Stranger Things has finally concluded on Netflix. After five seasons across nine years, the hit series came to an explosive end on the streamer on December 31. The finale, titled “The Rightside Up”, pitted our heroes against Henry Creel, AKA Vecna/One (Jamie Campbell Bower), in a battle that determined the fate of mankind, with the “dark wizard” attempting to bring ...

In the volatile world of Hollywood, the only thing more difficult than reaching the summit is staying there. However, as we stand in the first week of January 2026, The Walt Disney Studios appears to have found the map to permanent residence at the top of the box office. After a massive 2024 and a legendary 2025, Disney is now ...

Marvel appears to have decided how it will move forward with the Fantastic Four franchise after the team’s first MCU film delivered mixed box office results. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) introduced Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm inside a stylized retro-futuristic setting. Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach led the cast, with ...

More information has come to light over the divisive Star Wars series. Long before the Skywalker name carried any weight in the galaxy far, far away, The Acolyte set its sights on a largely untouched era of Star Wars storytelling. Taking place during the High Republic, the Disney+ series aimed to explore what life looked like when the Jedi were at ...

The fifth and final season of Stranger Things finally concluded on December 31 with an epic two-hour-plus finale that simultaneously streamed on Netflix and was released in over 500 theaters across the US and Canada, where it grossed between $25 million and $28 million at the box office, as reported by Variety. Following the events of Volume 1, which consisted ...

Disney didn’t step onto a stage with fireworks and a countdown clock. There was no dramatic logo reveal or teaser trailer designed to dominate social media. Instead, Disney did something far more familiar in recent years—quietly releasing an update that spoke volumes without actually saying the words fans were waiting to hear. And for many, that update all but confirmed ...

Four years removed from one of the most surprising executive reversals in Disney’s modern era, one of Bob Iger’s first moves after reclaiming the CEO chair has paid off in a very big way. Disney sent shockwaves through the industry in November 2022 when then-CEO Bob Chapek was abruptly dismissed after a period marked by internal strain, public scrutiny, and ...

For a brief moment, the illusion cracked. Not in a subtle way. Not in the kind of way guests shrug off as “technical difficulties.” This was different. This was loud, sudden, and deeply unsettling — the kind of moment that makes a crowd collectively inhale and forget they’re watching a performance that’s been running safely for decades. Credit: Disney Now, ...

For years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe felt carefully calibrated. Big action. Quippy humor. Just enough edge to keep things exciting, but rarely enough to make Disney uncomfortable. Lately, though, something feels different. Quietly, almost deliberately, Disney appears to be nudging Marvel into territory that isn’t meant for everyone anymore. The tone is shifting. The guardrails feel looser. And more than ...

The massive Disney flop is heading to the small screen as a Disney World attraction officially shuts down very soon. Disney’s long-gestating return to the Grid arrived in theaters this year with TRON: Ares (2025), the third theatrical installment in the studio’s cult-favorite sci-fi franchise. Directed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales(2017) filmmaker Joachim Rønning, the ...