Guinness World Records’ Most Expensive Movie Prop Ever Doubled as a Set

Most of the time, when you think of a movie prop, you often think of objects that characters on screen can hold.Lightsabers, batarangs, you get the idea. That said, movie props basically constitute anything that you see on screen. These objects are made and used to help immerse audiences in the world that is being presented on-screen, so the better constructed they are, the more likely viewers will buy what they’re watching....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 1063 words · Jose Valenzuela

How Parks and Rec Improved after Season 1

Whenever I start in on aParks and Recreationre-watch, I’m never sure if I want to just skip over the first season or not.The Officesuffers from a similar problem, but in a different way where the key to the show was just scaling back Michael Scott (Steve Carell) and then finding the supporting cast along the way.Parks and Recreationon the other hand, needed to find the best versions of the main cast, and the first season is a show that doesn’t really work despite the comic talent available....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 842 words · Kara Gonzalez

How The Avengers Was Made: Recasting Hulk, Hiring Whedon, and More

“How the MCU Was Made” isa series of deep-dive articlesthat delve into the ins and outs of the development history, production, and release of all the Marvel Studios movies. First, there was an idea. While press surrounding 2008’sIron Manbrought up the notion of an Avengers movie as a possibility, Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigedownplayed it a bit, noting that these first few movies had to work to get to The Avengers. Well, they worked....

July 3, 2025 · 12 min · 2543 words · Douglas Knight

Hugh Dancy on The Path, Hannibal's Possible Return & More

The Hulu original seriesThe Pathfollows a family at the center of a controversial religious movement, known as Meyerism, as they struggle with relationships, faith and power. As Eddie (Aaron Paul) questions whether all of the answers can be found within the religion that his wife Sarah (Michelle Monaghan) is so dedicated to, she finds herself pulled deeper and deeper into Cal’s (Hugh Dancy) world and his views on the way that they should be led....

July 3, 2025 · 9 min · 1718 words · Kristen Burton

In This Steven Spielberg Movie, 'Heretic's Chloe East Breathed Life Into a One-Dimensional Character

The Fabelmanscould have been a much more simplistic film than it ended up being. While the film is fictional on the surface, its overt parallels to director and co-writerSteven Spielberghave been well documented. But alongside co-writerTony Kushner, Spielberg delves deep into his past and psyche to present a story that is emotionally rich and complex throughout. Rather than delve into shallow hagiography or something tosmooth over the unpleasantness of his past, Spielberg and Kushner develop a fully realized drama with characters just as real asthe people who inspired them....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 787 words · Laura Silva

Jennifer Lawrence Reveals Amy Schumer Movie Details

The internet nearly broke itself when photos surfaced ofJennifer LawrenceandAmy Schumervacationing together on Labor Day weekend, so when news arrived that Lawrence and Schumer arewriting and starring ina movie together, all eyes were on whether we’d be in for aTerminator 2-style Judgment Day thanks to all the twittering and snapchatting and whatever it is that crazy kids do these days. Good news, though: we made it! Even better: this movie is actually happening and it sounds great....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Christine Barron

Josh Hall Appears in Uncomfortable Sneak Peak of HGTV's 'The Flip Off'

AsHeather El Moussawrote in the comments,“Not everyone makes the cut- and that’s the real reality.“HGTV has officially dropped the first teaser for the highly anticipated series,The Flip Off. With much curiosity surrounding thereality seriessinceChristina HaackandJosh Hallannounced their divorce, viewers can officially say that it’s safe to assume Josh Hall will appear in the series in some capacity. The clip begins with Haack and Hall together in their car, seemingly driving to location, discussing the competition at hand....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Dalton Knapp

McFarlane Toys DC Super Powers Figures Expand With Batman and Superman

DCfans are in between cinematic universes at the moment. However,McFarlane Toyshas been hard at work creating action figures based on our favorite heroes that make up this iconic comics universe for almost half a decade. This includes theirretroDC Super Powers line, which has captured the spirit of the toys that filled store shelves in the 80s and 90s. Now McFarlane has just announced Wave 8 of the nostalgic line, including heavy hitters on both the hero and villain side....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 437 words · Samuel Church

Movie Talk: Wonder Woman New Trailer Discussion

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (November 3rd, 2016) John Campea, Kristian Harloff, Mark Ellis, Ken Napzok, Natasha Martinez, and Wendy Lee discuss the following: Warner Brothers and DC Films have released a new trailer forWonder Woman. Directed byPatty Jenkins, the film will show Diana’s life on the mystical island paradise of Themyscira, as well as her meeting with Steve Trevor before leaving her home to enter the throes of World War I....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 746 words · Dan Taylor

No Time to Die Ad Highlights the Action and Stakes

All the time we’ve had to wait for James Bond’s 25th installment is just about over. A new promo forNo Time to Die, highlighting the film’s impending October 8 release, also gives some exciting glimpses into the film’s action and relationships. The film, directed byCary Joji Fukunaga, starsDaniel Craigin his final outing as Agent 007. The new promo reinforces that this is Craig’s final performance as Bond, and that all of his previous installments have led to this final chapter....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Nicholas Jordan

Osgood Perkins Gets Into the Festive Spirit With a Horrifying Sneak Peek of ‘The Monkey’

Osgood Perkinsis celebrating the holidays with a new terrifying clip fromThe Monkey. As a Christmas present for horror fans, NEON has unveiled a short scene from the upcoming horror feature, which Perkins described as a “pretty dark” movie “with some really insane kills in it.” StarringDivergentandThe GentlemenstarTheo James, the supernatural horror is based onStephen King’s 1980 short story of the same name. The adaptation is directed and written by Perkins himself, coming on the heels of his surprise horror hitLonglegs....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Kimberly Daniels

Pacific Rim 2 Cast, Story Teased by Guillermo del Toro

WhilePacific Rim 2has certainly been picking up steam recently as new directorSteven S. DeKnight(DaredevilSeason 1) preps the film to finally start shooting, we’ve heard precious little about how the story will continue.Pacific Rimset up a number of relationships and characters that could be expanded upon in the sequel, and indeed directorGuillermo del Toropreviously teased that the follow-up would findCharlie Day’s character becoming a major figure in terms of plot. However, since that timeUniversal waveredon whether to greenlight the project, and when DeKnightstepped in to direct, del Toro shifted to a producer role on the follow-up....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Timothy Mooney

Parks and Recreation Returns to NBC for Charity Special Starring Full Cast

Parks and Recreationhas always been a show about public service, and now the entire cast has decided to do a public service of its own by reuniting for a scripted charity special that will benefit Feeding America. NBC will air the half-hour special on April 30, and the show will find Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) determined to stay connected with her friends and colleagues during a time of social distancing. Get ready to zoom, zoom, Zoom, folks!...

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Steven Davis