Japan
What Castle in the Sky is based on, in Miyazaki's own account of the film's origins
Studio Ghibli's first release began with a comic Hayao Miyazaki read as a schoolboy, a satirical novel from 1726, and a research trip to South Wales. Where each piece of Castle in the Sky came from, in the director's own account — plus the four titles it nearly had.
September 20, 2026 5:03 pm
Charlize Theron is behind the first live-action Webtoon series in English — a mafia nanny romance with 338 million views
Hulu’s adaptation of Violet Matter’s Webtoon, with 338 million views, follows an elite nanny guarding a Venetian mafia underboss’s son. Max Gill is writing.
September 19, 2026 10:18 am
Netflix is adapting a Sega game nobody has played yet — Stranger Than Heaven is not out until January 2027
Trust Netflix to bag a Sega action game that isn’t out until 2027 for a live-action movie — but which one?
September 14, 2026 11:30 pm
What happens at the end of 50 First Dates? The final scene jumps years past the rest of the film
How 50 First Dates ends, where the final scene takes place, and why it jumps years past everything else in the film — plus the very different ending Drew Barrymore says was originally written before Adam Sandler got involved.
September 11, 2026 3:58 pm
Man of Tomorrow has wrapped, and a DC hero nobody expected is coming back with it
James Gunn’s Superman sequel, 'Man of Tomorrow', will feature a returning DC hero — and the actor’s already said as much.
September 1, 2026 3:34 pm
Godzilla's new design has more spikes, and its heat ray still hurts Godzilla
Director Takashi Yamazaki teases a sleeker, more dangerous Godzilla in Godzilla Minus Zero’s sequel, promising tighter command of its core destructive power without a dramatic physical revamp.
August 30, 2026 7:21 pm
Akira gets a win at last — though the live-action remake’s still going nowhere
With the live-action remake still stuck in limbo, Akira finally brings fans some actual good news: the anime classic is heading back to the big screen.
August 20, 2026 8:12 pm
What happens at the end of The Bear?
The Bear finished with 21 Emmys and five seasons. FX released all eight episodes of the last one on Hulu on 25 June 2026, having already confirmed the show was ending. Seven of those episodes cover a single day of service. The eighth covers the morning after.
August 20, 2026 3:03 pm
Gerard Butler's Den of Thieves 3 gets a setting update — the heist thickens
O’Shea Jackson Jr. has narrowed the target for Gerard Butler’s Den of Thieves 3 heist, binning one fan-favourite locale and leaving only some continents still in play.
August 18, 2026 10:45 pm
Hulu’s new Shōgun-style series (but with a lot more ramen) casts Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is heading to Hulu for a Shōgun-flavoured series from Shannon Goss, tracking a Westerner in 21st-century Japan — and the title tells you plenty.
August 12, 2026 8:43 pm
Already past $1B globally, Nolan’s The Odyssey still has major international markets to come
If you’re a Nolan fan, The Odyssey has crossed a blockbuster threshold worldwide, with major international markets still ahead — and it’s on course to become his biggest film.
August 9, 2026 2:10 pm
Hideo Kojima shares his take on Christopher Nolan’s epic The Odyssey
Hideo Kojima has weighed in on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and his verdict’s emphatic — delivered just ahead of the film’s Japan release next month.
August 8, 2026 9:21 pm
Disastrous DC record caps Supergirl’s box office run
Supergirl’s theatrical run has sputtered to a close, and it’s bagged the sort of DC record you know Warner Bros. would rather bury.
August 6, 2026 7:52 pm
Minions & Monsters hits digital early after sluggish box office
Universal is pushing Minions & Monsters to digital ahead of schedule after a muted cinema run — and the franchise-first reason for the hurry won’t please diehards.
August 5, 2026 8:22 pm
Spider-Man 4 easily beats The Odyssey, despite its IMAX advantage
After one weekend, Spider-Man: Brand New Day has already overtaken Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey on a major box-office metric, per Deadline — despite the latter’s three-week head start.
August 3, 2026 11:22 pm
The Forgotten Revenge Thriller That Makes John Wick Look Tame
We’re spotlighting a 1973 Japanese revenge classic Tarantino mined — adapted from a hit manga — that shows just how elegantly this whole bloody game can be played.
August 3, 2026 9:35 pm
What happens at the end of 8 Below? The true story behind it ended very differently
Eight Below, Disney's 2006 survival drama directed by Frank Marshall, follows Antarctic guide Jerry Shepard (Paul Walker) and the eight sled dogs he's forced to leave behind when a brutal storm shuts down his research base for the winter.
July 31, 2026 6:44 pm
How does Last One Laughing UK work? The rules of the no-laughing game, explained
Ten comedians. One room. Six hours. And one rule that goes against everything they've built their careers on: do not laugh.
July 25, 2026 7:13 pm
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