Tom Hanks' Mister Rogers Biopic Finally Gets an Official Title

Sony Pictures has revealed the official title for their upcoming Mister Rogers biopic, which stars Tom Hanks as the late Fred Rogers, known best as the host of his popular and highly influential children’s showMister Rogers' Neighborhood. The movie had previously been going under the titleYou Are My Friend, but the studio decided to change that during the process. Now, they’ve revealed that the movie, quite fittingly, will be titledA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Kathy Clarke

Vampire Diaries Will End After Season 8

After eight epic seasons of high-stakes romance, adventure, and drama,The Vampire Diarieswill conclude its run with the upcoming 2016-17 season. The announcement was made today at San Diego Comic-Con by executive producersKevin Williamsonand Julie Plec. The panel concluded with a farewell video from the cast and producers, which featured an exclusive premiere of the new song “Changing Tides,” by The Fray. The use of music by The Fray continues a long association betweenThe Vampire Diariesand the rock band, which dates back to the beginning of the series and the use of the song “Never Say Never” in the pilot episode....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 668 words · Steven Chen

Walking Dead Season 7 Midseason Premiere Clip: Seeking King Ezekiel

Earlier today, we showed you a trailer for themidseason premiereofThe Walking Dead, which debuts Sunday, February 12 at 9 PM ET on AMC. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) is trying to unite the Hilltop Colony and The Kingdom in a war against Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his group The Saviors. Now we have the clip that aired during theTalking Deadafter-show last night, where Rick first hears about The Kingdom and its leader, King Ezekiel (Khary Payton)....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 582 words · Cynthia Nielsen

Why Did Jennifer Lawrence Say No to The Hateful Eight?

WhenThe Hateful Eightwas casting, we heard thatJennifer Lawrencewas wanted for a key role in thisQuentin TarantinodirectedWesternrevenge epic. But that noise quietly fell to the side, and eventuallyJennifer Jason Leighstepped into take on the role of wanted womanDaisy Domergue. Some have wondered whyJennifer Lawrencedidn’t take the role. And the answer is simple. The young actress was simply too busy at the time. Speaking withEW,Quentin Tarantinohad this to say aboutJennifer Lawrencepassing on the gritty role....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 788 words · Tracy Martin

Why Greta Gerwig Should Have Won an Oscar for Best Director

The Oscars are not known for heavily incorporating women into its list of nominations for the Best Director category. In the last 100 years, with the 96th annual Oscars occurring in March 2024, only eight women have ever been nominated for the Best Director award. In 2018,Greta Gerwigbecame a listed member of the women to be nominated due to her direction of the critically acclaimed coming-of-age filmLady Bird,which she also wrote....

June 5, 2025 · 9 min · 1799 words · Victor Walton

Will Space Force Get a Season 2 on Netflix?

Space Forceseason 2 is currently being planned, confirmes series co-creator Greg Daniels. However, Netflix has not yet picked up the high-profile comedy for a sophomore run of episodes, even though it seems highly likely that such an announcement will happen. For now, Daniels and the rest of the writing staff are in early discussions regarding where to take the story, should they have the chance to continue. Greg Daniels re-teamed with Steve CarellforSpace Forceseason 1, which debuted on Netflix over the weekend....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Michelle Johnson

Wonder Woman 1984 Director Says Diana and Cheetah Romance Isn't Happening

Wonder Womandirector Patty Jenkins has shot down rumors of a Diana Prince and Barbara Ann Minerva romance. Comic Book movies have been evolving and branching out over the years. Marvel Studios will introduce their first-ever gay superhero in the upcomingEternalsmovie, which hits theaters early next year. DC fans were hoping that Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig’s characters might have a romance inWonder Woman 1984, but that isn’t going to happen, though it could have....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 469 words · Robert Collier

'Andor's Ghorman Massacre Was the Most Terrifying Scene in 'Star Wars'

Spoiler Alert: Spoilers follow for Season 2 of AndorThe moment thatStar Warslore experts have been dreading has finally arrived. After weeks of buildup,Andorfinally displayed the Ghorman Massacre in all its horror in Season 2, Episode 8, “Who Are You?”. It’s long been known as a key event in the Imperial Era, first detailed inStar Wars Rebels’ third season, and it directly led Mon Mothma to fully commit to uniting the Rebel Alliance....

June 4, 2025 · 4 min · 842 words · Erik Jones

'Taken' Prequel Series Finds Success on Free Streaming

A largely forgotten prequel toLiam Neeson’s most beloved action franchise is finding success thanks to free streaming. Beginning back in 2017, the first season ofTaken, which follows a younger version of Neeson’s unstoppable ex-Green Beret and CIA agent Bryan Mills, has audiences hooked as they flock to load up the series and delve into the early, but no-less action-packed career of one this fan-favorite action hero. Exploring the origins of Bryan Mills, withClive Standencast in the Neeson role, theTakenseries was developed by writer, producer, and former soldier Alexander Cary and ran for two seasons before being unceremoniously canceled in 2018....

June 4, 2025 · 3 min · 557 words · Willie Brown

10 Movies About Painters That Are Visually Stunning

For as long as humans have been alive, they have left traces of themselves in some artistic way. Whiletechnology is now more advancedthan ever, allowing self-portraits to be videos in the form of vlogs or digital selfies, there are still methods to distinguish art from the mundane doldrums of YouTube. Contemporary art is hailed and sneered at as a black dot on a white canvas, but art education allows a critical form of self-expression thatoften lacks funding, thus not allowing a future generation of Picasso and Basquiat lovers the chance to become prominent voices in the art world....

June 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1363 words · Nicole Morris

10 TV Shows That Became Unrecognizable from Their Pilot Episode

Some of the world’s most celebrated television staples experienced a massive retooling following their pilot episodes, with many of these changes helping the shows become the beloved hits they were. With any Hollywood creation, it can take some time for a project to find its identity and discover its unique niche, and often the introductory episodes are a far cry of what the programs would ultimately become. No one could have imagined that the U....

June 4, 2025 · 11 min · 2142 words · Ronald Yang

7 Franchises that Should Make a Spider-Verse Style Animated Film

The boundaries of what a big-budget animated movie produced by the Hollywood studio system can be, have expanded substantially over the last few years. For decades, North American animation has primarily been considered to be a genre of movies geared toward children. While there’s no denying that there have been, and continue to be, a lot of animated movies meant for kids, the medium of animation can be so much more than that....

June 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1128 words · Kayla Hebert

8 Biggest Differences Between Die Hard and the Book

Bruce Willis has had a legendary Hollywood career but, more than anything else, he’llalways be most closely associatedwith theDie Hardfranchise. One ofthe greatest action franchises of all time,Die Hard, like many other classic cinematic IPs, came from a book. For instance,First Bloodwas based on a book of the same name. And, just as the book and movie versions ofFirst Blooddiffered, so too didDie Hardand the book upon which it was based, Roderick Thorp’s 1979 novelNothing Lasts Forever....

June 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1211 words · David Baker