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Star Wars: The Clone Wars expanded on how the franchise continued to be chronicled. A new take on intergalactic adventures found a home in an animated series that elevated the groundbreaking achievements made by the space opera. Focusing specifically on the Republic Army and their struggles opposite of the Separatist Alliance, the fate of the galaxy remained held in the grips of unceasing war. Nestled in between the first two films of the Prequel trilogy, The Clone Wars elaborated on the most pivotal relationships that bound the series together....

Actor Keanu Reeves has passed on Warner Bros. live-action remake of Akira. We reported earlier this month that the studio expressed interest in Keanu Reeves portraying Kaneda, although the actor decided to pass on the role last Thursday. The studio has also shut down the pre-visualization department and let go of staff members working on the movie. However, Warner Bros. is still actively searching for cast members. Here is a statement released by the studio....

On Thursday, October 6, this year’s Animation Is Film (AIF) festival announced that it would screen the World Premiere of the English-language dub of Crunchyroll’s One Piece Film Red as the centerpiece of the festival on Saturday, October 22, ahead of the film’s North American theatrical release on November 4. The same day, AIF also announced its Closing Night film would be Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, which is being shown ahead of its Netflix premiere in December 2022....

Loki star Jonathan Majors is all set to become the “biggest, baddest MCU villain” audiences have ever seen in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. According to the actor himself. Appearing alongside his Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania co-stars via Fandango, Majors has offered some insight into where the MCU sequel will find the malevolent Kang the Conqueror, who has become a man isolated. Trapped in the Quantum Realm following the unleashing of the multiverse, Kang is expected to take over from Thanos as the next Marvel big bad....

Anthony Bourdain became a food personality after the book Kitchen Confidential, where he explained what really happened inside a kitchen, which made him a celebrity. Back then, there wasn’t all that knowledge (or even interest) in chefs and foodie culture, and he helped change that. Now we know so much about them, there are movies parodying the whole world. Bourdain always had impostor syndrome when people called him a chef, but what was undisputed was his curiosity and empathy in Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, which made us discover a lot of great foods, the people that cooked them, and places, showing us how the world is an incredibly enormous place; one where if you make an effort to understand each other, there are amazing rewards....

Like most long-term Marvel actors, Anthony Mackie’s Falcon has had his fair share of dramatic moments and plenty of humorous ones. However, as he moves up to take his place as the MCU’s new Captain America, Mackie still has one moment from his time as Falcon that never fails to make him crack up laughing. It is not surprising that the moment also features his on-screen buddy Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier, played by Sebastian Stan....

Ahead of the release of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, titular star Antonio Banderas sat down to discuss the enduring popularity of his feline character. Originally debuting in Shrek 2 as an assassin sent to kill the eponymous ogre, Puss became an instant fan favorite to the point of being the only character besides Shrek (Mike Myers) to get his own series. Banderas told Collider what he thought the reason for that was....

Focus Features has released a brand new trailer for Joe Wright’s upcoming romantic drama Atonement. On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment’s flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. But Briony’s incomplete grasp of adult motives-together with her precocious literary gifts-brings about a crime that will change all their lives. The filmmakers of Pride & Prejudice reunite for a new movie, based on the award-winning best-selling 2002 novel Atonement, which is a classic British romance that spans several decades....

The Bates Motel series came to an end this week and so did A&E’s scripted programming. A new effort to revitalize scripted programming on A&E started in 2008, but no original scripted show really stuck. Bates Motel was the exception. In fact, Bates Motel was the only show of A&E’s scripted programming to last longer than one season since the show’s debut in 2013. After more than a decade of effort, A&E will completely stop scripted programming in favor of the more popular reality programming....

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced that Paramount Pictures’ Beowulf, scheduled for release on November 16, will be made available to select exhibitors who have installed Dolby 3D Digital Cinema technology by the film’s release date. Dolby 3D Digital Cinema technology was introduced at ShoWest 2007 in Las Vegas. Before rolling out the technology to a wider audience, Dolby held a 3D beta test which yielded favorable results. “The popularity of the 3D format is changing the film industry landscape,” said Tim Partridge, Executive Vice President, Products and Technology, Dolby Laboratories....

David Cross is primarily known as a stand-up comedian, but he’s also a popular actor, director, and writer. He’s done both live acting and voiceover work, broadening his filmography with a variety of genres and animations. Though he doesn’t always act in the shows he’s helped create, he has in some of them, like the TV series Freak Show. Some of them even helped start his career in the first place....

Immigration can be a brutal journey. It can also be euphoric, or a catalyst for a major perspective shift in someone’s life. That journey is navigated by countless individuals every single year, each of whom bear the pain and joy of making a new life in an unfamiliar place. Immigrants of all backgrounds are contributing to the genesis of a new, transnational perspective, one that has been making waves in popular art for the last few decades....

War is coming to the high seas in the first trailer for the upcoming Starz series Black Sails, debuting in 2014. Michael Bay serves as executive producer in the 8-episode series, which is set 20 years before Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Treasure Island. Toby Stephens stars as Captain Flint, with Luke Arnold portraying the latest addition to Flint’s crew, John Silver. They square off against rival Captain Vane (Zach McGowan) for control of New Providence Island....

Almost exactly one year after Katie Cassidy’s character Laurel Lance, a.k.a. the Black Canary, was killed off in an Arrow Season 4 episode, the beloved actress is returning to the series. It has been confirmed that Katie Cassidy will be back as the Black Siren, appearing in the final two episodes of Arrow Season 5, before returning as a series regular in Arrow Season 6. Entertainment Weekly broke the news of Katie Cassidy’s return, although the site didn’t have any details about how Black Siren’s return will affect the current Black Canary, Dinah Drake (Juliana Harkavy), who is now part of Team Arrow and has a Canary Cry....

Bravo orders another helping of its acclaimed series Top Chef, the No. 1 rated food series in all of cable television, for a third season of culinary competition. A nationwide casting call for season three fires-up this month with cook-offs in Dallas, Las Vegas, Miami, New York, and San Francisco. For more information, interested candidates can logon to BravoTV.com/casting. The announcement was made today by Lauren Zalaznick, President, Bravo. “The second season of ‘Top Chef’ has outperformed even our highest expectations both in ratings and the quality of this non-fictional competitive drama,” said Zalaznick....

The two shows in the Breaking Bad universe will intersect in the final episodes of Better Call Saul, as it has already been announced that Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) will be showing up for special appearances. It remains to be seen how exactly the two are featured in the story, and whether they’ll be younger versions of the Breaking Bad characters or if they’ll be shown in flash-forward sequences....

Blood+ Part One is coming to DVD on March 4, but we want to celebrate this huge, 25-episode anime set with another one of our contests. You can win this huge set that comes with other non-DVD goodies as well, by just clicking below. These will go fast, so enter this contest as fast as your fingers can fly. Winners Receive: Blood+ Part One DVD set. CLICK HERE to enter this huge giveaway....

The Halloween Heists of Brooklyn Nine-Nine were some of the absolute highlights of the show’s eight-season run. This tradition started with a simple episode: Jake Peralta challenges Holt to a bet, saying that he can steal anything that the Captain is protecting. From there, the contest involves the whole cast, with different winners coming out on top in each episode. Starting in season one and ending with the final episode of the entire show, the heists were a staple of the workplace TV comedy that grew and evolved as the cast changed and developed....

CBS has given Jericho, its freshman hit drama about the aftermath of a nuclear explosion on a small, peaceful Kansas town, a full season order. Jericho, averaging 11.3 million viewers, 3.4/10 in adults 18-49 and 4.6/12 in adults 25-54, has boosted CBS’s performance in the Wednesday, 8:00-9:00 PM time period by +48% in viewers, +36% in adults 18-49 and +48% in adults 25-54 compared to last year. As part of a three-hour drama block that includes Criminal Minds and CSI: NY, CBS has seen its Wednesday ratings increase year-to-year by +34% in viewers, +22% in adults 18-49 and +30% in adults 25-54, the Network’s biggest night of ratings growth....

It’s March Madness time, and for most people, that means basketball. But not for everyone. Now, actress Lynda Carter is getting in on March Madness with a new bracket on her Facebook page. Ms. Carter is urging her fans to nominate their favorite episodes from the Wonder Woman TV show. These episodes will battle it out in a March Madness bracket to determine the best Wonder Woman episode of all time....