A recent report suggests the planned merger between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery may be facing further delays. Apparently, Paramount Pictures has made a competing offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, potentially disrupting the deal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount is trying to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a hostile takeover by offering shareholders a significantly higher price than Netflix.
The film Train Dreams is a slow-paced and thoughtful story starring Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, an Idaho logger whose quiet life is disrupted by loss in the late 1800s and early 1900s. While it certainly deals with grief, it’s more about prompting viewers to consider the bigger questions of life and what we leave behind.
I was so excited when NCIS: Origins was announced, because I thought it would all be about a young Gibbs! And it does feature some actors we already know and love from the original NCIS, alongside Austin Stowell as young Gibbs. But honestly, the show quickly became more about this new character, Lala. They’ve really established her as a huge part of how Gibbs became the agent he is, even though we never heard of her before. They’re still building her story, and sometimes it creates a few continuity issues with what we already know about Franks and his early days, but it’s still interesting to see how it all unfolds.
Gladiator Underground is an independent action film showcasing incredible stunt work and martial arts. It follows two brothers forced to compete in a brutal, underground fighting tournament where they must choose between maintaining their integrity or joining forces to defeat the criminal organization controlling it all.
In an interview with Tatiana Hullender from ScreenRant, actress Davis talked about being the first female gladiator in the show Spartacus: House of Ashur, and throughout the entire Spartacus series. She described the fight scenes as challenging, but also collaborative, saying it felt like “finding our dance steps together.” Here’s what she had to say:
Here are the nominations for this year’s Golden Globes, as announced by Marlon Wayans and Skye P. Marshall:
The good news continues! Universal and Blumhouse are thrilled with the massive opening weekend of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, which brought in $109.1 million worldwide. This success proves the franchise is a major force in horror and gives Universal its best late-year box office performance in a long time.
I agree those films are excellent – especially Scarface, which remains a truly iconic gangster movie. However, I believe one of the best movies from the 1980s is often overlooked: the 1987 neo-noir film House of Games, starring Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna, who you might also know from Criminal Minds and The Simpsons.
David Corenswet discussed what it was like playing Clark Kent/Superman in an interview with Jonathan Bailey for Variety’s Actors on Actors.
The character Landman created a major turning point for Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) and his family, especially after the events of season 2, episode 4. The Norris family came together, though unwillingly, for Tommy’s mother’s funeral, which dramatically changed Tommy’s life and where he lived in Midland, Texas.