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The Sandman creator Neil Gaiman has once again spoken out in support of the casting decisions made for the upcoming Netflix adaptation. Speaking with Total Film, Gaiman defends the “color-blind casting” approach that was carried out when bringing the likes of Death and the rest of The Endless to live action. Barry star Kirby Howell-Baptiste, a Black actor, will portray Death in the Netflix series, The Sandman. The actress does not reflect some of the elements of the character as she is drawn in the source comics, an issue which resulted in some shameful reactions from a certain subsection of “fans....

The Twilight Saga will come to a close later this year, when The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 hits theaters November 16… or will it? We reported last week that Lionsgate has finalized a deal to acquire The Twilight Saga distributor Summit Entertainment, and Lionsgate president Jon Feltheimer hopes the franchise continues beyond the finale. Here’s what he had to say below. Since Lionsgate has a television unit, there is a possibility that Stephenie Meyer’s novels may be adapted for the small screen....

CBS All Access has released the first full trailer for Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone reboot. The trailer gives off a familiar, yet chilling vibe as we are treated to snippets from the upcoming series, which debuts in April. There are teases to the original series and the 1983 movie, which are all combined to create something that is cryptic and worth repeat viewing to unpack everything that is going on....

One of AMC’s best original series to date was the long-standing series, The Walking Dead. Based on a comic book series, the hit AMC show first aired back in 2010, and recently saw its last episode during its 11 season. Over its 12 years, the show has spanned a few spinoff series, including a talk show on the making behind the episodes. The Walking Dead: Dead City is the most recent spinoff that was recently greenlit....

NBC will return the hit supernatural drama Medium - starring Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette – to its primetime schedule on Wednesday, November 15 (9-11 p.m. ET) with a special two-hour episode before resuming the following week in its regular day and time (Wednesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET). In addition, The Biggest Loser will move to 8-9 p.m. ET on that night. In their first collaboration together, actor Thomas Jane will join his wife, Arquette, in the two-hour premiere, as the series kicks off its third season....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been home to many superheroes and supervillains. Despite the ever-growing roster of characters, not everyone has been able to live through to the end of the franchise. Of course, as T’Challa said in Captain America: Civil War, “Death is not the end. It’s more of a stepping off point.” While the afterlife in the MCU has continued to remain a mystery, audiences got to see a small glimpse in Thor: Love and Thunder....

Have we seen the last of Arrested Development? Netflix and creator Mitch Hurwitz have yet to weigh in on a possible season 6, but Tony Hale seems open to the idea. Hale plays Buster, one of the members of the Bluth family that we’ve been following for more than a decade and a half now. I recently had the chance to speak with Tony Hale in honor of Toy Story 4, which is now available on home video....

There has been a modern Renaissance in the animation industry as animated films have risen to renewed prominence over the past two decades. The importance and popularity of animated media has been made abundantly clear as more studios realize that there is an increasing demand for animated films. Which makes sense: animated media is vital to the industry and has always been a staple in audiences’ viewing practices throughout all of film history....

Last week, we reported Universal Pictures is planning to release its upcoming comedy Tower Heist through Comcast’s VOD format, just three weeks after hitting theaters on November 4. Although this new VOD release will only be available to Comcast customers in Portland, Oregon and Atlanta, Georgia, four theater chains have threatened to boycott Tower Heist if this plan is enacted. Cinemark USA, Galaxy Theatres, Regency Theatres, and Emagine Theatres are vowing to shun the comedy release, along with several independent chains which control over 50 screens across the country....

Universal is in the early stages of developing Dark Horse’s sci-fi Fear Agent. According to Risky Biz Blog, the project is an open-writing assignment at the moment, but the studio could match a spec script whose rights are controlled by Air Force One producer Jonathan Shestack and bring Shestack on to produce Fear Agent. Fear Agent centers on a colorful, borderline alcoholic astronaut named Heath Huston, a Texan who works as a so-called fear agent, the last of a dwindling breed of spacemen whose mission it is to fight threats to the planet Earth, which is partly destroyed during the course of the series....

Ving Rhames is set to replace DMX in the lead in Jim Vickers’ feature debut Marble City, according to Production Weekly. The script by Thomas Sjolund, follows Rhames’ character Rune, recently paroled from prison and he’s hell-bent on vengeance, determined to even the score with the man who took away ten years of his life. Now it’s pay-back time. Filming begins in Los Angeles next month. Meanwhile, DMX has joined Lou Diamond Phillips in the cast of Death Toll now in pre-production in Louisiana....

According to Variety, Warner Bros. has acquired Where the Wild Things Are out of turnaround from Universal. Adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic kid’s book, which Spike Jonze will helm from a script he and novelist Dave Eggers penned, is expected to get under way late in the year. Figuring out a way to turn the 338-word Wild Things story into a movie has been a long process, with multiple helmers and writers weighing in....

Watchmen has officially been ordered by HBO. The network had already ordered a pilot for the small screen adaptation, which comes from Damon Lindelof, who previously worked with HBO on The Leftovers. Now, we have word that the small screen take on writer Alan Moore’s classic DC Comics series will be getting at least one full season on HBO. While no premiere date has been set just yet, it’s expected that the show will debut sometime in 2019....

Don’t get too amped up about that rumored Watchmen TV show on HBO. Not long ago it was reported by Variety that Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers) was working on a series for HBO based on Alan Moore’s classic DC Comics miniseries. Now, Lindelof has addressed his alleged involvement with the Watchmen TV series and, at least as it stands, he hasn’t even met with the network about the show yet....

The Good A funny film that skewers Hollywood. The Bad A poor-man’s Entourage.What Just Happened is your classic tale of Hollywood woes. Robert DeNiro plays a producer named Ben (who is based on Art Linson (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Untouchables) who also wrote the book and screenplay upon which this movie is based) whose world is crumbling around him. He has to deal with crazy directors, crazy actors (Bruce Willis and Sean Penn among others who are playing themselves), movies falling apart, and this doesn’t say anything about what he has to go through in his personal life....

FX has stepped up to deliver a nice little Halloween treat for lovers of horror-themed comedy, as the first two teaser trailers for the What We Do in the Shadows TV series have arrived online. The upcoming series is based on the movie of the same name, which was directed by Taika Waititi before he went on to make Thor: Ragnarok for Marvel Studios. Fans of the movie will take solace in these teasers as they make it clear the show will retain the same brand of humor showcased in the movie....

Be real – who doesn’t like to party? We all have stories of crazy nights out on the town, though we might accidentally omit a few of the evening’s details of the retelling of said stories. This can be attributed in large part to both the amnesic effects of alcohol and your friend group’s reluctance to fill your narrative plot holes out of sheer embarrassment at the cringetastic chaos of the night in question....

Based on a webtoon, All of Us Are Dead is a thriller K-Drama based on a zombie plague that is taking over the country. It was released in January 2022, and immediately caught a lot of attention from fans worldwide. So much so that it has received the green light for season 2. Directed by Lee Jae-Kyoo, this show follows the story of a high school that becomes ground zero for a virus outbreak....

Even in the current days of low box office returns and struggling blockbusters, there is one genre of film that consistently over-performs, and that’s horror. 2022 saw quite a few horror films make a pretty big splash with audiences and the box office alike. Movies like Paramount’s Smile, which was almost released on streaming service Paramount+ instead of to theaters, and A24’s duo of Mia Goth-starring vehicles X and Pearl, were huge, both culturally and monetarily....

The Good Place, the critically beloved otherworldly comedy from executive producer and creator Michael Schur, has been renewed for a full-season order of 13 episodes. The announcement was made by Jennifer Salke, President, NBC Entertainment. Here’s what Jennifer Salke had to say about the comedy series’ renewal in a statement. In its rookie season, The Good Place has averaged a 1.9 rating in adults 18-49 and 6.1 million viewers overall in “live plus seven day” figures from Nielsen Media Research, improving the timeslot by +36% over NBC’s Thursday 8:30 average last season....