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The Motion Picture Association of America previously handed out an R rating for the 20th Century Fox action-comedy This Means War. As is their right, Fox appealed the decision, although the Appeals Board stuck with the R rating. Here is the statement from the MPAA below. We reported earlier this month that Fox made the unorthodox move to release This Means War on Tuesday, February 14. Reese Witherspoon stars in This Means War as a woman torn between two men (Tom Hardy and Chris Pine), who both happen to be spies....

Twentieth Century Fox is declaring “War” on Valentine’s Day - moving up by three days its comedy-action film This Means War, to Tuesday, February 14. This audacious strike comes on the heels of outstanding test screenings and strong word of mouth. In the film, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy portray the world’s deadliest CIA operatives, as well as inseparable partners and best friends… until they fall for the same woman (Reese Witherspoon)....

The Toronto International Film Festival has been known to show some of the season’s best upcoming films for years. Established in 1976, TIFF has become one of the biggest film festivals in the world, and its prizes are considered prestigious. But if there is one thing to note about TIFF, is that it offers a great indicator of what movies are going to be considered the hottest to hit theaters and screens across North America and the world....

Timothée Chalamet possessed the same prospective movie star energy that Leonardo DiCaprio expressed in the ’90s, and that James Dean harnessed in the ’50s — a youthful playfulness, with boyish good looks and an organic charm. While Dean and DiCaprio sported blonde quiffs, piercing blue eyes, and an irresistible on-screen charisma, Chalamet, for all his undeniable albeit conventional good looks, always seemed to carry that dorkier, sillier side that has made him such a commercially-viable marketing tool....

It seems some rumors never die, and need to be shot down by the men in charge. We reported last month that Tobey Maguire was in talks to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, which was later shot down by Maguire himself. Still, earlier today the British tabloid The Sun reported that Maguire was going to star in the film and now both TheOneRing.net and Ain’t It Cool News have confirmed that Maguire has not been cast as Bilbo Baggins....

Toby Emmerich, film executive and Picture Group chairman, is stepping down at Warner Bros. Emmerich was named chairman in 2018 and immediately saw ownership changes within the company. First, the company was sold to AT&T. However, massive debt and a shift in focus to building out a 5G network forced AT&T to sell, this time to Discovery. Emmerich isn’t completely gone, as he was offered a five-year production deal. David Zaslav has chosen longtime producers Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy to oversee the Burbank-based film division....

Folks living in Portland, Oregon and Atlanta, Georgia will be able to order Brett Ratner’s upcoming comedy Tower Heist, starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy, On-Demand just three weeks after its November 4th theatrical debut for $59.99. This move is being used as a test, to see if there is a significant drop off in theater attendance for the movie in those two cities once it becomes available at home. The comedy will be available to more than 500,000 Comcast digital cable subscribers....

On September 18, Warner Home Video will debut Wolfgang Petersen’s all-new, unrated version, not seen in theatres – of his epic film Troy. With 30 minutes of new footage, Troy Director’s Cut, including special features from its first DVD release, will be available in collectible O-sleeve packaging and will sell for $20.97 SRP. HD DVD and Blu-ray disc versions will debut simultaneously at $34.99 SRP. Also offered will be the Troy Director’s Cut ($39....

Netflix announced today that its first ever children’s animated series Turbo FAST, based on the DreamWorks Animation movie Turbo, will debut on December 24 at 12:01 PST with the first five episodes. The streaming service has also released the first trailer, which you can check out below, along with the full press release for more details. Turbo and his Fast Action Stunt Team are challenging the world to “snail up!” as they make their global television debut on Christmas Eve - Tuesday, December 24th at 12:01 AM PST - with the launch of DreamWorks Animation’s all new Turbo FAST series, exclusively in all Netflix territories....

Someone needs to get some religion this fall. In a story from Dread Central, it looks like Unholy starring Nicholas Brendan and Adrienne Barbeau will be coming to DVD September 4 from Starz Home Entertainment. Synopsis: A mother (Barbeau) and son (Brendan) try and find out why the mother’s daughter said the words “Beware the experiment” before killing herself. What they uncover turns out to be more horrifying than they could have ever imagined....

Universal Pictures has bought the rights to make a film about the defunct singing group, Milli Vanilli. Variety notes the duo that rose to the top of the pop charts and fell just as quickly when they were exposed as frauds. Jeff Nathanson will write the script and direct the film; he became intrigued with the notion of taking a similar tack on the music industry tale that he did on Catch Me If You Can....

It’s only fitting that on a long weekend that spanned two holidays in two straight days, that a holiday-themed film would be the new record-holder. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Garry Marshall’s new film Valentine’s Day set a new President’s Day holiday weekend box office record with an estimated $66.9 million. The race for second place over the four-day weekend was a close one, with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightning Thief taking in $38....

The Walking Dead is the only thing that can even come close to rivaling the amount of internet chatter and feverish fandom as Game of Thrones can. But now that Thrones has wrapped up for the season, more eyes will be focused on The Walking Dead’s season 7 premiere this October. We still don’t know a ton about what to expect, outside of the usual amount of zombie-goodness, but we do know that there are going to be two new female characters in the cast....

October 3rd is going to be a scary day for Warner Bros. Prepare for twice the fright this Halloween when Warner Home Video debuts the Hollywood’s Legends of Horror Collection October 3. The collection includes three double feature discs with six classic titles – Mark of the Vampire/The Mask of Fu Manchu, Doctor X/The Return of Doctor X, and Mad Love/The Devil Doll – available as a collection only. Featured are expert commentaries by the late director Vincent Sherman, horror scholar Tom Weaver, authors Steve Haberman and Greg Mank along with genre historians Kim Newman and Steve Jones....

You can now watch the first seven minutes of comic book movie sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment, who have released the opening of the bizarre rom-com action flick in the hopes of enticing you to purchase it in its entirety when the Sony/Marvel outing is released on Blu-ray next month. Focusing on serial killer Cletus Kasady in his youth as he is transferred from the St....

Dave Gibbons, who was the artist for the original comic book of Watchmen has already blogged about his visit to the set of the Watchmen movie. Now he has sat down to talk with Den of Geek where he goes a little deeper into his thoughts on the film. Gibbons said the following when asked how much the film would be faithful to the comic: The most important thing is that the Watchmen movie be a good movie....

Awards season has come around once again, and once again the myriad of debates over the meaning of it all are in full swing. With many of the major awards shows playing out in January and the Academy Awards typically waiting until February or March to hold their ceremony, awards season has become a large part of the film, television and entertainment industries and their respective cultures. While it’s easy to underplay and understate the importance of awards shows like the Oscars, the Emmys or the BAFTAs, awards shows such as those have proven to play a crucial role in the overall conversation surrounding film and television as an art form....

James Gunn was recently given the unenviable task of taking over the DCU (formerly the DCEU). Gunn may be the best person for the job. He brought The Guardians of the Galaxy to Marvel and subsequently softly rebooted The Suicide Squad for the DCU. Putting James Gunn at the helm of the franchise will undoubtedly bear some fascinating fruit. However, Gunn has three problems facing him: space, the chase, and representation....

Daniel Craig has finally said a fond farewell to the role of James Bond, with the character meeting his conclusive end during the franchise’s latest installment, No Time to Die. After playing the iconic spy for over a decade and a half and five films (some of which were considered among the best Bond movies), it’s time for a new secret agent to step into the shoes of the world’s greatest double-0....

In 1945, Archie and his gang were introduced into the comic world. He and his crew quickly became a favorite among a niche group of comic lovers. The comic series was so well received that it would spawn decades of entertainment around the popular comic book character. One of those shoot-offs would be Riverdale, an ultra-dark look at Archie and his hometown. While Riverdale included the titular characters of the classic, it was divergent in some noticeable ways....