Didn’t watch Tron: Ares in theaters last month? Well, count yourself among a lot of people, considering that the film turned out to be one of Disney’s biggest box office flops in a while. But there’s good(?) news: if you were simply waiting long enough to be disinterested in watching the latest (and potentially final, for […]
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is About Making Mando One of the Good Guys
Back when The Mandalorian was first starting out, part of the intrigue—and part of its charm—was that the titular man himself was not really the kind of protagonist figure we see in Star Wars often. A flawed, compromised wanderer who was willing to play with all sides of the galaxy as long as it meant getting paid […]
Disney and the BBC’s Disintegrated ‘Doctor Who’ Deal Is Leaving Its Spinoff in Limbo
We already could tell just from the way things went from the last few months that Disney and the BBC’s two-year partnership for Doctor Who‘s latest era wasn’t going great—and that was before we really started getting a picture of just how messy things were behind the scenes. But now we’ve just got our latest example […]
Disney Is Getting in on AI Slop
During an earnings call with shareholders today, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that the company’s streaming platform, Disney+, is preparing to expand with new elements—including ways for subscribers to share and create Disney-themed content with generative AI. “The other thing that we’re really excited about, that AI is going to give us the ability to […]
Jon Watts Would Like to Remind You He Made a ‘Star Wars’ Show This Year, and Would Like to Make More
It seems like it was not so long ago (in a galaxy far, far away) that the Star Wars adventure series Skeleton Crew, starring Jude Law and created by Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home), premiered as part of the Disney+ slate of live-action fare for the Lucasfilm franchise. And in fact, it wasn’t long ago […]
Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke Believe ‘Inside Out 2’ Is a Billion Dollars That Actually Did Some Good for the World
Maya Hawke joined her Inside Out 2 co-star Amy Poehler on the latter’s podcast Good Hang in a special sit-down where the duo discussed the movie’s billion-dollar impact. Hawke played Anxiety in the Pixar sequel, and the character became an instant fan favorite, representing a new emotion that popped up as part of Riley’s coming-of-age […]
Carole Ann Ford Reveals What Could’ve Been the Purpose of Her ‘Doctor Who’ Return
It’s no secret at this point that the latest season of Doctor Who ended with an almighty mess—leaving the series in a state of limbo that has only continued to get messier as time has gone on. One of the first initial signs of that messiness, beyond the content of “The Reality War” itself, was […]
Report: ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ Had a Greenlit Script Before Disney Killed It
Earlier this week, Adam Driver sent a disturbance through the Force when he revealed The Hunt for Ben Solo, a Star Wars film developed by himself, director Steven Soderbergh, and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, which the actor said was backed by Lucasfilm but ultimately scrapped by Disney executives Bob Iger and Alan Bergman. However, a new […]
‘Tron: Ares’ Is Going to Lose Disney HOW Much?
Movie math is incredibly confusing. Many, many factors go into what a movie costs beyond just its production, and how much money it makes goes well beyond just its box office. That’s why, while a film like Tron: Ares may have reportedly cost about $175 million to make, and it just crossed $100 million at […]
All the Questions We Still Have After ‘Tron: Ares’
Tron: Ares ends with a couple of big questions about what could come next on the Grid and beyond. Unfortunately, the biggest of those after opening weekend is whether any of them will ever get answered. The film experienced a tepid opening, failing to outgross its 2010 predecessor, meaning the world of Tron may be […]