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Dreamer, originally created for the CBS, then CW superhero show Supergirl, will make her debut in the main DCU continuity in Superman: Son of Kal-El #13. Played onscreen by trans activist and actor Nicole Maines, Dreamer is not DC’s first trans superhero. That distinction goes to Kate Godwin/Coagula, a member of the Doom Patrol. However, Dreamer is notably the first transgender superhero to ever appear on television. Nia Nal, or Dreamer as she’s called using her civilian identity, is the ancestor of Legion of Super-Heroes member Nura Nal aka Dream Girl....

Since James Gunn took over as director of the DCU, a lot has changed, including Henry Cavill’s dismissal of future Superman roles and the cancelation of Wonder Woman 3. While fans were heartbroken to see Cavill leave the beloved Superman role, many believe it was a much-needed reset for DC to break the cycle of failures and ultimately catch up to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With the recent announcement of upcoming shows and films, James Gunn and Peter Safran have designed an eight-to-ten-year plan to retool the DCU, and the first chapter is titled “Gods and Monsters....

Jon Knautz, the director of Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer discusses his latest movie, which just won Best Canadian film at the Fantasia Film Festival Director Jon Knautz is best known for his work on the comedy/horror film Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, which blurred the lines between satire and slapstick. But his latest movie, The Shrine is a straight-up horror film in the classic sense and revolves around a group of journalists that travel to Poland to investigate a small town where people have been mysteriously vanishing....

The Walt Disney Studios has signed a multi-year deal with Ahmet Zappa, Harris Katleman and Christian Beranek to oversee the newly christened Kingdom Comics, an innovative new venture of developing graphic novels to create new film projects for the Studio as well as re-imagining and rejuvenating motion pictures from the Disney live-action Vault, it was announced today by Oren Aviv, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Production. Kingdom Comics will soon announce some of the top graphic novelists and artists in the genre who will collaborate on upcoming projects....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has established an incredible gallery of supporting characters over the years. Without characters like Happy Hogan, Ned Leeds, and Okoye, our favorite superheroes would not be where they are today. One of the greatest supporting characters has been Rachel McAdams’ Christine Palmer in the Doctor Strange franchise. First introduced in 2016’s Doctor Strange, Palmer returned for the animated series What If…? and the origin movie’s sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

Netflix released (and will be releasing) some brilliant movies in the month of November 2022. One of the productions that were released at the beginning of the month was the sequel to Enola Holmes, which features Millie Bobby Brown as the protagonist, Enola. With Rotten Tomatoes rating it 93% on its Tomatometer, the film received some rave reviews. In fact, some even state that this sequel is better than the original simply because the film uses a real-life historical event as its mystery case, and also because the protagonist is more independent....

Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to director/writer Richard Bates Jr.’s debut feature film, Excision, which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last month. Produced by Dylan Hale Lewis, the horror film features an all-star cast including: AnnaLynne McCord (90210), Traci Lords (Cry-Baby), Ariel Winter (Modern Family), Roger Bart (Desperate Housewives), Jeremy Sumpter (Soul Surfer), Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds), Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God), Ray Wise (Good Night, And Good Luck) and John Waters....

Bullet Train will soon be speeding its way onto home media, and to tease the release’s bonus features, we can premiere an exclusive clip from behind the scenes. From Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the film is available now on digital and will be released on 4K, Blu-ray & DVD on October 18. Ahead of the release, you can get an early sneak peek by watching our clip with the movie’s filmmakers speaking about the final product after bringing Bullet Train’s creative action scenes to life with expertly-crafted stunt work....

Brace yourself because Season Two of Peacock’s YA thriller finds the Murder Club teens braving a bevy of new twists, secrets, and life-and-death circumstances. Season One introduced us to the modern-day Breakfast Club by way of a twisted Riverdale with a splash of Gossip Girl—five high schoolers go into detention, and only four come out alive. Bronwyn (Marianly Tejada), Nate (Cooper van Grootel), Addy (Annalisa Cochrane), and Cooper (Chibuikem Uche) all became suspects in Simon’s (Mark McKenna) death, setting up a season where they scratched their noggins over the identity of mysterious texter Simon Says....

Following up the success of his first two films, Thank You For Smoking and the Oscar winning Juno, director Jason Reitman’s new movie is an adaptation of Walter Kim’s book, Up In The Air opening on December 4th, starring George Clooney as an unapologetic corporate downsizer whose untethered life is consumed by collecting air miles. We recently had the opportunity to fly from New York to Los Angeles on a private American Airlines flight, the airline that is featured in the film, and had an opportunity to watch the film, which is already getting Oscar-buzz and talk to one of the stars of the film....

We have a brand new exclusive clip from the upcoming indie release In My Sleep, which will be released in theaters on April 23 in Los Angeles and April 30 in New York before expanding nationwide. Click below on our exclusive clip, which features Lacey Chabert trying to analyze an interesting dream. In this taut psychological thriller, Marcus struggles with parasomnia, a rare sleep disorder which makes him do things in his sleep which he cannot remember the next day....

Basic fear is an evolutionary response that warns us animals of threatening stimuli; in short, fear is supposed to keep the mortality rate down. There are different types of fear, though. Fear is biological, but its more nefarious variant, hysteria, is social, a collective cumulation of fear that takes what are logical defense responses and turns them into illogical, dangerous behavior. The fear of being in a crowded space while millions of people around the world are dying of a contagious airborne disease is rational; the fear of not having enough toilet paper during a disease which has nothing to do with gastrointestinal distress is irrational....

For anyone who has ever wondered what True Blood and Frozen 2 star Evan Rachel Wood might look like as Madonna, the wait is over. Thanks to new images and cast reveals from The Roku Channel’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the first image of Wood as the 80s pop icon have been released, and while it is unclear exactly how big a role it will be, she certainly has the look of the Material Girl singer down to the finest details....

ION Television announced today it is renewing its original police drama Flashpoint for a fifth season. The network is picking up 13 more episodes, set to begin shooting in February 2012. The announcement was made today by Brandon Burgess, CEO, ION Media Networks. Flashpoint joined ION’s primetime schedule in October 2011 after the network acquired all episodes from seasons 1-3 along with 11 Season 4 original episodes. The production of Season 5 contributes to ION Television’s original programming goals for 2012 and beyond....

Mind your manners … because casting has begun for the third installment of FOX’s Nanny 911. The family-oriented unscripted series follows an experienced team of British nannies who know that it takes more than a spoonful of sugar to get unruly tykes in line. Each nanny has a specific area of expertise, whether it’s proper etiquette or controlling temper tantrums, and all are ready to help exhausted parents tackle the tough issues creating chaos in their home....

Fox has renewed Fringe, the critically acclaimed thrilling drama, for a third season, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company. “Fringe tapped into a deep creative mine this year that built momentum throughout the season and helped give us our first real foothold on TV’s most competitive night,” said Reilly. “The entire Fringe team - from the producers and writers to the cast and crew - has taken smart storytelling and top production quality to a whole new level....

FOX has picked up third seasons of the hit summer series So you think you can dance and Hell’s Kitchen, it was announced by Peter Liguori, President, Fox Broadcasting Company. The two series have propelled the network to rank No. 1 for the summer among the key demo Adults 18-49. These shows have been integral to our summer success, and we are excited to be bringing them back next season, said Peter Liguori, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Co....

Frank Miller’s Hard Boiled may finally be seeing its way to the big screen. It was once conceived of as a Nicolas Cage-starring vehicle with thoughts of David Fincher directing, but now, MTV News exclusively revealed that the acclaimed three-issue miniseries is slowly becoming a Hollywood reality, this time under the wing of Will Eisner’s The Spirit producer Deborah Del Prete. See what MTV News has to say here: “We’re talking about [it],” Miller declared to us at NY Comic Con....

HBO has released not one, but two different featurettes dedicated to the most recent episode of Game of Thrones final season. Fans were forced to wait for nearly two years between seasons as David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and the network prepped season 8 and, so far, the consensus seems to be that it was worth the wait. We’re now one-third of the way through the show’s final run and for those feeling particularly impatient while waiting for next week’s episode to drop, these videos may just do the trick....

The trio talk about working on their dance skills for the film. After laughing it up on screen in last summer’s hilarious comedy, Accepted, Columbus Short went back to his roots - dancing. He’s starring in the new film, Stomp the Yard. He plays DJ, a troubled teen in Los Angeles; one night while battling at a club, his brother, played by R&B sensation Chris Brown, is killed. His parents send to live with relatives in Atlanta, Georgia; he attends Truth University, a predominant black college....