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Aaron Couch

Film Editor

Aaron Couch oversees THR’s film team, managing the flow of news and industry reporting. He also edits THR’s Heat Vision blog, which is dedicated to genre movie coverage and is home to the weekly Heat Vision Newsletter. Couch began contributing to THR as a freelancer in 2012 and joined the staff in 2013 as an online editor.

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Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Trailer Puts Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot Into a Classic Tale

After years of whistling while she worked making a new movie, Snow White is finally nearing her return to the big screen. Disney unveiled the first trailer for Snow White at D23 Friday, ahead of its March 21, 2025 release date. The film was set to open in March of this year, but Disney pushed […]

‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Trailer Reveals a Coming of Age Story in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

The Skeleton Crew is finally coming together. Lucasflim showed off the first trailer for Star Wars: The Skeleton Crew as part of its presentation at D23 Friday, where audiences got a look at the coming-of-age series. Skeleton Crew centers on a group of kids lost in a galaxy far, far away — as they try […]

‘Avatar 3’ Title Revealed as ‘Fire and Ash’

There are few film franchises where a simple title reveal is enough to excite audiences. Avengers, Star Wars and James Bond among them. And then there’s Avatar, which stands as a class as its own. While the franchise doesn’t have many films to its name, the first Avatar (2009) stands as the highest grossing film […]

Disney Unveils Latest from Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm at Star-Packed D23 Panel

Bob Iger got a rock star-worthy welcome Friday night, as roughly 12,000 screaming fans gave the Disney CEO a standing ovation as he kicked off a super-sized panel at D23. “Wow. That was more than a warm welcome,” Iger told the crowd, adding, “Boy did I miss you.” It was a homecoming for Iger, who […]

Robert Downey Jr. Cameo Was Written for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’

[This story contains spoilers for Deadpool & Wolverine.] Before Robert Downey Jr.’s return to Marvel as Doctor Doom, the Deadpool & Wolverine team toyed with bringing him back  — as Tony Stark. “There is a script. We have the Downey draft,” confirms co-writer Paul Wernick of the scene, a version of which ended up in […]

‘First Purge’ Filmmaker Gerard McMurray to Direct ‘Goons’ for Confluential Films’ New Horror Label

The First Purge director Gerard McMurray is heading to Louisiana for Goons, a new horror feature set amid the eerie backdrop of the state’s cane fields and plantations. Power‘s Michael Rainey Jr. and The Exorcism‘s Chloe Bailey will star in Goon, which is now filming in New Orleans and nearby areas. Tommy Oliver is producing […]

How Great Movies Get Made at Columbia: A Directors’ Tell-All

Ang Lee, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ang Lee was pulling his hair out. He was in preproduction in China on his ambitious martial arts movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon when a silent investor pulled out. “It was the toughest movie I’d ever tried to make,” recalls Lee, who thought it was all over. But […]

Rachel Zegler Rescues Onscreen Parents Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem from Curse in ‘Spellbound’ Trailer

Rachel Zegler is on a mission to save her parents in the first trailer for Spellbound, the upcoming Netfilx and Skydance Animation feature. Zegler voices Ellian, the daughter of the king and queen of Lumbria. After a mysterious spell transforms her parents into monsters, she must go on a mission to save her family and […]

Robert Downey Jr. Back as Doctor Doom for Two ‘Avengers’ Movies

In a multiverse-melting surprise, Marvel Studios revealed that its most bankable star will be coming out of MCU retirement for a pair of Avengers movies. Robert Downey Jr. is set to return to the film franchise as classic Fantastic Four villain Doctor Doom for the newly titled Avengers: Doomsday, due out in May 2026, and […]

Marvel Unveils Grand Plans for ‘Avengers,’ ‘Fantastic Four’ During Super-Sized Comic-Con Panel

For anyone wondering if after a challenging few years, Marvel Studios could chart a path that would instantly earn back the trust of fans, the studio’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con seems to suggest the answer is a resounding yes. In a shocking surprise (even by Marvel standards), Robert Downey Jr. was announced as returning […]

‘The Penguin’ Brings Crime-Ridden Trailer to Comic-Con

Few TV leads can say they endured more to get into character than Colin Farrell, the handsome leading man who endured 3 1/2 hours of makeup every day to transform into the unrecognizable Oz Cobb for The Penguin. Now the fruit of all those hours sitting in the makeup chair is about to bloom, with […]

Deadpool Creator Rob Liefeld Is At Peace with That ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Joke

A few years ago, Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld ran into Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige at San Diego Comic-Con, where he got a tantalizing tidbit about the then-mysterious Deadpool 3. Feige told Liefeld that his desk was currently covered with the writer-artist’s work, specifically the Deadpool Corps – a team of wacky alternate reality versions […]