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Although The Batman 2 seemed like the most certain sequel heading to cinemas in the near future, the uncertainty about everything at Warner Bros. Discovery right now has fans questioning everything about what may or may not happen around their DC output in the coming years. According to a new report from Variety, the success of The Batman means that a sequel is in active development, but due to the current turbulence at the studio, fans will have quite a while to wait to see Robert Pattinson’s take on the Bat return to screens again....

The Conners is killing off Roseanne Barr’s character and the cast has had to learn how to work without her in real-life as well. John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, and Sara Gilbert recently revealed what they felt when Barr sent out the racist tweet, which ultimately killed the Roseanne revival, and how they felt about starting a new series without their lead actress. While it doesn’t look easy to move on from the outside, it apparently was a lot easier than many would have expected, according to Goodman, Gilbert, and Metcalf....

The Good These Halloween episodes capture the feeling of being young and only caring about one thing: Trick or Treating The Bad I just wish there was more stuff in general. Normally, I don’t go for these DVD sets that only put out a few episodes from various seasons of a show that had a long run. My thinking is what’s the point of buying it if you can just buy the whole season?...

Sam Raimi has chosen the supernatural thriller Drag Me to Hell as his directorial follow-up to the Spider-Man trilogy. According to Variety, the film was co-written by Sam and his brother Ivan Raimi. The film revolves around the unwitting recipient of a supernatural curse. Producer Rob Tapert says, “Sam calls it a ‘spook-a-blast,’ a wild ride with all the chills and spills that “Evil Dead” delivered, without relying on the excessive violence of that film....

As noted by The Hollywood Reporter, star Sarah Michelle Gellar is still well recognized for her iconic role as Buffy Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. However, in 2014, the former supernatural superhero’s focus shifted toward raising a family. But more recently, Gellar has chosen to return to her entertainment roots, and in 2022 she appeared in the Netflix movie Do Revenge. Now the actor is following up her recent film with a starring role on the Paramount+ series Wolf Pack on which she also serves as an executive producer....

We reported yesterday that a summer sequel brought in a solid take during midnight screenings and now the full first-day numbers are in. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sex and the City 2 brought in an estimated $14.2 million on Thursday, its first full day in theaters. “Exceeding all expectations is the best way to open any film,” Warners domestic distribution topper Dan Fellman said. “Having $14.2 million in the bank at the start of a long holiday weekend is even better....

The long wait for new episodes of BBC’s Sherlock is almost over, with the network announcing today that the Sherlock Season 4 premiere will air on New Year’s Day, Sunday, January 1. The episode will be available for fans in the U.K. on BBC, and for U.S. fans on PBS Masterpiece on the same day. The network also released an intriguing teaser image, although it unfortunately doesn’t give us a new look at Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) or Watson (Martin Freeman)....

Shia LaBeouf and director John Hillcoat are both circling the new film project Triple Nine, according to The Wrap. Matthew Cooke wrote the spec script which Steve Golin is attached to produce. The film centers on a group of corrupt cops who are planning a heist, when they realize they have to shoot one of their own to pull off the job. The lead character will be a younger, straight-laced officer the group choses as their victim....

You can bring this very quirky family home on DVD and 1080p this August. Smart People will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 12. The standard disc will be priced at $29.99 SRP while the Blu-Ray will sell for $34.99 SRP. The film stars Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church. Once an idealistic and ambitious academic, Professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Quaid) lost his passion for teaching when he lost his wife....

The next South Park special developed exclusively for Paramount+ has just been unveiled, and along with it comes a brand new teaser. Dubbed South Park: The Streaming Wars, the special appears to be taking aim at the rise of streaming services. It’s something the South Park team undoubtedly knows a lot about, as while these specials are made strictly for Paramount+, previous seasons of the show are only available to stream at HBO Max....

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is the current star of the MCU, especially after the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021. Holland’s Peter Parker is personable, funny, and good to the core, as all superheros should be. He has a very iconic Spider-Man suit in every MCU film, from the homemade suit in Homecoming to the black and red number in Far From Home. In No Way Home, the classic Spider-Man aesthetic was turned on its head, and we got many new suits for both the wall-crawling hero and his villainous counterparts....

Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) finally makes himself known to the rebels. I am ecstatic to see this character so capably realized. Hera’s Heroes shows how the Empire’s game against the rebellion has significantly been raised by Thrawn’s cunning. Hera (Vanessa Marshall) has been on the backburner for the season so far. She get’s more personal and motivated here. It’s interesting to see that Kanan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) is getting more powerful....

Cartoon Network has revealed that Steven Universe: The Movie will debut this fall. The network initially announced their plans to make a movie centered on The Crystal Gems during San Diego Comic-Con 2018. Since then, there have been virtually no updates on the project, but we finally know, at the very least, roughly when we can expect to see it. But the real question is, will this be the end for Steven Universe as we know it?...

STILL-UNCONSCIOUS WOODRUFF RETURNING TO U.S.ABC co-anchor Bob Woodruff was being flown to the U.S. this morning (Tuesday) to undergo further treatment for body and head injuries he received in Iraq on Sunday. ABC reported that Woodruff briefly opened his eyes Monday and responded to stimuli to his hands and feet, but it quoted experts as saying that with serious brain injuries like his it may be weeks or even months before the consequences are fully known....

TELEVANGELIST ROBERTSON OUSTED FROM RELIGIOUS GROUPPat Robertson, arguably the nation’s foremost televangelist, has been dumped from the board of directors of the National Religious Broadcasters Assn. In a surprise vote – the organization once named him Christian Broadcaster of the Year – Robertson failed to receive enough votes for re-election to the board. In an interview with the Washington Post, NRB President Frank Wright said that “there was broad dismay with some of Pat’s comments and a feeling they were not helpful to Christian broadcasters in general....

EXPECT NO LONG LINES AT BOX OFFICE The summer season at the box office comes to an end with this weekend’s Labor Day holiday, and, as usual for the holiday, moviegoers are likely to find plenty of good seats in the theaters. The Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage, is expected to open in first place, but analysts indicate that it is likely to gross only about $15-17 million, perhaps a million or two more than last week’s winner Invincible, which is likely to take second place....

KATIE COURIC GOES TO WAR One year after embarking as anchor of the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric plans to visit Iraq and Syria in an apparent effort to boost the newscast’s flagging ratings. It was unclear whether Couric’s presence in that turbulent area of the world will involve assignments that will call as much attention to the program’s content as it does to its host. (It comes shortly before the scheduled September 15 release of General David Petraeus’s progress report on the military surge....

EBERT “DEPRESSED” BY LOSS OF SHOW Chicago Sun-Timesfilm critic Roger Ebert says that having to announce his departure from the television show that he launched with the late Gene Siskel in 1975 left him feeling “depressed.” Ebert notes on his recently launched blog (http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert) that although he had not appeared on the show for two years because surgery had robbed him of his voice, he had continued as an adviser, helping to select co-hosts for Richard Roeper, advising on the movies to be reviewed, and communicating with producer-director Don DuPree....

CITY SHUTS DOWN DR. PHIL’S HOUSE Los Angeles authorities have forced Dr. Phil McGraw to shut down a kind of Big Brotherhouse in the posh mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles that had been rigged with 45 cameras and a control room. According to TMZ.com, neighbors had complained of loud arguing coming “addicts, racists, misfits and others who populated the house.” Tom Griep, who lives next door, told TMZ that the producers often taped past midnight and started again before 7:00 a....

Following the Hollywood trend of adapting graphic novels to the big screen comes “Surrogates,” a smart sci-fi adventure that may resemble other films but delivers it in a completely original way with a strong story that emotionally engages you. Borrowing elements from films like “Terminator,” “Matrix,” “Minority Report” and heavily from “I Robot” the movie has the ability to take all those elements and present them in a fresh and entertaining manner....