After this summer’s “M3GAN 2.0,” the franchise is basically dead. The first film made over $180M worldwide, but the sequel could only muster $39M.

The Oscars shortlists in 12 categories have been announced, including documentary feature, international feature, cinematography, original score, original song, sound, and visual effects. “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners” performed as expected.

Some of the film’s most outspoken supporters include Francis Ford Coppola, Jon Favreau, Jason Reitman, Bradley Cooper, Emerald Fennell, Martin Scorsese, and Alfonso Cuarón.

Here’s EW with fresh new images from Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, featuring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, and Himesh Patel.

Set against the backdrop of contemporary London, “Heist of Benin” is described as a “thriller that intertwines art, love and restitution.”

The film finally has a release date, and it’s worrisome. Not only is it being dumped in February, but it’s skipping theaters and going straight to HULU.

Here’s our first look at “Disclosure Day,” Spielberg’s return not only to sci-fi but, more importantly, to the UFO genre that propelled him to the A-list with “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T.”

Here’s our first look (via EW) at Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer and Bill Skarsgård in Michael Sarnoski’s “The Death of Robin Hood,” which is coming to us from A24.

The review embargo has finally lifted on James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash, and yes—I think I’m now allowed to admit that I was dozing in and out while watching it.

Six years later, Abrams finally directed a new film (“Ghostwriter”) and seems to have another one in the works. 

Disney has greenlit a live-action spinoff that absolutely nobody asked for: the story of Gaston, the villain of 1991’s “Beauty and the Beast.”

It’s come to the point where Sarandos has now picked up the mic and is directly speaking to us about his intention to keep the status quo over at Warner Bros if he acquires the studio.

Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” will finally receive a physical media release via Criterion in March 2026, finally ending years of uncertainty and fan demand for a disc edition of Scorsese’s epic.

Another poll, another win for Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another.” At this point, the only real suspense left in awards season is whether it will lose anything at all.

In the category of things that probably should have been left unsaid…

Speaking in conversation at the Red Sea International Film Festival, Johnson was in absolute glee over her experience in the country, to the point that she now feels a renewed faith in the medium.

Alexander Payne is heading to Scandinavia for his next film — and he’s bringing a great actress along the ride with him.

Speaking with Polygon, Johnson continues to defend The Last Jedi—and not only that: he argues that for Star Wars to succeed, it must take the very kinds of risks he took, backlash be damned.

The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) has crowned Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” as the Best Film of 2025, cementing “Sinners” among the season’s major awards contenders.

Rob Reiner was found dead Sunday afternoon in his Brentwood home alongside his wife, Michele Singer. He was 78. The deaths are being investigated as a homicide.