David Lynch Tried To Give A Filmmaking Lesson To Stephen King While Directing Maximum Overdrive
Stephen King is a legendary horror writer but he admitted he's not much of a filmmaker when even David Lynch couldn't help him understand a basic rule.
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Stephen King Says Mike Flanagan's Plan For The Dark Tower Adaptation Is 'Perfect'
Stephen King had some extremely encouraging words to say about Mike Flanagan's plans for his Dark Tower saga TV series adaptation. -
Stephen King Explains Why Steven Spielberg's Adaptation Of The Talisman Was Never Made
Stephen King has shed some light on why Steven Spielberg's long-developing movie adaptation of his and Peter Straub's epic book The Talisman never came to pass. -
The Real Reason Marvel Won't Make Agatha All Along Season 2
Agatha All Along season 2 isn't happening, although it's not, per se, because the Marvel show didn't pull in sufficiently large ratings. -
Sinners Director Ryan Coogler Was So Repulsed By One Film's Gore That He Hired Its Creators
Sinners director Ryan Coogler wanted the gore to be convincing, so he hired the special effects supervisor from brutal horror film Green Room. -
Is Den Of Thieves 3 Happening? Here's What The Box Office Tells Us
The writer/director of the Den of Thieves movies wants at least four films in the franchise, but will we actually get the chance to see Den of Thieves 3? -
The Simpsons Episode That Featured The Cheers Cast (But Someone Is Missing)
The main Cheers cast actually reprised their roles from the classic sitcom in animated form on The Simpsons once, with one noteworthy exception. -
A Controversial Director Just Had His First #1 Box Office Hit In Nearly 20 Years
Controversial director Mel Gibson is back in the limelight, having only just scored his first number one hit at the box office in two decades. -
Patrick Stewart's Favorite Star Trek Movie Blends Action & Heart Perfectly
Patrick Stewart has always been a man of taste, and this is reflected by his favorite Star Trek movie. Of course, he also stars in it. -
Flight Risk Features Some Sneaky Cameos By Popular TV Stars
Flight Risk primarily centers on three characters on a plane, although it features a number of subtle cameos by well-established TV actors. -
Darth Vader's Most Brutal Star Wars Moment Wasn't In Rogue One - It Was In A Comic Book
Darth Vader is arguably cinema's greatest villain, but Star Wars fans can find his most brutal moment in the pages of a fantastic comic book series. -
Daniel Craig's Three Favorite James Bond Movies
Over the years, James Bond actor Daniel Craig has revealed his favorite films in the entire Bond franchise. Here are his top three. -
Seth MacFarlane Made The Worst Sitcom Ever, According To Metacritic
Seth MacFarlane-backed shows generally tend to succeed. However, one of the Family Guy creator's rare misses is the lowest-rated sitcom on Metacritic. -
35 Years Ago, A Box Office Bomb Spawned A Beloved Monster Movie Franchise
Success at the box office wasn't always the only way to measure success because Tremors built a franchise off of VHS profitability. -
Mel Gibson's New Crime Thriller Is The First Truly Awful Movie Of 2025
Mel Gibson's Flight Risk is a full-blown stinker and the first truly awful movie of 2025. How could the same guy who made Braveheart have made...this? -
Why Mindy Kaling Left The Office
Mindy Kaling was a vital part of The Office as customer service representative Kelly Kapoor, but here's why she left the show after season 8. -
A Classic Horror Video Game Is Getting A Movie Reboot With The Perfect Director
Resident Evil is the series that won't die, but the latest to resurrect and adapt the popular video game for the big screen is Barbarian's Zach Cregger. -
Can Companion Become Horror's First Big Box Office Hit Of 2025?
Jack Quaid and Sophie Thatcher star in upcoming horror movie Companion, but will it beat out the competition at the horror box office? -
The Highest-Grossing Best Picture Nominees At The 2025 Oscars
2025's Best Picture Oscar nominees include some box office heavy-hitters. Here's how they stack up, from the highest-grossing movie to the lowest. -
The Worst 2025 Best Picture Oscar Nominee, According To Rotten Tomatoes
Only one of the 2025 Best Picture nominees has a Rotten Tomatoes score in the 70s and an audience score in the 30s. Despite that, it's still an Oscars darling. -
This Startling Box Office Stat Confirms Netflix Is The Modern King Of Hollywood
While the 2024 global box office numbers confirm Netflix is the current dominant force in Hollywood, the theatrical market is still important. -
Why Rockstar Let Someone Else Make A Grand Theft Auto Movie – Sort Of
Here's why Rockstar Games, the publisher of the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, allowed the filmmakers of Grand Theft Hamlet to make their movie. -
One Marvel Hero Won't Return For Avengers: Doomsday [UPDATE]
A major player in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Multiverse Saga originally said he wouldn't be appearing in Avengers: Doomsday but has since changed his tune. -
How A Wes Anderson Box Office Flop Paved The Way For One Of The Director's Biggest Hits
One of Wes Anderson's best films was made for significantly less than some of his other projects, and the lower budget was to the film's benefit. -
Star Wars Gets A Blast Of Kenergy As Ryan Gosling Joins Upcoming Film
This is not a drill! Ryan Gosling is slated to star in Shawn Levy's Star Wars movie and it's looking like it will be the next movie in the franchise. -
Star Wars Is About To Explore An Important Era Through The Eyes Of Luke, Han, And Leia
Marvel's Star Wars comics are about to explore an important era of the franchise's timeline with three very familiar characters leading the charge. -
Star Wars: How Did Palpatine Survive After Return Of The Jedi?
The Skywalker Saga films don't make it all that clear how Palpatine survived after Return of the Jedi. For that, we'll have to look to other Star Wars projects.
