casting
Why was Black Sheep Squadron canceled? It got axed twice
Plenty of shows get canceled. Very few get canceled, brought back from the dead, renamed, retooled with a squad of nurses — and then canceled again. That's the strange two-death history of Black Sheep, NBC's World War II flying drama, which met the axe in 1977 and once more in 1978.
July 9, 2026 5:15 pm
Forget CGI: Marvel's X-Men reboot puts characters first, says Lee Sung Jin
Lee Sung Jin says Marvel’s X-Men reboot will go character-first, promising an intimate, emotionally driven return for the mutants—and he just dropped new clues about how that will shape the film.
July 9, 2026 2:11 pm
Lawrence Kasdan on Martin Short’s Emmy triumph — and the Kevin Costner cut that changed a classic
Emmy buzz fuels the Martin Short documentary as Lawrence Kasdan revisits the Kevin Costner casting gamble that reshaped an iconic film.
July 9, 2026 1:01 pm
Moana world premiere ignites as Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Lagaʻaia lead a wave of Polynesian dancers
Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Lagaʻaia ignited the premiere, joining Polynesian dancers for a showstopping performance that stole the night.
July 8, 2026 1:14 pm
Matt Damon says Christopher Nolan undersold Interstellar with a disarmingly modest pitch
Matt Damon says Christopher Nolan downplayed his Interstellar role to protect the film’s biggest twist — and the low-key pitch made the reveal hit even harder.
July 8, 2026 12:20 pm
Will Deadwood ever come back? The revival "confirmation" fans fell for
Short answer: no — and the "confirmation" that lit up social media in November 2025 was false. Viral reports claimed HBO had greenlit a Deadwood revival for 2026.
July 8, 2026 9:48 am
Supergirl plunges 77% at the box office as hype fizzles
Supergirl's box office nosedive is reigniting Flash comparisons and casting a shadow over James Gunn's rebooted DC Universe.
July 7, 2026 4:16 pm
Tom Holland reveals how Zendaya reacted when Christopher Nolan cast her as Athena in The Odyssey
Tom Holland gamified the casting scoop, secretly tipping Zendaya that Christopher Nolan wanted her as Athena in The Odyssey — then teasing out the reveal with a sweet guessing game.
July 7, 2026 2:27 pm
Travis Scott joins Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey — and barely breaks a sweat
Travis Scott shrugged off the hype after landing Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, revealing his reaction was as laid-back as it gets.
July 7, 2026 2:12 pm
Catherine LagaʻAia on the nerve-racking pressure of nailing How Far I’ll Go in live-action Moana
Setting sail into an ocean of expectations, Disney’s new Moana Catherine LagaʻAia takes on one of animation’s most beloved musical showstoppers—determined to honor the legacy while making the moment unmistakably her own.
July 7, 2026 1:54 pm
Julia Garner is back with Apple TV+'s twisty new thriller Guilty Creatures
Julia Garner dives back into crime with Guilty Creatures, a new thriller series.
July 7, 2026 1:41 pm
Who was right in the Hatfields and McCoys feud?
Most people asking this have just watched Hatfields & McCoys, the 2012 miniseries with Kevin Costner as Devil Anse Hatfield and Bill Paxton as Randall McCoy — so here are both answers.
July 6, 2026 3:58 pm
Matt Damon nearly played a Christopher Nolan villain long before The Odyssey
Before the mythmaking, Matt Damon was on Nolan’s radar for a role that was anything but heroic.
July 4, 2026 4:57 pm
Is a woman playing Achilles in The Odyssey 2026? Here’s what’s true
Odyssey isn’t out yet, but a viral rumor has already split the fandom, turning the scramble for facts into the season’s main event.
July 2, 2026 7:00 pm
The one thing auditions can’t fake will decide the next James Bond, says former casting director
Bond 26 is finally casting, and former franchise casting chief Debbie McWilliams says there’s one non-negotiable quality every new 007 must possess.
June 30, 2026 3:18 pm
John Oliver nabs General Hospital cameo after cheeky on-air plea for a juicy role
From late night to daytime, John Oliver scores a three-episode General Hospital arc months after lobbying for a juicy role on Last Week Tonight.
June 29, 2026 3:04 pm
Lily Gao: age, heritage, private life — and the Avatar star’s Hollywood rise
Fueled by heritage and hard-won hustle, Lily Gao storms into Hollywood as Avatar’s newest face — and the woman behind the role is the real revelation.
June 26, 2026 10:26 am
Leonardo DiCaprio as Spider-Man? Inside James Cameron’s unmade blockbuster
James Cameron nearly brought Spider-Man to life — with Leonardo DiCaprio poised to play Peter Parker. We dive into the blockbuster that never happened and whether DiCaprio would have stuck the landing behind the mask.
June 24, 2026 10:28 am
From Nettles to Daeron Targaryen: the pivotal book characters House of the Dragon keeps leaving off-screen
House of the Dragon is still flying without some of its most compelling players, with Nettles and Daeron Targaryen nowhere to be seen — a glaring gap the series will have to fill.
June 23, 2026 4:05 pm
