Are you ready to boldly go once more? No, I’m not talking about the newStar Treksequelhitting theaters this summer—I’m talking about thatothernew major piece ofStar Trekfiction heading our way: CBS’Star TrekTV series reboot. The network announced last year that, after years of outcry from fans to seeTrekreturn to the small screen, it was finally moving forward with a newStar TrekTV series, albeit with a twist. The show’s first episode will air on CBS, but subsequent installments will only be available on CBS’ streaming service, CBS All Access....

Mostly known for nice-guy roles like his Oscar-winning dadTom,Colin Hanksis taking a walk on the wild side inNobody 2. He’ll play a villain up againstBob Odenkirk’s mostly-retired assassin in the hotly-anticipated action sequel.The Hollywood Reporterhas the news that the film will begin shooting in Winnipeg, Manitoba later this month. Hanks is set to star as a crooked sheriff with sinister ambitions in the film, which will be helmed by Indonesian directorTimo Tjahjanto; it will be his full-length English-language debut, after directing several successful films in his native Indonesia and segments for theV/H/Sseries of horror anthologies....

Fire of Love—a front-runner in this year’s Best Documentary Oscars category — is getting the narrative feature film treatment. According to a report byDeadline, Searchlight Pictures struck the deal to turnFire of Lovefrom a documentary to a narrative feature. The documentary charts the tragic love story of French volcanologistsKatiaKrafttandMaurice Kraftt. The aptly titledFire of Lovecharts the Kraftt’s relationship between each other and one of nature’s most-explosive spectacles using a treasure trove of archival videos and images, putting a forensic level of coverage on the pair’s dangerous pursuit to get up close and personal with the marvel that is volcanic activity....

At long last here we are: Oscar nominations predictions time. This has been one of the noisiest awards seasons I’ve ever covered, asA Star Is Bornmade a big splash last fall, only for the next few months to be dominated by think piece after think piece after think piece.Green BookandBohemian Rhapsodyhave stirred up enough controversies to last a few awards seasons (some warranted, some not) andRomafilmmakerAlfonso Cuaróncontinues to be plagued with questions about Netflix and theatrical distribution....

Adult Swim’sRick and Mortycan’t do much wrong at the moment. One of the most brilliant strokes of the cerebral show is how it has responded to its astounding level of success. Rather than panic and stress out over trying to outdo what they’ve done before (and there may very well be a certain level of panic and stress over just that, behind the scenes), the show has fully embraced its weirdness....

Acting careers of such diverse longevity rarely compete with that ofRob Lowe. Lowe is an actor best known by many as a member of “The Brat Pack,” a group of actors includingRobert Downey, Jr.,Charlie Sheenand the cast ofThe Breakfast Club,with whom he starred in ’80s teen dramas likeSt. Elmo’s FireandFrancis Ford Coppola’sThe Outsiders. To others, he is more famous for his role as Sam Seaborn inAaron Sorkin’s political dramaThe West Wing....

Adria Arjonawill soon head to a galaxy far, far away. The actress, who has starred in6 Underground,Pacific Rim: UprisingandTriple Frontier(she’ll also appear in the upcomingJared Letovampire movieMorbius), has been cast as one of the leads in the forthcoming Disney+ original series that serves as a spin-off/prequel toRogue One: A Star Wars Story(according to Deadline). Diego Luna has been confirmed to be returning to the role of Cassian Andor, the hardened Rebel spy we were introduced to inRogue One, as hasAlan Tudyk, who will perform motion-capture duties as Andor’s reprogrammed Imperial droid sidekick K-2SO....

Marvel Studios had been developing aDoctor Strangemovie for a very long time before the film hit theaters last November, and once the studio committed to actually making the movie, the casting process was lengthy and arduous. The studio really wanted to nail the casting of Stephen Strange as he’s poised to become a key member of the MCU going forward, and they wanted a name. While we all know thatJoaquin Phoenixwas in prolonged talks to take on the role before backing out, and then a number of other names surfaced as possibilities, includingRyan Gosling....

There’s often this one particular character in a show or film that’s considered an annoying or pesky being who creates unnecessary chaos — someone who pops up here and then just to rile up the main characters. These types of characters aren’t really that bad because they’re usually there as comic relief, as a breather in between serious situations. However, playing an annoying person while still being bearable is not that easy to pull off....

Earlier this month,we reportedthat theSicariosequel has received a title,Soldado(meaning “soldier”), along with a new director,Stefano Sollima, who directed the Italian miniseriesGomorrah. We also reported thatJosh BrolinandBenicio del Torowould return, and the story would focus on del Toro’s mysterious character. Now in an interview withThe Independent[viaThe Film Stage], Sollima has provided some new details about what he has planned not just forSoldado, but for future films in the franchise as well. “It’s not a real sequel,” Sollima explained....

1996’sSpace Jamis a bad movie. Nostalgia has helped obscure this fact, but if you go back and watch it, you can see that it’s a soulless endeavor designed to use the Looney Tunes to pushMichael Jordan’s brand in a family-friendly direction as well as his own resurgence after his failed attempt at becoming a baseball star. But if enough people look back fondly on their childhoods, you can wring a sequel out of it, and so we arrive atSpace Jam: A New Legacy, which tries to inject a bit more pathos into the story (there are shades of another 90s-nostalgia fave,Hook), but it’s still the same idea: celebrate the massively successful NBA star and use theLooney Tunesto make it a kid-friendly vehicle....

EA and BioWare may have whiffed quite a bit with the release ofAnthem, so they’re hoping the arrival of a new expansion forStar Wars: The Old Republicwill put the gaming companies back in your good graces. After arriving way back in the ancient past (of 2011),Star Wars: The Old Republicis an MMORPG that allows players to create a morally flexible character who exists either in the Sith Empire or the Galactic Republic....

The third season ofStranger Thingsis the most-watched installment of the runaway hit horror series to date, with a mind-numbing 64 million households tuning in to watch the nostalgia-laden drama in the first four weeks of its premiere on Netflix this past July. The figures, per Netflix, officially makeStranger Thingsthe most-watched original show in the streaming giant’s history. Netflix revealed the numbers in a quarterly letter to its shareholders, which also included high viewership for the new sleeper hit limited seriesUnbelievable....