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When Jenny Slate received an Emmy nomination for playing the best friend of

Michelle Williams’ character in the FX limited series “Dying for Sex,” the sudden

attention made her feel as if she were blinking in the sunlight.

And you can’t really blame her, because Slate is known as the squeaky voice behind “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” and “Big Mouth,” and the quirky actress doing largely comedic work in “Obvious Child,” “Kroll Show” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”

Those roles wouldn’t necessarily prepare anyone for the part that led to her first Emmy nomination: Nikki Boyer, whose best friend, Molly, goes on a series of...

Elsbeth is setting up the star power for its upcoming third season, starting with Amy Sedaris (At Home With Amy Sedaris), Andy Richter (Late Night with Conan O’Brien), and Lindsay Mendez (American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez), who will all guest star in the premiere episode.

Based on the character featured in The Good Wife and The Good Fight, Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston) is the astute but unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York’s well-heeled murderers, utilizing her unique point of view.

Sedaris will play Laurel Hammond-Muntz, the headstrong and devoted head writer and executive producer of the popular late-night talk show Way Late.

Richter as Mickey Muntz, the hilarious but long-suffering sidekick to Scotty Bristol (Stephen Colbert), the host of Way Late. He’s also Laurel’s husband.

Mendez as Officer Grace Hackett, a hard-working officer and an aspiring stand-up comic when off the clock.

Hulu has ordered the upcoming comedy “Phony” to series with 20th Television, starring Connie Britton and Sam Nivola.

The coming-of-age mystery series will follow Sonny (Nivola), a teenager who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident only to discover that his single mother appears to have been replaced by an impostor. The studio describes Sonny to be the “most beloved student at his high school,” but he is only really understood by his mother Ellen (Britton).

Nick Paley, best known for his work on the Oscar-nominated animated feature “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” will serve as the writer, director and showrunner for the half-hour series. Anthony King will join the team as co-showrunner.

“Phony” will be executive produced by Britton, King and Paley. Other EPs include Charlie Alderman of Charlie’s Production Company as well as Drew Goddard and Sarah Esberg for Goddard Textiles. Andrea Massaro, who also works for Goddard Textiles,...

Ohana means family, which means no one gets left behind, not even Stitch. “Lilo & Stitch,” the live-action remake of Disney’s classic animated feature, will be surfing into Disney+ on Sept. 3.

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“Lilo & Stitch” premiered in theaters on May 23. The film follows a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo (Maia Kealoha) who befriends an unidentified blue alien who crash lands onto Earth from space. Stitch quickly becomes a close friend for Lilo, who is an oddball outcast in her community and lives with her big sister Nani (Sydney Agudong). The two find themselves both hunted by extraterrestrials who want to bring Stitch back to his planet.

“Lilo & Stitch” was directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, who previously directed A24’s stop-motion film, ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” in 2021. The remake also marked Kealoha’s acting debut, and she starred alongside Sydney Agudong as Nani,...

Much like other daily challenges, Framed offers a series of puzzles that must be completed in a set number of times – before it is game over. Unlike other puzzles, though, Framed has you choosing the correct name of the movie as your puzzle’s answer.

These puzzles can be a bit challenging at times, though. Fret not, as I will be listing the solutions for four of today’s Framed puzzles – along with a general breakdown of the whole puzzle.

Framed Classic Solution for Today Image Credits: Framed/FandomWire

Today’s Classic Framed puzzle has you guess the correct name of the movie from a total of 6 slides. These slides will be random stills from the movie in question, and you will have a total of 6 guesses before it’s over.

Today’s answer is ‘13 Going On 30,’ a 2004 romantic comedy starring Jennifer Garner, and has the following attributes:

Genre: Romantic Comedy,...

What does it mean to you to be recognized by the Academy for your performance?

Jason Isaacs (The White Lotus) I never dream about it; I never think about it. I do it for the doing of it. I can’t pretend it doesn’t feel lovely, but I just don’t take it personally. I’m just a conduit for bringing these wonderful stories to life. … The one thing the 23 nominations [that The White Lotus received] have in common is three-dimensional, surprising characters. Watching the final show, I was blown away by everybody; the standards across the board are so extraordinary. That’s because of the writing ability and how it lifts everyone up and encourages them to go bigger and more truthful.

Cristin Milioti (The Penguin) You never know how these things are going to go, and I’m blown away by the amount of nominations we have and...

Nearly a decade after Zootopia stormed into theaters, Walt Disney Animation Studios is finally ready to debut its long-awaited sequel, Zootopia 2, which will return Officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and Officer Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), and send the dynamic duo on a brand new mystery that will see them face a threat unlike any the metropolis has ever seen.

As per the synopsis, "After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia’s history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find their partnership isn’t as solid as they thought when Chief Bogo orders them to join the Partners in Crisis counseling program. But it doesn’t take long for their partnership to be put to the ultimate test when they find themselves on the twisting trail of a mystery tied to the arrival of a venomous snake in the animal metropolis."

In 2016, the first film grossed over $1.025 billion at...

“Ne Zha 2” is coming back to theaters.

A24, the arthouse darling behind “The Brutalist” and “Queer” (among many others), and Chinese company Cmc Pictures are teaming up for an English-language version of “Ne Zha 2,” the Chinese animated blockbuster. The new “Ne Zha 2” rerelease will arrive in theaters across the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand beginning Aug. 22. What’s more, this version will be presented in Imax, 3D and other premium formats.

The English-language cast will be led by “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh.

“Ne Zha 2” was released Jan. 29, on the first day of Chinese New Year, and has grossed more than $2.2 billion globally. A sequel to 2019’s “Ne Zha,” it is based on the Chinese mythological character, along with Xu Zhonglin’s 16th-century novel “Investiture of the Gods,” and written and directed by Yang Yu. According to the official release...

[Editor's Note: This article is reviewed and updated on a weekly basis.]

If you're on this page, you're here for Empire's list of the 26 best kids' movies on Netflix UK — that's what the header promises, and it's what the list that awaits as you scroll down delivers. But for us, it's also a bit of a chance to reconnect with the budding young cinephile within. You see, there’s a unique magic about the films you discover as a child. Whether it’s a fantastical voyage to a wondrous realm, an animated adventure that ignites the imagination, a formative first encounter with a favourite hero or feared villain, or perhaps a poignant coming-of-age tale that helps prepare us to take our first steps into a wider world, of one thing we can be certain — the movies we see when we’re kids stay with us for life.

The very best kids movies go even further, playing a pivotal role in shaping who...

After completing an entire month of release in theaters worldwide, Disney's Lilo & Stitch remake passed the $900 million mark at the worldwide box office this past weekend. It's still on course to hit the coveted $1 billion milestone, but things are getting tight now, with more competition in its path. Lilo & Stitch would want to avoid stalling like Warner Bros.' A Minecraft Movie did some weeks ago. Also poised to pass the $1 billion milestone, the blockbuster ended its run with around $950 million in the bank. Lilo & Stitch has now overtaken A Minecraft Movie at the international box office, while passing another W.B. hit domestically.

With $386 million at the domestic box office, Lilo & Stitch has surpassed the $382 million lifetime domestic haul of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, the massively successful eighth and final installment of the hit franchise. Deathly Hallows 2 remains the series' top-grossing film, and the...

Now in the home stretch of its phenomenal theatrical run, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch is within touching distance of the coveted $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. It would hope to avoid the fate that A Minecraft Movie was met with only a few weeks ago, when it concluded its global run with around $950 million in the bank. With direct competition in the form of Universal’s How to Train Your Dragon remake and Disney’s own Elio, Lilo & Stitch doesn’t have much time left. That being said, the movie passed the $900 million mark this weekend, as it makes a mad dash towards the $1 billion milestone.

With nearly $390 million domestically and another $523 million from overseas markets, Lilo & Stitchhas made $910 million worldwide. It has emerged as the second-biggest Hollywood hit of 2025, behind A Minecraft Movie, which it’ll soon overtake. Produced on a reported budget of $100 million, Lilo & Stitch is also relatively cheap,...

Disney’s live-action “Lilo and Stitch” looks set to dominate the box office for the third weekend in a row.

The film will hold off “Ballerina,” a “John Wick” movie, and it held off Tom Cruise’s “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning.” When the film opened to a record $183 million on Memorial Day weekend, director Dean Fleischer Camp found it “pretty unbelievable. As you know, I’ve made smaller movies in the past, and this one breaking out in the way that way was so validating.”

The film was originally meant to be a direct-to-streaming title, set to air on Disney+, but things changed in 2024, and the film was given a theatrical release. Camp says of the shift, “I and the other filmmakers always believed that it could be a big, perfect summer blockbuster to go see on a huge screen. I’m proud of how hard it delivers on that.

Dean Fleischer Camp freely admits that “Lilo & Stitch” is his favorite Disney animated movie, which is why he wanted to direct the live-action/CG remake that has become a surprise blockbuster hit. He pitched it as “jokes plus tears.” It really was a kindred spirit to his Oscar-nominated “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.” They both share the same DNA: two animated misfits in search of family. If they could only meet — what an adventure that would make.

“I was in high school and it really blew my mind because it didn’t look like any other Disney movie,” Fleischer Camp told IndieWire. “When it came out in 2002, that was one of the reasons why I got into animation. And it didn’t contain the same themes and characters that other Disney movies had. It wasn’t in a fairytale kingdom, and there were no princesses. It was very modern.

It's rare to see a franchise escape from the jaws of death, but that's exactly what happened with the Fast & Furious series. Back in 2009, the Fast & Furious movies seemed to have reached the end of the road. Street racing didn't seem as cool as it did a decade ago, and the most recent installment, Fast & Furious, wasn't as successful as it ought to have been. It was then decided to alter the very DNA of these movies. Universal bet big on this new vision, and the movie that came out of this creative rejig was Fast Five. It was a critical and commercial smash, grossing around twice as much as its predecessor and sending the series into an entirely new direction.

Fast Five recently saw its box office record being smashed by the recently released Disney tent pole Lilo & Stitch. Released in 2011, the movie made a total...

Latvian Oscar-winning animated feature “Flow” has officially passed the €50 million ($57 million) mark at the global box office this week, its sales company, Charades, has confirmed to Variety. The milestone makes “Flow” one of the most commercially successful independent animated Oscar nominees in recent years.

Directed by Gints Zilbalodis and produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well and Take Five, “Flow” has defied expectations for a dialogue-free film made on a modest €3.5 million ($3.7 million) budget. The story follows a cat who survives a devastating flood and finds companionship on a boat with other displaced animals. Without humans present, the animals drift through an abandoned world in search of hope and safety.

While many international animated features have gained festival and awards recognition without significant box office returns, “Flow” has broken that pattern. Excluding Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron,” it stands as the top-grossing indie animated Oscar nominee of recent years.

After a record-setting debut over the Memorial Day frame, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch remake retained its crown this weekend. The movie is inching closer to a humongous domestic box office milestone, but has passed the coveted half-billion mark at the global box office in 10 days flat. In doing so, it has overtaken past Disney films such as Dumbo, Oz the Great and Powerful, and Kenneth Branagh’s 2015 remake of Cinderella. Remarkably, Lilo & Stitch out-grossed the recent Snow White remake’s entire run in its opening weekend.

With over $280 million domestically and another $330 million from overseas markets, Lilo & Stitch’s cumulative global haul stands at $610 million. The movie was produced on a reported budget of $100 million, which is relatively low for the kind of tent pole that it is. For instance, last year’s Mufusa: The Lion King cost over $200 million to produce, while the disastrous Snow White remake is...

Before Disney rebounded in major fashion with its live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, the studio had been having quite a rough ride at the box office this year. Films such as Snow White, Thunderbolts*, and Captain America: Brave New World had all underperformed to varying degrees. While Snow White was an all-out disaster, the two Marvel superhero movies fell short of modest benchmarks. Lilo & Stitch was viewed as the light at the end of the tunnel, and it lived up to expectations with a record debut over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. It has now overtaken each of those films at the box office, the final one to fall being Brave New World.

After just one week of release, Lilo & Stitch has generated $207 million domestically and $213 million from overseas markets, for a running global haul of $421 million. This puts it ahead of Brave New World's lifetime domestic haul of $200 million,...

Disney’s Lilo & Stitch has teed up this summer’s box office to arguably become the best one since Covid with a projected $4.2 billion in the U.S. and Canada after breaking a slew of records over its opening Memorial Day weekend frame.

The $100 million live-action feature take of the 2002 animated classic broke even thanks to its rich merchandise and ancillaries, with a breakeven point of $205 million worldwide per film finance analysts.

Let’s take a look at all the box office records it has broken.

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Biggest 4-Day Memorial Day Weekend Box Office Ever, at $182.6M, unseating 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick ($160.5M).

Biggest Opening Ever For a Rideback Production, with a 3-day of $146M, besting It: Chapter One‘s $123.4M.

Biggest Opening Ever for Director Dean Fleischer Camp. His previous opening was A24’s Marcel the Shell With Shoes On at $159,000 from six theaters.

Biggest 3-day Opening...

This is the best time for movies in theaters. The Memorial Day Weekend releases, Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning and Lilo & Stitch, scored big with surprising opening numbers. They beat the numbers set in the 2013 Memorial Day weekend haul, and Lilo & Stitch went on to break Top Gun: Maverick‘s Memorial Day opening weekend record.

While fans expected the family movie Lilo & Stitch to top Tom Cruise’s MI8 at the box office, the current numbers were never foreseen. Despite opening in second place, Cruise is probably content with the numbers, which marked the highest opening numbers for the franchise, narrowly beating Mission: Impossible—Fallout.

Lilo & Stitch‘s box office numbers during the Memorial Day Weekend Lilo, played by Maia Kealoha, and Stitch in the live-action film Lilo & Stitch | Credits: Walt Disney Pictures

It wasn’t just families who flocked in to see Disney’s Lilo & Stitch during the Memorial Day Weekend.

Even as Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White was struggling at the box office recently, the Mouse House knew that it could rely on Lilo & Stitch to turn the narrative around. The movie debuted this week to a stellar box office response, breaking Memorial Day records and setting itself up for massive success in the long run. It could even end up becoming Disney’s first billion-dollar hit since Moana 2 last year. The studio has been having a rough time at the box office this year, with Snow White tanking horribly, and its two Marvel offerings — Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts* — underperforming both domestically and worldwide.

With $145 million domestically and around $158 million from overseas markets, Lilo & Stitchgrossed around $304 million in its global box office debut. It took just a weekend to out-gross Snow White’s lifetime haul by over $100 million. By comparison, Top Gun: Maverick made...

The big box office clash between Disney’s Lilo & Stitch remake and Paramount’s Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — billed as this year’s “Barbenheimer” — delivered on its promise. Total business over the Memorial Day frame is expected to pass the $300 million mark, thanks to both movies exceeding projections. Lilo & Stitch, in fact, set a new Memorial Day record, overtaking the Tom Cruise-led Top Gun: Maverick from a few years ago. Incidentally, while setting this record, it faced off against Cruise’s latest (and purportedly final) film in the long-running Mission: Impossible series.

Lilo & Stitch is projected to generate $180 million across the extended four-day frame, after grossing around $145 million across the traditional three-day frame; Maverick made $160 million over the Memorial Day holiday frame in 2023. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, who previously made A24’s Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Lilo & Stitchopened to mixed reviews — it holds a...

Lilo & Stitch director Dean Fleischer Camp has finally addressed the absence of one of the animated movie’s fan-favorite characters in the live-action adaptation. The acclaimed filmmaker is best known for his work on the 2021 animated film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

During a recent interview with Cinema Blend, Fleischer Camp explained the creative team’s controversial decision to remove beloved villain Captain Gantu from the live-action Lilo & Stitch. He admitted that they did try to include the said character. However, they just weren’t able to find a way to translate Gantu into live-action, while keeping the story emotional and grounded. “Gantu was one of those things that just didn't work so well in live-action. We explored it a bit, but ultimately we had to make the decision,” he said.

Fleischer Camp continued, “And also I do stand by...

Having recently dealt with a trio of box office underperformers — Mufasa: The Lion King, Captain America: Brave New World, and Thunderbolts* — Disney is poised to bounce back in grand fashion this week, with the long-awaited Lilo & Stitch remake. The movie is projected to break Top Gun: Maverick’s Memorial Day record with around $180 million in its first four days of release, setting itself up for a $1 billion global haul as it faces off against Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Not only are both movies overperforming commercially, they’ve also received encouraging signs from audiences.

Lilo & Stitchearned an A CinemaScore from opening day audiences, as it earned around $60 million at the box office. An A is higher than the A- grades earned by Mufasa, Dumbo, and Alice in Wonderland, and it’s at par with fellow Disney releases such as Cruella, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid,...

Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell With Shoes On), Lilo & Stitch is the latest film by Disney to take one of the company’s classic animated films and remake it into live action. Our review called the film “cute, if not particularly memorable,” and said that “the bloated runtime and jokes that don’t land hold it back from ever being more than diverting, but the impactful emotional beats allow it to still connect.”

Like many Disney films from the 2000s, the original Lilo & Stitch was followed by a direct-to-video sequel, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch. There was also a popular Disney Channel series that ran from 2003-2006. Because of this, there is plenty of material to draw from for a potential sequel for the film.

Spoiler Alert !!!This article contains spoilers for the 2025 live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch.

As with the original film,...

The live-action Lilo & Stitch movie will open alongside Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning this weekend, and Disney is reportedly extremely confident in the film’s ability to perform at the box office. Early metrics have Lilo & Stitch earning much more than Mission: Impossible 8 at the box office during opening weekend, which wouldn’t be a surprise considering the track record of live-action remakes of beloved animated films.

However, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Disney is so sure that Lilo & Stitch will perform well that the studio is already talking about a sequel to the live-action film. Produced on a reported budget of around $100 million, Lilo & Stitch could break even on opening weekend with $200 million or more. Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Alan Bergman told the WSJ that Lilo & Stitch is “the kind of property that lends itself to more.”

This doesn...

The review embargo for Lilo & Stitch lifted earlier today, and as we first reported on Toonado.com, the glowing first social media reactions don't exactly match what critics are saying.

The consensus seems to be that the live-action remake plays it too safe, essentially serving as a shot-for-shot remake of the beloved 2002 animated classic it's based on. The characters, humour, and visuals receive plenty of praise, but many are simply questioning the necessity of another Disney movie that rehashes the same story in a different medium.

How to Train Your Dragon is likely to come under fire for the same reason, but Disney has made a lot of these movies now. Fortunately, Lilo & Stitch sounds like big improvement over Snow White.

Ultimately, reviews are unlikely to matter. Lilo & Stitch is expected to break box office records this Memorial Day weekend, and the opinions of critics rarely make...

The review embargo for Lilo & Stitch lifted earlier today, and as we first reported on Toonado.com, the glowing first social media reactions don't exactly match what critics are saying.

The consensus seems to be that the live-action remake plays it too safe, essentially serving as a shot-for-shot remake of the beloved 2002 animated classic it's based on. The characters, humour, and visuals receive plenty of praise, but many are simply questioning the necessity of another Disney movie that rehashes the same story in a different medium.

How to Train Your Dragon is likely to come under fire for the same reason, but Disney has made a lot of these movies now. Fortunately, Lilo & Stitch sounds like big improvement over Snow White.

Ultimately, reviews are unlikely to matter. Lilo & Stitch is expected to break box office records this Memorial Day weekend, and the opinions of critics rarely make...

When “Lilo & Stitch” opened in 2002, the Disney marketing department cheekily treated its title character — a shape-shifting alien bioweapon — as the studio’s redheaded stepchild. Conceived by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the irreverent original story wasn’t based on a beloved classic like “Pinocchio” or “Aladdin,” and offered nothing even remotely resembling a princess: just a lonely Hawaiian orphan and the unruly addition to her family. Aptly enough, the movie’s teaser poster featured a dozen iconic Disney characters recoiling in horror at the disruptive newcomer.

To say that the big-eared blue critter eventually found its place would be an understatement. Two decades on, Stitch ranks among Disney’s most ubiquitous characters — especially from a merchandising perspective, as that mischievous mug of his can be seen on backpacks, plush toys, T-shirts and, well, mugs of all sizes. So it was only a matter of time before the studio’s...

Did you ever wonder what Lilo & Stitch would look like if it was live-action, a lot longer and not quite as good? If you did, you’re thinking like a Disney executive. The House of Mouse has been chewing away at its own foundations for nearly two decades now and it’s found something else to gnaw on. The 2002 animated classic was practically perfect, and at a lean 85 minutes it’s still a testament to storytelling efficiency. The new live-action remake is more like a testament to low ambition: If it ain’t broke, and if you have no new perspective on the material, it’ll be completely pointless but maybe it won’t suck.

Sure enough, the new “Lilo & Stitch” does not suck, and if the original film never existed the remake’s flaws might be less obvious. As directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, whose debut feature “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On...

The second of Disney’s live-action re-envisionings of its classic animated properties this year, Lilo & Stitch is also likely to be far less controversial. A sweet if fleeting family adventure, the remake of Lilo & Stitch suffers from being too long and some poor casting choices but is salvaged by lead characters and performers that you can’t help but love.

Lilo & Stitch Review

As we all know, Lilo & Stitch tells the story of a young Hawaiian girl and her older sister who find their already tumultuous family life made even more hectic by the arrival of an adorable runaway alien who becomes her unlikely friend. This remake is pretty faithful to the spirit of the original, following the core story somewhat closely and even recreating more than a few scenes.

Related: Snow White Review — Rachel Zegler Shines in a Magical Remake That Surpasses the Original

The...

Jenny Slate has been busy. The multi-hyphenate star — actress, writer, stand-up comedian, former “SNL” player, prodigious voice performer, SAG winner, and so much more — has not only done a little bit everything, but continues to do so at an admirably high level. When this writer last caught up with her it was (somehow?) eight years ago, on the occasion of her “Landline” reunion with her “Obvious Child” compatriots, director and co-writer Gillian Robespierre and writer Elisabeth Holm. Even Slate couldn’t believe how much time had passed.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wow. What have I been up to? My life has changed drastically since that time, and luckily I’m all the better for it,” Slate said with laugh during a recent Zoom with IndieWire.

“I’ve made a lot of my own work: two standup specials, I’ve written two books of little pieces about emotional states,” Slate said. “Those four projects have been really,...

Lilo & Stitch has set multiple records during the first day of its advance ticket sales. The Disney live-action movie is a remake of their 2002 animated release of the same name, which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It will follow young Hawaiian girl Lilo (Maia Kealoha) befriending a chaotic blue alien creature named Stitch (Chris Sanders) after he crash lands on Earth. The upcoming Lilo & Stitch was directed by Marcel the Shell with Shoes On's Dean Fleischer Camp and also stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Hannah Waddingham, Zach Galifianakis, and Courtney B. Vance.

Per Deadline, Lilo & Stitch has earned the most first-day ticket presales for a PG-rated movie of the year so far on Fandango. That distinction had previously gone to A Minecraft Movie, which recently passed the $875 million milestone at the worldwide box office. It has also earned the second-best presales during the...

It’s nearly impossible to critique a film like Joel Souza’s western “Rust” because, in many respects, the film itself feels irrelevant. No matter how “Rust” turned out the inescapable truth is that on October 21, 2021 a tragedy occurred on set, ending the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The film’s star, Alec Baldwin, was rehearsing a shot, brandishing a gun in front of the camera. It fired. It should not have. Regardless of who is to blame — which is a very important question, but not one I’m qualified to answer — Hutchins died from her wounds. The film was put on hold, then finally resumed production, and now… here we are.

Is it a good movie? That depends on your definition of “good,” I suppose. It’s hard to celebrate any production where such an unthinkable, avoidable event took place. And it’s nearly impossible to stop thinking about...

Tickle Me Elmo has just met its match. Disney recently unveiled a wave of new toys inspired by its live-action Lilo & Stitch remake, with Many Moods Stitch primed to go head-to-head with the fan-favorite Sesame Street character in the interactive plush toy category.

Per ComicBook.com, "the Many Moods Stitch interactive plush toy brings Disney Stitch's personality to life! This 13.5-inch Stitch plushie features expressive, LCD screen eyes and over 50 sounds and reactions. Scratch his head to reveal his lovable side, rub his belly for playful antics, or 'feed' him when he’s hungry. Jiggle, tilt, or hold Stitch upside down to activate silly phrases, sound effects, and animated eye reactions—but too much bouncing might make him grumpy! When it’s time to wind down, gently rock Stitch to hear adorable yawns as his eyes close for sleep." The Many Moods Stitch will retail for $39.99 and is available to order on Amazon and Walmart.

Trevor Noah’s Day Zero Productions will launch a climate-themed video game competition on Earth Day in partnership with indie developer Anima Interactive and “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” producer Cinereach.

Dubbed “Day Zero Games: Solarpunk Jam,” the competition will run April 22 through May 10 and culminate with a $10,000 grand prize.

Per the official description for the inaugural Day Zero Games competition, the event “challenges creators to make original video game prototypes that bring climate visibility to the forefront.” The contest “invites developers around the world to imagine hopeful and optimistic climate futures inspired by the solarpunk literary and art movement.”

All participants will receive a narrative toolkit created by Cinereach in partnership with Good Energy offering insights and climate research to inform projects.

Additional sponsors and partners for the competition include International Game Developers Association (Igda), Black in Gaming Foundation, Latinx in Gaming and Games for Change.

The launch...

Step aside, Snow White, a different live-action remake is on the way to solve Disney's box office woes. Early box office tracking for Lilo & Stitch has just been shared, and Disney executives can sigh with relief.

According to film tracking website Quorum (via Deadline), Lilo & Stitch is eyeing a $100 million-plus three-day opening over Memorial Day weekend. If that tracking holds, Lilo & Stitch will surpass the entire domestic box office of Snow White ($81.9M) in one weekend. A $100M+ opening would also be roughly three times larger than the opening of Mufasa: The Lion King ($35.4M), the second-last live-action adaptation of a Disney animated classic. The original animated Lilo & Stitch grossed close to $275 million worldwide during its theatrical run. With the early tracking only factoring in a domestic opening, the upcoming live-action remake could easily surpass the original's worldwide total after a single weekend, so long as the international box...

“Dying for Sex” introduces Michelle Williams as Molly, a cancer patient whose terminal diagnosis gives her a new lease on life.

Soon thereafter receiving her diagnosis, Molly works up the courage to leave her apathetic husband, played by Jay Duplass, in the hopes of dying with her best friend, Nikki (Jenny Slate), while she explores her sexuality for the first time.

Along her journey, Molly connects with several formative people, both at the hospital, as well as in her personal life. The real Nikki even has a cameo in the FX series.

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Michelle Williams as Molly

Michelle Williams stars as Molly, a cancer patient whose newly discovered terminal diagnosis plunges her into a journey of self-discovery and sex, ditching her husband to die with her best friend, Nikki.

After getting her start starring in “Dawson’s Creek,” Williams has starred in “Manchester by the Sea,” “Blue Valentine,” “The Fabelmans,...

The Walt Disney Studios thrilled attendees at the 2025 CinemaCon Convention in Las Vegas today with exclusive looks at its upcoming theatrical releases, including films from its studios – Disney Live Action, Marvel Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, 20th Century Studios, and Searchlight Pictures.

Alan Bergman, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, took the stage at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace to welcome attendees and speak about the outstanding cinematic events that Disney will be delivering to theaters in the coming months.

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Bergman thanked the attendees and then turned the microphone over to Andrew Cripps, head of theatrical distribution, who spoke about the importance of the theatrical experience and the partnerships involved that work together to bring audiences to theaters.

Cripps showcased The Walt Disney Studios’ record-breaking 2024 slate before kicking off the Studio’s 2025 presentation with a montage of footage from Lilo & Stitch, a live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic.

Mere days after she wrapped Dying for Sex, Jenny Slate chopped off all her hair.

She’d had basically the same style all her adult life, but through the process of filming the FX cancer comedy, her locks began to take on new meaning. “I felt that my long hair held the sadness, and I just needed to reboot my physicality,” she says, explaining how she got what was left of her character out of her head. “Usually an extreme haircut means, ‘Oh hey, looks like you’re getting divorced!’ ” she notes. “But this was the first time I’ve changed my appearance because something good happened to me.”

And really, Dying for Sex should be very good to, and for, Jenny Slate. It’s the sort of sure-to-get-noticed prestige limited series — debuting April 4 — that can potentially alter an actor’s career trajectory. Not that Slate, 42, needs much of a course correction.

“The Electric State” is a world filled with robots, and odds are, you’re definitely going to recognize a lot of their voices.

Now streaming on Netflix, the film follows Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown), an teenager living on her own and navigating life in a society where robots — yes, robots, this movie takes place in an alternate version of the 1990s that’s much more futuristic — now live in exile after a failed uprising against humans.

Teaming up with a kind robot named Cosmo, Michelle sets out to find her younger brother, who she thought to be dead. Along the way, she also teams up with a smuggler and his own sassy robot sidekick.

Here are all the faces and voices you’ll recognize in “The Electric State.”

Millie Bobby Brown in “The Electric State” (Netflix) Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown)

Michelle is an orphaned teenager and one of the heroes of the film.

As the song sort of goes, There is no place we'd rather be, than sharing a new trailer for Dean Fleischer Camp's live-action Lilo & Stitch movie. And, handily enough, today the House of Mouse has delivered precisely that — our first proper look at what the Marcel The Shell With Shoes On director has in store as he prepares to bring Experiment 626 into a whole new CGIve-action (as nobody is calling it) dimension. Check out the cute and fluffy alien critter getting up to all sorts of mischief below;

Okay, if we were somewhat apprehensive about a live-action Lilo & Stitch before, then consider us sold now. Introducing Maia Kealoha as Lilo, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani, Kaipot Dudoit as David Kawena, and reintroducing Chris Sanders as our bestest lil' blue guy, this first full trailer for Camp's film strikes that perfect balance between capturing the sci-fi-meets-Hawaii, fish out of...

Disney is ready to dive in with the full trailer for its live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch.

Director Dean Fleischer Camp’s new version of the 2002 animated movie is set to hit theaters May 23. Its stars include Maia Kealoha as Lilo, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani, and Kaipot Dudoit as David Kawena. Rounding out the cast are Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B. Vance and Hannah Waddingham, alongside original voice stars Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, Amy Hill and Jason Scott Lee.

A previous Lilo & Stitch trailer showed the titular blue alien causing no shortage of chaos at the beach. The 2002 feature centers on a Hawaii-based girl named Lilo who adopts a dog that turns out to be a genetically engineered extraterrestrial being with an unfortunate purpose.

“Sometimes family isn’t perfect,” Kealoha tells Stitch in the new trailer. “That doesn’t mean they aren’t good.”

Camp helmed...

Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” are back.

While the live-action version of “Snow White” doesn’t hit theaters until next week, Disney is already promoting its next reimagining, with the first full trailer for the new version of “Lilo & Stitch.” You can watch it below.

Many of the moments in the trailer are direct replicas of similar scenes in the animated classic, which was directed by recent Oscar nominee Chris Sanders and Den DeBlois, who has his own live-action adaptation coming later this summer, with “How to Train Your Dragon.” This time around Dean Fleischer Camp, who directed A24’s extremely charming “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” is handling directing duties, with a cast that includes Maia Kealoha as Lilo, Sydney Agudong as Nani, Zach Galifianakis as Jumba, Billy Magnussen as Pleakley and Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles. Sanders returns to voice Stitch and original voice actors...

"Sometimes family isn't perfect... that doesn't mean they aren't good." Disney has revealed their first full official trailer for Lilo & Stitch, the 2025 live-action remake of the beloved 2002 animated classic. Finally some real footage from this movie! After two fun teasers last year and a Super Bowl spot. This new version looks like an exact copy of the original with all the same characters, about a young girl and her blue alien friend on Hawaii. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker from the lovely film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. Co-director of the original Chris Sanders also returns to voice Stitch. Also with Sydney Elizebeth Agudong as Nani, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, with Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis, introducing Maia Kealoha as Lilo. This is one of the first Disney live-action remakes of this era that I am actually excited about. Looks properly amusing and...

When you wish upon a shooting star, you might just end up with an adorable blue extraterrestrial creature. At least, that’s what happens in the first full-length trailer for Disney’s “Lilo & Stitch” remake.

In the extended look at the live-action reboot, a lonely Hawaiian girl named Lilo is longing for a best friend. After she sees a glowing comet blast across the night sky, she makes a wish and then finds herself face-to-face with Stitch, a dog-like alien experiment whose raison d’etre is creating destruction.

Like the original 2002 animated film, “Lilo & Stitch” follows a young orphan who is being raised by her teenaged sister, Nani. Lilo develops a close bond with Stitch (née Experiment 626) through the Hawaiian concept of “ohana,” which means family — and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

“He is your responsibility. Got it?” Nani says in the trailer, to which Lilo cheerfully replies,...

Flow is the recipient of this year’s Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. And it is a tremendous feat, with it being Latvia’s first Oscar win and continuing the streak of animated feature victories from studios that are not from Disney nor Pixar.

Credit where credit is due for the tiny victor starring a black cat and its non-talking animal friends, it beat both the Pixar tentpole hit Inside Out 2 and the new DreamWorks darling The Wild Robot, directed by Disney veteran Chris Sanders. That was quite a feat.

But for Disney and Pixar, that moment may cause concern for the once mighty studios and its future in winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Current output from both studios is rocky at best. Their last victories are for Soul for 2021, and for Encanto for 2022. Soul stood out from the crowd on that year, with the...

Florence Pugh recently described the tone of Thunderbolts* by comparing it to a certain popular movie studio – which will likely excite some, confuse others, and make others even more skeptical. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had an interesting start to 2025, with the mixed reaction to Captain America: Brave New World balanced out by the overwhelmingly positive response to the first two episodes of Daredevil: Born Again, which premiered this week. Thunderbolts* is the next installment in the MCU and will kick off the summer movie season on the first weekend of May, the same weekend that Marvel previously released Iron Man, Thor, The Avengers, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and both Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Vol. 3.

While speaking with Empire Magazine, star Florence Pugh compared Thunderbolts* – a movie that collects various assassin characters from across the MCU into a team – to a movie released by A24.

The idea of a Barney movie being released by A24, produced by Academy Award-winning actor DanielKaluuya, and written by and starring Emmy-winning actress Ayo Edebiri sounds like a joke in an SNL sketch. However, it most certainly is real. In fact, A24's Barney might be one of the most fascinating IP adaptations since Barbie. The Barney movie was first announced in 2019 but now appears to be gaining some real traction as Kaluuya is putting a strong creative team together for the live-action reboot.

Variety reports that Ayo Edebiri has joined the in-development Barney movie as both screenwriter and star. Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions is partnering with A24 to produce the film, working closely with Mattel Films, the owners of the Barney IP. Even though Kaluuya has been overseeing Barney's creative development as lead producer, he is not expected to star in the film. Details on the plot of Barney are under wraps,...

International animated features have enjoyed success stories in the past, but they’ve typically come in the form of awards rather than box office numbers. This year’s Golden Globe-winning and two-time Oscar-nominated animated feature “Flow” has bucked that trend and recently passed the $20 million mark at the global box office, its sales company Charades tells Variety.

In the dialogue-free film, a catastrophic flood submerges everything in its path, including Cat’s home. There are no humans to be found anywhere, although their material legacy remains. Luckily for “Flow’s” feline protagonist, it finds refuge on a boat full of other displaced animals. Together, the group sets sail on the flood waters for a journey into the unknown.

Director Gints Zilbalodis and the film’s producers at Sacrebleu Productions, Dream Well and Take Five, needed a budget of just €3.5 million ($3.7 million) to create the pic.

Excluding Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron...

The Walt Disney Studios continued the effective marketing campaign for the new live-action family adventure Lilo & Stitch during the Super Bowl. You can now watch the Big Game spot and the previous two teasers online.

The marketing takes a page from how the original animated film was promoted. For that campaign, Stitch invaded other Disney properties such as The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994). This time he’s running loose at the Super Bowl, having some more fun with The Lion King and more.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, Lilo & Stitch is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind the animated feature film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen,...