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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Featurettes Put The Spotlight On Chadwick Boseman And Viola Davis By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 18, 2020 4:00 pm EST Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is on Netflix today, and the streamer is wasting no time hyping up the lead performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. In two Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom featurettes, Davis and Boseman are given the spotlight, with footage of the two of them behind-the-scenes shared alongside interviews with their co-stars praising them to high heaven....

‘Mr. Robot’ Duo Sam Esmail And Rami Malek Are Teaming Up For A Muslim Undercover FBI Agent Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 17, 2020 11:43 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Esmail is set to helm and Malek will headline American Radical, based on Tamer Elnoury and Kevin Maurer’s memoir of the same name, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Esmail and Malek will both produce the adaptation along with Chad Hamilton of Anonymous Content....

‘Star Wars: Origins’ Trailer: This Fan Film Imagines ‘Star Wars’ And Indiana Jones Existing In The Same Universe By Ben Pearson/Oct. 29, 2019 3:30 pm EST What would happen if archeologists in a serial-inspired adventure stumbled across alien artifacts? No, I’m not asking you to recount the plot of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but instead presenting the premise of Star Wars: Origins, an upcoming fan film shot in the Sahara desert which blends the worlds of two of Lucasfilm’s biggest intellectual properties: Star Wars and Indiana Jones....

‘Stranger Things 3’: One Of The Show’s Surprises Wasn’t Always Part Of The Plan By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2019 5:00 pm EST One of the best things about Stranger Things 3 is the return of unlikely buddies Steve (Joe Keery) and Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo). But their friendship is made even more fun by the dry, sarcastic addition of Steve’s fellow Scoops Ahoy! co-worker Robin (played by Maya Hawke, daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman), making them the most satisfying team-up of the show’s third season....

‘The Eddy’ Featurettes Focus On The Jazz That ‘La La Land’ Director Damien Chazelle Loves So Much By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2020 12:30 pm EST In case Whiplash and La La Land weren’t enough evidence that Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle loves jazz, he has a new Netflix series that will reinforce his passion. The Eddy is an eight-episode series taking place in various neighborhoods of Paris, following New York jazz pianist Elliot Udo (André Holland of Moonlight) as he runs a struggling club called The Eddy, which features a house band that includes his on-again-off-again girlfriend Maja (Joanna Kuling)....

‘The Mandalorian’ Trailer Breakdown: It Seems The Mandalorian Has A Tragic Past By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 29, 2019 10:00 am EST Disney is keeping a tight lid on all things The Mandalorian, the highly anticipated Star Wars series set to debut on Disney+ in two weeks. Set five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, this space western takes us to the outer fringes of a galaxy far, far away, following the adventures of the titular bounty hunter played by Pedro Pascal....

‘The Price Is Right’ Is Getting A Whole Channel On Pluto TV With Classic Bob Barker Episodes By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 1, 2020 10:00 am EST The Price Is Right is one of the most beloved long-running game shows in TV history. The series began back in 1956 with a much different format than the one today’s audiences are used to seeing. But the most famous version of The Price Is Right began in 1972 with host Bob Barker, and starting today, the free TV streaming service Pluto TV is offering an entire channel dedicated to The Price Is Right episodes hosted by Happy Gilmore’s most formidable opponent....

‘The Suicide Squad’ Adds ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Actor Flula Borg By Ben Pearson/Aug. 19, 2019 12:00 pm EST James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad cast has been infiltrated by the borg – actor Flula Borg, that is. The German writer/producer/actor, who has credits on Silicon Valley, Pitch Perfect 2, and dozens of other projects, is the latest to hop aboard Gunn’s superhero film, joining a couple other new additions and several returning players from director David Ayer’s 2016 movie....

‘Trying’ Trailer: Rafe Spall Tries To Adopt In Apple TV+ British Comedy Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 31, 2020 4:00 pm EST Apple TV+ is trying its hand at British comedy with its new series staring Black Mirror alums Rafe Spall and Esther Smith. Trying comes from writer Andy Wolton (The Coopers vs the Rest) and is directed by Jim O’Hanlon (Catastrophe), the latter of which feels like a big influence on the adoption comedy....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Teaser Hypes The First Full Trailer Coming Tomorrow By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2019 12:51 pm EST Tomorrow brings the first full trailer for the anticipated DC Comics sequel Wonder Woman 1984. The trailer will be debuting at CCXP down in Brazil and will arrive online shortly thereafter. In the meantime, we’ve got a little bit of Wonder Woman 1984 footage that shows Gal Gadot back in action for the sequel that puts her in the middle of the 1980s....

‘Y The Last Man’ TV Series Suffers Another Setback, Loses Lead Actor Barry Keoghan By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 6, 2020 11:30 am EST The Y: The Last Man TV series has hit yet another roadblock, and at this point, it might be a good idea to give up on the entire idea. FX has been trying to get the series off the ground for years, and things seemed to be moving forward finally, with Dunkirk actor Barry Keoghan in the lead....

61 Days Of Halloween Lineup Headed To Shudder To Remind Us The Reason For The Season By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2020 2:30 pm EST It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year – Halloween season. And rather than waiting until October, Shudder, the horror streaming service, is getting a head-start on the holiday with 61 Days of Halloween, a two-month celebration featuring weekly original/exclusive movie premieres; a new The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Halloween special; a collection of Vincent Price movies, a new version of The Ghoul Log (a Halloween-themed take on the Christmas Yule Log), and more....

Alternate Baby Yoda Designs Revealed In ‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 2020 8:00 am EST Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian continues a deep dive into the making of the first live-action Star Wars series that’s available on Disney+. After last weekend’s episode proudly displayed the innovative new virtual set technology known as The Volume, the fifth installment of the documentary series shines a light on the practical effects. That includes the creation of the adorable puppet known as “Baby Yoda,” or as he’s officially been designated, The Child....

Cool Stuff: ‘Dune’ Action Figures Are Coming From McFarlane Toys In November By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2020 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The symbiotic relationship between merchandise and movies can be a frustrating one. Most times, action figures and other assorted collectibles arrive on shelves roughly a month or so before the movie that inspired them actually hits theaters. For established franchises, this isn’t all that big of a deal, because fans will always be hungry for the latest Star Wars, Marvel, and DC Comics action figures....

Cool Stuff: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Memorial Statue Honors The Sacrifice Of Batman By Ethan Anderton/June 11, 2020 6:00 am EST Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy came to an end with The Dark Knight Rises by giving Bruce Wayne the opportunity to leave behind his vigilante life, leaving Gotham City to think that he sacrificed himself by flying a nuclear bomb far off the coast, into the ocean. Believed to be dead, the city creates a Batman memorial statue to honor the fallen Caped Crusader, and now you can add that statue to your collection....

Could ‘The Goldfinch’ Financing Deal Be A Template For Hollywood’s Return To Mid-Budget Dramas? By Ben Pearson/Sept. 9, 2019 5:30 pm EST The Goldfinch, from Brooklyn director John Crowley, is a $40 million adaptation of a popular novel – exactly the level of film that we often complain doesn’t get made anymore these days. Vulture has a long, detailed breakdown of how The Goldfinch got made; the full piece is worth a read, but the short version goes like this....

Does ‘Morbius’ Connect To The Marvel Cinematic Universe, ‘Venom’, Or Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Universe? By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2020 10:30 am EST The first trailer for Morbius arrived today, teasing a character from Marvel Comics who typically has connections to our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Since it was announced, the film has always been considered a Spider-Man spin-off like Venom, but the first footage revealed today paints a confusing picture as to whether or not this movie connects to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or if it will take place in the universe established by Venom where there seems to be no Spider-Man....

Jacob Hall’s Top 10 Films Of 2020 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 7, 2021 8:00 am EST Look, here’s your obligatory opening sentence about how 2020 stunk to high heavens. Here’s your obligatory second sentence about how everyone thought this was a bad year for movies, because so many major titles were delayed. So I’ll offer this third obligatory sentence about how that’s not true and how movies were as good as ever in 2020, as VOD and streaming allowed smaller titles to shine brighter than ever....

Jake Gyllenhaal And Antoine Fuqua Thriller ‘The Guilty’ Heads To Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 24, 2020 3:00 pm EST The Guilty is heading to Netflix, as the streaming giant has landed the rights to the Jake Gyllenhaal and Antoine Fuqua remake of the Danish thriller in a $30 million deal. It’s the latest high-profile acquisition by the streaming giant in recent weeks, which include movies starring Halle Berry, Zendaya, and others....

John Boyega Sticks With Sci-Fi In ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2019 2:30 pm EST Later this year, we’ll see John Boyega back in space in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We’re not sure what his future in a galaxy far, far away holds after that, but over at Netflix, he’ll be playing with a different kind of sci-fi as the lead of one of their new original movies....