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San Diego Comic-Con will go without two massive HBO series this year. HBO announced on Thursday that Game of Thrones and Westworld will not be making appearances at the always-bustling entertainment convention in California in July.

No, dear reader, you aren't suffering from a sci-fi series-centric case of déjà vu — Star Trek: Discovery really did lose its showrunners for a second time. Showrunners Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts have officially exited Discovery, with executive producer Alex Kurtzman set to take over.

​American Horror Story​ is heading back to the coven with its eighth season, apparently titled ​Witches Rule​. Show co-creator Ryan Murphy shared the news in a post on his Twitter account​, revealing that the long-teased crossover story​ between the series' first and third seasons is next on deck.

Sony Pictures has released the second trailer for its "boy-meets-dog-for-the-first-time" prehistoric adventure movie Alpha, which follows the X-Men series' Kodi Smit-McPhee as he makes friends with a lone wolf in the heartless, ice age-era wilderness.

In this corner, you may know him as "that really buff actor with the long hair and the tattoos," it's Jason Momoa as Aquaman! And in the other corner, his on-screen nemesis, it's The Get Down's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta! We've got the first look at the villain in DC's upcoming Aquaman.

Unfriended: Dark Web ​is here to connect you to the weird part of the internet. The low-budget horror sequel, shot in secret, is a standalone follow-up to 2014's Unfriended, sporting a story about international conspiracy rather than one about literal ghosts in the machine.

Aquaman and his two best gals have graced the cover of Entertainment Weekly for the magazine's exclusive story all about the upcoming DC film Aquaman. The covers show off Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, Amber Heard as Mera, and Nicole Kidman as Queen Atlanna, Aquaman's mother.

At the European film exhibitors' conference CineEurope, held in Barcelona, Spain, Disney gave a presentation detailing its plans for its upcoming movies, including a few Marvel Studios superhero tentpoles. Disney treated convention attendees to exclusive footage from Avengers 4 and Captain Marvel.

Incredibles 2 is set to fly to an astounding box office opening. Industry tracking predicts that the long-awaited Disney-Pixar sequel will break records when it officially launches on Friday, June 15, earning as much as $140 million across North American theaters.

Anyone who detested The Force Awakens, thought The Last Jedi wasn't great, and is wary of what's to come in Episode IX might not have liked what Star Wars creator George Lucas had planned for the sequel trilogy any better. Lucas revealed what the films would have entailed if he was still in charge.

Danny's right here, Mrs. Torrance — and he looks like the guy from Trainspotting now. Doctor Sleep, Stephen King's sequel to horror novel The Shining, is being made into a movie, and Ewan McGregor is taking the lead as a grown-up version of the psychic child Danny Torrance.

Everyone in Hollywood wants to work with Jordan Peele on something — unless you're Disney, and think the project he wants is weird. Reportedly, the Get Out ​director tried to pitch the company a movie based on the animated series ​Gargoyles​ — and Disney wants nothing to do with it.

The Flash has apparently found a new muse. In a larger report detailing Warner Bros.' shift in strategy surrounding its DC Entertainment production arm, it's been said that The Flash movie is now aiming to mirror the tone and voice of Robert Zemeckis' beloved sci-fi film Back to the Future.

Big changes are in store for the future of DC Comics characters on the big screen, as news about Warner Bros.' upcoming alternate universe film banner slowly begins to crystallize. We now have an idea of what they're calling the Elseworlds-style brand — and the names aren't what we were expecting.

The end of the Bat-fleck era might be nigh. Following reports that longtime Batman actor Ben Affleck wouldn't reprise his role as the Dark Knight in director Matt Reeves' The Batman, it's been revealed that the film focuses on "a young caped crusader" that Affleck likely won't play.

The boy is back. After the rumor mill churned out whisperings of Chris Pine returning as the fallen Steve Trevor for Wonder Woman 2, director Patty Jenkins has confirmed that the buzz wasn't just a bunch of bull. Jenkins confirmed on Twitter that Pine's Steve will be in the Wonder Woman sequel.

We've been going over Ben Affleck's status as the dark knight for what feels like years now. At first, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker was set to write, direct, and star in The Batman​ — but a few script drafts and one Justice League later, he's now apparently doing none of the above.

The screenwriter of ​Green Lantern​ has finally gotten around to seeing ​Deadpool 2​ — and when he stuck around for the credits, he got an unexpected surprise. When he saw how Reynolds really felt about the movie they made, the writer shared his thoughts in a post on social media.

Bryan Singer may have been fired as the director of Bohemian Rhapsody and replaced by Dexter Fletcher, but he'll still receive sole directing credit on the forthcoming Queen biopic that stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury.

One way or another, Ms. Marvel is making her way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Avengers: Infinity War has achieved another major milestone: passing $2 billion at the global box office. Disney and Marvel's massive superhero ensemble was approaching the benchmark over the weekend, when new releases Hereditary and Ocean's 8 rocked cinemas, and officially crossed it on Tuesday.

Aeon Flux is making a comeback. MTV has put into development a live-action reboot of the animated series that aired for three seasons on the network in the '90s

Amblin Entertainment is weaving a spooky web, putting a remake of Arachnophobia into the works. James Wan, who will launch his hotly anticipated Aquaman for Warner Bros. and DC Films in December, is attached to produce the Arachnophobia remake through his Atomic Monster banner.