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Actor Billy Bob Thornton is officially in talks to star in the comedy sequel Bad Santa 2 for The Weinstein Company. We reported in December that The Weinstein Company is joining forces with Disney-owned Miramax for sequels to Bad Santa, Rounders, Shakespeare in Love and a few other Miramax projects. Producers Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein previously ran Miramax before Disney took over the company and retained the name, which lead to the brothers forming The Weinstein Company....

The trailer for BBC One’s new drama Dracula, made in company with Netflix, has dropped on Youtube, and it promises to put the horror back in vampire fiction. Adapted from Bram Stoker’s classic novel, the series was co-written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, of Sherlock fame. It stars Claes Bang as the formidable Count Dracula, with a supporting cast of Jonh Heffernan, Dolly Wells, Joanna Scanlan, and Morfydd Clark among others....

The phrase ‘dark comedy’ just hits the ears in an unusual way. How can comedy and dark thematic elements blend together on screen? Well, to understand the phrase, it’s important to discern just what establishes a dark comedy. Most of the time, this genre is fundamentally layered with darker subject material. We could be exposed to death, war, suicide, or mental health issues; practically nothing is off limits. However, while there is darkness, there is a brightness to it also....

Throughout the years, Sam Mendes has continuously proved that he can tell a fantastic story and get the best out of his actors. He has worked with the best of the best when it comes to talent. Mendes’ career has spanned across many genres including war, crime, drama, and more. In 2000, Mendes took home the Academy Award for Best Director for his brilliant work on American Beauty. He recently showed the world his innovative methods by utilizing the one-take technique in 1917....

Even before being cast in Bong Joon-ho’s record-breaking movie Parasite, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho is easily one of the most recognizable faces in Korean cinema. He has worked with almost every major Korean director well-known internationally and domestically, and has consistently delivered solid performances in all his movies. Song made his acting debut in director Hong Sang-soo’s debut: The Day a Pig Fell into a Well. He was 30 years old and had previously pursued a career as a stage actor....

Sam Levinson’s Euphoria has been a phenomenal success since it first aired on HBO. With the recent debut of season 2, there’s clearly no sign of the hype slowing down, drawing a series high point of 2.4 million viewers with the premier of season 2, which was much anticipated after some lead up episodes due to the break enforced by COVID. Euphoria follows a group of teenagers, and their struggles with navigating teenage life, dealing with addiction, romance and general teenage drama....

We haven’t heard much on the progress of Bill & Ted 3 lately, since Alex Winter revealed in April that the script by Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson was completed. Alex Winter recently spoke about the comedy sequel, revealing it is still a long way from happening. Back in November, we reported that director Werner Herzog was considering directing Bill & Ted 3. It seems that isn’t exactly the case, though, according to Alex Winter....

Rumors of a Bill & Ted 3 have been floating around for years, and whenever stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are posed with the question, “Will it ever happen?” They always say the same thing, “Sure, we’d love to do it.” But in the 19 years since we last saw the duo in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, nothing has ever come of that idea. And news of an on-screen reunion between the two time-traveling, after-life traipsing rock and roll saviors pretty much died out once MGM announced a few years back that they were going to attempt a direct-to-video remake that would see both Bill and Ted’s names changed, and their band going from The Wyld Stallyns to Atomic Gorillas....

The weather has been erratic. Our Los Angeles days have been running the gamut between hot and cold, rainy and sunny. There’s never an adjustment period. One second, it’s hailing rocks the size of roller skate ball bearings. Then, quick as that came, the sky is piercing us with cancerous ultra violet rays. Check any meteorologist epicenter, and you’ll find this trend bucking past seasons of flow. We are in a strange era of climate conditions unlike anything previously documented....

You don’t have to be crazy…but it helps. Bravo’s new series Flipping Out, premiering Tuesday, July 31st at 10PM ET/PT on Bravo, follows the antics of one of Los Angeles’ most colorful real estate speculators, Jeff Lewis. It takes a special kind of personality to handle flipping six multimillion-dollar houses at one time, but Lewis, an obsessive compulsive successful businessman, pulls it off and turns a six-figure profit on every property....

Fans of iconic actor Brendan Fraser are sending their love and well wishes along to him in honor of his 54th birthday. In recent years, Fraser has been enjoying a resurgence in popularity that has been referred to by some as the “Brenaissance.” It has resulted in Fraser landing key roles in major upcoming releases, such as Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, as well as Darren Aronofksy’s acclaimed drama The Whale, which hits theaters this month....

The Good A complete look at the many facets of this film while still leaving an air of mystery about the story. The Bad Replay value may not be as high as you want it to be once you get to know the plot. A History of Violence is one of those movies that is going to be hailed even more in 10 years that it currently is right now. With David Cronenberg’s surefire direction and complex and interesting performances from everyone in the cast, this is the kind of film that will surely be more and more appreciated as the years pass on....

Every year, the Cannes Film Festival jury chooses the best film of the year and rewards it with the coveted Palme d’Or, considered by many to be the highest prize a film can receive internationally. Every time, the jury is chaired by various outstanding personalities of cinema. In the 2000s, the jury included Luc Besson, David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino, Wong Kar-wai, Isabelle Huppert, Tim Burton, and others, and they chose some truly remarkable films for the Cannes Film Festival’s grand prize....

This teaser is set against Billie Eilish’s smash hit single ‘Bury a Friend’, which gives the footage a creepy bit of gravitas and dramatic weight. The show is headlined by Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne. We learn that on Carnival Row, different is dangerous, and monsters are very real. MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY But even in darkness, hope lives, as a human detective, Rycroft Philostrate (Bloom), and a refugee faerie named Vignette Stonemoss (Delevingne) rekindle a dangerous affair despite an increasingly intolerant society....

Catwoman takes the spotlight in a thrilling anime adventure that will leave you purring in delight. Catwoman: Hunted takes the notorious thief on a globetrotting adventure as a vicious criminal organization nips at her heels. The film has a swinging jazz soundtrack and uses clever split-screen editing to adrenalize slick action scenes. It also gets quite racy with sexually charged flirtations between her and Batwoman. The joyride has a serious undertone with noble intentions....

The Disney+ streaming service is preparing to launch in November and The Simpsons are getting in on the promotional madness. America’s favorite animated family takes a humorous and edgy approach to the new streaming service and their place within it. When Disney+ launches, viewers will have every episode of The Simpsons at their fingertips, which is pretty strange to think about, even though the long-running animated series predicted the Disney and Fox deal years ago....

We all know how important a script is in a movie or TV series, and how determinant it can be for the success of such production. All of our favorite scenes and lines in movies and TV are the result of arduous workdays and a team that planned them down to the slightest detail, providing each actor with all the necessary elements to shine and portray their character at their best....

Throughout his career, Nicolas Cage has seen his ups and downs. From Leaving Las Vegas’s Academy Award-winning performance, to repeatedly screaming “I’m a vampire!” in Vampire’s Kiss, Cage is no stranger to doing his thing and fully exploring his roles and characters. It’s no wonder that he’s one of the greats. He throws everything he has into his roles, and has never failed to deliver throughout his long and prolific career....

Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes and John C. Reilly will star in The Extra Man, a comedy that Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor) will direct. According to Variety, the film is based on a novel by Jonathan Ames; Pulcini and Springer Berman wrote the script with the author. The duo last directed The Nanny Diaries. Kline plays a failed playwright who works as an escort for rich widows on the Upper East Side....

The 2018 American romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians featured an all-Asian cast, and is definitely one of the biggest and the best romantic comedy films that have emerged in the 2010s. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians follows a love tale between Nick Young (Henry Golding) and Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), who together flew to his hometown in Singapore in oder to meet his family....