Did Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Director Purposely Leak Knuckles' Design?

Sometimes, filmmakers can get ahead of leaks by putting out material themselves while their projects are in production, as this can oftentimes turn out to be beneficial. That may have been the case withSonic the Hedgehog 2with the Knuckles character design leaking fairly early on into filming. Just recently, we got ourfirst official look at Knucklesthanks to a brand new trailer released at The Game Awards, and his look also confirmed that the previous “leak” of his design was accurate....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 497 words · Taylor Sanchez

Ecto-1 Rolls Out as Ghostbusters 2020 Begins Shooting

Ghostbusters 2020has officially started production. Jason Reitman shared a new picture of the deteriorating Ecto-1 and asked fans if they were ready to “get rolling.“Ghostbustersfans are definitely ready to get rolling since the sequel has been talked about so much lately. Reitman is taking over the directing duties this time around from his father and original star Dan Aykroyd loves the script that the director wrote. It’s only a matter of time before the set photos start to come in, hopefully reuniting Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Aykroyd....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Christina Vance

Elysium Director May Still Make His Alien Movie

Last month, while working in post-production on his upcoming sci-fi dramaChappie, directorNeill Blomkampshared a number of intriguing concept art illustrations on hisInstagrampage for anAlienmovie that he had in his head. While the illustrations featured original stars such asSigourney Weaver’s Ripley andMichael Biehn’s Hicks fromAliens, fans were disappointed to learn that they aren’t a part of any officialAliensequel. However, it seems that the movie may actually happen now, withNeill Blomkamprevealing in an interview withColliderthat 20th Century Fox is interested in making a movie based on his artwork and the story he created....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Robert Hawkins

Evan Rachel Wood Has NSFW Reaction to Cats: It's Maybe the Worst Thing I've Ever Seen

Evan Rachel Wood sawCatsand she didn’t like it at all. TheFrozen 2voice actress revealed her thoughts on the controversial movie through social media in a video, which has since been deleted. The big screen adaptation of the hit Broadway Musical was originally met with anticipation and excitement when the it was initially announced. The all-star cast, along with slam dunk source material made it a no-brainer. However, that all changed drastically when the firstCats trailerarrived over the summer....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · John Anderson

Great Movies Filmed in One Take or Made To Look Like They Were

The “one-shot technique” has been a hot topic of discussion for the past few years ever since the opening of Sam Mendes' military drama1917. This method involves filming an entire movie in one continuous shot, or, at least, making it appear that way. Cinephiles adorethis ambitious filming technique, which aims to make the audience feel as if the action is taking place in real time. It’s not one that’s easy to pull off, which is why only a handful of directors have even tried; however, there’s no denying that for those who have, most of them have absolutely nailed it....

August 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1639 words · Yvonne Anthony

Hasbro's M.A.S.K. Gets a New Comic Book Series This Fall

In the coming years, we’re going to get aHasbro Cinematic Universeled byG.I. Joe, which has already previously gotten two standalone movies. At this time, it does not sound likeTransformerswill crossover into this realm, but that’s always possible. Instead, Joe and his crew will be teaming up with other such Hasbro properties asRom: Space Knight,The Micronauts, andM.A.S.K.All properties that younger audiences probably aren’t too familiar with yet. To help quell this, and establish a foothold amongst young ticket buyers, IDW is first introducing some of these characters in the pages of all-new comic book series....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 608 words · Mitchell Stout

Hocus Pocus 2 Moves Forward at Disney+ with New Director Anne Fletcher

Hocus Pocus 2is reportedly moving forward with a new director at the helm. Previously, it had been reported that Adam Shankman was on board to direct the anticipated sequel for Disney+, using a screenplay written by Jen D’Angelo (Workaholics). A new report from The DisInsider has now revealed that Shankman has been replaced on the project by choreographer and filmmakerAnne Fletcher(Step Up,The Guilt Trip). Shankman had also been tapped by Disney to direct the upcoming Enchanted sequelDisenchanted....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · John Jackson

How Yellowstone Captured Conservative Audiences Tired of Most TV

BeforeYellowstonepremiered and became a massive hit, in theory, its plot wouldn’t have necessarily seemed like a winner back then. There’s a simple reason for that. Most popular TV shows, no matter how controversial their subject-matter is, generally tend to avoid political overtones unless they only appeal to liberals. There are a few notable exceptions s,uch as Netflix’sThe Ranch,which was one of the most overwhelmingly conservative-leaning sitcoms in recent memory. Despite only having a 66% rating score on Rotten Tomatoes, the show was one of the top 10 most popular Netflix series at one point (and died a brutal death due to Danny Masterson’s assault charges)....

August 19, 2025 · 5 min · 854 words · Levi Wallace

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus Movie Teaser Announces Netflix Release Date

Netflix’s upcoming animated film continuation of the cult classic TV seriesInvader Zimhas been teased for what seems like forever now. But today we’ve finally learned just when we’ll be able to stream the movie. Yes, today we have word thatInvader Zim: Enter The Florpuswill be landing on the streaming giant on August 16th. The announcement comes to us from Netflix over on Twitter who write this. “You asked for it, so we’re delivering a fresh order of doom right to your doorstep....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Shawn Bowers

Jason Statham Wants No Part of Fast 8 Feud Between the Rock & Vin Diesel

Earlier this month, production came to an end onFast and Furious 8, which came with quite a bit of controversy. Shortly before production wrapped, franchise starDwayne Johnsoncalled out some of his male co-stars, calling them “candy asses” while chastising their unprofessional behavior. The actor didn’t identify exactly who he was referring to in the Instagram post, but it was since revealed that the subject of The Rock’s ire was in fact franchise starVin Diesel....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Wendy Anderson

John Williams Returns to Score Star Wars 9 Soundtrack

The legendaryJohn Williamswill return to finish scoring the newStar Warstrilogy. Williams has scored every single movie in the Skywalker saga so far, includingStar Wars: The Last Jedi. Now, the composer has confirmed that he’s told J.J. Abrams he’s going to return to do the score forStar Wars 9. While this was largely expected to be the case, this serves as a good bit of news for fans of the franchise....

August 19, 2025 · 3 min · 435 words · Nicole Pennington

Luc Besson Sci-Fi Thriller Valerian Set Photos Emerge

Back in January,production startedon directorLuc Besson’s new sci-fi thrillerValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which is set to hit theaters on August 03, 2025. The director shared the first photo from the set, and with production still under way, the filmmaker has shared a slew of new images through social media. These images give us new looks at starsDane DeHaan,Cara Delevingne,Clive Owenand many more. Rooted in the classic graphic novel series, Valerian and Laureline- visionary writer/directorLuc Bessonadvances this iconic source material into a contemporary, unique and epic science fiction saga....

August 19, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Anthony Gutierrez

Mel Blanc and the Unsung History of Great Voice Acting

Since the creation of animated motion pictures, the use of actors supplying voices has been invaluable. Behind every famous cartoon character’s personality is the actor standing in the recording booth and stretching their manner of speaking in unrecognizable ways, all for the sake of entertainment. For some of these performers, the voices they’ve provided have far surpassed them as people in both recognizability and adoration, and while the general consensus among voice actors is to be proud of their job regardless, a good deal of recognition is due to those whose work continues to make an impact, generations later....

August 19, 2025 · 5 min · 855 words · Cynthia Turner