There are popular franchises, and then there’s Harry Potter. The Wizarding World has enthralled the public for decades, especially the eight-film movie franchise. Said movies made the young stars into household names, like Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton. He recently shared a reunion photo with Harry Potter Dad Jason Isaacs, but jokes it looks like
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Since Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was officially in 2019, there’s been a slow trickle of information when it comes to sequel-related news. The news of Issa Rae voicing Jessica Drew (aka Spider-Woman) was the biggest development for the sequel. Since the news broke, there hasn’t been much information on Spider-Woman or Issa Rae’s involvement. Months
Sometimes the saying “It’s a small world” is pretty apt. For example, back in January, Fifty Shades of Grey’s Jamie Dornan talked about how back in 2008, he was lived with fellow actors Robert Pattinson, Eddie Redmayne, Andrew Garfield and Charlie Cox, all of whom joined him in hitting the big time. Pattinson has since
The one constant in theme parks is change and no place has that been more true recently than Walt Disney World’s Epcot. The park has been undergoing a major transformation over the last couple of years, and while the work is far from over the area of Epcot that had been dedicated to the transformation
Play video content TMZSports.com Quavo‘s ready to showcase his hoop skills … telling TMZ Sports that the directors for the reboot of “White Men Can’t Jump” starring fellow rapper Jack Harlow need to give him a ring – ’cause he wants to play the role of Wesley Snipes. We caught up with the “Bad and
A day after Disney announced it was suspending its business in Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine, Sony Pictures Entertainment has made it known that it is doing the same. This goes beyond the standard theatrical releases which both studios earlier halted. Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra sent an email to staff
After years of feuding, Selling Sunset stars Chrishell Stause and Christine Quinn are showing signs of rekindling their friendship. Chrishell recently highlighted her colleagues at the Oppenheim Group for International Women’s Day. Despite their rocky history, Chrishell made sure to include Christine in the shout-out. Now that more time has passed, it looks like the
Where to begin with Daniel Scheinert and Dan Kwan (The Daniels) new film Everything Everywhere All At Once. Having its world premiere at SXSW 2022, it certainly lives up to its name. It’s an ADHD-fueled acid trip that takes up every bit of space during its 2:30 minute runtime. The Daniels create a vast world around the
Neon said Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria starring Tilda Swinton will begin its tour of U.S. cinemas starting April 1. The distributor announced last year that the film — which opened in late Dec. for a one-week Oscar qualifying engagement at NYC’s IFC Center — planned to pursue an unusual release strategy it calls a “cinemas only…forever”
Most people would likely agree that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is an excellent movie. They would also agree that it’s quite a long movie. And it’s actually even longer since the movie we have is only half the story, and will require a second film to complete. Dune: Part One is over two and a half
UK training body ScreenSkills is actioning one of the key recommendations from Jack Thorne’s report into disability in TV by funding the training of Accessibility Co-ordinators. Similar to Intimacy and Covid Co-ordinators, the role will support TV productions in hiring and working with disabled talent and crew and support disabled professionals to work well, safely
There’s a cool piece of movie history hitting the auction block … the Tin Man’s oil can from “The Wizard of Oz” … but it sounds like you will need yellow gold bricks for the winning bid. The oil can is remembered for its use in the scene where the Tin Man is set free
There’s a euphoria among film sellers and buyers as SXSW finally convenes Friday in Austin, TX after a three-year pandemic shutdown. With the last two editions of the Sundance Film Festival being virtual, and the hybrid edition of TIFF seeing reduced capacities, few industry execs and a muted atmosphere, SXSW marks the return to packed,
Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, Kim Kardashian, is facing backlash for saying ‘Nobody wants to work‘ in a recent interview. The reality star and her family will appear on screen again in their new reality show on Hulu. Their hit show, centering around their famous family, recently wrapped its 20-season run. In its 20 seasons, Keeping Up
UPDATED: We’ve heard that a number of these movies, which are VFX heavy, are being pushed due to the logjam many post-prod effects houses are facing as productions ramped up during Covid. The Flash alone has 2,500 VFX shots, we understand. The upside here is that it doesn’t put all of Warner’s DC event titles
With the sixth and final season of period gangster epic Peaky Blinders currently enjoying a strong run in the UK, Netflix has set the premiere date for the rest of the world. All six episodes of Season 6 will launch on the streaming service at 12:01AM on June 10 in the U.S. and all markets
Besides being a wrestling icon and one of Hollywood’s most famous movie stars, Dwayne Johnson has also built a large social media following, particularly on Instagram. Head over to The Rock’s account, and among the content you’ll see are promotions of his other business ventures, fun encounters with fans and, of particular excitement to the
Discovery on Wednesday priced $30 billion in senior unsecured notes in a debt offering to raise cash for its merger with WarneMedia. The sale of the notes — in 11 traches with a span of maturities and interest rates — is expected to be completed on or about March 15. The cash is being raised by
Play video content TMZSports.com Ja Morant should be the next hooper-turned-Hollywood actor … so says Kenny “The Jet” Smith, who tells TMZ Sports the Grizzlies star would be perfect alongside Jack Harlow in the “White Men Can’t Jump” reboot. As we previously reported, the “Nail Tech” rapper was announced as the lead actor in the
English child actor Hayley Mills was only 14 years old when she landed the role of the long-lost identical twin sisters Susan Evers and Sharon McKendrick — who meet at summer camp and create hijinx after swapping homes — in the 1961 classic movie “The Parent Trap.” While HM took on the gig of both
UPDATE 6:20 AM PT — Ryan Coogler tells TMZ … “This situation should never have happened. However, Bank of America worked with me and addressed it to my satisfaction and we have moved on.” Bank staffers mistakenly thought Ryan Coogler was staging a robbery — so they called cops, and the famed director actually ended
The Batman director Matt Reeves has duly confirmed that the movie’s prequel series on HBO Max, which centered on a corrupt cop, is not moving forward. Reeves already indicated this on our Hero Nation podcast, that he had a conversation with HBO Max execs to steer his Batman spinoff series toward one of the more established characters
Walt Disney CFO Christine McCarthy said the entertainment giant’s total exposure to Russia and Ukraine combined is about 2% of its total operating income — with Ukraine about 10% of that 2%. During a Q&A at Morgan Stanley’s technology, media and telecom conference, she called the situation there “very unfortunate.” Disney was the first Hollywood
Although a sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito-led comedy Twins has been in development since 2012, the project, now officially titled Triplets, has been making significant progress forward since last December. Sadly, director Ivan Reitman, who helmed Twins and planned to return for Triplets, passed away on February 12 at the age of
Aida Takla-O’Reilly, the Egyptian journalist who was president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association twice and was its longest-serving member, died Sunday in Los Angeles. The HFPA did not disclose her age or cause of death. Takla-O’Reilly joined the group behind the Golden Globes in 1956 and was elected as its president in 1994. She
Ukrainian actor Pasha Lee was killed while fighting off Russian forces — having gone from entertainer to soldier who put himself on the front lines in the battle for his country. Lee died while serving in the Ukrainian army this weekend, falling at the hands of Russian occupiers who were bombarding the city of Irpin
EXCLUSIVE: Jaime King (Black Summer) has signed on to star alongside Frank Grillo in the thriller Man’s Son, which his son Remy Grillo is directing for XYZ Films. The story surrounds a young couple hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film. But when the couple chooses an eclectic desert
The latest strategy RPG to release on Nintendo Switch, Triangle Strategy, naturally draws comparisons to Nintendo’s own SRPG series, Fire Emblem. Released on March 4, Triangle Strategy is an HD-2D title by Square Enix reminiscent of Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre. The latest Fire Emblem title, Three Houses, was released on July 26, 2019,
EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of AMC CEO Adam Aron’s announcement during a recent earnings call that he’s raised ticket prices specifically on The Batman, there are some studio executives and producers who are miffed. It’s an audacious move at a time when moviegoing is desperate for a rebound following a financially disastrous pandemic, which saw circuits
An Oscar nominee for Best International Feature, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom marks a first for the country of Bhutan, which has only ever submitted two films for consideration (and actually entered Lunana two years in a row following its earlier disqualification on a technicality). Filmmaker Pawo Choyning Dorji and star Sherab Dorji joined