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Netflix has finally unveiled Black Mirror: Bandersnatch for the world to see, and as suspected, it is not only their first-ever Black Mirror movie but also their first choose-your-own-adventure style interactive film experience, though they have other unique like-minded entertainment for you to choose from. But that other stuff is mostly for kids. This could be considered the snake eating its own tail, as Black Mirror is about advanced technology and the effects it has on human life....

Black Panther was one of the biggest movies of 2018, claiming the second spot for highest-grossing film of the year behind another MCU project, Avengers: Infinity War. Chadwick Boseman led the movie as T’Challa, aka the Black Panther, heir to the kingdom of Wakanda. It was apparent a sequel would be made following the first film’s release. However, no one would predict making the follow-up without the main star of the initial Black Panther....

Don’t pitch a biopic to Britney Spears. The “Toxic” singer, who has seen her share of both highs and lows throughout her life and career, has been the subject of multiple recent documentaries focusing on her former conservatorship. Some might say that what she’s been through could make for a compelling movie, and given her immense fame and success, it does seem probable that a Britney Spears biopic will happen one day....

Bruce Campbell may be seemingly done with starring as Ash Williams in The Evil Dead, but as well as being producer on the upcoming Evil Dead Rise, the iconic actor still has quite a lot lined up in the future. While speaking to Bloody Disgusting’s The Boo Crew Podcast, Campbell revealed that along with upcoming acting roles, the first of which is horror-comedy Black Friday that is released this Friday, he has been working on a comic book series for one of the big comic book companies....

Transformers is a franchise that spans from 1980s to present day. It started as a toy line in the 80s, then became a comic series, animated TV shows and movies, and live-action films, all of which continue to be created, with the trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts immediately garnering massive attention. Transformers main plot concerns the titular “robots in disguise,” whose home planet was destroyed by a war between the Autobots (generally known as the good guys) and the Decepticons (generally known as the bad guys)....

Caroll Spinney, best known for his decades of work on the educational PBS series Sesame Street, has died. Best known as the man behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Spinney had portrayed the characters since the show’s inception in 1969 until his retirement last year. With his death confirmed by the Sesame Workshop, Spinney passed away on Sunday in his Connecticut home after a long battle with Dystonia. He was 85 years old....

Let’s get ready to rumble. MTV has announced that they’re bringing back Celebrity Deathmatch with Ice Cube set to star in and produce the revival. This isn’t the first we’ve heard of the violent and hilarious claymation series coming back, as MTV2 had previously announced a reboot in 2015 that got a pilot. However, the network didn’t pick it up to series. This time around, it sounds as though things are a bit more serious....

Chan-wook Park (Oldboy) is in negotiations to direct the languishing Western The Brigands of Rattleborge for Warner Bros. We first reported on the project back in August 2006, when the studio acquired the script by S. Craig Zahler. The story follows a sheriff and doctor, who team up to seek revenge against the band of outlaws who pilfered their small town. The screenplay made the Black List in 2006, but has been stuck in development due to its incredibly violent content....

While all reports have suggested that Warner Bros will still be releasing The Batman in Russia this week, The Walt Disney Company has released a statement announcing the halting of all cinematic releases in the wake of the current ongoing crisis in Ukraine. The move comes as Disney prepares some big releases, including the upcoming Pixar movie Turning Red, with other films such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness set to be addressed “based on the evolving situation....

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 80th Academy Awards. Seventy pictures had originally qualified in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order: Autism: The Musical Body of War For the Bible Tells Me So Lake of Fire Nanking No End in Sight Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience...

There is something about a well-crafted plot twist that just sucks you in and keeps you hooked. It could be something as simple as a character’s true identity being revealed, or it could be a shocking event that completely changes the course of the story. Whatever it is, a good plot twist has the power to completely change the game and keep you guessing. But what is it about plot twists that we find so captivating?...

The 300 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – the innovative score to the upcoming feature film 300 – will be released by Warner Bros. Records on March 6th, three days before the movie, also distributed by Warner Bros., opens nationwide. The film, which stars Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, and Rodrigo Santoro, is based on the acclaimed graphic novel by beloved comic book writer and artist Frank Miller. The film’s score was written and produced by Tyler Bates, a composer best known for his work on the zombie horror films The Devil’s Rejects (directed by Rob Zombie) and 2004’s Dawn of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder, who also wrote and directed 300....

Science fiction is a genre that typically focuses on advanced technology and futurist concepts. It’s been nearly 300 years that creatives have used their imagination to depict what the years ahead may look like. A Trip to the Moon by Georges Melies is considered to be the one of the first sci-fi films that predicts a spacecraft being launched to the moon. Since then, there have been several other movies that have accurately predicated events and inventions of the future....

Horror as a genre stirs up trauma-inducing scenes of blood, sweat, and tears. Movies that cause and celebrate fears are a twisted labor of love. To even think of the sinister scenes is enough to put one into a panic. Nothing makes you feel alive like the overhanging threat of death. Psychological horror plays tricks on the eyes. Body horror makes the eyes involuntarily vomit. Any form it takes on, horror has a little bit of everything to satisfy and realize the deepest, darkest dangers imaginable....

Netflix is turning its hit drama series into reality television with Squid Game: The Challenge. Variety reports that a reality competition based on the 2021 South Korean drama has been greenlit, with production moving forward on the series. The announcement for the show can be found below. The series, which stars Lee Jung-jae in the lead role, centers around a deadly, high-stakes game involving 456 players taken off South Korea’s streets to compete for a massive cash prize....

Is Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 already in the pipeline at ABC? The first live-action TV series to arrive during the age of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a mixed bag. It’s been a good way for many hardcore Marvel fans to get their fix on a week-to-week basis, but it hasn’t been a monster hit for the network either. It looked like Season 5 was maybe set to be the last for the series, but now a new rumor suggests season 6 is happening after all....

Guy Nattiv and Erez Tadmor are digging into Mossad history, writing an untitled project that centers on the Israeli intelligence agency for La Vie en Rose producer Alain Goldman. The pair also might direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will follow the true story of the investigation into the disappearance of a 9-year-old boy from the streets of Jerusalem in the early 1960s. The case, known as the Yossele Case, took on major importance in Israel – still in its nascent stages as a country – which was making its mission to be seen as a country that would provide a safe haven for Jews throughout the world....

Albert and Allen Hughes are re-exploring the themes of their 1999 documentary American Pimp with Gentlemen of Leisure, a drama series project for HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gentlemen of Leisure explores the world of prostitution through the eyes of a legendary pimp contemplating retirement. The series is set in Oakland, Calif., and will be written by Rescue Me co-executive producer Evan Reilly. “It’s about a guy who wants to get out but keeps getting sucked back in by the allure of the game and by extraneous circumstances that have to do with his family,” Reilly said....

The recent announcement that James Franco will play Fidel Castro in the upcoming movie Alina of Cuba did not sit well with actor John Leguizamo. Shortly after the news was made public, Leguizamo took to social media to blast the casting of Franco in the role. The Encanto star says he has no problem with Franco personally but that “he ain’t Latino.” As Leguizamo put it: Alina of Cuba producer John Martinez O’Felan has since responded to Leguizamo’s comments in a statement provided to THR....

Amber Tamblyn has joined the cast of Spring Breakdown, according to Production Weekly. Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch and Parker Posey already are cast. Ryan Shiraki will direct Spring Breakdown from a script he developed with Dratch in their first collaboration. Best of friends and geeks since way back, Amy, Rachel and Becky uncharacteristically decide to take their annual vacation in South Padre for Spring Break, since Becky, who works for Senator Kay Be Rogers, has been assigned to keep an eye on the Senator’s allegedly wild daughter, Lindsay (Tamblyn), who’s going to be in South Padre for Spring Break with her friends, Truvy and Lydia....