https://screenrant.com All the latest movie news, movie trailers & reviews - and the same for TV, too. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:30:38 GMT en-US hourly 60 Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Ballerina.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:30:38 GMT https://screenrant.com/ballerina-2023-movie-ending-explained/ Introduced in the first Star Wars film, the Tusken Raiders of Tatooine remain mysterious to the present day, but their secrets are gradually being revealed. When George Lucas created the first Star Wars film, one thing that stood out was the depth of its world-building. The first act spent a great deal of time on Tatooine, described by Luke Skywalker as the planet farthest from the galaxy's bright center, and fleshed it out in remarkable depth. However, no Star Wars movie or TV show has shown a Tusken Raider's face, and many viewers still want to know what they look like behind their masks.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 22:00:37 GMT https://screenrant.com/mandalorian-star-wars-tusken-raiders-faces-under-masks/ What does The Witch quote “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously” mean? Director Robert Eggers wowed horror audiences and critics alike when his first feature film The Witch was released in 2015. Set in early 17th century New England, the folk horror follows a family of English settlers ousted from their Puritan colony over a religious dispute who take up residence on the edge of a foreboding forest to eke out a living on a meager, isolated farmstead. Almost immediately, the family is plagued by a series of ominous events.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:00:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/witch-movie-live-deliciously-black-phillip-quote/ Killers of the Flower Moon has been widely praised by critics, but what exactly are the glowing reviews saying about Martin Scorsese’s latest historical epic? Based on David Grann’s nonfiction book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon revolves around a series of murders connected to a vast oil fortune in the Osage Nation. The film has earned a near-perfect approval rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating universal acclaim, putting it on par with the very best movies of Scorsese’s career. These positive reviews are hitting a lot of the same points about what Killers of the Flower Moon’s greatest strengths are.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:21:36 GMT https://screenrant.com/killers-flower-moon-reviews-rotten-tomatoes-takeaways/ Get Out has some of the darkest and most disturbing scenes in any horror movie. The film, directed and written by Jordan Peele, was released in 2017 and instantly met with critical acclaim. In fact, the movie is widely regarded as one of the best horror films in recent memory.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:10:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/get-out-most-disturbing-scary-scenes/ Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has made several changes to Amber Heard's role in the upcoming DC film, and there are a few positives to take from Mera's reduced role. Heard's name has been in headlines in recent years due to the legal battle between her and ex-husband, Johnny Depp. Heard wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post in 2018 in which she indirectly accused Depp of domestic violence. Depp sued Heard for defamation, leading to a highly publicized trial in 2022. The court sided with Depp.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:51:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/aquaman-lost-kingdom-amber-heard-romance-cut-report-changes/ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the fourth movie in the most recent reboot series of The Planet of the Apes franchise, is on the way in 2024. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will pick up several years after 2017's War for the Planet of the Apes. In the next Planet of the Apes movie the intelligent simian descendents of Caesar are continuing to navigate the struggles of becoming the dominate species on planet Earth. The humans meanwhile have descended into feral, animalistic beings, much like those seen in the 1968 original starring Charlton Heston which kicked off the original The Planet of the Apes franchise.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:31:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-release-date-cast-story-details/ Netflix’s acquisition of two Knives Out sequels came with a hefty price tag, but the streamer is playing the long game. The original Knives Out was a phenomenon upon its 2019 release. The film, from writer-director Rian Johnson, gave audiences the increasingly rare delight of a sharply-written, wholly original theatrical property. The film played a heavy part in revitalizing the murder-mystery genre and reached box office heights seldom seen with modern mid-budget films. In today’s risk-averse blockbuster landscape, the greenlighting of such a film is a minor miracle.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:31:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/knives-out-netflix-deal-future-explained/ While Transformers is arguably one of the most well-known franchises in Hollywood, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' underwhelming box office returns confirms the series hasn't learned the right lessons from the success of Bumblebee. Bumblebee grossed $468 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $135 million (via Box Office Mojo), while Transformers: Rise of the Beasts grossed $439 million dollars against a $200 million budget (via Box Office Mojo). Even though the long-running franchise has received a plethora of criticism over its 16-year history, previous entries have proven to be big moneymakers, thus making Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' lackluster performance really stand out.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:21:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/transformers-bumblebee-more-action-wrong-lesson/ Every horror movie needs one entity that relentlessly torments the other characters, and in Deliver Us from Evil, that role goes to the Jungler. As the main antagonist, the Jungler was a demon who possessed Mick Santino, played by Sean Harris, in the 2014 supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson. The movie revolved around New York Police Department Special Operations Sergeant Ralph Sarchie, played by Eric Bana, and a string of peculiar cases that seemed to point to demonic possession.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:11:35 GMT https://screenrant.com/deliver-us-from-evil-jungler-demon-explained/ Some of the Avengers — Spider-Man, Captain America, and Iron Man — appear in a fun video that exemplifies the kind of Avengers Tower scenes that the Marvel Cinematic Universe should have brought to life. There have been four films for Earth's Mightiest Heroes so far, with the MCU's Avengers movies now on a break — Phases 4 and 5 not having one — until 2026's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty arrives to send Phase 6 into high gear. The absence of Avengers films has shown how the MCU feels empty without its heroes being connected and interacting with one another.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:40:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/spider-man-iron-man-captain-america-tiktok-video-avengers-tower/ The Batman was released in March 2022, ushering in a new era for The Dark Knight — here’s everything to know about The Batman - Part II, including updates on The Joker’s possible inclusion and the spin-off shows. Directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay by him and Peter Craig, The Batman joins Robert Pattinson's DC hero in his second year as Gotham City’s vigilante. The ending of The Batman definitely left scope for a sequel, and the overwhelmingly positive reception to this latest iteration of the Caped Crusader made The Batman 2 feel almost guaranteed.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:30:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/the-batman-2-updates-news-story-cast/ Dumbledore's Deluminator proved useful to Ron's journey in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but the details surrounding this particular invention are still mysterious. The put-outer was introduced to audiences at the same time as Albus Dumbledore himself since he used it to snuff out the street lights in Privet Drive when he left Harry there in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Since it's easy enough for a wizard to use their wand to extinguish lights, it's strange that the old headmaster would feel the need to invent something to do it for him. However, Ron's discovering the Deluminator's secondary purpose could provide some answers.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:20:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-dumbledore-ron-deluminator-explained/ A powerful new replacement for the Infinity Stones could be introduced in the MCU Phase 5's upcoming The Marvels. As the sequel to 2019's Captain Marvel, Nia DaCosta's 2023 film is set to form a new team with Brie Larson's Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan, marking the first time a character introduced on Disney+ is making the move to the big screen. The superpowered trio will be banding together to take on Zawe Ashton's Dar-Benn, a Kree Accuser with a variety of formidable weapons at her disposal. One of these is a bangle that bears striking similarities to the one worn by Ms. Marvel.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:51:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/the-marvels-bangle-time-space-theory-explained/ Despicable Me 4 is headed to theaters in 2024, and the next installment in Illumination's supervillain franchise could be one of Gru's wildest adventures yet. Beginning with Despicable Me (2010), the $3.7-billion franchise has grown to become one of the highest-grossing of all time. Sequels and even spin-off prequels are consistently pumped out in two to three-year intervals, ensuring the series remains popular. In between the Despicable Me movies, themed books, video games, and short films have also been released. The franchise continues to thrive, and Universal has confirmed that Despicable Me 4 will expand Gru's world even more.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 16:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/despicable-me-4-news-updates-release-date-story/ Star Trek: First Contact introduced the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) in the Star Trek: The Next Generation films, and she immediately took a liking to Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), but his evil brother Lore may have been her true target. In First Contact, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-E must stop the Borg from time-traveling and assimilating Earth in the past. Upon arriving in 2063, the Borg invade the Enterprise and capture Data. The Borg Queen then reveals herself and begins trying to seduce the android Starfleet officer.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:30:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-trek-borg-queen-first-contact-data-seduction-lore/ Marvel Studios' official X-Men team may have the perfect introduction after the suspected reboot of the MCU after Avengers: Secret Wars. Although Marvel Studios acquired the rights to mutant characters from Marvel Comics, including the X-Men, after Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2019, the team still hasn't made it's MCU debut. Several mutant characters have made their way to the MCU, including Ms. Marvel's Kamala Khan, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Namor, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law's Mr. Immortal, but there is still confusion surrounding how Marvel Studios will bring the X-Men into the MCU while retaining their rich backstories.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:20:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/xmen-mcu-reboot-perfect-solution/ Warning! This article contains spoilers for Loki season 2, episode 2

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 15:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/loki-kang-avengers-6-good-variant-theory/ The Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick has an idea for a prequel, which really doesn't need to happen. Tim Burton could scarcely have been a bigger name in the early '90s after the Batman films, so it when it came time for Disney to promote a stop-motion movie he wrote and produced, they labeled it Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Of course, this implied Burton also directed the movie, which is a misunderstanding that angered the actual helmer Henry Selick for many years, though in a recent 30th-anniversary interview with People, he states this no longer bothers him.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:50:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/nightmare-before-christmas-prequel-movie-idea-wrong/ The end of Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle saw Sophie's curse broken, but this wasn't the end of her adventures with Howl. Animation legend Hayao Miyazaki based his 2004 movie on the book of the same name by writer Diana Wynne Jones, and though Howl's Moving Castle was a standalone film, the book was part of a trilogy. This means that Sophie and Howl's story extended further than the ending audiences saw on screen, with the books Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways detailing the couple's adventures after falling in love.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:40:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/what-happened-to-howl-sophie-after-howls-moving-castle/ After the three season show was a breakout hit for Hulu the tease that a Reservation Dogs movie could be on the cards has gained no shortage of attention. Running from 2021 to 2023, Reservation Dogs tell the story of the Rez Dogs, four Indiginous teenages in Oklahoma. After the death of Daniel, the fifth member of their group, the Rez Dogs resolved to commit however much crime they need to in order to fulfill a dream of heading to California.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:30:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/reservation-dogs-movie-confirmation-release-date-cast-story/ A recent DC release has redeemed one villain who was severely misused in 2016's Suicide Squad. The DCEU film was released to an underwhelming reception due to the meddling of Warner Bros. in David Ayer's original production. As such, several of the characters in the film were either sidelined, misrepresented from their comic book counterparts, or simply underutilized within the film's story.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:00:25 GMT https://screenrant.com/dc-dceu-suicide-squad-killer-croc-redeemed-riddler-unburied/ There are several ways to watch Killers of the Flower Moon depending on when and how viewers want to see Martin Scorsese's movie. The legendary director and proponent of the cinematic experience in theaters made headlines once it was announced that Killers of the Flower Moon was being made through Apple TV+. The streaming service stepped up to fund the $200 million epic at a time when traditional movie studios and competitor streamers did not want to finance Scorsese's follow-up to The Irishman. This has not stopped anticipation from being sky-high for the latest Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio movie.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:00:25 GMT https://screenrant.com/how-to-watch-killers-flower-moon/ Disney is celebrating its 100th anniversary, and looking back at the company’s history in film and TV, it’s clear why it’s still a powerhouse in the world of entertainment. Although Disney is best known for its animated works both in film and TV, the Mouse House has done a lot more than family-friendly content. Disney has explored a variety of genres since its creation, and with the acquisition of other companies and brands, it has expanded even more with content for viewers of all ages and tastes.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:50:25 GMT https://screenrant.com/disney-1923-2023-retrospective-100-years/ Despite her compelling performance as the vengeful killer Sue Ann "Ma" Ellington, Octavia Spencer wasn't originally slated for the lead in the Ma movie, but she was cast for a surprising reason. The psychological thriller follows the lonely Sue Ann who befriends a group of teenagers by enticing them with alcohol and unsupervised parties at her house. Sue Ann's motive comes to be especially sinister, as the teens are children of her childhood bullies and, consequently, pawns to her overall plot for revenge.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:21:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/octavia-spencer-cast-sue-ann-ma-surprising-reason/ Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi masterpiece Interstellar imagines a dystopian future where humans are forced to leave planet Earth behind once it becomes completely inhospitable, but one dark fan theory actually suggests that there’s an even more disturbing reason for this crisis. The story uses its mass exodus of humanity to comment sharply on the future of the climate crisis, the way we’re interacting with the environment, and what this could mean for the future of our species. The story was incredibly ahead of its time, but this theory allows audiences to view the narrative in a totally different way.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:10:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/interstellar-blight-cause-theory-humans-future-they/ Two major Star Wars characters, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, failed as Master and Apprentice respectively. That said, it is worth noting that Anakin and Obi-Wan's failures are not negative aspects of the iconic Star Wars characters. In fact, it is the duo's failures and flaws that make them relatable characters, allowing them equally to become two of the franchise's most compelling protagonists - or antagonists in Anakin's case.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:01:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-wars-obi-wan-anakin-master-apprentice-fail/ The X-Men's upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe debut makes the return of a Marvel team that previously appeared in live-action far less likely. The famous Marvel mutants first came to the big screen in 2000's X-Men, with several X-Men movies set in different continuities — the one of the original team and the one established in 2011's X-Men: First Class — following. Now, the X-Men franchise developed by Fox ended with 2020's The New Mutants, with Disney buying the studio and the rights to the mutants returning to Marvel. Deadpool 3 will be the first movie with X-Men characters in the MCU.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:40:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/x-men-make-inhumans-mcu-return-unlikely/ Taylor Swift couldn't fit her entire three-and-a-half-hour concert into Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, so she had to sacrifice a few songs, and unfortunately, they were the wrong choices to leave out of the movie. After releasing four new albums since her last tour in 2018 and embarking on her rerecording journey, Swift had to do something big for her next tour. Instead of promoting her newest album Midnights, she created the Eras Tour, a celebration of her life's work.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:30:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-cut-songs-wrong/ Star Wars has provided new insight into the strange origins of the galaxy's most dangerous Force predators. As seen during the early age known as the High Republic, the Jedi Order found itself in great danger thanks to the marauders known as the Nihil and their control over the powerful beasts known as the Nameless. However, it seems the Force predators are far older and more mysterious than ever imagined.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-wars-nameless-origin-mysterious/ Avengers: Endgame brought an end to the first three phases of the MCU, bringing an end to a storyline that spanned across 23 movies, and a couple of TV shows, over a period of more than 10 years - dooming the franchise's ability to bring back its most iconic villain at the same time. Endgame was an epic conclusion to the Infinity Saga, calling together earth's mightiest heroes in a pitched battle against the combined might of Thanos and his armies. It provided fans with multiple highlights, brought closure to a number of individual character arcs, and broke numerous records at the box office. In doing so, however, it also sabotaged any chance of Thanos being able to return to the MCU.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/mcu-avengers-endgame-thanos-return-ruin/ While he may be best known for his role in the romantic comedy film, Red, White, & Royal Blue, Taylor Zakhar Perez has had an expansive career that highlights his many talents. An adaptation of the Red, White & Royal Blue book, the film follows a secret love affair between the first son of the United States named Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zakhar Perez), and Prince Henry (Nicholas Galitzine), the heir to the British throne. While the film primarily serves as a sweet romance story, it also explores themes of discrimination in terms of how an LGBTQ+ relationship is frowned upon in domestic and international politics.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/taylor-zakhar-perez-red-white-royal-blue-actor-bio-facts/ It's no secret that Christopher Nolan has a carousel of favorite actors that he casts in all his films, and although this particular one wasn't present for 2023's Oppenheimer, it didn't seem like a big deal until now, when his retirement announcement means that this actor's final Nolan film has already happened, and is much worse. Christopher Nolan's latest epic Oppenheimer had a massive cast of stars from Cillian Murphy and Robert Downy Jr. to Emily Blunt and Florence Pugh. Really, it brought together a significant amount of actors that were both Nolan favorites and newbies, however this one actor's absence from the film is glaring.

]]> Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:45:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/oppenheimer-movie-michael-caine-missing-retirement-worse/ The previously demonic possession subgenre of horror might have been revitalized in the fall of 2023, but it was not by the high-profile sequel The Exorcist: Believer. The sequel to 1973's horror classic The Exorcist failed to even approach the heights of its predecessor, and has been universally panned by critics and fans alike. However, another demonic possession movie released around the same time pushed the boundaries of horror much like how The Exorcist did way back in the 1970s.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:10:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/best-demonic-possession-movie-2023-revitalizes-genre/ Three of Tim Burton's animated movies across nearly 20 years have one disturbing detail in common, but it makes sense from a story standpoint. The filmmaker has directed 19 movies, but he's had a heavy hand in producing several other noteworthy titles. More recently, Burton directed several episodes for Netflix's Wednesday before re-teaming with the show's lead star, Jenna Ortega, for Beetlejuice 2, which is set to release in 2024. Interestingly, Burton has been synonymous with projects that lean into horror, embracing the macabre and peculiar elements in storytelling.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:00:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/tim-burton-animated-movies-dead-dog-repeat/ Murder Mystery 3 will turn Netflix's Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston led Murder Mystery franchise into a trilogy. The Murder Mystery movies follow police officer Nick Spitz (Sandler) and his wife, hairstylist Audrey Spitz (Aniston). As the name implies, Murder Mystery is firmly set in the mystery genre but with the additional flavor of Sandler’s wild comedy. It’s a familiar pairing of leads as well. Sandler and Aniston acted together in Just Go With It (2011) and their chemistry is the better part of these movies, which are riffs on the mystery genre as a whole.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 21:00:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/murder-mystery-3-cast-plot-updates/ Young Guns is known for boasting a roster of renowned actors like Kiefer Sutherland, Emilio Estevez, and Charlie Sheen, but not many know about its surprising Tom Cruise cameo. Based on American outlaw Billy the Kid's adventures during the Lincoln County War, Young Guns unfolds in New Mexico, where a group of young gunmen get embroiled in a game of cat-and-mouse. Upon release, although Young Guns primarily received mixed reviews from viewers and critics, it performed fairly well at the box office by raking in $56 million against a budget of $11 million.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:50:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/tom-cruise-young-guns-cameo-explained/ The Possession centers its plot around a mysterious object called the dybbuk box and even claims that its story is based on a true story, making it hard not to be curious if the box is real. Many horror movies come with the "based on a true story" motif, but the real-world connotations of their narrative are not as simple as they usually seem. The true story behind The Possession's dybbuk box is perhaps the perfect example of this.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:21:25 GMT https://screenrant.com/the-possession-movie-dybukk-box-explained/ The Thing's eye gleam theory can supposedly reveal which characters are alien imitations, but how effective is this method in practice? The original The Thing from Another World is one of John Carpenter's favorite movies, which is why he was reluctant to helm a remake when first approached. However, the original movie dropped the imitation element that was present in the original short story Who Goes There? in favor of a more generic alien monster. Carpenter decided the alien shapeshifter concept was the perfect way to reinvent the concept, and was determined the monster itself would rarely, if ever, be depicted onscreen as a man in a creature costume.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:01:25 GMT https://screenrant.com/the-thing-eye-gleam-theory-explained-who-infected-monster/ The best movies on Peacock deliver a mix of both popular franchises and lesser-known films that deserve more appreciation. A relatively new addition to the world of streaming services, Peacock was primarily created as a way for NBCUniversal to make its series and films available without having to use a third party. After launching in 2020, Peacock has gradually built a solid subscriber base, with a solid lineup of new Peacock movies added regularly. The best movies on Peacock now count among the most solid and varied range of any available streaming platform, especially for those who prefer a greater slant toward theatrical blockbusters (while still having some great original movies thrown in).

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 20:01:25 GMT https://screenrant.com/peacock-best-movies/ Following the success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a Nintendo cinematic universe seems likely, but the nature of its source material will make for a different kind of movie universe that avoids a common franchise mistake. For years, Nintendo kept its distance from mainstream movie adaptations, following the legendary embarrassment of 1993’s Super Mario Bros., which regularly appears on lists of the worst video game movies ever made. However, doubtless buoyed by the good fortune of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, the company took a gamble with The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The film was a bona fide phenomenon, taking home $1.36 billion in the second-highest gross of 2023.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 19:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/nintendo-cinematic-universe-movies-different-worlds-mistake/ The Infinity Saga may have marked the end of Thanos’ reign, but there is still a way for the MCU to bring him back after Phase 6. The Mad Titan was the MCU’s looming threat for over a decade. After spending the duration of the Infinity Saga collecting the MCU's Infinity Stones, he was able to execute his plan of wiping out half the universe in Avengers: Infinity War. However, Thanos ultimately meant his own fate in Endgame as he was ironically snapped away himself.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:40:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/marvel-phase-5-thanos-mcu-return-after-phase-6/ Mike Flanagan's Netflix horror creations rank among the best on the platform but some of his works are naturally better than the others. Having established himself as a prolific master of horror in the industry over the last decade, Flanagan has reinvented the genre in more ways than one. As seen in his feature-length offerings such as Oculus and Hush, Flanagan’s tales are intimate vignettes of terror, looking into the folds of what it means to be human in the face of the unknown. However, it was Flanagan’s widely acclaimed Netflix miniseries, The Haunting of Hill House that positioned his oeuvre in the public eye, as the series dismantled the clichéd tropes of supernatural horror and reinvigorated it.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:40:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/mike-flanagan-horror-netflix-shows-ranked/ Legally Blonde 3 is on the way from MGM with Reece Witherspoon back once again as Elle Woods, and with a script penned by The Office alumni Mindy Kaling, the anticipation is high. The Legally Blonde movies focus on Elle Woods (Witherspoon), who enrolls in Harvard Law School to spite her condescending ex-boyfriend who thought her too unintelligent to pass the bar. Elle of course the last laugh, successfully arguing a court case, graduating from Harvard Law, and getting a new boyfriend in the process. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde took the character to the political arena in Washington, D.C. Legally Blonde 3 will pick up the franchise 20 years later.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:31:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/legally-blonde-3-release-date-story-cast-updates/ One Star Wars character is on track to become the unexpected center of Dave Filoni’s The Mandalorian movie. The corner of the Star Wars timeline colloquially known as the “Mandoverse” on Disney+ continues to grow. Its flagship show, The Mandalorian, currently has three seasons under its belt with a fourth on the way, and the recently released Ahsoka show brought back Grand Admiral Thrawn – one of the Empire’s most formidable tacticians – setting up the central conflict of The Mandalorian movie, as the New Republic will be forced to reckon with the Imperial Remnant scattered across the galaxy.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:00:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-wars-bo-katan-center-the-mandalorian-movie/ In Jujutsu Kaisen 0, a prequel movie to the Jujutsu Kaisen anime, Yuta Okkotsu plays the role of protagonist in the absence of Yuji Itadori, but Yuta has not been properly introduced in the anime series. Despite being a prequel to the anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is based on the manga by Gege Akutami that was released first. After the initial success of Yuta's story in the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 manga, Akutami expanded the world into a weekly Shōnen Jump series, Jujutsu Kaisen, in which Yuji Itadori became the main protagonist. After the release of the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film, fans of the anime may have been left wondering where Yuta Okkotsu is during the events of Jujutsu Kaisen's season 1.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:31:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/jujutsu-kaisen-0-where-is-yuta-okkotsu-in-the-show/ Captain Marvel is indirectly responsible for the first attempt at a Jessica Jones series falling through. Jessica Jones first made her live-action debut on the eponymous Marvel Netflix series in 2015, with Krysten Ritter portraying the superhuman detective. Jessica Jones notably was the first female-led Marvel TV series, with 2019's Captain Marvel laying claim to being the first female-led movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but history could have played out differently.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:31:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/jessica-jones-show-cancelled-captain-marvel/ Taylor Swift’s iconic Eras Tour has made history for its pop culture impact in 2023, but it is also projected to make economic history for Swift herself. Announced in November 2022, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a unique experience that takes Swifties through every “era” of the pop star’s career. The tour has created a flurry of hype around it, with fans shelling out cash not only for concert tickets but for unique outfits and friendship bracelets as well, making Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour an experience that transcends a typical concert. With the recent release of the Eras Tour concert movie, Swift’s Eras Tour will become even more successful.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:10:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/how-much-money-taylor-swift-made-eras-tour/ Warning: Spoilers for The Expendables 4 Below!

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 17:01:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/expendables-4-sequel-gap-story-character-problems/ There are so many classic Halloween movies households have on an annual rotation, but none of them are recent releases — and that's a problem. Before the 2010s, Halloween on the silver screen was an exhilarating affair. Movies like Hocus Pocus, Beetlejuice, and The Addams Family offered thrills through a whimsically spooky lens. Not all these films garnered immediate success, as Hocus Pocus was an infamous bomb for Disney, but they went on to become cult classics and Hollywood mainstays. These movies carried an ineffable magic, ensuring they would be revisited annually by new and old audiences alike.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:40:24 GMT https://screenrant.com/halloween-movies-old-problem-new-classic-hollywood/ Get Out is filled with genius moments of foreshadowing, but one hint early in the story comes absurdly close to giving away the movie’s secrets. The film follows Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a Black man whose first visit to his girlfriend’s family gradually fills him with suspicion of a secret agenda. Get Out was a phenomenon upon release, earning $255 million on a $4.5 million production budget and making Jordan Peele the first Black winner of the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:11:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/get-out-walter-greeting-twist-roman-clue/ The Matrix Resurrections was a box office disaster, but there's still a way to successfully develop The Matrix 5. The original Matrix movie presented an audacious fusion of mind-bending philosophy, revolutionary visual effects, and a unique blend of martial arts and Hollywood action. The narrative challenged perceptions of reality: in a future where humanity is trapped inside a simulation created by sentient machines, Neo sets out to free the human race. This ambitious blend of concept and spectacle dominated the box office and left an indelible mark on filmmaking. Producers drew inspiration from its bullet-time sequences, its cyberpunk aesthetics, and its existential questions about free will and human purpose.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:01:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/the-matrix-5-best-story-animatrix-prequel/ The MCU has become synonymous with exciting character cameos in its projects, but one particularly brutal appearance from the Inhumans show makes way more sense after a reveal about Marvel's TV shows. While character cameos were something of a novelty in the early days of the MCU, they've become unexpected, and seldom few Marvel movies or TV shows don't at least briefly feature a familiar face from another corner of the shared universe. However, while these cameos are almost always fun nods to beloved characters, a new reveal from behind the scenes at Marvel Studios reveals that there may be a bit of malice behind at least one crossover.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:40:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/doctor-strange-black-bolt-inhumans-cameo-reveal-makes-sense/ Walt Disney Pictures is a powerhouse in the world of animation, and it has welcomed a variety of actors and musicians to voice its animated characters, but in Disney’s early years, the studio didn’t credit its voice actors. Walt Disney Pictures was key in the development of animation, and in 1937, it released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length traditionally animated feature film. Snow White was a critical and commercial success, and it marked the beginning of Disney’s successful run in the world of animation. Since then, Disney has produced over 60 animated feature films and it shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:30:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/disney-animated-movies-no-actor-credits-why/ Thanks to its affiliation with Disney, the best movies on Hulu include some of the most popular and sought-after content on any streaming service. While competitors like Netflix and Amazon offer an ever-expanding library, Hulu offers a more focused collection of great movies. Because volume isn’t the objective, Hulu succeeds in curating a batch of excellent films across a number of genres. Never leaving subscribers overwhelmed for choice, Hulu instead recreates a local video rental store feel by offering a slimmer but high-quality carefully-picked selection of top-tier viewing.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:00:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/hulu-best-movies/ Patrick Stewart plays two iconic heroes, Star Trek's Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and X-Men's Professor X, but which one of them lives longer? The answer is complicated. Stewart began playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, which premiered in 1987. Stewart became as a household name as Picard after 7 seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation and 4 TNG movies. Sir Patrick then reprised Jean-Luc almost 20 years later for 3 seasons of Star Trek: Picard.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-trek-picard-xmen-professor-x-age/ The upcoming live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon can fix one of the long-running problems found in Disney's attempts at live-action adaptations of classic animated films. Beginning in 2010 with Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, a new age of adapting classic Disney animations to live-action began. This spawned remakes of Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, and The Little Mermaid to name a handful of the most popular.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/how-to-train-your-dragon-live-action-disney-remake-problem-fix/ The Princess and the Frog live-action remake has been in-demand by Disney fans ever since the House of Mouse began remaking their back catalog of animated classics. A live-action Tiana, recognized as the first Black Disney princess, would be right at home among Disney’s modern remakes. With the 1920s setting of the movie, its swinging jazz-influenced soundtrack, and nefarious voodoo villain Dr. Facilier providing ample opportunity for some impressive hybrid CGI visuals. However, despite multiple teases over the years, there’s yet to be word on the live-action Princess and the Frog entering development.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 14:31:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/live-action-princess-and-the-frog-release-date-prediction-cast-story/ Darth Vader shockingly redeemed himself in Return of the Jedi, but it was The Empire Strikes Back that set up the possibility by defying Sith norms. As Yoda said, "always two there are; a master and an apprentice." Palpatine expanded on this principle of the Rule of Two, proclaiming that the master possess the power and the student is the one to crave it. The relationship between Vader and Palpatine embodied all of that and more, with both knowing the former could never truly usurp his master given the physical limitations that hindered him.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 14:00:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-wars-empire-strikes-back-darth-vader-redemption-foreshadowing/ John Carpenter changed the horror game with the original Halloween, but his wildest sequel idea wound up being used for another iconic horror franchise. While Carpenter largely stepped away from the Halloween franchise after 1982's Halloween III: Season of the Witch failed to jump-start his plan for an anthology series, he did, in fact, try to reacquire the rights to Michael Myers and the attached IP in the 90s. Partnering with New Line Cinema, Carpenter aimed to revitalize the Halloween franchise, believing that the bevy of sequels had made the series stale given their penchant for copying the formula of his 1978 classic.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:50:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/halloween-john-carpenter-space-idea-jason-x-coincidence/ One particularly terrible remake of an Alfred Hitchcock horror classic is all the reason why the historic filmmaker's works shouldn't be touched. Although he released his final film as a living director in 1976, Hitchcock remains a titan of film history to this day, responsible for some of the most brilliant and innovative movies of the Hollywood Golden Age era and of all time. Earning the title of the "master of suspense", Hitchcock's films feel as fresh and palpable as they were upon release, veering into several cinematic genres including thrillers, romantic dramas, and of course, horror pictures.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:30:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/alfred-hitchcock-psycho-1998-remakes-bad-future/ Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is another showcase for Tom Cruise's incredible action movie star qualities, but the movie also acts as a shocking reminder of the franchise's longevity thanks to his age. The seventh entry in the Mission: Impossible franchise arrived 27 years after the original movie that rebooted the TV series as an action/thriller movie series. Audiences have spent nearly three decades watching Tom Cruise becoming increasingly more daring with his stunts in an effort to bring more people to theaters and treat them to something they've never seen. It's only become more impressive as he gets older too.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:20:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/mission-impossible-7-tom-cruise-age-older/ The Jason Bourne film series depicts Jason Bourne, an assassin with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who experiences dissociative amnesia, making him forget who he is and his past as an operative, resulting in him going on the run from the government. Matt Damon played the franchise's titular character in all but one of the movies, which featured Jeremy Renner taking over the reins as Aaron Cross, a Department of Defense (DOD) operative who goes on the run because of Jason Bourne. Although there are five films in the series, the chronological order of all the projects is very straightforward, making them easy to binge-watch.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:11:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/jason-bourne-movies-in-order/ Navigating the best movies on Disney+ can be a daunting prospect, in part because there is such an impressive collection of options available. Titles include those from Disney's own in-house properties, as well as movies from Marvel Studios, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and some movies acquired as part of the company's 20th Century Fox merger. Given this varied offering from some of the industry's biggest players, Disney+ is almost unrivaled when it comes to consistent, exclusive quality across the platform.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:00:31 GMT https://screenrant.com/disney-plus-best-movies/ Sisu is the Finnish war movie that has had many clambering to know where it's available to watch, and the ultra-violent revenge film continues to shock as it reaches a much wider audience. Originally making its debut as part of the Midnight Madness block at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Sisu follows a Finnish prospector in the dying days of WWII who has a harrowing encounter with retreating German soldiers. Part historical war epic and part classic revenge movie, Sisu surprised audiences with its over-the-top violence and gritty execution that left many jaws agape.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:00:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/sisu-movie-where-to-watch-online/ Since live-action adaptations of superheroes began, no DC character has been put to screen more than Batman; here is every Batman film in order of both chronology and release date. The prevalence of Batman in modern pop culture is easy to see. With upcoming Batman movies and TV shows including The Batman - Part II, Joker: Folie à Deux, and the various The Batman spin-off shows, it is clear that Batman is only rivaled by Marvel's Spider-Man regarding the amount of adaptations that have been made or will be in the future.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 13:00:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/batman-movies-order-chronological-release-date/ Jumanji 4 is reportedly on the way, and audience anticipation for the next chapter in the pulpy jungle fantasy series that started all the way back in 1995's Jumanji couldn't be higher. The precious movie in the franchise, 2019's Jumanji: The Next Level, teased the potential for new installments in its mid-credits scene. Jumanji 4 will be the next chapter of the rebooted trilogy story which started in 2017's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The Jumanji sequels moved from a board and dice to virtual reality and videogames, an applauded decision by Sony Pictures that's expected to continue in the fourth Jumanji movie.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:41:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/jumanji-4-movie-release-date-story-cast-updates/ One aspect of Chris Evans' Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger was almost ruined by Marvel, and, in fact, led to "screaming matches" between executives. Arriving after the earliest MCU movies, The First Avenger took viewers back in time to tell the origin story of Steve Rogers as Captain America, with the majority of the movie set in the 1940s during World War II. The film ended with Steve Rogers crashing a plane into ice and being frozen, only to be found and reanimated during the modern-set MCU just in time to suit up for The Avengers.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:30:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/marvel-almost-ruin-captain-america-mcu-introduction/ Though 1982's Blade Runner has an iconic cast led by the legendary Harrison Ford, when the story was first optioned to become a film in 1968, the potential cast looked much different, and in particular, Philip K. Dick wanted this rock star to play this pivotal role. Blade Runner is a sci-fi film based on a novel by Philip K. Dick entitled "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" Since 1982, the film has expanded into a significant franchise, with a sequel film, Blade Runner 2049, released in 2017.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:20:25 GMT https://screenrant.com/philip-k-dick-blade-runner-casting-grace-slick-gregory-peck/ Ridley Scott's Alien: Director's Cut reinserted a scene that creates a major plot hole within the franchise. The Alien series has produced a few famous deleted scenes over the years, such as Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) discovering the cocooned Burke (Paul Reiser) during the finale of Aliens or the reawakened Engineer briefly speaking in Scott's prequel Prometheus. While these sequences were once confined to novelizations or articles on the series, the advent of DVD and Blu-ray has made them widely available.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:10:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/alien-directors-cut-xenomorph-plot-hole-eggs/ The Jelly Roll: Save Me documentary is a revealing portrait of a rising star in music, and explores his complicated path to the heights he has reached today. Released in 2023, the film follows the newcomer superstar as he plays to sold out audiences and recounts his troubling past which helped form his current musical persona. The rapper-turned-country singer is the perfect subject of a documentary, and his rags-to-riches story really has more heart than the usual behind-the-scenes music documentaries.

]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:01:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/jelly-roll-documentary-online/ The Harry Potter series is full of morally complex characters who always fall short of redemption. This has been a topic of frustration for years, with characters like Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy never having a moment in which they resolved their faults. Instead, most surrounding the Boy Who Lived seem to fall within a moral grey area. This has led to debates about whether these characters are definitively good or bad, with fans flocking to one side of the argument or the other. However, this moral ambiguity is a significant feature and theme of the Harry Potter series and drives essential aspects of Harry's story home.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 22:40:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-morality-characters-fall-short-explained/ Jason Momoa's potential recast could finally give the DCU its very own Wolverine. Despite his current role as the DCEU's Aquaman, Momoa has been a popular fan cast for DC Comics' Lobo for years, an intergalactic bounty hunter who is quite literally the embodiment of the gritty 90s and its hyper-violence. Now, a new DC Universe reboot is in the works from James Gunn and Peter Safran which may include Momoa in this completely different role.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 22:20:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/jason-momoa-lobo-wolverine/ Han Solo is one of the oldest characters in the Star Wars franchise, but his story doesn’t end after the conclusion of the original trilogy. Having just played a pivotal role in the downfall of the Empire and Darth Vader, the futures of Luke, Leia, and Han all look very bright, though Return of the Jedi doesn’t reveal much about what those might look like. The last the audience sees of Han, he’s celebrating the end of the Empire along with Luke and Leia. Offscreen, however, Han continues to have a very interesting and adventurous life after the credits stop rolling.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 22:01:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-wars-what-happened-to-han-after-original-trilogy/ The world of Lord of the Rings includes a deep and complex lore, with the creation of Tolkien's entire fictional universe attributed to a supreme being—Eru Ilúvatar. Though this character is never mentioned by name in Tolkien's original novels, his existence is alluded to throughout. Then, the author shed light on Eru Ilúvatar in his various writings and notes, collected and posthumously published as The Silmarillion.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 21:40:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/lord-of-the-rings-god-eru-iluvatar-explained/ There are several ways to watch The Conjuring movies in order. The horror franchise is one of the most consistently successful cinematic universes, having spawned several high-grossing individual series amid an expanded canon that continues to grow. The Nun 2, which premiered in 2023, is the ninth movie in the overarching franchise and sequel to the first The Nun movie that came out in 2018. This will be followed by the fourth movie in The Conjuring movie series, The Conjuring: Last Rites.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 21:20:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/conjuring-annabelle-nun-movie-watch-viewing-order/ Hulu and 20th Century Studios’ Hellraiser 2 will be the sequel to David Bruckner’s 2022 Hellraiser reboot starring Jamie Clayton as the female Pinhead. However, despite Bruckner’s modern reimagining of Clive Barker’s classic horror franchise and the terrifying Cenobites performing respectably, the Hellraiser reboot sequel has yet to be confirmed. Bruckner has been open about his desire to continue exploring the world of the Cenobites and the Lament Configuration.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 21:00:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/hellraiser-2-reboot-sequel-confirmation-release-date-cast-story/ After the success of Margot Robbie's Barbie, the prospect of the A-lister starring in a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie is exciting, but Disney's long-delayed project has caused it to fall behind a competitor studio. Robbie's Pirates of the Caribbean movie hasn't made substantial progress since its 2020 announcement despite the actress gaining popularity in recent years. Fans of Robbie can look forward to a different studio capitalizing on the success of Barbie, as she'll appear in a prequel for another popular franchise in the near future.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 20:21:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/pirates-caribbean-delay-margot-robbie-disney-plan/ Master Yoda tells Luke Skywalker that he's the last Jedi, despite Order 66 survivors still lingering in the galaxy - and Star Wars has explained why that is. As one of the Jedi Order's oldest and wisest Jedi Masters, Yoda has come to understand the Jedi Code just as well as he understands himself. This has caused Yoda to set very high standards for all ranks of Jedi in a way that's managed to misguide him in the past, most notably during the Clone Wars. Nevertheless, he still serves as a proper and wise master for Luke to finish the training that Obi-Wan started, something that sees Yoda consider Luke to be the last remaining Jedi.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 20:01:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-wars-why-yoda-believed-luke-last-jedi-explained/ While The Super Mario Bros. Movie has become a huge success for Illumination and Universal, the movie proves that the original 1993 Super Mario Bros. did something right. The 2023 movie has become an outstanding success for the studio, as The Super Mario Bros. Movie made $1.36 billion worldwide (via The Numbers), all but guaranteeing Super Mario Bros. 2. That figure is even more impressive given that the movie had a mixed reception, as it sits at a "rotten" 59% on Rotten Tomatoes. Nevertheless, The Super Mario Bros. Movie is a massive audience pleaser, and has helped fans forget about the obscure 1993 film.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:41:24 GMT https://screenrant.com/super-mario-bros-movie-mistake-live-action-creative-good/ Two 2023 Dracula movies have failed at the box office, which has led to speculation about what the Dracula movie problem could be. Ever since Bram Stoker penned his haunting tale of a Transylvanian vampire, the world has been captivated by the mythos of Dracula. Hollywood, in its endless quest for stories that resonate while still being part of an established IP, has tried time and again to capture this legend in movies. From black-and-white classics to campy depictions like Cage's Dracula in Renfield, Dracula has seen countless reimaginings. Yet, despite this plethora of adaptations, the recent Dracula films seem to miss the mark more often than they hit.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:10:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/why-dracula-movies-go-wrong-box-office-reviews-bad/ To leave the cult hit Donnie Darko explained is infamously difficult, but its confusing ending can be broken down by unknotting the movie’s complex timeline — and doing so definitely reveals the hidden Donnie Darko meaning. Released in 2001, Donnie Darko was a lot of different things to different viewers. The film is simultaneously an early vehicle for future superstar Jake Gyllenhaal, the directorial debut of mercurial genius Richard Kelly, and a hybrid of teen drama, science fiction, small-town mystery, and fantasy. The meaning of Donnie Darko combines difficult-to-explain alternate universes with time travel and some truly surreal symbolism.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 19:00:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/donnie-darko-timeline-ending-meaning-explained/ Pop culture was influenced in more ways than one by the release of the supernatural comedy film Ghostbusters. Directed by Ivan Reitman and starring an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, and Ernie Hudson. Ghostbusters broke box-office records and became a cultural phenomenon spanning four decades. The blockbuster forever enchanted audiences with its quirky humor, pioneering visual effects, catchy theme song with a strange true story behind it, and spooky stories.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 18:50:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/ghostbusters-movie-influence-speech-cultural-change-busters/ It's officially confirmed that Zootopia 2 is happening, and after almost 8 years since the original the anticipation is high. Zootopia is set in a world where humans don't exist and quirky anthropomorphic animals take on everyday roles, such as a ram working as a chemist and a sloth employed at the DMV. The movie follows Judy Hopps, a rabbit recruited into the Zootopia Police Department. After she joins forces with the rogue con artist fox Nick Wilde, they uncover a government conspiracy that runs deep through the city.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 18:30:31 GMT https://screenrant.com/zootopia-2-updates-news-cast-story/ The Fear Street trilogy was an instant classic horror movie franchise from Netflix, but the 2021 series has, inexplicably, still not received any follow-ups. Although 2020s horror movies have been doing big business at the box office, there are precious few fresh slasher franchises debuting this decade. The Conjuring cinematic universe is continually growing and earning big box office returns, but these are supernatural horror movies rather than slashers. Although recent reboots proved that the Halloween series and Scream movies can still command a theatrical audience, the biggest new slashers are indie darlings like the Terrifier franchise. However, there is one notable exception.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 18:10:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/fear-street-trilogy-not-continued/ The Netflix-exclusive documentary Victim/Suspect shines a light on a tragic injustice within the American police system and gives several survivors a platform to tell their stories. Originally debuting at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023, the Nancy Schwartzman-directed film follows investigative journalist Rachel de Leon as she uncovers several legal cases in which sexual assault victims were charged with filing a false police report, despite the veracity of their stories. Naturally, such a difficult subject demanded an intense and thorough analysis in the film form, and Schwartzman combines the pure facts of the cases with the heart-wrenching human interest angle of the best documentaries.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 18:01:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/victim-suspect-netflix-documentary-where-survivors-are-now/ While Christopher Nolan has recently managed an impressive streak, the opportunity to make a James Bond movie might convince him to end this pattern. Christopher Nolan made a name for himself with a series of smart, original psychological thrillers. Before he was known for making big-budget blockbusters, Nolan cut his teeth on movies like Following, Memento, and Insomnia, small-scale projects that relied on clever storytelling trickery to wow audiences despite their modest stories. However, the director became an A-list Hollywood talent with the success of 2005’s franchise action movie Batman Begins, soon leading to hits like The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Inception, and The Dark Knight Rises.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 17:50:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/christopher-nolan-james-bond-no-franchise-movies-streak/ Toy Story 5 could be exactly what the franchise needs following Lightyear's disappointment, but the sequel should not ignore Buzz's box office bomb entirely. When Pixar launched Lightyear, the studio envisioned a bold new direction that could potentially spawn multiple future spinoffs. The space-faring sci-fi story was expected to usher in a fresh era of Toy Story, leveraging the appeal of Chris Evans by casting him as the legendary Buzz Lightyear. However, despite being part of a multi-billion-dollar franchise, Lightyear was a shocking box office bomb, making just $226 million against a budget of $200 million. Unfortunately, Lightyear did not receive positive reviews either.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 17:20:26 GMT https://screenrant.com/toy-story-5-save-lightyear-movie-franchise/ A behind-the-scenes detail about Prey makes Naru's final battle with the Feral Predator even better. Compared to the more acclaimed Alien saga, the Predator movie franchise have always been seen as something closer to B-movie schlock. After the 2018 critical and commercial underperformance of Shane Black's The Predator, the series was even considered damaged goods. Thankfully, its fortunes have been reversed thanks to the success of Prey, a prequel that followed Comanche warrior Naru (Amber Midthunder) as she battled a particularly vicious member of the alien-hunting clan.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 17:10:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/prey-behind-scenes-whistle-detail-cultural-meaning/ The mid-credits Shadow tease at the end of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has set up Sonic the Hedgehog 3 to continue the biggest problem with this live-action franchise. Starring Ben Schwartz as the title character, the Sonic the Hedgehog movies have adapted the beloved video game series into a typical talking animal movie. They’re a lot of fun – especially with Jim Carrey’s scene-stealing turn as Dr. Robotnik – but they haven’t come close to exploring the full potential of the classic source material, because the movies have remained tethered to Earth.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 17:00:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/sonic-hedgehog-3-earth-setting-complaint/ The animated Stone Age comedy movies The Croods and The Croods 2 are streaming on some platforms and available to rent and purchase on others. First released in 2013, The Croods tells the story of a prehistoric family who lives in a fictionalized, ancient time period. The first film depicts the patriarch Grug (Nicolas Cage) and his family as they explore the wider world beyond their cave. The Croods led to a TV and movie franchise that includes The Croods 2, which saw the return of the cast with some new additions to expand the animated world, and two TV shows, Dawn of the Croods and The Croods: Family Tree.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 17:00:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/where-watch-croods-2-streaming/ For a litany of reasons, derivatives of Stephen King's work have rarely translated well to the big screen, and the reception to Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is proof that the once-planned spinoff of The Shining should remain canceled. While there are of course great movies based on his novels – The Shining itself being one of the primary examples – almost all the attempts to derive spinoffs from Stephen King's original work have been critical failures. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is the latest example of a movie re-examining the source material from a different angle, in this case explaining the origins behind Pet Sematary's Jud Crandall and the history of the burial ground at the center of the story.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 16:51:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/the-shining-canceled-prequel-relief-after-pet-sematary-bloodlines/ Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has elicited one common complaint, but the original plan for this sequel could have avoided the problem. The follow-up to Into the Spider-Verse received near-universal acclaim and performed well at the box office. However, its ending proved more divisive than the rest of the Marvel character's film. The Across the Spider-Verse ending sees Miles Morales end up in an alternate universe where there is no Spider-Man. Additionally, his variant has become this universe's version of the Prowler and comes face-to-face with the main Miles before the movie cuts to credits.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 16:51:28 GMT https://screenrant.com/spider-man-across-verse-original-plan-trilogy-pacing-fix/ Top Gun 3 may feel like an inevitability after Tom Cruise's triumphant return in Top Gun: Maverick, but the future of the Top Gun franchise and a third movie is far from certain. 36 years after Top Gun became a cultural phenomenon Tom Cruise reprised one of his most iconic roles, Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, in Top Gun: Maverick. Cruise was not only joined by Val Kilmer as Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky from the original film, but new characters like Rooster (Miles Teller), the son of Goose (Anthony Edwards), Maverick's deceased co-pilot. Maverick reignited audience's passion for Captain Pete Mitchell, and the demand for Top Gun 3 was instant.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 16:31:23 GMT https://screenrant.com/top-gun-3-movie-news-updates-cast-story/ Star Wars: The High Republic Phase III can explain why Yoda came to fear the dark side. The High Republic era takes place approximately 200 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. During this period, Yoda is 700 years old, a Jedi Grand Master, and a prominent member of the Jedi Council. High Republic-era Yoda is every bit as strong and wise as audiences have come to expect from his previous appearances in the prequel trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and the original Star Wars trilogy, but there’s one hugely important difference.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 16:00:29 GMT https://screenrant.com/star-wars-high-republic-yoda-afraid-of-dark/ Marvel Studios has set up several possible villains that would be perfect to replace Thanos in Phase 6 of the MCU. Josh Brolin's Thanos was teased for several years as the main villain of the MCU's Infinity Saga, making his debut in The Avengers' post-credits scene but finally embarking on his Infinity Stone quest in 2018's Avengers: Infinity War. The Mad Titan memorably succeeded in wiping out half the population of the universe, though this was reversed by Earth's Mightiest Heroes, and the Avengers defeated Thanos not once but twice in Avengers: Endgame. This left a huge void in the MCU, though several big villains are eager to fill it.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:30:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/mcu-phase-6-thanos-successors/ The 1999 adventure film The Mummy was almost made by three different horror directors, who would have made completely different movies. The 1932 horror classic The Mummy, directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff, got a “remake” in the late 1990s, but with a completely different story. The Mummy kept Imhotep as the antagonist but introduced adventurer Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) and Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) as protagonists. The Mummy, then, saw Rick, Evelyn, and her brother Jonathan (John Hannah) traveling to Hamunaptra and accidentally awakening the high priest Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo).

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:30:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/mummy-original-directors-barker-dante-romero/ The Twilight franchise had its very own unique version of vampires, and among their most defining physical characteristics was the differing colors of the Twilight vampire eyes — here’s why they changed and what each color of vampire eye means in Twilight. Starting with Stephanie Meyer's book series of the same name, the story at the heart of Twilight features a long timeline that, although the focus is on the present, has a backstory going back 1500 years. Throughout that history, characters' eye color changes, based on their current lifestyle and choices.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:30:27 GMT https://screenrant.com/twilight-vampire-eye-colors-golden-red-meaning/ Wonder Woman made seven appearances in the DCEU, but not all of her stories were told in chronological order. Gal Gadot debuted as the DCEU's Wonder Woman in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice alongside Henry Cavill's Superman and Ben Affleck's Batman. Since then, she went on to become one of the franchise's most crucial heroes, starring in two solo projects, and making a number of cameo appearances to better connect every project in the franchise. Although she became one of the DCEU's most consistent characters, few of Wonder Woman's DCEU stories have taken place in the present day, so the watch order for her projects can be confusing.

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 2023 15:00:30 GMT https://screenrant.com/wonder-woman-movies-watch-order/ Riddick 4: Furya is officially happening, with development on the long awaited Vin Diesel sci-fi sequel well underway. The first three movies in the Riddick franchise, Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), and Riddick (2013), have accumulated a cult following. Riddick was introduced as a lethal criminal en route an off-world prison in Pitch Black. When the transport crash lands on a monster-infested planet, Riddick uses his unique abilities to survive until daylight. In The Chronicles of Riddick, Vin Diesel's character was given a grand narrative within which to take part, and the Furyan's story will continue to expand when Riddick 4: Furya arrives.

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