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Lionsgate and the filmmakers of The Hunger Games are pleased to announce that actor Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right) has been cast in the role of Peeta Mellark, with Liam Hemsworth (The Last Song) joining the film in the role of Gale Hawthorne in the much anticipated film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ worldwide smash hit novel. Both actors will star opposite Jennifer Lawrence, who it was recently announced will play heroine Katniss Everdeen....

After playing Mark “McSteamy” Sloan for six seasons on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Eric Dane sets sail as Commander Tom Chandler in the new TNT drama series The Last Ship. The series is set on a U.S. naval destroyer, whose crew members under Tom Chandler’s command are among the last living human survivors after a global pandemic. I recently had the chance to speak with Eric Dane via satellite, where he discussed preparing for this role, observing the crew members of the U....

Skipping between two worlds - the one that we recognize of skyscrapers and dull, mundane office jobs, where we aren’t destined to ever achieve anything of greatness; and then the one outside The Matrix, bleak and empty, and made up of survivors who managed to escape that world. One way or another, humans are ruled over by “The Agents” here, a race of super-powered machines that can practically do and be anything within The Matrix simulation, and who dominate any kind of break against conformity with ice-cold violence....

If you think it’s inconceivable that an 80s classic will come back to Blu-ray, think again. The Princess Bride is coming back to Blu-ray in an all new edition on March 17. We have no cover art or pricing details as of yet, but this new two-disc set will include a Digital Copy of the film. We’ll keep you updated on this new release as soon as we have more information....

With at least 34 seasons guaranteed, The Simpsons already stands as one of the longest-running and most successful television shows in history, and there’s no end in sight to the animated series just yet. First conceived as a series of animated shorts for The Tracey Ullman Show, the cartoon branched off into its own half-hour comedy on Fox in 1989. More than three decades later, it remains one of the network’s most popular programs, which has kept it on the air throughout....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY While we wait for Belly to arrive at the beach and our screens, here’s everything you need to know about The Summer I Turned Pretty. The Summer I Turned Pretty: The Plot Isabel “Belly” Conklin is ready to have a magical summer at her family’s house in Cousin’s Beach, just as she always does. However, something’s different about this summer. While she gets to reunite with her friends Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah (Gavin Casalegno), the former of which she’s previously had a crush on, things seem to change, causing a love triangle between her and the two brothers to form....

20th Century Fox has handed out a July 26, 2013 release date for The Wolverine, the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman as the title character. The Wolverine will be going up against Phineas and Ferb and Dirty Dancing. The release date falls in line with a report from August, which revealed that production will not start until spring 2012. An exact production start date has not been released yet, but it seems this superhero sequel is finally on the right track....

Film and television animation is still a hugely popular medium, but it was in the 1960s that Saturday morning cartoon blocks first appeared. Few things were sweeter for youngsters in the late-20th-Century than waking up bright and early on weekend mornings, and consuming a big bountiful bowl of breakfast cereal while lounging in front of the television still in your jammies. Children were entertained by television with programs about criminal fighters, talking animals, small blue creatures, and other animated phenomena....

Christian Bale’s latest role has seen him undergo a transformation into Gorr the God Butcher, the dastardly villain in the upcoming sequel Thor: Love and Thunder. The character is directly inspired by a comic book version of Gorr who had terrorized gods on the printed page before his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut. But while there are some similarities between the original Gorr and this new live-action version played by Bale, there are some big differences as well, and that’s thanks to the Harry Potter franchise....

The TNT cable network has announced several upcoming series projects for the coming year. Variety reports that network executives were boasting about the growing lineup of original programming on TNT, which includes the second season of The Closer and new EMT drama series Saved to debut in June; Stephen King’s eight-part event Nightmares & Dreamscapes to air in July; and the sequel to original TNT movie The Librarian for broadcast in the fourth quarter....

Spider-Man: No Way Home has created some new Marvel records with its $1.6 billion run, but one unexpected record has been broken by two of its returning stars from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. Tobey Maguire and Willem Dafoe both reprised their roles as Peter Parker and Norman Osborn respectively, and this has been enough to put them in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the longest careers as live-action Marvel characters....

We reported a few weeks ago that The Hangover director Todd Phillips is producing a new Untitled John Belushi Project based on the life of the late comedian. MTV Movies Blog spoke to Todd Phillips, who revealed some details on this biopic about the popular Saturday Night Live cast member and comedic film star who overdosed on heroine. Here’s an excerpt from the site’s interview: The Pursuit of Happyness screenwriter Steve Conrad is writing the movie, but the project isn’t even that far along yet, as Phillips revealed Steve Conrad is only working on the treatment right now....

Syfy will kick off Season 5 of the hit reality series Scare Tactics with the Season 5 premiere on Monday, October 10 at 9 PM ET. Series host Tracy Morgan recently held a conference call with executive producer Scott Hallock to discuss the new season. Here’s what they had to say below. What do you think it is about Scare Tactics that keeps people tuning in? Scott Hallock: I think first and foremost Scare Tactics is a comedy show and that’s what people love about it....

There has been a lot of debate about what kind of motorcycle the new Autobot Arcee from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallenis, and the answer is that it’s a custom. Will Kenefick is the designer of the new motorcycle, and the local paper the Ventura County Star sat down to discuss his creation with him. There are very few details about the film in the interview, but it is interesting to hear what the process of designing and creating a custom motorcycle (or six, as the case may be) is like....

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 Parenthood, Lost, Burn Notice, Mercy, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. To get started, click on one of the boxes below:...

The hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men managed to survive the Charlie Sheen scandal two years ago, replacing the outspoken and controversial actor with digital camera pitchman Ashton Kutcher. Now, another star of the show, Angus T. Jones, has voiced his displeasure with the series, calling it “filth” and begging for fans to change the channel. The actor appears in a video that was posted today, where he says, “I’m on Two and a Half Men and I don’t want to be on it....

Welcome to Blu-Ray, Gordon Gecko! Wall Street makes its way to the Blu-Ray format on February 5, 2008. This move comes on the heels of a recent Wall Street: Collectors Edition released in September. The classic 1987 Oliver Stone movie stars Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas and John C. McGinley. Synopsis “Greed is Good.” This is the credo of the aptly named Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), the antihero of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street....

Warner Bros. has optioned the David Liss novel A Conspiracy of Paper for producers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, according to Variety. Recount screenwriter Danny Strong will adapt the novel for the studio and Scott Free Films. Here’s a description of the book’s storyline: The book sparked a bidding war after it was first published in 2000, which was eventually won by Miramax. Michael Costigan of Scott Free Films brought the project to Warner Bros....

On November 28 Warner Bros. will be releasing The Ant Bully on standard DVD and in an HD-DVD/DVD Combo as well as Blu-ray Disc. In a story from The Digital Bits, they report that the HD-DVD/DVD Combo will sell for $39.99 while the Blu-ray disc will cost $34.99. Synopsis: A kid who hates ants finds himself living among the six-legged critters in this computer-animated comedy-adventure. Lucas Nickle (voice of Zach Tyler Eisen) is a ten-year-old boy whose family has just moved to a new town, and Lucas isn’t enjoying it much – he hasn’t made any friends yet, his big sister ignores him, his parents (voices of Larry Miller and Cheri Oteri) are occupied with their upcoming vacation in Mexico, and his loving but slightly crazy grandmother (voice of Lily Tomlin) is convinced space aliens are casing out the neighborhood....

Netflix’s 2023 movie trailer featured several new titles slated to appear on the streaming service this coming year. Among them was a new supernatural family-adventure movie from Happy Death Day director Christopher Landon. We Have a Ghost is scheduled to be released on February 24, 2023, with a listed runtime of 126 minutes. Not much is known about the film yet, as Landon seems to be keeping it secret until its release date....