Michael B. Jordan

It’s been a week of highs and lows in the world of genre entertainment—as we took a look at the aftermath of Dune: Part Two’s monumental release last weekend, and Lego teased a gorgeous new Batman: The Animated Series tribute. But little compared to the shock that came Thursday evening that one of the most influential artists of our time, Dragon Ball’s Akira Toriyama, passed away. Read all that, and more, in io9's biggest stories of the week. — James Whitbrook It’s been a week of highs and lows in the world of genre…

RWBYImage: Rooster TeethSome 150 Rooster Teeth employees, as well as contractors and other creators, are left scrambling after today’s announcement that parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is closing it down after over 20 years in business. The production company created animated web series like Red vs. Blue and RWBY, as well as Max animated series gen:LOCK, which starred noted anime geek Michael B. Jordan.Who Wants DC’s Canceled Batgirl Movie? | New York Comic Con 2022As reported in Variety, the shutdown was announced…

A new, feature-length Wynonna Earp film is in the works for discerning Tubi subscribers, and Rebel Moon part two has its rating. It’s spoilerin’ time!Spoilers of the Week | June 10thGraphic: G/O MediaUntitled Evil Dead SpinoffIn conversation with the French website Konbini (via Bloody-Disgusting), director Sébastien Vaniček warned his mysterious Evil Dead “spinoff” movie will be “a nasty film” from which you “come away tested.”I told the studio that I wanted to make a nasty film, a film that hurts, from which you come…

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s vampire movie is close to finding a home. Robert McCamon’s post-apocalyptic novel Swan Song is being turned into a TV series. Dune Part 2 gets the mandatory floating heads poster. Plus, what’s to come as La Brea enters the endgame. Spoilers now!Randall Park's Favorite SuperheroesSupergirl: Woman of TomorrowTHR reports that House of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock and Zombies’ Meg Donnelly are the last two actresses in the running to play Kara Zor-El, a.k.a. Supergirl, in James Gunn’s new DC…

This year, Sundance is celebrating the 40th edition of the film festival that has, for four decades, broken talent, launched award-winning indies and seen its fair share of fist-fights and walk-outs. In 2014, THR broke down 30 key moments in the fest’s history in honor of its 30-year edition. Now, we are back with an update, adding ten key moments from the past decade to the mix.   1. Ryan Coolger makes a splash (2013)At the 2013 fest, Fruitvale won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award, and went on…

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are getting ready to make their fifth movie together and, for the first time ever, this one is going to suck. That’s because it’s about vampires. Or so the rumors say.Will Ryan Coogler Finish the Black Panther Trilogy?The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that the friends and collaborators behind Fruitvale Station, Creed, and Black Panther are once again putting together a new movie. This movie, an original idea written by Coogler, is currently being pitched to studios and streamers to…

During an appearance on The Tonight Show in 2022, Sterling K. Brown relayed an anecdote to Jimmy Fallon about one of the three times he’d found himself in the presence of none other than Meryl Streep. “She’s just talking, being regular old Streep, and I’m like, ‘No, I can’t, I don’t know.’ I couldn’t talk. I just lurked. I was weird. I was a creeper,” admitted Brown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a9_mXiE6m4 When The Hollywood Reporter came face to face with the actor on Dec. 5 at the…

The Academy Museum Gala returned for its third year on Sunday night, honoring Meryl Streep, Michael B. Jordan, Oprah Winfrey and Sofia Coppola among an A-list group of guests. The Los Angeles event — which was originally scheduled for Oct. 14 but was delayed until December following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel — serves as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ marquee annual fundraiser, raising vital funds to support museum exhibitions, education initiatives and public programming; it has also…

When HBO’s heralded series “The Wire” went off the air 10 years ago, it wasn’t immediately clear that it would be a launching pad for much of the ensemble.Sure, the show had been hailed as one of, if not the, greatest television drama ever and it launched series regulars Idris Elba (Russell “Stringer” Bell) and, less directly, Michael B. Jordan (Wallace) to stardom while making names for other cast members including Dominic West (Jimmy McNulty), Michael K. Williams (Omar Little), Wendell Pierce (William “Bunk” Moreland)…

Image: MarvelOne of the writers that helped build out James Cameron’s Sully family in Avatar: The Way of Water, Josh Friedman, has been hired to pen the script for Marvel’s new Fantastic Four movie. Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard Nerd Out About Jurassic Park's Returning HeroesThe Hollywood Reporter announced the writer’s attachment to Matt Shankman’s feature debut with Marvel’s first family that’s set to kick off Phase 6 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Shankman, who previously worked on Marvel Disney+ series…