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The hilarious mockumentary Abbott Elementary is set to premiere its second season on September 21 this year. With the original cast returning for a full 22-episode season, audiences are in for a treat. One reason the show quickly rose to popularity was its relatability. Teachers found the show so delightful because Quinta Brunson, the creator and lead actress, based the comedy show on real-life educators’ struggles and triumphs. Brunson revealed that she absorbed a lot of information about educators from watching her mom, according to Deadline....

Did Adam Sandler not learn anything from I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry? Aiming to go even more lowbrow than his upcoming Jack and Jill, the comedian is toying with the idea of remaking Three Men and a Baby. Only now, the swinging bachelor trio who become the protective guardians of an infant will be a polyamorous gay couple played by David Spade, Chris Rock, and Rob Schneider. Walt Disney Pictures has been sitting on a remake of Three Men and a Baby for a while....

During a recent chat with Alexandre Aja for his newest movie P2, we asked him about his remake of Piranha as well what fans can expect from his other horror creation, Mirrors. Can you talk at all about the Piranha remake? Were you a fan of the original film? Alexandre Aja: Basically, I like the original but the idea of the piranha is more interesting to me than the original movie....

Let me begin by saying that I really didn’t care much for the 2007 live-action feature film, “Alvin and the Chipmunks,” based on the beloved singing critters from my youth. Often I find that if I thought a movie was completely horrible to begin with, than chances are I’m not going to like it’s sequel. However, I have been proven wrong with the new film “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel....

Margot Robbie is getting into the world of horror. Robbie’s production company is currently developing a small screen adaptation of Elizabeth Massie’s book series Ameri-Scares. There is no current home for the project at this time, but Robbie and crew aim to have it either debut on a streaming service or network at this time. The show is being described as a “family-friendly horror anthology with a road-trip spirit.” Every episode in the new show takes place in a “different state and center on notorious local legends or spooky historical events....

Universal is gearing up for a return to Great Falls with American Reunion, which will feature the original cast members of American Pie gathering for their high school reunion. Some new plot details have been revealed, which you can take a look at in the breakdown below. Be warned, though: There may be spoilers! Chris Klein’s Oz is now a reality TV star as a contestant on a dancing show similar to Dancing with the Stars....

Ang Lee, the director who pushed boundaries with his controversial Brokeback Mountain, has just earned an NC-17 rating for his latest film Lust, Caution. According to Variety, Focus Features, the studio behind the erotic espionage thriller, is okay with releasing it as-is. The film was co-written by Focus’ CEO James Schamus and Wang Hui Ling. The plot is based on a short story by Eileen Chang, and revolves around a shy Chinese drama student who gets pulled into an assassination plot against a Japanese collaborator during WWII....

It looks like James Cameron might be going ahead with his Avatar sequel much sooner than we had anticipated. The first film took him 3 years to make. Well, if 20th Century Fox’s newest production schedule is being read correctly then fans can expect to see Cameron’s majestical blue world back in theaters in January of 2011. The production report reads as follows: Cameron was recently asked about this during a press junket for Avatar in Japan....

NBC will premiere its intriguing new drama Awake on Thursday, March 1 (10-11 p.m. ET), starring Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, Brotherhood) as a detective who finds he is leading a complex double life that defies reality. The series will continue on Thursdays (10-11 p.m. ET). The Firm will move from Thursdays (10-11 p.m. ET) to Saturdays (9-10 p.m. ET) beginning February 11, where the drama will resume with original episodes. Encore episodes of Grimm will air Thursdays (10-11 p....

In its first week of availability, Walt Disney Pictures’ Bambi II sold over 2.6 million units on DVD in North America, it was announced today by Bob Chapek, President of Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The sequel to “Bambi,” the 1942 Academy Award nominated family film, Bambi II is on track to become another Disney animated treasure. “Bambi II continues the legacy that Walt began many decades ago and we are thrilled that consumers across the country have become enamored by Bambi II in such a wonderful way,” said Chapek....

The Dark Knight Rises put director Christopher Nolan’s Batman series to bed, with Warner Bros. and DC Comics making it quite clear that they plan to reboot the franchise in the coming years. Today, we have some industry insider news that suggests this new Untitled Batman Reboot franchise will be launched by the upcoming Justice League of America movie. The hope is that Bruce Wayne’s next big screen incarnation ties into DC’s overall cinematic arc....

David Thewlis began his career differently from the actor (and writer/director) he’d become, playing in rock bands like QED and Door 66, but later found his love for acting. Landing a role in the critically acclaimed Mike Leigh film Naked skyrocketed his career, and he has now spent over 30 years in the industry and has been the face of an array of great characters from horrendous Nazi soldiers in World War II to a lovable werewolf in the Wizarding World, and we just can’t get enough....

Almost everyone celebrates the dawning of a new year, and it’s been in quite a bit of media over the decades. New Year’s Eve is about new resolutions, self-reflections, and sometimes professing love before the new year arrives. But what makes an excellent New Year’s Eve scene? For one, it needs to be impactful. The scene needs to mean something to both the characters and the viewers. This can be anything from the resolution of an arc or perhaps the final blossoming of a romance, to a casual conversation between friends that reveals an important aspect we did not previously know....

The concept of time travel has captivated audiences since its emergence into the mainstream. The Idea that one can move between time and space has been a popular plot line in both fantasy and sci-fi alike. These films are often paired with the notion that disturbing any point of the past will greatly impact the future. Yet, what happens to time travel when it enters rom-com territory? Science fiction TV shows like The Twilight Zone and major blockbusters like Back to the Future have shown the risks of time travel for the world at large....

Some of the most inspirational speeches have been given by sports coaches. Whether they are movies about football or movies about the Olympics, one thing they have in common is, at the moment of need, the head coach delivered an impactful speech that turned the game around for the players. The coaches in sports movies and even sports biopics play influential roles in their players’ lives. Most of the sports movies on this list are based on true life events, while some are fiction that made for great cinema....

The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon are going to combine forces next month. It has been announced that Iain Armitage, Lance Barber, and Montana Jordan from the spin-off series are going to guest star on the main show. It has not been revealed how this crossover is happening, which is important since the shows have about a thirty-year difference between them. With that being said, it has led to speculation the young Sheldon Cooper is going to meet the older Sheldon Cooper....

Director Bill Paxton talks about the amazing true story, working with Shia LaBeouf, the new Blu-ray release and more While Bill Paxton is primarily known as an actor, with such films under his belt as True Lies, Apollo 13, Twister, Titanic along with his Golden-Globe-nominated turn as Bill Henrickson on Big Love, he’s also quite talented on the other side of the camera as well. Paxton made his directorial debut with the absolutely astounding film Frailty, that to this day is one of my favorites, and Paxton followed that suspsenseful thriller with the true-story sports film The Greatest Game Ever Played, which was just released on Blu-ray today, June 16....

While speaking with Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes for an episode of their SmartLess podcast, Bradley Cooper discussed past incidents where peers mocked him for his Academy Awards nominations. One of those incidents occurred during an Oscars party hosted by the agency CAA. Cooper recounted standing next to an actress, who he called a “dear” friend, and a director, when the director asked: “What world are we living in where you have seven nominations, and she’s only got three?...

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY From Prime Video, an official description for the upcoming second season reads: Carnival Row Won’t Get a Third Season Prime Video The two-season run probably seems disappointing for executive producer Travis Beacham, who’s 2005 screenplay A Killing on Carnival Row was what eventually became the Prime Video series. It officially began pre-production in 2015 before getting a series order in 2017. The first season debuted in 2019 on Prime Video, but because of the pandemic, production on season 2 did not begin until 2021....

Cassandro is veritable proof that Gael García Bernal clearly knows how to pick the best movie roles. His latest turn in award-winning director Roger Ross Williams’ feature debut, which made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is emblematic of a career that has been equal parts entertaining and chameleonic ever since he blazed onto the scene in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Amores perros in 2000. In Cassandro, García Bernal is Saúl, a gay luchador in Juárez, Mexico, who is enjoying the mildest of successes as El Topo, a masked character whose only job in the ring is to lose....