Paramount+ After two well-received seasons, the third season run of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” slipped in quality – the episodic nature allowing for tonal variations from episode to episode seemed to be overembraced by the production team. That resulted in too many ‘gimmick’ episodes, quite a few of which seemed undercooked, such as the […]

Disney Alan Cumming is set to lend his voice for a key cameo in Disney and Pixar’s upcoming “Toy Story 5”. Speaking with LADbible, “The Traitors” host confirmed he will be voicing Woody and Jesse’s horse Bullseye in the project and calls it an ‘incredible honour’. The toy horse has appeared in all the films […]

Marvel A new study in the United Kingdom has examined the top films from the past three years at the local box office and found that audiences are choosing movies with lead actors named Chris rather than those led by a woman aged over 60. The study was conducted by the University of West London […]

20th Century Studios Filmmaker James Gray has spoken more about how his 2019 Brad Pitt-led sci-fi film “Ad Astra” was the subject of studio interference. The film reimagined Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” as a story spanning the solar system and dealing with one astronaut’s serious daddy issues. The film notably went through extensive reshoots […]

Marvel The Florence Pugh-led $70 million budget fantasy drama “The Midnight Library” is looking to have the biggest deal of the Cannes market this year. Paramount, Focus and Sony are reportedly in the mix for domestic and select international markets, while producer-financier Studiocanal will hold onto it in its own territories, including UK, France, Australia, […]

Amazon Nicolas Cage says that turning down offers in the past has led to him being dismissed from future projects by certain filmmakers. Out doing promotional rounds for the launch this week of the “Spider-Noir” series on Amazon, Cage says he’s turned down job offers from several notable directors at some point, and only one […]

Amazon MGM Studios Idris Elba says that despite all the speculation over the years, he was never really in contention to play James Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced earlier that the “search for the next James Bond is underway” with the casting process expected to take place this Summer. The Golden Globe-winning “The Wire” and […]

Dreamworks Pictures, Universal Pictures A sixth “Shrek” film is reportedly in development and will join the upcoming fifth film to end a nearly two-decade hiatus for the franchise. Dana Carvey, speaking on his podcast Fly on the Wall, says he has spoken to “Shrek” star Mike Myers, who told him “we’re doing two more”. It’s […]

Lucasfilm More numbers keep coming in, and it looks as though “The Mandalorian and Grogu” is going to hit the lower end of box-office estimates domestically – but is making up for a bit overseas. The “Star Wars” title is now tracking for around $82 million three-day domestically and a four-day holiday haul of around […]

Marvel Sebastian Stan has seemingly confirmed that his character of Harvey Dent will be going full Two-Face in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman: Part II”. Stan, hot off donning a shaved head and beard look in Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or-winning “Fjord,” tells Deadline he’s about to head for London to shoot the follow-up to the Robert […]