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Ready Or Not Had A Dark Alternate Ending That Didn’t Make The Movie Searchlight Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/March 15, 2022 5:46 pm EST The year 2019 saw the release of three notable film entries in the “Eat the Rich” era of media. There was Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out,” a quirky murder-mystery that gave its working-class hero a happy ending while serving her late employer’s entitled family their just desserts. Then there was Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite,” a satirical thriller that forewent a feel-good conclusion in favor of making a damning statement about the harsh reality of global capitalism....

Star Trek: Lower Decks Star Tawny Newsome Is Stoked About Replicator Nachos [Interview] Paramount By Danielle Ryan/June 28, 2022 4:18 pm EST It’s a great time to be a “Star Trek” fan. Not only do we have the incredible new series “Strange New Worlds” to enjoy, but season 3 of the hilarious animated series “Star Trek: Lower Decks” is coming to Paramount+ this summer. “Star Trek: Lower Decks” follows the crew of the U....

Streaming Service Overload Is About To Hit Gamers, Too Disney By Ryan Scott/March 29, 2022 1:18 pm EST Netflix completely managed to reshape Hollywood by providing a new business model that every studio now wants to emulate. Create a streaming subscription service full of exclusive content and some curated favorites, get a bunch of monthly subscribers, count the cash. It’s not nearly as easy as it sounds, but it’s now the model that everyone wants to follow and, as it turns out, this is beginning to extend beyond the realm of TV and movies....

Superhero Bits: The Batman TV Spot, The Madame Web Movie May Be Filming Soon & More Marvel By Ryan Scott/Jan. 24, 2022 5:21 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 4 Teases Return Of A Familiar Character Lucasfilm By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 19, 2022 11:37 am EST The fourth episode of “The Book of Boba Fett” has arrived on Disney+, and “The Gathering Storm” certainly sets the stage for a major confrontation between the titular bounty huter and the Pyke Syndicate. Now that the flashbacks brought upon by Boba Fett’s healing sessions in the bacta tank seem to have concluded, the focus is squarely on the present day story....

The Essex Serpent Clip: Claire Danes Can’t Pay For Friendship [Exclusive] Apple TV+ By Kaylee Dugan/June 2, 2022 10:00 am EST If you were missing the goth, sultry vibes of Guillermo Del Toro’s “Crimson Peak” then you’ve clicked on the right headline, because Apple TV+ is serving up a heavy helping of cute ladies crying in dresses that look like they came from a collaboration line between your local Hot Topic and your local renaissance festival....

The Personal Touch Warner Bros You’ll recognize most of those names from previous Flanagan projects, including “Bly Manor,” “Hill House,” “Doctor Sleep,” and “Midnight Mass,” which rules by the way and you should totally watch it if you somehow missed it when it came out. Flanagan announced the casting of Fitzgerald himself via his Twitter account, which is how he went about announcing each member of that amazing cast. The writer/director/producer genuinely loves making stuff with his favorite people and it shows in every single social media post he made announcing each cast member....

The Morning Watch: Eternals Honest Trailer, Christopher Lloyd Career Breakdown & More Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 2, 2022 8:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, listen as Honest Trailers digs into Marvel’s “Eternals,” featuring an all-star cast of cosmic beings who are as hot as they are sad....

The Proper Reading Order For The Witcher Books Netflix By Fatemeh Mirjalili/May 6, 2022 2:10 pm EST It’s always an exciting time when a popular book series is adapted into a television show, leading a new generation of fans to get acquainted with the source material. It’s more exciting when Henry Cavill is leading it. The story of Netflix’s Polish-American fantasy drama “The Witcher,” starring the former “Man of Steel” star as a mutated monster-hunter for hire, first gained popularity thanks to the video games set in the same fantasy universe (think of it as a sequel to the books)....

‘You know, it’s Christmas time’ Warner Bros. At the time “Home Alone” was made, Candy and Hughes had been colleagues for just under a decade. The two first collaborated on 1983’s “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” a film (seen above) directed by Candy’s “SCTV” friend Harold Ramis and written by Hughes. After Hughes began to direct successful films, in addition to writing them, Candy rejoined the filmmaker for 1987’s “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” Hughes’ first film as a director to feature adult protagonists....

Why Many Of Channing Tatum’s Ad-Libs Were Cut From The Lost City Paramount Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/March 23, 2022 10:53 am EST Rom-com queen Sandra Bullock and himbo extraordinaire Channing Tatum have combined their powers for “The Lost City,” a rom-com adventure movie about a frustrated romance novelist (Bullock) who gets swept up into a wild treasure hunt with her books’ cover model (Tatum). /Film’s own Hoai-Tran Bui described the film as “‘Romancing the Stone’ for the ‘21 Jump Street’ generation” in her review, stating, “There’s a goofy sincerity to the movie even as it sends up better movies that came before it (complete with corny needle drops), and it retains that old Hollywood screwball spirit that gives it a timeless feeling....

1883: Eric Nelsen On The Episode That Will Change Everything [Interview] Paramount+ By Jenna Busch/Jan. 16, 2022 4:18 pm EST Episode 5 of the Paramount+ show “1883” is a gut punch. I’m not sure I’m going to recover any time soon, and if you’re a fan, I bet you’re with me on that. If you haven’t watched the episode yet, go do it right now. There are absolutely humongous SPOILERS coming up for a major turning point in the series....

Baymax! Star Scott Adsit On Finding That Distinctive Voice And The Power Of Community [Interview] Disney+ By Ben F. Silverio/June 28, 2022 5:12 pm EST Since arriving in the city of San Fransokyo in 2014 courtesy of the Academy Award-winning film “Big Hero 6,” the lovable, huggable healthcare companion Baymax has been fighting alongside Hiro Hamada, Honey Lemon, Wasabi, Go Go, and Fred to keep the city safe against supervillains. Their armor-clad heroics continued in the Disney XD show “Big Hero 6: The Series,” which ran from November 2017 to February 2021....

To be horny or not to be horny Hulu Woody Harrelson and Richard Gere’s characters are driven by complete sexual insecurity. Harrelson, in particular, keeps screaming at Demi Moore about whether or not she thought Redford was good in bed. This is a pretty common trope for the jilted husband. A lot of men love to think that their cocksmanship could topple regimes and cure world hunger, and if someone comes to challenge that, they must be defeated....

Every Jurassic Park Movie Ranked Worst To Best Universal Pictures By Liam Gaughan/June 8, 2022 12:38 pm EST As soon as the concept for Michael Crichton’s novel “Jurassic Park” made headlines, Hollywood raised its eyebrows. The idea that dinosaurs could be brought back to life through (somewhat) credible science had the potential to be a great franchise. It was a close battle to land the rights to “Jurassic Park.” James Cameron attempted to acquire the property, but Steven Spielberg beat him to it by only a few hours....

Filming Doctor Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness Wasn’t Easy For Benedict Cumberbatch Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/April 25, 2022 10:27 am EST “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” was a sequel six years in the making, and for the film’s star, Benedict Cumberbatch, its long road to the screen wasn’t always an easy one. The first “Doctor Strange” movie hit theaters in 2016 when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was early into its Phase Three....

Furiosa Will Be A More ‘Traditional Three Act Drama,’ Reveal Locations Only Mentioned In Fury Road Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 28, 2022 11:29 am EST Kyle Buchanan’s new book “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road” is full of fascinating reveals and memorable anecdotes about George Miller’s 2015 post-apocalyptic masterpiece. However, for those who are more curious about what Miller’s up to now, the book’s got you covered and includes some intriguing details about the filmmaker’s upcoming “Furiosa,” a “Fury Road” prequel film starring Anya Taylor-Joy as a younger version of the title character....

Get Your First Look At The Proto Hobbits, The Harfoots, In The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power New Line Cinema By Sandy Schaefer/June 6, 2022 10:30 am EST You can take the Middle-earth out of the hobbits, but you can’t take the hobbits out of the Middle-earth, as the old adage goes. Does that sentence make any sense? Not really. Is it a thing I just made up as pretext to talk about Prime Video’s series “The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power?...

Jurassic World Dominion Featurette Teases Nostalgia And ‘The Culmination Of The Franchise’ Universal Picturse By Jeremy Mathai/April 14, 2022 11:59 am EST Can you remember where you were when you sat down to watch one of Steven Spielberg’s seminal summer blockbusters, “Jurassic Park,” for the very first time? Are you able to recall exactly how it felt watching living, breathing dinosaurs recreated in all their (scientifically inaccurate) majesty? Having been born the same year that the original movie was first released, I had to settle for wearing out my VHS copy until it was basically unwatchable....

Saban Films By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 5, 2022 3:02 pm EST Dreams are weird, right? One night you’re full of serotonin because you’re blissfully experiencing the best thing your brain could conjure up. But the next night, you’re anxious with a heartbeat so rapid that you jolt awake and find yourself in a pool of your own sweat and tears. And while most nights are probably some kind of compromise between the two, occasionally your dreams will birth a series of viral tweets that evolve into a movie....