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While Jenna Ortega is front and center as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday, Netflix’s new take on The Addams Family, the titular member of the kooky family has been joined at Nevermore Academy by the “family pet,” Thing. The disembodied hand was controlled by actor Victor Dorobantu for the series, but keeping the rest of his body out of the scene sometimes meant wearing a full-body blue screen suit. On Twitter, Netflix shared a few behind-the-scenes photos showing Dorobantu operating Thing before editing would remove all but the hand in post-production....

Wednesday’s official trailer dropped at New York Comic Con, undoubtedly delighting some of its spookier attendants. It’s an exciting one because of two big casting reveals. Christina Ricci will play Ms. Thornhill, a teacher at the newly unveiled Nevermore Academy. And the infamous Uncle Fester will be played by Fred Armisen. Everyone can’t wait to see these two roles work in Tim Burton’s talented hands as Netflix puts out this long-awaited series....

At the beginning of February, Westworld fans were finally treated to the trailer and release date for the long-awaited Season 2. However ,the trailer offered more questions than answers and one of the biggest mysterious is that creepy white robot that is featured. Showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have now broken their silence on the matter and have shed some light on the white robot that everybody has been asking about....

Very rarely does a television show come along that encapsulates an audience to such a degree that they find themselves gaping at the screen, holding their breath in anticipation of every coming moment. As a matter of fact, there have been very few shows that even have episodes that are worthy of fitting that description, let alone entire seasons or series. Nevertheless, audiences are occasionally gifted with such a prize and are left with nothing but gratitude and a desire for more and more episodes....

There are plenty of film lovers who would not consider the 1985 dystopian classic, Brazil, a science fiction film. One of them is the creative genius behind the film, writer and director Terry Gilliam. In a 2014 interview with the British Film Institute, he was asked how much science fiction played a part in his early life. Was he a science fiction fan? What about those who consider his film Brazil a science fiction film?...

Since starring as Amy March in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, Florence Pugh has been an unstoppable force to be reckoned with in Hollywood. The blockbuster role not only landed her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress, but it showcased her range in mesmerizing fashion. Though Pugh’s acting credits date back to 2014, her role as the youngest March sister made it clear that there’s no genre the star cannot tackle with organic embodiment....

On our good days and our bad days, everyone loves love. This universal feeling of butterflies in our stomachs, nervous laughter, and even heartbreak is something that we can’t deny that we love to see on the screen and makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside. So, let’s all admit now that we love a good love story. From classic cheesy romantic movies to deeply heartbreaking romantic tear-jerkers, there is always enough love to go around in cinema....

There are films that when you watch them for the first time, they’re imprinted forever in your mind. Perhaps the occasion and circumstance in which you watch them helps, and it’s why you sometimes refer to those as unforgettable cinematic experiences. You actually remember everything that surrounded you at that moment. They’re usually happy memories. But there are other kinds of films that get stamped on your mind for different reasons....

Aside from Tony Stark’s bad-boy status, the Avengers haven’t really had a dark side. Sure, every character has had their sketchy moments and pasts, but largely were walking the straight and narrow when we met them. Black Widow had her “red ledger” to contend with, Steve Rogers alluded to “compromises” during World War II that he wasn’t too keen on, but overall the Avengers were a pretty clean living bunch. Almost too clean....

The Golden Girls is getting re-imagined with an all-Black cast for just one night only as part of an online event to benefit the charity organization Color of Change. Reportedly, the one-off reading will feature Alfre Woodard (Clemency), Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Sanaa Lathan (The Cleveland Show), and Regina King (American Crime) portraying the roles originally played by Estelle Getty, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Bea Arthur, respectively. Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard) is directing and Lena Waithe (Master of None) will also be hosting the online watch party....

Star Wars has been quite the rollercoaster of a franchise over the last 45 years. The original three films are beloved as one of the best film trilogies of all time, while the rest of the series has expanded the universe exponentially with new characters, stories, and overall directions for the brand. Currently, Star Wars is undergoing the highest output of live-action material since its inception. Almost ironically, though, none of this output is on the big screen....

It’s Black Friday, something the U.K. doesn’t celebrate the day after Thanksgiving. So it makes sense that we’d get a bit of The Hobbit casting news out of England this morning. The One Ring is reporting that actor Shane Briant, best known for his work in classic Hammer Horror films such as Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter and Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell, as well as his role as Dr. Trayso Talnell/Kaarvok on Farscape, has auditioned for the role of The Mayor of Michel Delving in Peter Jackson’s upcoming prequel....

It wasn’t all that long ago that “tech bros” were a unique character to introduce into the plot of a movie or television show. That’s not the case anymore. In fact, a quick perusal of your favorite streaming service will reveal several current and/or recent movies and series that feature “tech bros” as the main character. A tech bro is, obviously, a bro that works in the technology industry, and is often part of the larger “bro” culture of a hypermasculine man and how he relates to the world around him....

Filmmaker Vera Drew has pulled the film The People’s Joker from its screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Also starring Drew in the lead role, the film follows a clown struggling with her gender identity with big dreams of joining a TV show featuring Jokers and Harlequins. It is a satirical take on Joker and includes references to characters and other elements from DC’s Batman universe. The official synopsis for The People’s Joker reads:...

The Purge TV series has found its lead actors. Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High) and Jessica Garza (Six) have been tapped as the male and female leads respectively of Blumhouse’s upcoming small screen take on their successful horror franchise. The series has been in the works for quite some time, but now with the two leads in place, the series looks to be firmly moving forward. The casting brings with it some of the first story details for this Purge TV series....

Joe and Anthony Russo continuously work with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Whether it’s Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. in Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame or Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, and Billy Bob Thornton in The Gray Man. The pair of directors are looking to team up with even more industry A-listers with their next film for Netflix, The Electric State. A report from Deadline confirms Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox, and Jenny Slate will join the cast of the upcoming film, which already includes Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and Guardians of the Galaxy lead Chris Pratt....

Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd are reuniting for the new limited series The Shrink Next Door. The two haven’t worked on screen together since 2013’s Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. The upcoming dark comedy series is based on the popular podcast of the same name from Wondery and Bloomberg, which tells the true story of a bizarre relationship between a psychiatrist and one of his patients. Things get pretty weird, making Rudd and Ferrell a good choice to headline the show....

Watching horror movies, you expect to be scared. You might even settle for being disturbed. When the scares change into unintentional laughs, the allure dies faster than a teen at Camp Crystal Lake. Horror turns into B-movie territory and never escapes its campy infamy. Your eyes will always remember the silly sight. A genre already exists for being scared silly: horror comedy. Horror allows maniacal laughter, even a sparing morbid punchline, but it’s balanced like a slowly descending pit and pendulum....

We already know that FX is bringing its new series The Strain to Comic-Con 2014 next week, but today, the network announced that there will also be an exclusive fan event that will take place on Saturday, July 26 at the Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15 theater. Take a look at all of the official details below, then read on to see how many viewers tuned in to the series premiere on Sunday night....

A new poster has been released for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, an animated feature film that serves as the second movie adaptation of the Nintendo video game series. On Monday, Nintendo and Illumination announced that the second trailer will be released on Tuesday, Nov. 29, as part of the next Nintendo Direct. To tease the trailer, a new poster has also been released, taking fans inside Princess Peach’s castle. While the princess is missing, perhaps kidnapped by a certain king of the koopas, we can presume that we’ll be seeing more of them when the trailer arrives on Tuesday....