The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been part of pop culture for over 40 years, thriving across comic books, video games, merchandise, television, and film as one of the few properties that constantly finds new life with each generation. From the gritty Mirage Comics origins to Saturday morning shows and big-screen runs, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael have stayed in ...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is changing course, with Paramount having now revealed major changes to its roadmap for the franchise going forward, along with many new projects. The Heroes in a Half-Shell have enjoyed ongoing success since they first emerged from the New York City sewers in the Mirage comics in 1984. While nothing will ever outmatch the “Turtle-Mania” craze ...

There’s a strange tension hanging over the Star Wars universe right now. On the surface, everything looks busy—new shows, new characters, and another theatrical release finally on the calendar. But behind the scenes, that momentum may not be as steady as it seems. A highly anticipated Star Wars movie is reportedly facing an uncertain future, and the decision on whether ...

Disney and Pixar have scrapped the title with just over a month to go. In 2024, The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Animation Studios returned to form with the billion-dollar Inside Out 2. Last year, the studios had much less success with Elio (2025). Now, Disney and Pixar will bring another original movie out in just over one month. Pixar ...

The truth is out as one screen star confirms his firing and subsequent exit from the Marvel superhero franchise. For better or worse, X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) has become one of the most talked-about entries in Fox’s long-running mutant franchise–not because it redefined Wolverine, but because of the ripple effects it created across the X-Men universe. Released in 2009, the ...

Saturday Night Live has built its reputation on satirizing the biggest moments in pop culture, pushing boundaries with sketches that hold a mirror to society’s obsessions, controversies, and conversations. When Finn Wolfhard returned to Studio 8H to host episode 10 of SNL’s 51st season, the opportunity to lampoon Stranger Things seemed inevitable. Credit: Netflix The Netflix series just wrapped its ...

The Land Before Time (1988) is an animated classic so beloved that it rivals even Disney’s The Lion King (1994). Directed by Don Bluth (An American Tail) and executive produced by George Lucas (Star Wars) and Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park), the film follows a young dinosaur named Littlefoot as he embarks on a dangerous quest to find a new home ...

It may be far, far in the future that fans get to see more of the galaxy far, far away on the big screen. In 2012, George Lucas sold his Lucasfilm studio to The Walt Disney Company for $4 billion in cash and stock. Since then, Lucasfilm, led by President Kathleen Kennedy, has released multiple movies–including the polarizing sequel trilogy–and ...

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 ...