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James McAvoy pitched a young Picard series after playing young Patrick Stewart in four X-Men films
His Star Trek idea, Mutiny on the Stargazer, covered Picard's first command. Six novels and a newer USS Stargazer got there first.
October 19, 2026 11:46 am
Amazon tries Stargate again with Jac Schaeffer, four months after dropping its last reboot
The WandaVision creator has a writers room in New York. Martin Gero's version had a series order and was in UK pre-production when it was pulled in June.
October 16, 2026 12:08 pm
Resident Evil overtakes Weapons as Zach Cregger's biggest hit, but only worldwide
China lifted Resident Evil to $320.2 million worldwide, $8.5 million of it from Australia. At home and against its budget, Weapons still leads.
October 14, 2026 11:38 am
Positive first reactions greet Dune: Part Three, hype looks justified
After a limited screening, Dune: Part Three sparked the kind of buzz that turns into ticket lines.
October 7, 2026 7:06 am
Resident Evil broke a franchise record by beating a number that was never an opening weekend
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil did set a franchise opening record. The $60.12 million it is being measured against is not an opening weekend at all — it is a sixteen-year-old film's entire domestic run.
September 27, 2026 1:38 pm
Two Star Wars Films Just Reappeared on Paper. Neither Has a Date.
A trade listing dated 3 September put both Star Wars: New Jedi Order and Dave Filoni's long-dormant crossover film back on paper — the first sign of life from either in about a year. It is not a greenlight, and Lucasfilm has said nothing. But these are the two films Kathleen Kennedy pointedly did not discuss on her way out the door.
September 8, 2026 1:10 am
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
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
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
IMAX, 70mm, Dolby: What the Formats Actually Mean When You Buy the Ticket
The ticket page offers you six options at four prices and explains none of them. Here's the plain version.
August 23, 2026 1:00 am
Release destination revealed for 'Madden,' Nicolas Cage’s football biopic
Nicolas Cage is set to suit up for Madden’s legendary story beyond the field, and it’s not the kind of role you’d expect from him.
August 20, 2026 7:26 am
2026 preview: 10 of the biggest upcoming movies worth the wait
Clear your calendar: 2026 is stacked, and these 10 upcoming movies are the ones everyone’s waiting for.
August 19, 2026 2:07 am
Franchise rethink at Netflix reportedly nixes David Fincher’s Squid Game spinoff
Another casualty of Netflix’s shifting priorities: a David Fincher project now reportedly scrapped.
August 12, 2026 4:12 am
December 18’s box office showdown comes with bigger stakes than ticket sales
Call it the main event at the box office: Denis Villeneuve’s vision vs. RDJ’s MCU return — place your bets.
August 8, 2026 6:01 am
Game of Thrones cracked its biggest dragon question twice in five years
House of the Dragon’s latest episode has reignited the lore question, and, frankly, the books set firmer rules than most assume.
July 31, 2026 12:24 am
Toy Story 5 hits $1 billion worldwide, third in the franchise
Disney says the Toy Story franchise has just chalked up another $1bn earner, after a punchy overseas surge.
July 28, 2026 10:43 pm
Scarlett Johansson tipped as Gotham’s next big bad in The Batman Part II leak
A fresh The Batman Part II leak has Gotham buzzing, thrusting Scarlett Johansson into a mystery role that could upend the sequel. Here’s what the latest whispers suggest about the Dark Knight’s next chapter.
July 15, 2026 9:08 pm
Jennifer Lawrence Plots Her Dream Reality TV Show
Jennifer Lawrence opens up about her reality TV obsession and teases her secretive concept for Breakup Island, hinting at ambitions to launch her own television network.
January 26, 2026 3:45 am
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