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Popculturology • Friday Newsletter

James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is great because its Superman is good

The DCU begins with a bang. PLUS: The third ‘Dune’ movie loses its ‘Messiah,’ Jon M. Chu takes the wheel for ‘Hot Wheels,’ and Larry David teams up with ... Barack Obama?

Popculturology • The Box Office Report

Get your dinosaur puns ready. ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ stomps to $147.3M 5-day debut.

It T-Rex’d the box office? It Pteranodon’d the weekend crown?

Popculturology • Friday Newsletter

Is Ryan Gosling’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ the next ‘Martian’?

The duo behind ’The Lego Movie’ brings Andy Weir’s latest book to life. PLUS: The first ‘Running Man’ trailer, Amazon wants a baby ‘Bond,’ and Disney plans an ‘Indy’ reboot?

Popculturology • The Box Office Report

Vroom vroom. ‘F1’ races to a No. 1 opening for Brad Pitt

The heavily promoted movie lapped its opponents to give director Joseph Kosinski and Apple a big win.

Popculturology • The Monthly

The Monthly June 2025

Three things to know. Two trailers to watch. One article to read. Here’s what you need to know for this month.

Popculturology • Friday Newsletter

The next ‘James Bond’ director is Villeneuve. Denis Villeneuve.

The ‘Dune’ director will helm Amazon MGM Studios’ franchise reboot. PLUS: Sorkin to write and direct ‘Social Network’ sequel, ‘Fantastic Four’ gets final trailer, and Channing Tatum is ‘Roofman.’

Popculturology • The Box Office Report

‘Elio’ no ... Pixar’s latest crash lands with studio’s worst debut

Universal’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ redo holds on to the No. 1 spot while ’28 Years Later’ scares up franchise’s best debut.

Popculturology • Friday Newsletter

‘Always Sunny’ gangs up on ‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘The Golden Bachelor’ in new trailer

The series returns for Season 17 next month. PLUS: Cruise and Parton get honorary Oscars, Gunn talks ‘Superman,’ and the summer of Seth Meyers continues.

Popculturology • The Box Office Report

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ redo reheats box office with an $83.7M opening weekend

A live-action remake dethrones a live-action remake to claim the No. 1 spot.

Popculturology • Friday Newsletter

The summer of Seth Meyers

As if his late-night show, YouTube segment and two podcasts weren’t enough, the host is suddenly everywhere. PLUS: It’s splitsville for Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney turns its lawyers on an AI image generator, and a Wonder Woman movie is in the works.

Popculturology • The Box Office Report

‘Ballerina’ loses to ‘Lilo & Stitch’ remake in box office dance off

The ‘John Wick’ spinoff didn’t have the moves to dethrone Disney’s latest live-action cash grab.

Popculturology • Friday Newsletter

First ‘Wicked: For Good’ trailer brings the fight to the Wizard

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande take us back to Oz. PLUS: Trailers for ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ and more, first look at Josh Brolin in ‘Whalefall,’ and Marc Maron ends ‘WTF.’