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‘For All Mankind’ Season 2 Trailer: The Alternate-Reality Space Race Continues On AppleTV+ By Ben Pearson/July 27, 2020 12:30 pm EST Shows about space seem to be all the rage these days, but Battlestar Galactica and Outlander veteran Ronald D. Moore’s AppleTV+ series For All Mankind takes a different approach than all of its contemporaries: it’s set in an alternate reality where the Russians beat the United States to the moon, and the Space Race never ended....

‘Halloween Kills’ Teaser: Michael Myers Is Back…Next Halloween By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 29, 2020 12:30 pm EST Michael Myers is back in a blood-soaked Halloween Kills teaser. The sequel was supposed to arrive in theaters in time for this Halloween season, but the coronavirus got in the way. Now, David Gordon Green’s follow-up will hit theaters next October (hopefully). Until then, we have this intense, entertaining teaser that shows the Shape wrecking havoc all over Haddonfield while Laurie Strode and her daughter and granddaughter try to stop him....

‘Leo From Toledo’ Gets Mel Gibson, Frank Grillo And Director Joe Carnahan Back Together By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2019 2:30 pm EST Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo already teamed up with The A-Team director Joe Carnahan for a sci-fi action thriller called Boss Level. You haven’t seen that movie yet (pictured above) because it’s still in post-production, but apparently the experience for all of them was a positive one, because they’re getting back together for another movie....

‘Muppets Now’ Trailer: The Muppets Are Back With Celebrity Guests And A Pesky Legal Advisor By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2020 10:30 am EST Disney has had some trouble figuring out what to do with Jim Henson’s greatest creation, The Muppets. They tried a comeback on television with a mockumentary-style comedy series on ABC after their popularity rose following two new movies, but it didn’t last very long. Their latest attempt at a comeback comes on Disney+ with a new series called Muppets Now....

‘No Time To Die,’ ‘Bill And Ted Face The Music’ Both Get New Earlier Release Dates By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 15, 2020 8:00 am EST Following the massive reshuffling of Warner Bros.’ major releases, MGM and United Artists Releasing are following suit with some release date changes of their own. United Artists Releasing jumped to move the long-awaited sequel Bill and Ted Face the Music to the August release date vacated by Warner Bros....

‘Parasite’ Director Bong Joon-Ho On Walking A Tonal Highwire And His Reaction To The Film’s International Success [Interview] By Jason Gorber/Sept. 20, 2019 10:00 am EST In my review from Cannes I described Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite as “a film that unabashedly takes the audience along for a twisty, twisted ride and gets under your skin. With mind-warping shifts in tone and storyline, there’s a feeling that you’re getting more bang from Bong than in a dozen lesser films....

‘Ramy’ Season 3 Is Officially Coming To Hulu By Ben Pearson/July 9, 2020 3:15 pm EST Ramy will be back for more. Hulu has officially renewed the streaming service’s original comedy/drama Ramy for a third season. The show, which was co-created by and stars Egyptian-American actor and comedian Ramy Youssef, just wrapped up its second season. Hot off the presses. #Ramy is coming back for season 3. pic.twitter.com/5V1EvcVLcn — Hulu (@hulu) July 9, 2020...

‘Tenet’ Won’t Play At Drive-Ins In Markets Where Indoor Theaters Are Closed By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 24, 2020 5:00 pm EST At this point, I really don’t know what is going on in the hallowed halls of Warner Bros. Studios in regards to Tenet. To be fair, WB was handed a crappy situation with the coronavirus threatening theatrical releases across the globe. But the studio has also had months to come up with a solution, and instead, they appeared to just…drop the ball....

‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ And ‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’ Head Back To The Studio This Week By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 2020 12:00 pm EST Production on all movies and TV shows was shut down in early April when the coronavirus pandemic started spreading quickly across the United States. However, late night television was able to make a comeback by producing episodes remotely. Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, James Corden, Conan O’Brien, and Samantha Bee, hosted their shows from the comfort of their home and had guests appear through video chat....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 11, 2020 8:30 am EST The Scorpion King will rise again, though not with Dwayne Johnson sporting the leather armor. Instead, Johnson is working his magic behind the camera, producing a new Scorpion King reboot for Universal, with Straight Outta Compton scribe Jonathan Herman set to pen the script. Universal is currently on the hunt for a new lead star and a director. Deadline reports that Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions are resurrecting The Scorpion King, developing a reboot that will be penned by Jonathan Herman, who was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Straight Outta Compton....

‘Waves’ Trailer: A New Drama From The Director Of ‘It Comes At Night’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 5, 2019 12:30 pm EST Soon enough we’ll be heading into awards season, but before that, some prestige films are vying for acclaim at the likes of film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto. One of them has been getting rave reviews after debuting in the mountains of Telluride and is already being called a breakout, must-see film of 2019....

Ben Affleck Opens Up About Struggles With Alcoholism, Why He Left ‘The Batman’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 19, 2020 8:30 am EST In 2016, it seemed like the future was bright for Warner Bros.’ The Batman. Ben Affleck, who had just made his debut as an older and wearier Caped Crusader in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, was set to direct the Batman solo flick from a script he was co-writing with longtime DC Comics stalwart Geoff Johns....

Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Parasite’ And ‘Memories Of Murder’ Coming To The Criterion Collection By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2020 1:00 pm EST #BongHive, assemble! Fresh off the filmmaker’s big Oscar win comes news that Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite and Memories of Murder are both headed to the Criterion Collection. Parasite, which just won Best Picture, was recently given a pretty bare-bones Blu-ray release, while Memories of Murder has never had a U.S. Blu-ray – until now....

Cool Stuff: Let ‘The Mummy’ Wrap Itself Around Your Record Collection As A New Spinature By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 24, 2020 6:00 am EST The Universal Monsters line of Spinatures from Waxwork Records continues to expand. It began with Frankenstein and the incredible likeness of Boris Karloff as the titular doctor’s monster, and now the likeness of the iconic horror actor is returning in the form of another monster: The Mummy....

Cool Stuff: NECA Digs Into ‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ With The Glamorous Greta Action Figure By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2020 6:00 am EST NECA has been delivering a spectacular array of Gremlins action figures over the past couple years, but they can only go so far with the original holiday horror movie. Now it’s time for them to dig into the goofier Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and they’re starting off with the glamorous Greta as the first Ultimate figure from the hilarious sequel....

Danny Boyle’s Unmade James Bond Movie Was Full Of “Crazy, Madcap Ideas” By Chris Evangelista/March 11, 2020 11:30 am EST Before Cary Fukunaga landed in the director’s chair, and before the movie’s release was bumped due to coronavirus fears, No Time to Die was going to be directed by Danny Boyle. Boyle reportedly clashed behind-the-scenes and his take on Bond apparently didn’t mesh with the powers-that-be. While we still don’t have all the details about what Danny Boyle’s Bond was going to be, the film’s production designer recently dropped some clues, calling Boyle’s take “crazy” and “madcap....

Exclusive ‘Blade: The Iron Cross’ Clip: Puppet Master Creates A Standalone Film For Its Beloved Puppet Assassin Character By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 5, 2020 10:30 am EST Are you a fan of homicidal puppets killing people in early 20th century America? Then the Puppet Master series has another ripper of a movie for you with Blade: The Iron Cross, the franchise’s first standalone feature film centered around the beloved homicidal hook-handed puppet assassin, Blade....

Fantastic Fest 2019 Second Wave Features ‘Knives Out’ As Closing Night Film By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2019 9:00 am EST The Fantastic Fest 2019 second wave is here – and it does not disappoint. If the first wave announcement didn’t do it for you (what’s your deal?), this second one should do the trick. Rian Johnson’s star-studded Knives Out will close-out the fest, and new titles include Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite and the Nicolas Cage-starring H....

HBO Max Still Doesn’t Stream In 4K HDR, Is Missing Key Films In Its Catalogue By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 28, 2020 7:30 am EST Why are all of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films there, except for The Desolation of Smaug? Why is there not a single Superman title to be found? Every streaming platform has the odd gap every now and then due to the complicated legal web that is streaming rights, but with HBO Max so early in its debut, it’s hard to know or find out when these gaps will be filled....

Robert Pattinson Felt “Powerful” Trying On The Batsuit By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 3, 2019 9:30 am EST There’s nothing so powerful as not being able to turn your head. Robert Pattinson learned that when he first tried on Batman’s iconic Batsuit for Warner Bros. executives ahead of his starring turn in Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated superhero movie The Batman. But despite experiencing “someone squeezing my butt cheeks into the legs,” Pattinson couldn’t deny the “transformative” power of the Batsuit....