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The ranks of “pointless reboots that no one asked for” are getting ready to add a new entry to the list, with The CW’s upcoming live-action series based on Cartoon Network’s iconic cartoon show The Powerpuff Girls. The debut of the new show, simply titled Powerpuff, has been delayed due to the pilot episode needing to be reshot. Amidst speculations, The CW chairman and CEO Mark Pedowitz clarified the need for the reshoots....

As we well know at this point, The Dark Knight Rises is one of the most guarded sets in history, and all involved with the production have remained tightlipped in regards to the characters and storyline. It has been rumored for a while that Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) might be getting a sidekick this time out, with much speculation pointing towards a female version of Robin. Michael Caine, who was attending the Cars 2 junket this morning, has added more fuel to the fire....

A re-built $50 million body wasn’t enough to save Jamie Somers from her ultimate fate - cancellation. Hollywood.com reports that NBC has decided to end production on Bionic Woman. Bionic Woman debuted strong, with nearly 14 million viewers for the first episode of the show, however by the eighth (and final) episode, viewership had dropped to just under 6 million viewers. Production on the series had been suspended in November due to the WGA strike, leaving the cast and crew of the show to wonder about the ultimate fate of the show....

David Gordon Green has spent three films telling more of Laurie Strode’s story in the Halloween franchise, and it all comes to an end this week with the release of Halloween Ends. That does not mean the director is finished with helming legacy sequels for beloved horror films from years past, as he’s currently in pre-production on a new film that serves as a follow-up to The Exorcist. In a way that’s similar to Jamie Lee Curtis returning for another run as Laurie Strode in the Halloween films, the new Exorcist movie brings back original star Ellen Burstyn, marking the first time she’s appeared in the franchise since the first movie was released in 1973....

Morgan Creek Entertainment announced a reboot of the 1973 horror classic, The Exorcist last year in August. The currently untitled Exorcist movie was supposed to come out in 2021, but the backlash Morgan Creek received upon its announcement had them treading carefully. David Gordon Green (Halloween (2018) and Pineapple Express) was announced as director in December 2020, with the film being delayed to 2022. Green has now clarified that the film will be a direct sequel to the original and not a total reboot, as previously rumored....

Imagine if “The Royal Tenenbaums” had been an animated film about the mishaps of a family of Foxes and their furry friends. Well if you do, what you’re left with would probably be pretty similar to Wes Anderson’s brilliant new film, “The Fantastic Mr. Fox.” The film, which is by far one of the most original and enjoyable movies of the entire year is perfect for any fan of Anderson’s past films but also works quite well for anyone not familiar with the director’s work....

Get ready for some big changes, Flash fans. But don’t worry, these changes are probably for the best, as the show speeds towards season 4. The first three seasons of The Flash have all featured speedsters, similar to Barry Allen, as the main villains. It looks like that is going to change in season 4, according to some of the producers who work on this popular CW superhero series The news comes courtesy of The Flash Podcast, who posted the news on Twitter after attending the Arrowverse panel at PaleyFest....

The world of Middle-Earth has been brought to life on-screen on several occasions throughout the years, with the most recent being Prime Video’s The Rings of Power. Prior to this series, the most recent explorations into the fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien came in the form of the trilogy of films based on The Hobbit. Director Peter Jackson’s adaptations of The Lord of the Rings in the early 2000s are lauded as one of the best trilogies ever put on screen....

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that The King’s Speech PG-13, the family-friendly version of its Academy Award-winning historical drama about King George VI, will open on 1,000 screens nationwide on April 1, and will be the only version available in theatres. One of the year’s most celebrated, successful and beloved films, The King’s Speech was honored at the 83rd Academy Awards with Oscars for Best Picture, to producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin; Best Director, to helmer Tom Hooper; Best Actor, to star Colin Firth; and Best Original Screenplay, to screenwriter David Seidler....

The Last Airbender director M. Night Shyamalan brings his summer hit home just in time for the holidays. The live-action fantasy adventure, based on the hugely popular animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, will hit Blu-ray and DVD November 16th. We have an exclusive look at the special features on this upcoming release with a behind-the-scenes clip of M. Night Shyamalan describing the breaking down process on the movie. Click on the clip below to find out some very interesting facts about The Last Airbender:...

Like any action/adventure project, The Legend of Korra has given us our fair share of villains, evil-doers, and enemies for our heroes to face off against. Some villains are more prominent and inciting than others, and they all bring varying degrees of danger to the world of Avatar. While Korra, her Team Avatar, and the good forces at play stand ready to combat the foes of peace and harmony, some villains have fairly successfully disrupted the way of life, as well as the hierarchy of the newly shaped world of Avatar....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY The Rings of Power is set thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit. Shadow of the Past opens with a voice-over from Galadriel. We see her playing as a young elf in Valinor, the undying Land across the Sea. The elves basked in immortality. They never thought their light would fade or could be extinguished. Pleasures and happiness surely last forever. The elves were wrong....

Din Djarin AKA The Mandalorian is the main character on the hit Disney+ original series The Mandalorian. The series follows Din and his newfound companion Grogu as they struggle to evade capture from the remnants of the Empire as well as independent bounty hunters. The series arguably revived Star Wars with all-new original characters that breathed new life into the franchise. With a new season set to be released on March 1st 2023, fans are brushing up on their Mandalorian facts....

Dwayne Hickman, star of the popular CBS sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gills, passed away at his home in Los Angeles on Sunday. The actor, artist, and television producer suffered some complications related to Parkinson’s disease and was 87 at the time of his passing. The tragic news has been made public by Hickman’s head of PR, Harlan Boll. An actor whose career lasted for almost three decades, Hickman’s passing is surely a tragedy for the film and TV industry....

James Bond is a long-running film series following British Secret Service agent James Bond, Agent 007, as he carries out mission after mission. Dozens of novels have been written for the James Bond series and just as many films have been made based on many of those novels. The films are jam-packed with action sequences, dangerous stunts and the occasional laugh as Bond fights the villain to complete his mission and save the world from a danger they aren’t even aware of....

Writer Bill Gallagher How did you get involved with the re-imagining of The Prisoner? Bill Gallagher: I had a phone call from Granada Television. It was such a surprising call…and I found myself having this bizarre conversation about reworking The Prisoner. I knew immediately I wanted to do it. I won’t claim to have been a long-term fan of the original The Prisoner, but I had seen it once as a boy....

The Simpsons fast approaches its finale for season 33, and a new clip provides a sneak peek at what’s to come. The episode, subbed “Poorhouse Rock,” includes a subplot of the women of Springfield getting obsessed with Tunnelton, the show’s version of the hit Netflix series Bridgerton. The clip, which was debuted by TVLine, can now be watched below. “The Springfield ladies had a marvelous time journeying back to an era when England was filled with eligible young ladies in corsets courted by hot multi-racial dudes with rock-hard abs,” a narrator explains as Tunnelton plays on the television....

The Simpsons has been going strong for more than 30 seasons. Amazingly, there has never been a spin-off from the long-running animated series. But at the height of the show’s popularity in the mid-90s, one almost happened. Or, at the very least, it was discussed by those in control of the show. And it would have come about as a result of one of the show’s most famous episodes. The episode that gave us Steamed Hams....

Summit Entertainment announced yesterday that the first trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse would debut online Thursday morning at 6:00 AM PST/9:00 AM EST. While all you Twihards await this exciting all-new 90-second preview, we have a ten-second teaser taster for you right now. To watch this never before seen footage, click on the clip below: In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge....

Sporadic cancellations have become commonplace throughout the past year, with many networks and major steamers implementing these cost-cutting measures. On Friday, Deadline broke the news that AMC’s Demascus is the latest on the chopping block, officially receiving its cancelation notice. The half-hour six-episode science fiction comedy comes from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and executive producers Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) and Kirk Moore (American Crime), who also doubled as the series showrunner....