Merlin, the popular King Arthur fantasy show, came to an end in 2012 after five seasons. The show seemingly had no hope for a renewal. The cast has gone on to star in other projects like The Fall, Damien, and even the upcoming John Wick prequel series. Although the talented actors had no shortage of other movies and shows for fans to follow, the audience of Merlin was crushed to hear the news of the cancellation, as were the members of the cast....
Universal Pictures released some of the most classic monster movies of all time. Through Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Wolfman, and The Phantom of the Opera, audiences saw terrors which were previously only imagined on the pages of a book. One of their most successful monster flicks after the heyday of their 1930s era was Creature From the Black Lagoon, released in 1954. The film was directed by Jack Arnold and stars Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, and Richard Denning....
In the 2000s, the zombie trend was huge in the United States. It seemed like every franchise, every brand, was trying to cash in on the popularity of the genre. After a while, however, a lack of innovation led the genre to become stale, and the explosion of zombie films faded away. Not true for other countries, though. The zombie film genre has taken off in South Korea in the last six years, starting with the success of Train to Busan (2016) and continuing with films like #Alive (2020) and the Netflix series All of Us Are Dead (2022)....
Following the cancellation of Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman, The CW has not as much swung the ax but instead wielded a sweeping scythe with the announcement of the cancelation of several high-profile shows, including the new DC series Naomi after just one season. Coming on the heels of the shock announcement surrounding the Arrowverse series, fans of In the Dark, Dynasty, 4400, Roswell, New Mexico and Charmed have been dealt a similar blow as all have five series have not been given renewals....
Welcome to MovieWeb’s daily DVD announcement column, The Daily Spin. Everyday at 9:00AM PST we compile a list of titles which have been recently announced by the studios and have been given or rumored with a release date. Click a title below to see the full press release info attached to the release. Enjoy and stay tuned to MovieWeb for the latest home video announcements, 9:00AM PST, on the dot, Monday through Friday....
An unidentified male extra died on the New York City set of The Dark Knight Rises last month after suffering a heart attack. The extra wandered off between rehearsal takes, and was later discovered unconscious. Warner Bros. confirmed the news with a brief statement, which you can read below. The extra was reportedly rehearsing a scene where Bane (Tom Hardy) leads a group of escaped Arkham Asylum convicts in a huge melee scene with the Gotham Police....
A24 Pictures is bringing one of the biggest critical hits of this year, The Green Knight, back to theaters this Friday. The film starring Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) along with Joel Edgerton, Alicia Viaknder, Sean Harris, and Ralph Ineson in the eponymous role; and helmed by David Lowrey (Pete’s Dragon, A Ghost Story), made headlines this year when it was released to rave reviews; however, was met with a divided response from fans and was also affected by the pandemic....
2022 has been a great year for horror content, and there is still plenty more to come. Later this month, fans of the genre or gothic film can take a trip to a wedding with The Invitation. However, this isn’t like any other wedding you’ve been to before. Unless, of course, you’ve been to a wedding where you find out after you arrive that you’re the one getting married against your will....
The Killing will kick off Season 2 Sunday, April 1 with a two-hour premiere starting at 8 PM ET. The show is nearly finished with production this season, and they have brought back Patty Jenkins to direct the Season 2 finale. The Monster filmmaker directed the series’ pilot episode, which earned her a Directors Guild of America award and an Emmy nomination. She hasn’t directed an episode of the drama since then, but it’s fitting that she will return for this season finale, where viewers will finally learn, “Who killed Rosie Larsen?...
Doug Heffernan had a great job as a delivery driver, a beautiful wife who loves him, good friends, and the occasional pre-dinner Whopper. He was living his best life, but when his grumpy father-in-law moved into his basement, his life was turned upside down. That was the premise of The King of Queens, a CBS sitcom that ran for nine seasons and 207 episodes from 1998 to 2007. It was an immediate hit, and remained among the most popular sitcoms on television during its run....
The Good I think that the makers of this film should be congratulated for trying to helm such epic subject matter. The Bad This is a movie that seemed to have too many characters for its own good. In The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Blade director Stephen Norrington gave us his take on Alan Moore’s comic book of the same name. It features characters out of literary classics like Allen Quatermain (Sean Connery), Tom Sawyer (Shane West), Dr....
Published by Charles Dickens in 1843, A Christmas Carol is a novella that has been adapted many times over the years. Everyone is likely familiar with the basis of the story: Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy and miserable miser who abuses his employees, including Bob Cratchit. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future; the ghosts show Scrooge scenes from his old life, and scenes from the lives of those he impacts, along with a sinister future if he doesn’t change his ways....
Summit Entertainment has provided us with the poster for controversial director Roman Polanski’s lastest on-screen offering, The Ghost Writer. Check it out now… When a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost (Ewan McGregor), agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start-not least because his predecessor on the project, Lang’s long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident....
For all The Sopranos has to say about Mafia life in the 21st century, it is also a story of ghosts and hauntings. Fans of the series are familiar with its supernatural dream sequences, but some of the show’s most shocking paranormal scenes actually take place in the real world. And there are more than just a few of them. These scenes are a major reason why Outline says that everyone “should rewatch The Sopranos as horror,” and fans have been theorizing about their meaning for more than a decade now....
One of Jim Carrey’s classic dramatic performances can be seen in high-def right before the New Year. The Truman Show will be released on Blu-ray on December 30. Pricing details are unknown at this time. The film stars Jim Carrey, Laura Linney and Ed Harris. DVkelsopHQDUol He’s the star of the show–but he doesn’t know. Jim Carrey wowed critics and audiences alike as unwitting Truman Burbank in this marvel of a movie from director Peter Weir about a man whose life is a nonstop TV show....
The Walt Disney Company has announced that Disney Studios has started production on a Chinese version of High School Musical for release in theaters in summer 2010: The Walt Disney Company in China today announced the start of production on its third local co-production project in just two years, Disney High School Musical: China. Working with local partners Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, the movie is planned for cinematic release in summer 2010....
The Watcher, Netflix’s latest original series, is nothing short of a must-watch. Sure, the series most likely won’t break any new ground or win any awards, but the series is perfect to binge-watch on a weekend. The Watcher centers around the Brannock family, as they move into a new home in a quiet and safe neighborhood in New Jersey. It isn’t long before the family starts to receive malevolent letters from someone known only as The Watcher....
Screenwriter Ehren Kruger and the writing team of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are in negotiations to team to write the screenplay for DreamWorks/Paramount’s Transformers 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Director Michael Bay, star Shia LaBeouf and producers Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Don Murphy are back, as is exec producer Steven Spielberg. Kurtzman and Orci wrote the $315 million-grossing first Transformers movie and are also writing J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie for Paramount....
Tim Bradstreet has been drawing cover illustrations for Marvel’s The Punisher comics for over eight years. On the production blog for Dark Country, he reveals that while he is working on his last few covers for the Punisher comics, he may be working on posters for Punisher: War Zone: In the midst of the craziness that IS Dark Country, I am also attempting to stay on schedule with my regular cover gigs....
No matter how you slice it, the Mission: Impossible franchise is a years-long, painstakingly crafted masterwork of adrenaline. Originally meant to be a standalone spy action flick, it became a successful worldwide phenomenon and sparked a new, ferocious fire under the action movie genre as we know it, not only adding to it but actually setting a new standard of expectation. It also launched Tom Cruise literally and metaphorically into the stratosphere as a nigh-untouchable action superstar, synonymous with the most authentic, death-defying stunt work imaginable and a tirelessly enthusiastic work ethic....
