Author: Alizee Ali Khan

Anya Taylor-Joy is the latest heavyweight to lace up boots for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. It is a film by Andy Serkis, who also reprises his role as Gollum. This is a casting announcement that is going to ruffle some feathers in Middle-earth. Taylor-Joy’s Casting Taylor-Joy will play Seren, a Sindar Elf of the Woodland Realm. She is a lethal operative of King Thranduil, with Lee Pace reprising the role. He is accompanied by Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Elijah Wood as Frodo. The film is set between The Hobbit series and The Lord of…

A decade after dropping the oceanic fish-infested deluge known as Sharknado, director Anthony C. Ferrante is ready to swim back into the blue with his latest assault on our screens: Water Park Shark. With Lead Actors David Chokachi and Chelsea Gilson in the lead roles, the film will take the floor at Shark Con in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, July 11, 2026. Premiering before a captive audience of shark movie lovers. Water Park Shark The plot involves a Cape Cod water park being raided by Great White Sharks. A washed-up football player turned lifeguard, and his ex-girlfriend (who is also…

Patrick Horvath has taken his cuddly serial killer comic, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees. He turned it into a bona fide hit franchise for indie publisher IDW, and now he’s expanding it with fresh voices. A Halloween anthology one-shot is coming, brimming with horror comic all-stars. Horvath has brought on board several of his favorite horror writers, including James Tynion IV, the creator of Something Is Killing the Children and The Nice House on the Lake. Tony Fleecs, the writer of Feral, and Absolute Catwoman co-author Che Grayson, among others. The line-up has artists including TMNT illustrator Dave Wachter…

Titan Casket is offering a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themed collection of caskets, so devoted fans can spend eternity repping their favorite turtle. While something like that might have sounded like a joke in the past, Titan Casket is proving they are completely serious. Titan Casket, a company known for selling “high-quality caskets,” tunes into fandoms to help customers envision a coffin infused with their favorite pop-culture elements. The company doesn’t have an official TMNT range, but its coffins can be rebranded to send you into the great beyond in all the Cowabunga style you desire. Tapping into the…

Ben Schwartz, has joined the cast of The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event. Schwartz’s specific role hasn’t yet been confirmed. However, he was photographed on the set of the movies this week. There is also evidence that Schwartz will portray Murray the K. The New York disc jockey who befriended the band in the 1960s. Murray the K was famous for calling himself the “fifth Beatle,” a title that many also attribute to George Martin. Possibly playing the fifth Beatle Each movie will look at a different member’s perspective. Ultimately converging to show the band on its way from Liverpool…

Ron Howard appeared at New York’s Alice Tully Hall for a fire-side chat at the Runway AI Festival. And the first question he faced was the one on everyone’s mind. Can AI-generated films actually be made? He didn’t answer yes or no. Howard thinks there’s a chance they might be successful, but in his estimation that’s up to the film audiences to decide. The Oscar-winning director of A Beautiful Mind and Frost/Nixon told Runway co-CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela that the technology is “democratizing” filmmaking so that storytellers can “more efficiently, more broadly” tell their stories, but he cautioned that asterisks apply.…

The Daily Show host Jon Stewart and longtime correspondent Jordan Klepper compared President Donald Trump’s role in the MAGA movement to Iron Man’s role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The analogy came with a sharp question: what happens to that universe when the hero is gone? At an intimate FYC event in New York on Tuesday, the hosts got to comparing Trump’s universe to the MCU. It started with Klepper’s own place in the story. Klepper, who often interviews and humiliates Trump fans outside rallies and conventions, is a recurring villain in this universe. “I’m not the good guy in…

The Peaky Blinders sequel series has unveiled some new cast members. Pulling in some recognizable faces from Game of Thrones and All Her Fault. Conleth Hill joins as Clemmy Keeler, the fierce patriarch of the Keeler gangster family. He rivals the Peaky Blinders’ ambition to rebuild Birmingham. Fans will know Hill best for playing Varys across all eight seasons of Game of Thrones. Making his casting one of the bigger gets for the new era of the franchise. Daniel Monks, who starred opposite Sarah Snook in Peacock hit All Her Fault, will play Detective Inspector Bell. Cal O’Driscoll from Video…

Sony Pictures says 24 Jump Street is in development, with Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, and Ice Cube all in talks to return. It has been over ten years since audiences last saw Schmidt and Jenko team up on the screen Rodney Rothman, who previously received an Oscar for work on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Hill and Meghan Malloy. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, behind 2012’s 21 Jump Street and 2014’s 22 Jump Street, will return as producers with Neal H. Moritz and Tania Landau. Producers also include Hill and Strong…

Steven Kane is challenging one of the biggest points of friction in contemporary television. Speaking at Seriencamp, the Halo showrunner took a strong stance against the streaming data army taking over from creative storytelling. Kane took a pro-human stance. Warning that there is a “risk” when commissioners want to let the data drive the creative. He notes that this comes at a moment where data is the current hot topic. Using the example of, “I used to use a map but now I just put the GPS on.” He argued that big streaming platforms are so focused on how the…