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After an extended wait due to the lockdown, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier finally premieres with “New World Order”. The episode begins with Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) ironing his suit. He looks at Captain America’s shield, then puts it back in the case. We hear Cap’s voiceover from the close of Avengers: Endgame, “How does it feel?” Sam then says, “Like it’s someone else’s.” Cap replies, “It isn’t.” The opening credits roll....

After seeing Ben Affleck’s “The Town” earlier this fall, I didn’t think I would see a film that captures the essence of living in Massachusetts better this year. I was wrong! Director David O. Russell’s The Fighter absolutely and lovingly captures what it means to be from New England, and I should know … I grew up there. Much like I recognized friends that I once knew in Jeremy Renner’s performance in “The Town,” I was shocked to see resemblances of the families I grew up with in the performances of the four lead actors in “The Fighter....

Back in May we reported that Ewan McGregor had joined Robert Duvall in the cast of director Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating fantasy epic The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Now it seems the project, which has had trouble getting off the ground for over two decades, has once again been placed on hold. MTV Movies Blog recently caught up with Gilliam to chat about the currently existing financial problems facing this labor of love....

Alexander Skarsgård cuts a swath of bloody vengeance in a ferocious Viking epic. The Northman vividly combines a Hamlet-esque narrative with Scandinavian history and mythology. The film inserts fantasy elements into its brutal depiction of murder, looting, and pillaging. The Norse gods are invoked and bestow favor on a mighty protagonist. His savage odyssey is an action juggernaut of hacked limbs and torn entrails. The Northman is well-acted, directed, and undeniably thrilling; but suffers from rote predictability through a long runtime....

Two legal thrillers based off novels by John Grisham can be experienced in 1080p this February. The Pelican Brief and A Time To Kill will both be released on Blu-ray on February 10. Each of the discs will be priced at $28.99 SRP, but special features details were not released as of yet. We’ll keep you updated on those, but in the meantime, you can take a look at the BD cover art below....

Cartoon Network has announced the renewal of the global phenomenon, TThe Powerpuff Girls. The series premiere in April won the night in all key demos and had over 81 million worldwide fans experiencing it across multiple platforms, making it the largest international event in the history of the network. The wildly successful Powerpuff Yourself avatar maker has also given over 12 million fans of all ages the ability to see themselves as a real Townsville superhero....

Before the Tony Award-winning musical starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, and before the subsequent remake of the aforementioned musical starring the same cast, there was Mel Brooks’ original masterpiece from 1967. The Producers is still considered to be one of the greatest comedies of all time. Starring Zero Mostel as the down on his luck King of Broadway himself, Max Bialystock, and Gene Wilder as Leo Bloom, the accountant who lives his dream of becoming a Broadway producer....

When someone mentions family movies, one could easily identify them as jovial, giddy or wholesome for all to watch and enjoy. Family films like Cinderella, Shrek or Aladdin are just a few that come to mind. However, it’s not all is roses and rainbows in the land of childhood films. A lot of the films that people grew up with, despite their themes, have a certain dark side to them....

One of horror movie history’s most iconic props was just sold for a hefty price at auction. This would be the axe wielded by Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) in The Shining, Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel that was released in 1980. Per TMZ, GottaHaveRockandRoll auction house sold the prop axe for a whopping $175K to a big fan and “successful businessman” who beat out 12 prospective buyers....

Lionsgate® (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, today announced that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, the next installment in the long standing franchise, is set to commence production. The film is a collaboration between Lionsgate and frequent production partner Nu Image, with Lionsgate assuming U.S. distribution rights and Nu Image handling international sales beginning at the Cannes Film Festival in May. The announcement was made jointly by Joe Drake, President of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group, Mike Paseornek, President of Motion Picture Development and Production, and Jason Constantine, Lionsgate’s President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions....

The Weinstein Co. has acquired the rights in the U.S., U.K. and Australia to a Norwegian low-budget parody of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, which has become an unlikely international success, according to Variety. The 1.3 million Norwegian kroner ($250,000) Kill Buljo, which screened at the American Film Market, has sold to more than 20 territories including Japan, Poland, Turkey, Germany, Thailand, the Benelux countries, France, Brazil, Israel, Romania, South Africa, Russia, the Baltic countries, Spain, Bulgaria and Portugal....

A Keith Moon biopic is in the works. Variety reports that a film based on The Who’s drummer is on track to start filming in Britain over the summer. The biopic is tentatively titled “The Real Me,” based on a song on the Who ablum Quadrophenia, and has band members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend on board as executive producers. Paul Whittington (The Crown, White House Farm) is directing using a script by Jeff Pope (Oscar-nominated Philomena)....

It’s been a great summer for Polly Morgan; the cinematographer has had two movies release. The first was Where the Crawdads Sing back in July, and the second — and the topic of our Zoom interview at Toronto International Film Festival 2022 — is The Woman King, which had its world premiere at TIFF before it’s wider theatrical release this past weekend. “I actually got sent the script [for The Woman King] while I was on-location in Louisiana [for] Where the Crawdads Sing,” Morgan says....

Todd McFarlane is at it again. McFarlane, along with Pandemonium’s Bill Mechanic and Angry Films’ Don Murphy will produce Paramount Pictures’ upcoming film project, Torso. David Fincher will be directing the thriller based on a graphic novel written by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko. Ehren Kruger is writing the adaptation. The start date for the project has not been set. Torso tells the true story of Treasury Department agent Eliot Ness’ time after he helped put Al Capone behind bars....

Director Jon Favreau has revealed a few more details about the unfolding Marvel film universe and it seems that Tony Stark will not be popping up in Marvel’s next two movies. MTV Splash Page is reporting that Favreau gave an interview with the LA radio station KROQ where Favreau confirmed that Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark won’t have any cameos in Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. Here’s an excerpt from his interview....

Topic, a unique streaming platform that caters off the mainstream to international films of all genres, will soon have another exciting new series to add to its growing catalog. Per a report from Collider, a drama thriller series titled Helsinki Syndrome is set to premiere on Feb. 16, and the official trailer for the project has been released. Helsinki Syndrome is an eight-part series that centers around a middle-aged man named Elias Karo who seeks revenge against the Finnish government for allowing a corrupt bank manager and district court judge to take his family’s possessions away, including his father’s business which led to his suicide....

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NBC’s hit series Heroes is powering up for a video game adaptation by French gamemaker Ubisoft, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The long-in-the-works deal gives Ubisoft the rights to build a third-person superhero action game that brings the series characters, locations and story lines to next-generation game consoles and the PC. The untitled game could be in stores as soon as late 2008. “We’re very excited to be making the Heroes video game with Ubisoft,” said Tim Kring, executive producer and creator of Heroes....

Genius Products and Peace Arch Films have some sick plans for the November 21 release of UKM: The Ultimate Killing Maching! Synopsis: Waylan, Buddy, Zoe and Carrie are a diverse group of misfits who all have one thing in common - they volunteered to join the army in order to escape their sordid pasts. But when they are assigned to the Millhaven Research Facility, they soon realize that this will not be an ordinary boot camp experience....

Recognizing the history-making election of Barack Obama, Bonnie Hammer, president, NBCU Cable Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions, today announced that USA Network is launching Characters Unite, a new multimedia platform committed to combating prejudice and intolerance while advancing acceptance and understanding. Drawing on the legacy of USA’s award-winning Erase the Hate campaign in the 1990s, Characters Unite is based on the premise that life is richer when people see beyond stereotypes and appreciate our individual differences - from race, ethnicity, religion and national origin to age, gender, sexual orientation and physical disabilities....