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TheBlack Pantherbox office train keeps on rollin’. The Marvel Studios film bowed to record-breaking numbers last weekend, scoring over $200 million in just three days, and now the film is poised to cross the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office today. The film finished with an MCU-best $14.5 million Wednesday, surpassingThe Avengers’ previous Wednesday record of $13.6 million. That is very, very good news as we head into the film’s second weekend of release, where it looks likeBlack Pantheris going to have a very strong hold on the box office throne....

Everyone’s favorite chemistry teacher turned meth makerBryan Cranstonis joining forces with fellowAcademy Award-nominee Lily Gladstoneto star in action-thriller,Lone Wolf, according toDeadline. In a production headed byTed Hopeunder his Double Hope banner andChristine Vachonunder Killer Films, Cranston and Gladstone will star in a screenplay penned byTom Chilcoatand directed byMark PellingtonofArlington Roadfame. A synopsis for the movie reads: “The conspiracy thriller will follow a troubled vet (Gladstone) struggling with addiction who is recruited by a contractor (Cranston) for a covert government plot to assassinate a high-level politician....

The legendary Captain Planet has been portrayed by many people over the years, with the most notable person to take on the mantle beingDon Cheadle, who played the hero in a series of shorts in the early 2010s. Now,Iron Studios is delivering their take on the character, which is based on the 1990-1996 show,Captain Planet and the Planeteers, which was most people’s introduction to the hero. Iron Studios revealed a new Captain Planet figure that is 1/10 scale, smaller than the normal ⅙ size that companies such as Iron Studios and Hot Toys typically use for their figures, that retails for a reasonable $179....

In Prime Video’s series,The Consultant, Academy Award-winning actorChristoph Waltzmakes the transition to his first American television series as Regus Patoff, a mysterious and fearsome character. Best known for his Oscar-winning performances inQuentin Tarantino’sInglourious BasterdsandDjango Unchained, Waltz is a standout when it comes to slow-simmering, almost giddy, villainous roles. Coupled with a script penned byTony Basgallop, the creator ofM. Night Shyamalan’s hit Apple TV+ series,Servant, this new show is sure to waves this month for the streaming service....

The first teaser forChristopher Nolan’sThe Odysseybegan playing in theaters ahead ofJurassic World Rebirth, and now the film just got an even more exciting look.Universal Pictures has officially unveiled the first poster forThe Odyssey, which is also beginning to appear in select theaters.The film is still in productionand is not slated for release until August 14, 2025 — more than a year from now, which makes this first look all the more shocking....

While at this year’s WonderCon, the cast ofDeadly Class(Luke Tennie,Liam James,Benjamin Wadsworth,Maria Gabriela de Faria, andTaylor Hickson) stopped by the Collider studio to talk about their Syfy show. During the wide-ranging interview, they revealed what it takes to make a TV show, what’s a day they’ll always remember from making the first season, what they hope to take into a possible Season 2, what it was like filming Season 1’s biggest action scenes, what happened when one of them went out without washing off their makeup and blood, and so much more....

The DCEU just can’t seem to quit Deathstroke.Joe Manganiello(Magic Mike) signed on to play the villainous assassinlast September, but a lot has changed since then.Zack Snyderwas replaced byJoss Whedonon directingJustice League(where the character may have debuted), andMatt ReevesreplacedBen Affleckon directing a soloBatmanfilm where the character may have been the main antagonist. As recently as this past July, Manganielloseemed to be at a losson what Deathstroke would be up to in the DCEU....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers forDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessTypically, every comic-book movie is littered with Easter eggs for hardcore fans to find, but when you’ve got a comic-book movie that takes place throughout an exploding multiverse where literally anything is possible, you wind up with more obscure references, fist-pumping callbacks, and tantalizing teases than you may shake an Amulet of Agamotto at. So it’s not exactly a surprise that directorSam Raimi’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the 28th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and sixth featuringBenedict Cumberbatch’s Sorcerer Supreme, contains a good number of Easter eggs....

TheSonic the Hedgehogfilm franchise races into theaters with a new sequel,Sonic the Hedgehog 3, featuring everyone’s favorite blue blur, Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz), and his pals Knuckles (Idris Elba) and Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey), andwhen the credits roll, there’s still even more with a few end-credits scenes.This time, Team Sonic facesthe Ultimate Life Form, Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves), in a battle where the fate of planet Earth hangs in the balance....

Inspired by class spaghetti westerns, the drama seriesThat Dirty Black Bag(which is available to stream at AMC+) is a brutal tale about the clash between Arthur McCoy (Dominic Cooper) a sheriff that isn’t who he presents himself to be, and Red Bill (Douglas Booth), a bounty hunter known for keeping the decapitated heads of his victims in the bag that he carries with him. In a town where the line between good guys and bad guys is not so well-defined and threats are all around, survival and revenge can become very dangerous and very violent....

Warner Bros. has halted production onFantastic Beasts 3andKing Richardover coronavirus concerns. These Warner Bros. projects are just the most recent ones the studio has shuttered. Just a few days earlier, on Saturday, March 14, Warner Bros. alsoshut down filming onThe Batmanin the UK. Deadline was the first to report on Warner Bros. shuttering of production onFantastic Beasts 3andKing Richard. The thirdFantastic Beastsfilm was just about to begin filming in London.Varietyreports the feature was set to use the same sound stage asThe Batmanonce the latter film moved filming to Liverpool, with Warner Bros....

FX has put out the first teaser for its upcoming limited series,Fleishman is in Trouble. The show, based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name byTaffy Brodresser-Akner, premieres on Hulu on November 17.Jesse Eisenberg(The Social Network),Lizzy Caplan(Masters of Sex), andClaire Danes(Homeland) lead the series, which is created by Brodresser-Akner. The teaser is a twisting glimpse into the lives of these three characters, promising to be “a story about everything....

WithSplitfinally ending it’s stranglehold over the box office for the last three weeks, Valentine’s Day weekend is now a fight between a trio of sequels. Well, to be plainly honest, it’s really between the sex movie (Fifty Shades Darker) and the kids movie (The LEGO Batman Movie). Even asJohn Wick: Chapter 2brings in some very positive appraisals from critics worldwide, it’s stock is not quite as lucrative to the married-with-children contingency as its competition....