Perhaps it’s the wake ofOppenheimer, butsomethinghas Godzilla stirring in the waters of Hollywood. The titan is now an Oscar-winning monster withGodzilla Minus One, and with Legendary’s MonsterVerse,Adam Wingard’s sequelGodzilla x Kong: The New Empireushers in the next chapter. In this interview with Collider’sSteve Weintraub, the director and co-writer discusses the direction he’s taking this franchise in the future, from Godzilla Junior to Hollow Earth. The New Empireis a direct follow-up to Wingard’sGodzilla vs....

It’s hard to imagine theMission: Impossiblemovies withoutTom Cruiseas Ethan Hunt (despite not being a character fromthe TV show the franchise is based on). The solemn and determined character that seems to only exist when the IMF needs him to don a mask and go around the globe,barely surviving insane stunts to prevent worldwide catastrophetime and time again.In some ways, Hunt feels like a reflection of Tom Cruise himself: unrealistically intense and going to extreme lengths to provide entertainment before returning to solitude in between movie releases....

Guillermo Del ToroandAlfonso Cuarónare more than just respected peers, but two true friends who came up in the film industry at around the same time. While Del Toro was reasserting himself as a vibrant auteur withThe Devil’s Backbone, Cuarón burst onto the scene fully formed withY Tu Mamá También. They have always publicly supported each other, which is why it’s so meaningful that Cuarón would share thatone of Del Toro’s masterpieces, the Best Picture-winningThe Shape of Water,is a film so beautiful that it breaks him every single time that he watches it, and it’s easy to understand why....

HBO Max has orderedOverlook, a spinoff series about the haunted hotel inThe Shining, from Warner Bros. Television Group and Bad Robot, the company run byJ.J. Abramsand his co-CEO/wifeKatie McGrath. Overlook is described as a horror-thriller series inspired by and featuring iconic characters fromStephen King’s masterpieceThe Shining.Overlookwill explore the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction. The project reunites Bad Robot, King and WBTV, who previously collaborated on Hulu’s horror seriesCastle Rock....

The most inventive action series in recent years,John Wickis returning for another adventure, though perhaps not in the way that fans anticipated. Director of the franchise,Chad Stahelski, recently announced, via Discussing Film onX(formerly Twitter), that next on the docket will be a documentary exploring the world of the prolific assassin. This news comes on the 10th anniversary of the little franchise that could. While many names likeKeanu ReevesandDavid Leitchwere attached to the firstJohn Wicksaga film, the revenge story almost didn’t get made....

Despite a presumably larger budget and its streaming service home,Jensen Ackles’Countdownis still very much a cop show, sharing many qualities with even those entries in the genre that fill out many channel’s lineups on traditional network TV. The main element separating the Prime Video series from its more procedural cousins is the almost ludicrously high stakesCountdownestablishes. For most of the remainder of the series (or at least this first season), those stakes will presumably continue to stem from the simultaneous threats of an impending nuclear weapons attack on Los Angeles and LAPD Detective Mark Meachum’s (Ackles) seemingly terminal diagnosis with a brain tumor, but before those plot twists are introduced the show’s pilot establishes its high level of danger with a cameo from a popular 2000s TV star....

AsShōgunapproaches the end of its season, its audience will no doubt be eagerfor more. Unfortunately, there won’t be — the series likely won’t have a second season, as it wasoriginally conceivedas a miniseries. It adapts a novel byJames Clavell, which had already been adapted to television in the 1980s in a similar format, so it really couldn’t go longer than its single season. If you are looking for more epic stories set in feudal Japan, however, there’s plenty to find on streaming, including a particular animated series by Netflix that feels like it was made to beShōgun’s spiritual sequel....

Though the August doldrums do beat, one film is simply too fabulous to sink to the level of its so-so competition:Crazy Rich Asiansheld firm in its second weekend, raking in another $25 million.Jon M. Chu’s romantic comedy only saw a 5.7% drop-off from its $34 million debut, a remarkable bit of consistency in a time when romcoms aren’t exactly a hot commodity at the box office. (Maybe things like inclusion and rich storytelling are?...

The current blockbuster climate is obsessed with interconnected universes. It all started with Marvel Studios, which launchedIron Man,Thor, andCaptain Americaas individual movies that all took place in the same universe, so that each film was both separateanda sort of sequel/prequel to all the other Marvel Studios films. This culminated inThe Avengers, which scored the largest box office opening of all time (at that time) and featured all of these disparate heroes together in one movie....

As YouTube Red continues to expand its original content, it’s (smartly) looking to feature some of YouTube’s biggest stars. InYouth & Consequences,Anna Akana(who is also currently on Comedy Central’sCorporate) takes the lead as a savvy high school Queen Bee who schemes to get power and to wield it in ways that serve her best. And while that could come off as the hollow work of a teenage psychopath, Akana gives her character Farrah a lot of heart through a genuine desire to do right by her school and her friends....

TheBig Brotherjurors andfinalists will spend 100 daysaway from their loved ones by the end of the season. Fans have watched them in their little fishbowl competing for $750,000 onCBSand on live feeds throughParamount+. They watchedAmerica LopezandCory Wurtenbergerfall in love and gave them a name. They finally find out what it is in the jury house. America and Cory Discover They’re Americory in theBig BrotherJury House TheBig Brotherfandom usually comes up with their own relationship name for showmances....

The series finale for ABC’sThe Good Doctoraired, and it was revealed that adjustments were made during production, especially since the show was affected by the2023 Writers' Strikes. In an interview withVariety, the show’s executive producer,Liz Friedman, shared how the number of episodes in season 7 constantly changed and how it affected the final story. Despite the ongoing strikes, one of Friedman’s main concerns was the number of episodesThe Good Doctor’s final season would have....

Trolls will find ways to circumvent the system, no matter how hard platforms attempt to send them back into their caves. Most recently, theycrawled out to spread venom againstThe Last of UsSeason 2, based on the acclaimed video gameThe Last of Us Part II, which suffered similarly upon its release. The first season of the HBO series was critically acclaimed, and it initially seemed like Season 2 was being met with similar warmth....