Spider-Man: Homecoming Has Two Different Shockers

Way back in August, a rumoredSpider-Man: Homecoming cast liststarted making the rounds, which revealed a number of interesting details such asAngourie Riceplaying Betty Brandt andBookeem Woodbineplaying the villain known as the Shocker, a.k.a. Herman Schultz. Subsequent set photos that featured the Shocker costume seemed to confirm the validity of this list, but one detail many missed is that the list actually says thatBookeem Woodbineis playing “Schultz/Shocker #2.” Since there was no other Shocker mentioned on the list, that detail became forgotten, but it seems now that it’s quite valid....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 536 words · Lisa Turner

Spielberg's Bridge of Spies Loses Composer John Williams

DreamWorks Pictures'/Fox 2000 Pictures' upcoming dramatic thriller directed by three-time Academy Award®-winning directorSteven Spielberg(Saving Private Ryan,Schindler’s List) and starring two-time Academy Award winnerTom Hanks(Forrest Gump, Philadelphia), has been, as previously announced, titledBridge of Spies. In addition, 12-time Oscar nominee Thomas Newman (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,Saving Mr. Banks) has been signed to score the film, asJohn Williams' schedule was interrupted and he was unavailable to score the film due to a minor health issue, now corrected....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Christy Lewis

Star Trek 4 Will Not Recast Anton Yelchin's Chekov

Just weeks beforeStar Trek Beyondwas set to debut in theaters this weekend, a horriblefreak accidentleft starAnton Yelchindead. In the wake that followed, Paramount Pictures decided to keep the star’s character Ensign Pavel Chekov out of any new marketing materials, including the TV spots and banners. The movie does pay loving respect to bothYelchinand iconicStar Trekactor Leonard Nimoy in the end credits. But it isn’t known how the franchise will move forward withoutAnton Yelchinjust yet....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Anna Herrera

Stranger Things Cast Celebrates 4th Anniversary of Netflix Debut with Behind-The-Scenes Photos

The cast of Netflix’sStranger Thingscelebrated the show’s 4th anniversary on social media this week. It’s hard to believe, but it has been four years since the Duffer Brothers introduced us to the Upside Down and Hawkins, Indiana. The hit series premiered on July 15th, 2016 where it slowly started to gain momentum. By the time the fall came around, the series was a worldwide hit for Netflix and turned the young cast into stars....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Linda Wilson

Taika Waititi Wants Squid Game Fans to Ditch the Dub: 'You Don't Have to Watch in English'

Like millions of regular viewers, Waititi is a fan of the Asian phenomenon, which is directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, and is a bit like watchingTakeshi’s Castlewritten by Stephen King inThe Running Manmode. The series focusses on a group of down on their luck “players” who are all but forced into signing up to take part in a series of simple looking games with the chance of winning a huge cash prize if they win....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Daniel Woods

The 10 Longest-Running Western TV Series of All Time

Every self-respecting movie lover hasa favorite Western (or 40), but for a time, the immensely popular film genre was one of the dominant genres on television too. Starting in the late 1940s and going well into the 1970s, small-screen Westerns were incredibly popular, and many of them wound up being some of the longest-running shows in television history. While the TV Western has seen a recent revival with shows likeYellowstoneandLongmireproving to be immensely popular with modern audiences, no recent series has yet been able to outrun classics likeGunsmoke....

August 6, 2025 · 7 min · 1351 words · Donald Aguilar

The Bunker Will Unite Horror Icons Tobin Bell & Tony Todd in New Sci-Fi Thriller

Principal photography has commenced in Los Angeles for Brian Hanson’s upcoming sci-fi horror flickThe Bunker, with a strong cast that includes Tony Todd (Platoon,Candyman) Chelsea Edmundson (Thunder Road) and Tobin Bell (Saw). The sci-fi horror thriller is co-written and produced by Charles Bunce. The Bunkeris set during a mysterious alien invasion, telling the story of a government scientist played by Chelsea Edmundson, who is sealed in an underground bunker and must create a bio-weapon to stop the mysterious travelers before they can take over the earth....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Christopher Sutton

The Exorcism of Emily Rose: Scariest Moments, Ranked

There have been plenty ofscary movies featuring exorcisms. The idea of being a prisoner of your own body, not being able to control what you do and what is done with you, it’s one of the reasons why this element became so famous in horror stories. WhileThe Exorcistdidn’t show the first exorcism on the screen, it did make the trope extremely popular. Many exorcism movies come out every year. Even if the central point of their narrative is not the exorcism per se, they are featured in them....

August 6, 2025 · 5 min · 1032 words · Daniel Wright

The Most Shocking Endings in Romance Movies, Ranked

Romance can be great. Romance can be messy. Romance can be surprising. Romance can be stressful. Romance can turn your life upside down, for better or worse. The same can happen with romance movies. Sometimes they follow formulas that have been working for decades with a happy ending (that we all knew we’d get since the first frame of the film), and sometimes they have shocking endings that we would’ve never thought of at the start....

August 6, 2025 · 6 min · 1076 words · Melanie Torres

The Simpsons Makes History with New Episode Featuring Deaf Actor and ASL

A new episode ofThe Simpsonswill feature a deaf actor, a first for the series that is still making history after three decades on the air. PerCNN, the characters in the episode will be communicating using American Sign Language (ASL) in the episode as well, despite the animated characters having four fingers. The history-making episode, titled “The Sound of Bleeding Gums,” airs on Sunday, April 10. “It’s very hard to do a ‘first’ after 722 episodes....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 514 words · Janice Briggs

Tiger King Fans Trip Out Over Britney Spears' Connection to the Netflix Series

One of Britney Spears' most iconic moments is tied to Netflix’s hitTiger Kingseries. The limited series introduces the world to some amazing characters and Bhagavan “Doc” Antle is one of the lead players. While Antle is not as flamboyant as the show’s main focus, Joe Exotic, he carves out his own bizarre niche in the bonkers storyline and adds quite a bit to the story. As it turns out, he helped Spears back in 2001 with a huge performance....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · John Dougherty

Walking Dead Comic-Con Trailer Reveals Old Man Rick After Time Jump

The Walking Deadinvaded San Diego Comic-Con this year and, as usual, the cast and creative team brought the goods with them to Hall H. They debuted the first trailer for AMC’sThe Walking Dead Season 8. It is action-packed and full of everything fans could have hoped to see, but there is also something very mysterious being teased by the final shot in the trailer. What does it mean? AMC didn’t make fans wait as they debuted the trailer forThe Walking Deadseason 8 online right after it screened in Hall H at Comic-Con....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 576 words · Melanie Kaiser

Watch Will Ferrell Scream at Strangers About Christmas Movies

Funny or Die’s Billy on the Streethas been the home of some great celebrity viral clips these past few months, and the latest installment is a hoot. The comedian and game show host is joined byElfstarWill Ferrell. He also happens to be aproduceron the show. And he has appeared before to help quiz contestants on the streets of New York. But never quite so aggressively. Will Ferrellis clearly feeding off of his friendBilly Eichner’s intense, hostile energy....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Derrick Cooper