Today is the third Saturday of September, which has been officially designated Batman Day. As a result, fans from all over the world are celebrating the legacy of the Caped Crusader, who remains one of the most beloved and popular icons in the history of pop culture.
Another weekend, another comfortable victory for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at the box office. Having already defeated his own father, the titular organization and a literal demon, Simu Liu's title hero is set to vanquish yet another formidable threat before Sunday is over; namely, all-round Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood.
For a long time, it looked as though a sequel to Enchanted would never happen. The Disney musical was a runaway success from both a critical and commercial perspective, hauling in $340 million at the box office and winding up with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93%, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, but the second installment remained mired in development hell for over a decade.
In the wrong hands, a choose your own adventure TV show could come off as little more than a gimmick designed to draw in curious viewers, but Netflix have proven themselves to be dab hands at the subgenre via the well-received interactive special Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.
The first season of The Witcher hardly set Henry Cavill's Geralt of Rivia up as the ideal father figure, but fans of both the novels and video game series will be fully aware that he takes his role as Ciri's protector very seriously indeed, something that's going to factor heavily into the next run of episodes.
Since the brief fallout in the summer of 2019 where Sony took their ball and went home, actively withdrawing Tom Holland's Spider-Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the studios have mended fences to the extent that the company's relationship with Disney has arguably never been stronger.
HBO Max is making a concerted push into the realm of podcasting, and it's no surprise that one of WarnerMedia's most marketable assets is leading the charge. Batman: The Audio Adventures is now available to stream on the platform as per The Hollywood Reporter, but non-subscribers have the opportunity to check out the first two episodes for free tomorrow.
When Schitt's Creek first began airing in early 2015, it was viewed as the latest in a long line of sitcoms that would generate decent viewing figures and trundle along for several seasons without ever really troubling the zeitgeist. While that was true for a while during early seasons on Canada's CBC and Pop TV in the States, once the show was added to Netflix it became a genuine cultural phenomenon.
While Lucasfilm are definitely taking several cues from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Star Wars expands onto Disney Plus, the long-running sci-fi franchise won't be sticking rigidly to the template laid down by Kevin Feige's outfit, based on what we know so far.
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah would have been fielding plenty of offers in the wake of Bad Boys for Life, which scored the best reviews the classic buddy cop franchise had ever seen, which is no mean feat when the duo were bringing Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett back to the big screen for the first time in seventeen years.