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Netflix Is Now Worth More Than Disney, And It Only Took A Global Pandemic By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 16, 2020 1:30 pm EST With everyone quarantined inside, it’s natural that streaming would be on the rise. But with Disney+ still in its early days, it’s easy to see which company would rise to the top amid the pandemic: the streaming giant itself, Netflix. And as of end of trading last night, Netflix has officially overtaken Disney in total net worth....

POTD: George Lucas Meets Baby Yoda, Probably Asked His Midi-Chlorian Count By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 17, 2020 8:30 am EST Production is underway on the second season of The Mandalorian, slated to arrive on Disney+ this Fall. Executive producer Jon Favreau is hard at work on the show he created for Lucasfilm, and he had a very special visitor recently that he couldn’t help but show fans. Star Wars creator George Lucas stopped by the set of The Mandalorian, and Jon Favreau arranged for a very special introduction with the show’s most beloved character: Baby Yoda....

Robert Zemeckis Returns To Disney For Live-Action ‘Pinocchio’ Remake By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2019 2:34 pm EST It’s been four years since Disney announced that Pinocchio would be getting the live-action remake treatment that the studio is obsessed with these days. Since then, directors like Sam Mendes (Skyfall) and Paul King (Paddington) have been linked to the project, but they both eventually fell away. Now Disney has lined up a new director, and this one has a hit or miss past with Disney....

Superhero Bits: Thanos Almost Stole Souls In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, 25-Year Old Spider-Man Pasta & More By Ethan Anderton/April 20, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see gameplay footage from the new Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 expansion? How can you sound like Venom from Spider-Man: Maximum Venom? What’s the latest on the Spider-Man video game sequel destined for PlayStation 5? Will Bro Thor return in Thor: Love & Thunder? Did you know Thanos almost stole souls in Avengers: Infinity War?...

The First Horror Movie To Be Remotely Produced During The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Already Done Shooting By Ethan Anderton/July 1, 2020 2:00 pm EST Even though production Hollywood is still shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, that hasn’t kept some filmmakers from getting their own independent productions off the ground. The filmmaking duo of Nick Simon and Luke Baines, who previously collaborated on The Girl in the Photographs in 2015, were able to complete principal photography on a new horror movie with a bit of a meta satirical spin on Hollywood: their film is about some vapid young celebrities who get terrorized by a demon while making their own horror movie....

The Morning Watch: TRON Lightcycle Power Run Ridethrough, Remembering ‘Godzilla: The Series’ & More By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2020 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, take a virtual ride through the TRON Lightcycle Power Run attraction from Shanghai Disneyland and learn some fun facts about it....

The Most-Watched Streaming Movies Of 2020 Include ‘Hamilton’, ‘Borat 2’, ‘My Spy’, And More By Ben Pearson/Nov. 4, 2020 1:30 pm EST According to a new report, the service holds 13 out of the top 30 most-watched streaming movies of 2020, including Extraction, Rebecca, Spenser Confidential, and The Old Guard, to name a few. But it’s worth noting that the top three most-watched entries are not on Netflix. Check out the list below....

Theme Park Bits: Disney Springs And CityWalk Reopening, Other Park Opening Dates, And More By Josh Spiegel/May 20, 2020 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disney Springs and Universal Studios Orlando’s CityWalk have begun to reopen. The Disney Parks area have some new leaders. And more! As you’ve no doubt heard, Disney Springs has begun to reopen its doors, a few days after CityWalk at Universal Studios Orlando did the same....

‘Eli’ Trailer: One Really Sick Kid Moves Into One Really Spooky House By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 6, 2019 1:00 pm EST Poor Eli. All he wants is to be a normal kid, but he’s suffering from an auto-immune disorder. Oh, and ghosts. Lots and lots of ghosts. In the Eli trailer, a young boy with a debilitating illness checks into a big, old house to receive treatment that might finally cure him....

‘Halloween’, ‘Halloween 4’, And ‘Halloween 5’ Are Headed To Theaters And Drive-Ins This October By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 24, 2020 3:30 pm EST There are no new horror movies headed to theaters this Halloween season. Heck, there really aren’t any new movies, horror or otherwise. But if you’re aching for your trick-or-treat fix on the big screen, here’s some good news: Halloween, Halloween 4, and Halloween 5 are all headed back to theaters and drive-ins worldwide through October 31, 2020....

By Ben Pearson/Oct. 8, 2019 10:30 am EST John Wick: Chapter 4 is coming in 2021, but the cinematic world of assassins will expand even further in a new John Wick spin-off movie. Ballerina, a film which has been in development since 2017, has just found a director in the form of Len Wiseman, the guy behind movies like Underworld and Live Free or Die Hard. Read more about the project below....

‘Joker’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix Is Phenomenal In This Nihilistic Nightmare [TIFF 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 10, 2019 7:00 am EST “He’s a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he’s alive.” That’s the tagline of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, but it might as well serve as a rallying cry for Todd Phillips’s Joker, a violent, nihilistic horror film masquerading as both a character drama and a comic book movie. Realizing that it’s next to impossible to get a studio-backed character piece greenlit, Phillips has decided to use the Joker as a gateway drug, giving him a chance to more or less remake Taxi Driver for a whole new generation of moviegoers – the ones who’ve grown up on a steady diet of superhero movies....

‘Lost In Space’ Season 3: Netflix Sets Course For A Final Season Of The Sci-Fi Reboot By Ben Pearson/March 9, 2020 2:00 pm EST The Robinson family will be back for one more flight. Netflix has given the greenlight to a third and final season of Lost in Space, the streaming service’s reboot of the sci-fi 1960s TV series. But showrunner Zack Estrin won’t be walking away empty-handed: he’s just signed a development deal with Netflix which ensures he’ll be working with them for years to come....

‘Mile 22’ Director Peter Berg On Not Wasting Time With Mark Wahlberg [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Aug. 17, 2018 10:30 am EST Director Peter Berg is not one for wasting time. He says as much, but it’s also evident when you’re on the set of one of his movies, speaking with an actor he’s worked with, or talking to the man himself. Look no further than his filmography the last few years to see the borderline light-speed pace at which he works....

‘Parasite’ Director Bong Joon-Ho On The Film’s Biggest Twists And Shattering Ending [Interview] By Rafael Motamayor/Nov. 5, 2019 12:00 pm EST Having already celebrated huge success in Cannes, where it won the prestigious Palme d’Or, as well as having been selected as South Korea’s entry for the Best International Feature Film for next year’s Academy Award, Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is now unleashed upon American theaters. Bong revisits some of the themes he explored in Snowpiercer to craft a meticulous story of class, scams, and prejudices....

‘Pretending I’m A Superman’ Wanders Erratically Through The Origin And Legacy Of ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2020 8:00 am EST Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater launched on the original PlayStation in the fall of 1999, delivering a skateboarding video game that was easy to learn, fun to play, and captured the spirit and attitude of the extreme sport, from the t-shirts and cargo pants of the skaters to the indie punk rock soundtrack....

‘Space Force’ Creator Greg Daniels Hopes To Keep The Netflix Series Going For A Few Seasons By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2020 4:00 pm EST Netflix released the entire first season of the new comedy series Space Force this past weekend. The debut didn’t fare too well with critics, landing only a 39% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a disappointed review from yours truly, but the audience score is currently at 76% with over 750 ratings so far....

‘The Half Of It’ Trailer: Netflix’s Teen Rom-Com Has A Love Triangle With An LGBTQ Twist By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 9, 2020 5:00 pm EST Netflix has already tried its hand at the modern-day teen romantic-comedy take on Cyrano de Bergerac with the profoundly bad Sierra Burgess is a Loser. But its latest teen rom-com fare offers a seemingly more affecting and progressive take on the classic catfishing story. Directed by Alice Wu, The Half of It follows the bookish girl who is enlisted by a sweet jock to help him write love letters for the beautiful popular girl....

A24 Launches ‘The Green Knight’ Roleplaying Game, Indicates Film Will Still Come To Theaters By Ben Pearson/July 15, 2020 2:30 pm EST When exactly will audiences have the chance to see The Green Knight, director David Lowery’s (Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story) cinematic reimagining of the Arthurian legend? The movie was removed from the release calendar at the end of April, and a week later, Lowery himself was saying that “no one knows” when it will see the light of day....

By Ben Pearson/Oct. 16, 2019 11:30 am EST English actor Maxim Baldry, best known for his role on the HBO series Years and Years, is the latest to board the series, and he’ll be joining Will Poulter (Midsommar, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) and Australian actress Markella Kavenagh (Picnic at Hanging Rock). Read more about the new show below. Collider brings news about Baldry’s participation in the new show, and the outlet says that he’s locked down a “significant role” in the series....