Vanessa Hudgenshas achieved quite a bit over the years, but her latest accomplishment marks a very big first, something she’s been eager to do for a good while now — voice a character in an animated feature. Hudgens is the voice behind Sunny inMy Little Pony: A New Generation. She’s an Earth Pony who’s determined to find a way to bring the Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi together again. Trouble is, each species lives separately and has allowed false assumptions, fear and mistrust to continue to drive them apart....

I don’t know ifWarcraftwill be a good movie, but the power of its CGI effects is undeniable. The folks at Industrial Light & Magic have done some next-level VFX work, especially where the orcs are concerned. As I mentioned inmy ILM visit, the creative team put a premium on individualizing the orcs and making them more than just a “horde”. You can see that in these gorgeous side-by-side photos highlighting nine of the main characters....

Usually, studios avoid the weekend before Halloween like the plague—audiences have tricks to do, treats to see—a lesson that Lionsgate and Millenium are learning all too well withHunter Killer. The submarine flick starringGerard ButlerandGary Oldmanopened to a meager $6.7 million, good enough for fifth place. Michael Myers, on the other hand, can not be stopped by mere All Hallow’s Eve tradition;David Gordon Green’sHalloweensequel sliced up another $32 million in its second weekend, ballooning the film’s domestic total to a killer $126....

Nothing makes money like Disney. AsBeauty and the Beastcontinues to reign supreme at the 2017 domestic box office,Thor: Ragnaroknow has the fourth biggest domestic opening of 2017 with a whopping $121 million, outpacing most estimates by a solid $5 million or so. That places it right belowAndy Muschietti’sIt, which brought in some $123 million in its opening weekend, on the list of 2017 opening and sticksTaika Waititi’s film right betweenSpider-Man: Homecoming($117 million) andGuardians of the Galaxy, Vol....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers from Episodes 1-4 of Andor.Mon Mothmais one of the most important characters in theStar Warsfranchise. A founding member of the Rebel Alliance who saw it through to the end, Mothma was first introduced inStar Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jediwhen she was played byCaroline Blakiston. Mothma serves as the leader of the rebels as they gather information on the secondDeath Star.Genevieve O’Reillywas cast to play a younger version of Mothma inStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, where she works alongside Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits) to begin a resistance in the Senate against Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid)....

Spoiler warning for anyone not caught up through “Here I Go Again” WhenLegends of Tomorrowfirst premiered, it was a holding pen for some ofArrowandThe Flash’s secondary superheroes and villains, ones who deserved more story than their origin shows could provide, but maybe not a full spinoff. Together, this motley crew was given a fairly nebulous mission about “fixing time,” set up a lot of rules for itself (including not being able to meet themselves in the past), and had a toothless villain that didn’t bring any stakes to the narrative....

Makoto Shinkai, the director of critically acclaimed animated blockbusters such asYour NameandWeathering with You, has announced his new movie. Shinkai shared the first key art for the film, titledSuzume Locking Up the Doors. The filmmaker will reunite with past collaborators on the project, due out in Japan in the fall of 2022.Masayoshi Tanaka, with whom Shinkai collaborated on bothYour NameandWeathering with You, will design the characters.Kenichi TsuchiyaandTakumi Tanji, both of whom worked onYour Name, will serve as the animation director and art director, respectively....

The eagerly anticipated Season 3ofDavid S. Goyer’s hit AppleTV+ sci-fi showFoundation, based on the groundbreaking novels byIsaac Asimov, is dropping on July 11. Knowing which Cleon clone is which, andhow they are essential to the story in the first two seasons, will make it much easier to enjoy the new batch of episodes. So let’s begin with the middle throne and public face of the Empire,Brother Day (Lee Pace). In Season 1, it is Cleon 12 (Day), along with Brother Dawn (Cassian Bilton, Cleon 13) and Brother Dusk (Terrence MannCleon 11), who hold a trial and banish Dr....

After opening with a colossal $146 million at the domestic box office,Lilo & Stitchkept up the momentum during its second weekend in theaters with a $61 million follow-up performance. At the time of writing, the live-action Disney film has grossed $278 million at the domestic box office and $334 million internationally for aworldwide total of $613 million, making it one of the highest-grossing movies of the year already.Lilo & Stitchhas already tripled the box office total ofThe Marvels, the 2023MCUfilm that finished its theatrical run with just under $200 million....

Another Halloween season can only mean one thing forThe Simpsons. “Treehouse of Horror” is as much of a tradition around the spooky season as trick or treating. The commitment to upholding the annual “Treehouse of Horror” is a testament to the show’s prolific run. On its 35th edition, themost recent “Treehouse of Horror” episodefeatured a timely reference to another pop culture icon that recently hit the big screen. Everyone’s favorite symbiotic anti-hero, Venom, starring in one last hurrah inVenom: The Last Dance, was the basis for the Season 35 episode’s final segment, titled “Denim....

Taylor Sheridanhas created an entire empireof frontier grit, deadly grudges, and big hats — andNeal McDonoughis here for it. TheYellowstoneandTulsa Kingstar sat down with Collider’sMaggie Lovittto reflect on his time in Sheridan’s universe, and let’s just say: he’s not ready to hang up his cowboy boots just yet. When Lovitt brought upYellowstonefans’ undying curiosity about the fate of Malcolm Beck —McDonough’s Season 2 villain who may or may not have kicked the bucket— the actor made it clear howheinterpreted the end of the character’s journey....

Created byDick Wolf, the One Chicago universe began with the firefighting procedural drama,Chicago Firein 2012. In the years that followed, the show has spun successful spinoffs inChicago MedandChicago P.D., with one failed spinoff inChicago Justice, which was canceled after one season. In those years, there have been a plethora of stars who have plied their trade within the bounds of the franchise set in the Windy City. One of its earliest stars wasJon Seda, who played Detective Antonio Dawson, appearing in bothFireandP....

No matter the state of the superhero genre, there are three heroes who will almost always receive a film or television project: Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman. The Caped Crusader might be the most prolific, having dozens of adaptations to his name, withChristopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy likely being the most notable. Not only did it help Nolan build the reputation that allowed him to craft hits likeInterstellarandInception,but it was also a major part of the superhero renaissance....