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The season one finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi drew a five-day Wednesday through Sunday audience of 1.8 million U.S. households, which is 20% higher than the Wednesday through Sunday five-day pull for The Book of Boba Fett finale, which clocked 1.5M U.S. households. The data comes from Samba TV, which…

UPDATED with Range Media Partners, APA, more: As reaction to the Supreme Court's overturning of abortion rights in America sweeps the nation, Hollywood studios are focusing on the protection of employees’ access to health benefits, including travel. As of yet, they haven’t opined on the controversial decision by the…

EXCLUSIVE: Australian actor Sam Delich, who is currently appearing in Netflix’s Joseph Kosinski feature Spiderhead, has landed a major recurring role on Disney+’s comedy-drama series Last Days of the Space Age. Details of his role are being kept under wraps, but we understand he will essentially play the villain of…

EXCLUSIVE: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of James Cameron's Titanic, the multiple Oscar winner and box office phenomenon has been set for a fresh theatrical release just in time for Valentine's Day next year. A remastered version will be available in cinemas in 3D 4K HDR and high-frame rate, with Disney releasing…

Disney kicked off its CineEurope presentation in Barcelona today with 12 minutes of footage from July's Marvel fourquel Thor: Love And Thunder, and throughout the show teased trailers and looks at its other upcoming titles including four never-before-seen scenes from James Cameron's Avatar: The Way Of Water. Ahead of…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the Season 1 finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. The season finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi wrapped its six-episode arc at what was in its entirety 4 hours and 40 minutes since its debut May 27. You could essentially say that’s a very long Star Wars…

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Blame the fact that it doesn’t appeal to girls, blame Disney+ for stealing family moviegoers, blame the lack of an ensemble Toy Story cast, heck, blame everything as Disney/Pixar’s Lightyear didn’t do its magic by internal studio or industry standards this weekend with $51M, close to a third below…

Iman Vellani, the actress cast as Marvel's first Muslim superhero headliner, is excited to bring "an entirely new diaspora of fans into the MCU." 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian actress Vellani plays Kamala Khan/Ms Marvel in the Disney Plus series Ms Marvel, the seventh television series in the MCU, which premiered on…

EXCLUSIVE: After watching his live-action transfer of Disney’s animated Aladdin become his first film to crack the billion-dollar gross mark, Guy Ritchie is back in business with the studio. This time, he’s overseeing a live-action film based on the Disney animated film Hercules. The film will be produced by AGBO, the…

Stocks posted steep losses across the board Thursday after a major rate hike by the U.S. central bank and comments by Fed chief Jerome Powell exacerbated recession fears. The Dow plunged by more than 700 points, closing below 30,000 for the first time since January 2021. The Nasdaq sank by more than 4%, down by more…

On a recent Sunday morning, lines to get into Spago Beverly Hills ran around the block, from Canon Drive onto Clifton Way. Crowds at a Wolfgang Puck restaurant aren't unusual – in fact, they're commonplace – but this was an unusual occasion: an opportunity to hear from the chef about the Emmy-contending documentary Wol…

As it boosts the number of film and TV adaptations of its properties, Mattel has hired Disney and Marvel veteran Josh Silverman as global head of consumer products and chief franchise officer. Silverman will oversee global consumer products licensing, franchise management, retail development, publishing, live…