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Get A First Look At Brendan Gleeson As Donald Trump In Showtime’s ‘The Comey Rule’ Limited Series By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 2020 9:00 am EST Showtime looks to be the first cable network to dramatically dig into the controversial dealings of the presidential administration of Donald Trump with the new limited series The Comey Rule. Based on former FBI director James Comey’s memoir, A Higher Loyalty, the series chronicles Russia’s manipulation of the United States election process and the investigation into the Trump presidency that followed after evidence pointed to collusion between his campaign higher-ups and Russian operatives....

How Ralph McQuarrie Is Still Influencing The Final Chapter Of The ‘Star Wars’ Skywalker Saga By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 22, 2019 8:30 am EST Concept artist Ralph McQuarrie helped craft the vision for the original Star Wars trilogy with his stunning concept paintings and early sketches. And long after the legendary concept artist’s passing in 2012, McQuarrie continues to influence the look of that galaxy far, far away even today. The Lucasfilm creative team had incorporated parts of McQuarrie’s original unused concept art in films like Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the prequel film Solo: A Star Wars Story, and they again return to McQuarrie’s vision for inspiration with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

Lucille Ball’s Daughter Is Fine With Nicole Kidman Playing Her Mother In ‘Being The Ricardos’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 21, 2021 5:00 pm EST Before we continue, let me just add that I think Nicole Kidman is a very good, and sometimes even great, actress. Now that I’ve said that, I still think she’s 100% wrong to play Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos, Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming movie that is “set during one production week of I Love Lucy — Monday table read through Friday audience filming — when Lucy and Desi face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage....

Mads Mikkelsen Discusses His Approach To Being The New Grindelwald In ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 3, 2020 11:00 am EST Mads Mikkelsen is officially replacing Johnny Depp as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the upcoming third film in the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them franchise. With the exception of the die hard Johnny Depp supporters and have taken to the web to demand that his ex-wife Amber Heard be removed from Aquaman 2 as well, most fans are simply wondering what Mikkelsen will do with the villain role in the still-untitled Fantastic Beasts 3....

Major Hollywood Studios Agree To Give Two Weeks Pay To Below-The-Line Workers Who Lost Their Jobs By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 26, 2020 10:30 am EST An estimated 120,000 below-the-line film crew workers have lost their jobs due to the impact of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But thanks to pressure from the Directors Guild of America, major Hollywood studios will be helping some of these relatively underseen workers — at least for the next two weeks....

Natalie Portman’s ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Deal Was Signed Six Months Ago; She’ll Get “Jacked” To Play Female Thor By Ben Pearson/July 22, 2019 1:00 pm EST Natalie Portman is playing a female Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder, and before anyone whines that she’s too scrawny to wield Mjolnir, the Oscar-winning actress has teased that she’ll be getting “jacked” for the role. The actress will make her triumphant return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after not being prominently featured in a Marvel movie since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, and a new report says that her deal to appear in this new sequel was signed six months ago....

Netflix Changes ‘The Great British Baking Show’ To A Weekly Release: Could This Signal A Shift For The Streaming Giant? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 3, 2019 1:00 pm EST It’s been less than a decade since Netflix pioneered the binge model, releasing the episodes of its original titles like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black all at once, thereby disrupting the television industry and changing how we all watch TV....

Robert Downey Jr. Is Developing A ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Cinematic Universe To Follow The Next Sequel By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 6, 2020 9:00 am EST The Sherlock Holmes franchise with Robert Downey Jr. has been a box office hit. Not only did the first movie make over $524 million worldwide in 2009, but the sequel actually ended up making more money in 2011 with a worldwide haul of nearly $544 million. Sequels don’t always earn more than their predecessor, but Guy Ritchie’s unique approach to Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective just hit audiences in the right spot....

Sequel Bits: ‘Mission: Impossible’, ‘The Purge’, ‘The Matrix’, ‘Thirtysomething’, ‘Bad Boys’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 9, 2020 1:00 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bit: Mission: Impossible – Fallout editor Eddie Hamilton is returning for the next two films as well. The Purge 5 has a new cast member… …And so does The Matrix 4! There’s going to be a sequel series for Thirtysomething, if you’re into that sort of thing....

Superhero Bits: The Science Of Superman’s Powers, Paul Bettany Picks A Side In America’s A** Debate & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 26, 2021 6:00 pm EST Why will the new Batwoman have a hard time accepting Batman’s rule about killing? Want to watch a documentary about the science of Superman’s super powers? Is the set of Peacemaker referencing Green Lantern? Could Scarlet Witch pop up in Spider-Man 3? Who does Paul Bettany side with on the debate over who has America’s ass?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Trailer Easter Eggs, Making ‘Christmas Vacation’ Eggnog & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2019 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. In this edition, check out nearly five dozen Easter eggs and comic references from the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984....

The Morning Watch: Making Of Quidditch In ‘Harry Potter’, Fighter Pilot Reviews Flying Scenes In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 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....

The Morning Watch: Secrets Of ‘The Santa Clause’, Rating Submarine Scenes In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 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. In this edition, learn some behind the scenes secrets about The Santa Clause from the latest edition of Disney+’s web series The Deets....

Theme Park Bits: Universal’s The Walking Dead Is Closing, Mickey And Minnie’s Marquee, And More By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 8, 2020 1:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: An attraction themed to The Walking Dead is closing in March. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway has a marquee. And more! We start today at Universal Studios Hollywood, where the park will soon be saying goodbye to one of its more terrifying attractions....

TV Bits: ‘Party Of Five’, ‘Black Mirror’, ‘Peaky Blinders’, ‘The Hellfire Club’, ‘I May Destroy You’, ‘Turn Up Charlie’ By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2020 1:00 pm EST Above you can see the trailer for I May Destroy You, “A fearless, frank and provocative half-hour series exploring the question of sexual consent and where, in the new landscape of dating and relationships, the distinction between liberation and exploitation lies. Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella (Michaela Coel), a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 11, 2020 1:00 pm EST American Horror Story is one of the most successful anthology series on air today, with each season offering a fresh horror approach from creator Ryan Murphy. But the mega-producer, who has been producing content under a deal with Netflix, is still finding new ways to tell horror stories with a new spin-off series that will double down on the anthology model. Titled American Horror Stories, the spin-off series will consist of hourlong standalone episodes, rather than the season-long horror arcs of the original show....

‘Big Mouth’ Season 3 Trailer: Hormones Are Raging More Than Ever, And ‘Queer Eye’ Is Coming Too By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 17, 2019 11:30 am EST Big Mouth is coming back for a third season next month, and the first trailer for the all-new episodes has just arrived. When you see the hormone-fueled nastiness that’s in store for this season, you’ll be glad that the show has already been renewed for three more seasons after this....

‘Extraction’ Review: Chris Hemsworth Broods In This Ho-Hum, Non-Stop Shoot ‘Em Up By Chris Evangelista/April 22, 2020 8:00 am EST “Sounds like some mythic shit!” So says Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth), the brooding hero of Extraction, when he’s tasked with his latest job. That’s actually a pretty wordy sentence for Tyler, who spends most of the film grumbling monosyllabically and silently shooting people. Lots and lots of people. In fact, Extraction might as well be retitled Chris Hemsworth Shoots People....

‘Hercules’ Live-Action Remake In The Works At Disney, The Russo Brothers To Produce By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2020 12:54 pm EST If you thought Disney was done remaking films from their animated library, guess again! Hercules, the 1997 animated musical about going from zero to hero, is the latest to land itself a live-action remake. The Russo Brothers are set to produce the film, while Dave Callaham, writer of the upcoming Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, is handling the script....

‘Indiana Jones 5’ Starts Production In Two Months, And We Can Already Hear The Whip Cracking By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 14, 2020 8:30 am EST Next week, you’ll be able to see Harrison Ford fight the elements with a very good dog named Buck in an adaptation of the Call of the Wild, the classic novel by Jack London. But it won’t be long until he’s getting back into more familiar adventure mode with his trusty whip and fedora in Indiana Jones 5....