Tom Cruise shared a photo on Instagram from a rehearsal for his upcoming film with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu. He wrote that he saw Iñárritu’s first movie, Amores Perros, 25 years ago, and was incredibly touched to receive an Honorary Oscar from his friend this weekend. Cruise is excited to share their new film with everyone next year!
Ariana Grande has a role in the newest Meet the Parents movie as a character named Olivia Jones, and her part in the story is largely a secret. However, during an appearance on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, Grande shared that she underwent significant physical training for the film. She explained that this was necessary to properly portray her character, and she had recently finished filming Focker when she spoke about it.
Directed by Nick Cave and featuring original music by Cave and Warren Ellis, The Death of Bunny Munro is a wild, moving, and sometimes uncomfortable look at how trauma affects families and the complex bonds between fathers and sons. It’s been described as a bit like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but set in Sussex. Cave portrays Bunny Munro as incredibly charismatic, but also deeply troubled, unstable, and self-centered, and his life really falls apart after the death of his son’s mother, Sarah Greene.
The official Jumanji Instagram page shared the first look at the cast – Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, and Jack Black – back in their roles! They seem right at home, but the new photo hints that their Jumanji adventures might be spilling over into the real world, showing them standing on a city street.
The upcoming Clayface movie in 2026 could be a great opportunity to expand the world of Gotham City, but it doesn’t seem like DC Universe will be casting its live-action Batman anytime soon. Several well-known actors, including Tom Welling, who famously played Superman in Smallville, have expressed interest. Luckily, the DCU appears to have a simple way to potentially cast Welling as Batman, regardless of what direction they take with the main Batman character.
Here’s a breakdown of what we know for sure, what’s happening around it, and what fans are currently guessing about.
In an interview with Esquire, Kaitlin Olson described balancing her role on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia with motherhood for much of the year. However, when she read the script for High Potential, she was immediately drawn to the complex lead character – a highly intelligent, unpredictable woman working with the LAPD. Olson recalled a time before High Potential became a success on ABC, when she had to take a shortcut to get things done.
I’m so excited about Wicked: For Good! It’s already showing in some theaters, and the response has been incredible. Everyone seems to be absolutely loving it, despite some critics calling the ending a little confusing or saying it doesn’t have quite as many huge songs as the first movie. Honestly, it sounds like it’s soaring above all the negativity, and I can’t wait to see it for myself!
Hideo Kojima, the creator of Death Stranding, shared strong positive feedback about the Netflix series Last Samurai Standing in a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), saying it was so good it made his heart race.
As a total movie buff, I have to say this new 6-part crime series on Netflix is exactly what I needed. If you’re like me and love a good heist movie – think something slick like Ocean’s Eleven – or you get hooked on those unbelievable true crime stories, you absolutely have to check this out. It’s perfect for a weekend binge!