Author: Mary Anne Butler

Can you hear the eyerolling?Zack Snyder, Mr. every movie I make will be a music video, is eyeing a reboot of epic proportions. Its a project we’ve heard a lot of chatter about over the years, a remake / reboot of John Carpenter’s CLASSIC “Escape from New York.” If you’ll recall, the 1981 film was co-written by the Master of Horror John Carpenter and Nick Castle. It starred Kurt Russell as iconic sarcastic action character Snake Plissken. The eyepatch that launched a thousand quotes, really. Snyder will write and direct the “reimagining.” Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture…

Prime Video’s next big swing (literally, from webs!) has an official teaser. Nicolas Cage stars in the live-action series “Spider-Noir” based on Marvel Comics’ “Spider-Man Noir,” and it looks incredible. The series also stars Lamorne Morris (Fargo, New Girl), Li Jun Li (Sinners, Babylon), Karen Rodriguez (The Hunting Wives, Acapulco), Abraham Popoola (Atlas, Slow Horses), with SAG Award-winning actor Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire, Day of The Fight), and Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, Harry Potter). Guest stars include Lukas Haas, Cameron Britton, Cary Christopher, Michael Kostroff, Scott MacArthur, Joe Massingill, Whitney Rice, Amanda Schull, Andrew Caldwell, Amy Aquino, Andrew Robinson, and Kai Caster. “Spider-Noir” arrives in Black &…

We are so very excited to share the news that a new stage musical based on “Practical Magic” is in development! Grammy winners Norah Jones and Gregg Wattenberg are writing the music, with original “Practical Magic” books author Alice Hoffman writing the story along with playwright Peter Duchan.Maria Friedman (“Merrily We Roll Along”) will direct. “I’m so excited to be working with my amazing collaborators on bringing ‘Practical Magic’ to the stage,” Hoffman said about the project. “This story of love and sisterhood is meant for the theater. Music is the heart and soul of ‘Practical Magic,’ you can hear it as you…

This just in-Prime Video has announced more casting for their upcoming “God of War” live-action tv series. Callum Vinson (“Dead Ringers,” “Poker Face” will play Atreus, son of Kratos (Ryan Hurst, who actually voiced Thor in the games). He’ll be joined by Mandy Patinkin as Odin, Max Parker (“Boots”) as Heimdall. and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“Severance”) as Thor. Teresa Palmer (“A Discovery of Witches“) will play Sif, shield maiden and wife of Thor. Alastair Duncan, who voiced Mimir in the games, will return to reprise the character in the show. “God of War” “God of War” is based on the wildly popular PlayStation video game franchise of…

Okay, not something we had on our Super Bowl LX bingo card. The Pokémon Company shared an ad to celebrate 30 years of the franchise! No matter who you are, everyone has a favorite Pokémon. Lady Gaga, Trevor Noah, Jisoo, Charles Leclerc, Lamine Yamal, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Young Miko share their favorite Pokémon to kick off our celebration of 30 years of Pokémon! “Join the festivities by using the What’s Your Favorite filter in Pokémon GO, attending the Day Out and Night Out events, discovering themed TCG collections and Pokémon Center-exclusive merchandise, and so much more!”Check out the ad below:

Call us sentimental, but this “Jurassic Park” Xfinity ad from Taika Waititi is probably one of our favorites from the 2026 Super Bowl. You can read more about the process to film the ad here. And a little behind-the-scenes goodness below:

We absolutely love the ads Dunkin’ has been putting out the last few years. Bringing in superfan and Oscar winner Ben Affleck was a great move, and the resulting commercials haven’t disappointed. Like today’s “Good Will Dunkin’,” which is absolutely INSPIRED. Featuring 90s stalwarts Jason Alexander (“Seinfeld”), Alfonso Ribeiro (“Fresh Prince of Bel Air”), Matt le Blanc (“FRIENDS”), Ted Danson (“Cheers”), (“Jaleel White (“Family Matters”), Jennifer Anniston (“FRIENDS”), and Tom Brady, the ad is pretty adorable.

The first trailer for the upcoming 3rd “Minions” movie is here! A spinoff of the hugely popular “Despicable Me” films, the return of everyone’s favorite little yellow henchmen is tackling a big Hollywood problem- Monsters. Fresh off the worldwide blockbuster success of summer 2024’s funniest comedy, Despicable Me 4, Illumination expands its joyful animated universe with a riotous new chapter, featuring all-new characters, in the biggest global animated franchise in history: Minions & Monsters. This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and…

Hell yes. The “Once Upon A Time in Hollywood” spinoff film all about Brad Pitt’s character Cliff Booth finally has a trailer! “The Adventures of Cliff Booth” is coming to Netflix later this year. cott Caan, Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, Holt McCallany, and JB Tadena. Timothy Olyphant is also confirmed to reprise his “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” role of James Stacy. David Fincher directs from a story and script by Quentin Tarantino.As soon as Netflix uploads the damn teaser, we’ll share it.

Admit it-you also thought the big Super Bowl gamespot teaser for the upcoming “Star Wars” movie “The Mandalorian & Grogu” was a beer commercial. The narration by Sam Elliot didn’t help with this. Pedro Pascal returns as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian alongside Grogu, with Sigourney Weaver as Ward, and Jeremy Allen White as Rotta the Hut. Jon Favreau directs. In theaters May 22nd, 2026.