Pride Month is finally here, and it is just about the right time to celebrate queer visibility in media. Although Netflix could be doing a lot more with queer representation, given how big the streaming platform is and how they present themselves to be inclusive, they still have a lot to offer, particularly when it comes to TV series. LGBTQ+ representation in TV has come a long way in the last decade....
For as long as Hollywood as been around, the American film industry has been primarily run by men. Now, however, some of the best working directors today are women. Of course, it is no secret that male directors are still given more opportunity and acclaim than women directors. The only way to change that is to support women-directed movies. The Academy Awards is the most respected achievement one can receive in the world of cinema....
Horror movies are known to be eerie, devilish, and at times, totally gruesome, particularly when it comes to the ending. While other movie genres typically show their protagonists riding off into the sunset in some form or another, horror movies tend not to let up even at the bitter end, sometimes even going so far as to kill off their lead star. This is usually done for the dual purpose of getting in one last good scare and, perhaps more importantly, setting up a sequel....
A&E Television Networks and Apple announced hit television programming from A&E Network, The Biography and History Channels is now available for purchase and download on the iTunes Music Store (www.itunes.com). The new content features popular series such as Criss Angel: Mindfreak, Driving Force and Inked from A&E Network, The Revolution and Modern Marvels from The History Channel, and selections from the Emmy Award-winning Biography series from The Biography Channel. iTunes offers over 200 TV shows for $1....
You can take home Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello and Ed Harris in high-def this February. A History of Violence will be released on Blu-ray on February 10, 2009. We have no cover art or pricing details as of yet, but we’ll update this story as soon as we have more information. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris and William Hurt, in his Oscar-nominated supporting role. A thriller from director David Cronenberg, A History of Violence stars Viggo Mortensen as a pillar of a small town community who runs a diner and lives a happy and quiet life with his wife (Maria Bello) and two children....
Directed by Matt Reeves, the 2022 hit The Batman received high marks from critics and sold over $770 million worldwide. The movie tells Bruce Wayne’s story from a different angle, showing him investigating Gotham’s corruption and questioning his family’s involvement. Given the movie’s popularity, Warner Bros. confirmed the production of a sequel to the story and a few spinoff series. Warner Bros. Discovery has been working on a 10-year plan for the DC Universe, which should unify the brand....
Back in August, The Goldbergs creator proclaimed on Twitter that he is “100% game” for a crossover between his ABC series and Netflix’s white-hot sci-fi series Stranger Things, which was given the seal of approval by Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy. It seems that this crossover is more than just Twitter talk, with Adam F. Goldberg revealing in a new interview that he does have an idea of how this crossover just may work....
Acclaimed filmmaker Ti West is back with another genre-bending horror film, X. The film revolves around a group of unsuspecting filmmakers whose plan to shoot an adult film on an old farm is violently foiled by its elderly owners. Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Sacrament) has written and directed X with the backing of A24 Films. An official trailer was recently released, which you can check out below....
The Roku Channel’s biopic on “Weird Al” Yankovic almost included a cameo from Aaron Paul, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Back in 2013, Paul portrayed the “Eat It” singer for a Funny or Die parody trailer for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, imagining a fictional backstory for Yankovic as someone who was much more problematic behind the scenes than he seems. The project has since been adapted into an upcoming feature-length film with Daniel Radcliffe taking over the role of “Weird Al....
According to Variety, ABC is hopping into bed with “Sex And The City” creator Darren Star, inking a rich two-for-one pilot commitment with the Sony-based producer. Alphabet will develop two projects with Star’s shingle, committing to greenlight at least one project to pilot early next year. Company’s already set up one potential skein under the deal, a half-hour single camera laffer from scribe Darlene Hunt (“Good Morning, Miami”). Pact with ABC follows a similar two-for-one agreement Star set up at UPN earlier this year....
Relativity, RelativityREAL and the Bandito Brothers will bring their No.1 box office film Act of Valor to the small screen, it was announced today by Relativity’s President, Tucker Tooley, RelativityREAL’s CEO, Tom Forman, and the Bandito Brothers. The theatrical release over-performed at the box office and in-home entertainment markets, including VOD and is soon to be broadcast on the FX Network. The companies will work together to develop and shop an original and exclusive project based on the hit film, taking it to broadcast and cable networks shortly....
Variety reports that Adult Swim has ordered two more seasons of their hit show Robot Chicken. The cable channel placed a 40-episode order. This will bring the show into a fifth and sixth season. The stop-motion animation/comedy series is the highest-rated original program for Adult Swim. Robot Chicken was created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. They are also executive producers on the show. “It’s kind of amazing,” Green said about the renewal....
Nickelodeon’s brand-new version of its legendary sketch comedy series, All That, returns on Saturday, June 15, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT), with an all new cast and performance by Grammy(R) nominated multiplatinum powerhouse Jonas Brothers. The premiere also features appearances from legacy cast members Kel Mitchell, Lori Beth Denberg and Josh Server, who helped make the original series a 90s icon for an entire generation of kids. Executive produced by original cast member Kenan Thompson, All That will air weekly on Saturdays at 8:30 p....
The star and showrunner of this ABC sitcom talk about the upcoming season Men in Trees is coming back to ABC with all new original episodes starting Wednesday, February 27. I was in on a conference call with the show’s star Anne Heche and executive producer Jenny Bicks, and here’s what both had to say about this new season. You got back on the air so much quicker than most of them....
MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY Blumhouse Television president Chris McCumber added, “We’re excited to see Ariana’s fresh, bold and spirited energy that won her an Oscar in a role that is completely different. And with the gifted filmmaking team of Bridget and Danielle, the talent in front of and behind the camera is exceptional.” The movie is described as a “tense, psychological, and sensuous thriller that will leave hearts pounding and mouths watering....
Audi has joined forces with Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc., for the release of the movie version of Iron Man due in theaters May 2, and will launch a global marketing campaign highlighting the role of Audi in the film. Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark – the title character in the film. His superpowers are the result of the highly versatile and indestructible high-tech armor that he developed himself....
End of an Era Groan. Yawn. Sigh. It’s that time of the year again. Coming through at the end like twelve bloody months. A girl’s period. And I don’t know how I’m going to make this sh*t fly. This has been the single most boring stretch for film in quite some time. I can’t think of one single movie that even got my ire up. Sure, there were things I enjoyed....
Cinemax has renewed the action series Banshee for a second season, scheduled to debut in 2014, it was announced today by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming. The show is currently in its first season, with episodes debuting Friday at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Executive produced by Jonathan Tropper, David Schickler, Peter Macdissi, Alan Ball and Greg Yaitanes, Banshee stars Antony Starr (Rush) as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pa....
The voice was perfect, as was every facet of the show. The writing, the animation, and the stories of Batman: The Animated Series were and still are the standard for The Dark Knight. But that voice just made it; Kevin Conroy was Batman to an entire generation. His grim monotone is the one we still hear in our heads as we read freshly printed comics to this day. Conroy sadly passed away after a battle with cancer on November 11....
Unstoppable teams of avenging superheroes are everywhere these days, but there was one gang of semi-superpowered misfits that did it way before it was popular, Mystery Men. Starring Ben Stiller as one of the members of the scrappy vigilante squad, the actor has now declared that he would love to return for that long, long-awaited sequel. In an interview with Comicbook.com, Stiller said that he had not heard of any news surrounding a possible Mystery Men 2, but was quick to state that he is “all for it....
