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Dame Diana Rigg, the veteran actress famous for playing Olenna Tyrell in the HBO seriesGame of Thronesamong dozens of other movie and television roles, has sadly passed away. A specific cause of death hasn’t been revealed, though a statement from Rigg’s agent reveals the actress passed on Thursday morning while surrounded by family. “She died peacefully early this morning. She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time,” the statement reads....

With rumors of his potential involvement swirling around on the internet for months, it’s now being reported thatDaredevilstar Charlie Cox has been on set forSpider-Man 3— and he’s already wrapped filming. According to a new report from ComicBook.com, the outlet can “confirm” that Cox has already come and gone to the set to shoot his appearance. As of now, no one at Marvel or Sony has yet officially confirmed the news....

Niles Crane is Frasier’s little brother, and a respected psychiatrist. He’s also a germaphobe, a hypochondriac, hopelessly in love with Daphne, and very set in his ways. Throughout the entire run ofFrasier, it’s evident that Niles is the perfect foil to his older brother, and to say that he has a way with words is a total understatement. Not only does Niles boast a razor-sharp wit, but his inherent contrarian nature is often the source of conflict in Frasier’s Elliot Bay Towers apartment building....

FUNimation Entertainmentannounced today the North American theatrical dates for the release ofGhost in The Shell: The New Movie. This is the first movie in more than ten years for theGhost in The Shellsci-fi franchise, which will screen in more than 330 theaters across the United States and Canada on November 10, 11 and 16, 2015. FUNimation has also released a brand new trailer and photos from this animated adventure. Here’s what Gen Fukunaga, founder and CEO of FUNimation, had to say in a statement....

Star Warshas been around since 1977 and fundamentally changed thesci-filandscape, but a lot of people don’t realize how many science-fiction films have come before the tumultuous space opera. Admittedly, beforeStar Wars, science-fiction films were for more of a niche audience. Much of the genre was simply not taken seriously before George Lucas came around, and great genre films likeThe BlobandGodzilladid not receive as much love from the Academy Awards, being dismissed as B-movies by critics and cinephiles (until they received intellectual reappraisals over recent decades which explored their brilliance, withGodzillanow referred to as poetry)....

The return of the Sanderson sisters is probably one of the most anticipated Disney+ events planned for Halloween 2022, withHocus Pocus 2bringing the witches in search of eternal youth back for more spooky shenanigans in the sequel to the original 1993 movie. Bette Midler,Sarah Jessica Parkerand Kathy Najimy have all returned to reprise their roles in the belated sequel, and a new set video has revealed Parker’s Sarah Sanderson flying on a Swiffer instead of a broomstick....

Carl Weatherswas so closely identified with the role of Apollo Creed in theRockyfilm series throughout his career that when Weathers died at the age of 76, it was as if Apollo died a second time. While Weathers successfully reinvented himself as a television director and veteran character actor in his later career, the actor achieved timelessness through theRockyseries, in which he was 28 when the firstRockyfilm was released in 1976....

Jessica Henwick(Game of Thrones,Star Wars: The Force Awakens) has joined the Netflix original seriesIron Fistas Colleen Wing. Amartial artsexpert running her own dojo, Colleen will serve as an invaluable ally to Danny Rand as he returns to his life in New York. In the comics, Colleen first appeared in Marvel Premiere #19 as one of Danny’s first friends after he left K’un-L’un. Here’s what showrunnerScott Buckhad to say in a statement....

Overlordarrived in theaters just before Halloween to much critical acclaim. Sadly, the J.J. Abrams produced WWII sci-fi horror thriller adventure didn’t fare quite so well at the box office, failing to attract much attention outside of hardcore film enthusiasts hungry for a crazy Drive-In genre experience that owes quite a lot to Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’sFrom Dusk till Dawn. Now fans will get to see what they missed on the big screen asOverlordtakes its final mission to the home market....

Suicide Squad 2just caught on fire. While production updates have been few and far between as of late, especially withBirds of Preygearing up to shoot first, it has now been confirmed thatJames Gunnis in serious talks to write the DC Comics sequel. And if everything works out, he may even direct the movie. It hasn’t been a good year for acclaimed filmmaker James Gunn. As we all know,the director was fired from Guardians of the Galaxy 3in the wake of several offensive tweets he posted years ago resurfacing....

John Wick 3: Parabellumcurrently has a 97% Fresh Rating on Rotten Tomatoes. So far, this is made up of 32 reviews, which means this could change by the time the highly anticipated movie hits theaters next Friday. With that being said,Avengers: Endgamehas only gone down 2% since the movie hit theaters. Even if the next chapter in theJohn Wickfranchise goes down a little, it can still end up having the best score out of the whole franchise....

Superman’s death at the end of Batman V Superman was not exactly an earned moment, and it carries little emotional weight on its own, since everyone knows full well that Henry Cavill will reprise the character in next November’sJustice League. But the death will help serve the new story, and is in place to establish a dynamic between the other heroes that might not be there had he survived his fight with Doomsday....

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apesis not monkeying around when it comes to its epic scale as the film will reportedly clock in with the longest entry in the franchise so far. As the next chapter of theApessaga pushes the story ever closer to finally connecting to the 1968 original, the film seems to be hoping that it can follow in the footsteps oflast month’s release ofDune: Part Twoand entice audiences in for a lengthy cinema visit....