It is learned in primary school that the five senses — sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste — play a vital part in how people perceive the world. Children are taught to be aware of their surroundings by using all the senses, but when it comes down to which of the senses are superior, sight and hearing usually come in as the first two choices. Now, imagine if one or both of these senses were taken away....
The Umbrella Academy tells the story of a group of superpowered children, born mysteriously on the same day in different parts of the world, and brought together by an eccentric entrepreneur to become a crime-fighting unit. “We’ve not got all 10 [episode scripts], but we’ve had a fair chunk and yeah, I think that you’re right. I think it did allow them to have a bit of extra time on, because I think we got commissioned in the middle of all this stuff....
Another seven days has come and gone and has brought us a fresh batch of news bits, box office info, new official websites for upcoming movies and new trailers. So lets not make haste and get right into it with this week’s Notables. NOTABLES “Martin Scorcese and Leonardo DiCaprio Team Up on The Wolf of Wall Street” - Monday, March 26: Still no word if they’ll both just produce this or if Marty will direct and Leo will star, but it sounds quite interesting....
Ever since I started writing for MovieWeb back in the summer of 2003, I’ve always wanted to do one of those snazzy Top 10 deals at the end of the year. You know, put my offical rubber stamp on the year. Hell, maybe even get one of those fancy critic quotes on a DVD like our own Stephen Chupnick did on the DVD for Accepted. Good job Stephen… lucky bastard. But, the reason I never actually DID a Top 10 of any year is because, well, I don’t live in the most diverse of cinematic environments....
While Sam Raimi recently joked that he isn’t sure whether Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is done with reshoots, it seems that Taika Waititi has decided that the next MCU entry, Thor: Love and Thunder, is in need of a few tweaks as the film reportedly heads into some more reshoots in the coming weeks. As has previously been explained on other Marvel projects, there are many reasons for reshoots, whether it is to pick up missed shots, refine others or add in additional scenes that just help make the story flow better....
Tick, Tick…Boom! is a musical biopic that premiered on Netflix last year and was directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Encanto). It’s a gorgeously realized story about the life of Jonathan Larson and his journey to writing a successful stage musical. For those not super familiar with theatre, Larson was the mind behind the hit Broadway musical Rent. Tick, Tick…Boom! stars Andrew Garfield as Larson, alongside Vanessa Hudgens, Alexandra Shipp, Joshua Henry and Robin de Jesus....
Superman fans can rejoice - there very well may be a ninth season of Smallville, and Tom Welling is posed to sign on for it. Mike Ausiello, of Entertainment Weekly has the scoop on whether or not Welling is going to be back as the pre-Superman Clark Kent. Ausiello writes: So, if all goes as well, we can expect to see at least one more season of the show, as it moves us ever closer to seeing Clark Kent don the mantle of Superman....
For many years, Hollywood has tried to capitalize on the success of video games. After all, according to Things Have Changed, the gaming industry has become bigger than both the film industry and music industry combined. Unfortunately, film adaptations of video game franchises have been generally poorly received. However, 2018’s Tomb Raider became an outlier, thanks to the excellent casting of Alicia Vikander in the role of Lara Croft. Before Tomb Raider, Vikander starred in film projects such as Ex Machina, The Danish Girl, and Jason Bourne....
Tracy Morgan is making his much-anticipated return to stand-up with Staying Alive, an all-new comedy special exclusively for Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network. The stand-up special, shot before a packed house at New Jersey’s landmark Count Basie Theatre, will launch globally on Netflix Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Tracy Morgan’s Staying Alive finds the comedy icon exploring his fresh take on life, career and mortality in the wake of surviving a devastating near-fatal traffic collision in 2014....
The legendary producer and his National Treasure director discus a third film in that franchise and their latest sorcery movie starring Nicolas Cage One of the most anticipated films appearing at WonderCon in San Francisco this weekend has got to be Disney’s new live-action movie, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The film is based on the famous Mickey Mouse segment, “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” from the classic Disney film, Fantasia, and is produced by legendary Hollywood super-producer Jerry Bruckheimer....
If you recently missed an episode of your favorite show, don’t sweat it. TV Daily has you covered. Every day, we will be updating you with the funniest, most exciting series out there. Finally, you can catch all of these water cooler conversation starters in one convenient place. Today, we have brand new episodes of White Collar, 24, Human Target, Chuck, Cougar Town, Brothers & Sisters, Desperate Housewives, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Make It or Break It....
FilmDistrict has released two new clips from the upcoming horror-thriller Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, which debuts in theaters across the country on August 26. Take a look at these clips below, which feature evil demons causing trouble for Guy Pearce and young Bailee Madison. Blackwood Manor has new tenants. While architect Alex Hurst (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) restore their Gothic mansion’s period interiors, Alex’s young daughter Sally (Bailee Madison)-neglected by her real mother and brushed aside by the careerist father-can investigate the macabre history and dark corners of the estate....
Universal Pictures has picked up screen rights to Larry Doyle’s novel Go Mutants!, with Imagine Entertainment head Brian Grazer to produce. According to Variety, Doyle will write the script. Go Mutants! is a teen comedy/adventure set in a high school where all of the tropes from classic 1950s alien invasion movies came true. Years later, the children of those mutant creatures have assimilated among the other kids. Doyle said the book and movie invites cameos from ’50s fright fixtures like Gort – the robot from The Day the Earth Stood Still – and the creature from the black lagoon....
Warner Bros. has just released an advanced preview of their upcoming 2010 summer movie release slate, which includes such highly anticipated films as Sex and the City 2, Splice, Jonah Hex, Inception, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Lottery Ticket, and Going the Distance. Sex and the City 2 - May 27th The fun, the fashion, the friendship: Sex and the City 2 brings it all back and more as Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) take another bite out of The Big Apple–and beyond–carrying on with their busy lives and loves in a sequel that truly sparkles....
Warner Bros. is turning up the heat in the Fourth Quarter. On October 31, Warner Home Video will release seven new high definition titles. Making their debuts are V For Vendetta and Excalibur on HD DVD and The Phantom of the Opera, The Searchers and Unforgiven on Blu-ray Disc. Under Siege will be making a simultaneous debut on HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc. V For Vendetta makes its HD DVD debut with In-Movie Experience (IME), the interactive feature allowing viewers to enjoy new ways of accessing interviews and other material – while the movie is running....
Take a look at four new clips and eight new video interviews from 88 Minutes starring Al Pacino, which opens on April 18. Click below to see this slew of videos for yourself. Al Pacino Interview Alicia Witt Interview Benjamin McKenzie Interview William Forsythe Interviewe Deborah Kara Unger Interview Leelee Sobieski Interview Amy Brenneman Interview Director Jon Avnet Interview In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row....
The Weinstein Co. have provided us with an all-new clip from George A. Romero’s upcoming zombie-feast, Diary of the Dead, which is coming to theaters on February 15th. Take a look! Fiction turns into reality for a group of film students who set out to shoot a low-budget horror flick in the woods of Pennsylvania. When the dead come to life before their eyes, director Jason Creed decides to capture these startling events with his camera, even as members of his cast and crew become prey to the increasing army of walking corpses that surround them....
Starz has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for Spartacus: War of the Damned, the final season for this hit series, which debuts January 2013. Before production begins every year, main cast members undergo one month of rigorous training, to get in shape for all the intense fight sequences they must endure. CLICK HERE to visit TVWeb and watch as stars Liam McIntyre, Manu Bennett, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Simon Merrells, Dustin Clare, Ellen Hollman, Jenna Lind and Todd Lasance prepare for upcoming episodes by participating in the Gladiator Boot Camp!...
Yahoo! Movies has just debuted a brand new clip from She’s Out of My League, which will be released in theaters on March 12. Click below to watch this side-splitting scene where Jay Baruchel introduces Alice Eve to his family. Kirk (Jay Baruchel, Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder), an average Joe, can’t believe his luck. Though he’s stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds Molly (Alice Eve), a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe falls for him....
The promo video for Whiteout that was first shown at the 2007 Comic-Con has finally hit the web. While this isn’t the official trailer for the graphic novel adaptation but you can take a look at the promo video below. Whiteout will open in theaters September 11th, 2009. After two years stationed at Antarctica’s South Pole research base, lone U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) is as anxious as anyone to be going home....
