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Sep- 2026 -22 September
Final ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Performance for Disney Confirmed
Debbie Gibson stepped back into the world of Beauty and the Beast as Disney’s touring stage production approached the end of its Las Vegas engagement. Gibson, who played Belle on Broadway in the 1990s, attended the Disney Beauty and the Beast Las Vegas production at The Smith Center, bringing a familiar face from the musical’s history into one of the tour’s latest stops. The timing gives Gibson’s
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22 September
‘Harry Potter’ Wand Overhaul Confirmed: HBO Officially Scraps 5 Iconic Movie Designs
Harry Potter fans are getting their clearest look yet at just how different HBO’s return to Hogwarts will be. New promotional material for the upcoming series has revealed the wands that five major characters will carry. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, and Neville Longbottom are all getting redesigned versions rather than direct recreations of the wands used in the movie
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22 September
‘Halloween’ TV Series Could Unite the Franchise’s Many Different Timelines
The Halloween franchise has never been particularly good at sticking to one timeline. Michael Myers has been killed, resurrected, ignored, rebooted, and given several different backstories across nearly five decades. While this back and forth has often frustrated fans, it could actually give Miramax's planned Halloween TV series an opportunity that the movies never had. The series was announced in
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22 September
‘James Bond’ Officially Casts Major New Star Ahead of Amazon MGM Movie
Amazon MGM’s upcoming 007 film reboot, commonly referred to by fans and media outlets as James Bond 26, has officially assembled its creative team, with Denis Villeneuve (the Dune films) directing, Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) writing, and Amy Pascal (Spider-Man: Brand New Day) and David Heyman (the Harry Potter films) producing. However, despite countless reports and rumors, the studio has yet
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21 September
Lucasfilm Changes One of ‘Star Wars’ Most Iconic Moments After Nearly 50 Years
For nearly five decades, one phrase has sent Star Wars audiences into a galaxy far, far away. Soon, however, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” will be seen differently when Lucasfilm releases its latest version of the original movie. Star Wars: A New Hope Is Changing The change is being made for Star Wars: Gobaith Newydd, the Welsh-language adaptation of Star Wars: Episode IV
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20 September
Disney Facing Double Standard Accusations After Pat McAfee’s Controversial Week
For nearly a century, The Walt Disney Company has guarded its brand identity with an iron fist. Whether enforcing strict dress codes at Walt Disney World, monitoring language inside theme parks, or swiftly severing ties with Hollywood stars who breach corporate ethics, Disney has traditionally shown zero tolerance for public controversy. Credit: ESPN Yet inside the studios of Disney-owned ESPN, th
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20 September
‘Jurassic Park’ Fans Will Probably Hate the Franchise’s Next Major Release
The Jurassic Park franchise is returning to Isla Nublar, but not in the way fans might expect. While Universal Pictures is developing Jurassic World 5, another project is already preparing to return to the island made famous by Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993). Jurassic Park: Survival (TBA) has been in development for several years, and the behind-the-scenes video shared last year offers a
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20 September
Lucasfilm Officially Retelling Original ‘Star Wars’ Movie in Three Parts
What if Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo remembered the same Star Wars adventure in completely different ways? That’s the idea behind Star Wars: A New Hope – Triple Take, an upcoming all-ages graphic novel from Mad Cave Studios that revisits the events of the 1977 classic through three very different perspectives. Written by Kim Shearer and Chas! Pangburn, the graphic novel gives each of
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20 September
Are Lex and Tim Returning for ‘Jurassic World 5’? Here’s What We Know
Could Lex and Tim Murphy finally be returning to the Jurassic Park franchise? That's the question currently circulating among fans after the official Jurassic World social media accounts posted a particularly cryptic message featuring the two original characters. “It could still happen.” It could still happen. pic.twitter.com/HoBC6rlOej — Jurassic World (@JurassicWorld) September 16, 2
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19 September
Disney+ Quietly Forces Ads Into Every Subscription Tier
Disney+ is making the meaning of “ad-free” increasingly complicated. When Disney+ launched in November 2019, the service had no advertising at all. That changed in December 2022, when Disney introduced a cheaper advertising-supported plan in the United States, splitting the platform between subscribers willing to watch commercials and those paying more to avoid them. That divide remains central to
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