Stuntman and movie aficionado Rick Dalton and his TV star buddy Cliff Booth may be getting back together. A follow-up to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is being assembled, with David Fincher, not Tarantino, in the director’s chair. It also has Brad Pitt and possibly Leonardo DiCaprio circling to reprise their popular and award-winning roles. Tarantino wrote …
Read More »Brad Pitt Racing Movie Unveils First 10 Minutes
F1 director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer returned to the CinemaCon stage for the first time since promoting their explosive hit Top Gun: Maverick. Warner Bros. is distributing the Apple film that stars Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and Javier Bardem. “We believe this is going to be the cinematic experience of the summer,” Bruckheimer teased. He promised the movie …
Read More »The Best Music Festivals of 2025: Coachella, Stagecoach, Gov Ball
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Now that the Super Bowl and all the top awards shows are behind us, it’s the moment that music fans have all been waiting for: festival season. Dust off your denim shorts, secure your stadium-approved bags and …
Read More »Macaulay Culkin Asks ID to ‘Take It Easy’ on Child Stars
As a former child star himself, Macaulay Culkin gets it. The actor, who rose to fame at 10 years old, playing Kevin in the holiday classic films Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has a message for those making documentaries about child actors in Hollywood. “Dear ID, Please take it easy on the kiddos. We’ve all …
Read More »Are Studios’ Casting Decisions Considered Free Speech?
Over the past few years, the future of studios’ ability to assert First Amendment protections in casting decisions appeared to be compromised thanks to a couple of high-profile decisions from courts overseeing discrimination lawsuits filed by actors. The most recent came last year when a court rebuffed Disney’s bid to dismiss a case over Gina Carano’s firing from The Mandalorian …
Read More »Wet Leg Release ‘Catch These Fists,’ Announce New Album ‘Moisturizer’
British indie rock band Wet Leg is finally back as the band announced their sophomore album Moisturizer on Tuesday, set to release on July 11th. The Isle of White band, fronted by Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers and signed to Domino Records, also released the album’s first single “Catch These Fists” along with an accompanying music video. Moisturizer will come …
Read More »ZeniMax Strike Authorized by Workers at ‘Fallout’ Firm
Hundreds of unionized workers at the Elder Scrolls and Fallout video game firm ZeniMax Media have voted to authorize a strike, marking an escalation in tensions with the company after nearly two years of contract negotiations. More than 94 percent of quality assurance (QA) testers represented by Communications Workers of America Locals supported a work stoppage in a vote that …
Read More »Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried Reveal ‘The Housemaid’ Trailer
Sydney Sweeney joined director Paul Feig and her fellow The Housemaid co-stars at CinemaCon to share the tense first footage. Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar also hit the stage for the Lionsgate presentation Tuesday to promote the psychological thriller and reveal its trailer, which has not yet been publicly shared. Hitting theaters on Christmas Day, the movie has a script …
Read More »Theater Org Chief Declares War on Shortened Windows
The gloves have come off. For the first time since taking over as chief of the world’s largest trade organization for theater owners, Cinema United president-CEO Michael O’Leary ended a relatively long period of détente over the issue of theatrical windows when delivering his second annual state-of-the-union speech at CinemaCon. O’Leary called for studios and exhibitors to play a movie …
Read More »All the 2025 TV Show Premiere Dates to Add to Your Calendar
Wednesday, Jan. 1Missing You (Netflix)11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT: Rose Parade (ABC/NBC/Great American Family) Thursday, Jan. 2Lockerbie: A Search for Truth (Peacock)Cunk on Life (Netflix)8 p.m.: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)9 p.m.: Animal Control (Fox)9:30 p.m.: Going Dutch (Fox) Friday, Jan. 3Selling the City (Netflix)8 p.m.: RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV)9 p.m.: The Way Home (Hallmark) Sunday, Jan. 5Mayfair Witches (AMC/AMC+)8 …
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