The New Empire Never Quite Clicks

At the very least, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire delivers on its biggest promise. You get to see lots of giant creatures fighting other giant creatures. Godzilla and Kong are just two of many and, when they fight in fantastical-looking settings with eye-popping color and lighting, there’s an undeniable pleasure in it. Rebecca Hall … Read more

Godzilla x Kong’s First Reactions Offer Titanic Action and Little Else

Image: Legendary We’re on enough of a regular cadence with Legendary’s Godzilla franchise—now expanded in the recent entries to give top-billing to an extra co-star in King Kong—that we should probably expect at this point when people say the new one is full of good dumb action and not much else. But, stop us if … Read more

Dan Stevens Dishes on Third ‘Downton Abbey’ Film and Working With Late Angus Cloud in ‘Abigail’ (Exclusive)

Dan Stevens is looking toward the future as he basks in the glow of his blockbuster tentpole, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. The English actor walked the red carpet at the premiere of the hotly anticipated Kaiju epic in Los Angeles on Monday, and he spoke with ET about the possibility of another big … Read more

Universal’s Doing Its Monsters the Right Way

Just before the weekend, Universal finally pulled back the curtain on its cryptic horror movie from filmmaking duo Radio Silence. The resulting film is Abigail, which sees Melissa Barrera and Dan Stevens headline a team of kidnappers who snatch up a kid to hold her for ransom. The twist? The titular Abigail, played by Alisha … Read more

Julia Garner Joins Leigh Wannell’s Mysterious Wolf Man Reboot

Image: Netflix The path to Universal and Blumhouse’s Wolfman reboot—known here as Wolf Man—has been slow going. But on Friday, the movie added a new star to its cast in Ozark’s Julia Garner. Will You Click Windows’ New Copilot Button? Per Deadline, Garner will have the lead role as a mother whose family ends up … Read more

The New Empire Gets First Monstrous Trailer

Legendary’s Monsterverse has been steadily persisting since 2014 and saw its first big titanic crossover in the form of 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong. Instead of splitting the titular monsters back off again so they can do their own separate things for a bit, they’re reuniting once more—this time as allies rather than duking it out … Read more

New Voices for Adult Swim Hit

Rick and Morty returns this Sunday, and while the Adult Swim show is used to plenty of fanfare heralding each new season, its seventh is under particular scrutiny for one big reason: it marks the debut of Rick and Morty’s new voices after Justin Roiland’s departure made recasting urgently necessary. Hulu’s Hellraiser Reboot Has So-So … Read more

Disneyland Movie Update From David Gordon Green: It’s “On Hold”

Filmmaker David Gordon Green’s Disneyland biopic centering on Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney is currently being held up… for now. We Rode the New Disney Coaster Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind The Exorcist: Believer director told io9 exclusively, “It’s on pause right now. There’s some rights issues.” The film from Green, who … Read more