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Enter The ‘Star Trek’ Universe: Everything We Learned During Today’s Panel [Comic-Con 2019] By Vanessa Armstrong/July 20, 2019 2:48 pm EST It’s a very interesting time to be a Star Trek fan. In addition to Star Trek: Discovery exploring brave new worlds on CBS All Access, several other series are in the works. For longtime fans, the upcoming Star Trek: Picard will offer a check-in with Patrick Stewart’s beloved Starfleet commander decades after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis....

Grab Your Towel: ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ Is Becoming A Hulu TV Series By Jacob Hall/July 24, 2019 12:20 pm EST Few writers could turn a phrase quite like the late, great Douglas Adams, whose The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series remains a high watermark for literary comedy and science fiction. Now, we’re greeted with the news that his beloved books are being adapted into a television series on Hulu and I’m reminded of one of his best quotes: “Space is big....

National Board Of Review 2020 Winners Include Riz Ahmed, ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ Chadwick Boseman, And More By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 27, 2021 12:30 pm EST Another day, another awards body announcing their picks for the best movies and performances of the previous year. Today, the National Board of Review announced their 2020 winners, revealing a list that includes films like Da 5 Bloods, Soul, Minari, News of the World, and more, along with actors such as Riz Ahmed, Carey Mulligan, and the late Chadwick Boseman....

Pop Culture Imports: A Spanish Space Romance, A Brazilian Crime Show From The Producers Of ‘Narcos,’ And French Gender-Bent Comedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 19, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.) You ready for your biweekly dose of subtitles? Welcome back to Pop Culture Imports, where I tell you about the foreign-language TV shows and movies that are worth watching without turning on the awkward English dubbing....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 17, 2020 12:45 pm EST Raised by Wolves is getting an extended life with a second season renewal from HBO Max. After a wildly successful debut this month that saw the Ridley Scott-produced sci-fi series become the number one Max Original, the streaming platform was quick to order Raised by Wolves season 2. HBO Max announced today that it has renewed Ridley Scott’s Raised by Wolves for a second season, just two weeks after the dystopian sci-fi series debuted to huge success on the streaming platform....

Steven Soderbergh Reacts To WB’s Big HBO Max News; Plans Box Set Including Seven Of His Films By Ben Pearson/Dec. 8, 2020 3:30 pm EST Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven) is not only one of the most prolific mainstream directors in Hollywood, but he’s also proven to be one of the most willing to buck trends and experiment with both form and release strategies. The fact that he is open to new ways of doing things and has never stubbornly defended the old theatrical model makes him an excellent candidate to talk about last week’s big news that Warner Bros....

The Morning Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Easter Eggs, VFX Artists React To ‘Cabin In The Woods’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 2, 2020 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ Trailer Sets Excellent New September VOD And Theatrical Release Date By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 23, 2020 7:00 am EST Bill and Ted are facing the music — and a new release date. Orion Pictures has released a new Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer, which announces the new September release for the long-awaited comedy sci-fi sequel starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. Bill & Ted Face the Music has been pushed from its latest August release to September 1, when it will hit both VOD and theaters....

‘Buck Rogers’ Movie In The Works At Legendary, Could Spawn Television And Anime Spin-Offs By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 15, 2020 11:30 am EST Hollywood is once again trying to bring space opera hero Buck Rogers to the big screen. Legendary Pictures and producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford are developing a new Buck Rogers movie with hopes of launching a franchise – because these days you can’t adapt a character like this without promising it’ll spawn several sequels....

David Byrne’s American Utopia Spike Lee fans are still buzzing about the filmmaker’s Netflix movie Da 5 Bloods, and luckily, we won’t have to wait very long for Lee’s next project. The acclaimed director filmed a live performance of David Byrne’s American Utopia, and HBO will air it later this year. Regarding the show’s Broadway run, Bryne said: “I often get asked, ‘What is this show about? What is this song about?...

‘Doctor Sleep’ Trailer: Danny Torrance Returns To The Overlook Hotel By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 8, 2019 9:46 am EST Are you ready to return to The Overlook Hotel? Director Stanley Kubrick haunted our dreams with the chilling, thrilling, classic adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved book The Shining. Now, nearly 40 years later, Doctor Sleep will show us what little Danny Torrance is like after having such a traumatic experience in his childhood....

‘Dual’ Will See Karen Gillan Fight Her Own Clone In A Court-Ordered Trial-By-Combat By Chris Evangelista/April 28, 2020 5:30 pm EST How’s this for a premise: in Dual, “After receiving a terminal diagnosis, a woman (Karen Gillan) opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death....

‘Harley Quinn’ Season 2 First Look: The Penguin Has The Clown Princess Of Crime In A Tough Spot By Ethan Anderton/March 10, 2020 4:00 pm EST DC Universe is giving a second season to the Harley Quinn animated series starring the voice of Kaley Cuoco as the Clown Princess of Crime. The first season just concluded in February, but the series is returning with new episodes rather quickly starting in April....

‘Jeopardy!’ Airing Vintage Episodes Starting Next Week, Including Alex Trebek’s First Time Hosting By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2020 10:30 am EST The quiz game show Jeopardy! has been hosted by Alex Trebek since 1984. But recently, he’s been taking a break from the series, not only due to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down production on movies and TV shows, but also because he’s been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer. That’s why there have been more reruns airing than usual, and starting next week, those reruns won’t just be encore presentations of recent episodes....

‘Saturday Night Live At Home’ Ends Season 45 With Kristen Wiig Hosting, New York Dreams, And Guest Stars By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2020 11:30 am EST Saturday Night Live concluding the 45th season this weekend is a little more bittersweet than usual. That’s because the late night sketch show was forced to wrap up with three editions of the remotely produced Saturday Night Live At Home, featuring all of the cast members doing sketches from the homes they’ve holed up in during quarantine....

‘Shazam’ Sequel Will Be Titled ‘Shazam: Fury Of The Gods’ [DC FanDome] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 22, 2020 5:06 pm EST Zachary Levi and his Shazam! co-stars spoke about the upcoming sequel during a (very brief) DC FanDome panel and revealed the new title for the follow-up directed by David F. Sandberg. Find out what secrets they may have revealed — and what guests may have dropped by — below. The cast of Shazam!...

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ TV Spot: Prepare For The End (But Not The End Of These TV Spots) By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 11, 2019 1:00 pm EST There are nine days left until the release of Episode 9, which means Disney is releasing yet anotherStar WarsTV spot preparing fans “for the end.” The end is in sight for the Skywalker Saga, but not for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker TV spots, and we’ll likely see at least a dozen more right up until the film’s theatrical release next week....

By Jacob Hall/July 23, 2020 4:04 pm EST “It’s a lot more intense,” showrunner Eric Kripke said of the sophomore season during the show’s panel, where he was joined by members of the cast. “We worked hard to make season 2 crazier but also more emotional and higher stakes. Everyone’s in a really tight spot.” The first season concluded with the titular team of superhero-hunting vigilantes cornered and totally screwed, and season 2 catches up soon after....

‘The Cuphead Show!’ Sneak Peek: Netflix Teases The Nostalgic Design Of Its Video Game Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 26, 2020 11:00 am EST Netflix’s upcoming animated series The Cuphead Show! has a bit of an unusual background: its retro Max Fleischer-inspired style would have you thinking that it’s a modern remake of a 1930s classic, when in fact it’s an adaptation of a 2017 video game. Developed by Canadian video game developer StudioMDHR, Cuphead is a run-and-gun video game that was inspired by the rubber hose style of animation used in cartoons of the 1930s, and built some of the surreal elements of the animation into its gameplay....

‘The Day Shall Come’ Trailer: ‘Four Lions’ Director Chris Morris Satirizes U.S. Extremism By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 8, 2019 5:30 pm EST In 2010, filmmaker Chris Morris came out the gate running with his first feature, Four Lions, a film that satirized Islamic terrorism through a group of inept British radicals. For his second long-awaited film, it seems like he’ll stick with that same brand of envelope-pushing comedy. The Day Shall Come takes aim at U....