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True stories serve as inspiration for plenty of movies. In movies likeMillion Dollar BabyandRay, the biographies of famous athletes and musicians are documented. While some scenes or events that take place in these films are fictionalized, the celebrities’ rises to fame are closely based on their real-life experiences. Of course, there are movies likeLes MisérablesorAnastasiathat take inspiration from historical events and fictionalize them. Indeed, historical fiction has plenty of real-life inspiration, and those movies bring in just as big of an audience as biographical films....

Star Wars Celebrationis always a huge event and this year was no different. In addition toThe Rise of Skywalkertrailer, fans were also treated to a look back atThe Phantom Menace, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Ahmed Best, who portrayed Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy, was recently interviewed and admits to not originally being in the mood to go celebrate at the event, even though it was partly to celebrate the work he contributed to....

How did Stonehenge come to be? Who was Jack the Ripper? Why was Emmett carrying a giant bag of hard-boiled eggs inTwilight?These are some of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. At least, they were. Today, we can proudly say that at least one of cinema’s most discussed enigmas(no, not Team Edward or Team Jacob)has finally been solved. Actor Kellan Lutz recently took to GalaxyCon where he gave us some answers as to why his character was so well-eggdowed....

Zack Snyder has brought the infamous “We Live in a Society” Joker meme to life. The director/writer just revealed it in the latestJustice League trailer, which was released earlier today. Snyder was finally able to go back and make the movie that he originally envisioned, which included doing some brief reshoots with original cast members and a newcomer to the project. Jared Leto’s Joker wasn’t originally in the theatrical version of the movie, but Snyder brought him back as an important piece to his puzzle....

Veteran TV soap operaactress Lisa Brown passed away on November 24, at age 67. TheGuiding Lightactress is dearly missed by the soap opera community and her family members. As for the cause of her death, very little is known, other than the fact that shepassed awayafter a “brief illness”. Lisa Brown, born on June 06, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri, was one of the most iconic faces of television during the yesteryears....

NCIS: Los Angelesfans have still been coming to terms with the cancelation of the show as the finale brought the series to a close, but there has been some unexpected good news asLL Cool Jwill be swapping LA for Hawaii as he joinedNCIS: Hawai’iin the finale of season 2 as Sam Hanna and will be doing so again in season 3. Like every popular franchise with many connecting branches, it is not hard to fan-favorite characters to switch from one spin-off show to another, as has been seen in the likes ofThe Walking Dead, so LL Cool J’s swap is probably not as surprising as it sounds....

It should not need re-iterating that every single Marvel Studios production is intertwined within the same universe. Even shows like the (sadly missed)DaredevilorAgents of S.H.I.E.L.Dor evenCloak & Daggerexist within the same shared universe. A reference made in the second episode ofLokireminded viewers of just how connected everything is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. How, you ask? Quite simply, refer to Roxxcart. Please also note potential spoilers forLoki episode 2in this article, so read on at your own risk!...

The digitally recreated Grand Moff Tarkin and Young Princess Leia inRogue Onewere unsettling and creepy for someStar Warsfans. But that technology is almost two years old and only improving at an expedient rate. The next time an actor gets digitally inserted into aStar Warsmovie, it’s gong to be a lot harder to tell the difference. And before long, the line will be completely burred. Soon, Lucasfilm and Disney could have the potential to create a wholeStar Warsmovie featuring an authentic young Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, which practical effects built around them....

Audiences will soon delve into the early years of theMad Maxpost-apocalypse — without Mad Max — asFuriosafocuses on the character introduced in 2015’s superb sequel,Mad Max: Fury Road. While many might miss the presence of Max, director George Miller has revealed thatFuriosamay not be the only prequel on the horizon, with the filmmaker having written another that would bring Max Rockatansky back into the spotlight. “We also wrote, not a screenplay, but almost in novel form, Nico Lathouris and I, what happened to Max in that year before, and that’s something that we’ll look at further down the track later....

Born in Texas, withan accent to prove it,Margo Martindalemight not be a name you recognize right away, but is a distinguished actress who often makes her characters memorable and well-rounded. She’s seemingly done it all; Broadway, television, and movies that have paved her career and earned her a handful of awards for different projects. You might know her fromThe Americans,Justified,orThe Good Wife. Or, if you’re the age of remembering whenHannah Montanawas on Disney Channel, you know that she played Miley’s Grandmother Ruby inHannah Montana: The Movie....

Somehow, after decades and decades of creating storylines using the same superheroes, Marvel Comics can still sneak up and surprise us all. That is what they managed to do today, with what appears to be a tease of something very big happening in the near future. Directly fromMarvel Comics' Editor-in-Chief, we now have a new look at what seems to be a hybrid creation, fusing Hulk and Wolverine together in one body....

Mission: Impossible 7and its sequel will no longer shoot back-to-back as previously reported. Back in 2019, before the events of 2020 disrupted basically every scheduled shoot in Hollywood, series star Tom Cruise announced thatMission: Impossible 8was set to begin filming immediately after the seventh installment wrapped. It was also revealed that the plan was to releaseM:I 7in theaters in July 2021 withMission: Impossible 8following in August 2022. As production on part seven comes to a close, Deadline reports thatMission: Impossible 8will not be going into production immediately after all....

Welcome to the first edition ofNerd Alert! We pride ourselves in giving you the very best there is to offer in movie and TV news, but every day we come across so many awesomely nerdy movie-related things that it’s tough to justify an entire story. This is the reason whyNerd Alertwas born, a treasure trove of tidbits for movie nerds just like you and me. So what do we have in store for you today?...