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Tom Hanks’ World War II Drama ‘Greyhound’ Gets Its Apple TV+ Premiere Date [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 11, 2020 2:04 pm EST On the heels of reports that Apple TV+ was starting to build out its feature film and TV library to better compete with Netflix and other streamers, the platform has landed the premiere of Tom Hanks’ World War II battleship drama Greyhound, according to Deadline. Recently set for Father’s Day weekend by Sony, Greyhound is changing course and foregoing theaters altogether — an increasingly common move amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

Todd Strauss-Schulson’s Rat Short Film In a little media package sent our way from Todd Strauss-Schulson himself, the director explained, “We went out into Soho to shoot something weird and sweet and melancholy to match our moods, and capture the surreal energy of the boarded up city we love.” While the film was being edited, Lyons went back out as the rat, and more images and videos went viral online and got retweeted by the likes of Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez....

Warner Bros. Clarifies That Executives “Remain Supportive” Of The Theatrical Experience By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2020 9:30 am EST Warner Bros. sent the theater-going community (or at least the community that keeps up to date with industry news) into a frenzy yesterday when chief operating officer John Stankey told investors that the studio was “rethinking” its theatrical model. This simple statement seemed to ring the death knell for the theatrical experience as we know it, one that has already been upended by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has shut down theaters across the country and incited studios to release many of their films directly on digital platforms....

‘Big Trouble In Little China’ Blu-Ray Box Set Includes Limited Edition Vinyl Soundtrack & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 10, 2019 6:00 am EST Shout Factory and Sacred Bones Records are teaming up to release the ultimate Big Trouble in Little China Blu-ray box set. The new release not only comes with the latest special edition Blu-ray of the movie starring Kurt Russell, but there are several different versions that comes with extra goodies like a Steelbook version of the Blu-ray, official lithograph artwork, and a limited edition vinyl soundtrack featuring recent recordings of some of the film’s score by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth....

‘Black Adam’ Will Introduce The Justice Society Of America, According To Dwayne Johnson By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 22, 2019 9:30 am EST After years in development, Black Adam is finally happening, with Dwayne Johnson set to play the supervillain/anti-hero and enemy to Shazam. Jaume Collet-Serra is directing the film, which is due out in 2021. And while filming hasn’t begun yet – Johnson recently said he hasn’t even done a costume fitting yet – we now have a new piece of info from the film....

‘Doctor Who’ Multi-Platform ‘Time Lord Victorious’ Story Will Bring Back Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 27, 2020 4:00 pm EST The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who was a blockbuster-sized event that featured two of the revived show’s most popular Doctors, played by David Tennant and Matt Smith, as well as a smattering of cameos and appearances by other beloved Doctors and longtime fan-favorites. But there was one actor conspicuously missing from the celebration who had proven instrumental to the long-running sci-fi series’ success since it was revived in 2005: Christopher Eccleston....

‘Fantasy Island’ Trailer: Be Careful What You Wish For In Blumhouse’s Horror Take On The TV Series By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 29, 2020 1:30 pm EST How about one last trailer for Fantasy Island, Blumhouse’s horror-centric take on the 1970s TV series? In the new film, a group of young, attractive people travel to an island that offers to make their fantasies real. But, in true The Monkey’s Paw fashion, the island ends up twisting their fantasies into something nightmarish....

‘Fast And Furious 9’ May Return To The Scene Of A Traumatic Event In Dom’s Life By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 11, 2019 10:30 am EST It’s hard to believe, but we’re coming up on the ninth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise. What started off as a throwaway action movie in 2001 has become a muti-billion dollar film franchise that is popular around the world. But the Fast and Furious franchise has never forgotten its roots, especially when it comes to family....

‘Kingsman 3’ Already Has A Script, Taron Egerton Confirms By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 14, 2019 5:30 pm EST Matthew Vaughn is rapidly expanding his Kingsman movie franchise, which began with the hit 2014 adaptation of the Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar comic, Kingsman: The Secret Service. But while we can soon expect the Ralph Fiennes-starring prequel film The King’s Man and potential TV series, we haven’t heard much news about Kingsman 3....

‘Matrix 4’ Is A “Beautiful Story,” According To Beautiful Man Keanu Reeves By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 2, 2020 12:30 pm EST The Matrix 4 remains mysterious – we really don’t know much about it officially, although plenty of rumors run rampant. So whenever there’s some insight into the production – no matter how minuscule – we’re required by law to report it to you, dear reader. Recently, Keanu Reeves (who is in the film), and Hugo Weaving (who isn’t), dropped some knowledge on the project, so let’s all obsess over it, shall we?...

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Could’ve Starred Tom Cruise If Leonardo DiCaprio And Brad Pitt Weren’t Available By Chris Evangelista/July 24, 2019 11:30 am EST One of the selling points for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the big movie-star team-up of Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. But things could’ve turned out much differently. According to Tarantino, if Brad Pitt hadn’t been available, he would’ve offered another big movie star his role: Tom Cruise....

‘One Day At A Time’ Is Making An Animated Episode During The Coronavirus Shutdown By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 28, 2020 3:30 pm EST One Day at a Time has managed to survive cancellation and network changes, with the beloved sitcom getting saved by Pop TV after getting dropped by Netflix. But even the acclaimed reimagining of Norman Lear’s classic sitcom couldn’t avoid the industry-wide production shutdowns amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Like all other live-action Hollywood productions, filming on the current fourth season of One Day at a Time was suspended in mid-March....

‘Ready Player Two’ Sequel Novel Will Ply Readers With More ’80s References This November By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 8, 2020 12:00 pm EST Nearly a decade after Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One sci-fi novel became a smash success, a sequel is on its way to ply you with even more ’80s references (or perhaps we’ve reached the ’90s now?). Ready Player Two, the long-awaited sequel to Cline’s 2011 novel, is set to hit bookshelves this November....

‘Snowpiercer’ Is Like A Spaceship Show On A Train, Says TBS Exec [Exclusive] By Fred Topel/July 25, 2019 9:30 am EST It’s taken several years for the TV adaptation of Snowpiercer to reach the air. TBS finally showed the trailer at Comic-Con, so now we know what the show looks like. In a frozen future, the last human survivors are protected in a speeding train where all cars are not created equal....

‘Snowpiercer’ Teaser: The Planet Freezes In Beautiful Opening Animated Sequence By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2019 1:15 pm EST While most may be familiar with the Bong Joon-Ho film that earned critical acclaim and helped spread the Korean auteur’s name in the States, many probably weren’t aware that Snowpiercer is based on the 1982 French graphic novel Le Transperceneige. Bong’s film took liberties with the graphic novel upon which it was based, but the upcoming dystopian sci-fi series starring Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connolly will hew a little closer to it....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Visual Effects Supervisors Explain How They Melded Carrie Fisher’s Facial Performance Onto A Digital Body By Ben Pearson/Jan. 7, 2020 2:30 pm EST Leading up to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, J.J. Abrams spoke a lot about his plan to incorporate Carrie Fisher’s performance from the deleted scenes of The Force Awakens into the new movie to pay proper tribute to the late actress and Star Wars icon....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Seemingly Killed Off Some Major Characters – Here’s How They Can Avoid Some Classic Television Pitfalls In Season 4 By Trey Mangum/July 15, 2019 9:00 am EST On the Fourth of July, Stranger Things returned to Netflix with much fanfare as would be typical of one of the streaming juggernaut’s most defining – if not the defining – series. And it took no prisoners, racking up a body count as the season went on....

‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’ Trailer: Kurt Russell And His Sax Are Back To Save Christmas By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 19, 2020 8:30 am EST Let’s face it: 2020 has kind of been a wash. But thankfully, our favorite holiday hero is back to save Christmas with his awesome beard and sweet sax-playing skills. Kurt Russell’s badass Santa Claus returns in The Christmas Chronicles 2, the sequel to his hit 2018 holiday movie for Netflix, this time wielding a saxophone and some cool sunglasses....

‘The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance’ Started As A ‘Labyrinth’ Sequel Pitch Before It Became “Game Of Thrones With Puppets” [Interview] By Fred Topel/Aug. 28, 2019 10:00 am EST Netflix doesn’t only bring back TV shows like Full House, Arrested Development, Designated Survivor and Lucifer. They bring back movies, too. Netflix gave the Jim Henson Company a home for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a new 10 episode prequel to the 1982 Jim Henson-directed movie....

‘The Fighting Shirley Chisholm’: Danai Gurira To Play The Groundbreaking 1972 Presidential Hopeful By Ben Pearson/Nov. 12, 2020 5:00 pm EST Variety stresses that this is not a typical cradle-to-the-grave biopic of Chisholm, who died in 2005 (though one would certainly be warranted, considering the life she led). Instead, the film will follow her historic run for president and focus on how “the Chisholm Trail was populated by young people who sought social and political change during one of the most turbulent times in American history....