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How Mufasa’s Death In The Lion King Broke The Rules Of Disney Disney By Marisa Mirabal/Aug. 21, 2022 5:30 pm EST Disney animated features have evolved over the past few decades, showcasing more diverse representation and original storylines. However, in the ’90s, Disney maintained a fairly strict and formulaic storyline structure. Several of their animated hits during that decade were based on fairy tales and the protagonist usually had a broken nuclear family....

How The Night House Helped Prepare David Bruckner For Hulu’s Hellraiser Searchlight Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Sept. 22, 2022 2:06 pm EST Director David Bruckner’s “The Night House” wasn’t buried at the box office so much as it had the misfortune of arriving at a point in 2021 when theaters were struggling to continue their recovery from their pandemic-era lows one year prior. However, it’s a horror film that very much merits your attention, all the more so if you’re curious about what to expect from Bruckner’s incoming “Hellraiser” movie....

Meet Andor’s Mon Mothma, The Star Wars Senator Turned Rebel Leader [Exclusive] Lucasfilm By Lyvie Scott/Nov. 21, 2022 12:00 pm EST If there’s one phenomenon that unites “Star Wars” fans, it’s their ability to latch onto characters they very well may never see again. The fandom’s fascination with “glup shittos” (that is, characters with very little backstory or screen time) has become something of an inside joke in recent years. But it’s also become the backbone of Lucasfilm’s new strategy for its films and shows....

Mike Judge’s In The Know: Everything We Know So Far About Peacock’s Adult Animated Comedy FOX By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Oct. 12, 2022 10:47 am EST The adult-animated comedy space, which includes incredibly successful shows such as “Rick and Morty,” “BoJack Horseman,” and “The Simpsons,” among others, is getting a brand new addition from Peacock! The streamer has officially ventured into animation for mature audiences with “In The Know,” a brand-new series from Mike Judge, Greg Daniels, and Zach Woods....

Neil Patrick Harris Was Never Told That Doogie Howser Had Been Canceled ABC By Christian Gainey/Oct. 16, 2022 9:00 pm EST If you’re hurtling towards your mid 30s or the big 4-0, there’s a decent chance that a baby-faced Neil Patrick Harris appeared on your childhood television screen. Long before he portrayed the impeccably dressed and manipulative Barney Stinson, Harris’ landed the role of a 16-year-old medical doctor in the ABC series, “Doogie Howser, M....

On House Of The Dragon, Daemon And Rhaenyra Are A Match Made In Seven Hells HBO By Mike Shutt/Sept. 12, 2022 4:00 pm EST When we all got to the end of the pilot episode of “Game of Thrones,” there was a collective gasp that could be heard when Bran Stark happened upon twins Cersei and Jaime Lannister in flagrante delicto in a Winterfell tower. This was an incestuous relationship that needed to stay hidden in the shadows for no one to see, which makes sense … considering the incest of it all....

Sigourney Weaver Playing Her Own Character’s Kid In Avatar: The Way Of Water Was A Brilliant Choice 20th Century Studios By Drew Tinnin/Dec. 19, 2022 1:00 pm EST This post contains spoilers for “Avatar: The Way of Water.” When it was first revealed that Sigourney Weaver would return to the meticulously fabricated world of Pandora for the long-awaited sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water,” it was unclear just how that could be possible....

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Really Does Look Like It’s Taking Animation To The Next Level Sony Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/Dec. 13, 2022 3:20 pm EST Everything changed when that first teaser trailer for “Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse” hit the web (heh). We had become accustomed to seeing the beloved titular Marvel Comics character brought to the big screen in the form of three live-action adaptations, but this felt like an exciting new venture into the beyond....

Craven’s Connection to the Bean Story Vanguard Ahead of the film’s original 1977 release, Craven spoke with ARROW about the Bean family — and even touched on the way they were executed and how their horrific actions mirrored society at the time: “They did horrendous things to them. Broke them all on the wheel. Hanged the women in front of the men and then they dismembered the men. And I was so struck by how on the one hand you have this feral family that’s killing people and eating them....

The Make-Or-Break Moment For Tony’s Character Came Early In The Sopranos HBO By Caroline Madden/Aug. 20, 2022 8:00 pm EST For the 20th anniversary of “The Sopranos,” creator David Chase talked about the times he clashed with HBO. The network did not like the title “The Sopranos” because it caused some confusion over what kind of show it would be, but what troubled them the most was the fifth episode in the first season, “College,” which critics now regard as one of the greatest in both the series and television history....

The Studio Didn’t Want Sylvester Stallone To Lead Rocky United Artists By Christian Gainey/Sept. 7, 2022 12:28 pm EST “Rocky” is one of the most popular sports movies ever. Focusing on a simple man from the wrong side of the tracks who achieves his seemingly impossible dreams, the movie had a winning formula from the beginning. After the film’s successful release in 1976, Rocky Balboa became a symbol for underdogs everywhere, and Sylvester Stallone became one of Hollywood’s most popular action stars....

The Walking Dead Season 11 Part 3 Trailer: The End Of An Era AMC By BJ Colangelo/July 22, 2022 4:18 pm EST Y’all, we did it. Who could have imagined 11 seasons and 12 years ago when we all returned home from Halloween parties and taking little ones trick or treating to tune in to AMC to watch their new horror series, “The Walking Dead,” that we’d still be talking about it after all these years?...

‘Authenticity’ Was The Name Of The Game For Prey’s Indigenous Representation 20th Century Studios By Steven Ward/Sept. 4, 2022 7:30 pm EST There is a period-piece level of realism that adorns the blood-soaked plot of “Prey,” director Dan Trachtenberg’s retelling of a familiar story about a certain solitary alien landing on Earth to hunt the populace. After all, one of the big reasons it distinguishes itself from previous “Predator” films is its setting....

Marrowbone Universal Pictures Sergio G. Sánchez, long-time collaborator with J.A. Bayona, had his feature-length directorial debut with 2017’s “Marrowbone.” In the vein of Bayona’s “The Orphanage,” which Sánchez wrote, “Marrowbone” is a throwback gothic chiller abounding with rich themes and terrifying subtext. The titular Marrowbone siblings, Jack (George MacKay), Jane (Mia Goth), and Billy (Charlie Heaton), are left alone in their estate in Maine after the death of their mother. Soon, they suspect a supernatural presence is living in the home....

A Single Word Helped Hugh Laurie Switch Between British And American Accents [Exclusive] HBO By Jenna Busch/Oct. 10, 2022 11:00 am EST If you haven’t watched the HBO comedy series “Avenue 5” yet, you’re missing out. The first season premiered days before lockdown began in 2020, and maybe you were occupied with other things. Funnily enough, because of the plot, the show actually gets a lot right about isolation. It hits differently now, as the kids say....

All About Eve Could Have Accidentally Sparked An International Incident 20th Century Studios By Lyvie Scott/Aug. 26, 2022 9:32 am EST One doesn’t have to think too hard on why the 1950 classic “All About Eve” is still relevant, even celebrated, today. There’s a reason it scored 14 nominations at the Academy Awards, four of which went to each of the film’s female leads. From its all-too-clever dialogue to its sumptuous costume design, it’s kind of a flawless film....

When and where can I see Avatar: The Way of Water? 20th Century Studios Originally set to be released all the way back in December 2014, “Avatar: The Way of Water” has seen seven delays throughout production. This is a movie that has seen the death of a studio, a total change in the filmmaking landscape and distribution industry, the rise of streaming, a global pandemic, presidencies both great and world-ending, and much more....

Avenue 5’s Orbiting Poop Shield Is Rooted In Real Science [Exclusive] HBO By Jenna Busch/Oct. 10, 2022 9:00 am EST The HBO comedy series “Avenue 5” is coming back with a second season on October 10, 2022. Along with it comes the glittering cloud of poop that orbits the ship. If you haven’t watched yet (and you absolutely should), you probably want an explanation for that. In the series, which is set 40 years in the future, a group of people are on an eight-week space cruise on the Avenue 5, a ship owned by a billionaire (Josh Gad)....

Beast And The Underrated Joy Of A Straightforward Movie Universal Pictures By Ryan Scott/Sept. 6, 2022 8:00 am EST It has been a slow few weeks for the end of the summer moviegoing season after a string of big hits like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” made 2022 feel pretty close to normal in the box office department. But Hollywood has decided to leave a (mostly) barren wasteland from now until mid-October, with few big films coming out to give movie lovers much of a reason to leave the house....

How do you raise a supervillain? Sony Pictures Releasing Long before multiverses became the norm, “Brightburn” delivered the “Superman” story as if it were taking place in the most cursed alternate universe imaginable. A spaceship crashes into a Kansas farm, which fortunately happens to be owned by a young couple desperately trying to have a baby. Inside the ship is an infant — one that looks and acts human — but is most certainly not a human....