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‘Clone High’ Reboot Coming From Original Creators Phil Lord, Chris Miller, And Bill Lawrence By Chris Evangelista/July 2, 2020 11:00 am EST Way, way back in the 2000s, MTV released Clone High, a hilarious animated series about clones of historical figures all attending the same high school. The series came from creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and back then, Lord and Miller weren’t the big names they are today. But now things have changed – Lord and Miller are in high-demand and it looks like they’re using their newfound powers to bring back Clone High....

‘Extra Ordinary’ Star Will Forte On His Favorite ‘SNL’ Sketches, His Terrible Irish Accent, And The Status Of The ‘MacGruber’ TV Series [Interview] By Alex Arabian/March 3, 2020 12:00 pm EST Comedy icon Will Forte received his first few breaks in Hollywood as a writer more than 20 years ago. The scribe soon discovered that he was equally adept as an actor, becoming an instant star in the public eye on Saturday Night Live (SNL), to which he graduated from the legendary Groundlings Theatre & School in Los Angeles....

‘Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours To Kill’ Trailer: Seinfeld Delivers His First New Stand-Up Special In Over 20 Years By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2020 1:30 pm EST Jerry Seinfeld doesn’t have to do another stand-up special. In fact, he probably doesn’t have to do anything anymore, except collect cars and count his money. But he’s back on the stage anyway in Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill, a new stand-up special that has Seinfeld immediately talking about how silly it is for him to be doing this sort of thing again....

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Trailer: Viola Davis And Chadwick Boseman Sing The Blues By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 19, 2020 1:00 pm EST There was already an air of reverence attached to Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the August Wilson play, due to it being Chadwick Boseman’s final feature film role. But the trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom may only strengthen that reverence, as Boseman and star Viola Davis give knockout performances in the roles of an ambitious trumpet player and the legendary “Mother of the Blues....

‘Newsflash’ Will See Chris Pine Play Sex Symbol Walter Cronkite By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 2, 2019 9:30 am EST Chris Pine is going to slap on some thick-framed glasses and grow himself a mustache to play noted sex symbol Walter Cronkite in Newsflash, which focuses on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Rather than push another JFK conspiracy theory, Newsflash chronicles Kennedy’s death through the lens of how it was covered by the TV news....

‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’ Will Feature More Shazam Family Fun By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2020 1:00 pm EST Shazam! had one of the most satisfying third act reveals in superhero moviedom, with the introduction of the Shazam family in their super-powered glory. The only downside was that it was too short, with only a few minutes shown of the foster family fighting as their alter egos. But for those itching for more of the Shazam family, fear not: the upcoming Shazam!...

Star Trek: Lower Decks You’re also working on Star Trek: Lower Decks, an animated series for CBS All Access that takes a comedic approach following the lower end of a crew on a Starfleet ship. Can you talk about how you’re making Star Trek funny while respecting the canon and belittling the franchise, which is what you’ve said is your goal for the series? I’m a huge Star Trek fan, and nobody needs a Star Trek comedy that made fun of Star Trek or punched down on Star Trek, nor was I interested in doing that that....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Creature Designer Neal Scanlan talks Babu Frik, The Cool Aliens You Didn’t See, And More [Interview] By Adam Frazier/March 25, 2020 8:00 am EST Creature and Special Make-up Effects Creative Supervisor Neal Scanlan began his career working on films such as Walt Disney’s Return to Oz, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and the 1986 Oscar-nominated Little Shop of Horrors. A founding member of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, Neal was involved in projects such as Witches, Babe (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects), 101 Dalmatians, The English Patient, and more....

‘Succession’ Officially Renewed For Season 3 At HBO By Ben Pearson/Aug. 20, 2019 12:00 pm EST We haven’t seen the last of the Roy family: HBO has officially renewed the Emmy-nominated Succession for a third season, which should land on the premium cable channel sometime in 2020. The news comes just two weeks after the drama’s second season premiere, which bodes well for HBO as the network continues to fill the hole that Game of Thrones left in its wake....

‘The Hills Have Eyes For You’, A Horror Rom-Com From ‘Tucker & Dale’ Director And ‘Behind The Mask’ Writer, Headed To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2020 2:00 pm EST David Stieve, the co-writer of the meta horror-comedy Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, and Eli Craig, director of the cult horror-comedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil, are teaming for the brilliantly-named The Hills Have Eyes For You. Described as a horror rom-com and “a fresh and fun love story set against the backdrop of an elevated horror-comedy,” the film is headed to Netflix....

‘The Invisible Man’ Remains The Scariest Of Universal’s Classic Movie Monsters By Rafael Motamayor/Feb. 28, 2020 2:00 pm EST We live in an era of franchises, filled with an abundance of sequels and every studio wanting their own shared cinematic universe. But while the big franchises of today are mostly comic-book, Star Wars and action movies like Fast and Furious – with a couple of horror ones here and there like the highly successful Conjuring universe – back in the 1930s the biggest cinematic universe belonged to the misunderstood monsters of the Universal Classic Monsters movies....

‘Young Love’: HBO Greenlights Animated Series Based On The Oscar-Winning Short Film ‘Hair Love’ By Ben Pearson/July 7, 2020 12:00 pm EST Matthew A. Cherry is expanding the Hair Love cinematic universe with a new HBO series. The premium cable channel has ordered Young Love, a 12-episode animated series which will follow the characters introduced in Cherry’s 2019 short film Hair Love, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film....

Cool Stuff: ‘Ace Ventura: Pet Detective’ Figure Turns Jim Carrey Into A Detailed Sixth Scale Collectible By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2020 6:00 am EST Ace Ventura: Pet Detective isn’t exactly the first title that comes to mind when you think of movies that deserve detailed collectible figures. But this year, the eccentric animal private eye played by Jim Carrey has been given several action figures. NECA released a 8-inch figure with real clothing, as well as a figure with a cartoonish design....

How ‘Birds Of Prey’ Builds Harley Quinn’s “Girl Gang,” According To Margot Robbie [Set Visit] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 9, 2019 9:45 am EST Ever since her inception, Harley Quinn has been tied to a man, at some point or another. In her debut in Batman: The Animated Series, she was introduced as the Joker’s henchman and lover, and despite the character’s wild popularity, she’s never really been able to escape that label....

Kelly Preston, ‘Jerry Maguire’ Actress And Wife Of John Travolta, Is Dead At 57 By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 13, 2020 7:30 am EST Kelly Preston, the actress best known for her roles in Jerry Maguire and Twins, has died at 57 after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Her husband John Travolta announced her death on social media late Sunday. “It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” Travolta shared on Instagram....

Michael B. Jordan Will Play ‘Methuselah’ For Danny Boyle By Chris Evangelista/May 15, 2020 2:00 pm EST Danny Boyle will direct Methuselah for Warner Bros., with hopes of launching a franchise. And Boyle and Warners have lined-up a great lead actor to get things going: Michael B. Jordan. Early drafts of the script were inspired by the biblical figure of Methuselah, who lived for 969 years. But a “new approach” is being taken now, which suggests they might want to change the title....

Prepare Yourself, Old Sport: A Reimagined ‘The Great Gatsby’ TV Series Is In Development By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2021 3:00 pm EST F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary classic The Great Gatsby has had its share of film and television adaptations already, but since it entered the public domain at the start of this year, it’s fair to expect a flurry of new iterations to enter development in the halls of Hollywood studios....

Showtime’s ‘Dexter’ Revival Casts Character Actor Extraordinaire Clancy Brown As The Main Villain By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 6, 2021 7:30 am EST The Dexter revival has found its villain. Clancy Brown has been cast in Showtime’s revival of the serial killer crime drama as the primary villain of the show. It will be the latest in the long line of villainous roles for the Shawshank Redemption, Billions, and Carnivale actor. Variety broke the news that Clancy Brown has joined Showtime’s revival of Dexter as Kurt Caldwell, the “unofficial mayor of the small town of Iron Lake....

Spike Lee To Direct A Filmed Version Of ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Broadway Show By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 3, 2020 3:00 pm EST David Byrne’s American Utopia is an acclaimed Broadway show featuring the frontman of the band Talking Heads performing songs from his seventh solo album in a unique stage show along with 11 other diverse musicians from around the globe. Spike Lee will be directing a filmed version of the show for audiences to experience in theaters....

Superhero Bits: ‘The Eternals’ Set Evacuated After Bomb Scare, ‘Joker’ Looks To Crack $1 Billion Globally & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2019 6:00 pm EST Will Joker hit $1 billion at the global box office? What does Mark Ruffalo want to see from Hulk in the future of the MCU? How did Ryan Reynolds poke fun at Henry Cavill’s Superman mustache in a new ad? What does B-movie producer Roger Corman think about the recent Marvel movie criticism?...