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Game of Thrones (opens in new tab)’ sixth season gave us plenty of memorable moments, and the reveal of how Kristian Nairn’s Hodor got his name in episode 5 is right at the top of that list. It wasn’t long before “hold the door” – a phrase which now has …

The next chapter in the Prometheus saga arrives in theaters one year from now. Alien: Covenant (opens in new tab) takes the first step toward bridging the gap between Ridley Scott’s 2012 outing and the original Alien saga. Thing is, we’re still not sure exactly how that’s going to happen …

The first poster and trailer for The Great Wall (opens in new tab) debuted online last week, and controversy swiftly followed. Many took issue with the fact that both marketing materials placed a heavy focus on Matt Damon, whose white American looks to be the hero of a film set …

While we don’t know which cast member of The Walking Dead (opens in new tab) will be on the receiving end of a barbed wire bat in the season 7 premiere, the brutal death will most definitely have a massive impact on Rick (opens in new tab) and the rest …

Cast and crew gave each other tattoos. Writer/director David Ayer (Training Day (opens in new tab), Fury (opens in new tab)), an ex-Navy man, used military tactics to reduce his cast to a state of physical and mental exhaustion. A psychiatrist was available on set. Cara Delevingne, playing a witch, …

The Alien sequel that everyone’s gunning for is the one that remains up on blocks. Neill Blomkamp teased an Aliens follow-up in early 2015 with a bunch of concept art that left jaws on the floor. Ripley *and* Hicks… ALIVE? Say it ain’t so! Since then, the project went from …

Fast & Furious 8 has been shooting for quite a while now, and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has already given us a tease (opens in new tab) of what Hobbs will be up to when we see him in cinemas next summer. The actor took to his Instagram once again …

Captain America: Civil War introduced us to a much younger version of Peter Parker than we’re used to seeing on the big screen, and we’ll be getting a much better sense of his high school and superhero life in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming (opens in new tab). Right now Tom …

Largely dismissed as an artistic and commercial disappointment – despite landing a Best Song Oscar nod for Helen Reddy tearjerker ‘Candle on the Water’ – 1977’s Pete’s Dragon might seem an odd choice to receive a CGI makeover. But not half as odd as the Mouse House handing the directorial …

One of the many plot threads Game of Thrones (opens in new tab) left dangling in season 6 was the fate of Iain Glen’s Jorah Mormont. The last time we saw him he was being sent away by Daenerys to find a cure for his Greyscale, and some social media …