When I was nine years old, I saw a movie calledCop and a HalfstarringBurt Reynoldsas a cop who teams up with a young black boy (Norman D. Golden II) to solve a murder. It’s a better movie than you probably remember, and one I liked quite a bit as a kid.Michael Dowse’s new Netflix movieCoffee & Kareemis cut from the same crime comedy cloth, but its target audience is decidedly different....
Today is June 26, 2025 and it’s anotherColliderJedi Councilhosted by Kristian Harloff, with John Campea, Mark Reilly and Joseph Scrimshaw. Steven Spielberg Had a Hand in CastingYoung Han SoloMovie For the first story up on today’s Jedi Council, a report from the Hollywood Reporter shed some light on the casting ofAlden Ehrenreichfor theYoung Han Solomovie. Turns out,Steven Spielberg(who discovered Alden from a Bat Mitzva video!) andFrancis Ford CoppolacalledKathleen Kennedypersonally vouching for Alden....
InThis Week in Animation News, I’ll take a look at the previous week in the world of animation in order to get you caught up on everything you might have missed. It’s your one-stop shop for news regarding cartoons, anime, and animated web series. We’re talking movies, TV shows, digital shorts, and everything in between! For the latest animation stories we’ve already covered on the site this week, and for a recap of all the animation news out ofSan Diego Comic-Conthis year so far, take a look at the following links....
Dark Phoenixhad a brutal opening weekend. The would-be blockbuster culmination of Fox’s decades-longX-Menfranchise fizzled out at the box office with just $32.8 million – an all-time low for the franchise – despite a star-studded cast and one of the most recognizable titles in theX-Menlegacy. On the heels of the disappointing debut, writer/directorSimon Kinberggave a candid, classy interview on KCRW’sThe Businesspodcast, diving into how release date shuffles and the Disney-Fox merger impacted the film’s journey and why he’s not using any of it as an excuse....
A whole YouTube sub-genre has popped up in the past few years pointing out goofs in filmmaking. The whole idea is so that the YouTuber can show that he or she is smarter than the filmmakers and we can all have a good laugh at the expense of the expensive movie that people poured years of their lives into making. Keep in mind that these videos aren’t critiques of themes or larger structural issues, but rather noticing something like “Why doesn’t this character do what I would have done in this scene?...
DirectorDenis Villeneuvegave an update on the production ofDune: Part Two, underlining how the second part of his adaptation ofFrank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi novel will explore other corners of the universe, showing more of the villainous House Harkonnen. Talking toEmpireaboutDune: Part Two, Villeneuve also explained the creative process that led him to focus the first movie on Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet). The first half of Villeneuve’s adaptation puts the Atreides in the spotlight....
The first trailer forJames Foley’sFifty Shades Darkerhas been released by Universal. The erotic drama is the sequel to last year’sFifty Shades of Grey, which was critically bemoaned for the most part but cleaned up at the box office, taking in $166 million. In this film,Dakota JohnsonandJamie Dornanreturn as uneasy lovers Christian Grey and Ana Steele, who reunite in the new film after the climactic events of the last movie. The new trailer is just as stylish as the first movie, butDarkerwill need to improve the pacing and balance of tone from the original if it’s looking to sway more viewers to its cause (buzz isn’t nearly as high this time around as it was to begin with)....
By the looks of it, Cassie Bowden (Kaley Cuoco) will be taking audiences on another exhilarating ride during the upcoming, second season of HBO Max’,The Flight Attendant. To get us ready to buckle our seatbelts and put our tray tables in the upright position, the streaming platform has released a teaser of what viewers can expect when the series lands on April 21. After the season premiere, which is sure to lock us in for the show’s entirety, two follow-up episodes will be released on April 28, with an episode a week until the finale on May 26....
Mckenna Graceis 15-years-old and already has dozens of credits and an Emmy nomination to her name. She broke out big starring oppositeChris EvansinGifted, joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing a young Carol Danvers inCaptain Marvel, is featured in the downright stellarHaunting of Hill Houseon Netflix, delivers a truly jaw-dropping performance inThe Handmaid’s Taleand now she’s a key part of the future of theGhostbustersfranchise. Grace plays Phoebe inGhostbusters: Afterlife. When her family is forced to move to Summerville, Oklahoma and into a creepy old farmhouse her grandfather left them, Phoebe comes to learn that he has quite the legacy....
Editor’s note: The following interview contains some spoilers for How I Met Your Father.The Hulu original comedy seriesHow I Met Your Fatherfollows Sophie (Hilary Duff, who also serves as a producer on the project) and her close-knit group of friends as they experience all the ups and downs and speed bumps on the road that happen as you’re trying to figure out life, love and career. If the title seems familiar, you’re not wrong –How I Met Your Mother, the 2005 series that ran for nine seasons, established the format of going back and forth between the past and the present in its storytelling until finally revealing who the mother is....
Directed and executive produced bySusanne Bierand created and written for television byDavid E. Kelley, who also serves as showrunner, the HBO limited seriesThe Undoingfollows Grace (NicoleKidman) and Jonathan Fraser (HughGrant), who have a seemingly perfect life until the revelation of secrets and lies threatens to undo it all. When a violent death changes everything, Grace must figure out what that means for her family and how to pick up the pieces....
Following theemotional and stunning conclusionofLokiSeason 2, Marvel has quickly moved to rename the titular character after the events that occurred at the end of time. The son of Odin was once the Prince of Asgard, the God of Mischief, but now simply God Loki. And to mark the occasion, Marvel has released a new poster as well as a new Funko Pop! figure, denoting the name and the character’s visual redesign....
Some exciting news has arrived regardingMarvel’s M.O.D.O.K., Hulu’s newest animated series. Co-creator and voice of M.O.D.O.K. himself,Patton Oswalt, as well as series co-creatorJordan Blum, revealed at WonderCon today that some big names would be lending their voices to the series, includingJon Hammwho will be voicing Iron Man.Whoopi Goldberg,Nathan FillionandBill Haderhave also joined the cast voicing Poundcakes, Wonder Man and Angar the Screamer respectively. Hader will additionally voice The Leader, a.k.a. Samuel Sterns....
