Sean Penn & Mel Gibson Team-Up for Dictionary Creator Biopic

After developing a passion project for nearly 20 years,Mel Gibsonis finally ready to move forward, bringing another A-list star along for the ride.Sean Pennis in talks to star alongsideMel Gibsonin the unique biopicProfessor and the Madman. Both stars will play the two men who helped create the Oxford English Dictionary, under amazing circumstances. The Hollywood Reporterreveals thatMel Gibsonpurchased the rights toSimon Winchester’s book of the same name back in 1998, and has been developing it ever since....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Brianna Davis

Star Wars 8 Director Shares Twisted Song About a Bone-Eating Jedi

Perhaps director Rian Johnson wasn’t prepared for the amount of questions he’d get once he revealed the official title ofStar Wars 8isThe Last Jedi. Speculation behind its meaning has been through the roof. And there are fan theories a plenty. To help add some fuel to the fire and also purely for a laugh, the filmmaker has shared a very strange, disturbing, kind of funny song about a cannibalistic bone-eating Jedi....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Jeffery Gonzales

Step Up: How Every Movie Is Connected, Explained

As a five-film franchise,Step Uphas proved to be extremely successful. The first movie to the sequence,Step Up,wasreleased in 2006. The film stars Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan as the lead characters who represent dance in an impactful way. When Tyler, played by Tatum, was caught up in street violence, he was summoned to community service at a local performing arts school where Nora, played by Dewan, was attending. With dance experience himself, Tyler was quick to take to Nora who was practicing her final dance in hopes of receiving high acclaim from recruiters at the school’s senior showcase recital....

August 23, 2025 · 5 min · 990 words · Devon Wood

Stephen King's IT Set Video Goes Exploring with the Losers Club

Stephen King’sITspent a lot of time languishing in pre-production Hell, but theR-rated moviefinally kicked off principle photography in late July. Since that time, we’ve gotten to see plenty from the set, including an official reveal ofBill Skarsgardin his fullPennywise the Clowncostume. Today, we get some rather intriguing set video shot by a fan, which includes a far away look at The Losers Club. But perhaps more exciting is the first footage of The Leper chasing Eddie....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 401 words · William Martinez

Stephen King's Suffer the Little Children Is Becoming a Movie

Just one day afterStephen King’s ITadaptation broke box office records with a massive $123.4 million, another one of the author’s iconic stories will be heading to the big screen. Stephen King’sSuffer the Little Childrenis being developed as a movie adaptation, with Sean Carter (Keep Watching) being set to write and direct. Craig Flores, Nicolas Chartier and Sriram Das have been attached to produce. No production schedule has been given, but with the blockbuster release ofIT, it could be the catalyst for a number of Stephen King adaptations getting started....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Susan Friedman

Superman: The Movie Gets Archived on Futuristic Glass Disc by Microsoft

Superman: The Moviecan add another accomplishment to its already truly impressive legacy. Microsoft and Warner Bros. have partnered to preserve the iconic superhero movie on a piece of glass roughly the size of a coaster. Yes, a piece of glass. The idea, hopefully, is that this type of storage technology could help to preserve classic movies for decades to come, which has been a concern for major studios such as Warner Bros....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 466 words · George King

Taylor Sheridan's 'Lioness' Still Dominating Paramount+ Global Streaming Chart

It is now more than six months sinceTaylor Sheridanreleased new episodes of one of his most divisive but incredibly popular TV shows, but it is still charting on Paramount+’s global streaming chart. Whilechart-topping shows likeLandmanand1923, which both released new seasons earlier this year, have dropped out of the chart, the TV mastermind’s action-packed thriller series led byZoe Saldañaand featuring Hollywood icons Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman to boot, is still in the Top 5 shows on the streaming platform....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · George Harvey

The Batman Is Working Out: Robert Pattinson Shares Training Routine to Calm Controversy

The Batmanactor Robert Pattinson caused controversy in comic book movie circles when he appeared to suggest during a recent interview that getting too buff for a role sets a bad precedent and that he had not been exercising during the lockdown. While the actor is known to troll audiences through his interviews, many Batman fans were upset thinking he was not taking the role seriously enough. But a new interview for the magazine Healthy for Men reveals that the actor has actually been working out hard....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 492 words · Andrew Williams

The Best Adam Sandler Movie Gets a Gorgeous 4K Release

Adam Sandleris an actor who many tend to associate with dumb comedy classics from the ’90s, but since then, he’s known for even less mature, repetitive comedies such asGrown Ups, or an unending stream of vaguely thematically different rom-coms likeJust Go with Itor50 First Dates. Most of these (often painfully unfunny) movies are produced or written by Sandler himself. However, from time to time, Sandler places himself in the hands of other creatives, which often yields better results (The Meyerowitz Stories, Hustle, Spaceman)....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Thomas Marks

The Iron Claw Recruits All Elite Wrestling Star MJF for Mystery Role

A24 will be getting into the ring with the pro wrestling business with the upcoming movieThe Iron Claw, and the latest addition to its cast will bring a healthy does of authenticity to the project. Following the true story of pro wrestling’s famous Von Erich family, the film features Zac Efron (The Greatest Beer Run Ever) leading the cast as Kevin Von Erich. PerDeadline, A24 also just enlisted pro wrestlerMaxwell Jacob Friedman, akaMJFof All Elite Wrestling, to make his feature film debut inThe Iron Claw....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Charles Rodgers

The Marvels Director Nia DaCosta Blames Captain America for the Snap

The Marvelsdirector NiaNia DaCostahas decided to say something rather controversial, yet so brave, taking aim at Chris Evans’Captain Americaand blaming The First Avenger for Thanos' success in wiping out half the universe with The Snap. Referencing Cap’s philosophy of not trading lives, DaCosta argues that, had Steve Rogers allowed The Vision to be eliminated during the events ofAvengers: Infinity War, then The Mad Titan would never have been able to get his hands on The Mind Stone, thus completing his collection of precious gems and giving him the power to turn half the population into dust....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 550 words · Daniel Wilson

The Matrix 4 Script Earns High Praise from Both Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss

The announcement that we would be returning to the science fiction world ofThe Matrixcame as quite the shock. With the trilogy having wrapped up all the way back in 2003, it was assumed that the story of rebel fighters Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus was over and done with. Well, the surprise was not just felt by fans, but by the stars of the movie franchise too, with Trinity herself, actressCarrie-Anne Moss, recently opening up aboutThe Matrixbeing reloaded....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 581 words · David Palmer

The Oscars Predicted Their Own 2020 Winners, Then Deleted the Tweet

The Academy Awards are set to air this weekend and, at least for a moment, it seems like Hollywood’s biggest night had been spoiled in a big way. A post shared by The Academy on Twitter seemingly revealed the entire list of winners at this year’sOscars. Things appeared even more suspicious since the tweet was quickly deleted. Yet, it appears that there is an explanation for all of this mess....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · David Williamson