Prince Ali has arrived! Disney has released the initial teaser trailer for the live-action remake of Aladdin — and seeing the classic cartoon walk the line between a digital and real world is actually sort of trippy. The minute-and-a-half preview doesn't give us much, although it does pay homage to the initial scene from the original animated movie while Alan Menken's beloved instr..

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Like it or not, Johnny Depp is starring in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and he isn't backing down from the vocal Harry Potter loyalists who protested his continued casting in light of domestic abuse allegations from ex-wife Amber Heard. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actor addresses the controversy that's become the film's darkest cloud...

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It's been a number of months since Eighth Grade turned chicken nuggets into the ideal first date meal, and because the Oscar buzz surrounding the film keeps it up and continues to build, we're able to take a deeper look at how this brilliant part of cinema was made. In this behind-the-scenes clip, writer and director Bo Burnham talks about how the story started as he believed a side ..

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As soon as Richie Merritt first set foot into his school’s theater arts class, he wasn’t preparing for a future in Hollywood. "To be sincere he told MTV News, "I only went to that class because one of the ladies I was talking to back in the day was going, so I was like, alright, this is a good way so I can visualize her more so I’mma just get this class so we can have this class..

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We've reached the end of an era. Chris Evans has finished filming all of his scenes as Captain America for the fourth Avengers film and the final installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's original 22-movie arc. He marked the "emotional" milestone with a tweet on Thursday (October 4). "Officially wrapped on Avengers 4. It was an emotional day to mention the least," Evans started...

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Ansel Elgort is warming up his pipes and breaking in his dancing shoes! The Golden Globe nominee will star as Tony in Steven Spielberg's upcoming West Side Story remake, multiple outlets report. The role will require Elgort to do his own singing and dancing, calling into the scene his brief EDM stint as Ansolo and his more recent moodier sound on singles "Thief" and "Supernova". Pul..

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Taron Egerton is dripping in gold in his first photo as Sir Elton John in Rocketman. Well, everywhere although his legs, where everything appears to have dripped right off, leaving his stems fully bare. Egerton kicks back aboard a private jet as he's transformed into John — early hairline and all — while rocking bedazzled square-rimmed glasses, a gold lamé jacket, blue, red, and..

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Soon after months of delays, the opening trailer for Dark Phoenix is finally here, and this isn't the space saga we were expecting. That's not to mention that director-writer Simon Kinberg's take on the famed X-Men story line isn't going to space — it's already been confirmed that a rescue mission in space triggers Jean Grey's transformation into the Phoenix — although it seems li..

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SPOILER WARNING: Some spoilers for Assassination Nation below. Assassination Nation — the modern indie interpretation of the Salem Witch Trials that took Sundance by storm before heading to San Diego Comic-Con's Hall H and then to the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival — is more than just your average thriller. The film serves as a social commentary about modern woma..

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Despite previous reports that beloved queer wizard Albus Dumbledore would not be "explicitly gay" in the anticipated Fantastic Beasts sequel, the final Crimes of Grindelwald trailer usually be hinting at otherwise. Immediately considering that, the Reflect of Erised isn't a subtle plot device. In the trailer, Dumbledore glances into the magical artifact — which the future Hogwarts..

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LeBron James is making moves with his Space Jam sequel, and he's taking Black Panther director Ryan Coogler along for the ride. With a locker room pic posted to Instagram on Wednesday (September 19), the living legend confirmed that Coogler will bring his record-breaking vision to the long-awaited follow-up to Michael Jordan's 1996 hit as a producer, while Terence Nance — director,..

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The wait is finally over: the initial trailer for Captain Marvel has landed, giving us our first official introduction to the female superhero as she falls from the sky into a Blockbuster. (The movie is set in the 90s, remember?) While the trailer is light on plot, we do visualize the two sides of Brie Larson's character — Carol Danvers and Captain Marvel — nevertheless it soun..

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