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Discovery Shareholders Vote To Approve Merger With WarnerMedia Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/March 11, 2022 12:53 pm EST One of the biggest and most fascinating big media deals to come around in some time is getting near the finish line as Discovery has cleared a major hurdle on the road to its merger with WarnerMedia. The company’s stockholders have officially voted to approve the merger, per a press release, which means they are mere weeks away from finalizing the deal that was first announced in May of 2021....

‘I respect people who are able to play in someone else’s sandbox, but…’ A24 With Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert riding high on festival hype for “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” I’d go so far to say that they clearly made the right call in turning Marvel down. All that money and job security and attention absolutely would’ve been nice … but if the choice was between the directing pair making “Loki” slightly more zany than it was versus gifting audiences with the glorious, madcap energy of “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (which we here at /Film unanimously awarded the best trailer of last year), I know what I’d pick each and every time....

Hollywood’s Moon Obsession Continues As Jorma Taccone Signs On To Direct Moonland Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/April 5, 2022 8:25 am EST In February, the moon fell in Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi disaster movie, “Moonfall.” In March, the moon was then shot — full of love — in the HBO Max rom-com, “Moonshot.” In April, we are happy to report that director Jorma Taccone is here to pick the moon up and keep running with it in a film called “Moonland....

Hunter X Hunter’s Creative Routes Can Be Traced Right Back To H.R. Giger Viz Media By Shae Sennett/May 3, 2022 1:08 pm EST There’s no doubt that Togashi Yoshihiro crafted a masterpiece when he created “Hunter x Hunter,” but he didn’t start from scratch. The creator had some unexpected influences that can be found in the show’s unique character design — the monsters in particular stand out, as their design strikes a balance between light-hearted and horrific....

See you later, Space Cowboy… Netflix The “Harold and Kumar” star spoke with THR on his debut middle-grade reader novel “Troublemaker,” and the subject turned to the rise and fall of the “Bebop” adaptation. Here’s how he felt: I put a lot of my life into it. I’d gotten injured shooting that show and so I took a year off because of the surgery and devoted myself to rehab, came back and finished the show....

Love, Victor Season 3 First Look: The Teen Drama Makes A Callback To Love, Simon As Final Season Hits Both Disney+ And Hulu Hulu By Shania Russell/April 29, 2022 12:18 pm EST Time to bid adieu to awkward coffee dates and longing stares — Hulu’s wholesome teen comedy “Love, Victor” is nearing its end, with a third and final season set to arrive on June 15, 2022. For its final chapter, Disney recently announced that the show is also making its way to Disney+, the streamer it was initially set to premiere on before “mature themes” got in the way....

Ms. Marvel Showrunner Is ‘Desperate’ To Make The Ant-Man Podcast Real: ‘Paul Rudd, Let’s Do It’ Disney+ By Ben F. Silverio/June 12, 2022 6:39 pm EST When we first meet Kamala Khan in the opening moments of “Ms. Marvel,” it’s immediately obvious that she’s an Avengers super fan. Specifically, she’s working towards becoming an expert on Captain Marvel, her favorite member of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. But how does this young high schooler from Jersey City know about the intricate details of Carol Danvers’ heroics and the team’s efforts to defeat Thanos in “Avengers: Endgame?...

PTSD Gramercy Pictures Back in 2019, in a piece he wrote for The Guardian, Linklater had already revealed that working on “Dazed and Confused” left him wounded. The studio didn’t trust him, espcially once they discovered his 1990 film “Slacker.” “I still have PTSD when I think of how difficult the shoot was. About a month before we started filming, Tom Pollock, the head of Universal, watched ‘Slacker,’ at which point he realized who he was doing business with and he thought, ‘Oh no, it’s going to be one of those arty, jerk-offski movies....

Senior Year: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 15, 2022 11:52 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) There isn’t enough money in the world that would make me want to return to my high school years, but for Rebel Wilson in “Senior Year,” it’s the only thing that could make her feel complete....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings In With Heroic $50 Million Thursday Preview Box Office Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Dec. 17, 2021 11:55 am EST “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is here not only to save the Marvel multiverse, but to save the box office as well. Indeed, it had been quite apparent for weeks that anticipation on the part of moviegoers for this one was big — and not just by pandemic standards....

Power Words with Eternals star Lauren Ridloff Lauren Ridloff portrays Makkari in Marvel’s “Eternals” and the actress isn’t just playing a dear superhero, she is, in fact, deaf in real life — making her portrayal all the more authentic. Now, Ridloff is stepping up to teach Marvel fans some sign language that relates to last year’s ambitious entry in the MCU in the above video. So for those who are interested in getting some know-how on sign language from a superhero, be sure to check out the above video for yourself....

The Daily Stream: Big Business Is A Switched-At-Birth Comedy That Lets Bette Midler And Lily Tomlin Shine Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 8, 2022 5:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: Big Business Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: In 1948, the wealthy businessman Hunt Shelton and his pregnant wife are lost on a drive through West Virginia....

The Erotic Thriller Is Back With The Governesses, And That’s Reason To Celebrate Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 7, 2022 12:47 pm EST A24’s upcoming release roster is already packed with exciting offerings and buzzworthy names, including Alex Garland’s “Men” and the slasher horror, “Bodies Bodies Bodies.” However, the indie movie studio’s latest upcoming project, an erotic thriller titled “The Governesses,” is a reason for celebration just by virtue of its genre....

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent Ending Explained: A Very Meta Nic Cage Love Letter Lionsgate By Devin Meenan/June 8, 2022 12:12 pm EST For my money, the funniest film of 2022 so far is “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.” It’s a film that lives and dies on its star — because in “Massive Talent,” Nicolas Cage plays himself, or at least a fictionalized version thereof. The in-film Cage has the same filmography, but whereas the real-life Cage recently gave one of his best performances in 2021’s “Pig,” the movie’s Cage is trapped in a rut, having just lost out on a part in the newest David Gordon Green film and continually alienating his ex-wife Olivia (Sharon Horgan) and daughter Addy (Lily Sheen)....

What’s Next For Wanda After Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness? Here’s What We’re Hoping To See Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/May 6, 2022 2:32 pm EST When Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff first arrived on the scene, she was a Mind Stone-powered science experiment gone wrong. Who could’ve known that she’d end up becoming one of the most important and undeniably powerful beings in the MCU? Since teaming up with Ultron to take down the Avengers, Wanda has come a long way....

Wolf Like Me: Release Date, Cast, And More Peacock By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 17, 2021 10:03 am EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Peacock is making all kinds of movies lately. The news came down earlier in December that the up-and-coming streaming service will have exclusive rights to all of Universal’s slate of films in 2022 within 45 days of their theatrical and PVOD releases, which comes on the heels of the stunning development that David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Kills” would go from a theatrical exclusive to a day-and-date release on Peacock....

Atlanta’s Donald Glover Hilariously, Profanely Doubles Down On His Sopranos Comparison FX By Jeremy Mathai/March 21, 2022 11:24 am EST After almost four years off our airwaves to account for the skyrocketing careers of all its main stars, season 3 of “Atlanta” is finally set to arrive in just a few days. As the penultimate installment of the show (the fourth and final one is scheduled to premiere towards the end of 2022), Glover and the rest of the cast have been talking up these final handful of episodes and promising that some of the best is still to come....

Bros Footage Reaction: Billy Eichner’s Incredibly Gay Rom-Com Looks Like A Hoot [CinemaCon 2022] FX By BJ Colangelo/April 27, 2022 9:03 pm EST We’ve been hearing about Billy Eichner’s gay romantic comedy “Bros” since 2019, but thanks to the pandemic, we’re only now finally getting to see the fruits of his labor. Believe it or not, thanks to “Bros,” Eichner is now the first openly gay man to co-write and star in a major studio film, and “Bros” is the first major studio film to feature an all openly LGBTQ+ principal cast....

Chris Pine Hasn’t Seen The Star Trek 4 Script, But He Likes The Director Paramount Pictures By Lex Briscuso/March 29, 2022 12:37 pm EST Like us, Chris Pine was shocked when J.J. Abrams announced that a fourth “Star Trek” film would go into production soon with the original cast. Abrams even revealed that a December 23, 2023 release date was locked in for the movie — but according to the actor who plays Captain Kirk, he has yet to even see the script for the project....

Computer School, From The Creators Of I Think You Should Leave, Heading For HBO Max Netflix By Kaylee Dugan/March 1, 2022 9:59 pm EST Grab your Dan Flashes shirt and dive headfirst into the sprawling cinematic universe of “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson,” because the dream team behind the weirdest comedy show on Netflix is bringing their uncomfortably funny talents to HBO Max. According to Variety, Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin have brought their latest comedic offering, titled “Computer School,” to the one and only Home Box Office where they are working on a pilot episode....