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‘The Greatest Showman’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman Invents Show Business Hugh Jackmanis following up his gritty, emotional turn inLoganwith a return to his musical roots inThe Greatest Showman. The original musical offers a candy-colored portrait of the birth of show business and the rise of P.T. Barnum, the founder of the famous Barnum and Bailey Circus, as the titular “World’s Greatest Showman.” Jackman plays Barnum, a down-on-his luck, unemployed husband and father who gets the radical idea of starting a circus, hiring a group of outsiders and “freaks” to perform in a place where they’ll be beloved....

‘The Mandalorian’ Score By Ludwig Göransson Is A Little “Grittier” And “Edgier” Than The Usual ‘Star Wars’ Music In less than two weeks, the new Disney+ streaming service will launch, giving us the first episode of the highly anticipated live-actionStar WarsseriesThe Mandalorian. But when the series arrives, it will be without one key component that has definedStar Warsover the years: a score from John Williams. But fans shouldn’t be worried, because Oscar-winningBlack PanthercomposerLudwig Göranssonis behindThe Mandalorianscore, and the young, quickly rising talent sounds like the perfect man for the job....

‘The Sixth Sense’ And How M. Night Shyamalan Primed Viewers For One Of The Scariest Scenes Of All Time (Welcome toScariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: M. Night Shyamalan’s specific visual rules for the supernatural effectively triggered a fear response in viewers, setting up the biggest scare inThe Sixth Sense.)“I see dead people,” became an iconic mantra after the release of M....

‘The Sparks Brothers’ Trailer: Edgar Wright Re-Introduces Audiences To The Dynamic Pop Rock Duo The pop duo known asSparksmay have a career that spans over 50 years and 25 albums, but directorEdgar Wrightwill probably be introducing them to a whole new wave of fans withThe Sparks Brothers. The filmmaker behindShaun of the Deadhas delivered his first feature film documentary, in which he attempts to profile a band that he describes as “successful, underrated, hugely influential, and overlooked all at the same time....

‘The Stand’ Is Apparently Now A 10-Hour CBS All Access Series A new adaptation ofStephen King’s massive post-apocalyptic novelThe Standhas been brewing for years.The Fault in our StarsandTheNew MutantsdirectorJosh Boonehas been attached to direct the adaptation since 2014, but the project has been delayed. Now, an update has arrived:The Standmight end up as a 10-hour CBS All Access series. More onThe Standseries below. Just what in the name of Captain Trips is going on with the new adaptation of Stephen King’sThe Stand?...

‘The Three Stooges’ Moe Offered To Johnny Knoxville Johnny Knoxvillewas on theshortlistfor the new cast ofThe Three Stoogesalmost from the moment the film wasrevivedat Fox. (Writer/directorsPeter and Bobby Farrellyonce had Benicio Del Toro, Jim Carrey and Sean Penn set to stooge, but that version fell apart.) Now there is a report that an offer is out to Johnny Knoxville to play Moe. If he accepts, then we’ll have a very good idea of how the cast for the film might come together....

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Review: One Of The Best Video Game Movies Of All Time Video games and movies have never had a happy marriage. Good games rarely become good movies and good movies rarely become good games. But there had to be a sweet spot, and Disney has found it. That sweet spot isWreck-It Ralph, a movie set in the world of video games, but not bound by any one in particular....

/Film Interview: Kevin Feige, Producer Of ‘The Avengers’ Many lessons can be learned fromKevin Feige, the president of Marvel Studios and producer ofThe Avengers. One would be that itispossible to link the worlds of five seperate movies and culminate them in one epic superhero blowout. After all, Feige is the guy who had the vision that will culminate May 4 when Joss Whedon’sThe Avengershits the screen. A second lesson would be that mum is the word....

Billie Lourd Played Leia In ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Flashback Scene The team behindStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalkertook careful consideration to ensure thatCarrie Fisher, who tragically passed three years ago, would remain a pivotal part of the film without sullying her memory. That meant repurposing leftover footage from previous movies to insert intoThe Rise of Skywalker. But the entirety General Leia’s arc couldn’t be pulled off with oldForce Awakensfootage....

Cobra Kai Season 5 Is Almost Done Filming, One Month Before Season 4 Premieres The highly anticipatedfourth season of “Cobra Kai"is hitting Netflix in just over a month, but there’s even more good news for fans of the beloved series as we head into the holiday season. Even though season 4 has not debuted yet, it turns out the fifth season of the show is already nearly done filming. Season 5 Filming is Almost Complete After filming until one o’clock in the morning last night, “Cobra Kai” co-creator, writer, director, producer, and co-showrunner Jon Hurwitz took to Twitter today to answer some fan questions about the show....

Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Reveals More Plot Details, Including New Sidekicks And A Hero-Villain Connection As Disney’sFrozenpicks up steam, we’re getting some new details on the animatedSnow Queenadaptation — which, the more we hear about it, sounds less and less like aSnow Queenadaptation. Not that that’s a bad thing. We’ve known for a while that the movie would center around a female lead journeying across forbidding territory to end the Snow Queen’s spell, but a new synopsis fleshes out the plotline a bit more....

How Did This Get Made: Hackers (An Oral History) We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Hackers + Revolution + Rollerblades =How Did This Get Made? On June 21, 2025, MGM released a stylish, cyberspace thriller calledHackers. Two weeks later—following mixed reviews and poor box office numbers—the film was gone from theaters. Yet despite inauspicious start,Hackershas grown to become one of the most beloved films of the 90s....

J.J. Abrams Spills On Star Trek 2, Mission: Impossible 4, And Fringe At a recent press conference held to celebrate the upcoming DVD/Blu-ray release ofStar Trek,J.J. Abramswas on hand to chat about his upcoming projects. There were the requisiteStar Trek 2questions (3-D anyone?), and he also talks a bit aboutMission: Impossible 4andFringe. Several questions focused on Leonard Nimoy’s involvement in these future projects, one of which seems particularly surprising. When asked about doing the film in 3-D, Abrams mentioned that he’s looking at the technology after being wowed byAvatarfootage....