The Devil In The White City Plot Cast And Everything Else We Know

The story of one of America’s very first serial killers is coming to the small screen thanks to Hulu. The Devil in the White City will be an adaptation of author Erik Larson’s best-selling historical non-fiction novel of the same name. The film has been in the works for a considerable time, with an on-screen adaptation discussed back in 2010. Although the initial plan was to make a movie based on the book, that is no longer happening....

July 30, 2022 · 5 min · 912 words · Edelmira Kowalik

The Dictator Lands Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley has joined the cast of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new comedy The Dictator for Paramount Pictures. We reported last night that Jason Mantzoukas (The League) is in talks for a role in The Dictator. Mantzoukas will star alongside Ben Kingsley as two Middle Eastern men who factor heavily into the plot line. Sacha Baron Cohen will play two roles in the comedy, both as a deposed dictator who has a unique experience while visiting America, and a goat herder....

July 30, 2022 · 1 min · 174 words · Sidney Simmions

The Evil Dead Lands Shiloh Fernandez As Male Lead

Actor Shiloh Fernandez (Red Riding Hood) has landed the male lead in The Evil Dead remake for director Federico Alvarez. The story centers on a group of friends who head up to a remote cabin for the weekend, where they unwittingly unleash a demonic force after reading from The Book of the Dead. It is said that the role was highly sought after by young actors, although it is not said who else was in contention for the role....

July 30, 2022 · 1 min · 161 words · Edwin Brookins

The Green Hornet Review 2

The task of bringing the beloved super-hero themed radio and TV series, “The Green Hornet,” to the big screen has been a difficult one. It has taken many years and many attempts by some of Hollywood’s best and brightest actors and filmmakers to make it finally happen. From actors like George Clooney, Greg Kinnear, Mark Wahlberg and Jake Gyllenhaal to directors like Kevin Smith and Stephen Chow, it seems like almost everyone has taken a swing at the difficult property with little to no success....

July 30, 2022 · 7 min · 1462 words · Christina Swick

The Hangover Part Ii Photo Featuring Bradley Cooper And Ed Helms

A new photo has arrived from the new comedy sequel The Hangover Part II, which opens in theaters nationwide on May 26. Click on this new shot below, which features Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms, to access our growing gallery for this Warner Bros. sequel. We also reported yesterday that the first trailer for The Hangover Part II will premiere on Friday, attached to prints of Hall Pass....

July 30, 2022 · 1 min · 151 words · Jerry Faulk

The Hobbit Confirms Martin Freeman As Bilbo Baggins

Deadline has confirmed the long-rumored news that Martin Freeman will be portraying Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. A number of other actors have been confirmed for the movie as well. Richard Armitage will portray Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Company of Dwarves, with Aidan Turner and Robert Kazinsky playing Kili and Fili of the Company of Dwarves. Graham McTavish is set to play Dwalin, John Callen takes on the role of Oin, Stephen Hunter plays Bombur, Mark Hadlow portrays Dori and Peter Hambleton is Goin....

July 30, 2022 · 2 min · 277 words · Dylan Walko

The It Crowd Visiting A British Show That Many Americans Missed

At its face, The IT Crowd is a pretty straightforward British workplace comedy. It shares genre DNA with a lot of well-known and influential shows that preceded and followed it - more on that shortly. Based in the offices of the fictional Reynholm Industries, The IT Crowd revolves around the awkward IT nerds Roy Tenneman (Chris O’Dowd) and Maurice Moss (Richard Ayoade), and their new clueless boss, Jen Barber (Katherine Parkinson)....

July 30, 2022 · 7 min · 1401 words · Florence Bryant

The Novelist S Film Review Yet Another Cyclical Hong Sang Soo Movie

South Korean director Hong Sang-soo has been a staple in the international film festival circuits ever since the release of his debut film The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well in 1996. He made his start as a filmmaker later than most would anticipate, but like several of his fellow directors of South Korean cinema—he was thirty-five years old when The Day a Pig Fell into the Well came out....

July 30, 2022 · 7 min · 1429 words · Miriam Mcdowell

The Reader Brings The Drama To Dvd And Blu Ray On April 14Th

You can take home Kate Winslet’s Oscar-winning performance on DVD and Blu-ray this April. The Reader will be released on DVD on April 14 and Blu-ray on April 28. The standard DVD will be priced at $29.95 SRP and the Blu-ray will be priced at $34.95 SRP. The film stars Kate Winslet, in her Oscar-winning role, and Ralph Fiennes. Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes star in The Hours director Stephen Daldry’s haunting period romance tracing the complicated love affair between a German teen and a mysterious woman twice his age....

July 30, 2022 · 2 min · 294 words · Carolyn Kleinman

The Rock Surprises Mom With New Car For Christmas In Touching Video

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been feeling rather generous lately, and his latest big gift was bestowed upon his mother for Christmas. Online, Johnson shared a video revealing the reaction of his mother, Ata Johnson, when she saw what was awaiting her in the driveway, complete with a giant bow on the windshield. “This one felt good,” Johnson writes in the caption on Instagram. “Surprised my mom with a new car for Christmas today....

July 30, 2022 · 3 min · 515 words · Rachael Thompson

The Seven Samurai Gets Director Scott Mann

Scott Mann (The Tournament) has been hired by The Weinstein Company to direct their remake The Seven Samurai. Screenwriter John Fusco has been developing the project at The Weinstein company for the past 18 months. The story centers on a small, contemporary village in Thailand who recruits seven warriors from around the world to help defend their town from an upcoming attack. It is said that Scott Mann will also help develop the screenplay with John Fusco, in hopes to start shooting sometime this year....

July 30, 2022 · 1 min · 146 words · Carolyn Marsh

The Week In Review December 11Th December 17Th

Another seven days has come and gone and brought with it another slew of movie news, box office info, new official websites for upcoming flicks and new trailers. So lets get right into it with this week’s Notables. NOTABLES “Jason Lee Rockin’ Out With Krater” - Monday, December 11 I have no idea why a rock group would be called Krater, even if it were Jason Lee’s character’s last name. Still, this sounds like a pretty decent project that’ll give him a chance to rock out a little more than he did with his smaller role in Almost Famous....

July 30, 2022 · 9 min · 1769 words · Ronda Adams

Thomas Haden Church Is Don Mckay Exclusive

Audiences first fell in love with actor Thomas Haden Church for his role as dim-witted mechanic, Lowell Mather, on the popular TV series Wings but it was Oscar nominated role in Alexander Payne’s Oscar winning comedy, Sideways, that made him a household name. Since then the actor has appeared in a slew of mainstream studio films including Charlotte’s Web, Smart People, Imagine That, All About Steve and Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, in which he played the classic comic book villain, The Sandman....

July 30, 2022 · 9 min · 1815 words · Mary Michael

Timothy Olyphant Is Justified Exclusive

The cast and crew of the new F/X series starring Timothy Olyphant as a US Marshall discuss the upcoming show The F/X network has made quite a name for it’s self over the past decade as a cable network willing to air gritty and exciting dramatic television that pushes the envelope of what you can do on TV. With critically acclaimed and popular series like The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me and Damages, F/X has helped usher in a new era in primetime television and they are continuing the tradition with their new series, Justified, premiering March 16th....

July 30, 2022 · 9 min · 1885 words · Tyrone Holmes

Tobey Maguire Is Not Up For Bilbo Baggins In The Hobbit

UPDATE:The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog spoke with Maguire himself, who said there was no truth to the site’s report. Original Story: While we have known that casting is well under way for Guillermo del Toro’s The Hobbit, no names have been mentioned, until now. Latino Review is reporting that Tobey Maguire is in early talks to portray Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. “I have not met with del Toro. We don’t have any near future plans,” Maguire said....

July 30, 2022 · 2 min · 227 words · Jacqui Krug

Toni Collette And Danny Huston Join Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho

Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Michael Wincott are in negotiations to join the cast of Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho for Fox Searchlight. The story centers on the famed director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) as he struggles to put together his 1960 horror classic Psycho. Toni Collette will play Peggy Robertson, the director’s longtime assistant, and Danny Huston is portraying Whitfield Cook, a friend of the director’s wife, Alma Reville (Helen Mirren)....

July 30, 2022 · 1 min · 150 words · Thomas Arnold

Tron 3 Teaser Trailer Coming Soon

Someone that worked on the shoot for DVD/Blu-ray extras for Tron: Legacy has contacted Ain’t It Cool with the news that the releases will contain three short clips that will serve as teasers for Tron 3. “One includes Bruce Boxleitner (as Alan) and Dan Shor (as Ram). Turns out that “Ram” was apparently running the FLYNN LIVES campaign and he’s frantically destroying all of that data and files, as Alan confronts him....

July 30, 2022 · 2 min · 286 words · Michael Backman

Ultraviolet Review

Kurt Wimmer certainly isn’t a “made man” in Hollywood. You wont’ see “A Kurt Wimmer Film” in TV spots for his latest flick, Ultraviolet, but that doesn’t mean that he’s not a known man in many circles on the Internet and elsewhere. Many of these circles even worship the man, who used to be just a screenwriter, with such credits to his name like Sphere, The Thomas Crown Affair and The Recruit....

July 30, 2022 · 5 min · 946 words · Dale Whitman

Velma S Rotten Tomatoes Scores Continue To Fall Following New Episodes

Reimagining the mystery-solvers from Scooby-Doo for the adult animated series Velma has been a risk that doesn’t seem to be working out all too well for HBO Max. Featuring executive producer Mindy Kaling voicing Velma in a new origin story for the character, the series debuted on HBO Max earlier this month to a mostly negative reception. Its critical scores were fairly mixed, premiering with a 55% rotten score on the Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes, while the audience score was much lower, opening at 11% rotten....

July 30, 2022 · 3 min · 441 words · Nicholas Conover

We Are Living Things Review A Gripping Blend Of Crime Romance Science Fiction

An undocumented migrant searching UFO abductions finds a kindred spirit under the control of a sadistic pimp. We Are Living Things follows a dark and eerie journey into the mysteries of human attachments. Two seemingly disparate protagonists on the fringes of American society connect while escaping into the unknown. Their relationship blossoms over a shared trauma that defines them both. The film exquisitely fuses noir and science fiction elements to establish a dangerous yet beguiling mood....

July 30, 2022 · 3 min · 569 words · Carol Yu