How Avengers: Endgame Was Made: Creating an MCU Conclusion

“How the MCU Was Made”is a series of deep-dive articles that delve into the ins and outs of the development history, production, and release of all the Marvel Studios movies In the run up to the release ofAvengers: Infinity War, the film was described as a “culmination” of all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies that had come before. That description was somewhat apt, but only because we knew absolutely nothing aboutAvengers: Endgameyet....

August 17, 2025 · 17 min · 3532 words · Rachel Mcclain

Kong: Skull Island Free Tickets to Our Exclusive IMAX Screening

WithKong: Skull Islandgetting ready to invade theaters onMarch 10th, I’m happy to announce thanks to our partners at IMAX and Warner Bros. we’re going to be showing the film a few days early for some of our Los Angeles readers. But even better than seeing it in IMAX laser projection before it’s in theaters, following the screening we’ll have a Q&A with directorJordan Vogt-Roberts.The screening will be Tuesday, March 7that 7pm....

August 17, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Jeffrey White

Mahershala Ali, 51, Wants Marvel To Know That He's Ready To Start Filming 'Blade'

It’s been several months since the Marvel Studios reboot ofBladewas pulled from its release schedule. The project was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, revealing that the Academy Award-winning actorMahershala Aliwould play the human-vampire hybrid Eric Brooks, AKA Blade. But despite the multiple issues this Marvel project has, Ali is still keen to work with Marvel. During a red carpet interview for theJurassic World Rebirthpremiere withVariety, Ali asked when fans would see this Blade reboot....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Susan Shannon

Mark Duplass on Writing HBO's Room 104, Future Seasons

From co-creatorsJayandMark Duplass, the HBO half-hour anthology seriesRoom 104tells a different story, with every episode having its own genre and tone, for each of the assorted characters who pass through a single room of an American chain motel. The 12 episodes range from comedy to drama to horror, as they tell tales of everyday people striving for connection and meaning. While at the HBO portion of the Television Critics Association Press Tour, Collider had the opportunity to sit down with Mark Duplass to talk about what he and his brother wanted to get out of this series, when he thinksRoom 104is at its best, why he ended up writing so many of the episodes himself, designing the motel room, the rules they had to follow with each episode, getting new voices to direct, and where they see things going with the series, in the future....

August 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1627 words · Nicole Cox

Martha Stewart’s Furniture Shuffle Got Roasted, but Her Decor Hacks Could Save Your Space

Martha Stewartwas the first to everbuild a lifestyle empire, and even she isn’t immune to unsolicited criticism about her decor. Last year, Marthashared a photoof her living room in her Maine estate, Skyland, after spending three hours rearranging furniture.She and her team mixed in pieces from her recently sold home and proudly posted the makeover to Instagram, expecting praise. Instead, the internet pounced. Even Martha Stewart Gets Nitpicked For Her Decor Of course, the Internet had a lot to say about the amendments she made to her living space....

August 17, 2025 · 4 min · 664 words · Logan Garrett

New If Beale Street Could Talk Trailer Reveals Moonlight Director's Follow-Up

Annapurna Pictures has released a new, full-length trailer forIf Beale Street Could Talk. Based on the novel byJames Baldwin, the story follows lovers Fonny and Tish who must race against the clock to free Fonny after he is falsely accused of rape and Tish is pregnant with his baby. This marks the highly anticipated folllow-up film fromMoonlightdirectorBarry Jenkins, who both directs and writes this Baldwin adaptation. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last week, where it drew strong notices for the craftsmanship and performances....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Shelby Ellis

Nightbooks: Sam Raimi, David Yarovesky on Making Horror for Family Audience

From directorDavid Yaroveskyand producerSam Raimi, the Netflix originalNightbooksis a fun family horror-fantasy flick at any time of the year, but it’s an especially entertaining ride during the Halloween spooky season. The story follows Alex (Winslow Fegley), an imaginative boy with a passion for writing scary stories who finds himself captured by an evil witch (deliciously brought to life byKrysten Ritter) that expects him to tell her a new scary tale every night, right when he’s sworn to never write again, and he must reignite his creative spark in order to stay alive and break himself along with another young prisoner (Lidya Jewett) free....

August 17, 2025 · 14 min · 2876 words · Zachary Baker

Spider-Man: No Way Home Screenwriters Considered Different Spider-Man Intro

A different introduction scene was set for the returning Spider-Men inSpider-Man: No Way Home, as recently as the fall of 2020, when the film entered production. But screenwritersErik SommersandChris McKennatoldVarietythat they decided to change it up because it essentially came off as “deus ex machina.” The alternate introduction would have involved a mystery Marvel character—Sommers and McKenna declined to identify who—announcing thatTobey MaguireandAndrew Garfield’sversions of Spider-Man would be assistingTom Holland’s Spidey in his mission....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 413 words · Alison Hardy

Steven Spielberg "Very Involved" in Amazing Stories Remake

We recently reported that NBC would be reviving the network’s 80s seriesAmazing StorieswithBryan Fulleracting as showrunner, and now, Fuller is opening up about the project. The anthology series featured stories from the genres of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and took its name from the influential science-fiction magazine. Despite recent rumors thatSteven Spielberg, who created the original series, wouldn’t be involved in the new iteration, Fuller’s comments are quite to the contrary....

August 17, 2025 · 4 min · 648 words · Julie Alvarez

Suicide Squad Deleted Scenes, Ending Explained by David Ayer

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August 17, 2025 · 12 min · 2417 words · Richard Schneider

The Hardy Boys Cast on Hulu Reboot, Bonding as a Family, and More

If you’re looking for an entertaining family mystery series to binge-watch, then you should definitely check out the Hulu original seriesThe Hardy Boys, inspired by the famous series of books. After a family tragedy that reverberates through the lives of 16-year-old Frank Hardy (Rohan Campbell) and his 12-year-old brother Joe (Alexander Elliot), their father (James Tupper) takes them out of the big city to stay with their Aunt Trudy (Bea Santos) for the summer....

August 17, 2025 · 13 min · 2597 words · Hayden Hill

The Lion King Thursday Box Office Pulls in Huge $23 Million

Disney is poised to have averygood weekend at the box office. Again. DirectorJon Favreau’s “live-action” update ofThe Lion Kingkicked off its release with a whopping $23 million from Thursday night previews, marking the largest Thursday night gross of the year sinceAvengers: Endgame. That’s not only ahead of the pace ofAladdin, which pulled in $7 million in previews and went on to gross $91.5 million over the three-day weekend, but also higher thanBeauty and the Beast($16 million) andIncredibles 2($18 million), which debuted at $174 million and $182 million, respectively....

August 17, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Marc Smith

The Pentaverate Trailer Features Mike Myers as Members of a Secret Society

Netflix released a new trailer forThe Pentaverate, an upcoming conspiracy comedy series starring Hollywood legendMike Myersplaying eight different roles. Along with the trailer, Netflix also revealed new cast additions, includingRob Loweand celebrity hostMaria Menounos,who were confirmed to make special appearances in the limited series. The trailer shows a special message from Lowe, who greets a new person who’s been kidnaped by the Pentaverate. In the upcoming series, the Pentaverate is initially formed by the five men who discovered that the Black Plague was caused by fleas back in 1347....

August 17, 2025 · 3 min · 453 words · Roy Hodges