The Last of Us is finally back with the first episode of Season 2. And that means it’s also giving us our first look at its adaptation of the The Last of Us Part II game. Some parts of this season premiere come right out of the game — including a sequence involving sniper rifles that was based on a tutorial for using the gun in the game. How’s that for clever reuse of source material?That’s just one of the many Easter eggs, hidden secrets, and little details you might have missed in The Last of Us Season 2 premiere. We’ll also discuss some slight changes in the relationships between the central characters from the game, including Joel and his brother Tommy, and discuss the symbolism involving those giraffes. Watch our full breakdown video below:If you liked that video on all the Easter eggs in Season 2 Episode 1 of The Last of Us, check out more of our videos below, including one explaining why The Last of Us is such a great television show, one on why the controversial The Last of Us Part II is actually a great game, and our video comparing the differences between two zombie shows, The Last of Us and The Walking Dead. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. New episodes of The Last of Us premiere weekly on Sundays on HBO and Max.Get our free mobile appEvery Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestIt started with Iron Man and it’s continued and expanded ever since. It’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with 35 movies and counting. But what’s the best and the worst? We ranked them all.

People like hot honey, right? That combo of sweet and savory has become huge in food in recent years. So why not hot ... salted caramel?One international chain is putting this thinking to the test, with KFC’s Philippines outlets currently offering what it describes on Instagram as “Salted Caramel Chicken.” (The Instagram caption reads: “Salted caramel on KFC Hot & Spicy Chicken? Crazyyyy…BUT CRAZY GOOOOD!”)READ MORE: The Craziest Fast Food Items EverFor now we’ll all have to take their word for it, as this item is available (at least for now?) in the Philippines, not in the United States.You can also get the salted caramel fried chicken as a sandwich as well.There’s even a video where you can watch chicken of various shapes and sizes get absolutely drenched in caramel sauce...I love a fried chicken sandwich. And I’m a big fan of salted caramel as a component in a dessert. (Salted caramel sauce on a cinnamon roll? Sign me up.) But salted caramel as a condiment on a sandwich? I don’t know about that.Okay, let’s face it; I would eat it. But I am a sick person. I’ll eat almost anything at least once. Whether I would eat it multiple times is another story. Then again ... is chicken with salted caramel all that different from something like sweet & sour chicken? Or fried chicken and waffles slathered in maple syrup? Those are both delicious. So perhaps this isn’t as outrageous as it first sounds.Even in the U.S., KFC is no stranger to experimental, even borderline avant-garde fast food items. After all, they were the chain that gave the world the “Double Down,” a “sandwich” that replaced the bread with two fried chicken patties, which were wrapped around a filling of cheese, bacon, and sauce. (Look, carbs are bad for you, right? So it only makes sense to ditch the bread in a sandwich. That makes it much healthier!)Again, this chicken is only available at the moment overseas. At the moment ... [ominous music swells]Get our free mobile appOnce-Beloved Fast Food Items That No Longer ExistThese defunct fast food items have gone down in history. Wouldn’t you love to eat them again?Filed Under: Chain Restaurants, Fast Food, Food, KFCCategories: Original Features

Here is my hottest Harry Potter take: Out of all the books, films, theme park attractions, and video games, the single best aspect of this mega-multimedia franchise is ... the one you drink.Harry Potter-branded Butterbeer was initially only served at the Harry Potter lands in various Universal Studios parks around the globe. First described in the Potter books as a butterscotch-flavored concoction (with a slight alcoholic content), and then consumed by the flagon-full in the cinematic adaptations, real-world Butterbeer became one of the signature selling points of the very first Wizarding World of Harry Potter when it opened at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in the summer of 2010.The precise makeup of Universal’s (non-alcoholic) Butterbeer is a secret, but it sort of tastes like a cross between cream soda and butterscotch, topped with a butterscotch whipped cream topping. Whatever is in it, it’s delicious; it might be my favorite carbonated beverage on the planet. And I can’t be alone in that opinion, because Universal (and whoever is in charge of Harry Potter licensing) keep adding more varieties: There’s not just a Butterbeer drink, there’s also Butterbeer slushes and Butterbeer ice cream and Butterbeer cream puffs and Butterbeer fudge, and so on. (I’m not sure you could actually make Butterbeer the flamethrower, but at this point, it wouldn’t feel out of place.)I haven’t tried all of these varietals, but I’ve sampled a bunch — including the underrated hot Butterbeer — and they are all good. The latest expansion to this lineup takes the treat out of theme parks and official Harry Potter stores and into grocery chains, which are now selling Butterbeer versions of well-established snack foods.Given my taste for all things Butterbeer, when Warner Bros. reached out and offered to send me a box of these treats they are promoting as part of “Butterbeer Season,” I immediately said yes — and not for the usual reason that I am honor bound to eat any and all foods inspired by movies. This time I undertook my sacred duty not out of obligation but genuine curiosity.They ultimately sent me four different Butterbeer-y foods. Here are all of them.“Butterbeer Season” Snacks That Taste Like ButterbeerThere is now a whole slew of snack foods that taste like the famous Harry Potter beverage. But which is the best?I should note that I shared all these snacks with my family, and everyone had a different favorite. I preferred the Goldfish, my wife liked the popcorn, my older daughter loved the Kisses, and my youngest liked the cookies. Perhaps this is the true “magic” of movie food; its success can only be measured subjectively.A Brief History of Movie Tie-In FoodHow movies fell in love with chain restaurants (and vice versa)...Categories: Longform, TV News

Joel, Ellie, Tommy, the Fireflies, FEDRA. Who are all these people?The Last of Us is back for Season 2, and it has been a while since we’ve seen any clickers or Cordyceps monsters — or any of the human characters or their ongoing storylines, for that matter. If you feel like you need some refreshing before you watch Season 2, if you didn’t watch Season 1 and you would rather dive right in with the start of Season 2, our latest Last of Us video will help.It recaps the events of all nine Last of Us Season 1 episodes in just under 15 minutes. It tells you everything you need to know about this world and its people so you can watch Season 2 fully prepared for all the gnarly zombie carnage as well as the clever symbolism. Watch our full video recap below:If you liked that video recapping everything you need to know from The Last of Us Season 1, check out more of our videos below, including one on all the Easter eggs in Season 2 Episode 1 of The Last of Us, one explaining why The Last of Us is such a great television show, and one on why the controversial The Last of Us Part II is actually a great video game. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. New episodes of The Last of Us premiere weekly on Sundays on HBO and Max.Get our free mobile appEvery Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestIt started with Iron Man and it’s continued and expanded ever since. It’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with 35 movies and counting. But what’s the best and the worst? We ranked them all.

The TV reboot of the Harry Potter franchise is moving forward with HBO announcing the first batch of adult stars for upcoming series.That includes John Lithgor was the new Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Professor McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Professor Snape, and Nick Frost as the groundskeeper Hagrid.Two guests stars were announced as well: Luke Thallon, who will play Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Quirinus Quirrell and Paul Whitehouse as Mr. Filch, the Hogwarts caretaker.HBOHBOloading...READ MORE: The 10 Worst TV Reboots Ever MadeThese roles were played in the Harry Potter movie franchise by Richard Harris (and later Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Hart, and David Bradley, respectively. So far, there’ve been no casting announcements for the central characters, the children who will be playing Harry Potter himself and his various classmates.The show will restart the popular book-to-film franchise from the beginning; the stated plan is for each season of the show to adapt a single book from author J.K. Rowling’s franchise, starting with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.Here is the series’ official synopsis:The series will be a faithful adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter book series by author and executive producer J.K. Rowling and will feature an exciting and talented cast to lead a new generation of fandom, full of the fantastic detail and much-loved characters Harry Potter fans have adored for over 25 years. Exploring every corner of the wizarding world, each season will bring Harry Potter and its incredible adventures to new and existing audiences and will stream exclusively on Max where it’s available globally, including upcoming markets such as Turkey, the UK, Germany, and Italy, among others. The original, classic, and cherished films will remain at the core of the franchise and available to watch around the world.HBO and Max have yet to announce a premiere date for the series.Get our free mobile app25 Actors Who Turned Down Huge Movie RolesSome of the most famous actors in history turned down the chance to play cinema’s most iconic roles.

McDonald’s has rolled out a new drink at its restaurants after weeks of testing it out at some of its locations.What Is McDonald’s New Drink?Not many people noticed, but McDonald’s has been taking a new beverage for a test drive at select restaurants since March 2023.The drink was listed as “premium lemonade” at all test locations. These restaurants were also serving the usual Minute Maid brand lemonade that is available at nearly every McDonald’s.According to AllRecipes, the premium lemonade is made from lemon juice concentrate, lemon pulp, cane sugar, water and natural flavors. The Minute Maid version, on the other hand, is comprised of high fructose corn syrup, modified food starch and Yellow 5.McDonald's lemonade in a glassMcDonald's photoloading...So, yeah, a little closer to the real thing. Apparently, the premium lemonade was popular enough that McDonald’s is ready to make it a nationwide menu item.READ MORE: I Ate McDonald’s New Minecraft Hot Sauce“Featuring real lemon juice, bits of lemon pulp and real cane sugar and handcrafted by our beverage experts – we’re serving up some citrus-ly good flavors,” McDonald’s said in an announcement about the drink’s nationwide release.What McDonald’s Lemonade Means For Other Chain RestaurantsMcDonald’s has already dropped the “premium” from the drink’s name and is now simply calling it “lemonade.” It will reportedly replace the Minute Maid lemonade that was previously served in restaurants.Industry website Quartz has declared “lemonade wars” among chain restaurants with places like Wendy’s, Arby’s and Chick-fil-A already serving several varieties of the drink.For now, McDonald’s is only offering lemonade with no additional flavors. Quartz has listed the drink’s prices as:Small: $2.73Medium: $2.98Large: $3.44McDonald’s prices are often set by each franchisee and can vary by location.Get our free mobile appThe Craziest Fast Food Menu Items EverFiled Under: Chain Restaurants, Fast Food, Food, McDonald'sCategories: Longform

Growing up, you probably felt a little “fancy” when you wore a specific designer label. Polo pony or alligator, anyone? You likely got the same sense of fancy from certain foods you ate, whether they were special treats at home, or something you saw in another family’s house, or just spotted on TV and dreamed of eating.Marketing “Fancy”: “Pardon Me, Do You Have Any Grey Poupon?”Grey Poupon CommercialGrey Poupon Commercialloading...Food companies did a great job at positioning food that was not fancy, to say the least, but the labels made them look fancy. Maybe the commercial showed “high-class” folks enjoying the food, or in the case of Grey Poupon mustard, enjoying in the back of your limousine, which is kind of weird.READ MORE: 16 Totally Awesome ’80s Candies We Were Obsessed WithPerhaps the food took you to a different place where people were naturally more elegant, which was almost always somewhere in Europe. As a kid you thought that even fancy kids drank International Coffees after school while enjoying a nice baguette with Nutella. This all just made sense.General Mills International CoffeeGeneral Mills TV Advertisementloading...But let’s not forget: the one thing that made you feel most fancy had nothing to do with adventuring in Europe or enjoying forbidden foods in the back of your limo. It was more about being an adult. Whether that meant enjoying a nice grape juice in a wine glass or washing it all down with an after-dinner mint (they were always gross), prancing around like Mom, Dad, and your very well-traveled Uncle Pete at one of their parties was as fancy as one could get.If You Grew Up in the '70s and '80s, These Foods Were Super FancyFrom Babybels to Toblerone chocolate, take a nostalgic bite out of these 'fancy' childhood foods that made us feel way more elegant than we really were.Gallery Credit: Stephen LenzREAD MORE: The Best ’80s Happy Meal Toys’80s Foods We Wish They Still MadeIf you grew up in the 1980s, you surely have fond memories of these popular (now discontinued) snacks.Filed Under: Nostalgia, Pop CultureCategories: Galleries, Lists, Original Features

In the 1998 movie Sliding Doors, a woman played by Gwyneth Paltrow narrowly makes it onto a train — and, in an alternate storyline that plays out parallel to the first, misses the train. The whole film goes back and forth between the two Paltrows (the one who caught that subway, and the one who didn’t) showing how this single small action can have enormous consequences on someone’s life. Ashton Kutcher fans call this “the butterfly effect.”I don’t know if Sliding Doors is a masterpiece of cinema, but it is a fun thought experiment. Once you start pondering the little decisions that send your life in one direction or another, you can’t stop. And that same sort of thinking can be applied to movies, where every completed film, from the most beloved masterpiece to the most reviled disaster, is the accumulation of hundreds or maybe thousands of little decisions. Change one or two of them, and the entire picture could look totally different.To see this theory in action, you needn’t look any further than the list below. It contains nothing but huge movie stars, all of whom turned down the chance to play huge roles in huge movies. Generally speaking, these situations worked out in the end for everyone. The actors were largely unharmed and made other successful projects. The movies they turned down survived and even thrived with other stars in the key roles. And those replacements often became major movie and TV stars in their own right, something that might not have happened had the directors’ initial choice said yes in the first place.Here are 25 movie stars who all have their own version of Sliding Doors within their careers to think about. I’m sure Gwyneth Paltrow has her own examples, but she just missed the cut this time. (Sorry, Gwyneth. Maybe you make the next one.)25 Actors Who Turned Down Huge Movie RolesSome of the most famous actors in history turned down the chance to play cinema’s most iconic roles.READ MORE: The ABCs of Movies: The Best Film That Starts With Every Letter of the AlphabetThe 10 Funniest Movies of the Last Ten Years (2015-2024)Movie comedies may not be quite as popular as they once were, the last decade have still given us some very funny films.Categories: Lists, Movie News, Original Features

Disney+ has a new feature-length documentary called Not Just a Goof, a look at the making of A Goofy Movie, which has become one of the most improbable nostalgic favorites of the Disney company’s ’90s output. A big reason why the film remains so beloved, the doc argues, is the passion and perspective of its director, Kevin Lima, who is interviewed at length in the movie.The whole documentary is worth a look if you enjoy A Goofy Movie (and who doesn’t enjoy A Goofy Movie???) but one sequence really stands out because it immediately enters the ranks of all-time classic stories about absurd studio executive ideas.As Lima tells it, then-Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg felt that because A Goofy Movie was going to be a big-screen release that it needed big-screen talent to help anchor it and attract audiences. So he proposed casting Steve Martin.Yes, as Goofy. I mean, I guess he is a wild and crazy guy ... but Goofy???Katzenberg thought so. “Wouldn’t that be fabulous?” Lima says Katzenberg exclaimed. “Imagine how you could sell that! That would be great!”“So that means you want Steve Martin to do the Goofy voice?” Lima replied.“No no no no no, he’s going to do his own voice, so that we know who he is,” Katzenberg replied.In the words of a great dog man cartoon creature, gawrsh that sounds like a horrible idea.You can watch this whole sequence from the documentary below:READ MORE: The Most Underrated Disney Movies of the Last 25 YearsLima was able to talk his boss out of this potentially calamitous concept by recording a test of longtime Goofy voice actor Bill Farmer playing the character in his own normal speaking voice rather than his distinctive Goofy drawl. (Farmer backs all this up in his own interviews in Not Just a Goof, by the way.) Lima’s stated goal: “We [had] to prove to Jeffrey that it was a bad idea.”The gambit worked. Katzenberg disliked the results of Farmer playing Goofy in his natural voice. But the mere fact that this was entertained at all — and it had to be shot down by showing it was a bad idea — is unbelievable. I will never again claim any storyline on Seth Rogen’s new TV show The Studio, about the exploits of a group of bumbling Hollywood executives,Not Just a Goof is now streaming on Disney+. So is A Goofy Movie and An Extremely Goofy Movie. Neither one stars Steve Martin as Goofy, unfortunately.Sign up for Disney+ here.Get our free mobile appGreat Disney+ Movies You Might Have MissedThese excellent films are all waiting to be discovered on Disney+.

These days, we all just want to come home at the end of the day, sit back on our comfy couch, and unwind by watching the most stressful medical drama show we can find. The good news is there are tons of them, each more high-octane than the last, curing any delusions we might have had that we would be able to hold it together while staffing an emergency room full of screaming patients.Maybe it’s the thrill of the claustrophobic yet exciting environment, maybe it’s the schadenfreude of “well at least that’s not happening to me,” but doctor shows are far and away one of the most popular television genres of all time. The best ones have an even split between can’t-look-away medical cases and compelling interpersonal complexities between their main characters, hooking their audience with human drama and terrifying physical ailments, and promising, most of the time, that everyone is going to be okay.If you’re a fan of medical dramas and in need of a new one, or you’re interested in them but don’t know where to start, or you just want to find the most nerve-wracking way to spend your off hours, boy, do we have the perfect list for you. Out of all the doctor shows out there, from the most beloved to the more obscure, we’ve gathered together the ten most stressful, most fraught television shows ever made, each of which tests the boundaries of medical science and how many cameras you can fit inside one hospital set. Envy the brilliance of these star doctors while safe in the knowledge that at least your day wasn’t as bad as theirs is about to be.The Most Intense Medical TV Shows Ever MadeEveryone is going to be okay. Maybe. READ MORE: The Best New TV Shows of the YearGet our free mobile app12 Pairs of Actors and Directors With Famous FeudsYou won't see these great actors and directors working together again. Gallery Credit: Emma StefanskyFiled Under: ER, Grey's Anatomy, House, The Knick, The PittCategories: Galleries, Original Features, Special Features, TV News

Picking the best movie for every single letter of the alphabet: Contrary to the song, it’s not quite as easy as 1-2-3.After all, some letters are a lot more popular than others. Just take the letter G. You’ve got The Godfather, of course. (And The Godfather Part II, for that matter.) There’s Ghostbusters, that’s a total ’80s classic. Few recent movies are better than Get Out. And arguably the most powerful film in the history of motion pictures starts with the letter G: Gymkata. How do you pick just one? And that’s just one letter! On the other end of the spectrum, there ain’t a whole lot of movies that start with the letter “U.” So this gets very tricky.That didn’t stop us from trying, of course. Here are ScreenCrush’s picks for the best movie that starts with every letter of the alphabet, from A to Z. Obviously “The” and similar articles do not count for our alphabetical purposes. What kind of monster alphabetizes The Boss Baby under the letter T? Not me! Show that Boss Baby the respect he so rightfully deserves.It should go without saying that this is entirely subjective and utterly meaningless. But that doesn’t mean it’s also not a fun exercise. Try it for yourself, but be warned: It’s really hard to pick just one G movie. The Great Dictator! There’s another one. Why do so many amazing films star with the letter G? It’s weird.The ABCs of Movies: The Best Movie For Each Letter of the AlphabetThe 26 best films that start with each letter of the alphabet, from A to Z.Get our free mobile appREAD MORE: Once-Beloved Universal Rides That No Longer ExistThe Worst Movie Every Year Since 1970Here are decades worth of crummy movies — the worst movie released every single year from 1970 to today.

There are Academy Awards for nearly every facet of moviemaking, from directing, to writing to visual effects to costumes to production design. (A new Best Casting Oscar will be given for the first time in 2026.) But there has never been an Oscar for stunts, despite calls from many corners of the industry to add one for many years.At last, the men and women of the stunt world will be honored by the Academy, as the organization announced today that they will finally add an Oscar for stunt design. The award will be introduced for the 100th Academy Awards in 2028 — meaning films released in the calendar year of 2027 will be the first eligible to receive the prize.92nd Annual Academy Awards - BackstageA.M.P.A.S. via Getty Imagesloading...READ MORE: The Movies Nominated for the Most Oscars With Zero WinsIn a statement, the leaders of the Academy, CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang, had this to say about the new award:Since the early days of cinema, stunt design has been an integral part of filmmaking. We are proud to honor the innovative work of these technical and creative artists, and we congratulate them for their commitment and dedication in reaching this momentous occasion.The news is extremely welcome and absurdly overdue — and for precisely the reasons laid out in the Academy’s statement. Think of all the amazing filmmakers throughout the history who relied on stunts to bring their art to life, from Buster Keaton to Tom Cruise. This won’t retroactively award any of them with Oscars for their work throughout history, but it will at least go a little way toward validating stunt performers as artists of equal merit to their colleagues in other wings of the Academy and the film industry.Get our free mobile appOscar Best Picture Winners That Got SequelsThese big awards winners were popular enough to get their own sequels. Some of those sequels were hits. Others were not.Filed Under: OscarsCategories: Awards, Movie News

If you’ve been within 20 feet of a big box store lately, it’s pretty obvious that Easter is just around the corner.And because of that, you’ve likely encountered one of the most mind-boggling hoaxes you can imagine — and it has to do with (of all things) carrots and rabbits.Bunnies and Carrots MythCanvaloading...There’s a good chance you’ve seen chocolate bunnies, stuffed rabbits, or even greeting cards with cartoon bunnies munching carrots, but a video by author Jason K. Largan circulating on social media explains that this isn’t even true.The Whole ‘Rabbits Love Carrots’ Thing Is a Total LieIn addition to rabbits loving Trix, it’s been a staple of modern lore that they love a good carrot. In fact, if you had a pet rabbit as a kid (or many, as is bound to happen) you probably fed your cute bunnikins a healthy supply of carrots. Turns out, according to Vets Now, carrots are terrible for rabbits — they’re high in sugar and can actually be harmful to their health. They don't even eat them in the wild.What?!Enter Bugs Bunny: The Real Reason This Myth ExistsSo why do we all think that rabbits love carrots? You can thank everyone's favorite wisecracking, fast-talking, and totally unflappable animated "wascally wabbit" — Bugs Bunny.In the 1941 short 'The Wabbit Who Came to Supper,' Bugs Bunny sings 'Oh carrots are divine, you get a dozen for a dime, it's magic.'You probably assumed that Bugs Bunny always loved carrots.READ MORE: Can You Identify These Popular Family Pets?You wouldn’t see him without one in his hand, while asking, “What's up, Doc?” with his mouth full. But get this: he wasn't eating because he liked them. He was making fun of a scene from 1934’s It Happened One Night, a phenomenally popular film that came out prior to the launch of Bugs Bunny's character in the Merrie Melodies shorts. In the scene, legendary actor Clark Gable stands by a fence and exaggeratedly eats a carrot while having a conversation with co-star Claudette Colbert’s character.You can watch the “carrot chomping” scene from It Happened One Night below:How influential was this movie and Clark Gable’s character? So influential that animators used the gag as inspiration for Bugs Bunny’s speech style — and his iconic devotion to carrots.And here’s where it gets really strange: while Gable’s character influenced Bugs Bunny, the popularity of Bugs Bunny ended up shaping how the world sees rabbits, even though the whole rabbit-and-carrot thing is total fiction. Even today, it’s hard to imagine an Easter Bunny or cartoon rabbit on a greeting card not holding a carrot.31 Terrifying Easter Bunny Photos That Will Have You Hiding Instead of Eggs This YearEvery Easter, we are reminded there's no good way to dress up a human to look like a bunny that people would allow in their homes while their children are asleep.Gallery Credit: Rob CarrollREAD MORE: Awesome ’80s Candies We Were Totally Obsessed WithEvery Movie Theater Candy, Ranked From Worst to BestFiled Under: Looney TunesCategories: Longform, TV News

Christopher Landon exited Scream 7 because he was receiving death threats.The 50-year-old director was meant to helm the upcoming horror flick, though exited the project in December 2023 after he started to receive threatening messages when actress Melissa Barrera, 34, made social media posts about the Israel-Palestine War that were deemed antisemitic.Speaking with Vanity Fair, he said: “People were threatening to kill me and my family, to the point where the FBI was getting involved. I got messages saying, ‘I’m going to find your kids, and I’m going to kill them because you support child murder.’ ... The head of security at various studios and the FBI had to examine the threats. It was highly aggressive and really scary.”Scream VIParamountloading...READ MORE: Every Scream Movie Ranked, From Worst to BestDespite the hostile environment he found himself in, Landon did not fire Barrera - who was dismissed from the film by production company Spyglass Media in November 2023, with the director insisting he had “no control of the situation at all.”He said: “I did not fire her. A lot of people think I had something to do with it, and it was not my doing. I had no control of the situation at all. I think in the absence of people understanding how Hollywood works and what the hierarchy is, the fans were like, ‘That’s the guy.’ And so they came for me, knives out.”The Happy Death Day filmmaker added Spyglass Media wanted him to stay on the project, but “the amount of abuse that [he] had to deal with” over the Barrera controversy ultimately proved too much for him.He explained: “They wanted me to continue on. They basically said, ‘You can restart it. You can figure it out.’ But the amount of abuse that I had to deal with — I decided I didn’t want to give any part of myself to that.”“For me, it was not worth it. I would rather put my efforts into something else, where I could feel appreciated and respected. The hate and abuse really spoiled it for me, and I lost my love for the idea of going forward.”After his exit, Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original Scream movie, was brought on to direct the project, though Landon emphasized he had no animosity towards the filmmaker.He said: “There’s no resentment at all. What else are you going to do? Wallow? Then they win ... I want ‘Scream’ to succeed. Kevin probably made a banger of a movie, because he knows it better than anybody. It’s going to be awesome.”Get our free mobile appThe 10 Worst Horror Movies of the Past 10 Years (2015-2024)Over the last decade, the horror genre has experienced some high highs, and some low lows.Gallery Credit: Emma StefanskyFiled Under: Christopher Landon, Scream, Scream 7Categories: Horror, Movie News

It is simple enough to say a movie is suspenseful, but how do you quantify how suspenseful it is? Here is one way. Ryan Coogler’s new film Sinners generates so much suspense — and then sustains it for so long — that at one particularly anxious point I heard a small snap from my seat.(Yes, I take notes during movies, like all extremely cool persons do.)So yeah, Sinners is pretty intense.And if that’s all Sinners was, that would already make it worth seeing. But this movie is way more than just an effective thriller. It’s the rare studio production that engages your intellect while it scares you senseless. And after the messy Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,The film’s trailers are careful not to reveal all of the movie’s shadings and themes. As a result, Sinners notSINNERSWarner Bros.loading...READ MORE: The Most Shocking Horror Movie Deaths EverCoogler’s longtime star Michael B. Jordan stars in the dual role of twins Smoke and Stack. (Their names are one of Sinners’ many allusions to fiery damnation, a recurring theme in this film about freedom and temptation in a dangerous world.) Returning home to rural Mississippi in 1932 after a stint in the Chicago underworld, the brothers plan to use a stockpile of cash to open a juke joint that caters to the area’s poor black farmers. The club’s opening night draws a large crowd, along with several of Smoke and Stack’s associates and former lovers ready to help the pair get their business off the ground.The attendees includes Wunmi Mosaku’s Annie, who shares a sad history with Smoke, and Hailee Steinfeld’s Annie, who had a furtive romance with Stack and whose recently deceased mother helped raise the twins from childhood. There’s also a local business owner couple (Yao and Li Jun Li) who provide the joint’s food, and a drunken old bluesman (a scene-stealing Delroy Lindo) lured to the bar by the promise of genuine Irish beer fresh from Prohibition-era Chicago.He’s there to provide the evening’s entertainment with the twins’ younger cousin Sammie (newcomer Miles Caton), a gifted blues guitarist who dreams of leaving Mississippi (and his reverend father’s church) for a career in music. Sammie has a rich, soulful voice, but, as Sinners’ opening voiceover warns, cultures throughout history have written legends about talents so great they attract the attention of evil forces. Sure enough, Sammie’s big performance coincides with the arrival of a mysterious Irish drifter (Jack O’Connell) with a smile so friendly it’s downright sinister.SINNERSWarner Bros.loading...While I will leave you to discover exactly what O’Connell’s character wants and why, it’s not a spoiler to say Sinners eventually takes on the contours of a survival horror film. But Sinners is in no rush to get to its violent climax. It patiently assembles its cast, leaving ample room to fully introduce and explore the psyches and backstories of its heroes (and even some of its villains). It follows Smoke and Stack as they launch their bar, and lets their interactions with business partners, family, and friends reveal their desires and dreams, along with the bleak realities of the Jim Crow-era South where they live.By the time the bloodshed finally begins, Coogler (who also wrote the film) has fleshed out these characters so thoroughly — and the actors have invested their roles with so much humanity — that it’s even more stressful watching their struggle to survive. The pressure in some of these sequences is almost unbearable. (I mean, I broke my notebook for crying out loud.)And while all of this is happening, Coogler is also telling a much larger and allegorical story about America and music and cultural appropriation and the myths we tell each other about the origins of brilliant artists. Somehow, all of this stuff fits together in one fairly economical film that’s also terrifying, sexy, and occasionally quite funny.Warner Bros.Warner Bros.loading...It’s a huge swing of a movie, and pretty darn close to a home run. My only complaint: After delaying its big confrontation for so long, Sinners’ inevitable confrontation between the survivors and monsters at the juke joint is a little abrupt and anticlimactic. Coogler does such a masterful job of prolonging that standoff that I didn’t want it to end; I would have happily sat and watched another hour of unbearable tension.Then again, leaving viewers wishing a movie was longer isn’t the worst sin in the world. And the way Coogler resolves Sinners’ central ideas within a traditional horror story framework is truly masterful. He plays the audience like a fiddle. Or a blues guitar.Additional Thoughts:- Post-credits scenes are often a waste of time for everyone involved, both on the screen and in the audience. The two in Sinners are worth staying for — the first one is essential to fully understanding Coogler’s ambitions. Don’t leave until you’ve at least seen that one.-I’m not the only person who has noted this, but it is so strange that in the span of about two months Warner Bros. has released three different films where big-name stars play twins or doubles: Mickey 17 with Robert Pattinson, The Alto Knights with Robert De Niro, and now Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan. Is the Warners market research division telling them people want more movies where A-listers play opposite themselves? For what it’s worth, Sinners is the best of the bunch, and certainly the best movie I’ve seen in 2025 so far.RATING: 9/1010 Horror Movies So Extreme They Made People Physically SickDon't watch these movies if you have a weak stomach!Gallery Credit: Emma Stefansky

Taco Bell knows how to stir up their fans. Now, they have decided to bring back their beloved Doritos Locos Tacos.The Doritos Locos Tacos are a collaboration between Taco Bell and their once-parent company, Frito-Lay, that started way back in 2012.Parade reports that the Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos have long been available on the Taco Bell menu, but the Cool Ranch flavored version was taken off the menu in 2019 in an attempt to simplify their menu.Now the famed Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos are making a triumphant comeback.READ MORE: The Craziest Fast Food Items Ever MadeInstagram food influencer SnackBetch posted a photo of an ad for the delectable items with a long explanation of the events to come.Get our free mobile app“Taco Bell is bringing bring back the fan-favorite Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos! The return of the taco will be part of Taco Bell’s Decades Menu, which will include popular items from the early 2000s and 2010s,” the account reports.If the past is anything like the future, Taco Bell will randomly drop the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos one day, and Americans across the board will freak out and head to Taco Bell to get one, and likely cause a nationwide demand.Taco Bell was once owned by Frito-Lay, until they were sold in 1997 to Yum! Brands. The partnership between Frito-Lay and Taco Bell still remains strong, as they came up with the Doritos Locos Tacos in 2012, 15 years after the brand changing ownership.Keep you eyes on the prize, the Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos, as they could drop any day now.’90s Foods We Wish They Still MadeThese foods, drinks, and snacks from the ’90s were all so great. Sadly, they’ve all been discontinued.Filed Under: Fast Food, Restaurants, Taco Bell, viralCategories: TV News

The Last of Us Season 2 hasn’t premiered on HBO and Max yet, but the cable channel and streaming service have already renewed the hit zombie series, inspired by the best-seling video-game franchise, for a Season 3.Even as it comes ahead of Season 2’s premiere, the news is not wildly surprising. The first season of The Last of Us ranked among HBO’s biggest shows in history, and the show was designed to adapt the events of both The Last of Us PlayStation games. While Season of the television series adapted the events of the first Last of Us game, Season 2 only covers part of the storyline from The Last of Us Part II.The show’s cast includes Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Rutina Wesley, and new stars Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Danny Ramirez, and Jeffrey Wright, with Catherine O’Hara also appearing in a guest-starring role.HBOHBOloading...READ MORE: The Funniest Episodes of Drama TV ShowsIt’s not yet clear whether Season 3 of The Last of Us will be the last, or whether further seasons beyond that will be needed to fully conclude the story. But given how well the first season did for HBO and Max, don’t you assume they are going to want to keep this series going as long as they possibly can?Here is the official synopsis for The Last of Us Season 2:Five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.The Last of Us Season 2 premieres this Sunday on HBO and Max at 9PM ET. The full season runs just seven episodes.The 10 Weirdest Ways Actors Were Written Off of TV ShowsThere has to be some reason for their character’s absence — usually a sudden death — and the more absurd, the better. Gallery Credit: Emma Stefansky

It takes a lot of actors to populate an entire galaxy, and sometimes it’s really reassuring to see a familiar face in an alien world populated by creatures whose heads look like burnt taffy. Plus, after nearly 50 years of films, television shows, comic books, and an endless collection of merchandise, an entire generation of actors (not to mention, y’know, half the population of Earth) have grown up loving Star Wars and wanting to be a part of it in some way.The result: A slew of famous faces have popped up in Star Wars through the years; some in early blink-and-you’ll-miss-them supporting roles prior to their elevation to A-list status, and some in blink-and-you‘ll-miss-them supporting roles they got specifically because they’re big-name talents who are such huge fans of Star Wars they would gladly accept a one-off walk-on role for the chance to be a part of this franchise they love. (Can you blame them? Who wouldn’t want to play a water-monger who pisses off Boba Fett? That’s an actual dream come true.)For the proof, check out the list below, which contains 19 big movie and TV stars (plus one very famous musician) who have appeared in Star Wars movies and television series in roles so brief or inconsequential that you probably forgot they even happened. But they did; the history of that galaxy far, far away is vast and intricate.20 Actors You Forgot Were in Star WarsREAD MORE: 12 Actors Who Were Wasted in Bad Star Wars RolesGet our free mobile app10 Actors Who Turned Down Star Wars Roles

There is a new king in town when it comes to casual dining restaurants in the United States.According to Fox Business, popular chain Texas Roadhouse has just bested Olive Garden for the honor, breaking OG’s seven-year streak on top.Even Olive Garden — with their famous endless salad and breadsticks, along with their endless pasta promotions — have struggled to retain the popularity in America that they have had such a stranglehold for the last 2,500-plus days.Texas Roadhouse and their 700 locations have shot up as the go-to spot when it comes to Americans heading out to spend their hard-earned money on food.According to Restaurant Business, Texas Roadhouse saw a 14.7 percent increase in sales, pulling in $5.5 billion last year. Meanwhile, Olive Garden had just a 0.8 percent increase in sales, bringing in $5.2 billion from its more than 920 locations across the country.Darden Restaurant Chain Reports Fourth Quarter EarningsGetty Imagesloading...Back in the day, you couldn't get into an Olive Garden for dinner without having to hold onto one of those square things that lights up when your table is ready after 45 minutes.Are those days behind us?Even though Texas Roadhouse has 200+ less locations than OG, they’ve been able to dethrone them as the most popular casual dining restaurant in the States.If you're wondering who comes in 3rd, 4th and 5th: Those honors go to Chili's, Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings, in that order.When it all boils down to it, and it's time for us Americans to head out for our favorite fast-casual dining experience, we seem to be simple. We like steak, Italian, Mexican and American food, with an emphasis on chicken wings and burgers.Amen.READ MORE: The Worst Fast Food Commercials Ever Popular Restaurants That Have Faded AwayFiled Under: Chain Restaurants, Food, Restaurants, viralCategories: Longform

Robert Pattinson is reportedly being considered for a villain role in Dune: Messiah.The upcoming sci-fi blockbuster will be director Denis Villeneuve’s third installment in his Dune trilogy, and Deadline has now reported Pattinson, 38, is being eyed to play the antagonist Scytale.The villain is a Face Dancer and secret agent of the Bene Tleilax, who plays a central role in Dune: Messiah as part of a conspiracy to overthrow Paul Atreides by using deception, genetic manipulation, and political intrigue.While Warner Bros. and Legendary are supposedly interested in the Mickey 17 star, Deadline reports no formal offer has been presented to Pattinson yet.If The Batman actor does sign on to Dune: Messiah, he will be joining a star-studded cast, consisting of Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem and Jason Momoa, who will be reprising his role as the resurrected Duncan Idaho.Warner Bros.Warner Bros.loading...READ MORE: Live-Action Movies That Should Be Remade in AnimationDune: Messiah, which will be based on author Frank Herbert’s 1969 novel of the same name, follows Paul Atreides (Chalamet) 12 years into his reign as Emperor of the Universe, as the religious cult built around him begins to spiral beyond his control, with a catastrophic war that claims billions of lives across the galaxy being fought in his name.Dune: Messiah is reportedly set to begin filming in June ahead of its December 2026 release date.Meanwhile, Pattinson is preparing to shoot The Batman Part II, though the actor admitted he fears he will be “old” by the time the DC superhero movie is made.Speaking with his Mickey 17 co-star Naomi Ackie about whether he’d play Batman again soon for Hero magazine, Pattinson said: “I f—ing hope so. I started out as young Batman and I’m going to be f—ing old Batman by the sequel.”As well as Pattinson’s Caped Crusader, The Batman Part II will see the return of Zoe Kravitz’s Catwoman, Colin Farrell’s Penguin, Andy Serkis’ Alfred Pennyworth and Jeffrey Wright’s Commissioner Gordon.The Batman Part II was originally due to land in theaters in October 2026, though the movie was delayed to the following year to give director Matt Reeves more time to finish the story. In February, Pattinson said principal photography on The Batman Part II should begin at the end of 2025.Get our free mobile app

For the first time in its 35+ year history, Predator is getting an animated movie. Predator: Killer of Killers is an anthology film with three different stories (set in three different historical periods). The film is bypassing theaters and premiering on the Hulu streaming service this summer.Perhaps the most promising aspect of the project is that it was co-directed by Dan Trachtenberg (with Josh Wassung), who previously made the live-action Predator prequel Prey. That film was set in 18th century America; Killer of Killers takes place in feudal Japan, the age of Vikings, and World War II. You can see all three in the first teaser for the film below:READ MORE: 25 Forgotten Movie SequelsHere is the film’s official synopsis:The anthology story follows three of the fiercest warriors in human history: a Viking raider guiding her young son on a bloody quest for revenge, a ninja in feudal Japan who turns against his Samurai brother in a brutal battle for succession, and a WWII pilot who takes to the sky to investigate an otherworldly threat to the Allied cause. But while all these warriors are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent – the ultimate killer of killers.Predator: Killer of Killers is set to premiere on Hulu on June 6. This is actually one of two Predator films Trachtenberg has coming in 2025. The other, Predator: Badlands, is a live-action film, and his first that’s set to play in theaters. That movie is currently scheduled to open in multiplexes on November 7.PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS20th Century Studiosloading...Get our free mobile appThe Worst Mockbuster Ripoffs of Beloved Animated MoviesWe can't in good conscience recommend any of these terrible cartoon mockbusters. Gallery Credit: Emma Stefansky

Hollywood makes so many comic-book movies. Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, independents ... sometimes it seems like that’s all they make anymore. That’s not true, of course, but it feels true. Comic-book movies are everywhere, ever present, as ubiquitous in multiplexes as ugly carpets and that delicious artificial butter that comes out of that metal spout next to the napkins and the straws.Superhero fatigue is ubiquitous too, at least according to a lot of online discourse about these movies. While it’s true that Marvel’s fallen a bit from the highest heights of their “Infinity Saga,” and DC ... well, DC’s had a pretty uneven track record for like 20 years, huh? Nonetheless! The last ten years have still produced some good to great comic-book films, including many of the most thrilling, visually dynamic, and flat-out fun titles in the subgenre’s surprisingly long history. (Where my Superman and the Mole Men fans at???)The list below ranks the top ten of the last ten years, and includes films from the House of Ideas as well as the Distinguished Competition, plus one or two outstanding adaptations of independent graphic novels as well. All are available to watch right now at home, on the off  chance you somehow missed the second-biggest movie in the entire history of the cinematic medium. After the list, you’ll find ten more honorable mentions that are worth watching as well.The 10 Best Comic Book Movies of the Last 10 Years (2015-2024)There have been a lot of comic book movies over the last ten years. These are the best of the best.Honorable Mention: Atomic Blonde, The Old Guard, Shazam, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Suicide Squad, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Thor: Ragnarok, Wonder WomanREAD MORE: The 10 Worst Comedies of the Last 10 YearsGet our free mobile appTerrible Movies That Won Academy Awards

A Minecraft Movie director Jared Hess has teased “it seems like there’s already talk” about a sequel.The blockbuster, which is based on the popular adventure-sandbox video game of the same name, has proved to be a major commercial hit since it landed in cinemas last Friday, and Hess, 45, has now hinted a follow-up flick might be on the horizon.Speaking about a possible sequel with Deadline, the filmmaker said: “Oh, man. Well, it would be so much fun ... We had so much fun making this movie, and it’s such an expansive world in the game, and there were so many things that we didn’t tap into that we wanted to.”“I would have a blast doing the sequel, and it seems like there’s already talk about it happening, so I’m super excited. It’ll be so much fun to go back into the world.”“The fans are just having such a good time. We teased it in the end credits, and the fans seem to be going wild for it.In the end credits scene, Steve (Jack Black) meets Alex, Minecraft’s other playable protagonist, and Hess has hinted any such sequel would bring in the character.The Napoleon Dynamite director shared: The character we teased is Alex, the other massively critical character in Minecraft. It’s Steve and Alex, and so that’s the one that we will be bringing to the table without a doubt.”Warner Bros.Warner Bros.loading...READ MORE: Every Video Game Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestA Minecraft Movie follows four misfits — Garret ‘The Garbage Man’ Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers), and Dawn (Danielle Brooks) — who are transported through a mysterious portal into the Overworld, a cubic realm thriving on imagination.To return home, they must master this new world and embark on a quest alongside expert crafter Steve (Black), confronting various challenges and creatures along the way.When it hit theaters last week, A Minecraft Movie proved to be a smash hit, bringing in $313 million globally in its opening weekend.Reflecting on A Minecraft Movie, Hess suggested a large contributing factor to the film’s success was the “immense audience” the 2009 video game has, with the source material itself allowing him to create a “ridiculously fun and funny adventure movie” that has a broad appeal.He explained: “There was an immense audience that was so passionate about the game and for whom Minecraft was such a key part of their childhood adolescence, just something that they loved.”“The game itself is so creative, but it’s also ridiculous and really funny and absurd in so many ways ... that was so much of the appeal to me in adapting it. It was like, how can you just do a ridiculously fun and funny adventure movie in this world, all of those goofy, dorky things we just really tried to celebrate and were super conscious of while making it?”Get our free mobile appThe 10 Worst Horror Movies of the Past 10 Years (2015-2024)Over the last decade, the horror genre has experienced some high highs, and some low lows.Gallery Credit: Emma StefanskyFiled Under: A Minecraft Movie, Jared Hess, MinecraftCategories: Movie News

The following post contains SPOILERS for The White Lotus Season 3.A key scene scrapped from Sunday nights Season 3 finale of The White Lotus would have linked two characters in a romantic way even though they never shared a single minute of screen time.Scene Would Have Featured Piper Losing Her VirginityIn the final episode of the season, we see Piper Ratliff (Sarah Catherine Hook) return from her overnight stay at a monastery where she was considering to live for the next year.Fabio Lovino/HBOFabio Lovino/HBOloading...To her mothers (Parker Posey) relief, Piper found the food and accommodations at the monastery to not be up to her standards as a well-off college student from North Carolina. Shes rewarded with a quick shopping trip and somepia coladas made from coconut milk that is off.While the rest of her familys story continues during the episode, Pipers arc mostly ends there. The White Lotuswriter and creator Mike White has revealed there was originally a lot more planned for Piper in the finale.In an early episode of Season 3, older brother Saxon does his best to let everyone know Piper is still a virgin. White said during the latest episode of The White Lotus Official Season 3 Podcast that Piper was set to change that in the finale.The part that was cut, too, which is very disappointing, is that she decides to lose her virginity in the script in the last episode, White said.The scene, by Whites estimation, would have added another 10 minutes to the already 90-minute episode.Theres a whole scene where shes like Its true Saxons right about this one thing. I need to get this over with, White explained.Who Did Piper Haver Sex With In Scene Cut From Finale?Not only would the scrapped scene added more depth to the Piper character, it also would have potentially intertwined her story with another person at the White Lotus that she never crossed paths with the entire season.White said during the podcast episode that Piper eventually finds herself in the resorts restaurant where she is looking for someone to have sex with. She eventually zeros in on Zion (Nicholas Duvernay), son of newly-minted millionaire and possible future spa owner Belinda (Natasha Rothwell).Nicholas Duvernay in the season 3 finale of The White LotusWarner Bros. Discovery press photoloading...It had a little bit of a rom-com vibe in the middle of, you know, trying to kill the family with the pong-pong fruit, White said. It just felt like I was trying to do too much.HBO announced in January that it has renewed The White Lotus for a fourth season.Get our free mobile appThe Worst Movies Based On Good TV ShowsSometimes horrible movies happen to bad television series. Here are the worst offenders.Filed Under: HBO, Mike White, The White LotusCategories: Longform, TV News

A Minecraft Movie is a massive blockbuster. Over the weekend, the film earned a whopping $157 million in U.S. theaters alone, plus another $144 million worldwide. Theaters desperately needed a hit. Just in the nick of time, this video-game adaptation provided one.Not everyone is thrilled with that turn of events, however.At some packedMinecraft screenings, young viewers are hopping on a TikTok trendwhere audiences loudly interact with the movie, screaming certain lines (Like Jack Black announcing I ... am Steve!) and applauding wildly at different points. I took my kids to see the film over the weekend and experienced it first-hand. Ive never seen Jason Momoa get this much applause in my entire life.The vibeat someMinecraft screenings hasgotten so out-of-control that one Glasgow theater, per theGlasgow Times, posted a warning to their audiences on Instagram, writing...Weve been informed of reports of an online trend that includes making excessive noise during A Minecraft Movie. We would like to remind everyone to please be respectful to those around them by not making noise nor being on their phones during any movie.Another U.K. theater gave this statement to theDaily Echo,To ensure everyone has the best possible cinema experience, we're increasing our monitoring of screens during performances. Disruptive behaviour, including taking part in TikTok trends, before, during, or after a screening will not be tolerated.Warner Bros.Warner Bros.loading...READ MORE: Heres Whats Behind All the Screaming atMinecraftAt least oneMinecraft attendee (who was using their cell phone during the movie to record the film, but thats another conversation for another time) captured the chaos and the subsequent arrival of police to deal with the rowdy crowd on TikTok.Minecraft is not the first movie to benefit from (and struggle to contain)such a social-media phenomenon. Rememberwhen Gentleminions went viral a few years ago, where young audiences dressed up for screenings ofMinions: The Rise of Gru?Participating in a silly movie is fun; its the same impulse that turned films likeThe Room intocult classics. This isA Minecraft Movie were talking about; it does not require hushed reverence to appreciate its delicate performances and subtle mise-en-scne. That said, if a theater has to call the cops because a screening has gotten too loud,the audience participation hasmaybe gone a bit too far.A Minecraft Movie is in theaters now. In a related story, I ... am Steve.Get our free mobile app12 Pairs of Wildly Different Movies With the Exact Same TitleYou'll be very confused if you get any of these movies mixed up.Gallery Credit: Emma StefanskyFiled Under: A Minecraft Movie, Minecraft, Theaters, TikTokCategories: Movie News

Alan Cumming is excited and amazed to return to Marvel in Avengers: Doomsday.The 60-year-old actor portrayed Nightcrawler in 2003's X2: X-Men United and is set to reprise his role in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster, and has now revealed a big reason he agreed to return was because the makeup process to get into character has been streamlined.Speaking with fellow X-Men star Olivia Munnon Collider, Cumming said: Isnt it nuts? Im excited and amazed. Its been 23 years since I was a superhero.Ive had some makeup tests already for the role, but whats great about it was that before it was about four and a half hours to apply it, but now its only 90 minutes ... Before, all of the tattoos were done by hand. They hadnt decided on them before we started filming. Now, they just stick onto my face. It's a game changer.Im going back to being a 60-year-old superhero, and everyone seems really lovely.The Spy Kids star also revealed Avengers: Doomsday begins shooting quite soon in London, and teased the film is going to be nuts.In addition toCumming, other X-Men alums returning for Avengers: Doomsday, which will be followed by Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027, include Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Kelsey Grammer (Beast) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique).MarvelMarvelloading...READ MORE: Every MCU Movie, Ranked From Worst to BestAvengers: Doomsday will see the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts and the X-Men team up in an effort to stop the dreaded Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr.).While several X-Men stars will be returning for Avengers: Doomsday, Halle Berry, who played Storm from 2000s X-Men to X-Men: Days of Future Pastin 2014, recently admitted she had no plans to make Marvel movies again.Asked if she would consider coming back to the genre, she simply toldExtra: Nope!Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters on May 1, 2026.Get our free mobile appMarvel Characters Who Arent in Avengers: DoomsdaySome of Marvels most popular stars were no-shows in the Avengers: Doomsday cast list.

Movie tropes are inherently neutral and, when used meaningfully and creatively, can help tell a compelling story on the big screen.However, sometimes they get overused, becoming totally clich and annoying to viewers who are tired of watching the same formulaic setups, predictable plot points or tedious gags over and over again.One of the most widely used and agitating tropes movies often employ is that of the love triangle.Though sometimes key to a films story and the main characters arc and growth, such as in Bridget Joness Diary, this largely insufferable narrative device has become a grating fixture particularly in the sweeping, romantic historical drama and teen fantasy/dystopian romance genres, such as the Twilight Saga or Hunger Games series.READ MORE: 15 Annoying Movie Characters Audiences Completely HateElsewhere, situational tropes such as a character's cell phone suddenly getting no service during a tense scenewhich is often used in horror movies and thrillersor a character with a low-paying job being able to afford an impressive apartment sans roommates or financial struggle, are just too unrealistic or distracting.Meanwhile, some tropes are downright problematic, like when mental illness is played for laughs. In the 2000 Jim Carrey comedy Me, Myself & Irene, Carrey's character Charley has schizophrenia, and his unpredictable, sexually deviant and sometimes violent behaviors perpetuate hurtful and false misconceptions about the condition. The film was reportedly slammed by mental health organizations upon its release.While tropes are undoubtedly important cinematic storytelling devices, their overuse can fatigue movie lovers who desire and deserve to see something fresh and clever on screen.Most Hated Movie Tropes From unrealistic makeovers to love triangles and hacking scenes, these 15 overused movie tropes make most viewers roll their eyes, according to Ranker.READ MORE: The 10 Most Ridiculous Action Movie ClichsGet our free mobile app10 Actors Who Played Distractingly Bad Doubles in MoviesThese dual performances are doubly distracting.Gallery Credit: Emma StefanskyFiled Under: Clueless, Die Hard, TwilightCategories: Lists, Movie News, Original Features

A Minecraft Movie is now playing in thousands of theaters around the country. If you watch it one of those theaters, you may experience a strange phenomenon: Kids reciting the lines along with the movieand bursting into spontaneous applause even thoughMinecraft has only been out for a day or two andnone of these kids hasseen the movie before.Thats exactly what happened at my Minecraftscreening earlier todayat a multiplex in Brooklyn. Jack Black said the phrase Chicken jockey! and half the audience said it with him, then erupted into cheers and whoops. It was likethe real Jack Black had just walked into the room or something. They were elated; the rest of us were very confused.The reason behind the curious phenomenon, like so many things these days: TikTok. Severalcompilationsof kidsyelling along with Minecrafthave gone viral on the social media app. Like this one, for example, which already has nearly half a million likes. It ranks the best 10 moments in the theater, most of which are the same lines youll hear repeated in the theater.READ MORE: The 10 Worst Movies of the Last 10 YearsIm sorry, how is I ... am Steve! not number one on this list? Thats clearly the best line delivery in Minecraft, unless you count one of the five times Jason Momoa screams YEAYUHH! which somehow didnt make this supercut at all! Who made this ranking?!?My theater was rowdy at times (especially whenBlack said I ... am Steve!), but I was lucky; at onescreening that popped up onTikTok the police were apparently called after the crowd participation got too rowdy.It makes you wonder: What would TikTok have done withThe Rocky Horror Picture Show?That movie may never have flopped in the first place; thanks in part to teensobsessionwith the films quirky dialogue, A Minecraft Movie is looking at an opening weekend box office in the neighborhood of $130 million in the U.S. alone. At this rate there will be TikTok videos of kids freaking out about the dialogue inA Minecraft Movie 2 before you know it.A Minecraft Movie is in theaters now. If you see it in a theater, you better be ready to hear some kids screaming CHICKEN JOCKEY! and applauding like lunatics. Also, please dont film the movie with your phone when youre in the movie theater.Especiallywhen youre sitting right in front of me.Warner Bros.Warner Bros.loading...20 Sequels That Were Drastically Different From the OriginalThese movies are all sequels, but they dont look much like the films that inspired them.Filed Under: A Minecraft Movie, Jack Black, MinecraftCategories: Longform, Movie News

Sequels are all about topping whats come before. How do you give people what they want to see, but bigger and better and new enough to make people want to see it?WithTron: Ares, its all about taking the world of The Grid the strange and surreal science-fiction landscape of the computer world of the previous twoTron films and bringing it into our world. In the first trailer forAres, we see the familiar images from 2013sTron: Legacy, including the lightcycles and armored warriors, only they are existing within our reality. At one point, a lightcycle uses its that wall of light it leaves behind to slice a police car clear in half. Ouch.Another new wrinkle on the franchise: The soundtrack forAres is by Nine Inch Nails. You can see the full Tron: Arestrailer below; although hes not in it much, the films main character is played by Jared Leto.READ MORE: The Best Part 2 Sequels Ever MadeTheres a new poster for the film as well.TRON: ARESDisneyloading...Aresis the first film in theTronfranchise since 2010. (15 years is nothing for this series;Tron: Legacy came out almost 30 years after the firstTron.) The series long-running star, Jeff Bridges, whoplays human hero and computer programmer Kevin Flynn (and reprised his role in Legacy, as well as also playing a computer duplicate of himself known as CLU), is set to appear in some form in this sequel as well.Here is the films official synopsis:TRON: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world intothereal world on a dangerous mission, marking humankinds first encounter with A.I. beings.Tron: Ares is scheduled to open in theaters on October 10.TRON:ARESDisneyloading...TRON:ARESDisneyloading...TRON:ARESDisneyloading...Get our free mobile app10 Worst Fictional Planets to Live OnWatching people try to survive on these cursed worlds will make you happy you live on Earth.

Today is April 4 or 4/4, which is about as good a time as any to promote a newFantastic Four movie. Although Marvel showedoff new footage from the The Fantastic Four: First Stepsat CinemaCon this week, it hasnt appeared online yet. Instead, Marvel released a new retro-styled poster for the film.Although they only appear as silhouettes, thats Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the Thing, Vanessa Kirby as the Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic, and Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch. (Not pictured: H.E.R.B.I.E. the Robot as himself.)Here is the new poster for the film in honor of 4/4...THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPSMarvelloading...READ MORE: A Big Marvel Actor Says The Studios Movies Arent to Her TasteTheres a fancy motion version of the poster on Instagram as well.A new feature on the movie published inEmpire Magazine, also for 4/4, includes several new images of the cast (not in silhouette) and comments from director Matt Shakman, who says that his approach to the retro-futuristic film was to make the audience feel like it was made in 1965, the way Stanley Kubrick would have made it. That includes an emphasis on practical sets and props including a miniature spaceship used for outer space photography, which was shot with old lenses.Of course, Shakman added, we still have a lot of CG.Youll be able to judge whether the filmachieves its Kubrickian ambitions whenThe Fantastic Four: First Stepsto opens in theaterseverywhere on July 25. All four of the films leads will then return inAvengers: Doomsday next spring, where they will fight Robert Downey Jr.s Doctor Doom.Get our free mobile app10 Actors Who Played Distractingly Bad Doubles in MoviesThese dual performances are doubly distracting.Gallery Credit: Emma Stefansky