A franchise as old and iconic as the James Bond series will always incite myriad opinions and beliefs in people. Everyone has their own version of the character, as well as their own version of what the character should be. Now it seems that South African filmmaker Wayne Kramer (Running Scared) has his own ideas for how to take the 007 franchise and turn it into a gritty, R-rated film trilogy.

Hell’s Kitchen is a small neighborhood, but that doesn’t mean there’s only room for one hero on the block. While both of these heroes have had absorbing adventures on their on, it has long been established that they will be crossing each other’s paths at some point in the near future – by fully teaming up in The Defenders.

After a 15-year hiatus, Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) will soon walk down the runway yet again. Zoolander 2 has become one of – if not the – most highly anticipated comedies of the coming year, and the release of its first trailer last week only increased that anticipation.

In the world of video games, some AAA franchises pump out titles like clockwork. Every year a new Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed, or NBA 2K installment hits shelves, that keeps these series at the forefront of gamer’s minds. However, not every major game developer operates in such a manner. Take-Two Interactive has now opened up regarding why their Rockstar division does not constantly pump out annual installments of two popular franchises in particular: Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead.

Even superheroes need to call in reinforcements sometimes. While the last three seasons of Arrow have seen Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) face off against Malcom Merlyn (John Barrowman), Slade Wilson (Manu Bennet), and Ra’s Al Ghul (Matt Nable), season 4’s big bad Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough) has arguably presented the greatest threat yet.

Every generation has its “party movies”. From Animal House to American Pie to even the found-footage movie Project X, comedies revolving around partying protagonists are about as American as baseball. These films consistently reaffirm the fun of youth and the adventure that goes along with it. However, just because one gets old does not mean they forget how to have a good time.

After a long hiatus, the Rainbow Six franchise is set to make a return to to lives of video gamers everywhere. Ubisoft’s upcoming Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege seems poised to take the franchise back to its roots by placing an emphasis on unrelenting, tactical gameplay that gives players the power to plan and execute daring raids.

Iconic TV shows from decades gone by have become a tried and true source of inspiration for Hollywood reboots. Following the critical success of the 21 Jump Street franchise, we will soon receive another irreverent take on another beloved series: Baywatch. Dwayne Johnson (Furious 7) and Zac Efron (Neighbors) have already been confirmed to appear in the film, but now it seems the female side of the film’s cast has begun to take shape.

The Flash and Arrow are two very different shows; this difference was never more apparent than last year when Oliver Queen’s trip to Central City – as well as Barry Allen’s subsequent visit to Star(ling) City – played out like standalone adventures. However, times have changed, these heroes are no longer strangers to each others' worlds, and with that, the upcoming Flash and Arrow crossover event will play out significantly differently.

The early seasons of NBC’s The Office will go down as some of the best comedy produced during this era of television. Central to that humor was the antagonistic relationship between cool guy Jim Halpert (John Kraskinski) and beet farmer / borderline psychopath Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson). Jim’s pranks escalated in severity and hilarity over the course of the show’s run, and everyone had their own favorite – including Wilson himself.

Few directors working today can maintain the consistency of Martin Scorsese. The New York auteur has been an omnipresent force in the film industry since the early 1970s, producing acclaimed urban dramas with startling regularity. Scorsese’s upcoming film, Silence, is a historical drama that will take the director out of the city and across the Pacific, for a movie headlined by Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) and Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens).

Internet piracy has effectively changed the landscape of show business forever. As far back as file sharing and Napster, artists – and those who represent them – have had to contend with people who use the digital frontier as a means of acquiring their work for free. This issue very much extends to the film industry, and – regardless of your stance on the matter – continues to rear its head; most recently, the battle between the Motion Picture Association of America and MovieTube has taken a dramatic turn.

The world could absolutely come to an end tomorrow, and somehow zombie fiction would still live on. Undead corpses have held a place in the hearts of horror geeks ever since George A. Romero brought them to the mainstream with Night of the Living Dead in 1968. Now it seems – if we are to believe the rumors – another side of Romero’s undead vision could soon be coming to AMC.

Donald Trump and his republican presidential candidacy may have been front and center during last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, but that does not mean that the sketch comedy show was unable to have some fun with the left as well. The episode’s cold open took shots at all of the democratic candidates – including the welcome return of Larry David as Bernie Sanders.

It’s no secret that franchises have become the bread and butter of Hollywood in recent years. If something’s great and audiences love it, then the only logical thing to do is to give the people more of what they love. While that has been the case for numerous successful films in recent memory, it may not end up being the case for The Peanuts Movie.

Video game culture has had a serious impact on the world of film over the years. Classics of the 1980s like Tron and WarGames would never have come about if the subculture had not staked its claim in such a widespread and decisive fashion. However, there’s a dark side to video game culture that has seldom been touched upon -- a dark side Scarlett Johansson may soon explore.