HBO has released a new look at The Righteous Gemstones and it looks hilarious. The new series stars Danny McBride, John Goodman, and Adam Devine as the titular religious family who has a lot more going on behind-the-scenes than they let on when it comes to earning money. The new look focuses on the greedy underbelly of the family and their unorthodox ways of getting rich while leaving the church in the dust....
Considering the fact that The Rings of Power is set in the same universe as Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings, filmmakers have certain criteria to meet. Middle-earth has a certain aesthetic look to it that, while manageable in the studio, is more effective when real wonders of the world are used to help build this magical fictional world. The Rings of Power is jam-packed with fantastic shots of phenomenal locations....
Since the passing of Nichelle Nichols, Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike have been mourning the loss of the beloved Lt. Uhura. Tributes poured in from far and wide. Years ago, the actress used her breakthrough role as Star Trek’s Enterprise communications officer to encourage more marginalized groups to apply for NASA. Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut, directly attributed Nichols’ campaigning to her drive to become an astronaut....
After the success of The English Patient, director Anthony Minghella could do any movie he wanted. He decided to adapt a novel written by Patricia Highsmith, about a character named Tom Ripley. In 1999 (a great year for movies), the film headlined by Matt Damon was released. It wasn’t a success, but over the years, the movie has achieved cult status. Even Matt Damon says it’s his favorite movie he’s ever made....
Summit Entertainment, a Lionsgate company, announced today that The Twilight Saga Twitter handle @Twilight (twilight) amassed 1 million followers, making it the first-ever movie page on Twitter to ever reach the million mark. The Studio started the Twitter handle in October 2009. Within 24 hours of creating the handle, @Twilight became a worldwide trending topic. To celebrate today’s achievement, the Studio released a video to thank the million who follow the film franchise on Twitter, which can be seen here....
NBC will broadcast a special hour-long episode of The Voice following the network’s exclusive coverage of Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, February 5 (10-11 p.m. ET; time approximate). The announcements were made today by Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment. “There is no better showcase on television than to follow the Super Bowl, and we believe The Voice is deserving of such high-profile exposure,” said Greenblatt. “The attention grabbing blind audition phase of The Voice has mass appeal and will fittingly team up with the biggest sporting event of the year....
Another seven days has come and gone and brought us a new slew of movie news, box office info, new official websites for upcoming movies and new trailers. Lets check out this week’s Notables first. NOTABLES “David Dobkin to Direct The Flash” - Monday, October 29: Well this certainly sounds like some interesting news. Dobkin has been a hot comedic property ever since directing Wedding Crashers. He has Fred Claus coming out this week and a bunch of pictures in development, although this Flash project will likely take precedence over everything else....
If someone still didn’t know, Quentin Tarantino is a cinema encyclopedia. He started watching movies at a young age and amassed such an impressive knowledge that, other than his own movies, fans are always looking for new recommendations that could transpire from his interviews. As passionate as only Tarantino can be, he will not only tell you the plot, the cast, the crew and more, but also reminisce about how the movie influenced him as a filmmaker and cinema connoisseur....
Marvel has now revealed when audiences will be able to watch the latest MCU outing, Thor: Love and Thunder, at home on Disney+. Coming courtesy of Marvel.com, it has now been announced that Thor: Love and Thunder will premiere globally on Disney+ on September 8, 2022, with the movie being gifted to audiences as part of Disney+ Day. As well as landing on Disney+, a behind-the-scenes look at Thor: Love and Thunder, titled ASSEMBLED: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder, will also be unveiled....
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise arrived at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere in the only way that he can, flying a helicopter. The impressive entrance was shown in a video shared on social media by The Hollywood Reporter, with the actor landing on the USS Midway, an iconic Navy aircraft carrier that was docked in San Diego. He then headed off to the world premiere of the long-awaited Top Gun sequel....
Val Kilmer recently commented that on-set camaraderie was a big part of working on Top Gun back in 1986, and while it is clear that Top Gun: Maverick has captured some of the same vibes, Kilmer revealed that his close friendship with Tom Cruise is not confined to the movie. Speaking to the LA Times via email, Kilmer was asked about his appearance in the movie, which it seems was built on the friendship between Kilmer and Cruise in the script and real life....
Netflix’s upcoming vampire comedy Day Shift calls for more than your average garlic-around-the-neck, stake-in-the-heart type of slaying. Naturally, anything produced by John Wick director Chad Stahelski calls for action and lots of it, comedy or not. The movie stars Oscar winner Jamie Foxx who plays a pool cleaner named Bud Jablonski, who moonlights as a vampire hunter and, making his feature directorial debut is accomplished stunt performer J.J. Perry. In Day Shift, Foxx’s mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income – hunting and killing vampires as part of an international union of vampires....
The Walking Dead has dragged out the Kingdom’s inevitable conflict with the Saviors all season. Bury Me Here finally brings the endgame into focus. It also marks a significant turnabout for Morgan (Lennie James) and Carol (Melissa McBride). Two of the toughest characters are back in play. It always takes tragedy to stir the pot and tonight was no different. The innocent are purely fodder for this show. Bury Me Here begins with King Ezekiel (Khary Payton) closing a truck door on a single crate with a melon in it....
The Walking Dead continues to milk absurd storylines. Still Gotta Mean Something started with promise before devolving into utter nonsense. We find out what happened between Jadis (Polyanna McIntosh) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Morgan (Lennie James) catch up to the escaped Saviors. Carol (Melissa McBride) searches for Henry (Macsen Lintz), while Rosita (Christian Serratos) and Daryl (Norman Reedus) pay Eugene (Josh McDermitt) a visit. Still Gotta Mean Something opens with a flashback at the junkyard....
“Charlie Sheen died…And went to FX!” Coming to FX June 28th is Charlie Sheen’s return to the small screen in the new sitcom Anger Management, which finds the former Two and a Half Men star playing a retired baseball player who now teaches anger management to other high profile clients. Visit TVweb to watch the first trailer: CLICK HERE In Anger Management, Charlie Sheen stars as “Charlie,” a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management....
Phase four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has taken a dive into the supernatural. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness began the descent, with Loki season one offering throwaway lines about vampires and werewolves. These stories have teased audiences about the horror-filled future. Within weeks, the universe is inching closer to its first Halloween special premiering on October 7th on Disney+. Werewolf by Night is the MCU’s introduction to the first true monster seen on screen in the universe....
Sarah Jeffrey has been cast as the youngest sister in the new Charmed Reboot pilot for the CW. She’s playing Madison and joins Melonie Diaz, who is playing another one of the other three sisters, Mel. Jeffrey’s Madison character is a college freshman and is trying to get into a sorority, but her witchcraft doesn’t exactly help matters. The Charmed reboot was originally going to be set as a prequel in the 1970s, but it was later decided to make the new reboot take place in present day....
The Hunger Games, which has landed at Lionsgate, is being set up and touted as the next Twilight. And the studio is hoping for a gargantuan hit franchise. Director Gary Ross, perhaps best known for Seabiscuit, was chosen to helm the first installment of Suzanne Collins’s brutal trilogy. He has come forward to explain why he feels the three movies need to be rated PG-13. The story of The Hunger Games follows sixteen-year-old (and not yet cast) Katniss Everdeen, a young women coming of age in a post-apocalyptic landscape where she must fight to the death in an annual televised competition that pits boys and girls from different districts against each other....
U.S. aid worker Fred Cuny is having his life turned into a major motion picture. According to Variety, Element Films and Spitfire Pictures have acquired the rights to both the book and the documentary that tell the man’s story. Scott Anderson’s book The Man Who Tried to Save the World will be the basis for the film. Collateral’s Stuart Beattie will write the screenplay once the writers’ strike is resolved. The biopic will focus on the death-defying disaster-relief exploits of Cuny, a Texan who became known as the Master of Disaster for his accomplishments in unstable places like Iraq, Ethiopia, Somalia, Bosnia and Chechnya....
After spending the last decade directing episodes of critically acclaimed shows like Game of Thrones, Shameless, and Succession, Mark Mylod is making a return to film with the satirical thriller The Menu. Following a group of wealthy diners—including Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult—in a claustrophobic culinary experience curated by commanding Chef Slowik (Ralph Fiennes), the Emmy-winner says the script for The Menu was impressive enough to pull him back into filmmaking....
