Band of Brothers Turns 25, and the New Documentary Can Only Interview the Actors
Band of Brothers turns 25 on Wednesday, and HBO is marking it with a documentary called Legacy. In 2001 the series came packaged with a film in which the real men of Easy Company told their own story. This one interviews the actors. Not by choice — there is nobody else left to ask.
September 7, 2026 1:05 am
Tarantino Called Black Hawk Down the Best Film of the Century. Ridley Scott Says No.
Quentin Tarantino called Black Hawk Down the best film of the 21st century. Nine months later, Ridley Scott was asked whether he agreed and said: "No." Then: "I wonder what he was on, because whatever it is, I want some."
September 6, 2026 1:10 am
Spider-Man Needs $45M for the All-Time Record. Its Lead Over Star Wars Is Shrinking.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day sits at $891.5M domestic after five weekends at No. 1. It needs $45.1M more to take the all-time record from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Every outlet is treating that as a formality. The weekend-by-weekend numbers say otherwise.
September 5, 2026 1:20 am
Norman Reedus Wrapped Daryl Dixon in June. He Already Has an Apple TV Thriller.
Norman Reedus has joined Apple TV's Disavowed as a series regular opposite James Marsden. His role is undisclosed. It is his first announced series since he finished shooting the last of Daryl Dixon in June — sixteen years after he first played the part.
September 4, 2026 1:15 am
The Lord of the Rings Producer Is Starting a New Fantasy Franchise at 82
Barrie M. Osborne, one of only three producers credited on all three original Lord of the Rings films, is launching a new fantasy franchise called Wars of the Drakons. It is his first producing job in more than a decade, and he is 82.
September 2, 2026 1:35 am
Guy Pearce Says Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 2 Shoots Next Year
Guy Pearce has given a timeline for the sequel to 1994's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: cameras in 2027, cinemas in 2028. It will be the first Priscilla film without Terence Stamp alive to see it — and the first with him in it anyway.
September 1, 2026 4:20 am
Adaptations That Are Better Than the Book, and Why
Fighting words, deployed carefully. "Better" here means the adaptation does something the source couldn't, rather than simply being more popular.
August 31, 2026 8:37 am
Teyonah Parris Joins Apple's Running, Which Already Has Brian Tyree Henry and Rhea Seehorn
Teyonah Parris is joining Running, the Apple Original Films project from director Gavin O'Connor, per Deadline. She joins a cast that includes Spike Fearn, Brian Tyree Henry and Rhea Seehorn.
August 30, 2026 7:27 am
Comfort Shows, Ranked by How Little They Ask of You
Some evenings you have the capacity for a nine-hour Scandinavian investigation into municipal corruption. Other evenings you have the capacity for approximately none. This list is organized by effort required, ascending.
August 29, 2026 2:21 am
Adèle Exarchopoulos Is Joining Zoë Kravitz in Megan Park's Apple Mystery
Apple's untitled mystery from My Old Ass director Megan Park has landed Adèle Exarchopoulos in a lead role opposite Zoë Kravitz, per Deadline. What she's playing hasn't been disclosed. Apple declined to comment, which is Apple's default posture on everything short of a hardware launch.
August 28, 2026 3:18 am