It has long been known that moviegoers can only tolerate watching a film for two to three hours before their brains (and bladders) start to grow restless. When you include bathroom breaks and snack-making, a movie that’s longer than three hours—or even more than that—better be worth your time! While the length of a film does not define its quality, some stories just work deliciously well when they take their time....
ABC has picked up two more pilots, an untited dramedy from Rob Thomas and Five Year Plan, from Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. The Rob Thomas project, an adaptation of the New Zealand format Outrageous Fortune, makes a third pilot for the Veronica Mars creator this development season. ABC also picked up his comedy script, a revised Cupid. According to The Hollywood Reporter, both pilot orders follow the news that Thomas had been tapped by the CW to pen an updated spinoff of the hit 1990s series Beverly Hills, 90210....
War wreaks blood, death, and loss. The Centopath in London and the Thiepval Memorial in France commemorate those that fell between 1914 and 1918 during the First World War, with thousands of cemeteries and churches around the world also housing memorials with lengthy registers of those lost in battle. Millions of names carved into stone and wood, forever remembered for their bravery. While the names of the so-called “Great War” casualties have been inscribed into history, the very nature of their deaths was forever etched onto the walls of the minds of their surviving comrades....
Amber Heard is in talks to star opposite Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary, an adaptation of a Hunter S. Thompson novel that Bruce Robinson is writing and directing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Heard is a relative newcomer who so far has been cast in supporting roles in more modest movies. Her notable roles include the title character in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and a stint as Seth Rogen’s high school-aged girlfriend in Pineapple Express....
FX has released publicity stills and a photo gallery for the season premiere of American Horror Story: Coven, “Bitchcraft”, debuting Wednesday, October 9 at 10 PM ET. Taissa Farmiga stars as Zoe, a young woman with supernatural powers who is sent to a New Orleans school of witchcraft. Take a look at these photos featuring Jessica Lange, Jamie Brewer, Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Gabourey Sidibe and many more cast members from this horror anthology series, created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk....
Last night saw the Season 1 finale of American Horror Story satisfyingly wrap up the plight of the Harmon Family, with Ben (Dylan McDermott), Vivien (Connie Britton), and Violet (Taissa Farmiga) becoming ghosts determined to keep any future residents from staking a claim in their infamous Murder House. “Those characters? Their stories are done!” There was no cliff hanger, and with the main cast dead, it has left many fans asking, “What’s next for American Horror Story Season 2?...
Animated versions of our favorite superheroes are trying to get onto television right around the same time that we expect to see their live-action counterparts on the silver screen. An article at USA Today talks about several upcoming animated projects for Nickelodeon, namely Iron Man: The Animated Series, Wolverine and the X-Men and Speed Racer: The Next Generation. The cartoon series are aimed at Nick’s core audience, boys aged 6 to 14, according to Nicktoons general manager Keith Dawkins....
The sheer volume of comic book movie delights over the weekend may have left you feeling a little dizzy, but we have more from the MCU to dazzle you with in the form of the first poster for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Shared to Twitter by Andy Park, the Marvel Studios Director of Visual Development & Concept Artist, the poster finds Scott Lang, Hope van Dyne, and a superhero-suited Cassie Lang amongst the psychedelic swirls of the Quantum Realm....
Death is often just a temporary state in the magical world of Merlin. Such is the case when Anthony Head makes a dramatic, one-episode return to the popular Syfy series this Friday, Jan. 18 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT in an all-new episode entitled “The Death Song of Uther Pendragon”. When a stranger gives Arthur (Bradley James) the power to summon the dead, the King finds himself torn between head and heart....
Antonio Banderas will have a role in the upcoming Indiana Jones 5 film, albeit a minor one. In an interview with Collider, he called his contribution to the movie more of a ‘cameo’ than a major role, although he’s very grateful to be a part of the franchise: While no official images of Banderas’ look in the upcoming film have been revealed, it’s easy to picture him in laid back-bar, reminiscing with Indy on times past and catching up with each other....
It has now been confirmed that the legendary director and producer, John Landis, will team-up with Arnold Schwarzenegger and the production team behind Genius Brands International’s forthcoming children’s animated series, Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten. Landis will be on directing duties, with Schwarzenegger providing his iconic voice to the lead role in this action-adventure comedy series. As the title suggests, Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten is from the mind of the Marvel and comic book legend, Stan Lee, who co-created the series in one of his final projects....
Director James Cameron will film Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 in the Manhattan Beach, California facility MBS Media Campus. The 585,000-square foot facility will be home to the motion-capture photography, and will also likely be the new home to James Cameron’s company Lightstorm Entertainment. It is said that more than 90,000 square feet of production and office space has been leased, although it isn’t said how long that lease will run for....
In 2009, the world was introduced to Pandora with the release of Avatar, and they loved it. But ever since our introduction to that world, 20th Century Fox has kept news of the sequel under lock and key. After years of silence, but promises that it was coming, the president of 20th Century Studios, Steve Asbell, has gone on record to say that Avatar 2 is going to leave viewers impressed....
Game of Thrones star Oona Chaplin will portray the leader of the fire nation of Na’vi, the Ash People, in Avatar 3, producer Jon Landau has now confirmed. While it was already known that Chaplin would play a role in the sci-fi action sequel, Landau revealed to Empire Magazine that her role would be a crucial one, with her character Varang acting as the leader of the antagonistic fire tribe....
Earlier this week, we showed you the latest trailer from Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome, the two-hour Syfy pilot that will be broken up into web series episodes starting Friday, November 9 on Machinima. Today, we have the first clip featuring Luke Pasqualino as William Adama. The young fighter pilot gets into some trouble during a firefight, employing an unorthodox and reckless tactic to get out of the jam, despite coming seconds away from dying due to radiation exposure....
The cynic (or in festive terms, the “Scrooge”) in most of us may believe that Christmas simply isn’t anywhere near as good once the magic of Father Christmas has been stripped away from us as a child. Forget losing your virginity in your adolescence, this devastating revelation is the first step toward adulthood, the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Once the secret is out, there is no going back, and year after year, Christmas seems, well, less Christmasy....
Mia Wasikowska is definitely an actress that knows exactly what she is doing. Her acting career began as early as 2004 when she was featured in a few episodes of the Australian medical drama series All Saints. She has since created a name for herself in the film and TV industry acting in some very iconic roles in this day and age. In fact, Wasikowska has not only stuck to acting in her career in entertainment, but has also extended her career into filmmaking....
We’re almost to the very end of Saul Goodman’s story. Initially, television history’s most entertaining lawyer was first introduced on Breaking Bad, with Bob Odenkirk perfectly cast in the role. Because the character had so much unexplored potential by the time that series ended, the choice was made to delve further into the true story of Saul Goodman with the spinoff series Better Call Saul. Better Call Saul first premiered in 2015 and has since aired five seasons on AMC....
Warning: There are MAJOR SPOILERS in this story from the series finale of Better Call Saul. Six seasons of Better Call Saul were wrapped up on Monday night with the airing of the show’s series finale, and while the episode put a bow on the Breaking Bad spinoff, there are still some questions that remain. In the episode, the fates of Jimmy “Saul Goodman” McGill (Bob Odenkirk) and Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn) were ultimately revealed....
Big Brother season 20 contestants Angela Rummans and Rachel Swindler are under fire after making racist comments. The comments were made on the 24/7 livestream and were called out by fans. The two cast members, who are white, used the term “ghetto” when discussing their skin color, which came about as the result of tanning. Swindler added, “My stomach is as dark as Bay. I can’t be in the sun for two days straight…I will change ethnicities....
