Following2001: A Space Odyssey, the greatStanley Kubricktried and failed for years to makeNapoleon, a film about the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. He wrote a screenplay, scouted locations, wantedJack Nicholsonto be his star, and evenreportedly amassed approximately 50,000 menfrom the Romanian Army to participate in battle scenes. It eventually became one of those “famous films that never was,” but in recent yearsSteven Spielbergannounced his intentionto work with Kubrick’s family and adapt the film into a TV miniseries for HBO based on the screenplay....

Well this is not great news.Bryan Fullerhas been a wonderfully unique voice on the small screen for years, from series likeWonderfallsandPushing Daisiesto the terrific three-season run ofHannibal. AfterHannibalwas cancelled by NBC, Fuller was tasked with his biggest job to date: creating and runninga brand newStar Trekseries. The fit was perfect given that Fuller is a self-professed Trekkie who got his start in Hollywood writing forDeep Space NineandVoyager, but unfortunately Fuller’s run as the showrunner ofStar Trek Discoverywas not to be....

Marvel Studios has officially entered the Disney+ arena.The Falcon and the Winter Soldierfilming has now begun, which means production is underway on Marvel’s first TV series created specifically for the new streaming serviceDisney Plus. This is the first of eight total Disney+ Marvel shows that have been announced thus far, and it will be the first one to debut. The start of production was announced byThe Falcon and the Winter SoldiershowrunnerMalcolm Spellman, who was previously a writer and executive producer onEmpireand at one point was poised to serve as an EP on thenow-cancelled HBO seriesConfederatefromGame of ThronesshowrunnersDavid BenioffandD....

Severanceheads, get ready to return to Lumon in just over one month. Apple TV+ has shared the first trailer forSeveranceSeason 2, which is coming to Apple TV+ on January 17. It’s been nearly three years since the first season ofSeveranceconcluded on Apple TV+, and aftera troubling production that led to countless delaysand many people thinkingSeverancewould never return, it’s safe to say that we’re officially back. The first trailer for Season 2 takes the story in a different direction than perhaps many were expecting; instead of the crew who turned the world upside down by swapping their personalities outside the office being severely punished, they are treated as celebrities and are now the new face of, as Mr....

No relationship demonstrates the power of a prolific director-actor pair more thanJohn FordandJohn Wayne. Together, they made 14 feature films, most of which were Westerns, but each grappled with American mythos. Unfairly maligned as superficially jingoistic, Ford and Wayne poignantlyreflected on the nation’s historyand its uncompromising implications on its future. Not only do the pair embody the power and beauty of cinema, but they are symbolic of America and its complicated ideas and history....

The cost of Disney’s gamble on streaming has been laid bare following the total costs of some of their most recent Marvel Studios productions becoming known. According to movie econonics expertCaroline Reidof Forbes,Disney has lost over $11 billion via costs associated with streaming since the launch of Disney+, and a key aspect of this has been directly attributed to Marvel series. As Disney chiefBob Igerrecently told CNBC, the losses are unsustainable and that there would need to be a cull on spending....

As you probably know, Hollywood’s approach tovideo game adaptationshas greatly changed over the last decade, and projects likeThe Last of UsandThe Super Mario Bros. Movieonly existed in fans' wildest dreams back in 2014. In order to make the video game adaptations more “palatable” for audiences, studios tended to make them only loosely connected to the source material, andNeed For Speedwas one of the titles that suffered so many alterations thatthe story became barely recognizable to fans....

At Comic-Con, Marvel debuted newThor: RagnarokandBlack Pantherposters, and they both looked terrific. TheThorposter in particular is glorious, making use of the bright colors, big cast of characters, and really letting you know that thisThormovie is going to be radically different than the first two. I wouldn’t be surprised forRagnarokto be the most successful of theThormovies if the film itself is good. At the very least, it will probably have the biggest opening weekend of the trilogy....

The Apple Watch is a powerful tool for tracking your sleep. It allows you to monitor your sleep patterns, stages, and habits directly from your wrist. The Sleep app on your Apple Watch displays your total sleep duration, the time spent in each sleep stage, and your 14-day average sleep data. To use your watch for sleep tracking, first set up a sleep schedule in the Health app on your iPhone....

Venom: Let There Be CarnagedirectorAndy Serkisis breaking down the movie’s trailer,released earlier today, as well as teasing what the film’s duo of antagonists will bring to the screen.Talking to IGN, Serkis explains how he approached both Carnage/Cletus Kasady (Woody Harrelson) and Shriek/Frances Louise Barrison (Naomie Harris), two new villains that will fightTom Hardy’s Venom/Eddie Brock. The main antagonist ofVenom: Let There Be Carnage, Cletus Kasady, is an insane serial killer that bonds with a symbiote of his own, becoming the supervillain Carnage....

There’s been a lot of confusion across the internet as to the details regarding Sony’sVenom, Marvel’s MCU, and the sharing ofTom Holland’s Peter Parker / Spider-Man in the two-studio deal. Luckily, Steve Weintraub got a chance to clear up some of that confusion while chatting with Holland forSpider-Man: Homecoming. When asked if it was true thatVenom–starringTom Hardyin the title role–existed in a separate universe, Holland said: Sadly, I think that is true....

AMC just dropped the trailer for part two ofThe Walking Dead’s final season, and it looks to promise an explosive run-up to the long-running show’s ultimate finale. Set to premiere on February 20, the series returns hot from a devastating chunk of episodes for our favorite survivors, with all — from Alexandria to the Commonwealth — enduring increasingly tough odds. As is always the case with the post-apocalyptic zombie show, which has run for over a decade on AMC, the humans look to serve more of a threat than the zombies....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforWandaVision, Season 1, Episode 8, “Previously On."] Marvel Comics superheroes are defined by their imperfections. Compared to the gods-among-men of DC comics, Marvel superheroes are about their flaws. They’re regular people in a real world who make mistakes. And so, perhaps it should come as no surprise that The Avengers, a group whose identity is about the mistakes they make along the way, screwed up majorly in the aftermath ofAvengers: Infinity War....