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Iconic filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola's current project, Megalopolis, has received unwanted attention due to rumors of production issues and press surrounding various studios' reactions to the film. According to the reports, Coppola's upcoming movie has not only struggled with its production, but has also had a hard time gaining enthusiasm and support from studios and potential distributors.

Sylvester Stallone was tricked into taking the lead role in one of his biggest flops by Arnold Schwarzenegger. In a lengthy joint interview with TMZ, the pair discussed their respective careers, including the story of how Schwarzenegger forced his unsuspecting friend into starring in the comedy Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot.

For any young star, filming intimate scenes in movies can be a daunting task, but it gets even worse when you then have to watch those scenes with your parents. At least that would usually lead to an awkward moment, but for Zendaya, the recent premiere of her new movie Challengers, in which she gets steamy with not one, but two of her costars, proved to give her the hilarious experience of watching her family’s reaction.

Some actors have to go through rounds and rounds of auditions, callbacks, screen tests, chemistry tests and more to land a major movie role. For John Tavolta in Pulp Fiction, all it took was a small conversation about accounting and personal finances.

The Naked Gun fans may be quietly hopeful that Liam Neeson’s reboot of the comedy franchise will be a worthy successor to the Leslie Nielsen franchise, but one person who doesn’t share their enthusiasm is original director David Zucker. The reboot of The Naked Gun has been on the cards for some time, and at one point it was Zucker who was set to return to helm the movie with his own script, which was co-written with Pat Proft and Mike McManus.

Alien: Romulus star Isabela Merced revealed how Fede Álvarez pays homage to the groundbreaking techniques of the original 1979 movie. Merced shared insights into the film's adoption of traditional special effects methods.