FX’s new Alien spinoff series is bursting with ideas about what really makes an apex predator.
During an earnings call on Monday, AMC CEO Adam Aron hinted at plans to use AI for pricing, film scheduling, and customer service. “We’ve actually been talking and are in conversations right now about making small investments in some AI technology-enabled companies whose prospects are related to the movie industry,” Aron said.
Zach Cregger’s latest film will leave you guessing, but its larger messages about boogeymen are crystal clear.
Bambu now sells electronics to drop into your creations — remember my floating light bulb and TARDIS? This time, I’m using the $135 “Motion-Activated Sound and Light Props Kit” with Joel He’s double-bladed saber files, but you can design anything you like. Should I try a Zelda Master Sword next?
It’s apparently already time to start thinking about more than just your Halloween decor. Hallmark’s 2025 lineup of Keepsake collectibles includes a $99.99 Star Wars ornament recreating the scene aboard the Millennium Falcon where R2-D2 and Chewbacca play a game of Dejarik.
The ornament includes lights, sounds from the movie, and what appears to be a simple Pepper’s Ghost illusion that uses a hidden screen and a transparent surface to recreate the holochess effect.
Sony decided to go the live-action route for its upcoming Spider-Verse spinoff series starring Nic Cage’s Spider-Man Noir, but Deadline reports that the studio is in the early stages of developing an animated Spider-Punk feature co-written by Ajon Singh (Primetime) and Daniel Kaluuya, who will presumably reprise his role as Hobie Brown.
In A24’s Highest 2 Lowest — a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low — Denzel Washington plays a music mogul (rather than a show company exec) whose son (Aubrey Joseph) is being held for ransom. The movie’s new trailer doesn’t spoil much of the plot, but it does make it seem like Highest 2 is going to be a tense watch when it hits theaters on August 5th and Apple TV Plus on September 5th.
Paramount and Skydance are set to finalize their merger on August 7th, and Deadline reports that the new corporate entity will be headed up by CEO David Ellison (Skydance’s founder) and president Jeff Shell (the former CEO of NBCUniversal.
A Quiet Place is about to become a trilogy, as John Krasinski has confirmed he’s returning to write and direct a third entry that’s expected to hit theaters on July 9th, 2027.
