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Denis Villeneuve's Dune Part Two garnered an impressive $81.5 million dollars during its domestic opening weekend, Bolstered by strong critic and audience reviews. The sequel’s strong performance comes during a time that Hollywood has continued to grapple with changing audience dynamics and pandemic-related, streaming challenges. Dune’s success suggests there’s still an appetite for big-budget, visually stunning blockbusters.
James Gunn broke the internet by revealing his upcoming DCU kickoff film will no longer be titled Superman: Legacy, but simply SUPERMAN. The news came via Gunn’s social media post celebrating the first day of filming that also showcased our first image of the Superman logo. Later in the week, we learned that The Wire and Suits actor, Wendell Pierce has been cast in the film as Daily Planet editor-in-chief, Perry White.
This falls strictly into the unsubstantiated rumor column, but Daniel Richtman AKA DanielRPK, an industry insider with a reputation for his accuracy, has suggested the members of the Thunderbolts are ranked by order of import, with Yelena and Val at the top of the list and Bucky Barnes and Red Guardian rounding out the bottom spots.
EA has canceled Respawn Entertainment’s upcoming first person Star Wars game, which was recently reported to feature a Mandalorian bounty hunter.
Nick Offerman and Betty Gilpin have joined Michael Shannon and Matthew Mcfadyen in Netflix’s Death By Lightning, a historical drama series about the assassination of US President James Garfield.
Richard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm, has passed away at 76.
Director Akiva Schaffer's untitled installment in the Naked Gun comedy franchise, featuring Liam Neeson and produced by Seth MacFarlane, is set to hit theaters on July 28, 2025.
Tron: Ares star Jared Leto shared a first-look image at the upcoming sci-fi sequel via Instagram. The film is eyeing a 2025 release.
Emily Blunt is in talks to join Benny Safdie’s solo directorial debut The Smashing Machine, an A24 feature film starring Dwayne Johnson as MMA and UFC champion Mark Kerr.
HBO's The Last of Us has added four actors to its cast: Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle and Spencer Lord. Their casting comes as the show is gearing up to begin production in the spring.
Lionsgate released the trailer for the upcoming horror film The Strangers: Chapter 1, which is set to release on May 17.
Paramount has announced that The action film Novocaine, starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, will be released on March 14, 2025.
Kumail Nanjiani has joined the cast of Only Murders in the Building season 4 in a recurring role.
While promoting Dune Part Two, Rebecca Ferguson ignited an Internet whodunnit when she accused a former co-star of screaming at her to the point of reducing her to tears, prompting some of her colleagues to mark themselves safe on social media.
*POTENTIAL DUNE SPOILERS* Several scenes were cut from Dune Part Two including one featuring actor Tim Blake Nelson in a 'mystery role' and scenes featuring Thufir Hawat reprising his role from the first film. Denis Villeneuve has stated that the deleted scenes will never be released to the public.
Austin Stowell has been cast as the younger version of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in NCIS: Origins, which is a prequel series to NCIS set in 1991.
Andor,Obi-Wan Kenobi, Moon Knight, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will all be released individually on 4K UHD and Blu-ray in collectible packaging. The individual sets will include concept art, deleted scenes, and behind-the-scenes extras.
Director Jeff Rowe's TMNT 2, an animated feature, is slated for October 9, 2026.
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