Reboots are controversial at the best of times, but when it comes to Harry Potter – a beloved mega-franchise that only wrapped up 15 years ago – some people consider the topic downright blasphemous. Not that that’s stopped Warner Bros. A TV reboot of the series is currently underway for HBO (having originally been announced for Max), with the plan ...

Disney and ABC Entertainment are forcefully shutting down reports alleging that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will wrap up its late-night run in May 2027. Network executives issued a direct statement labeling rumors of an impending finale “inaccurate” and “purely speculative,” asserting control over the narrative as political friction with President Donald Trump and federal broadcast regulators continues to generate headlines. Credit: ...

Marvel Studios has fixed Avengers: Doomsday for December 18 – but there are signs that this release date may change. Amid reports of reshoots completed just three months before the film’s release, certain movie theaters have started listing a different date for audiences to first see the upcoming superhero epic on the big screen. Credit: Marvel Studios What’s Happening With ‘Avengers: Doomsday’? ...

Marvel Studios has finally begun assembling its new team of mutants, with several major characters now officially cast for the new Marvel Cinematic Universe X-Men reboot. One of the biggest reveals came this summer, when Stranger Things star Sadie Sink was revealed to be the X-Men mutant Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) after months of speculation. Her ...

While the search for the new James Bond continues — with the shortlist said to include Jack Barton (SAS: Rogue Heroes), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses), and Callum Turner (Eternity) — another 007 adaptation is reportedly in the works at Amazon MGM, but with a female lead. Female James Bond Rumors Talk of a “female James Bond” has circulated for years, especially ...

We may finally have an update on the status of Rey’s long-awaited return to the Star Wars franchise. Announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2023, the film – often described as Star Wars: New Jedi Order – is set roughly 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker. Daisy Ridley will reprise Rey, now a Jedi Master attempting to rebuild the Jedi Order ...

Gina Carano’s future in Star Wars has been the subject of speculation for years, but Lucasfilm appears to have finally delivered its clearest answer yet. Gina Carano’s Firing Carano, who played the ex-Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune, a close ally of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and a fan-favorite character in The Mandalorian (2019), was fired by Lucasfilm in February 2021 ...

Superhero fans were blindsided this week with the confirmation that Sony’s latest addition to the Spider-Man franchise will end. Sony has controlled Spider-Man’s film rights for decades, but since 2015 has shared Tom Holland’s Peter Parker with Marvel Studios. That agreement brought Spider-Man into the MCU, while Sony continued financing and distributing Holland’s solo movies, including Homecoming (2017), Far From Home ...

The upcoming Harry Potter reboot has announced more casting news today. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is set to debut on HBO in December, marking the first in seven seasons of a new take on J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world. The series – which has already started work on Season 2, inspired by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – ...

Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) keeps rewriting the record books. Since its late-July debut, the fourth entry in Sony and Marvel Studios’ Tom Holland-led Spider-Man series has torn through the $1 billion and $2 billion marks, dethroned Avengers: Endgame on the domestic charts, and — just days ago — passed James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) to reach fourth ...