Valve 20-year-old “Backrooms” director Kane Parsons has expressed a strong desire to direct a film based on the “Portal” gaming franchise. In a recent interview with The New York Times, Parsons calls a “Portal” adaptation a “dream project” and indicated he grew up with Valve titles like “Half-Life” and “Portal” and made a short film […]

Lucasfilm Nearly two years after the show’s cancellation, talk about the contentious “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte” has died down. The “Star Wars” franchise is in an even more precarious position than it was back then, with “The Mandalorian and Grogu” being seen as a misfire, and the future beyond “Ahsoka” and “Star Wars: Starfighter” […]

Universal Pictures While the studio hasn’t announced specific numbers yet, the world’s biggest exhibitor AMC Theaters has revealed that pre-sales for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” have been huge. Taking to social media, AMC CEO Adam Aron has responded to the admittedly rather chaotic rollout of the film’s premium ticket sales. Users reported hour-long waits, crashes, […]

Disney With Warner Bros. Discovery no longer being acquired, Netflix seems to have cooled on plans for more theatrical release features. Yes, Greta Gerwig’s upcoming “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” is still getting an exclusive 54-day theatrical window before hitting streaming, but Netflix’s Film Division chief Dan Lin says that is the exception, not the norm. […]

Warner Bros. Pictures New details have emerged regarding filmmaker Michael Mann’s highly anticipated sequel to 1995’s “Heat” from an apparent casting grid that has been shared online. Scooper DanielRPK (via CinemaWire), who the other week indicated filming is slated to run from September 2026 through until March 2027 in both Los Angeles and Paraguay, is […]

Paramount+ In a surprise move, Paramount has released the entire ten-episode season of its animated series adaptation of Innersloth’s popular mobile video game “Among Us” on its Paramount+ service. In the series, the eccentric, monochromatic crewmates of a ship transporting junk across the galaxy must root out an Impostor in their midst before they fall […]

Black Bear Pictures Henry Cavill is set to team with Kevin Hart for the new McG-directed Netflix action comedy announced a month ago. The story follows two rival spies who cross paths in a Lamaze class as their wives become fast friends. With their double lives colliding in unexpectedly hilarious and dangerous ways, the two […]

Apple TV British actor Anthony Head has died at the age of 72. Cause of death has been cited as complications from pneumonia. Primarily a performer in musical theatre and coming to attention for his work in Nescafé ads, Head truly broke out in TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” as Rupert Giles who served as […]

Columbia Pictures. Courtesy of Alamy. Though she’s most famous for the “Scary Movie” franchise, Anna Faris has built a long career acting across film and television. This year she has no less than three movies on the way, including the Robert Pattinson-led “Primetime,” the comedy “Spa Weekend,” and this weekend’s “Scary Movie”. Attending the latter […]

Amazon New photos are out from the upcoming second season of Amazon’s “Batman: Caped Crusader” animated TV series which has finally locked in a July 31st release date. The 1940s-set show’s first season premiered on the Prime Video service in August 2024 to very good reviews. Now the second season arrives with The Joker, The […]