Carrie Fisher & Mark Hamill to Be Honored as Disney Legends at D23

Every two years, at the biennialD23Expo, The Walt Disney Company honors the most remarkable contributors to the Disney legacy, recognizing them as official Disney Legends. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Disney Legends Awards. The first Disney Legend was Fred MacMurray (The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, The Happiest Millionaire), who was honored in 1987. Today Disney proudly announced the names of the nine gifted individuals who will be joining pastDisney Legendssuch as Julie Andrews, George Lucas, Alan Menken, Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Walters and Robin Williams....

July 20, 2025 · 4 min · 730 words · Nicholas White

Cinemark Is Offering Private Blu-Ray Watch Party Movie Theater Rentals

Cinemarkis getting creative in trying to get customers back to its theaters. Movie theaters were shut down in the U.S. for much of the year starting in March. While many chains have reopened their doors in recent weeks, business has been slow to pick up, for a variety of reasons. In response, Cinemark is now offering private watch parties that will allow customers to bring a Blu-ray or DVD of their choosing to watch on the big screen....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · David Pierce

Colin Farrell Movie The Banshees of Inisherin Met With 13-Minute Ovation at Venice Film Festival

Perhaps we will seeColin Farrellentering the Best Actor race at the Academy Awards next year if the response to his newest movie is any indication. The actor stars in the new filmThe Banshees of Inisherinwhich screened at the Venice Film Festival. Farrell and his fellow cast and crew were met with tremendous applause when the film was over, with journalists present reporting that the screening sparked a 13-minute standing ovation. This is said to be the biggest response yet for any film at the festival, though Brendan Fraser’sThe Whalehad also garnered a very enthusiastic response....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 427 words · Bethany Cowan

Deadpool Creator’s Comic, Avengelyne, to Be Adapted by Margot Robbie and Olivia Wilde

A very high-profile package is making the rounds and it involvesMargot Robbieand Olivia Wilde adapting a ’90s comic book character created by the brainchild behindDeadpool. PerThe Hollywood Reporter, Wilde is attached to direct an adaptation of the ’90s comic book,Avengelyne, a character created by Rob Liefeld, best known for bringingDeadpoolto life. Robbie’s production banner LuckyChap, which also includes Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara, will produce the project alongside Simon Kinberg, who has written his fair share ofX-Menmovies as well as theDeadpoolfilms....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Sarah Carlson

Disney's 'Real' Lightsaber Revealed in New Star Wars Day Video

In celebration ofStar Wars Day, Disney have unveiled their stunninglyreal lightsaberthat will be used at theStar WarsHotel in 2022. The real-life lightsaber, which rises from the hilt at the push of a button in all its blazing, humming glory, will be featured at theStar Warsthemed luxury hotel currently being built near Disney’s Hollywood Studios,Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, when it opens in 2022. Disney Park Blog says this about the ‘real’ lightsaber, “Guests who experienceStar Wars: Galactic Starcruiserwill be the first to see it in action - along with so much more - starting in 2022 when this amazing new two-night adventure debuts....

July 20, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · John Mullen

Disney's Star Wars Land Will Let Visitors Use the Force

Way back in 2013, just one year after Disney purchased LucasFilm for over $4 billion, the studio announced it was planning a massiveStar WarsLand theme park expansion for both its Orlando and California resorts. While we’ve seen a few glimpses of this attraction over the past few years, including a sneak peek presented byHarrison Fordduring the ABC specialThe Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60earlier this year, there is still much we don’t know....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Katherine Sparks

Disney's Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Hotel Price Revealed and It's Not Cheap

According to Disney, Star Wars fans will soon be able to live the fullStar Warsexperience. However the price is a little much. Picture this, you’re a kid again acting out the latest Star Wars movie, and playing your greatest lightsaber duel. You knew none of this was real or could ever be possible, but deep down you have always wanted to know what it would be like to be apart of that world....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Jessica Bryant MD

Emma Stone to Shoot Disney's Cruella Movie This Summer?

Disney’sCruellawill reportedly begin production this summer in London, England. Emma Stone is attached to star as the101 Dalmatiansvillainess in the live-action movie, which is set to be directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tanya). It has been a while since we have had an update about the project, but this summer seems like the perfect time to begin shooting for a possible summer 2020 release date. It was originally believed thatCruellawas going to be released in May of this year, but that obviously isn’t happening....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Joshua Lawson

First Look at Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder in Destination Wedding

Bloom has released the first-look image of Keanu Reeves and Academy Award Nominee Winona Ryder in Victor Levin’sDestination Wedding. This romantic comedy was first announced at the end of August, marking the fourth collaboration forKeanu Reeves and Winona Ryder. They first appeared on screen together in the divisive 1992 movieBram Stoker’s Dracula, before reuniting in 2006 with the Philip K. Dick adaptationA Scanner Darklyand 2009’sThe Private Lives of Pippa Lee. As you can see in this photo, their characters Frank and Lindsay seem to be getting along well, chatting over some wine, but that wasn’t always the case....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Kendra Robertson

First Look at Metallica's James Hetfield in Zac Efron's Extremely Wicked

Zac Efron andJames Hetfieldare not two names that many would’ve ever thought they’d see together, never mind them acting in a movie together. But here we are in 2018 with theMetallicafront man in a behind-the-scenes image fromExtremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vilealongside Efron and director Joe Berlinger. It was first announced yesterday that Hetfield was joining the cast of the Ted Bundy biopic in his first-ever dramatic acting role. Hetfield worked with Berlinger once before, but that was for the Metallica documentarySome Kind of Monster....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Nicole Diaz

Godzilla x Kong's Future Becomes Clearer with Sequel Release Date Set

The next trip to the MonsterVerse isn’t right around the corner, but at least we now know when it will be. The follow-up to 2024’s hitGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire(which becamethe highest-grossing installment of the cinematic universeto date) has been scheduled for release. According toCollider, the monster mash will roar its way into theaters on July 22, 2025. This continues the three-year gap between installments seen with March 2021’sGodzilla vs....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 551 words · Jason Wade

Hair-Raising Inhumans Trailer Is Too Big for IMAX

A new Marvel’sInhumanstrailer was revealed today atSan Diego Comic-Con, while the show’s official Twitter unveiled a poster that confirms that the Inhumans' base is actually on the moon. The highly anticipated new Marvel television series will bring the fan-favorite comic book series and a new kind of family drama to the small screen this fall on ABC. The network series premiere, including the first two episodes of Marvel’sInhumans, will air Friday, September 29 (8:00-10:00 p....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Mary Mooney

IT 2 Will Delve Deeper Into Pennywise's History and Backstory

Some feared thatITwould bring an end toPennywise’s ravenous rage. And that the sequel would focus on a different kind of horror. That’s not true, as actor Bill Skarsgard has confirmed he’ll return to play the dancing clown one more time. Though, he’ll also shape shift into a few other terrifying monsters along the way. In a recent interview, he did clarify thatIT 2will further delve into Pennywise’s backstory and history....

July 20, 2025 · 3 min · 480 words · Andrea Gonzalez