Nothing has, or likely ever will, measure up to George Lucas' originalStar Warstrilogy. Still, there have been additions to the franchise that receive more criticism than others, and though the response to Disney’s more recent movies has been a mixed bag, fans are near-enough unanimously agreed that the Lucas' own prequel trilogy was a huge disappointment. Well, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has now revealed why she thinks theStar Warscreator decided to bring the prequels to the big screen....

Thomas Lennonhas had himself quite the varied career. Dating back to his MTV sketch comedy seriesThe State, to his days as officer Jim Dangle onReno 911!and his many various movie roles over the years, he’s kept very busy for the last two and half decades. Sometimes his movie roles are small, but in massive projects, such as his brief turn in Christopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knight Rises. Other times, he gets to be the star of the show in a smaller but compelling movie....

Tom Hardyhas been training with MMA fighter Nathan Jones for Eddie Brock’s massive transformation intoVenom. Jones has now declared that the world isn’t ready for what Hardy is about to unleash. Unlike the agile, nimble, more slender build of Peter Parker’sSpider-Man, Eddie Brock’sVenomis a much larger, more intimidating character. To prepare for the role of the roided-up Symbiote anti-hero, Tom Hardy has been training with Jones and weight trainer Mark Mene and they have released a new video of Hardy preparing for his role....

The Walking Deadfinally unveiled the Saviors inSing Me a Song, a highly entertaining ninety-minute episode. Jeffrey Dean Morgan was at his megalomaniacal best as Negan. He shredded the screen with villainy while tightening his grip on the Alexandrians. A few characters go rogue, one with very damning results. The build-up to the mid-season finale is a whopper. Sing Me a Song opens with the Alexandrians on their own quests. Michonne (Danai Gurira) whistles as she walks down a highway....

A new movie based on the huge video game series,World of Warcraft, is reportedly in the works at Legendary Pictures. According to relatively reliable scooper, Daniel Ritchman,Warcraft 2is now in development, thanks largely to the game and first movie’s popularity overseas. The firstWarcraftmovie finds the orc shaman Gul’dan looking to escape from his dying world. In order to do so, he utilizes dark magic to open a portal to the human realm of Azeroth....

I often talk about how environment and being in the right mindset have so much to do with how one processes a movie. If one, for example, watches a horror movie at 2 in the afternoon with a bunch of sunlight in a room with no other people on a laptop, it’s probably not going to play the same way that it would in a packed, dark movie theater. With that having been said, it’s hard to imagine anything better than watchingTombstone, one of the finest westerns we have, at an actual old west ghost town with Doc Holliday himself, Val Kilmer in attendance....

Can you imagine what a David FincherStar Warsmovie would look like? It turns out, Lucasfilm wanted to know, but it’s never going to happen. That’s right,David Fincherdid indeed meet with Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy at one point about directing aStar Warsmovie, but he passed on the opportunity because it scared him. Here’s what he had to say about it. “No, I talked to [producer Kathleen Kennedy] about that and look, it’s a plum assignment....

After New Line Cinema’sITremake helped save the box office after the worst summer season in 15 years, box office pundits saw the box office slip into another slump this month, with three straight weekends of underperforming top movies such asBlade Runner 2049($32.7 million),Happy Death Day($26.5 million) and last weekend’s winnerBoo 2! A Madea Halloween($21.6 million). This dreadful month closes out with the return of a box office killer,Jigsaw, who hopes to breathe new life into thesagging box officethis weekend, along with two more newcomers, Paramount’s dark comedySuburbiconand Universal’s dramaThank You For Your Service....

Wonder Womanis continuing to defy expectations at the box office and easily becoming the DC Extended Universe’s most successful movie.Batman V. Superman: Dawn of JusticeandSuicide Squadboth did very well financially, but mixed to negative word of mouth led to some significant drop off following their opening weekend. That is not the case withWonder Woman. In its second weekend, director Patty Jenkins’female-lead superhero moviebrought in $57 million domestically, making it the best 2nd weekend for any DCEU movie so far....

Last month, Academy Award-winning directorJames Cameronmade some controversial, public criticisms of the current Marvel franchise, and many Marvel fans did not take it well.Zoe Saldana, who plays Gamora in theGuardians of the Galaxyfranchise and inAvengers: Infinity War, responded to what Cameron had to say. While Saldana may now be best known for her role as a green alien in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, she also playsNeytirithe blue alien in theAvatarfranchise. It’s quite possible that Saldana is more familiar with director James Cameron than any other major actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so she made sure to give the proper insight....

It has been over a year sinceNetflixannounced the return ofGinny & Georgiafor a third season, but it’s getting real now. It is officially time to get back into the angsty teen and charming mother fever, because the mother-daughter duo, Ginny and Georgia Miller, are returning to Netflix very soon.Season 3 ofGinny & Georgiais set to be released on June 5, and considering the many ups and downs of the previous two seasons, there isa lotof drama to tackle....

The Boysis back. Well, sort of. Prime Video’s raunchy comic book franchise has returned with the first look atVought Rising, an upcoming spin-off starring Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy. The not-so-heroic superhero sports a new costume in the upcoming prequel, which is set many, many decades before the events of its parent show. Prime Video officially released a batch of new images featuring Ackles' Soldier Boy alongsidea group of new recruitsfromVought Rising....

Fox Broadcasting Company and 20th Century Fox Film are teaming up to present the first-ever live television commercial for a feature film during A Christmas Story: Live. Holiday tentpoleThe Greatest Showmanwill debut a live, two-and-a-half minute commercial during the network’s upcomingthree-hour live musical event,A Christmas Story: Live, airing Sunday, Dec. 17 (7:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. Starring Maya Rudolph, Matthew Broderick, Jane Krakowski, Chris Diamantopoulis, Ana Gasteyer, David Alan Grier, Ken Jeong and newcomer Andy Walken asRalphie Parker,A Christmas Story: Liveis inspired by the holiday classic featureA Christmas Storyand the Tony Award-nominated Broadway productionA Christmas Story: The Musical....