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Apple and Skydance Media Sign Multi-Year Deal for Live Action Movie Slate

Apple and Skydance Media have signed a multi-year agreement to develop and produce an annual slate of live-action, global-minded movies. The projects are set to be released through Apple Original Films, Deadline is reporting. The deal expands the fast-growing relationship between Skydance’s founder and CEO, David Ellison and the streamer. The two companies already have…

Apple Plans Godzilla Monsterverse TV Series

Today, Apple TV+ announced a new series order for an original live-action from Legendary’s Monsterverse franchise. Following the thunderous battle between Godzilla and the Titans that leveled San Francisco and the shocking new reality that monsters are real, the series explores one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to…

Dashboard Lights Dimming for The Iconic MEAT LOAF, 74

The dashboard lights in paradise are dimming tonight for Meat Loaf, the 74-year-old pop icon whose musical career was jump-started in the dorky 1970s when he played the role of Eddie in the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The singer, born in Dallas as Marvin Lee Aday, passed away on January 20. No…

The Batman’s Official Run Time Confirmed to be Nearly Three Hours by Warner Bros.

The official run time for The Batman has been revealed as two hours and 55 minutes, which includes approximately eight minutes of credits. The superhero film’s distributor, Warner Bros., confirmed the news today to The Hollywood Reporter. The Batman‘s nearly three-hour run time makes it the longest solo Batman movie in history, and one of…

Bong Joon Ho Sets Next Film at Warner Bros. With Robert Pattinson in Talks to Star

Korean director Bong Joon Ho, who won an Oscar for Parasite, is now teaming up with Warner Bros. to create a sci-fi feature based on Mickey7, Edward Ashton’s about-to-be-released novel from St. Martin’s Press. According to the industry sources, Robert Pattinson in talks to play the leading role, who is also starring in The Batman, whose…

“Moon Knight” and “Saint Laurent” Star Gaspard Ulliel Dies at 37 After Ski Accident

French actor Gaspard Ulliel died earlier today at the age of 37 following a tragic ski accident. The Cesar Award-winning performer was hospitalized yesterday after suffering a head injury and did not recover, Deadline is reporting. The family and local agent of the star of Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight television series have confirmed the news….

Daniel Radcliffe Cast as “Weird Al” Yankovic in the Singer’s Roku Channel Biopic

Daniel Radcliffe has been cast as “Weird Al” Yankovic in an upcoming biopic about the prolific parody singer. The film, which is titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, is set to stream exclusively on The Roku Channel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Yankovic co-wrote the script for the movie with Eric Appel, who will also…

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment May Sell Majority Stake to Investment Firm Centricus

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are in discussions to sell a majority stake in their film and television production company, Imagine Entertainment, to the investment firm, Centricus Asset Management Ltd. The London-based firm may pay between $600 million to $800 million for a minimum 70 percent stake in the company, the Wall Street Journal is…

Y: The Last Man Fails to Find New Home After FX on Hulu Cancellation

Y: The Last Man has been officially cancelled, after its potential second season failed to be picked up by a new network, Collider is reporting. The news comes after the post-apocalyptic series’ first season premiered on September 13, 2021 on FX on Hulu, which later took the project off of its slate of content the…

Denzel Washington Has An Exciting Update On What’s Happening With The Equalizer 3

Is Denzel Washington poised to reprise his role of mercenary Robert McCall in Antoine Fuqua’s Equalizer series? In an interview with Steve Weintraub published this week in Collider, the Oscar-winning actor was caught waxing absolutely macho about the prospect, saying with just a whiff of Trumpian bravado: “They have written the third Equalizer, so I’m scheduled…

Pete Davidson Cast in The Purge Director James DeMonaco’s New Horror Thriller The Home

Pete Davidson has been cast in Miramax’s upcoming horror thriller, The Home, which will be directed by The Purge series creator, James DeMonaco. The Saturday Night Live star is set to play Max in the film, whose production is set to begin later this month, Deadline is reporting. The Home will follow Max, a troubled…