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The late Stan Lee will be remembered in the upcoming television special Celebrating Marvel’s Stan Lee, which will air on ABC later this month. Featuring many stars of the Marvel Universe and famous faces who are big fans of Lee’s, the goal of the special is to celebrate the life and legacy of the legendary comic book creator. Along with testimonials from other Marvel stars, the special will also feature never-before-seen interviews and archive footage of Lee from the Marvel and ABC News archives....

It will be almost 2 years since the last episode when 24 starts back up next January and here’s a little taste of what to expect. Remote Access has provided a small breakdown concerning what fans can expect in this highly-anticipated season. Tony’s resurrection will make sense. Jon Cassar promises. And no, Tony’s not bionic.{@@@newline@@@}{@@@newline@@@}- CTU is disbanded, but not completely dead. Whatever that means.{@@@newline@@@}{@@@newline@@@}- If you add up all the years and in-between times, it’s 2017 on the show....

Science fiction often reflects a vision of what humanity and the world might be like if things were different. Most often, it projects years into the future and imagines how technology or future events might have shaped us. There are some famous examples of when science fiction predicted the future. Star Trek gave us wireless phone communication that looked almost exactly like flip phones in the 1960s, decades before the first mobile phones were invented....

The entertainment industry, most notably the film industry, has been getting increasingly diverse over the years, embracing all kinds of talents. Actors, directors, writers, and producers have forged their careers, coming from a wide variety of backgrounds, with many of them emerging as household names that anyone would love to work with. When it comes to actors in particular, you can find some who have been in the industry from a very young age, with careers packed with hits, and others who needed many years of hard work to achieve their first major role....

The Beastie Boys singer directs the concert documentary When you grow up a short, fat, Jewish kid in the 80’s, there aren’t too many things you can latch onto to call them your own. That is, until a little band came out in 1984 called the Beastie Boys; they had a very distinct sound and flare. And the song ‘Fight for your Right’ made every top ten list, was an instant hit, and gave me hope to believe....

The Akira live-action adaptation is moving swiftly ahead at Warner Bros. Garrett Hedlund is set to headline the film as Kaneda, and an offer is out to Kristen Stewart for the key female role of Ky Reed. Now, Warner Bros. and director Jaume Collet-Serra are testing for the best friend role of Tetsuo, the young man whose telekinetic prowess is capable of unleashing the powerful being known as Akira. A fresh, hot roster of talent is being eyed for this highly contested role....

In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville) are going to write the screenplay for Universal’s Monster High. The film is based on a new Mattel property. The monster musical takes place at a “frighteningly fashionable” Monster High and showcases the spawn of famous monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman dealing with the trials of high school. After spending years making toys that are based on other companies’ properties or movies, Mattel is launching its first in-house brand created from scratch this summer....

On October 31st, AMC’s Monsterfest X is the only place where die-hard fans of the classic horror film series Halloween can tune in to catch a 24-hour marathon of six movies from the cult classic film franchise. The horror begins at 5:45AM ET & PT/4:45 C, starting with a presentation of Backstory: Halloween followed by Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers=, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers and Halloween: Resurrection....

American Gods wowed audiences when it first hit Starz earlier this year, but the show hasn’t been without its problems. And it’s facing some major hurtles as Season 2 grows nearer. The show’s top executive has been pretty open about the troubles the fantasy series, based on the works of Neil Gaiman, is facing. Of which include Gaiman’s own role as a producer on the drama. In just the past few months, showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green have both bailed on the series....

We reported yesterday that Amy Acker has signed on to guest star in the April 22 episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portraying Audrey, the long-distance girlfriend of Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg). This Portland-based cellist is unaware that her boyfriend is still alive, with Coulson protecting her from afar as a threat from her past emerges. Today, we have the first look at Amy Acker as Audrey, which you can check out below, along with an interview about the actress where she reveals more about this mysterious character....

Dear Kevin, Greetings from Minnesota, Mr. Smith… umm, no. Greetings from Minnesota, Kevin. I normally try to be somewhat formal with these Open Letters, but it just doesn’t feel right here, and it also sounds like I’m addressing a Frank Capra character. This is perhaps a landmark Open Letter column, because in its short history, this letter will probably be the only letter that will likely be read by the person it was intended for....

Anchor Bay Entertainment, a Starz Media company, has acquired all rights to Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, the highly anticipated mocku-slasher film from first-time filmmaker Scott Glosserman, the announcement was made by Mark Ward, vice president acquisitions, Anchor Bay Entertainment. Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, which premiered at SXSW ‘06 and has gone on to become a film festival darling garnering several awards, critical acclaim and a devout internet following, will mark the largest theatrical release thus far for Anchor Bay Entertainment, a leader in the horror genre, which is now part of Starz Media....

Development on a theatrical adaptation of Rovio’s popular Smart Phone game Angry Birds is moving forward, with former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel coming aboard as a special advisor. Angry Birds is still a long way from seeing theater screens, with the earliest year for release being 2014. David Maisel will serve as an executive producer on the project. He is also the executive producer behind this summer’s Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor....

We are used to being fed very small fragments of plot information about upcoming superhero movies from Marvel and DC, so it is not surprising that a newly released synopsis for Jason Momoa’s return as Aquaman has revealed just enough to get fans intrigued about what is to come in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom when it arrives around this time next year. With the sequel having wrapped filming earlier this month, fans are hoping it is not too long before we see more previews of Momoa, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and more in action....

Diego Calva, the fresh-faced, rising Hollywood star from Mexico, recently sat down for an interview with The New York Times on his career-catapulting role in Paramount’s Babylon, directed by Damien Chazelle. The interview revealed that despite his seemingly overnight success in Hollywood, Calva actually never planned to go into acting. The actor says he became hooked on cinema when he was only a little boy, but he always planned to pursue a writing-directing career....

Poison Ivy is officially a part of the Arrowverse. On The CW’s Batwoman, Nicole Kang’s Dr. Mary Hamilton started the transformation into Gotham City’s most plant-friendly supervillain in the latest episode. A new sneak peek photo of the Batwoman midseason finale reveals a full look at Mary after her full transformation into Poison Ivy, complete with the plants she uses as weapons against her foes. A character description provided by The CW reads, “Now that she’s been infected by Poison Ivy, the selfless and caring Mary Hamilton (Nicole Kang) we’ve come to know and love is taking a backseat to a pernicious and virulent version of herself....

BlackFilm has posted a brief interview with Beau Garrett on playing the character of Franke Raye in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The actress will next be seen in Fox Atomic’s horror/thriller Turistas, arriving in theatres on December 1: What’s your role in the “Fastastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”? Beau Garrett: I play Frankie Raye. She’s a military brat, who grew up in the military. She works under General Hager, who’s play by Andre Braugher and we come in to cooperate with the Fantastic Four to stop these events that are happening in the world and try to save the world ....

Films that take the human spirit and attempt to break it or at least find its limits, the perilous journey is an unrelenting endurance test that spans the globe. Whether it be an epic hero’s journey based on myth, the revolutionary spirit of rebellion, or finding a way to rescue love from death’s grip. This is a collection of films that have danger around every corner. Stories that use the world as an allegory for the individual....

“Podcasting” has becoming a popular hobby in the entertainment industry. For those not familiar, a podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. The most popular platforms include Spotify and Apple, but there are plenty of others across the web. A podcast series usually features one or more recurring hosts engaged in a discussion about a particular topic or current event. Discussion and content within a podcast can range from scripted to improvised....

Japanese director and screenwriter Ryusuke Hamaguchi has been making films for years, but it wasn’t until 2009 he decided to go back to school and learn how to make more artistic movies. He had been working in commercial film before deciding to change his trajectory. His early films are relatively unknown in the English-speaking world due to a lack of subtitles, but one of his most prominent movies from the beginning of his career was a documentary about the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan....