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Dwayne Johnsonhas graduated from “Franchise Viagra”—the nickname bestowed upon him for being able to enter an established movie franchise and inject new life into it—to the pitched-tent foundation of new tentpoles. The highly charismatic actor has a seemingly endless amount of reboots and fresh adaptations slated over the next few years, fromBaywatchtoJumanji, Rampage, Big Trouble in Little China, Shazam, Jungle Cruise, to a sharedRobert Ludlumuniverse and a potentialDoc Savageadaptation fromShane Black....

Early Man, the latest stop-motion animated effort from Aardman Animations and writer/director/voice-actorNick Park, just earned itself sevenAnnie Awards nominations, including one for Best Picture and another for Best Actor. That’s a solid stepping stone toward the eventual Academy Awards, familiar territory for Park and his four Oscars. Still, his last Oscar nomination came back in 2010 and his last win was farther back still in 2006.Early Manshould net Park and the acclaimed studio another nod at least, but for the dedicated director, stop-motion animation is about much more than filling a trophy case....

Rising starWyatt Russellhas signed on to join Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan in Marvel’sFalcon and the Winter Soldierseries, it was announced today at Disney’s D23 Expo. Emily Van Campis set to return as Sharon Carter, aka Agent 13, whileCaptain America: Civil WarstarDaniel Brühlwill reprise his villainous role as Baron Zemo. Sources say that Russell will be playing John Walker, who’s otherwise known as U.S. Agent, who in the comics was apparently part of the group known as the West Coast Avengers....

Steve Chbosky’sWonder, which starsJacob Tremblay,Julia Roberts, andOwen Wilson, has been a kind of sleeper hit over the last few weeks, holding steady in the mid-range of the top five. An accurate budget hasn’t been released, so there’s no telling how much business it needed to do to break even, but its cumulative domestic box office of approximately $105,336,738 is nothing to sniff at for a kid-friendly family drama. Chbosky’s movie came in at number four on Friday with $1....

First of all, this is a really weird time for theGame of Thronesshowrunners —Dan WeissandDavid Benioff— to be talking about spoilers. This is the first season of the show where you may’t find spoilers in the books even if you wanted to, and in a twist of irony, the show may potentially spoil the story for book readers (although they have said unconvincinglythat won’t be the case). Yet, here the two are talking toEWabout how they don’t understand why people read spoilers....

The fall has been full of some great and imaginative films for all ages to enjoy. However, on the animation side of things, no film has touched moviegoers' hearts quite likeThe Wild Robot. TheDreamWorksfilm debuted in late September and hasn’t left the pop culture conversation since. That’s both critically and at the box office. Now, as the coming-of-age story continues to thrive in theaters,The Wild Robotis getting a new adorableFunko Popset....

Nearly ten years after the first movie wowed audiences around the world, followed by a sequel, two animated series, and four short films, Hiccup and Toothless return one last time to captivate fans with an adventure of a lifetime in DreamWorks Animation’sHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. The third and final feature film quest fromDean DeBloisis now available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Covenant Guy Ritchie’sThe Covenanttells the emotional story of the relationship between a United States soldier and an Afghan interpreter who become unlikely allies, and, over the course of the film, are inexorably tied by the horrors of the conflict in the Middle East.The movie is set in 2018, just a few years before theAmerican withdrawal from Afghanistanthat saw the Taliban take control of the country and establish a new, iron-fisted regime....

From co-creatorsMicah BloombergandEli Horowitz, the Amazon Prime Video original seriesHomecominghas returned for a second season with a new mystery, as Jackie (Janelle Monáe) wakes up to find herself floating in a boat in the middle of a lake and no memories of who she is or how she got there. And when her search leads her to the Geist Group, she just keeps uncovering more questions than answers, in her quest for identity....

Despite the fact that dinosaurs are now running loose all over the globe, don’t expectJurassic World: Dominionto be the final film in theJurassic Parkfranchise. Far from it. When speaking with Collider’s own Christina Radish about the upcoming Epix music documentaryLaurel Canyon, producerFrank Marshallaffirmed thatJurassic World: Dominionis not being planned as the conclusion of the franchise. “It’s the start of a new era,” he said, after an effusive “no” when asked ifJurassic World 3was being envisioned as an endpoint....

After the violence and emotional turmoil ofJohn Wick, it seemsKeanu Reevesis ready to lighten his load a little bit by starring in a comedy series. The Pop channel – which is under CBS’s umbrella of networks – has just announced its lineup of new series, which skews heavily into scripted offerings that seem to be appealing to a Millennial audience. As for Reeves, his series (which will mark his first major TV role, a recurring one here) is calledSwedish Dicks: Private Investigators, starringPeter Stormareand comedianJohan Glansas an aging ex-stuntman and a Swedish DJ who open an L....

Man, I love a good interactive Netflix special.Black Mirror’s “Bandersnatch” probably remains the most recognizable of these one-offs, but the animated realm has been doing them successfully for some time now. But it’s back to live-action for the next interactive special withUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt! Here’s howKimmy vs The Reverendshapes up: Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) sets off on her biggest adventure yet. Three states! Explosions! A dancing hamburger! And you, the viewer, get to decide how the story goes....

Shot in Oscar-courting handsomeness and laced with little bursts of wit,LBJfeels like a throwback to the lucratively bland 90s portion of directorRob Reiner’scareer, which was sadly not his finest hour. The movie of course dabbles in the life ofLyndon B. Johnson(who recently got another movie interpretation withBryan Cranston) and it’s certainly a worthy story that feels entirely appropriate for the times. Unfortunately, the movie tends to flip flop between intriguing material and tedious biopic cliché, never quite succeeding as well as it should or its creators intended....