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Thanks to Disney’s purchase of all Fox media assets earlier this year, it’s been confirmed that the X-Men are finally set to make their way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Details, of course, are scarce as to how and when that’ll happen. The good news, however, is that this is now an opportunity for the MCU to reflect on the 20th Century Fox X-Men universe (that audiences know and love) and really evaluate how they want to (re)introduce the mutants....

Episode 2.06 is titled, “The Line,” as in sometimes you’ve got to cross it. Sorry - bad joke, I know. Okay, so I haven’t been all that pleased with this season of Heroes and tonight is really no different. We open the Montreal with Peter and Caitlin in Ireland mourning the death of Caitlin’s brother. We learn that they are about to leave for Montreal to find out the truth behind Peter’s painting and the mystery plane tickets....

After their teasing video over the weekend, Disney has updated the synopsis for their upcoming Hocus Pocus 2, and while it does reveal a little more about the plot of the long awaited return of the Sanderson sisters, it also may prove a little underwhelming. Filming on the movie has been underway for the last two weeks, and while there has been no sign of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy on set yet, there have been plenty of behind the scenes images released thanks to local news coverage and residents of Rhode Island who have been getting handy with a camera in the area....

To celebrate the release of the ABC Family Drama Wildfire - Season One, MovieWeb is giving away FREE copies of the DVD! Watch the inspiring show of the girl and the horse nobody believes in. CLICK HERE to enter our contest and get in the race! WILDFIRE - SEASON ONE SYNOPSIS: Kris Furillo (Genevieve Cortese) has come a long way from juvenile hall. Hired to work at Raintree Horse Farm, she enters the world of high-stakes horse racing, where people will stop at nothing to beat the competition....

Ryan Condal is immensely important to House of the Dragon, serving as co-creator, writer, executive producer, and co-showrunner on the series. The Game of Thrones prequel wouldn’t be possible without him, and HBO recognizes it. Condal, along with author George R.R. Martin, is the mind behind the spinoff, spending years of his life getting the story from Fire & Blood (the novel the series is based on) to a working script, all the way to its premiere in August....

Joy is the lead of the film. Pixar’s Inside Out uses Joy as its main narrator through Riley’s emotions and in their adventures within Riley’s head. At eleven-years-old, Riley is going through a lot. Moving to an entirely new place, discovering her old friends have made a new companion, and struggling in her new environment. However, through it all, Riley’s parents ask her to remain the upbeat, happy, and joyful person she has always been, even through the hard times....

Theaters all across the country rolled out Jon Favreau’s new superhero sequel at midnight last night and the box office results are now in. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Iron Man 2 raked in $7.5 million from last night’s 12:01 AM screenings. The film was screened in over 2,500 theaters for its midnight release, and the film will be released in 4,380 theaters this weekend, which is the widest opening weekend release in history....

The popular 80s Hasbro cartoon and toy line Jem and the Holograms is experiencing a resurgence, gaining all kinds of new fans as it plays on The Hub in syndication. JEM And The Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Complete Series DVD, which brings all sixty-five episodes together for the first time, is set for release on October 11th from Shout Factory. And Hasbro has announced that they will be bringing Jem and the Holograms to New York Comic-Con 2011 in some capacity....

FXX has scheduled the season premieres for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Man Seeking Woman, it was announced today by Chuck Saftler, President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks. On Wednesday, January 4, Season 12 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will return at 10:00 PM et/pt, immediately followed by the Season 3 premiere of Man Seeking Woman at 10:30 PM et/pt. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will premiere its 12th season on Wednesday, January 4 at 10 PM ET/PT on FXX....

John Cena turned 45 on April 23 and it is only fitting that as he is currently best known for playing Chris “Peacemaker” Smith in HBO Max series Peacemaker, the series mastermind James Gunn shared a touching post in honor of his friend’s big day. Having worked together on The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker reunited Cena and Gunn on the first spin-off series from the movie. As it was a raging success for the streaming platform, there is no surprise that the series will be back for a second season sometime in the near future....

Through James Gunn’s process of reviving the DCU, which he’s since called a “hard reboot,” among other things, one noticeable pattern is standing out. So far, he’s been picking and choosing a handful of characters (and their respective actors) from the now-old era of DC and carrying them over into his now-established universe, particularly ones from his previous projects. To keep his hype train going, Gunn has now confirmed that one more of those familiar characters will be returning, though one that fans might not expect....

When Thor buddied up with the Guardians of the Galaxy at the end of Avengers: Endgame, the tease of an Asgardians of the Galaxy future was very much in the minds of many fans. Some have even gone on to believe that James Gunn’s temporary firing by Disney and his subsequent skip over to Warner Bros. to helm The Suicide Squad and commit his immediate future to DC projects has robbed them of a possible inclusion of Thor in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Jason Clarke has joined the ensemble of CBS’ U.S. Attorney drama pilot, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Additionally, Jonathan Sadowski, Kevin Simpson, Noureen Dewulf and Ricky Mabe have landed leads on Fox’s comedy pilot Two Dollar Beer, while Nick Bishop, Kelli Giddish and Ravi Patel have been cast in Fox’s reincarnation drama pilot. The legal project, from CBS Par, revolves around a team of federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan....

Frank Snepp, head of the CIA’s strategic analysis division in Saigon during the Vietnam War, is having his story transformed into a telefilm for HBO entitled Irreparable Harm. According to Variety, the screenplay was written by Eragon’s Jesse Wigutow and will be directed by Eugene Jarecki. The story will follow Snepp’s return to the United States after the fall of Saigon. Conflicted over what really happened there, he revels that the U....

When Justified returns to the FX lineup this coming January for Season 4, fans will be treated to a new character in Harlan County, Kentucky. Patton Oswalt will make his debut in the Season 4 Premiere as Constable Bob Sweeney, a high school classmate of Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) who is asked by the U.S. Marshall to look after his father Arlo’s place. Take a look the first photo of Patton Oswalt and Timothy Olyphant, and read on to see what Patton Oswalt has to say about the character....

Director Kevin Macdonald has decided to follow up his acclaimed film The Last King of Scotland with the Roman epic The Eagle of the Ninth. Macdonald is currently prepping the Brad Pitt film State of Play. After that, he will begin work on Ninth, which is an adaptation of the 1954 Rosemary Sutcliff novel of the same name. The story is set in Britain during the 2nd century A.D. According to Variety, the story revolves around a wounded Roman soldier and his Celtic slave....

Kirsten Dunst and Orlando Bloom have joined Clive Owen and Anil Kapoor in acclaimed director/writer Roger Donaldson’s (The Bank Job, Thirteen Days) next directing project entitled Cities. The international thriller is being produced by Matthew Metcalfe (Dean Spanley, Love Birds) and Chris Curling (Hannibal Rising, The Last Station). Julie Christie, Eyeworks New Zealand CEO, will executive produce alongside Eyeworks New Zealand who will partner on the production. Lisa Wilson’s Parlay Films is handling international rights to the film that is set to lens in Spring 2012....

On the April 16th show, finalist Kristy Lee Cook was eliminated from the American Idol competition after she received the fewest of America’s nearly 36 million votes. On Tuesday’s performance show, contestants sang Mariah Carey songs, and Cook, 24, from Selma, OR, sang “Forever.” On Tuesday, April 22 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), the Top 6 finalists (Brooke White, Carly Smithson, David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado) will return to the Idol stage to perform the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber....

The Walt Disney Studios proudly announces the addition of Lady and the Tramp and Cinderella to its coveted, cutting-edge Blu-ray Diamond Collection line-up of animated classics. Released from the Disney vault for a limited time only, the lovingly pampered cocker spaniel and the mutt from across the tracks will unveil on February 7, 2012 and Cinderella’s clock will strike midnight in Fall 2012. Disney’s Blu-ray Diamond Collection represents The Walt Disney Studios’ most prestigious and treasured animated classics....

The latest trailer for the upcoming Marvel sequel Thor: Love and Thunder provides our first look at the Asgardians of the Galaxy. While the likes of Star-Lord, Drax, Nebula, and the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy have appeared throughout the marketing material for the Thor follow-up, this is the first time they have been given a bona fide hero shot — with the God of Thunder as the leader, of course....