“The Conjuring: Last Rites”

“The Conjuring: Last Rites” is a new supernatural feature, directed by Michael Chaves, based on true life investigations, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, opening September 5, 2025 in theaters:

Sydney Sweeney: “Echo Valley”

 

“Echo Valley” is a new psychological thriller, directed by Jon S. Baird starring Sydney Sweeney and Julianne Moore, streaming June 20, 2025 on AppleTV +:

Go “Deep Cover”

“Deep Cover” is a new Brit-produced action comedy feature, directed by Tom Kingsley, starring Orlando Bloom, Nick Mohammed, Paddy Considine, Ian McShane and Sean Bean, streaming June 12, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video:

“Stick” Around

“Stick” is a new ‘golfing’ sports comedy TV series starring Owen Wilson as ‘Pryce Cahill’,  Peter Dager as ‘Santi Wheeler’,  Marc Maron as ‘Mitts’, Mariana Treviño as ‘Elena’, Lilli Kay as ‘Zero’ and Judy Greer as ‘Amber-Linnie, streaming June 4, 2025 on Apple TV+:

“Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie”

“Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” is a new live-action feature directed by Ryan Crego, adapting the DreamWorks Animation cartoon TV series, starring Laila Lockhart Kraner, Kristen Wiig. Gloria Estefan, Ego Nwodim, Kyle Mooney, Melissa Villaseñor, Thomas Lennon, Jason Mantzoukas, and Fortune Feimster, opening September 26, 2025 in theaters:

“Peacemaker”

"Peacemaker", the 8-episode, live-action 'comedic' superhero TV series, based on the Charlton Comics character, previously appearing in the feature "The Suicide Squad" (2021), stars John Cena, Steve Agee, Danielle Brooks, Robert Patrick, Jennifer Holland, Chris Conrad and Chukwudi Iwuji, streaming Season 2, August 31, 2025 on Max:

Claudia Schiffer: “Chloé”

Supermodel/actress Claudia Schiffer, executive producer of "Kick-Ass", "Kingsman: The Secret Service", "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" and "The King's Man", with husband director Matthew Vaughn, poses for the new “Chloé à la Page” campaign, supporting the French luxury house brand, photographed by David Sims:

“Lilo & Stitch” - One In Every Family

Take a look at more footage from “Lilo & Stitch”, the animated 2022 film adapted into a live-action feature, releasing May 23, 2025 in theaters:

Julia Garner is ‘Silver Surfer”

Actress Julia Garner (“Wolf Man”) plays Marvel Comics ‘Shalla-Bal’, ‘Empress’ of the planet ‘Zenn-la’, aka ‘Silver Surfer” in Marvel Studios upcoming feature “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”:

“Untold” in Theaters

“Untold” is a new Philippines-produced, supernatural feature, written and directed by Roderick Cabrido, starring Jodi Sta. Maria, Joe, Bascon and Juan Karlos Labajo, now playing in theaters:

“The Terminal List” Shooting

Season 2 of the action thriller TV series, “The Terminal List”, starring Chris Pratt and Gabriel Luna, based on the novel “True Believer” by Jack Carr, is currently shooting in Toronto, May 1 to August 20 2025, for streaming this year on Amazon Prime Video:

“Going Dutch” Renewal

“Going Dutch”, the single-camera, live-action military comedy TV series, set in Holland, starring Denis Leary, Gemma Knight Jones and Catherine Tate, has been renewed for Season 2 streaming on Fox:

“Animal Control” Renewal

“Animal Control", the single-camera live-action comedy TV series, created by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Dan Sterling, starring Joel McHale, Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel, Grace Palmer and Gerry Dee, has been renewed for Season 4 streaming on Fox:

“Yellowstone: Y Marshals”

Actor Luke Grimes, aka former ‘Navy SEAL’ ‘Kayce Dutton’ on drama series "Yellowstone", will reprise his ‘modern West’ character in a developing CBS spin-off TV series, with the working title “Y Marshals”,  executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, prepping a Spring 2025 streaming release on Paramount+:

Cancel Culture: “Pepé Le Pew”

Before Florence Pugh, there was 'Pepé Le Pew', officially canceled from the "Looney Tunes" cartoon roster, as he is now considered more of a wolf than a skunk:

Cancel Culture: “Rescue: HI-Surf”

“Rescue: HI-Surf”, the Hawaiian-set ‘lifeguard drama’ TV series, created by Matt Kester, starring Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Robbie Magasiva, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono and Zoe Cipres, has been canceled after one season airing on Fox:

Sydney Sweeney: “Laneige”

Actress Sydney Sweeney (“Anyone But You”), is the ‘ambassador’ for Laneige cosmetics:

Top 10 Comic Books - April 2025

Sales numbers tracked worldwide, at stores selling American comic books during the month of April 2025, rank Marvel Comics' Amazing Spider-Man #1 as Number 1:

Charlize Theron: “The Old Guard 2”

“The Old Guard 2” superhero sequel, based on the DC Comics ‘Black Label’ title, stars Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Matthias Schoenaerts, Vân Veronica Ngô, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Uma Thurman and Henry Golding, streaming July 2, 2025 on Netflix:

Frank Frazetta “Vampiress Carmilla”

The illustrated comics magazine “Vampiress Carmilla” (2020-), created by Nicola Cuti and Don Glut, revives the iconic Warren Publishing horror magazines of the 1960’s, replicating Warren's early page layouts, with covers by Frank Frazetta, plus other original Warren artists, writers and editors:

“Snow White” Streaming

"Snow White", the new live-action musical fantasy feature, directed by Marc Webb (“The Amazing Spider-Man”) in a fresh adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film, stars Rachel Zegler as 'Snow White' and Gal Gadot as the 'Evil Queen', streaming May 31, 2025 on digital platforms and June 24, 2025 available in 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD:

Margot Robbie: “Wuthering Heights”

Margot Robbie stars as ‘Catherine Earnshaw’ in writer/director Emerald Fennell’s new take on the psychological romance thriller “Wuthering Heights”, adapting the 1847 book by Emily Brontë, also starring Jacob Elordi (“Euphoria”), Shazad Latif, Hong Chau and Alison Oliver, targeting a February 13, 2026 theatrical release:

“The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch”

Financier Brandon Fugal, principal investigator, chief scientist Erik Bard, aerospace engineer, astrophysicist, lead scientist Dr. Travis Taylor and the security team continue to find more baffling UFO outcomes, in this reality TV series, located at the 512-acre, alien-invested Utah property “Skinwalker Ranch”, airing June 3, 2025 on The History Channel:

“The Studio” Renewal

“The Studio” live-action ‘film industry’ comedy TV series, starring Seth Rogen, Catherine O'Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders, has been renewed for Season 2 streaming on AppleTV+:

“Fight or Flight” - A Comedy

The new live-action comedy feature “Fight or Flight”, directed by James Madigan, stars Josh Hartnett, Katee Sackhoff, Charithra Chandran, Julian Kostov and Marko Zaror, releasing May 9, 2025 in theaters:

“Ballerina”

“Ballerina” is the upcoming ‘neo-noir’ crime thriller, directed by Len Wiseman (“Underworld”) as a spin-off and fifth film in Chad Stahelski’s  “John Wick” franchise, starring Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, and Ian McShane, releasing June 6, 2025 in theaters:

“Practical Magic” in 2026

Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock will star in “Practical Magic 2” as a sequel to the 1998 supernatural comedy, based on the 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman, targeting a September 18, 2026 theatrical release:

“Lilo & Stitch” in RealD 3D

Take a look at more footage from “Lilo & Stitch”, the animated 2022 film adapted into a live-action feature, releasing May 23, 2025 in theaters:

“Thunderbolts*” Now “*The New Avengers”

Marvel Studios latest superhero feature “Thunderbolts*” (aka *”The New Avengers”), filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, stars Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Sebastian Stan,  Hannah John-Kamen and Olga Kurylenko, earning ‘Domestic’ $76,000,000 and ‘International’ $86,100,000 for a ‘Worldwide’ box office score of $162,100,000 after the first weekend in theatrical release:

“Space/Time” in Theaters

“Space/Time” is a new Australia- produced, indie science fiction feature, directed by Michael O’Halloran, starring Ashlee Lollback, Hugh Parker and Pacharo Mzembe, now playing in theaters:

Zendaya Gets It “On”

“Euphoria” actress Zendaya (with pointy-ears), poses for the futuristic Spring 2025 campaign ‘Zone Dreamers’, supporting On athletic shoes and sportswear, photographed by Nadia Lee Cohen:

Big Change In Canadian Films

While most Canadians love their American neighbors, they also loathe the idea of becoming the ‘51st’ US state, citing millions of cheap hand guns, a two-tier justice system, bankrupting medical costs, wide spread financial fraud and a corrupt ‘Deep State’ that goes back further than the ‘American Revolution’. Now US President Trump wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside his country, a move timed to change the Canadian film landscape, although its not clear, how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is: 

Denzel Washington: “Highest 2 Lowest”

“Highest 2 Lowest” is a new action feature, directed by Spike Lee, starring Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wrught, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky, Dean Winters, John Douglas Thompson and Ice Spice, releasing August 22, 2025 in theaters:

“Roswell Delirium”

“Roswell Delirium” is a new live-action science fiction drama feature, written and directed by Richard Blakewell, starring Anthony Michael Hall, with Kayden Tokarski, Georgia MacPhail, Romyn Smith, Dee Wallace, Reginald VelJohnson, Lisa Whelchel and Sam Jones, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV:

“Long Story Short”

“Long Story Short” is a new animated TV series, created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg (“BoJack Horseman”), starring Lisa Edelstein, Paul Reiser, Ben Feldman, Abbi Jacobson, Max Greenfield, Angelique Cabral, Nicole Byer, Dave Franco and Michaela Dietz, streaming August 22, 2025 on Netflix:

“Squid Game 3” - The Final Games

Take a look at Season 3 of “Squid Game", the South Korean survival drama TV series, written and directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, starring Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, Jung Ho-yeon, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung, streaming June 27, 2025 on Netflix:

“Revival” on Syfy

“Revival” is a New Brunswick-filmed, ‘supernatural noir’ TV series adapting the Image Comics title, by writer Tim Seeley and illustrator Mike Norton, directed by Samir Rehem and Amanda Row, starring Melanie Scrofano, Steven Ogg and David James Elliott, airing  June 12, 2025 on Syfy:

“The Summer I Turned Pretty”

Season 3 of "The Summer I Turned Pretty" TV series, based on the books by Jenny Han, streams July 16, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video:

“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”

“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox”, is a new comedic, live-action, science fiction feature, written and directed by Stimson Snead, starring Samuel Dunning, Danny Trejo, Joel McHale, Keith David  and Felicia Day, releasing May 30, 2025 in theaters:

“SEAL Team” Movie

There may be more life in the military drama TV series “SEAL Team” ending seven seasons in 2024, following an elite unit of ‘US Navy SEALs’, starring David Boreanaz as ‘Team Bravo’ leader ‘Jason Hayes’, with renewed interest in a stand-alone feature, focusing on stopping terrorist cartels in Mexico: