'Baywatch' Female Lead Goes To Alexandra Daddario [UPDATED]

‘Baywatch’ Female Lead Goes To Alexandra Daddario [UPDATED] UPDATE:Deadlinereports today that Daddario has won the female lead role of Summer, a lifeguard and love interest to Zac Efron’s character. Original story from June 26, 2025 follows. After settingDwayne JohnsonandZac Efronfor the male leadsover the summer, Paramount’sBaywatchreboot dove deep into the casting pool to find a female lead. Now it’s resurfaced with a list of seven possibilities, includingAlexandra Daddario(San Andreas),Ashley Benson(Spring Breakers), andAlexandra Shipp(X-Men: Apocalpyse)....

August 7, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Ashley Ramos

'Bright' Clip: Will Smith And Orc Joel Edgerton Are In A Car Chase

‘Bright’ Clip: Will Smith And Orc Joel Edgerton Are In A Car Chase Bright! It’s definitely a real movie from the director ofSuicide Squadand the writer ofVictor Frankenstein!Will SmithandJoel Edgertonare mismatched cops in a world of magic. Smith is the tough, no-nonsense human cop, and Edgerton is his Orc partner. Can these two cops from opposite worlds learn to get along? Maybe this newBrightclip will answer that question. It feels as if advertising forBrighthas been running for over five years, but the release date of Netflix’s latest original movie is almost here....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Amanda Oneal

'Climax' Review: Gaspar Noé's Latest Dances Deliriously Toward Death [TIFF]

‘Climax’ Review: Gaspar Noé’s Latest Dances Deliriously Toward Death [TIFF] Whenever any cinematic movement occurs with a noticeable sense of purpose on screen, critics commonly employ the trope of reaching into the language of dance. It’s not just walking, it’s a filmic ballet. It’s not just blocking, it’s choreography. Maybe it says something more about the scattershot cinematography of a screen-saturated culture where images are captured with little acknowledgement of the relationship between the subject and cameraperson, but when the two are in complete symbiosis, it stands out....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 721 words · Samuel Andrews

'Die Kinder Der Toten' Review: You've Never Seen A Zombie Movie Like This [Fantastic Fest 2019]

‘Die Kinder Der Toten’ Review: You’ve Never Seen A Zombie Movie Like This [Fantastic Fest 2019] One of the highlights of Fantastic Fest is coming across movies you would otherwise never see anywhere else. Movies that make you question your very sanity, as well as your choices. “What have I gotten myself into?” you ask during movies like this. And: “Just what thehellis this?” The MVP of this type of Fantastic Fest movie might very well beDie Kinder Der Toten, which is technically a zombie movie, but unlike any other zombie movie ever made....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 647 words · Sandra Hart

'Enchanted' Sequel 'Disenchanted' Begins Production

‘Enchanted’ Sequel ‘Disenchanted’ Begins Production At last, 14 years after the first movie came out, theEnchantedsequelDisenchantedhas begun production.Rock of AgesfilmmakerAdam Shankmanis helming the sequel, with original cast membersAmy Adams,Patrick Dempsey,James Marsden, andIdina Menzelall reprising their roles from the original while Maya Rudolph has joined the cast as well. In the first film, Adams’s Disney princess Giselle stepped out of her animated world into live-action New York City. People have been clamoring for a sequel toEnchanted, a beloved Disney movie that still isn’t on Disney+ for some reason, for over 10 years now....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 477 words · Connor Hernandez

'Godzilla Vs. Kong' Synopsis Promises A "Spectacular Battle For The Ages"

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Synopsis Promises A “Spectacular Battle For The Ages” Now thatGodzilla vs. Konghas assembled a monster of a cast, the Legendary MonsterVerse film officially heads into production. With the start of production comes the release of the firstGodzilla vs Kongsynopsis, which gives us a better idea of what to expect in the kaiju clash of the century. Legendary has released the first synopsis forGodzilla vs. Kong, which pits the two iconic creatures against each other in first phase of Legendary’s cinematic MonsterVerse....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Don Roberts

'New Gods' And 'Aquaman' Spin-Off 'The Trench' Canceled By Warner Bros.

‘New Gods’ And ‘Aquaman’ Spin-Off ‘The Trench’ Canceled By Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has canceled two of their upcoming DC superhero-related titles –New Gods, which was going to be directed byAva DuVernay, and theAquamanspin-offThe Trench. Reasons for the cancelations vary –New Godswas set to have Darkseid as a villain, and Warner Bros. apparently doesn’t want to return to that character so soon afterZack Snyder’s Justice League, whereas the studio thinks anAquamansequel is good enough and they don’t need to worry about spin-offs set in that world....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Michelle Richards

'Person Of Interest' Cancelled; Season Five Will Be Its Last

‘Person Of Interest’ Cancelled; Season Five Will Be Its Last Back in May,Person of Interestwas given a shortened 13-episode order for season five. Fans feared CBS' decision indicated the end was near for the show. After months of waiting to hear about the series' fate, the network has finally decided to pull the plug. Learn more about the final season ofPerson of Interestbelow. Created by screenwriterJonathan Nolan(Interstellar),Person of Interestpremiered in the fall of 2011....

August 7, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Haley Sanders

'Pride' Trailer Showcases FX's Documentary Series On The Long Struggle For LGBTQ+ Civil Rights

‘Pride’ Trailer Showcases FX’s Documentary Series On The Long Struggle For LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Pride Month doesn’t start until June, but FX will be kicking off the celebrations a little early with a new documentary series that will dive into the history of the struggle for LGBTQ+ civil rights from the 1950s through the 2000s. Pridehails from LGBTQ+ filmmakers and shines a light on the decades of fighting and prejudice that the people of this marginalized community had to endure and unfortunately still have to confront to this very day....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Stephen Lynch

'She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power' Creator Talks Darker, Shorter Second Season And More Cameos [WonderCon 2019]

‘She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power’ Creator Talks Darker, Shorter Second Season And More Cameos [WonderCon 2019] She-Ra and the Princesses of Powercreator Noelle Stevenson and the voice cast of the animated series were on a WonderCon panel for the upcoming second season. Speaking with reporters in a pressroom roundtable, Stevenson discussed some of the changes coming toShe-Ra.Stevenson’s re-imagining of theMasters of the Universespinoff was met with love from new fans and grown-ups who grew up withShe-Ra(and some who, ahem, sawHe-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Swordin theaters), so why change a thing?...

August 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1134 words · Jonathan Adams

'Star Wars Episode VII' Is Filming In IMAX

‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Is Filming In IMAX Wethought it might be true, but Twitter and IMAX have now made it official.J.J. Abramsis shootingStar Wars Episode VIIin IMAX. See the proof below. Here’s the tweet in question: #bestformateverpic.twitter.com/fs6JcTALmZ — Bad Robot (@bad_robot)July 28, 2025 Not convinced? We emailed an IMAX rep, who said the following: “All we can say at this point is that we can confirm that JJ Abrams is using the IMAX camera for Star Wars: Episode VII....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · George Miller

'Super Size Me 2' Likely Headed To YouTube Red, Read The Early Buzz From TIFF

‘Super Size Me 2’ Likely Headed To YouTube Red, Read The Early Buzz From TIFF The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is underway, and there will be plenty of indies and hopeful awards contenders debuting up in Canada as fall kicks into gear. One of those movies is an anticipated documentary fromMorgan Spurlock, a sequel to the movie that put him on the map as a filmmaker back in 2004....

August 7, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Daniel Rogers

'The Amazing Spider-Man' Theatrical Trailer

‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Theatrical Trailer For those of us not fortunate enough to make it to"The Untold Story Begins"Monday afternoon, Sony has just unleashed the latest trailer forMarc Webb’sThe Amazing Spider-Man. Scheduled for release July 3, the 3D reboot starsAndrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Fieldand more. But you knew that already. Want to see new footage? Well, stop reading and click away. At two minutes and 30 seconds, it’s worth it....

August 7, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Nancy Tucker