Movie news
Tatiana Santos
November 5, 2026 12:47 pm
Aaron Taylor-Johnson was the favorite to play James Bond in 2024. Is he still in the running?
In the spring of 2024, the only open question about Aaron Taylor-Johnson and James Bond seemed to be the date of the announcement.
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Daniel Okafor
November 5, 2026 11:25 am
I trust Denis Villeneuve with Bond. I don't trust him with Callum Turner
The director has earned a blank check from me. The reported frontrunner is where I stop co-signing.
Daniel Okafor
November 5, 2026 8:55 am
Johnny Depp's comeback is playing Scrooge — weeks after Patrick Stewart, the Scrooge of a generation, died
Ebenezer opens November 13. The calendar just handed it a comparison no marketing department would ever choose.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 6:08 pm
'An AI scam masquerading as a real movie': what happened to Return of the Living Dead
Fans waited four decades for a sequel to the 1985 punk-zombie classic. What showed up on Halloween was a $19 download on a site nobody knows, with the original cast allegedly recreated by AI.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 5:55 pm
Pierce Brosnan gave Callum Turner his Bond blessing — fans would take a 73-year-old Brosnan instead
Final 007 screen tests are reportedly happening this week. The frontrunner is losing the audience before the announcement even lands.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 2:19 pm
Why is Sonic in Angry Birds 3? Because the birds can't open a movie alone anymore
The new trailer's surprise guest isn't a gag. He's the collateral Paramount and Sega posted against a 2010s brand opening five days after Dunesday.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 1:46 pm
Not Zuckerberg, not Trump, not Musk: The Social Reckoning's $9 million says we're done with billionaire movies
Aaron Sorkin's Social Network sequel left theaters in 21 days. The genre it belonged to left with it.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 12:38 pm
Remember 'superhero fatigue'? Avengers: Doomsday just passed a million presales — with no IMAX
The tracker estimate crossed seven figures this week. The screens Marvel movies were built for belong to Dune: Part Three until January.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 10:34 am
Marvel hired a Best Director winner exactly once. Five years after Eternals, it hasn't tried again
Eternals opened five years ago this week, got branded the MCU's first flop, and out-grossed most of what Marvel has released since it stopped experimenting.
Hannah Whitlock
November 3, 2026 6:16 pm
Is I Swear eligible for the Oscars? Robert Aramayo beat DiCaprio and Chalamet at the BAFTAs, yet missed the Academy's list
The man who beat Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet at the BAFTAs never stood a chance at the Oscars this year, and the reason has nothing to do with how good he was.