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“Train to Busan” proved that humans can’t outrun the infected. “Colony” proves they can’t outsmart them.  Director Yeon Sang-ho returns to the zombie genre with his third live-action thriller, “Colony,” expanding the “Yeoniverse,” the cinematic universe he’s built through his gen

Hulu has greenlit three supersized “Futurama” specials in addition to the show’s upcoming Season 14, the series’ executive producers and cast revealed Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con. During their morning Comic-Con panel, which featured creator Matt Groening, showrunner and head

HBO Max vet Pia Barlow has been hired as Amazon MGM Studios’ new head of original series marketing. In her new role, which Barlow will begin Aug. 3, the exec will oversee all marketing efforts for Prime Video’s U.S. and Global Original Series. Barlow will report directly to Sue K

That Christopher Nolan would hit a home run with “The Odyssey” was as predictable as Odysseus’s return to Ithaca. What’s maybe a little more surprising is that he has hit a grand slam. The movie earned a staggering $124 million its opening weekend, with its IMAX showings sold out

Sony Pictures has signed on as international distributor for “Ramayana,” the two-part Indian mythological epic directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios, covering all territories outside India. Indian distribution will be handled by media pers

Gracie Abrams has earned her first No 1 on the Billboard 200 with her third album “Daughter From Hell,” bowing atop the chart with 124,000 equivalent album units. The singer-songwriter announced the album back in May, along with the release of its first single “Hit the Wall.” Her

Tom Holland is having a great time doing the press circuit for both “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” because he’s fond of the movies. That hasn’t always been the case. On the July 22 episode of Dish Podcast, Holland spoke with hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett

Saïd Boumazoughe gets a “created by” credit just below director Bob Colaers at the end of “Attack on Paradise,” amplifying the fact that this project is very much the Belgian-Moroccan star’s realized personal fantasy of an action vehicle. That translates into something a lot like

Daniel J. Kim (“Cobra Kai”) and Danielle Kennedy (“The ’Burbs”) have joined the cast of “Drive Thru Magic,” the upcoming scripted fiction podcast from actor, writer and director Briggon Snow (“The Bright Sessions”). The project is produced by Atypical Artists and executive produc

The yearning separations of seafaring life have generated many a romantic ghost story, and while it largely takes place on terra firma, the Danish “No Rest for the Wicked” provides an honorable addition to that roster. Kaspar Kalle’s assured debut feature, drawn from an 1884 stor

British indie director Rhys Frake-Waterfield gained a measure of notoriety for his 2023 film “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey,” at best an amusing sketch idea that could hardly support a feature-length horror movie, let alone a very slapdash sequel. But it wasn’t memorably bad e

Christopher Nolan’s star-studded adaptation of “The Odyssey” has surpassed $600 million globally after just two weekends of release. The big-budget take on Homer’s 3,000-year-old epic, led by Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated $639.6 million worldwide, including

Even by the standards to which we’ve all, by now, become accustomed, President Donald Trump’s performance at Friday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was bizarre. And the fact of it — from the style of his halting delivery to the substance of his vindictive message to a