Well, this was unexpected. Decorated filmmaker Sam Mendes won the award for Best Director at the 2020 Golden Globes, surpassing top picks Todd Phillips (the director of Joker) and Martin Scorsese (the man behind The Irishman) for his work on 1917.
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With host Ricky Gervais at the helm of the 2020 Golden Globes, audiences probably had certain expectations for the often offensive and shocking comedian. He certainly delivered, but not in the way that many may have anticipated.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featured the return of an iconic villain in Emperor Palpatine, and while some fans felt that his presence could have been explained a heck of a lot better. According to the flick's editor Maryann Brandon, his return was almost explained in far greater detail.
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What gives, Mickey? Disney+ subscribers awoke on New Year's Day to find that the spanking-new streamer with less than two months of availability under its belt had removed several movies from its library. Needless to say, these subscribers were less than pleased.
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Todd Phillips' Joker may have been the darkest take yet on the iconic Batman villain — but it could have been so much darker. Speaking on his podcast, filmmaker Kevin Smith revealed that he's privy to the film's original intended ending — and that it would have had fans' jaws on the floor.
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The MCU is getting more inclusive as we enter a new decade. During a Q&A at the New York Film Academy, Kevin Feige, the mastermind behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, announced that the T in LGBTQ+ will be represented in the MCU before too long.
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More than a decade after they collaborated on Slither, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn and Elizabeth Banks are teaming up again.
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The filmmaker is on a winning streak.
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The affable Lost actor is taking on some dark material.
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Step aside, Walkers — the Whisperers rule now. AMC has revealed three pieces key art from season 9B of The Walking Dead. The photos offer the first look at Samantha Morton as Alpha, the leader of the Whisperers, a pack of apocalypse survivors who wear zombie skin to blend in with the infected.
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Will the student (of Master Yoda) become the teacher (of Geralt of Rivia)? The character of Vesemir, the mentor of Henry Cavill's titular monster slayer in the hit Netflix series The Witcher, could make an appearance in the second season — and some fans think he should be played by Mark Hamill.
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It may be time to get ready for Harry Potter and the Avatar of Vengeance. The Marvel rumor mill has churned out an interesting nugget: that Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter series, is being eyed to play the iconic, unhinged superhero Moon Knight in his upcoming Disney+ limited series.
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It was no small task giving General Leia one last hurrah in The Rise of Skywalker. The movie's co-writer Chris Terrio recently revealed that multiple sources were used to cobble together both the visual and audio aspects of Leia's appearance — including elements that were over three decades old.
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It turns out that Henry Cavill is even more qualified to lead The Witcher than we thought. The star of the hit series recently revealed that he's not too keen on the nightlife; to escape from the pressures of celebrity, he'd rather hunker down in front of his PC for an hours-long gaming session.
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Game of Thrones actor Andrew Dunbar, who was the body double to Theon Greyjoy star Alfie Allen and a frequent extra on the HBO series, died on Tuesday, December 24, 2019. Dunbar passed away at his home in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where a funeral was held on Monday, December 30, 2019.
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A long-standing theory about how Emperor Palpatine orchestrated three generations of the Skywalker line has seemingly been put to rest right along with him. Lucasfilm Story Group Creative Executive Matt Martin recently addressed a long-simmering idea about Anakin Skywalker.
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Disney and Lucasfilm are being accused of some hardcore tomfoolery by the Twitterverse. An in-depth analysis of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's final shot by one intrepid user has sparked an interesting rumor with serious implications for the character of Kylo Ren/Ben Solo.
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Netflix has revealed its top movie of 2019... and it's probably not the one you think. In a year in which the streamer fielded original films from Martin Scorsese and Michael Bay, its most popular movie was Murder Mystery, starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler.
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The next solo outing for the Master of the Mystic Arts will contain some surprises. Marvel boss Kevin Feige recently shared that Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will introduce some never-before-seen characters into the MCU — ones that he promises we won't be expecting.
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Most Star Trek fans can agree that there are few characters in the greater Trek-verse quite as revered (or as engaging) as The Next Generation's Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Now, we've finally gotten some concrete news on Patrick Stewart's long-awaited return to the stars in Star Trek: Picard.
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The Skywalker saga might be over, but will Kylo Ren return to fight another day? Following the release of The Rise of Skywalker, many are wondering whether Adam Driver will return to the Star Wars universe. The actor recently discussed that possibility with French magazine Le Matin.
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In case you missed it — like most everyone did — The Rise of Skywalker revisited one of the galaxy far, far away's most iconic locations. The opening scene, in which Kylo Ren mounts an assault on a mysterious cult in search of Darth Vader's wayfinder, takes place on the planet Mustafar.
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The Star Wars rumor mill never shuts down. We Got This Covered is reporting not only that fan favorite character Ahsoka Tano will feature in an upcoming flick set in the galaxy far, far away, but that Lucasfilm and Disney already have an actor in mind for the part: Captain Marvel's Brie Larson.
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Baby Yoda giveth (joy to millions), and Baby Yoda taketh away (cash from Mickey Mouse). Disney's failure to have Baby Yoda toys available for the 2019 holiday season has resulted in a loss of up to $2.7 million dollars, despite the fact that action figures and plushies are available for pre-order.
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Still confused after watching The Rise of Skywalker? There's a reason for that. According to The Rise of Skywalker co-writer and director J.J. Abrams, some of the more prescient details within the final film of the Skywalker saga were left vague on purpose.
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With the release of The Rise of Skywalker, J.J. Abrams has finally delivered to both its keen, hawk-eyed obsessives and general audiences the final answer of who and what Rey really is. The writer-director recently opened up to explain the meaning behind the big Rey twist.
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