At long last, Bob Iger’s reign at Disney has come to an end. The Walt Disney Company announced today that effective immediately, Iger is stepping down as CEO and assuming the role of executive chairman. Bob Chapek, who most recently served as chairman of Disney parks, experiences and products, will assume the role of CEO, effective immediately.Iger was an executive at ABC when Disney bought the broadcast network, and served as president of ABC until 1999 when he was promoted to president of Walt Disney International. He then became president and COO of Disney in 2000, making him the obvious...…At long last, Bob Iger’s reign at Disney has come to an end. The Walt Disney Company announced today that effective immediately, Iger is stepping down as CEO and assuming the role of executive chairman. Bob Chapek, who most recently served as chairman of Disney parks, experiences and products, will assume the role of CEO, effective immediately.Iger was an executive at ABC when Disney bought the broadcast network, and served as president of ABC until 1999 when he was promoted to president of Walt Disney International. He then became president and COO of Disney in 2000, making him the obvious...WW…

Chance the Rapper is in negotiations to join Warner Bros.’ live-action  movie, Collider has exclusively learned.Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is set to star in the musical, which will be directed by Jonathan Krisel, the Emmy-nominated co-creator of Portlandia. Chance will play the Mayor's aide in the family-friendly film, which is expected to boast a strong ensemble of diverse stars, a la Disney's 2011 movie The Muppets.Shawn Levy is producing with Michael Aguilar, and Warner Bros. is co-financing the film with MGM. Mike Rosolio and Chris Galletta wrote drafts of the...…Chance the Rapper is in negotiations to join Warner Bros.’ live-action  movie, Collider has exclusively learned.Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is set to star in the musical, which will be directed by Jonathan Krisel, the Emmy-nominated co-creator of Portlandia. Chance will play the Mayor's aide in the family-friendly film, which is expected to boast a strong ensemble of diverse stars, a la Disney's 2011 movie The Muppets.Shawn Levy is producing with Michael Aguilar, and Warner Bros. is co-financing the film with MGM. Mike Rosolio and Chris Galletta wrote drafts of the...WW…

All good things must come to an end, and it looks like this will apply to HBO’s hit dramedy Succession. In an with British outlet The Times, executive producer Georgia Pritchett revealed an end in sight for the Emmy award-winning show. The question is just when that will be.“I think the maximum would be five seasons, but possibly more like four,” Pritchett told The Times. The show is currently at the tail-end of filming the show’s third season, which is expected to premiere sometime before the end of the year.Pritchett also commented about showrunner Jesse Armstrong’s approach to ending the...…All good things must come to an end, and it looks like this will apply to HBO’s hit dramedy Succession. In an with British outlet The Times, executive producer Georgia Pritchett revealed an end in sight for the Emmy award-winning show. The question is just when that will be.“I think the maximum would be five seasons, but possibly more like four,” Pritchett told The Times. The show is currently at the tail-end of filming the show’s third season, which is expected to premiere sometime before the end of the year.Pritchett also commented about showrunner Jesse Armstrong’s approach to ending the...WW…

Director Gavin O'Connor's was one of the most surprisingly thrilling films in years, a taut, intelligent thriller that starred Ben Affleck as an autistic accountant moonlighting as a hitman. A sequel has been in the works pretty much since the first film hit theaters, but due to , that feels like another lifetime ago. At the time, the actor was juggling Justice League and The Batman, which he planned to both direct and star in. Three years later, Matt Reeves is directing Robert Pattinson in The Batman and Affleck has a new lease on life, staring down a slate of projects ahead of him that...…Director Gavin O'Connor's was one of the most surprisingly thrilling films in years, a taut, intelligent thriller that starred Ben Affleck as an autistic accountant moonlighting as a hitman. A sequel has been in the works pretty much since the first film hit theaters, but due to , that feels like another lifetime ago. At the time, the actor was juggling Justice League and The Batman, which he planned to both direct and star in. Three years later, Matt Reeves is directing Robert Pattinson in The Batman and Affleck has a new lease on life, staring down a slate of projects ahead of him that...WW…

Idris Elba has become the latest famous face to publicly test positive for coronavirus after Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Olga Kurylenko. The Hobbs & Shaw actor announced the turn of events on Twitter, explaining that he got tested for the wide-spread virus after discovering he had been in contact with someone else who tested positive.Here is Elba's full statement:“It came back positive, yeah, and it sucks. Listen, I’m doing okay. [Elba's wife Sabrina Dhowre] has't been tested and she’s doing okay. I didn’t have any symptoms. I got tested because I realized I was exposed to someone who...…Idris Elba has become the latest famous face to publicly test positive for coronavirus after Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Olga Kurylenko. The Hobbs & Shaw actor announced the turn of events on Twitter, explaining that he got tested for the wide-spread virus after discovering he had been in contact with someone else who tested positive.Here is Elba's full statement:“It came back positive, yeah, and it sucks. Listen, I’m doing okay. [Elba's wife Sabrina Dhowre] has't been tested and she’s doing okay. I didn’t have any symptoms. I got tested because I realized I was exposed to someone who...WW…

We live in an age of remakes, reboots, sequels, and re-quels, where the movie studio strategy often involves digging through the ol' IP bundle to see what was popular once upon a time. So, naturally, when I sat down with someone with as many comedy classics to his name as Jim Carrey—Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber in the same year—I was curious which of his own films was most likely to get revisited.Carrey, who switches between comedic and philosophical so fast it'll give ya whiplash, offered up some mighty poignant thoughts on what a sequel to would look like in...…We live in an age of remakes, reboots, sequels, and re-quels, where the movie studio strategy often involves digging through the ol' IP bundle to see what was popular once upon a time. So, naturally, when I sat down with someone with as many comedy classics to his name as Jim Carrey—Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber in the same year—I was curious which of his own films was most likely to get revisited.Carrey, who switches between comedic and philosophical so fast it'll give ya whiplash, offered up some mighty poignant thoughts on what a sequel to would look like in...WW…

showrunner and writer Eric Kripke recently a picture of Jensen Ackles standing outside a trailer labeled “Soldier Boy” on the set of the Amazon original. The tweet pays homage to Ackles’ most recognized work, Supernatural, while also publicly welcoming him to a new super-themed tale — one a bit grittier and grotesque than his former outing.  Soldier Boy is a character whose comic book history is a bit of an enigma. Yet, back in 1944 — when Dr. Vought had already perfected practical applications of Compound V — Soldier Boy was injected. He then went on to kill German soldiers in mass...…showrunner and writer Eric Kripke recently a picture of Jensen Ackles standing outside a trailer labeled “Soldier Boy” on the set of the Amazon original. The tweet pays homage to Ackles’ most recognized work, Supernatural, while also publicly welcoming him to a new super-themed tale — one a bit grittier and grotesque than his former outing.  Soldier Boy is a character whose comic book history is a bit of an enigma. Yet, back in 1944 — when Dr. Vought had already perfected practical applications of Compound V — Soldier Boy was injected. He then went on to kill German soldiers in mass...WW…

Fresh off the news that it will , has gotten a new poster and a release date. The long-awaited tenth feature film from writer and director Wes Anderson will be in theaters on October 22 and it also has a new poster to welcome the news.The film’s October release confirms what had previously been guessed, that Searchlight Pictures was shooting for a fall release so that the film could qualify for awards consideration. The film’s plot says that it will tell a series of stories from a collection in the final issue of an American magazine that was published in a fictional 20th-century French...…Fresh off the news that it will , has gotten a new poster and a release date. The long-awaited tenth feature film from writer and director Wes Anderson will be in theaters on October 22 and it also has a new poster to welcome the news.The film’s October release confirms what had previously been guessed, that Searchlight Pictures was shooting for a fall release so that the film could qualify for awards consideration. The film’s plot says that it will tell a series of stories from a collection in the final issue of an American magazine that was published in a fictional 20th-century French...WW…

sees the return of the titular fan-favorite MCU character, and it's a reminder as to just how damn charming Tom Hiddleston can be. Hiddleston may be best known as Thor’s contemporaneous younger brother, but let's talk about how his full range as an actor was best displayed in the underappreciated 2016 miniseries, . The six-part John le Carre adaptation from writer David Farr and director Susanne Bier cast Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine, a veteran working as the late-night host of a luxury resort in Egypt who gets recruited into ab undercover operation by British Intelligence. The idea of...…sees the return of the titular fan-favorite MCU character, and it's a reminder as to just how damn charming Tom Hiddleston can be. Hiddleston may be best known as Thor’s contemporaneous younger brother, but let's talk about how his full range as an actor was best displayed in the underappreciated 2016 miniseries, . The six-part John le Carre adaptation from writer David Farr and director Susanne Bier cast Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine, a veteran working as the late-night host of a luxury resort in Egypt who gets recruited into ab undercover operation by British Intelligence. The idea of...WW…

On June 24th, Conan O’Brien’s career as a nightly talk show host came to an end. Not with a big to-do or a year-long lead-up to his fond farewell, but with a small, intimate show at Largo in Los Angeles. In November of 2020, it was announced that O’Brien would be ending his TBS late night series , concluding his tenure as the longest-working current late night host. But even the buildup to O’Brien’s farewell felt anticlimactic. An Irish exit of sorts on cable TV, a decade after landing and quickly losing his dream gig as host of The Tonight Show. O’Brien isn’t disappearing – he still has...…On June 24th, Conan O’Brien’s career as a nightly talk show host came to an end. Not with a big to-do or a year-long lead-up to his fond farewell, but with a small, intimate show at Largo in Los Angeles. In November of 2020, it was announced that O’Brien would be ending his TBS late night series , concluding his tenure as the longest-working current late night host. But even the buildup to O’Brien’s farewell felt anticlimactic. An Irish exit of sorts on cable TV, a decade after landing and quickly losing his dream gig as host of The Tonight Show. O’Brien isn’t disappearing – he still has...WW…