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While we’re still waiting for confirmation on just what sort of characterBen Mendelsohnwill be playing inGareth Edwards’Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we can now report that he’s been offered the role of the main antagonist inSteven Spielberg’sReady Player Oneadaptation. The sci-fi story, based onErnest Cline’snostalgia-steeped novel of the same name, centers on Wade, a poor orphan teenager who finds himself on the biggest treasure hunt of all time within the massive virtual world known as Oasis....

Coming off the critical and commercial success ofThe Martian,Ridley Scottis keeping himself busy with an ever-growing slate of films. The latest to join the pile is yet another historical passion project for the director, a film based on the Battle of Britain; the air campaign waged in the skies over the United Kingdom that was a definitive turning point in World War II. The project is in very early stages, so there is no script yet, but up-and-coming writerMatthew Ortonhas been recruited to pen the screenplay....

There have been a ton ofAvengersthat have defended Earth over the last decade on the big screen. However, none have changed allegiances as much asScarlet Witch. The anti-hero was last seen inDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessas a villain and her fate at the end of that magical battle was left up in the air. Whether the Scarlet Witch is dead or alive, the popular Marvel character is getting anew apparel collectioncourtesy of the Disney Store....

Even thoughRobert Kazinskyportrayed the Aussie Jaeger pilot inPacific RimandReese Witherspoon’s love interest in that god-awfulHot Pursuit, I will always think of him as Warlow fromTrue Blood. (I’m sure I’ll be thinking differently after seeing him in next year’sWarcraft.) Kazinsky is making a return to television this time to star in a new series that’s kind of likeCaptain AmericameetsDrop Dead DivameetsFrankenstein, and the first trailer has arrived. The series was once calledThe Frankenstein Code, which becameLookinglass, which becameSecond Chance....

Last night, Golden Globe-nominated actorOscar Isaacmade hisSaturday Night Livehosting debut alongside musical guestCharli XCX, who was originally set to perform duringPaul Rudd’s episode. (But, we all know howthatwent.) Isaac actually briefly appeared as himself earlier this season whenJason Sudeikismade his hosting debut. Isaac, along with modelEmilyRatajkowskiandSuccessionstarNicholas Braun, appeared inKenan Thompson’s recurring “What Up With That?” sketch. Born in Guatemala and raised in Florida, the classically trained actor always knew he wanted to make movies....

Before Disney’s D23 expo, we had only a ghost of a notion of just what was going on with their new animated feature,Soul.The brand new, original feature arriving in theaters on August 04, 2025 was described as tackling “life’s most important questions” on a journey that travels from New York City to the “cosmic realms." Things have solidified a bit since then. We now know that the movie will follow Joe Gardner, a middle school band teacher and jazz aficionado who gets a big break to play at a high-class jazz club....

News recently broke thatSouth ParkcreatorsTrey ParkerandMatt Stonehad signeda $900 million dollar deal with ViacomCBS. In exchange for the money, the two kingpins of foul-mouthed construction paper animation are guaranteed to be making six more seasons ofSouth Parkand 14 movies that will be set in theSouth ParkCinematic Universe. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg. In a recent interview withBloomberg, Stone touched on a bunch of different productions that theSouth Parkteam has been working on in recent years....

Sony Pictures has released a new clip from the upcoming James Bond filmSpectre, and if you’re a fan of fisticuffs, you are in for a treat. This new look at theSkyfallfollow-up findsDave Bautista’s henchman Mr. Hinx going toe-to-toe withDaniel Craig’s Bond on a train, breaking objects left and right. The story of the film finds Bond receiving a cryptic message from the evil organization known as SPECTRE and subsequently going on a hunt that uncovers long-held secrets....

When notable producerBryan Fullerwas announced as showrunner of the upcomingCBS All Accessupdate ofStar TrektitledStar Trek: Discovery,fans were elated. The producer who could countHannibal, Pushing Daisies,andHeroes-back-when-it-was-good on his resume also had a background in the universe that Gene Roddenberry first brought to life in 1966: His career actually started withStar Trek: Deep Space NineandStar Trek: Voyager. Fuller’s CBS All Access/Discoverypanel at the Television Critics Association press tour this summer was also one of the most warmly received at the entire event, with many reporters and their readers savoring every last bit of material to be revealed about the project....

While many were busy at the end of 2019 putting together their lists of the best films and TV shows of the decade, it felt prudent to get granular and really single out some of the astonishing filmmaking craft that’s been showcased over the past 10 years. A film score has the power to either ruin or make a movie—just the right piece of music playing in just the right spot is what iconic film moments are made of....

Just when you thought the well ofDeadpool & Wolverinehad dried up,Ryan Reynoldsswoops onto X and pulls your face back into his. Oh, you wanted to talk about how goodAlien: Romuluswas or discuss your hot takes onBill Skarsgård’s leading turn inThe Crow? Not on Reynolds’s watch, as the actor pulls a not-so-fast drop that has us tuned into the future of one of the box-office busting films’ surprise characters:Channing Tatum’s Gambit....

Nightmare daddyDavid Lynchhas routinely pulled from the depths of the abyss for inspiration, whether it’stalking noir monkeysorthe atomic bomb, which is why it should come as a surprise to absolutely no one that the first film he ever made was about six men getting sick six times. The title?Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times). Beautiful! The film itself however is as nightmarish as anything Lynch has cooked up and certainly one of the most haunting of agreat director’s early debuts, subverting audience’s notions of narrative structure over four brisk minutes and replacing it with what can only be described as ‘weird sh*t’....

We’re on a bit of a superhero pause at the moment, with superhero TV shows being on break and while we wait for the next superhero movie to hit theaters, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of superhero projects we have to stay updated on with all the news that surfaces every week. So while we wait for the next superhero content to be released, let’s catch up on the superhero news of the week....