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My friends, I’m about to go on a rant. Before I get in too deep, though, I’d like to say that I’m not trying to take away from any picture on the 2024 movie schedule that hasn’t been nominated. And hey, the 2025 Golden Globe nominations have rewarded some pretty fantastic movies from this year’s calendar. But with the pleasantries aside, I need to go into why I’m still pretty mad that writer/director Alex Garland’s Civil War was shut out of this year’s crop of nominees.

Willem Dafoe is renowned for his tireless work ethic in the acting industry, a reputation he has maintained over many years. In the year 2024, he graced the screens in four different productions, namely ‘Kinds of Kindness’, ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’, ‘Saturday Night’, and ‘Nosferatu’. During interviews for ‘Nosferatu’, where Dafoe plays a character determined to annihilate the malevolent Count Orlock, he was queried by Entertainment Tonight about a cherished role, Norman Osborn, also known as the Green Goblin. They asked if he might revive this role in Marvel’s forthcoming ‘Spider-Man 4’. Dafoe responded:

Enthusiasts of Miles Morales’s animated journey in “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” have recently been given a progress report on the series’ eagerly awaited finale, but it’s far from the news they were hoping for. As shared by voice actor Jharrel Jerome, he hasn’t started recording lines yet for “Beyond the Spider-Verse”, implying that a firm release date is likely still a few months off.

The story about the Boy Who Lived has enchanted audiences around the world. The Harry Potter book series has sold hundreds of millions of copies, breaking all sorts of records in the process. Naturally, Hollywood had to cash in on the Harry Potter mania. Warner Bros. created the Harry Potter film franchise, bringing J.K. Rowling’s fantastical words to life on the big screen. It’s been nearly 20 years since Rowling finished her books, and almost 15 years since the film series ended. And yet, there continues to be a ton of interest and fanfare around the Harry Potter franchise — so much so that Warner Bros. is trying their hand at another adaptation.

“Cool story, man.” The 2010 cult-classic film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is chock-full of one-liners and beloved, riotous characters, including the gloriously deadpan Kim. The drummer and ex-girlfriend to Scott is played to perfection by Alison Pill, helping to bring to life the delicious ensemble first laid out in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s iconic graphic-novel series. The creator was then heavily involved in Edgar Wright’s acclaimed film adaptation — and next came the highly anticipated anime series on Netflix. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off has been perceived to be a one-and-done sort of project, but, of course, we’re itching for more. MovieWeb was fortunate to catch up with Pill, who had reunited with her film co-stars for the animated show, to gather any additional insight into the thrilling franchise’s future. She told us: