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THINKFilm has acquired North American rights to Nanking, the acclaimed documentary that recently had its world premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The deal was announced by the company’s Theatrical Head, Mark Urman, who plans to release the film in exclusive engagements in late 2007. Nanking is slated to continue on the festival circuit, with its next stop at Silverdocs, among others to be announced shortly. Nanking, which marks the producing debut of AOL Vice Chairman Ted Leonsis and is directed by the Academy-Award-winning team of Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman (Twin Towers), is a powerful reminder of the heartbreaking toll that war takes on the innocent, and a testament to the courage and conviction of a few individuals determined to act in the face of evil....

We knew This Is Us was popular. But we didn’t imagine that NBC would make the unprecedented move and renew the series through at least the 2022 season. And it will more than likely continue past that unless something unforeseen happens. One of the most celebrated TV series on any platform since its launch in 2016, ratings powerhouse This Is Us has been renewed by NBC for the next three seasons, the network announced earlier this week....

CinemaCon is currently happening in Las Vegas. Last night, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios debuted select footage from Thor for those lucky few in attendance. The scene they showed actually gives up one of the movie’s biggest surprise cameos: The Avengers’ Jeremy Renner as purple clad archer Hawkeye. As it turns out, the character of Hawkeye will have more to do in Thor than just a quick end-of-credits walk on cameo....

The American Film Institute was introduced by President Lyndon B. Johnson in order to preserve the legacy of American cinema, and has been curating definitive lists of the greatest films, directors, genres, and actors in their “100 years…” series for 25 years. The AFI separates acting into the best actors and actresses, and they’re fascinating lists, though the Institute has yet to provide an updated version of after its 2008 edition, which had strict criteria regarding actors and their feature debuts before 1950....

As Top Gun: Maverick continues to smash new records with its enduring box office success, Paramount Pictures has announced a special “fan appreciation weekend” as a way of celebrating with the fans. Just recently, the film surpassed Titanic to become the seventh-highest grossing movie of all time at the domestic box office. Starting this Friday, Aug. 12, and going through Sunday, Aug. 14, participating theaters will feature screenings of the film that include new, exclusive content....

Tom Cruise has always been seen as a bankable star, yet after forty years of blockbusters Top Gun: Maverick has managed to become the actor’s highest grossing domestic movie ever in just over a week. As well as pulling in the biggest ever Memorial Day weekend box office, and giving Cruise the best movie opening of his career, the film is now sitting at just under the $300 million mark and has blasted past Cruise’s previous highest box office, which was War of The Worlds at $234 million....

The wrestling industry’s place in Hollywood has come a long way since Hulk Hogan tossed Rocky Balboa into the crowd. From The Rock’s epic rise on the silver screen to Dave Batista’s career-defining role as Drax, wrestling’s role in moves seems pre-destined. The showmanship of the sports entertainment genre is what made it one of television’s first major programs upon its introduction. For decades after, it remains a vital piece of pop culture fabric....

IMAX and DreamWorks Pictures have previously announced that Michael Bay’s Transformers will be re-released in the giant-screen IMAX format on September 21st. Bay’s official website, MichaelBay.com, has confirmed that the IMAX release of Transformers will include additional footage not seen in the first theatrical release, and that there will be about 2 extra minutes. For centuries, two races of robotic aliens – the Autobots and the Decepticons – have waged a war, with the fate of the universe at stake....

The former Prince of the City on playing surgeon Nathaniel Grant Heartland is a new TNT series in which heart surgeon Nathaniel Grant’s (Treat Williams) dedication to his work takes a toll on his health and his relationships. Recently Williams sat down to discuss playing a man with many responsibilities who also has a lot of problems. When you first read the script for Heartland what about the story appealed to you?...

TV Land celebrates Star Trek – the legendary, science-fiction series which continues to “live long and prosper” - - with a 40th Anniversary primetime salute on Friday, September 8, 2006 – the very date on which the series first premiered in 1966. TV Land will showcase four of the most talked about and best remembered episodes from the series, including the show’s premiere and the historic episode featuring TV’s first interracial kiss from 8 p....

Despite being more than 30 years old, Twin Peaks has maintained its cultural status as one of the greatest television series of all time. During its original airing, it was beloved across the world, winning the hearts of fans from the United States, Japan, and elsewhere — including the late Queen Elizabeth II. With the release of Twin Peaks: The Return in 2017, the show was revived after a 25-year-hiatus. This new season (which added 18 episodes to the original 30) presented viewers with an expanded vision of Twin Peaks which, though already a monumentally influential cult classic, bolstered its reputation even further....

“Never fear…Underdog is here!” The professional animator talks about creating the world’s first canine superhero Those immortal words shot out from nearly every single existing television set back when NBC premiered Underdog on October 3rd, 1964. It became one of the highest rated shows of its time, and introduced the world to the first-ever canine superhero. Joe Harris, Buck Biggers, and Chet Stover were working for the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample agency when they created Underdog....

Hasbro, Inc. kicks off the excitement of New York’s annual American International Toy Fair (February 11-14) with the introduction of a host of exciting and innovative toys and games. Among the highlights in the more traditional Hasbro categories: some seriously cool boys action products based on the upcoming summer movie blockbusters–the live-action Transformers feature film, set to release on July 4, and Spider-Man 3 premiering on May 4: OPTIMUS PRIME VOICE CHANGER HELMET...

Another Friday is upon us, which these days means two more episodes of Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome have arrived. Today, we have the fifth and sixth episodes of this web series, which consists of 7-12 minute episodes cut from the two-hour Syfy pilot. Take a break from the Black Friday madness to check out the latest installments of this sci-fi series, starring Luke Pasqualino as William Adama and Ben Cotton as Coker....

After a grueling twelve city scavenger hunt set up by The Joker himself, the brand new The Dark Knight trailer has made its debut on YouTube. We have all the excitement for you right here. Just click on the video below: I have just gotten back from the Hollywood and Highland Center where the latest phase of The Dark Knight marketing madness happened earlier today. After a wild goose chase with a few hundred Joker fanatics, we all ended up at the Mann’s Chinese 6 theater to see the highly anticipated new trailer for The Dark Knight....

Several images from the upcoming HBO crime drama series, We Own This City, offer our first look at The Punisher star Jon Bernthal as a Baltimore Police Officer. The series comes courtesy of David Simon and George Pelecanos, the creative team behind HBO’s seminal series, The Wire, and promises to be equally complex, gripping, and powerful. 6 Images HBO HBO HBO HBO HBO HBO Close As per an HBO press release: “We Own This City is a six-hour, limited series chronicling the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force....

This week’s episode of Westworld feels like a whole lot happened, but at the same time, not a whole lot actually happened. Some more seemingly crucial seeds were planted but outside of a few potentially big moments and a massive robot orgy, this was easily the weakest episode of the season. But hey! There’s still a lot to talk about, so let’s dig in, shall we? To be clear, Westworld is still an excellent show and not every episode can be expected to hit it out of the park, especially in the first season of a very complex, layered and nuanced show....

Warning: You may begin using words like “tera” and “lift” as adjectives after seeing When You Finish Saving the World. The tone and overall nature of A24’s new offbeat comedy echoes modern coming-of-age classics like Juno and even Adventureland. After all, the latter film starred Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), who doesn’t appear in When You Finish Saving the World, but rather wrote and directed it. On top of being an Oscar-nominated actor and writer for The New Yorker, did we mention he’s now behind the camera these days?...

In conjunction with the release of the highly anticipated feature film from director Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Legendary Pictures have announced that the Where the Wild Things Are videogame will be available on Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS in October. Where the Wild Things Are is a Warner Bros. theatrical release from Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures....

Since the first Iron Man movie, Disney has found new methods of fanatically making their movies fanatically popular, regardless of critiques and memes that follow afterward. It won’t matter what fans think of the new Star Wars movies. They will consistently break box office and streaming website records. For some properties like DC and Sony, a well-crafted film is still necessary to make money. However, Disney seems to have found that special mixture of excitement, nuance, and nostalgia to create the perfect money-making movie....