Empire
The Smashing Machine Rushes to HBO Max After Box Office Stumble
After mixed reviews and a soft box office, Dwayne Johnson’s prestige pivot The Smashing Machine hits HBO Max next month, looking to punch up its second act.
December 23, 2025 3:41 am
New MCU Villain Won’t Cross Paths With Daredevil in Born Again Season 2
No face-off this time: Born Again Season 2 introduces a new MCU villain who never shares a scene with Daredevil, even as Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio return when the series hits Disney+ next spring.
December 20, 2025 7:40 pm
Sonic the Hedgehog's Fan-Favorite Series Speeds Onto Netflix Today
Rev up the nostalgia: a fan-favorite Sonic the Hedgehog animated series dashes onto Netflix today, bringing the blue blur’s classic adventures to a new generation of binge-watchers.
December 20, 2025 10:48 am
Top Gun: Maverick Director Disowns 2025's Biggest Flop, Says It's Not His Sequel
Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski is pumping the brakes on expectations, saying Disney’s Tron: Ares may be the third outing but it isn’t the sequel he envisioned after Tron: Legacy—signaling the grid is veering into new territory.
December 20, 2025 9:06 am
Avatar 4 Is Getting a New Narrator — And the Actor Has Known for 12 Years
Avatar looks set to ditch Jake Sully’s signature voice-over, hinting at a bold narrative shake-up in the next chapter.
December 19, 2025 9:22 am
Why Christopher Nolan’s New Odyssey Update Has Zendaya Fans Worried About Her Role
A new poster for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey hints Zendaya’s role may be limited, with her receiving a with credit near the end of the cast list — a detail already sparking fan debate over her screen time.
December 19, 2025 2:49 am
HBO Max Is on a Roll: A New Leonardo DiCaprio Movie Just Landed
HBO Max is giving Leonardo DiCaprio’s One Battle After Another the deluxe treatment, rolling out a special version and multiple ways to watch—another win for the streamer’s best trend.
December 18, 2025 8:41 am
From Laughs to Gasps: Kumail Nanjiani Sets Feature Directorial Debut With Horror Howl
Kumail Nanjiani is trading punchlines for jump scares, stepping behind the camera for his first feature, the horror film Howl.
December 17, 2025 6:33 pm
Mark Wahlberg’s $25 Million Per-Movie Netflix Payday Is No Match for Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio
Mark Wahlberg is owning the streaming wars, stacking seven films since 2020 and banking millions per role — with Play Dirty on Prime Video and AppleTV’s The Family Plan 2 leading the charge.
December 16, 2025 7:55 pm
Tom Cruise Has Zero Films in the Top 10 Highest-Ranked Action Movies—How Is That Possible?
He’s the daredevil who reinvented big-screen stunts and fronted modern action juggernauts — yet IMDb’s top 10 action movies doesn’t feature a single Tom Cruise title. Even after teaming with powerhouse directors, the star’s fan-favorite thrill rides are shut out of the highest-rated elite.
December 15, 2025 4:53 pm
Disney’s New Political Comedy Stumbles Out of the Gate With One of the Studio’s Weakest Box Office Debuts
Disney’s political comedy Ella McCay stumbled out of the gate with one of the weakest domestic openings in years, underscoring the uphill fight mid-budget films face to lure audiences back to theaters.
December 15, 2025 3:51 pm
Rian Johnson Couldn't Resist a Star Wars Jab in Wake Up Dead Man
Sharpen your alibis: Knives Out 3 just dropped on Netflix, delivering fresh suspects, razor-edged twists, and your next weekend obsession.
December 15, 2025 1:54 pm
Peaky Blinders Storms the Big Screen: Barry Keoghan Joins Cillian Murphy in The Immortal Man
Saltburn and The Batman star Barry Keoghan is joining Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, taking charge of a new generation of flatcaps as the long-awaited film heads to select theaters worldwide.
December 14, 2025 11:37 pm
MCU Director Crowns RDJ's Best Marvel Christmas Movie — Then Says It Aged Terribly
Shane Black leans into Iron Man 3’s holiday heartbeat, telling Empire the Christmas setting lets the film plunge into its darkest stretches before snapping back with a miracle — including Jon Favreau’s Happy waking from a coma — with RDJ leading the charge.
December 14, 2025 10:44 pm
Peaky Blinders Movie Sparks Uproar: What Really Happened Between Barry Keoghan and Sabrina Carpenter
Peaky Blinders storms the big screen with Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, unleashing Oscar-nominated Barry Keoghan to lead a ruthless new generation in 1940s Birmingham.
December 14, 2025 11:24 am
Peaky Blinders Creator Teases The Immortal Man as a Novel’s Final Chapter
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight teases The Immortal Man will land like a final chapter, a big-screen ending with the weight and closure of a novel.
December 12, 2025 2:39 pm
The Season 4 Twist That Could Redeem Bridgerton's Season 3 Misstep
With Bridgerton Season 4 on the horizon, a fan-fueled theory is gaining steam that the series will course-correct Season 3’s most divisive twist — the Michaela gender swap — to realign with Julia Quinn’s books.
December 12, 2025 7:02 am
Disney’s $1 Billion OpenAI Gamble Could Sideline the Marvel Comics Artists Who Built the Universe
After snapping up 20th Century Fox and bringing Marvel into its empire, Disney is reportedly placing a $1 billion bet on an AI company — a shock move that has blindsided its own Marvel comics artists, reports Marvelous News.
December 12, 2025 6:41 am
Yellowstone’s End Clears the Trail for Taylor Sheridan to Put Tom Selleck Back in the Saddle
At 80, Tom Selleck is eyeing a team-up with Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and says he’s nowhere near retirement, hinting that the right script could pull him back into a big new chapter.
December 11, 2025 4:28 pm
After Harry Potter Setback, Adam Driver Gets Passed Over Again to Succeed Alan Rickman in a New Sequel
Kevin Smith is ready to raise hell again. After reclaiming Dogma and rolling out a 4K restoration, the Clerks filmmaker is pushing ahead with Dogma 2, promising fresh ideas and a bold new direction.
December 11, 2025 2:26 pm