Yes, the review embargo has lifted, and that 92% on Rotten Tomatoes means it’s well-liked. Meanwhile, its 73 on Metacritic is still a strong score, but it’s the weakest in the franchise. If you can believe it, even “Toy Story 4” managed an 84.

Zendaya joins the animated series as the daughter of Shrek (Myers) and Fiona (Cameron Diaz). There’s also Eddie Murphy, who returns as the voice of Donkey.

The currently untitled film will follow the life of a police officer, rumored to be Michael Fanone, who becomes caught up in the January 6 Capitol riots. Warner Bros. is onboard.

Unfortunately, this film is no longer happening, according to Sigourney Weaver, who spoke to El Pais about the project, which was supposed to be directed by Joseph Cedar.

“Citizen Vigilante” is described as a “furious anti-immigration” parable. A riff on Michael Winner’s “Death Wish,” only this time with Middle Eastern villains.

Given the amount of money he personally lost on the self-financed “Megalopolis,” reported at well over $100M, it was hard to believe Coppola would ever mount enough dough to make ‘Glimpses.’

More casting news for Andy Serkis’ ‘The Hunt for Gollum,’ which seems to be heating up in pre-production, with the cast and crew arriving in New Zealand this month for filming.

There’s certainly no love lost between Steven Spielberg and Netflix. Back in 2018, he went so far as to say that Netflix movies should contend for Emmys, not Oscars,

Matt and Ross Duffer, aka the Duffer Brothers, recently left Netflix for Paramount because the former refused to give their movie projects a theatrical release.

There’s a new Evil Dead movie coming out this summer, “Evil Dead Burn,” but it has yet to receive an MPA rating due to a problematic scene that would warrant an NC-17 rating.

Slaboshpytskyi stunned many with his 2014 debut “The Tribe,” a crime drama set at a boarding school for deaf teenage students. It was widely acclaimed, and also the last film he’s directed.

Why not give it a shot? After all, the Oscar narrative would be irresistible: a film made for under $750,000 becoming a full-blown cultural phenomenon.

Spielberg once hired Schrader to write “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Spielberg ultimately rejected the script, later admitting Schrader’s version was too dark for what he intended to make.

We’re about halfway through 2026, and now it’s WoR readers’ turn to submit their picks. I’ve come up with my own list of 12 highlights from this young movie year.

Timothée Chalamet is over the moon about last night’s historic win. He didn’t hold back either — showing up in the Knicks locker room to celebrate, and even throwing shade at the Oscars.

“Disclosure Day” will easily hit #1 this weekend, but at #2 is “Obsession,” a film that refuses to quit. It’s set to make around $22–23M in its fifth weekend for a $190M domestic cume.

Rogen is now doubling down on Franco, telling The New York Times that he hasn’t spoken to his former friend in a “long time” and has “no plans” to work with him in the future.

At the Taormina Film Festival, Crowe spoke out about what he describes as a “failed” Gladiator II, arguing that the sequel abandoned the moral center that made the original successful.

A new Spielberg is always a movie event for cinephiles — he’s given us so many classics over the past fifty years. That said, it has left some perplexed, while others are ready to bow to it.