CBS’ hit series The Big Bang Theory has never shied away from bringing in high-profile guest stars, with William Shatner, Bob Newhart and even real-life nerd heroes such as Stephen Hawking and Steven Wozniak appearing on the show through its first nine seasons. Today we have word that the show’s high-profile guest star tradition will continue with Breaking Bad star Dean Norris coming aboard for a multi-episode arc in Season 10....
Black Adam may have arrived on HBO Max with a bang, claiming the top spot on the streamer’s chart and obliterating the competition, the bigger picture shows that the film’s debut pales in comparison to that of The Batman earlier this year. Dwayne Johnson recently released a statement about his Black Adam future that suggested that he may return but not seemingly in the capacity he originally envisioned. The reason for that could have been made even more obvious as Black Adam has continued to underwhelm in the main....
The Future is Bright! On Friday, October 21, Netflix will introduce the anticipated Black Mirror Season 3 to audiences around the world. We have the thrilling first trailer from the anthology series that has been described as “unlike anything else on TV” (vulture.com) and “a Twilight Zone for a digital age” (The New Yorker). Black Mirror Season 3 may be the best yet. And you can expect some scary ideas to permeate your skull....
Twenty years ago, in the summer of 2002, The Bourne Identity forever changed what we would come to expect of action franchises. Directed by Doug Liman of Mr. & Mrs. Smith fame, the film famously follows an amnesic man caught amid a CIA conspiracy. While “Jason Bourne” attempts to put together the fragmented pieces of his identity, somebody else wants him dead - desperately. Based on the eponymous Robert Ludlum novel, The Bourne Identity was far ahead of its time in its ability to combine elements of a fast-paced action thriller with intense psychological drama....
Weekend Box Office: Semi-Pro $15.2 million Vantage Point $13 million The Spiderwick Chronicles $8.7 million The Other Boleyn Girl $8.3 million Jumper $7.6 million Step Up 2 the Streets $5.7 million Fool’s Gold $4.6 million Penelope $4 million No Country for Old Men $4 million Juno $3.3 million Jackie Moon and his ABA team The Flint Tropics didn’t quite slam-dunk the weekend box office, but Semi-Pro did come in number one with $15....
PREDICTED WEEKEND BOX OFFICE The disappointing summer box office got a much needed injection of excitement last weekend when Toy Story 3 opened with an impressive $109 million domestically. The film absolutely destroyed fellow newcomer Jonah Hex and took the tenth spot on the all-time best opening weekend list right behind The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 3, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Iron Man 2 and Shrek the Third, Alice in Wonderland, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, respectively....
Breckin Meyer talks Franklin and Bash Season 2, debuting Tuesday, June 5 at 10 PM ET on TNT Breckin Meyer is an actor who has found success in practically every medium imaginable, from movies, live-action television, and animated television. He returns to the small screen as the enigmatic lawyer Jared Franklin, alongside Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s Peter Bash, in the TNT series Franklin & Bash, which returns with Season 2 Tuesday, June 5 at 10 PM ET with Episode 2....
Brick is a modern neo-noir film that involves high school students. It is a unique movie in that it uses most of the common film noir tropes, yet its characters are high school students, as opposed to washed-up private detectives or obsessed cops. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Brendan, the lead character, and he talks just like someone out of a film noir book, sounding like Humphrey Bogart from In a Lonely Place or Robert Mitchum in Out of the Past....
You can bring home the latest outlandish comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen on DVD and Blu-ray this November. Bruno will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 17. We don’t have any cover art or special features details at this time, but we know that the Blu-ray will include a Digital Copy. The standard DVD will be priced at $29.98 SRP and the Blu-ray will be priced at $39.98 SRP....
Dealerships are at the forefront of the multibillion dollar auto industry that employs over 20 million Americans. During the recent recession, thousands of dealerships struggled to make a profit and were in danger of closing their doors. Spike TV’s new unscripted original series, Car Lot Rescue, follows auto dealership ‘doctor’ Tom Stuker as he takes charge in bringing these once failing establishments to new heights of success. Taking no prisoners, Stuker picks apart each dealership, implementing his specially-developed training technique made up of equal part sales, psychology and attitude....
Pixar’s Cars received the top prize Sunday night at the 34th annual Annie Awards, but DreamWorks and Aardman Features’ Flushed Away walked away with the most awards, according to Variety. Cars won for best animated feature and nabbed the music feature awards for Randy Newman. Flushed Away won five trophies: animated effects, Scott Cegielski; feature character animation, Gabe Hordos; feature production design, Pierre-Olivier Vincent; feature voice acting, Ian McKellen; and feature writing, Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd & Joe Keenan and Will Davis....
The movie and music industries are linked more closely than one might think. Historically, there have been countless cases of stars who have tried their luck in the other industry, regardless of the outcome. On one hand, there is a large list of singers who became great actors, with many of them even garnering nominations and awards for their performances. Among the best known cases is Lady Gaga’s starring role in A Star is Born, for which she was nominated Best Actress at the Academy Awards, and won the statuette for Best Original Song....
The Orange British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday, February 12th at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One. Red carpet coverage will be hosted by Edith Bowman on BBC Three: 2011 NOMINATIONS (presented in 2012) The Artist - Thomas LangmannThe Descendants - Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim TaylorDrive - Marc Platt, Adam SiegelThe Help - Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, Michael BarnathanTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo...
21 Jump Street, the buddy cop action film starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum became a huge success upon its release in 2012. The two stars played police officers who must go undercover as high schoolers and cease the circulation of new synthetic drugs and ultimately arrest its supplier. Although based on crime and action, 21 Jump Street delivered comedy as the two try to fit in the high school and mingle with the kids despite their demeanor and obvious generational differences....
Amidst a flurry of rumors that original Batman TV series star Adam West was recently seen on the Nottingham, England set of director Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises comes the news that the actor is actually appearing in the film. This cameo rumor comes from Floss Magazine’s Twitter feed, but it has neither been confirmed or denied by Christopher Nolan’s camp or anyone at Warner Bros. Here is the news:...
Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban’s 2929 Prods. has set Alex Holmes to write The Infiltrator, a drama about a Customs official who helped uncover a massive money laundering scheme that involved Pablo Escobar, according to Variety. The production company has optioned “The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel,” a memoir by Robert Mazur to be published by Arcade in April. Holmes’ adaptation will focus on Mazur’s transformation from a married accountant to an undercover operative who hobnobbed with unsavory figures and brought down several major banks that were laundering tens of millions of dollars for Escobar as well as Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, Al Qaeda and the Taliban....
MovieWeb recently attended a press conference that was hosted by Disney for Star Wars: Andor. Series creator Tony Gilroy and lead star Diego Luna both attended the event which was moderated by Joe Neumaier. During the conference, both participating members discussed the development of the series and how Andor stands out from the rest of the currently available Star Wars projects. The series follows thief-turned-Rebel spy Cassian Andor during his 5 years of significant events leading up to Star Wars: Rogue One....
Fans of Makoto Shinkai can finally rejoice worldwide. According to The Hollywood Reporter, his newest animated feature film Suzume (full name Suzume no Tojimari), is coming West and will officially debut in North America as well as several countries in Europe on April 14th, 2023. An official trailer for the film can be viewed below. The film is a light-hearted and mesmerizing coming-of-age story about a 17-year-old girl named Suzume who lives in the southwestern Kyushu region of Japan....
As We See It was created by Jason Katims. It is based on the original Israeli series On the Spectrum and follows three friends living on the autism spectrum, starring Rick Glassman, Albert Rutecki, and Sue Ann Pien. All three actors are autistic, as are their characters, adding some authenticity to the story. Prime Video’s official description of the series is as follows: MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY The series also stars Sosie Bacon, Chris Pang, and Joe Mantegna....
Warner Premiere has released the first two photos from Batman: Year One, the 12th entry in their DC Universe animated movies. Click on these photos below to access our gallery, and read on for information on who will voice the main characters in this animated Batman adventure. MovieWeb Gallery The main voice cast for Batman: Year One has been secured, with Bryan Cranston, Eliza Dushku, Ben McKenzie, Katee Sackhoff, and Alex Rocco all joining the voice cast....
