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Caution: this article contains spoilers for James Gunn's "Superman."

Right from the first scenes of James Gunn's new film "Superman," we know what the film's villain, Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) is up to. Naturally, Luthor hates Superman (David Corenswet), and has been using a cadre of computer experts, supervillain sidekicks, and a masked vigilante of his own to pummel the Man of Steel into the ground. Luthor, before the film has even begun, knows the secrets of Kryptonite, and has carefully studied Superman's fight moves, allowing him to best the superhero in hand-to-hand combat (via the remote-controlled villain Ultraman).

Lex Luthor is also depicted as a tech billionaire with his hands deep inside the world's media. There are brief montages in "Superman" showing pundits parroting Luthor's anti-superman rhetoric on a Twitter-like social media site. Luthor doesn't necessarily own the social media, but it's easy to see the parallels...

Quentin Tarantino’s Movies Ranked By Global Box Office ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia; Netflix )

Quentin Tarantino has consistently demonstrated that independent filmmaking can achieve significant commercial success while maintaining artistic integrity without obliging to studio demands and McU-like franchise formats. The auteur filmmaker has largely influenced contemporary cinema as a proponent of distinctive voices, establishing that their originality can compete within the global marketplace.

Tarantino’s amalgamation of violence, dialogue, and nonlinear storytelling has led to a filmography that spans over three decades, with each release generating significant cultural impact and commercial success. Here’s a comprehensive ranking of all Quentin Tarantino’s theatrical releases based on worldwide box office performance.

1. Django Unchained (2012) Worldwide Gross: $426 Million Rotten Score: 87% Streaming On: Netflix

Plot: This revisionist history is set during American Civil War and sees a freed slave teaming with a German bounty hunter to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in the antebellum South.

Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning North America Box Office(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning remains far from taking its final box office bow, as every passing day sees the Tom Cruise movie beating and crushing competition thanks to its commendable footfalls.

In its sixth week, the Ethan Hunt actioner pulled in over $4.1 million and $2.2 million on Tuesday & Wednesday at the North American box office, and by now, its cumulative total stood at $187.9 million, per Box Office Mojo. The number indicates multiple achievements, though the milestone at hand is M:i 8, surpassing the most successful entry in Keanu Reeves‘ John Wick franchise, Chapter 4.

Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt Beats Keanu Reeves’ John Wick At Box Office, Again

John Wick: Chapter 4 earned $187.1 million domestically back in 2023, a number that has now been overtaken by Cruise’s latest espionage thriller. The same year saw the penultimate Mission: Impossible – The Dead Reckoning also make $172 million,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited hundreds of artists and executives to join the organization!

Wicked star Ariana Grande, Dune‘s Jason Momoa and girlfriend, Hit Man star Adria Arjona, Superman‘s Rachel Brosnahan and Anora breakout Mikey Madison are among the actors who have “distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures.”

“We are thrilled to invite this esteemed class of artists, technologists, and professionals to join the Academy,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang shared in a statement. “Through their commitment to filmmaking and to the greater movie industry, these exceptionally talented individuals have made indelible contributions to our global filmmaking community.”

Keep reading to see the full list of invitees…

According to the Academy website, “Membership selection is based on professional qualifications, with an ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity remaining a priority. Of the 2025 invited class, 41% are women,...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations to join the organization to a new class of filmmakers. Over 500 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures are now welcome to join one of the Academy’s 19 branches.

“We are thrilled to invite this esteemed class of artists, technologists, and professionals to join the Academy,” said Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang via statement. “Through their commitment to filmmaking and to the greater movie industry, these exceptionally talented individuals have made indelible contributions to our global filmmaking community.”

The list of new invitees includes several of the cast and crew of “Anora,” including Best Actress winner Mikey Madison, Best Picture winners Alex Coco and Samantha Quan, and Best Supporting Actor nominee Yura Borisov. Other 2025 Oscar winners like “A Real Pain” star Kieran Culkin, “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham,...

2025 Academy Award winners Mikey Madison, Kieran Culkin and Lol Crawley and nominees Ariana Grande, Sebastian Stan and Brandi Carlile have been invited to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as have other notables including incumbent Oscars host Conan O’Brien, his predecessor Jimmy Kimmel and their respective producers; top executives Tom Quinn of Neon, Jason Ropell of Mubi, Ravi Ahuja of Sony and Shannon Ryan of Disney; plus WME president Ari Greenburg, entertainment lawyer Nina Shaw and Christian Hodell, managing partner of the leading U.K. talent agency Hamilton Hodell.

The list of 534 invitees, released Thursday morning by the Academy, is the largest one issued since 2020, the last year of a half-decade stretch in which the organization recruited huge classes of unprecedented diversity, ranging in size from 683 to a record 928, as part of its response to the #OscarsSoWhite controversy of 2015 and 2016. Subsequent classes were smaller: 395 in...

Oscar has its new voters.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out its annual invitations to membership today, with 534 new invitees. If all of them accept, the new overall membership would be 11,120, of which 10,143 would be eligible to vote for Oscars and run for governance elections.

Among those on the list are newly minted Oscar winners Mikey Madison (Best Actress for Anora) and Kieran Culkin. Among all the invitees this year 91 are past Oscar nominees including 26 winners. The prominent star names include Ariana Grande, Dave Bautista, Jodie Comer, Jason Momoa, Aubrey Plaza, Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Gillian Anderson, Stephen Graham, Andrew Scott, Danielle Deadwyler, and on and on.

The Academy said 41% of the new class are women, 45% belong to underrepresented communities and 55% are from 60 countries and territories outside the United States. If all accept, it would result in an overall AMPAS membership of 35% women,...

As geopolitical tensions rise across the globe, Netflix viewers are turning to a Tom Clancy political thriller. The Sum of All Fears, the 2002 adaptation of Clancy's 1991 novel about a terrorist attack on American soil, has risen to #10 on the Netflix streaming charts. The film features Ben Affleck as the third big-screen portrayer of Clancy's analyst-turned-action man, Jack Ryan. Ryan had already been featured in three films: in the first, The Hunt for Red October, he was played by Alec Baldwin, while in the subsequent two films, Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, he was portrayed by Harrison Ford.

Although all three films were solid box-office hits, the series was rebooted to feature a younger leading man in the form of Affleck; likewise, the book's plotline was altered to make the grizzled veteran Ryan into a wet-behind-the-ears rookie, confronted with an unimaginable crisis on his first week on the job as a CIA analyst.

Something about the names "John" and "Jack" apparently screams unstoppable action hero. John Wick, Jack Ryan, Jack Reacher ... these are some of the biggest action heroes of the last few years. Extend that timeframe a little and you've got John McClane and Jack Bauer. Go even further and you've got John James Rambo, and that's to say nothing of Jason Bourne and James Bond, who feel very much "John" and "Jack"-adjacent.

Paramount and Skydance tried to throw yet another John into the mix with "Without Remorse," a 2021 action thriller that starred Michael B. Jordan as U.S. Navy Seal John Clark — or John Kelly, as he's known in the film. Born in the pages of military fiction novels by Tom Clancy, Clark shared his origin with Jack Ryan, a character who has been portrayed on screen by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, and John Krasinski across five films and a streaming series.

Image Source: Paramount Pictures Remember this piece of fascinating Hollywood history? We’re taking a look back at the shifting sands of the iconic Jack Ryan role! Back during the pre-production of The Hunt for Red October, Harrison Ford was initially offered the part of Jack Ryan but ultimately passed, opening the door for Alec Baldwin. But, as fate would have it, after seeing the first film, Ford apparently had second thoughts. He wanted to jump into the action for the sequels, and he got his wish! Ford went on to star as Ryan in both Patriot Games and Clear & Present Danger. When he took over the role, Ford candidly told us at the time Patriot Games was released that he made a very conscious decision: he chose to completely disregard what Baldwin had done with the character in the original film, truly making it his own. (Click on the...

This year, viewers can enter the world of Tom Clancy in a way they never have before. The first-ever animated series based on the late military thriller writer's work, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, is coming to Netflix. While updating the rest of their animation slate, the streamer has announced that the series will premiere this fall. The series is based on Ubisoft's Splinter Cell video game franchise, which began in 2002 and centers around Fourth Echelon, a fictitious black-ops division of the National Security Agency. Led by Sam Fisher, Fourth Echelon is an elite strike team that emphasizes stealth above all else.

The original Splinter Cell game is considered one of the greatest video games of all time, and has been followed by a number of sequels and tie-in novels. A film adaptation was in the works for many years: Tom Hardy was cast as Fisher, while Doug Liman was attached to direct,...

Harris Yulin was the kind of actor who literally made us sit up and go, “Wait, I know that guy!” Whether he was barking orders in Clear and Present Danger, glowering in Training Day, or stealing scenes as a crooked cop in Scarface, Yulin had the rare ability to turn supporting roles into unforgettable moments. With over 50 years of screen and stage under his belt, he was Hollywood’s go-to guy for authority figures with a bite, and eyebrows that could launch a thousand suspicions.

Emmy-nominated and endlessly versatile, Yulin popped up in everything from Frasier to Ozark to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, playing everyone from judges to schemers to charming oddballs. Sadly, the scene-stealing legend passed away at 87 due to cardiac arrest in New York City. He may never have had one big breakout role, but Yulin left behind a towering legacy built on nuance, grit, and a whole lot of gravitas.

Michael B. Jordan took on a role in the Tom Clancy movieWithout Remorse that has mostly gone overlooked, but according to a former Navy Seal, it includes some very realistic fighting scenes. Clancy is best known for writing the Jack Ryan books that ended up being made into movies, starting with The Hunt for Red October. The Jordan movie, Without Remorse, exists in that world.

Without Remorse follows the Jack Ryan supporting character John Kelly (also known as John Clark). In previous movies, Willem Dafoe (Clear and Present Danger) and Liev Schreiber (The Sum of All Fears) portrayed the character, a black ops soldier who will get his hands dirty, so Jack Ryan doesn't have to. However, the Without Remorse novel is mostly an origin story for the character, as he seeks revenge for his wife's murder.

DJ Shipley reacts to Without Remorse and praises Jordan's performance. He gives it...

Harris Yulin, the character actor of films best known for such cinematic classics as Scarface, Clear and Present Danger, and Ghostbusters 2, passed away this past Tuesday in New York City. Yulin was 87, and his death was announced by his manager, Sue Leibman, as well as his family.

Per Deadline's report, Yulin passed away from cardiac arrest. The actor was very active before his passing, and he was scheduled to begin production on the MGM+ series, American Classic. The show was set to reunite him with Ozark co-star Laura Linney, as well as Kevin Kline. Director Michael Hoffman was quick in reacting to the news:

"Harris Yulin was very simply one of the greatest artists I have ever encountered. His marriage of immense technique with an always fresh sense of discovery, gave his work an immediacy and vitality and purity I've experienced nowhere else. And what he was as an actor,...

Sad news to report today. Harris Yulin, the talented character actor whose commanding presence and distinctive voice made him a memorable figure in dozens of films, television series, and stage productions, is dead. He was 87.

With a career spanning six decades, Yulin got his start on the stage but soon made the leap to the big screen. One of his first significant roles found him playing Wyatt Earp in Doc, a revisionist Western which told the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Stacey Keach played Doc Holliday, and Faye Dunaway (who Yulin dated for a time) played Kate Elder.

Yulin went on to appear in Night Moves, Ghostbusters II, Clear and Present Danger, The Baby-Sitters Club, Cutthroat Island, Multiplicity, Bean, The Hurricane, Rush Hour 2, Training Day, My Soul to Take, The Place Beyond the Pines, and more. He also played Mel Bernstein in Scarface, the corrupt...

Harris Yulin, a prolific Emmy-nominated actor whose career spanned more than five decades across film, television and stage, died Tuesday of cardiac arrest in New York City. He was 88.

The character actor’s many films include “Scarface,” “Clear and Present Danger,” and “Training Day.” He also played Buddy Dieker on the Netflix series “Ozark” from 2017 to 2018.

He guested on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and was Emmy nominated in 1996 for a guest role on “Frasier.”

He made his film debut in 1970 in the black comedy “End of the Road,” but landed his first featured role in Brian De Palma’s “Scarface” in 1983 as Mel Bernstein, a dirty narcotics cop.

The actor was always memorable even in small parts, such as the New York judge in “Ghostbusters II” who agrees to reverse murder charges for a pair of rampaging ghosts.

Yulin was also a well-respected theater actor, making his...

Harris Yulin, the ever-present Emmy-nominated actor who appeared in such films as Scarface, Clear and Present Danger and Training Day and on television in Frasier, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Ozark, has died. He was 87.

Yulin died Tuesday of cardiac arrest in New York City, his family and manager, Sue Leibman, announced.

Although he never found a starring role that made him a household name, Yulin was a familiar face who worked constantly during a career that spanned more than 50 years. “I’m not that high-profile,” he admitted in a 2010 interview with The Irish Times. “I just do the next thing that comes along.”

On Broadway, the character actor performed in 1980’s Watch on the Rhine, 1992’s The Visit, 1997’s The Diary of Anne Frank, 1999’s The Price and 2001’s Hedda Gabler.

He also helmed off-Broadway productions of Baba Goya in 1989, This Lime Tree Bower in 1999 and The Trip to Bountiful...

Harris Yulin, the acclaimed actor who starred in such Broadway productions as Hedda Gabler, The Price, The Visit and Watch on the Rhine and in the films Scarface, Clear and Present Danger, Ghostbusters, and Training Day, among many others, died June 10 in New York City of cardiac arrest. He was 88.

His death was announced by his family and manager Sue Leibman.

Born November 5, 1937, in Los Angeles, Yulin made his New York stage debut in 1963 in James Saunders’ Next Time I’ll Sing to You. He would not make his Broadway debut until 1980 when he starred in a revival of Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine. Multiple Broadway appearances followed, including The Visit, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Price and, his final, Hedda Gabler in 2001.

With his often by turns menacing and laughing demeanor put to effective use, Yulin appeared in such films as Multiplicity, All Square, Wanderland, Omni Loop,...

It's official: Amazon MGM Studios and Viola Davis are making another movie together. On the heels of Davis' Prime Video streaming hit G20, the actor is attached to lead and produce a new thriller at Amazon titled Ally Clark.

According to Deadline, Oscar-winning Rocky franchise producer Irwin Winkler will also produce Ally Clark, which will take audiences "from the marble halls of Washington, D.C. to the sweltering bayous of Louisiana and the icy peaks of Alaska, following investigator Ally Clark (Davis) as she embarks on a perilous inquiry into an international conglomerate following the suspicious death of a close friend."

Phillip Noyce will direct from a script by Jose Ruisanchez and Winkler. Noyce is a veteran of the action-thriller genre, having previously directed the Jack Ryan adaptations Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, both starring Harrison Ford; The Saint starring Val Kilmer; and Salt starring Angelina Jolie. His...

John Krasinski, who portrayed the titular CIA analyst in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, has teased the forthcoming feature film and explained how it differs from the hit TV series, which aired on Prime Video from 2018 to 2023, and ran for four seasons. The movie was confirmed to be in production in February, with Krasinski reprising his lead role, but aside from one image to mark the beginning of filming, the project is quite elusive. Thankfully, the franchise's main star has now provided some insight into what fans can expect from the spin-off.

Krasinski is the latest actor to bring Jack Ryan to the big screen, following previous interpretations by Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October), Harrison Ford (Clear and Present Danger), Ben Affleck (The Sum of All Fears), and Chris Pine (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit), but he admits that it's "a whole different ballgame" to shooting the series. The...

April is bringing fresh movies, shows, and specials to Paramount+! Whether you love action, comedy, or family-friendly content, there’s something for everyone. Get ready for new originals, classic favorites, and exclusive premieres. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming next month!

1. The Last Stop in Yuma County (April 1)

A traveling salesman, stranded at a remote Arizona rest stop, becomes caught in a dangerous hostage situation when two ruthless bank robbers arrive, willing to use violence to protect their stolen money.

2. Before Dawn (April 1)

A young man leaves his family’s sheep farm in the Australian outback and joins his fellow countrymen on the Western Front during World War I, hoping to help bring an end to the brutal conflict.

3. An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile special (April 6)

Filming on March 26 at London’s Palladium Theatre, a primetime concert special will feature live performances by Elton John and Brandi Carlile,...

A critical movie in the Jack Ryan franchise, The Sum of All Fears, is now available on Paramount+. It's a must-watch before John Krasinski's new Jack Ryan film arrives.

Ben Affleck stars as a younger Jack Ryan in The Sum of All Fears. The film was a reboot of the franchise, based on Tom Clancy's 1991 novel of the same name. Affleck took over the lead role from Harrison Ford, who previously played Jack Ryan in 1992's Patriot Games and 1994's Clear and Present Danger. Morgan Freeman starred alongside Affleck as Dci William Cabot.

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The Sum of All Fears sees an Austrian Neo-Nazi plot unfolding with the aim of triggering a nuclear war between the United States and Russia.

Julius Onah had to "pinch" himself when he was directing Harrison Ford in 'Captain America: Brave New World'.The 42-year-old filmmaker had been a huge fan of the 'Star Wars' legend for decades but while he was initially in awe of the 82-year-old actor, he soon found he was open to collaboration and was keen to "feel directed and be directed".He told The Hollywood Reporter: "I’m originally from Nigeria, and I grew up traveling around the world, but when I first moved to America at the age of 10, the second movie I ever saw in theaters was 'Clear and Present Danger'. "And so when I first was interacting with Harrison and went over to his place, you definitely have those pinch yourself moments, but he wanted to collaborate. He wanted to figure out his character. He wanted to feel directed and be directed. "So all...

Paramount's Jack Ryan reboot movie, The Sum of All Fears, is climbing the Netflix charts and currently sits at number four. The film was meant to relaunch the Ryanverse with a younger cast, and featured Ben Affleck as the famous CIA analyst. The cast was stacked, with Morgan Freeman as Dci William Cabot, James Cromwell as President Fowler, Phillip Baker Hall as Defense Secretary Becker, and Liev Schrieber as fan-favorite John Clark.

Phil Alden Robinson (The Field of Dreams) directed The Sum of All Fears, and it opened on May 31, 2002, not long after 9/11. The film follows Ryan as he tries to stop nuclear war from breaking out between the United States and Russia, following a nuclear bomb going off in Baltimore. The villains are re-worked into Austrian neo-Nazis who want war to happen so they can create a new fascist state in Europe.

The original trilogy of Jack Ryan...

Few things are as arbitrary and unpredictable as the titles that reign over Netflix's weekly streaming charts. It certainly makes sense for new films or shows to climb up the popularity ladder, but oftentimes, titles of a dubious variety make it to Netflix's Top 10 list. Recent examples include the painfully mediocre Dylan Sprouse-starrer "Aftermath," or the barely interesting Cameron Diaz action comedy, "Back In Action." Then there are those that make a sudden resurgence on Netflix for no discernible reason. Such is the case with the 2002 spy thriller "The Sum of All Fears," which is currently sitting at #8 on this week's Top 10 Netflix movies list (via FlixPatrol).

First and foremost, this is a Jack Ryan movie. "The Sum of All Fears" was designed to serve as a reboot of the ongoing "Jack Ryan" franchise, as well as a markedly different interpretation of Tom Clancy's source material. Ben Affleck...

Lynne Marie Stewart, the actress known for roles in Pee-wee’s Playhouse and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, has died. She was 78.

Elvira star Cassandra Peterson was one of several to pay tribute to the actress Friday on Instagram after coming up together at The Groundlings in Los Angeles and appearing in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) and The Elvira Show (1993) together.

“My heart is breaking upon hearing the news of my dear friend @lynnestewart78 Lynne Stewart’s passing,” wrote Peterson on Instagram. “One of the kindest, sweetest, funniest women who ever lived. The iconic Miss Yvonne of Pee-wee’s Playhouse: She’ll always be ‘the most beautiful woman in Puppetland.'”

Born Dec. 14, 1946 in L.A., Stewart was a member of The Groundlings in the ’70s, where she met Peterson, Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman.

Stewart was most known and beloved for playing Miss Yvonne and other roles in Reubens’ Pee-wee franchise,...

Lynne Marie Stewart, best known for her role as Miss Yvonne in Pee-wee's Playhouse and other projects featuring Paul Reubens' Pee-wee Herman, has passed away. She was 78 years old.

The news of Stewart's passing was announced by Cassandra Peterson, better known by her Elvira persona, in a post on Instagram. Peterson, who was friends with Stewart, shared an image with the caption noting, "My heart is breaking upon hearing the news of my dear friend Lynne Stewart’s passing. One of the kindest, sweetest, funniest women who ever lived. The iconic Miss Yvonne of Pee-wee’s Playhouse: She’ll always be 'the most beautiful woman in Puppetland.'”

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Stewart appeared in Peterson's 1988 film, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, and she'd later reunite with Peterson for The Elvira Show in 1993. In the image posted, Peterson and...

As was evident from the first rumblings that he'd appear in the movie, the casting of Harrison Ford in Marvel Studios' "Captain America: Brave New World" is a savvy choice. For one thing, Ford makes for a darn decent replacement for the late William Hurt, who was the original actor to portray General-turned-Secretary Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross beginning in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk" and continuing through 2021's "Black Widow." Ford has the necessary gravitas, gruffness, temper, and fortitude to take on the role of a wartime general who becomes embroiled in the politics of a world increasingly beset by massive threats, both domestic and international. Really, the only element missing is Ross' signature mustache, perhaps nixed at Ford's request.

Of course, there's another reason why Ford's appearance in the movie is so apt, and that's because in "Brave New World," Ross has recently been elected as the President of the United States.

Captain America: Brave New World marks director Julius Onah's fourth time directing a feature-length project, putting the relatively unheralded filmmaker among some top Hollywood veterans. Onah credits one of those veterans, acclaimed actor Harrison Ford, for making his experience worthwhile, claiming that meeting him remains a "pinch me moment" he'll always cherish.

During an interview with Deadline, Onah delved into his collaboration with Ford on Brave New World as they carved out Ford's Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as U.S. President Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross/Red Hulk. The Nigerian-American filmmaker recalled watching Ford in Indiana Jones films as a child and in Clear and Present Danger after moving to the U.S., never thinking he'd have the opportunity to work with someone like him on a major production.

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Exclusive: It has been 30 years since Captain America: Brave New World director Julius Onah relocated from Nigeria to America, but he still remembers his first theatrical experience like it was yesterday. It was Harrison Ford in his iconic role as Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger, and Onah in particular hung onto the White House scene when Ford’s character refused to give a pass to a president whose blind desire for revenge backfired horribly.

Onah not only directed Ford playing the U.S. President in Captain America: Brave New World, he also provided the template for the iconic star to transform into a red Hulk.

“I’m still pinching myself,” Onah tells Deadline about Brave New World, which hits theaters globally today.

Mentored by Spike Lee as he matriculated at NYU, Onah relaunched Marvel’s Captain America franchise, this with Anthony Mackie stepping in for Chris Evans to hold the shield.

For Nigerian-American director Julius Onah (“The Cloverfield Paradox”), entering the MCU with “Captain Marvel: Brave New World” provided the opportunity to make a paranoid thriller, one in which Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, the new, untraditional Captain America, must stop a global threat involving the powerful substance adamantium.

However, Onah was especially attracted to exploring Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, in many ways the driving force of “Brave New World.” He’s the newly elected President of the United States, who wants to reform his extreme militaristic reputation and obsession with hunting Hulks, who becomes what he hates when he transforms into Red Hulk.

”When we meet him in the story, he’s estranged from his daughter, Betty [Liv Tyler],” Onah told IndieWire. “Yet now he’s trying to be an elder statesman, he’s trying to be a diplomat, he wants to turn a new leaf. And...

Director Julius Onah had big shoes to fill with the next Captain America movie, as the previous two movies in the franchise, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, were critically lauded for their portrayal of Steve Rogers. Now, with Sam Wilson taking on the shield, Onah has jumped on board to tell this story, which he has described as a paranoid thriller within a superhero movie. Captain America: Brave NewWorld follows Wilson's Captain America as he finds himself at odds with newly-elected President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford), and as it turns out, the actor playing the President had a huge impact on Onah's early childhood.

Onah, who is a Nigerian immigrant, told Vanity Fair a story about theatrical experiences that helped shape who he would become as a storyteller. Having been eleven years old when he moved to the United States with his family, it was...

Since 1990's "The Hunt for Red October," Tom Clancy has been a frequent pick for adaptation on film and television. The late author's signature brand of technical espionage and cat-and-mouse geopolitics lent itself naturally to the big screen, and the success of "Red October" spawned a whole Clancy franchise.

As is often the case, though, the quality of these adaptations has wavered over the years, with some absolute highs and equally notable lows. This is especially true of the movies and series centering Jack Ryan, Clancy's frequent protagonist. The vast majority of Clancy screen adaptations have involved Jack Ryan, with five different actors playing him in major projects since Alec Baldwin first donned the CIA analyst's mantle in 1990. But how do these different versions stack up against each other? And which is definitively the best?

To answer those questions, we go to the fans. Every Jack Ryan series and movie...

Harrison Ford's turn as Jack Ryan is heading to a new streaming home in the new year.

Per Paramount+, both of Ford's Jack Ryan films will be added to the streaming platform's catalog on January 1. This includes 1992's Patriot Games, as well as its 1994 sequel, Clear and Present Danger, which stand as the second and third silver-screen adaptations of acclaimed author Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, respectively.

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Based on the 1987 novel of the same name, Patriot Games stars Ford as retired CIA analyst turned history professor, Jack Ryan, who is dragged into a world of conspiracy and intrigue after helping to foil the attempted kidnapping of a member of the British Royal Family.

While the doctors were normally the stars of House, in season 6, episode 4, "The Tyrant," James Earl Jones plays a one-off character that stole the episode and changed the course of the entire show. House had many actors make cameo appearances, and Jones played a character that was completely against type. Jones' character was President Dibala of an unnamed African country, who Dr. Allison Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) calls "one of the most repressive dictators in the world."

Dr. Robert Chase (Jesse Spencer) and Cameron are happily married and, while still part of the cast of House, they no longer work for House directly, but they are asked to help on Dibala's case. This causes Chase and Cameron a lot of ethical stress, because Dibala is accused of repressing an ethnic rebellion through genocide, and initially, Cameron finds treating him reprehensible but Chase finds it "interesting." Because Jones brings so much to...

"Bones" was led by David Boreanez and Emily Deschanel as FBI agent Seeley Booth and forensic anthropologist Temperance "Bones" Brennan, respectively. But while this duo were the core of the series, no TV show can last a full 12 seasons without some support from other cast members. In the case of "Bones," the Fox procedural was undergirded by a wide array of supporting characters and guest stars who helped to give the series its enduring appeal. Alongside the team of "squints" at the fictional Jeffersonian Institute Medico-Legal Lab — the idea for which was brought to the show by a real detective — there was an array of guest stars who helped expand the "Bones" universe, many of whom became fan-favorites.

Just take Patricia Belcher, who played U.S. Attorney's office federal prosecutor Caroline Julian. She remains the only "Bones" guest star to appear in every season of the series from 2005-2017. First...

It's often repeated that Harrison Ford hates "Star Wars" and Han Solo, the movie and role that made him a star. Ford himself leans into this, such as when he destroyed a Han Solo action figure on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Even while first filming the original 1977 "Star Wars," Ford wasn't the biggest fan of George Lucas' script: He memorably exclaimed "George! You can type this s***, but you sure can't say it!" Granted, it seems less that Ford despises "Star Wars" and more that he's just unsentimental about it. For him, playing Han Solo was just a successful gig, nothing more, and he's frustrated by the superfans who insist on always beating the dead tauntaun.

That unsentimental approach showed itself in his comments about being in "Star Wars" to Vanity Fair: "'Star Wars' was a big success, so I was happy to come back and play Han Solo again,...

Tom Clancy's Super Spy has been gracing screens since 1990 when he was portrayed by Alec Baldwin in Clear and Present Danger, and each Jack Ryan movie and TV show since has seen the titular character with a different job. Plenty of actors have played Jack Ryan, with Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, and John Krasinski all having stepped into his combat boots. This has given audiences varying interpretations of this heroic and complex character.

In all of his adventures, Jack Ryan took on many roles within the CIA, as well as the Marines, and various financial companies. A master of all trades, his intelligence, bravery, and out-of-the-box thinking took him from entry-level analyst to some of the highest-ranking positions within the Agency. Whatever role he took on, Jack Ryan's movies and TV shows all saw the character go above and beyond to make sure all hostages were saved,...

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In this age of superhero movies, we rarely see a blockbuster take over the conversation in pop culture. Yes, I know there is Top Gun: Maverick, Barbie, and Oppenheimer but the true era of blockbusters is long gone and so are the movie stars there were times when blockbusters were all the rage and in this list, we are talking about that time, 1990s. Countless films were released in the 1990s and several of them became blockbusters but now many people don’t even remember them and even if they do they are not talking about them. So, we took it upon ourselves to create a list of the best 10 forgotten blockbusters that were released in the 1990s.

Air Force One (Rent on Prime Video) Box Office: $315.2 Million Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79% Credit – Sony Pictures

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Amazon Prime is set to continue the story of Jack Ryan with an upcoming feature film on the service's streaming platform. John Krasinski's return to the role comes after his five-year performance in the critically acclaimed Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series on Prime. The new Jack Ryan movie is still in development, but the studio has confirmed the return of two stars from the series, including Wendell Pierce as James Greer. The movie is a testament to John Krasinski's impressive feat as a Jack Ryan actor, which mostly sets him apart from the likes of previous portrayals by actors such as Harrison Ford.

Harrison Ford remains unrivaled across all Jack Ryan movies and TV adaptations, as he is the only actor to play the role in two movies. Ford's opportunity arose after executives decided to move away from Alec Baldwin's original portrayal of Jack Ryan in...

Amazon MGM Studios announced a Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan movie, which means John Krasinski will accomplish feats no other Jack Ryan actor has. The upcoming Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan feature film will be directed by Andrew Bernstein, who was executive producer and director of Prime Video's Jack Ryan season 2. Co-executive producer and Jack Ryan season 4 writer Aaron Rabin is writing the script. Krasinski is producing the new Jack Ryan feature film with Wendell Pierce and Michael Kelly set to return as James Greer and Mike November.

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan ran for 4 seasons on Prime Video from 2018-2023. John Krasinski's version of Jack Ryan was based on the character from Tom Clancy's novels but didn't directly adapt the author's stories. Instead, Prime Video's Jack Ryan series told new tales set in the modern-day geopolitical arena, rebooting Jack Ryan and his familiar cast of characters like Wendell Pierce's James Greer and Abbie Cornish's Dr.

Jack Ryan is suiting up again.

John Krasinski is set to reprise his role as Tom Clancy’s intrepid CIA analyst in a feature film from Amazon MGM Studios. The film is described as an extension of the Prime Video spy thriller series “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” and an “evolution of the franchise.”

Wendell Pierce, who starred alongside Krasinski in the series as Ryan’s boss James Greer, is also confirmed to reprise his role, while Michael Kelly is in negotiations to return as CIA agent Mike November.

Andrew Bernstein, who served as an executive producer and director on Season 2 of the series, is directing the film from a script penned by Aaron Rabin, who served as a co-executive producer and writer on Season 4 of the series. Krasinski and Allyson Seeger are producing via Krasinski’s company Sunday Night. Andrew Form is also producing. The film is produced in...

John Krasinski's time as Jack Ryan might be over on the small screen, but it looks like he will reprise his role on the big screen in an upcoming feature film. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, often just referred to as Jack Ryan, premiered on Prime Video in August 2018 and featured John Krasinski as the title character, a former U.S. Marine officer and Afghanistan war veteran working as a financial analyst for the CIA. The series is based on Tom Clancy's popular book series and featured characters from across the Ryanverse, as fans call it. Jack Ryan ran for four seasons and concluded in July 2023, and was consistently one of Prime Video's best-performing series.

It appears that the Jack Ryan story isn't done yet. Deadline reported that Krasinski is set to reprise his Jack Ryan role in an upcoming feature film for Amazon MGM Studios, where he will also serve as executive producer.

John Krasinski’s Jack Ryan era isn’t over yet.

TVLine has confirmed that Amazon MGM Studios is developing a Jack Ryan feature film, which will serve as an extension of the Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan series that Krasinski led on Prime Video. He’ll be back to star as the title character in the potential flick.

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Harrison Ford has been well-known for his performances in his action-driven films such as playing Indiana Jones in the ‘Indiana Jones saga’ and Han Solo in the ‘Star Wars’ films. They have been two successful franchises that had given Harrison some other opportunities for other action roles. However, he also proved to be a wonderful actor by even starring in experimental sci-fi movies such as Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi cult favorite ‘Blade Runner’ (1982). 1970s Harrison Ford was born on July 13th, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Ripon College in the state of Wisconsin. He also took some minor acting roles in film and TV. Despite the fact that he was trying to break into the entertainment industry, he was also a carpenter. Around the early 1970s, he landed a small part in George Lucas’ film ‘American Graffiti’ (1973). This was after the famous sci-fi director made his powerful debut film ‘Thx-1138,...

Legendary star of stage and screen James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93, it has been confirmed. The Egot winning actor, whose inimitable baritone brought life to the likes of The Lion King's Mufasa and Star Wars villain Darth Vader, died this morning at his home in Dutchess County, New York, Jones’ representatives shared with Deadline.

Born in Arkabutla, Mississippi on 17 January, 1931 to Ruth and Robert Earl Jones, it may surprise you to learn that James Earl Jones — one of the great masters of oration across film, TV, and theatre — overcame great struggles to gain control of his voice as a child. Having moved from Mississippi to Michigan to live with his maternal grandparents at just 5 years of age, Jones grew up with a profound stutter, and has in the past gone on record describing how he was all but mute throughout primary and early secondary school.

Sad news: actor James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93, leaving one hell of a career behind him.

Ah, some sad news to report. The mighty, brilliant James Earl Jones has died, it’s been confirmed. An incredible actor across stage and screen, he was 93 years old.

His career spanned seven decades, and perhaps his most known role is one that people don’t see him as: Darth Vader. James Earl Jones memorably voiced the character rather than Dave Prowse (who did everything else). But then Jones had a voice that stood alone. Just listen to the authority and depth to his tones as Mufasa in The Lion King.

In front of the camera though, when we did get to see him? Well, watch him steal the end of Sneakers. Take the gravitas he lends to his role as Greer in Patriot Games and Clear And Present Danger.

Very sad news to report today as it has been confirmed that James Earl Jones has died at the age of 93. The actor is best known for providing the iconic voice of Darth Vader throughout the Star Wars franchise, but that’s really only scratching the surface of his incredible legacy. A huge loss.

For an actor known for his deep, commanding voice, it’s remarkable that he struggled with speaking at an early age. When he was just five years old, he was sent to live with his grandparents in Michigan. The experience was so traumatic that he developed a severe stutter that led to him refusing to speak. “I was a stutterer. I couldn’t talk,” Jones explained. “So my first year of school was my first mute year, and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.” The actor credited his English teacher, Donald Crouch,...

James Earl Jones, the prolific film, TV and theater actor whose resonant, unmistakable baritone was most widely known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader, died Monday morning at his home in Dutchess County, N.Y., his rep confirmed to Variety. He was 93.

After overcoming a profound stutter as a child, Jones established himself as one of the pioneering Black actors of his generation, amassing a bountiful and versatile career spanning over 60 years, from his debut on Broadway in 1958 at the Cort Theatre — renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre in 2022 — to his most recent performance in 2021’s “Coming 2 America.” For that film, Jones reprised his role as King Jaffe Joffer from the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy “Coming to America” — one of several roles, along with Darth Vader, that Jones revisited, including the voice of King Mufasa in Disney’s animated feature “The Lion King” in 1994, the 1998 direct-to-video sequel and the 2019 remake,...

James Earl Jones, the Egot-winning actor known for voicing Darth Vader in the Star Wars franchise for four decades, has died at age 93.

Jones passed away at his home in Dutchess County, New York, on Monday, September 9th, according to the actor’s representatives.

The son of actor and boxer Robert Earl Jones, James Earl Jones was born in Arkabutla, Mississippi on January 17th, 1931. His father left the family shortly after his birth, and Jones was raised by his maternal grandparents in Michigan from the age of five. Jones found the transition to living with his grandparents so traumatic that he developed a stutter and spent his time in school mute. He credited his high school English teacher, Donald Crouch, for helping him with his stutter; Crouch discovered Jones had a talent for poetry, and encouraged him to read his work aloud in class.

After graduating high school in 1949, Jones attended the University of Michigan,...