a couple a dozen incredible performances for the ages. But don’t fool yourself; this was still a live production, pulling together hundreds of singers and musicians in a hectic free-for-all....

July 21, 2025 · 6 min · 1186 words · Lucas Ross

Exclusive: Haley Lu Richardson Talks Montana Story

A pair of siblings reluctantly move back to their childhood ranch in Montana as their father is hooked up to machines and in his final moments of life. What at first appears to bea dysfunctional family is later revealed to be much more. It’s a heartfelt story with emotionally powerful performances by its leads,Haley Lu Richardsonwho plays Erin, and Owen Teague who plays her brother, Cal. Montana Storyis the latest from directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel, who wrote the story alongside Mike Spreter....

July 21, 2025 · 4 min · 767 words · Angela Jackson

Fallout Season 2 Will Star Home Alone Star Macauley Culkin

FalloutSeason 2 is enlisting another familiar face with the announcement thatMacaulay Culkinhas been added to the cast roster for the new run of episodes. While there is still much to be discovered about the second season of the video game adaptation,Deadlinereported thatCulkin will have a recurring role in the show as a “crazy genius-type.” Falloutcontinued the current run of successful video game adaptations that has includes HBO’sThe Last of Us, and the Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 492 words · Laura Gamble

Fantastic Beasts Posters Introduce 9 New Harry Potter Characters

This holiday season, a whole new side of theHarry Potter universeis being explored with the first ever big screen spin-offFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Warner Bros. has debuted 9 new character posters. And they feature some of the weird, wonderful and oftentimes downright evil denizens of this bygone era in wizardry and magic. First up is magizoologist Newt Scamander, who has scoured the world looking for all of the Fantastic Beasts of the title....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Gary Mahoney Jr.

Frank Miller Is Giving Superman a New Year One Origin Story

Frank Miller has revealed that he’s writing aSuperman: Year One-style origin story. Miller is a comic book icon and the idea of a gritty Frank Miller vision of the origin ofSupermanis an exciting announcement forSuperman fanseverywhere. The announcement comes 30 years after Miller’sBatman: Year One, a story that changed the game and directly influenced the comic book movie genre that is happening right now, with the movies diving into the character in a deep and meaningful way....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Felicia Cunningham

Game of Thrones Season 7 Fan Screenings Announced

To celebrate the release ofGame of Thrones: The Complete Seventh Season on Blu-ray and DVD, HBO is bringing this season’s most action-packed episode plus never-before-seen bonus content to the big screen for exclusive fan screenings in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Fans will have the opportunity to experienceDaenerys' dragonsin full force as she rains down fire and blood on the Lannister army in the jaw-dropping episode, “Spoils of War.” The big-screen viewing of this instantly iconic episode will be screened alongside the Blu-ray and DVD exclusive bonus feature, Conquest and Rebellion, a 45-minute animated story of the turbulent events that shaped Westeros that can only be found for a limited time on the Season 7 Blu-rayTM and DVD set....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Heather Garcia

Gremlins 3 May Be a True Sequel Set 30 Years Later

Back in April, we reported thatGoosebumpsscreenwriterCarl Ellsworthhas signed on to write a reboot ofGremlins, which had been in development for several years.Chris Columbus, who wrote both the 1984 original classicGremlinsand its 1990 sequelGremlins 2: The New Batch, came on board to prodce, alongsideSteven Spielberg.Chris Columbusrevealed later that month that the project is not a remake, and that it will have a connection to the original classic. While no plot details have been revealed yet, originalGremlinsstarZach Galliganrevealed during a screening at London’s Prince Charles Cinema, thatChris Columbuswill never allow aGremlinsremake to happen, as long as he’s alive....

July 21, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Joseph Nolan

Hawkeye & Ms. Marvel TV Shows Will Arrive on Disney+ This Year

Following the huge success ofLoki, Disney+ is far from done with Marvel fans yet, with Victoria Alonso, executive Vice President of film production at Marvel Studios, now confirming that bothHawkeyeandMs. Marvelwill drop later this year. While discussing the acclaimed series' that have so far been available the platform, Alonso noted that here are “a few other shows” that will come out before the end of the year, includingMs. MarvelandHawkeye. Alonso also addressed the emergence ofDisney+and how a movie to serial storytelling has allowed the comic book movie studio to tell stories it perhaps would not have told otherwise....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Brian Garcia

Heartstopper: Plot, Cast, and Everything Else We Know

Are you in need of a wholesome high school gay romance?Heartstopperhas got you covered. This upcomingNetflixadaptation produced by See-Saw Films is based on a popular Webtoon comic by an English young adult fiction author Alice Oseman, that later became a series of graphic novels spanning four volumes to date. The story features two characters from her debut novelSolitaire, published when she was only nineteen. Dubbed as “The Catcher in the Ryefor the digital age” byThe Times, it had earned them comparisons with the author of the bestselling international phenomenonThe Fault In Our Stars, John Green....

July 21, 2025 · 5 min · 884 words · Kimberly Smith

High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 2 Teaser Belts Out Beauty and The Beast

Disney+ didn’t just have a major hit on its hands with the first ever live-actionStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian. On a much quieter front, their new original TV show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series also won enough interest to garner a second season. And production on these upcoming episodes just started this past week. This time around, the East High Spring Musical Will BeBeauty and the Beast. Production has resumed in Salt Lake City on the second season of the popularDisney+seriesHigh School Musical: The Musical: The Seriesas the East High drama students prepare to performBeauty and the Beastas their Spring musical....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · Carl Hall

How Star Trek Proves Episodic Stories Still Matter

Before we entered the age of streaming, the standard format for television was episodic storytelling. Whether it was a sitcom or even a drama, most of the conflicts introduced in a given episode were resolved by the end and very little actually changed. This is because of syndication. Broadcasters could run syndicated shows in any order they wanted, and it would be confusing to their potential viewers if they actually had to pay attention to every story, since watching television was considered to be a passive activity at the time....

July 21, 2025 · 8 min · 1584 words · Susan Jones

Jason Bourne Will Get Recast in Future Movies Says Matt Damon

After nine long years,Matt Damon’s beloved spy will finally return to the big screen whenJason Bournehits theaters on July 29. In the years following 2007’sThe Bourne Ultimatum, the actor said he would only return to the franchise if both he and directorPaul Greengrasscould find the right story to tell, with Universal continuing the franchise in 2012 withThe Bourne Legacy, which centered on a different character,Jeremy Renner’s Aaron Cross. While we don’t exactly know where the franchise will go from here,Matt Damonteased in a new interview that he knows he’ll be replaced by a younger actor, eventually....

July 21, 2025 · 3 min · 493 words · Jason James