Movie news
Daniel Okafor
November 10, 2026 7:52 am
James Gunn's DC replacement is the Marvel producer who helped hire him for Guardians
In 2012, Jeremy Latcham championed a risky director for a space movie about a talking raccoon. In 2026, he's taking that director's job.
Crush of the day
Hannah Whitlock
November 9, 2026 3:52 pm
Why is Wild Horse Nine called that? Martin McDonagh's answer has nothing to do with the CIA
Martin McDonagh made a spy movie with a title that sounds like a classified file. Ask him what it means, and you get the shortest answer of the press tour.
Tatiana Santos
November 9, 2026 3:34 pm
Who is Elizabeth Holmes and what did she do? Her $9 billion company had one machine, and it never worked
The investors who made Elizabeth Holmes a billionaire on paper included a media mogul, a future Secretary of Education and the family behind Walmart.
Tatiana Santos
November 9, 2026 2:07 pm
Twilight movies in order: TikTok's new viral order turns Bella's human life into a flashback
Fans on TikTok have rearranged the Twilight saga so that the first movie, the one with the biology class and the meadow, now comes third.
Hannah Whitlock
November 9, 2026 11:37 am
Is Wild Horse Nine a true story? What's real and what's made up in Martin McDonagh's spy comedy
Martin McDonagh went to Easter Island looking for another Bruges and came back with the CIA.
Daniel Okafor
November 9, 2026 8:40 am
Why does Hollywood need $150 million for a Godzilla movie when Toho does it for $15 million?
Godzilla Minus Zero just opened at No. 1 in America — produced, financed and distributed by Toho, with no Hollywood studio anywhere on the check.
Daniel Okafor
November 8, 2026 11:28 am
Dr. Seuss didn't need a multiverse. Warner Bros.' The Cat in the Hat got one anyway
The 1957 book runs on 236 words and one rule-breaking cat. The 2026 movie runs on a magical bureaucracy, pocket dimensions and a villain who threatens the fabric of the universe. Previews: $1 million.
Hannah Whitlock
November 8, 2026 10:50 am
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping deaths: the movie trailer already gives away three of them
Suzanne Collins wrote a Hunger Games where everyone already knows who wins. Lionsgate's second trailer goes a step further and shows you three of the people he loses.
Daniel Okafor
November 8, 2026 10:14 am
Paramount's Johnny Depp comeback gets a Christmas theatrical push. Its Avatar: The Last Airbender movie didn't
One of these projects got CinemaCon, Hall H in costume, and 3,500 screens. The other got a July upload to Paramount+ and a director asking why.
Daniel Okafor
November 8, 2026 9:12 am
Two Disney originals flopped on Thanksgiving, and Hexed is tracking to be the third
The tracking numbers look fine until you notice the setup: a Disney original opening into a Hunger Games prequel's second weekend. Wish already ran this experiment.