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Another update from Disney’s Splash Mountain Princess and the Frog revision has surfaced, this time the news is the inclusion of a special name. Anika Noni Rose, the voice of Princess Tiana herself, has announced that she is working with the creative team to update the infamous log flume ride! We also have an anticipated release date, which Rose talks about with Live with Kelly and Ryan below. Chances are the release date was an accidental flub, since Disney has not made an official announcement on the opening as of yet....

It’s in the lobby of the Fairmont Royal York that Mercedes Bryce Morgan and I sit down to talk about her feature directorial debut Fixation. In a few hours, Fixation will have its premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2022. “I’m feeling so excited. This is everything that we could have hoped for this movie,” Morgan says. “We shot it in Canada two years ago, and to bring it back is kind of perfect....

HBO Max has done it again with the debut of another brilliant original series. The series premiere of the brand-new crime drama, Tokyo Vice, released its first three episodes on the streaming platform. Created by J.T. Rogers, the new series is based on the 2009 memoir written by Jake Adelstein titled, Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan. Adelstein is best known for being the first non-Japanese staff writer at Japan’s largest newspaper, Yomiuri Shinbun....

In a dramatic new television experiment, a diverse group of nine strangers are locked in a bunker, where they’ll remain until they decide who is worthy of a 1.5-million-dollar cash prize. There is a catch, though, because the longer it takes to make a unanimous decision, the less money there will be to win. If they take too long, they will be left with nothing. Unan1mous, a dynamic hybrid of unscripted drama and competition from the producers of The Biggest Loser and Beauty and the Geek, premieres Wednesday, March 22 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX....

The partnership between Universal Pictures and Dark Horse Comics is responsible for bringing us the awesome Hellboy, and now the two groups have decided to continue their partnership to adapt further comics to film. Mike Richardson, founder of Dark Horse Entertainment, recently told SCI FI Wire that a slate of movies to be developed has been agreed upon, including the company’s popular R.I.P.D. “Actually, we’re quite busy right now,” Richardson said at a party celebrating the Blu-ray release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army “The most immediate is R....

Shadowlocked talked with Star Wars and Alien art director Roger Christian who confirmed that Ridley Scott’s upcoming Alien prequel will be shot in 3D. Christian, who met up with Ridley at a recent film festival, expressed hopes to work on the film: Recently, after rumors and much speculation, 20th Century Fox has confirmed it plans to keep the Alien franchise alive with a prequel film that will be directed by original helmer Ridley Scott....

After the resounding success of The Batman, fans should expect more DC movies to be along the same lines—standalone and boasting a unique vision. Warner Bros. Pictures Chairman Toby Emmerich recently shared his vision for the DC Extended Universe and said that moving forward, the studio will prioritize quality over everything else. Talking to Deadline, Emmerich said: It’s true that The Batman doesn’t take place in the main DCEU timeline, but the film will kickstart its own shared universe....

Sean Penn gave David Spade a new tattoo in tribute to the late Chris Farley. The event was shot for a new segment on Lights Out with David Spade. This is actually the comedian’s second tattoo ever and the second one from Penn, who gave him his first ink on a 1995 episode of Saturday Night Live. While not a lot of people know about Penn’s hobby of giving people tattoos, there’s a good reason for that, which you can see in the video below....

In 1938, American audiences were introduced to their first animated film with the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This was only the first of many animated classics made to entertain audiences across the board. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, The Lion King, and The Little Mermaid soon became classics among children and the generations to come. Nevertheless, these movies don’t always get the appreciation they deserve from adults or awards ceremonies; to date, only three animated movies have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: Beauty and the Beast, Up, and Toy Story 3....

In the wake of the shakeups at Warner Bros. and DC, James Gunn faces a daunting task. He’s already stopped a third Wonder Woman movie, made it clear that Henry Cavill is out as Superman, and made a statement that Robert Pattinson’s Batman will not be part of the DCU continuity. With all of these announcements regarding various franchises, does this mean we’re starting from scratch? Is the Snyderverse done and gone?...

The CW unveiled the midseason premiere dates for its new series Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll and the eighth-cycle debut of America’s Next Top Model. The announcement was made during The CW’s Winter Press Tour session at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California. Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll begins on Tuesday, March 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET). America’s Next Top Model returns for cycle eight on Wednesday, February 28 with a two-hour premiere (8:00-10:00 p....

Academy Award-nominated actress Michelle Williams has said that she would make a sequel to the 2017 musical hit movie The Greatest Showman “in a heartbeat.” Speaking with Variety, Williams, who starred in The Greatest Showman as Charity Hallett-Barnum, the wife of Hugh Jackman’s P. T. Barnum, is holding out hope that the studio will ask them all to return to The Greatest Showman 2. The Greatest Showman drops audiences in the early 1800s, and follows P....

The Last of Us will finally debut on HBO next week and despite some of the recent cost-cutting behind the scenes at Warner Bros. Discovery in the last few months there has seemingly been no expense spared on the horror series. While no exact numbers were revealed, The New Yorker reported at that the Pedro Pascal-led series had a production budget “upward of $100 million”, which is greater than that of each of Game of Thrones’ first five seasons....

When Disney brought The Lion King to screens in a “live-action” format, it was always anticipated that there would be a follow-up movie on the cards. However, despite the originally animated movie having several sequels, the new Lion King film will be a prequel with Moonlight helmer Barry Jenkins directing. Now Jenkins has been giving a little more detail on the project that will tell the tale of Mufasa and Scar in their younger days before the former became king of Pride Rock, much to the latter’s displeasure....

Hammer Films finally returned to the big screen with this year’s hit thriller The Woman in Black, and now they are back with yet another new entry in the horror genre. The Quiet Ones, inspired by true events, follows the intense trail of a rogue Oxford professor who cons some of his brightest students into conjuring a creepy poltergeist from negative human energy. Hammer has released a first look featurette for this upcoming suspense drama, which offers a sneak peek at the thrills yet to come....

When in a movie theater and the words “based on a true story” appear, for non-horror fans, it may create a bit more interest but not much else. For horror fans, these words carry a lot more weight than in almost any other scenario. Scary movies based on true stories have become some of the most successful productions in the genre, and that is due to various elements. Regardless, the idea of watching something horrific (especially with the supernatural involved) that actually happened has a lurid thrill to it....

In preparation for the New Year, Homer, Marge and many of their fellow Springfieldians vow to change their ways in 2007: “I resolve to lose 10 pounds, and then gain it back by Valentine’s Day.” “I resolve to finally learn how to make pancakes that don’t stick to the pan. Bart helped me come up with that one.”{@IMG:34M1X0vV17L5q6WzbkQl2UHfResA5f|Movie Picture@}KRUSTY “In 2007, I promise not to keep using the same old jokes I’ve been telling since 1961....

The Sopranos is still one of HBO’s most-loved dramas ever, and over a decade after the series ended, the characters are finally being immortalized as Funko Pops. The Sopranos has been thrown back into the spotlight recently by the prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark, and people discovering the series for the first time during lockdown, so it is not surprising that the ever-expanding world of Funko Pops has been looking at the series for its latest additions....

DeWanda Wise and Jessica Williams have entered the fifth dimension. Wise and Williams are the latest to star in an upcoming episode of CBS All Access original series The Twilight Zone. The episode will also feature Lucinda Dryzek, Jefferson White and Jonathan Whitesell. Previously announced cast includes host and narrator Jordan Peele, as well as John Cho, Greg Kinnear, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Scott, Alison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay and Steven Yeun....

New Line TV has recently sold the television rights of ten movies to the USA Network, including three movies that haven’t even been released yet (Sex and the City: The Movie, Semi-Pro and He’s Just Not That Into You). According to Variety, the amount of money that USA will end up paying for the film rights depends on how much the pictures make after they are released into the theaters....