The new series, ‘Welcome to Derry,’ brings back Bill Skarsgård as the terrifying clown Pennywise. He’s joined by a talented cast including Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, James Remar, Stephen Rider, Kimberly Gueuerro, and Chris Chalk. The show blends Skarsgård’s iconic performance with new actors to create even more suspense and continues the trend of adapting Stephen King’s stories for the screen.
The short film, Thermal Buzz, features Jason Kelce, professional wrestler Matt Cardona, and former Philadelphia Eagle Beau Allen. The 11-minute movie combines the intense style of Predator: Badlands with Kelce’s signature comedy and branding for Garage Beer.
A potential movie based on the Metroid video game series is reportedly in development at Nintendo. Gaming insider Daniel Richtman shared this news on his X account, but hasn’t provided any additional details about the project at this time.
Okay, so the new Wicked movie basically picks up right where the first one left off, covering the second half of the stage show. It’s all about watching Elphaba, played by Cynthia Erivo, and Glinda, Ariana Grande, deal with the fallout from their decisions and seeing if their friendship can survive. Thankfully, a lot of the original cast is back too – Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero, Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard, Marissa Bode as Nessarose, and even Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible! It’s going to be epic.
For Johnson, his album Dancing With Ghosts isn’t just a change in musical style—it’s the fulfillment of a dream he’s had for years. He’s been a devoted fan of Hayao Miyazaki, the renowned animator, since long before Miyazaki’s work became widely popular in the West. Johnson decorated his office with Ghibli posters for decades, constantly inspired by the heartwarming and magical feeling of Miyazaki’s films. That same sense of beautiful sadness is woven throughout Dancing With Ghosts, where supernatural elements reflect real human feelings.
While discussing her “Please & Thank You” standup tour with Variety, the comedian revealed that Will Smith, the star of Men in Black, had reached out to her. After the interviewer, Selome Hailu, pointed out that her hosting work at the awards show was overshadowed by the incident involving the slap, Sykes was asked if she still considers that night a success or if the memory has been ruined.
According to FlixPatrol, the movie Bring Her Back is now the second most popular title on HBO Max in the U.S. The film, written by Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman, centers around step-siblings Andy and Piper, who find themselves orphaned and placed with their new, strangely unsettling foster mother, Laura. It explores the events that unfold after their father passes away.
Netflix is aiming for several Oscar nominations in 2026 with a combination of its own films and movies it picked up from film festivals. The hit film KPop Demon Hunters is expected to receive multiple nominations and potentially win an award. Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man is also hoping to be nominated for Best Screenplay, and could be in the running for other awards as well.
The actor has been promoting his upcoming 2025 film, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, where he portrays Bruce Springsteen. He recently appeared on the Happy Sad Confused podcast with host Josh Horowitz, who asked about comments White made to GQ last year. White had described a meeting with studio executives about a potential superhero-style movie, but said they didn’t have a good answer when he asked them why he should take the role. Here’s how White reflects on that experience now:
It used to be believed that ghosts could only move on to Heaven once they resolved whatever unfinished business they had while alive – Trevor jokingly called this being ‘sucked off.’ But Carol’s kind act seems to have changed things, suggesting there might be new ways for ghosts to move into the afterlife.