During a press event on Tuesday, HBO and Max chief Casey Bloys addressed the criticism “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin leveled against Season 2 of “House of the Dragon,” the adaptation of his novel “Fire & Blood.” In September, about a month after the second season had concluded, Martin posted a lengthy essay […]

When news broke on Thursday that Simon Kinberg — best known for being a writer, producer, director or all of the above on much of the “X-Men” franchise — had been hired by Lucasfilm to write and produce a new “Star Wars” trilogy, it came as a surprise to many executives at Lucasfilm and Disney. The project […]

Why so serious? DC Studios co-chief James Gunn is disputing multiple reports that have percolated across the internet that the studio has been pursuing a TV series starring Barry Keoghan as the Joker, a character the actor originated in a brief cameo in 2022’s “The Batman.” “A Joker series is not being discussed nor has […]

When filming the sketch to promote this week’s episode of “Saturday Night Live,” host Bill Burr and cast member Marcello Hernandez faced a unique problem: How to address the presidential election even though the spot would be shot before the results were known? Their answer: Sound gags and Jeffrey Epstein jokes. While discussing the election […]

The fifth and final season of “Stranger Things” will debut in 2025, Netflix announced on Wednesday. To celebrate Nov. 6, 1983, a.k.a. “Stranger Things Day” — the day Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) was abducted into the Upside Down — the streamer also released a video revealing the titles for the final eight episodes, which will conclude […]

Tom Cruise could be going back to the racetrack. In the wake of his record breaking success with “Top Gun: Maverick,” Cruise is in early negotiations with Paramount for a sequel to “Days of Thunder,” his 1990 NASCAR drama that, like the first “Top Gun,” was directed by the late Tony Scott and produced by […]

SPOILER WARNING: This story includes major plot details for the Marvel Studios limited series “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+. When Jac Schaeffer signs onto Zoom roughly 18 hours after the two-episode finale of her series “Agatha All Along” debuted on Disney+, she looks at once relieved and slightly queasy. “From when it dropped […]

SPOILER WARNING: This story includes major plot details from Episode 8 and 9 of “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+. Agatha Harkness, the coven-less witch, and Billy Maximoff, the son of the Scarlet Witch, reached the end of the Witches’ Road in the two-part finale of “Agatha All Along” — and very little was as […]

Marvel Studios officially unveiled its full slate of series on Disney+ for 2025 in a new sizzle reel released on Wednesday, including first looks at live-action series “Daredevil: Born Again,” “Ironheart” and “Wonder Man,” and animated series “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,” “Eyes of Wakanda” and “Marvel Zombies.” “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” will start things off on […]