579 posts tagged ‘entertainment culture’
Netflix Has Cancelled Shadow and Bone
Gizmodo,
It’s a sad day for fans of Netflix’ Shadow and Bone. The series adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s fantasy novels—which was developed by Arrival’s Eric Heisserer and gobbled up by passionate viewers—will not return for a third season. This cancellation was just one of many announced by Netflix today. Read more...
Glutton for punishment Jimmy Kimmel will referee this year’s Oscars
AV Club,
Two years after Chris Rock refused to keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of his damn mouth, Jimmy Kimmel has signed on to the Oscars for another term as host, risking criticism from a violent, vengeful audience that won’t stand for G.I. Jane jokes in this century, per The Hollywood Reporter. Kimmel returns following… Read more...
Pedro Pascal Could Be Marvel's Mr. Fantastic
Marvel Studios might have found its next leading man in a very familiar face: Pedro Pascal has reportedly joined Fantastic Four as Reed Richards. Read more...
Lisa Kudrow rounds out the Friends cast with her own Matthew Perry tribute
Over the past few days, the main cast of Friends have all posted individual tributes to late actor Matthew Perry, which have ranged from hilarious to heartbreaking and everything in between. These heartfelt messages come after a short silence while the cast “[took] a moment to grieve and process this unfathomable… Read more...
Beloved Hollywood Genius David Zaslav Admits Writers Were Right 49 Days After Strike Ends
The current Warner Bros. Discovery regime is making headlines with its take-backsies on the James Gunn-produced Looney Tunes feature Coyote vs. Acme, which was briefly shelved before thankfully getting shopped around instead. As the WB strips away its legacy in its 100th year, head honcho David Zaslav is out… Read more...
MoviePass Enters the Future, Announces a Virtual Card
The evolution of MoviePass continues, with today’s announcement that the subscription movie theater service (which has quite the tumultuous past) will now offer a virtual card—hopefully making online ticket purchases easier, including at theaters offering increasingly popular premium formats like IMAX. Read more...
Destin Daniel Cretton Departs Marvel's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
With so many things in flux at Marvel Studios, there’s news that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton has departed the director’s chair of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. A move that leaves us speculating about the crossover film’s future, if anything. Read more...
Sure, put Ke Huy Quan in a Star Wars, why not?
Star Wars has had a tough go of it in the last few years. Through a series of financially successful but divisive sequels that seem to diminish in quality with the release of every new Disney+ series, Disney’s Star Wars experiments in fan service and interconnectedness have worn people down (this writer specifically). … Read more...