The High Republic books update the officialStar Warstimeline. A lot is happening in the world that George Lucas created over 40 years ago. Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy revealed the future of the franchise late last week, detailing Disney+ shows and two new movies that are in the works. The movies will take fans well into the future, while the shows are exploring different areas of the past, including Leslye Headland’sThe Acolyte, which takes place long before the First Order, before the Empire, before evenThe Phantom Menace....

Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox have debuted a new trailer forThe Peanuts Movie. Watch the trailer below and get ready to “Dream Big” withCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang as they make their big-screen debut, in state of the art 3D animation! Charlie Brown kicks things off by wishing on his very own star. A star that will always be there for him....

Peter Dinklagehas admitted to helping Jamie Dornan learn his lines forFifty Shades Freed. Dinklage appeared onThe Late Show with Stephen Colbertto talk about his upcoming filmMy Dinner with Herve, which he co-stars in with Dornan. Dinklage revealed that he would read the part of Dakota Johnson’s Anastasia “Ana” Steel to help Dornan prepare for his role as Christian Grey, which he thoroughly enjoyed, and admits that he was quite good at reading Johnson’s lines....

Neighborsdirector Nicholas Stoller reunites withRose ByrneandSeth RogeninPlatonic,the engaging new Apple TV+ series that’s bound to deliver yet another hit for the popular streamer. Stoller brings along other stand-out performers he’s collaborated with before, too, for this must-see romp, Luke Macfarlane and Guy Branum (both fromBros) among them. The result is refreshing and delightful in the vein ofWill & Graceand a latter-dayWhen Harry Met Sallyromantic-comedy, yet thought-provoking to be sure. You see, middle-age is the biggest star of Stoller’s tale as two old friends, Sylvia and Will (Byrne and Rogen), suddenly find themselves back in each other’s lives more than 15 years after they parted ways....

AMC today announced that it has renewed its cinematic and critically acclaimedsupernaturalseriesPreacherfor an expanded 13-episode second season, slated for 2017. The Sony Pictures Television-AMC Studios co-production is the #2 new series on cable this year among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and is currently averaging 3.3 million viewers per episode, including 1.9 million adults 25-54, in Nielsen live+3 ratings. Said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. “Preacher is a special television program and we’re eager to share with fans the rest of this wild first season and, now, an expanded second season....

Smurfs: The Lost Villagetakes our favorite mushroom dwellers on a new, purely animated adventure. Neil Patrick Harris and Hank Azaria are not popping up here. The film sends a strong girl power message in vivid CGI. The Lost Village is aimed like a laser at young, kindergarten aged children. There are no double entendres or sly references meant for adults. The target audience will be entertained, the parents not as much; unless they’re dipping into the mushrooms as well....

Star Warsis a huge franchise that has spanned many decades. With a constantly expanding universe full of new content and characters, Disney and Lucasfilm have gifted us with the ultimate library of settings, stories, and characters. From our favorite heroes like Luke Skywalker to tyrannical gangsters like Jabba the Hutt, the universe is jam-packed with complex characters, both human and otherwise, to keep us interested. As with any other franchise, some characters are beloved by fans while others are despised....

69-year oldauthor Stephen Kinghas a bunch of his works in the adaptation pipeline currently, but he was able to take a second and reveal which of his works he’d like to see adapted next.The Dark Toweris currently in theaters andThe Mistis on the Spike television network. Next up is theMr. Mercedes10-part series on the DirecTV Audience Network and the heavily anticipated big screen adaptation of King’sITin September. If that wasn’t enough, the Netflix movies of King’sGerald’s Gameand1922are also currently in production....

It wasn’t a surprise thatThe Batmanreboot, rebooted for the umpteenth time, was abox office success. So, when a sequel was announced, it would make a lot of sense for fans to deliberate on who would be the next villain for the film. Of course, there is some hope that fans will see Mr. Freeze resurrect his cinematic debut after the appearance from Arnold Schwarzenegger in the much worseBatman & Robin....

A naive young girl sells a video player with a haunted tape to an unsuspecting couple in a new clip fromSadako Vs Kayako, a.k.a.The Ring Vs. The Grudge. Although it has already hit theaters in Japan, the film will have its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the festival’s Midnight Madness genre program, before it debuts in the U.S. on the Shudder streaming platform later this year....

Pedro Pascal has been spotted asThe Last of Uslead Joel in a new behind-the-scenes image. While Pascal’s character was recently shown-off in an official image from the upcoming video game adaptation, it was only from the back, with this new image from the set giving us a look at the actor in costume from the front. Though the image is far being as impressive as the official shot, it does once again demonstrate the level of accuracy with which the world of the popular video game is being brought to life in live action....

Keanu Reeves' science fiction messiah, Neo, is back in a long black coat in a new poster for the upcoming sequel,The Matrix Resurrections, akaThe Matrix 4. While details of Neo’s return are being kept largely under wraps, Reeves has seemingly slipped effortlessly back into the role, oozing the same cool he always does as he once again dodges bullets and demonstrates his affinity for kung fu in his search for the truth....

Quick Links Warning: This article contains spoilers for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Ryan Murphyand Ian Brennan waited thirty years to makeMonsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez StoryforNetflix. Yet they still might not have captured the complete story of the ongoing Erik and Lyle Menendez saga. The two L.A. brothers became international celebrities, murdering their parents, José and Kitty (Mary Louise), in their posh mansion in 1989. Erik and Lyle were eventually found guilty of the murder of both parents after two separate trials as individuals, the state trying them together in one joint trial in the wake of those mistrials....