ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — In the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy writer/director James Gunn’s firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Friday, cast members are speaking out against Disney’s decision. Gunn was dismissed after some problematic tweets Gunn sent between seven and ten years ago resurfaced. “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on …
Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins talk ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ at Comic-Con: “It’s a whole new movie”
ABC/Randy Holmes(SAN DIEGO) — Wonder Woman made a big splash at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, bringing early footage from next year’s sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, which just started shooting three weeks ago. While the highly-anticipated film is a follow-up to the 2017 DC superhero film, star Gal Gadot told the crowd at the panel …
‘The Walking Dead’ star Andrew Lincoln confirms he’s leaving the series: “It’s time for me to go home”
AMC/Gene Page(SAN DIEGO) — Perhaps the worst fear of The Walking Dead fans was confirmed Friday at the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel. Star Andrew Lincoln, who’s led the show as Rick Grimes since season one, confirmed that the upcoming ninth season will be his last. Lincoln explained that it’s time for him to head back to …
Comic-Con trailer debut wrap-up: ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’, ‘Aquaman’, ‘Shazam’ & more
© 2018 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. (SAN DIEGO) — San Diego Comic-Con came to an end on Sunday and left brand-new trailers to some of the most eagerly awaited movies in its wake. Some of the most noteworthy: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of GrindelwaldThe sequel to 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, features …
‘The Equalizer 2’ edges out ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ for box office top spot
Glen Wilson/Sony Pictures(NEW YORK) — In a weekend that marked the first time in history that eight of the top 10 films were sequels and just the second time they made up the entire top five, The Equalizer 2 topped the weekend box office, just edging out Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which was favored …
Trevor Noah responds to French ambassador who slammed him for saying “Africa won the World Cup”
Brad Barket/Comedy Central(NEW YORK) — Daily Show host Trevor Noah had a quick and clever response to the U.S. French ambassador who slammed the comedian on Wednesday for saying Africa deserved credit for France‘s 2018 World Cup victory due to the large number of black players on the team. Gerard Araud wrote a scathing letter, posted on Facebook …
Standing in again for Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek’ star Zachary Quinto goes ‘In Search Of’
Photo: An Rong Xu/HISTORY(NEW YORK) — Actor Zachary Quinto became “dear” friends with the late Leonard Nimoy when the former succeeded the latter in the role of Mr. Spock in the big-screen reboot of Star Trek. “We were really close, really good friends in the last decade of his life,” Quinto told Good Morning America …
Roseanne Barr screams on YouTube regarding racist tweet, “I thought the b**** was white!”
Photo by Mike Coppola/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Roseanne Barr promised to tell her side of the story regarding the racist tweet about President Obama’s longtime confidante Valerie Jarrett that got Barr fired from her then red-hot Roseanne reboot, and now she has. Sort of. In a short video on her YouTube page, the entry, …
Wakanda Forever and ever: Black Panther’s sister Shuri gets her own Marvel comic spinoff
Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) — The success of Marvel’s Black Panther and its characters is officially spilling back over into its comic books. Marvel has announced that award-winning Nigerian-American writer, Nnedi Okorafor, will write a new standalone comic book series about Shuri, the genius younger sister of Wakanda’s King T’Challa/Black Panther. As you may recall, she …
‘Breaking Bad’ cast reunites at Comic-Con; could characters appear in ‘Better Call Saul’?
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesOne of the most highly anticipated panels of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con took place Thursday: the Breaking Bad reunion, celebrating 10 years since the show’s debut. The panel included show creator Vince Gilligan; Bryan Cranston, who played high school chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin Walter White; and Aaron Paul, who played White’s …