Focus Features are breaking out their finest to give audiences a new preview ofDownton Abbey: A New Era. The studio has revealed that a first look at the sequel film will play ahead ofBelfastwhen it premieres in theaters on November 12th, and have officially released new stills from the upcoming film, set to premiere in theaters next year. The new film sees the residents of Downton Abbey moving even further into the 1920s, slowly approaching a new decade and the beginning of the modern world....

Elizabeth Olsenis officially set to return to theMarvel Cinematic Universenext year, but not in the way audiences are expecting. The Scarlet Witch has been confirmed to be appearing inMarvel Zombies, the animated series following one of the dystopic realities introduced inWhat If…?. While the character had been expected to return due to the events of the episode that introduced the zombies, it was unclear if Olsen would be voicing the character....

Who doesn’t love Spider-Man? One ofStan Lee’s most enduring and beloved creations,Spider-Manis a comic book hero with a proud legacy that has inspired generations. From Peter Parker to Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy, the mantle of the beloved neighborhood hero gets passed down without losing that resilience and do-good moral imperative that makes the character so special. And boy, Spider-Man sure has a lot of movies. In terms of numbers, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catching up to Batman as one of the most prolific and influential characters in superhero cinema, and it’s not hard to see why....

Writers found in the horror genre don’t often fare too well. It can be due to their own desperation.Ethan Hawke’s true-crime author inSinisterandCourteney Cox’s erotic fiction writer in the tv seriesShining Vale, are two who hardly consider their family over their own ambitions. Other times it can be due to a character getting stuck on a dark path. BeforeNaomi Wattswas a reporter searching for a cursed videotape inRing,Nanako Matsushimawas on the hunt in the Japanese original....

Jason Momoa has become one of the more interesting actors to build a career off of what was a paltry part onGame of Thrones- although his character gets name-dropped pretty regularly. The big get, of course, isAquaman, in which he will star as the protector of the oceans for directorJames Wan; he’ll also be appearing as the “funny one” inJustice LeaguealongsideBen Affleck’s Bruce Wayne. Beyond that, however, he’s been experimenting with an interesting hash of roles, starting with his work on the slightly undervaluedThe Red Roadon Sundance and his villainous turn inWalter Hill’s surprisingly goodBullet to the Head....

Somespoilersfollow. It’s been a wild ride in this, the seventh season of HBO’sGame of Thrones. In only a half-dozen episodes, fans have received more concentrated mythology, feels, and family reunions than in the entirety of the series' run so far. There have been deaths, of course, and disappointments, but theGeorge R.R. Martin-inspired show has long made viewers suffer along with its characters, so it’s high time we are rewarded with some dragon-fire and zombie fights....

Marvel’s powerhouse comic book villain, Thanos, made his big screen debut in theAvengerspost-credits sequence back in 2011. Since then, all we’ve seen the so-called “Mad Titan” do is …nothing. He sits on a throne and he talks, his plans thwarted time and time again by heroes and petty villains who are supposedly his inferior. He’s lost three infinity stones now. And the only thing we’ve seen him do about it is finally, begrudgingly pick up the Gauntlet and decide to do it himself....

Hannah Waddinghamhas found her next festive project, and it will be an animated television special based onTiddler. According toVariety, theTed Lassostar will narrate the story of the upcomingBBCproduction. The program will be based on the book of the same name created byJulia DonaldsonandAxel Scheffler. The voice cast for the animated journey aimed at the entire family will includeLolly Adefope,Jayde AdamsandRob Brydon. There’s no telling what’s going to happen once the story ofTiddlermakes the jump from the page to television, in a heartwarming adventure that will be a perfect fit for the festive season....

Quick Links After five action-packed seasons,Cobra Kaiis about to karate kick itself over the finish line. Since the show debuted back in 2018, there has beenno stopping its rise to the top of the streaming charts, with Netflix’s acquisition as of Season 3 proving to be one of the streamer’s more intelligent decisions in recent years. Now six years on since Season 1, theCobra Kaistar shines as bright as ever, rivaling the originalKarate Kidfor the title of ‘best in the Miyagiverse’....

HBO’s upcoming seriesHouse of The Dragonis getting grander by the day! A new image shared byEmpire Magazineshows a never-seen-before scale of the Iron Throne. Taking onGeorge RR Martin’s description of the much contested Iron Throne in the books, the image sees far too many swords leading up the stairs and surrounding the previously seen throne. In a previous blog post titled “The Real Iron Throne”, Martin described the throne built by Aegon the Conqueror as “huge, hulking, black and twisted, with the steep iron stairs in front, the high seat from which the king looks DOWN on everyone in the court....

After the international quagmire that was the Vietnam War,movies were no longer all fun and games. The glossy, Hollywood spectacle of your favorite studio backlot musical or weepy melodrama didn’t seem appropriate in the late 1960s and early 1970s —a period marred by an unwinnable war with oblique intentionsbeing fought by the helpless youth of America. While the film industry flourished during other times of national panic and concern, includingthe Great DepressionandWorld War II, audiences were too dismayed and disgruntled to have Hollywood fantasies fed to them....

The Wonder Yearswas a brilliant, coming-of-age television sitcom that won awards and accolades when it originally aired in the 1980s. Since reboots are all the rage nowadays,The Wonder Yearsis returning to the small screen. The newThe Wonder YearsstarsDule Hill(Psych) andSaycon Sengblah(Respect) as parents Bill and Lillian Williams, andLaura Kariuki(The Underground Railroad) andElisha “EJ” Williams(Puppy Dog Pals) as kids Kim and Dean Williams. Like in the originalThe Wonder Years, adult Dean will narrate the show....

Being a movie star was obviously notIce Cube’s first career path, but he has been in some genuine hits:Friday,Barbershop,Ride Along, and the21 Jump Streetmovies, just to name a few. Unfortunately, his new version ofH.G. Wells’ sci-fi classicWar of the Worldswon’t be remembered alongside any of those… and if he’s lucky, it won’t be remembered at all. The movie just popped up on Prime Video this week, andcritics are already slammingit harder than an alien tripod robot hitting a major American city....