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Weekend Box Office 1)Iron Man $100.7 million 2)Made of Honor $15.5 million 3)Baby Mama $10.3 million 4)Forgetting Sarah Marshall $6.1 million 5)Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay $6 million 6)Forbidden Kingdom $4.2 million 7)Nim’s Island $2.7 million 8)Prom Night $2.5 million 9)21 $2.1 million 10)88 Minutes $1.6 million It didn’t take a psychic to know that Iron Man would completely obliterate the box office this weekend. The Marvel Comic adaptation took in an estimated $100....

In a press event in Tokyo on Tuesday, Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu announced the launch of a group of industry professionals aiming for structural reform of the Japanese film industry. Variety reports that the group calls itself the “Association for the Establishment of a Japanese Version of CNC,” referencing the Centre National du Cinema et de l’Image Animee, France’s government-backed industry oversight body. The group’s other members are directors Suwa Nobuhiro, Sode Yukiko, Nishikawa Miwa, Fukada Koji, and Funabashi Jun, who were all present at Tuesday’s press event....

As the eighth and final season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine quickly approaches, the official Twitter account finally released a trailer for the NBC sitcom. Fans should “Get ready for the most ambitious final season in Nine-Nine history. Season 8 of #Brooklyn99 premieres Thursday, August 12 on @NBC” according to the Twitter account. The trailer, imitating a blockbuster movie in style in tone, gives many glimpses at the final season, including an emotional moment between Jake Peralta and Charles Boyle....

20th Century Fox Television has announced that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is getting a reboot that will be executive produced by Joss Whedon. A network has yet to be announced, but Whedon is currently working with Monica Owusu-Breen to write the script. The reboot will be taking a different approach this time around in having a black actress portray the titular character, according to the new report. In addition to the return of Whedon, Gail Berman, Joe Earley, Fran Kazui, and Kaz Kazui, who produced the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie that inspired the TV series, will also serve as executive producers on the new series....

When the Cannes Film Festival first introduced the Palme d’Or, or Golden Palm, award in 1955, it became the highest ranking award at the festival. It is now regarded as one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry. Many filmmakers, regardless of whether they are new to the industry or not, hope to show their movie at this festival, and they all hope for the best awards they can get....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY Release United Artists Europa Following the premiere of the film, the movie was ordered to be seized by the Italian government, and the director Ruggero Deodato was charged with obscenity. After the 1981 theatrical run in France, it was suggested that the deaths seen onscreen, including the missing documentary crew and the native actor in the infamous impalement scene, were real. The documentary filmmakers that were shown to be killed on-screen had not been seen since the film’s release and Deodato’s charges were adjusted to include murder....

Although it is unlikely that Jurassic World: Dominion star Chris Pratt will find himself being munched on by a dinosaur in the movie, the actor has already mapped out how he would like his own dinosaur-based death to occur if it had to happen. While the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World franchises have not quite seen some of the graphically described dinosaur attacks featured in Michael Crichton’s novels, there have been a lot of memorable death scenes involving the prehistoric beasts....

Before we had gated communities and tall towers, our original form of settlement and social interactions originated from tribal associations. It was early in those primal years that one learned the importance of community, loyalty and unity, for in the face of any danger, humans were all humans had. Nowadays, with the onset of a whirlpool of technology, the significance of human interaction has taken a backseat, efficiently replaced by cool, quick machines....

You can expect four Sony action titles to blow up the high-def shelves this August. xXx: State of the Union, Half Past Dead, 7 Seconds and Maximum Risk will all be released on Blu-Ray on August 12. Each of these discs will be priced at $28.95 SRP. We have the cover art and full details on these discs below. DVvY2xxE18EXzv Agent Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson) returns in the sequel to the popular action/crime drama xXx, tasked again to find the next super spy....

Cobra Kai season 4 has been out for about a month now. With how the season ended, and with everything we know about season 5, it’s certain that the upcoming season will set viewers on a fun path filled with several possibilities. Exploring possibilities for the show’s next season is, after all, half the fun when the previous season wraps. The possible arcs, the fights, the team-ups—everything that season 5 could bring the audience certainly seems limitless, but with information from previous seasons as well as drawing from the most recent season, there are a few things that seem more likely to happen than others....

The A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise gave us one of the greatest cinematic slashers of all time. Its score is on par with the music and sound design in Halloween and the Friday the 13th series. But while Jason Vorhees was memorialized in Alice Cooper’s “He’s Back (The Man Behind the Mask)” from Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and The Ramones famously sang about Pet Cemetery, no horror icon has been better immortalized in popular song than the Springwood Slasher himself, Frederick Charles “Freddy” Krueger....

AMC is gearing up to produce a number of new series for broadcast. According to Variety, these will include two westerns, a drama from the executive producer of 24, and an hour-long drama from Peter Gruber. AMC hopes that one of these pilots will stick, so that they can add a new series to their 2009 line-up. The projects include Fort Smith from 24 exec producer Robert Cochran. This Western will revolve around Isaiah Parker, who polices the Five Points, comprised of five different Indian tribes, with his posse in the lawless post-Civil War West....

The Addams Family is a franchise about a wealthy, gothic family interested in eclectic and somewhat horror-related hobbies. They are widely known as strange and different outcasts; “they’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky,” as the theme song goes, though they do not see themselves as those words. They speak multiple languages and engage in fencing, dancing, writing, and other arts. They have a morbid look but can be seen to be happier than the average individual, even without smiling....

The video game industry is swiftly growing into one of the largest avenues of the overall entertainment sphere. With every passing year, video game sales are continuing to grow at an immense rate. Naturally, that spike has led to an increased number of movies that are based on video games as well. While video game adaptations on film and television are nothing new, they have never really exploded in popularity. At least, not nearly as much as one would expect with recognizable major names like Super Mario Bros....

John Goodman is in talks to join the cast of Ben Affleck’s drama Argo for Warner Bros. We reported two weeks ago that Alan Arkin is the first cast member aboard this true-story drama. The story is based off a 2007 Wired magazine article, which details the intriguing plan hatched by the CIA, the Canadian government, and the movie industry to rescue six American hostages in Iran. The ploy involved convincing the hostage-takers that the hostages were actually crew members doing a location scout in Iran for a Hollywood movie entitled Argo....

For many fans of Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne, the best way to celebrate Christmas this year was with a viewing of the classic film Batman Returns. Directed by Tim Burton and released in 1992, the film brought back the original Batman star alongside Danny DeVito’s Penguin and Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman. It was the last film to feature Keaton in the Batsuit ahead of his upcoming return to the role in The Flash, releasing in theaters in 2022....

Bear McCreary, the composer behind hit shows such as The Walking Dead and Battlestar Galactica, has announced he will be composing the music of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Here’s a statement the musician posted on his official website earlier today, where he revealed that part of his opening theme music will be revealed at the show’s Comic-Con 2013 panel on Friday, July 19 at 1:45 PM in Ballroom 20....

Being the Ricardos is the behind-the-scenes story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz during the I Love Lucy era of their careers. It presents a happy exterior to their lives while hinting at some darker elements like the Hollywood blacklist and the political threats of McCarthyism. The film attempts to tell these events historically accurately, but what does it get right, and what came from the writer’s room? Keep reading to discover which aspects of the film are fact and fiction....

Writers can be some of the strangest people one can encounter in their lifetime, but it’s through their eyes and words that we’re transported from one universe to the next. While the classic literature taught in school might not be the most entertaining reads, the story behind some of history’s greatest writers can be fascinating. Whether it’s F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald roaming the streets of France with their old buddy Hemingway, or Truman Capote moving from small-town Alabama to New York City, some of the world’s biggest writers have become an endless source of fascination....

November is a month bestrewed with a configuration of celebratory and commemorative dates, from Armistice Day and Black Friday to, of course, Thanksgiving. The latter is a holiday of gratification, a giving of thanks to the harvest. The celebration’s roots can be traced back to the 17th century, when English pilgrims celebrated the harvest with a festive feast. Like your misbehaving uncle at last year’s Thanksgiving, Netflix didn’t entirely get the memo this year....