Author: Alizee Ali Khan

Matt Shakman’s untitled Planet of the Apes movie will be made for 20th Century Studios, and it will be written by Josh Friedman. These two reunion after what was a pretty big hit last year. The pair previously worked together on Fantastic Four: First Steps. That film bowed last summer, bringing in $521 million at the global box office. Earning that kind of number clearly gave 20th Century confidence in handing them another major franchise. Plot details are on hold, except for the fact it will be a return to the planet where apes are the dominant species. The project…

Dan Aykroyd, creator and star of the original Ghostbusters, has joined Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming animated series as executive producer. Netflix announced the news as part of its Annecy International Animation Film Festival lineup announcement. Netflix has described the show as “based on the beloved Ghostbusters IP” and says it will “debut exclusively on Netflix in 2027.” Plot specifics remain tightly under wraps. Aykroyd joins Ben Hibon, Elliott Kalan, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan, and Amie Karp on the EP list. That’s a stacked producing team with deep roots in the franchise’s recent history. Reitman and Kenan recently co-wrote…

The World Video Game Hall of Fame at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, has officially welcomed Rovio’s Angry Birds, which has more than 5 billion downloads since its 2009 debut. Angry Birds joins the Class of 2026 with Silent Hill, Dragon Quest, and FIFA International Soccer. The ceremony at The Strong on May 7, 2026, took Angry Birds into the hall of fame with titles drawn from almost four decades of gaming history. “Angry Birds helped launch not only billions of birds but the entire mobile gaming revolution. It shattered records and helped transform people’s…

To celebrate Military Appreciation Month this May, the Call of Duty Endowment is doing something special. USAA sponsors it. This year, the campaign focuses on the launch of the C.O.D.E. Navigator: Tracer Pack. It is inspired by and designed with CAPT Chris Cassidy (USN, ret.). He is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and NASA astronaut. The pack pays homage to Cassidy’s career in the military, from the sea to space. It’s an actually cool idea! When you tie real, veteran stories to cosmetic content, it all suddenly feels less cosmetic. This is a really cool way to incorporate veterans into…

PBS Kids is bringing back two of its most recognizable children’s franchises. Clifford the Big Red Dog is being rebooted in a new PBS Kids animated series. Separately, Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures, a spinoff of Super Why!, has set its PBS Kids premiere date of October 5, 2026. The new Clifford The new Clifford comes from 9 Story Media Group. It aims to teach preschoolers “important foundational social skills.” These include social problem-solving, making friends, and including others in play. The reimagined series centers around Emily Elizabeth. She is a kid with big-hearted ideas. Her giant best friend Clifford…

The 2026 Cannes Classics lineup just opened and… it’s crazy. A special 4K restoration of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth will get a pre-opening screening. The 20th anniversary of the fantasy gem’s Cannes debut, which led to a record-breaking 22-minute standing ovation, and del Toro will be there. Presented for the first time in 4K, it was lovingly restored from its original 35mm negative. The fantasy feature is being honored in Cannes for that record-breaking ovation. It also took home Oscars for its cinematography, art direction and make-up. It will be screened on Tuesday, May 12 at 2:30 at the…

The first full trailer for Evil Dead Burn is here, and it does not ease you in gently. New Line Cinema has released the first full-length trailer for the film, the sixth entry into Sam Raimi’s canon of Evil Dead films. The tagline makes the premise clear right away: “Family is the root of all evil.” Evil Dead Burn is the third standalone entry in the franchise, following Evil Dead (2013) and Evil Dead Rise (2023). Directed by Sébastien Vaniček, who broke out with Infested in 2023, the trailer confirms a plot. It centers on a grieving family. They stumble…

On Star Wars day, the White House shared a post featuring Donald Trump as the Mandalorian from the popular Disney+ series. It placed him next to Baby Yoda/Grogu alongside an American flag. Literally nobody asked for this crossover. And yet, here we are. The post captioned with: “In a galaxy that demands strength — America stands ready. This is the way. May the 4th be with you.” Clean references to Star Wars. But what makes the entire post awkward is the timing. The post comes as Disney launches a massive PR campaign around the first Star Wars movie in seven…

Gasoline, a story deeply set during the punk rock era of the 1990s, directed by James Merendino, with principal photography beginning this August. The feature project represents the filmmaker’s poignant return to the sub-culture that he brought to mainstream audiences almost 30 years ago. A young singer, broke and clinging to sobriety, convinces his teenage brothers to take the family van and spend their summer performing dysfunctional shows across America. That is the messy, road-weary premise of Gasoline. Though the story is based on true events with the band Eight Buck Experiment. Evan O’Meara, the band’s founder, produces the inde…

YouTube has just made its AI-powered likeness detection tool available to the entire entertainment industry. The platform says the technology is now open to celebrities, talent agencies, and management firms. They can identify AI-generated videos that feature fake versions of their faces. They can then take action against them. Here’s how it works: a celeb, creator or public figure, or, more likely, someone on their team, opts in to the program and uploads their likeness to the system. They don’t even have to have a public-facing YouTube channel. The system then scours YouTube and flags potential clones for that celeb’s…