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Jamie Dornan says he feels pressure taking over Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, but is not trying to outdo Viggo Mortensen, who played the character in the original film trilogy. In an...
Warner Bros. Television has sent Fox and Lionsgate a cease-and-desist letter alleging that promotional material for The Vow improperly uses elements associated with The Bachelor. Fox News Media disputed the claims,...
Skydance has offered one-time voluntary buyouts to eligible employees as it integrates Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, while announcing a phased shift to five-day in-office work across the company. The plans...
Robert Pattinson said Steven Soderbergh has joined The Batman Part II to help director Matt Reeves complete principal photography, praising the filmmaker’s approach as generous and selfless. Reeves has said he is...
Clayface opened in North American theaters on October 23, taking in about $43 million worldwide over its opening weekend and leading the global box office, according to reported estimates. The total comprised...
James Gunn says DC Universe films should tell complete stories on their own, even as some characters and plotlines continue across projects. The DC Studios co-chief said audiences should watch Clayface as a horror...
Clayface led the North American box office with an estimated $24 million to $24.5 million in domestic ticket sales during its opening weekend, according to early estimates. The horror film’s first-place finish came...
Elon Musk invested about $1 billion in Skydance, according to a report citing people familiar with the matter, giving the billionaire a stake in the company that controls HBO and is scheduled to distribute a...
Clayface is set to open in U.S. theaters October 23, with early reviews describing the DC Studios film as a graphic body-horror story and its domestic opening weekend tracking at about $20 million. The tracking...
James Watkins said DC Studios gave him no mandates while developing Gotham for Clayface, a body-horror film whose gruesome practical effects have drawn praise from early viewers and a more mixed assessment in a...
CNN has given the White House until 5 p.m. ET on October 22 to confirm it will end restrictions on the network’s access to Air Force One, the Oval Office and assigned presidential press-pool duties. CNN attorney Ted...
HBO’s Harry Potter series had incurred £147.4 million in production spending by the end of 2025, according to filings by Plum Jam Productions cited in reporting on the accounts. The figure includes about £129...
DC Studios has confirmed Josh Hutcherson and Mackenzie Davis as the leads of its animated Mister Miracle series, with Hutcherson voicing Mister Miracle and Davis voicing Big Barda. James Gunn announced the casting...
Christiane Amanpour has decided to leave CNN after 43 years, with her daily CNN and PBS programs set to end by the close of 2026 and her final departure from the network planned for June 2027. The veteran...
Joe Manganiello’s memoir describes a planned Ben Affleck Batman film in which Deathstroke would wage a personal campaign against Batman, killing Commissioner Jim Gordon, taking Alfred hostage and infiltrating the...
HBO’s “It: Welcome to Derry” has been renewed for a second season, which showrunner Brad Caleb Kane says is in development with a larger story and a new take on Pennywise. The season is planned for 1935, during the...
HBO has named Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas as the leads of the fifth season of True Detective, with production planned to begin in 2027. Cage will play Henry Logan and Banderas will portray Rai García,...
Steven Soderbergh will help Matt Reeves complete the final weeks of principal photography on The Batman Part II, with Reeves remaining involved as he attends to a family matter, DC Studios said. The arrangement...
DC Studios has not approved a second season of Lanterns, co-CEO Peter Safran said, making the series’ future dependent on whether its creative team develops a follow-up story the studio considers worthy of the first...
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