When his acting days are done, Tom Holland may want to consider becoming a diplomat. While making the promotional rounds for the upcoming movie Onward, the Spider-Man actor discussed Sony Pictures' plans for the wall-crawler had the studio been unable to reach an agreement with Marvel Studios.
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Quite a few familiar faces may accompany Natasha Romanoff's return to the silver screen after her unexpected demise in Avengers: Endgame. Without further ado, let's break down some of those well-known characters and consider who we might expect to see in Black Widow's long-awaited MCU adventure.
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The DCEU's Arthur Curry almost looked a heck of a lot more like the version from the comics. Justice League costume designer Michael Wilkinson's original design for Aquaman (Jason Momoa) in the 2017 team-up film has leaked online, and it has fans of DC comics freaking out.
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Played by the indomitable Dame Maggie Smith in the films, McGonagall is a seriously powerful and intelligent witch, but there's a lot you still might not know about Minerva. Here's everything you need to know about Professor McGonagall's entire backstory.
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Turns out that Knives Out's big twist was hiding in plain sight all along. During a recent installment of Vanity Fair's YouTube series Notes on a Scene, Rian Johnson revealed a surprising yet key revelation. Here's how tech giant Apple's weird iPhone rule might have completely spoiled Knives Out.
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It was announced in 2019 that Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the award-winning star, writer, and creator of Amazon's acclaimed series Fleabag, would join the James Bond universe for Daniel Craig's final 007 outing, No Time to Die. Here's how she adjusted the script for an entirely new Bond experience.
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While we don't yet have all the details about what sort of magic Tom Holland and Chris Pratt's enchanted brothers will ultimately encounter in the course of Pixar's mystical quest, we do have a much clearer idea about how long that quest will last.
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The Matrix 4 has only been filming for a few weeks, but it's already proving to be an explosive new chapter in the science fiction action saga. This past weekend's takes, which involved a number of controlled explosions, were enough to knock — or melt — your socks off.
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With his hook for hand, he's coming to scare the pants off of a new generation of moviegoers. The trailer for producer Jordan Peele's Candyman, a "spiritual sequel" to eh 1992 horror classic of the same name, has finally been released online, and it promises plenty of cerebral thrills.
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Wesley Snipes is a lifelong gym rat and martial artist who was fairly close to where he needed to be before being cast as the Daywalker. Still, he put in work to look superhuman on the silver screen. Here's how Snipes got ripped for Blade.
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A lot happens in this anime and manga adaptation, and much of it will sail right over the heads of younger people in the audience. Here are things only adults noticed in Alita: Battle Angel.
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On February 25, 2020, it was announced that Bob Iger — after a stellar 15-year run as CEO of The Walt Disney Company — was stepping down. Here's how Iger helped transform Disney from a relatively bit player into a media juggernaut, and what the future of the Mouse House will look like without him.
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Sam Raimi is a passionate, wildly inventive filmmaker possessed of a singular artistic vision. Here's our ranking of every one of his movies from worst to best.
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Elisabeth Moss is about to hit the big screen in Universal's The Invisible Man, a very loose, updated adaptation of the 1897 H.G. Wells novel of the same name. As with any adapted franchise these days, audiences are curious whether or not they should expect a little bonus after the film proper.
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Hold on to your fedoras, because storm clouds are brewing over the long-delayed production of Indiana Jones 5. The current calamity comes with reports that Steven Spielberg has left the director's chair. Having helmed every previous entry, what's caused the legendary filmmaker to step back now?
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Yuasa's served as a director for over a dozen projects, with varying degrees of creative control past that. But in considering all those years of work, there are bound to be some misfires among the masterpieces; with that in mind, here are Masaaki Yuasa-directed projects ranked worst to best.
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In our contemporary era, genuine political protest can occur anywhere -- even in the comments section of a YouTube video. Disney's live-action Mulan remake continues to suffer during political upheaval in Hong Kong. Most recently, a new TV spot for the Mulan remake is being rating-bombed on YouTube.
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Sometimes, fighting for your creative vision means putting the job itself under the blade. Back in 2015, Marvel Cinematic Universe mastermind Kevin Feige was fighting hard to get Black Panther and Captain Marvel made, but he was particularly nervous about pitching a female-led movie to Disney brass.
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In Hollywood, it can take a while for a new record-breaker to emerge, but it can be done. So which upcoming movies have the best shot at snapping Avengers: Endgame's all-time reign, and how likely are their chances? Here's a look at some movies that seem better poised than most.
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Is it almost time to get caught in Rush Hour once again? In a development that would surely rock the world of entertainment, Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan have teased us with the possibility of a long-awaited fourth installment in the venerable franchise by way of a post to Tucker's Instagram.
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The buzz surrounding the forthcoming, as yet-untitled Star Wars: Episode IX just got weird. A leaked image purported to be the first official poster for the flick surfaced online today, and the internet responded with utter bafflement — not the response one might have expected.
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If you can't get enough Captain Marvel news (like us), the film's official Twitter has you covered. A trio of new videos were posted to the account today, with the first serving as a behind-the-scenes featurette focusing on Brie Larson's preparation for her role as an Air Force fighter pilot.
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The Merc with a Mouth may be in for a Marvel-sized reality check when he joins the MCU. With the tentatively titled Deadpool 3 now officially in production under the Marvel Studios shingle, it seems MCU mastermind Kevin Feige could be eyeing major changes for the Deadpool franchise.
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Disney+ subscribers will soon be able to really get their Pixar fix. Pixar has transferred many of its most popular films over to Disney+, but there's one much-loved flick that's nowhere to be seen in the streamer's content library. Here's when it'll arrive on Disney+.
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There's one apparent rule concerning movie posters that doesn't appear to make sense: listing the actors' names out of order, and often completely reversed, from how the actors themselves appear on the poster. We're here to shatter the mystery, because there is indeed a reason for this phenomenon.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had plenty of significant milestones over the years. One thing the MCU hasn't yet done, though, is bring fans a gay superhero — but that's all about to change with The Eternals. Actor Haaz Sleiman recently spoke to New Now Next about his role in the film.
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The Invisible Man can officially come out of hiding. The film is sitting pretty with a 90% Fresh rating and a Critics Consensus that reads, "Smart, well-acted, and above all scary, The Invisible Man proves that sometimes, the classic source material for a fresh reboot can be hiding in plain sight."
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