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Despite its insistence that beauty is only skin deep, The Twilight Zone's "Eye of the Beholder" failed to heed its own advice with regards to the casting of the bandaged—and seemingly hideous—Janet Tyler.

Amy Madigan—who played the iconic character of witchy Aunt Gladys in Zach Cregger's game-changing horror film Weapons—made Oscar history with the biggest gap between nominations for an actress. She was previously recognized 40 years ago based on her performance in Twice in a Lifetime.

Christina Hodson is no stranger to the world of DC, having penned Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey and Andy Muschietti's The Flash. Muschietti will direct The Brave and the Bold.

Featuring the voice talents of Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy and more, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie arrives on the big screen April 1.

Back to the Future star Tom Wilson, who played multiple versions of Marty McFly’s centuries-spanning bully Biff Tannen, revealed why he stopped indulging requests from fans to call them “butthead.” The Freaks and Geeks alum famously tormented Marty (Michael J. Fox) in director Robert Zemeckis’ iconic 1985 sci-fi comedy, before portraying various iterations of Biff across producer Steven Spielberg’s two sequels, 1989’s Back to the Future Part II and 1990’s Back to the Future Part III.

Written by series creator Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone season two episode "The Man in the Bottle" follows the put-upon proprietors of a failing antique shop who come into possession of a wish-granting genie.

Following the box office failure of Indiana and the Dial of Destiny, Lucasfilm quietly axed two spinoff projects.

Paradise starring Sterling K. Brown and Julianne Nicholson returns to Hulu for its second season Monday, Feb. 23. Creator Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) sees the show running for a total of three seasons.

Created by incoming Lucasfilm Co-President Dave Filoni, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord debuts on Disney+ Monday, April 6. Sam Witwer returns to voice the iconic Sith apprentice turned crime boss.

Created by Dalek mastermind Terry Nation, Blake's 7 centered around a struggle between a group of outlaws and the Terran Federation. The reboot will come from The Last of Us and Umbrella Academy director Peter Hoar.

Australian filmmaker Luke Sparke is returning to make a sequel to Primitive War, an indie genre mashup that marries the grittiness of the Vietnam War with visceral dinosaur action.

Starring Nicholas Galitzine (He-Man), Idris Elba (Man at Arms), Jared Leto (Skeletor), Kristen Wiig (Roboto), and Camila Mendes (Teela), Masters of the Universe arrives on the big screen June 5.

The 2026 Oscar nominations are in—and they're heavy on vampires (Sinners), low on witches (Wicked: For Good). Learn what major genre contenders will be competing for Academy gold at this year's ceremony.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy star Gina Yashere chatted with SYFY Wire about her character Lura Thok’s on-screen romance with Tig Notaro’s Jett Reno. The quadrant’s newest favorite relationship was put on full display in episode three, “Vitus Reflux,” with Jett revealing how their love story led to her leaving Captain Burnham and the USS Discovery.

MAD Magazine, the periodical famous for thumbing its nose at pop culture, is taking aim at DC Comics with a special April Fool's Day one-shot.

Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is returning to play Hiccup's long-lost mother Valka in DreamWorks' live-action How to Train Your Dragon sequel.

Sam Esmail's Tesseract, which has nothing to do with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is eyeing a summer 2026 production date with The Running Man star Glen Powell in talks to star.

Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, the iconic duo known for All That and their namesake Nickelodeon sitcom, will meet Frankenstein's Monster is an upcoming horror-comedy flick inspired by the Abbott and Costello crossover with Universal Monsters.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple star Ralph Fiennes revealed why—despite Voldemort’s similarly chalky, bald appearance—his Harry Potter villain didn’t influence Dr. Ian Kelson’s makeup look during his Iron Maiden dance scene. Director Nia DaCosta also detailed filming their movie’s climatic musical number, a choreographed heavy-metal sequence set to the tune of “The Number of the Beast.”

Jake Lloyd and Daniel Logan—who respectively played the young versions of Anakin Skywalker and Boba Fett in the Star Wars prequel films written and directed by George Lucas—recently reunited for a day of fun.