Nintendo of America Inc. and Netflix, Inc. today announced an agreement that will allow Netflix members who are also owners of Nintendo’s Wii home console to instantly watch thousands of movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix directly to their TVs. Netflix is scheduled to go live on the Wii console this spring in the United States at no additional cost to Netflix members who have a plan starting at $8....
Despite continued controversy over some of the comedy specials offered by Netflix, there won’t be any censorship happening at the streaming service. Last year, Dave Chappelle had conjured up some backlash with the release of his latest Netflix special, The Closer, which included controversial jokes about the LGBTQ+ community. There had been calls for the special to be removed, but the streamer stood by Chappelle. More recently, Ricky Gervais released a new Netflix special, dubbed SuperNature, which also included what critics say are anti-trans jokes....
It has been five years since the New York Times exposed movie producer Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual harassment and started the #MeToo movement that has seen people speak out against other Hollywood players. However, a new survey conducted by Women In Film to coincide with the anniversary has shown that in half a decade, there have continued to be many incidences of abuse and misconduct despite an improvement in workplace harassment awareness....
As a filmmaker highly reputed for his work and described as witty and insightful, Noah Baumbach has carved out a unique space for himself in today’s film industry. Following his very personal Marriage Story, the director is set to return this year with another highly anticipated film, White Noise. Netflix broke the news of Baumbach coming on board to write and direct the film back in January 2021. Marriage Story proved that Baumbach can make films that are artistic yet accessible....
After being announced as one of the stars being honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2022, Norman Reedus will finally claim his place on the famous walkway on September 27. The ceremony will take place on Hollywood Boulevard outside Hollywood Toys & Costumes and will be attended by Walking Dead showrunner Greg Nicotero and Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro, and will see Reedus’ star placed near that of a very appropriate filmmaker: George A....
Lionsgate and the filmmakers of Nurse 3D are pleased to announce that Paz de la Huerta (Boardwalk Empire, Enter the Void) will star in the film as Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, and a secret life’s work in which she targets and punishes dishonest men. De la Huerta is represented by Untitled Entertainment and Don Buchwald and Associates. The studio today debuted gripping pre-production concept art of Paz de la Huerta in character as Abby....
Olivia Jade, daughter of actressLori Loughlin, is blaming her parents for putting a premature end to her career as a YouTube influencer. On the popular video streaming service, Jade had made a name for herself by building up an impressive following, resulting in many prominent sponsorships. Because of the college admissions fraud scandal that saw the arrests of both of her parents, however, Jade wound up suffering severe consequences, with multiple partners cutting ties with the social media star....
Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to Daughter of Smoke and Bone, the popular young adult novel written by Laini Taylor. It is said that two other studios made bids to lock down the adaptation rights. The story centers on Karou, a 17-year-old girl who is sent across the world by her wicked father to collect human teeth, for unexplained reasons. When she meets an angel named Akiva in Marrakesh, Karou comes to learn the true nature of her family and and the creatures that are not of this world which fill up her sketchbook....
Paris Jackson is set to appear in a mystery role in the upcoming tenth season of the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story. According to TMZ, Jackson will appear in at least one episode in the next season which has been dubbed American Horror Story: Double Feature. Series creator Ryan Murphy says this is because the new season will feature two horror stories in one season for the first time....
British director Phil Claydon (Lesbian Vampire Killers) will direct New Line’s comedy Dan Mintner: Badass for Hire, produced by Contrafilm’s Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson with Mason Novick. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comedy was conceived as a light-hearted homage to 1980s action thriller such as Cobra and Missing in Action, and centers on a tight-jeans-wearing, matchstick-chewing man stuck with an ’80s mentality while kicking some modern-day butt. New Line picked up the script – written as a spec by Chad Kultgen – last year as its first acquisition after entering the Warner Bros....
According to Variety, Gallic film company Wild Bunch is jumping into the deep end with a Piranha remake. The company has a script for the project, penned by Eraser and The Scorpion King helmer Chuck Russell, that it will market for the first time at AFM. Wild Bunch handled international sales on George Romero’s Land of the Dead, flogging worldwide rights to Universal, and it distributed the film theatrically in France....
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the swashbuckling summer blockbuster from Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, added a new milestone on Friday, September 8, 2006 when it officially crossed the $1 billion mark ($1,002.6 billion) at the global box office, and became only the third film in history (behind Titanic and The Lord Of The Rings: The Return of The King) to achieve this extraordinary feat, it was announced Saturday, September 09, 2006, by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios....
Mychael Knight, fan-favorite star of the reality series Project Runway and fashion designer, has died at the age of 39. At the time of this writing, the cause of his death has not been revealed. The news was first reported by TMZ and has since been confirmed by various news outlets. His family has released a statement on his passing, via Obvious. Here’s the official statement. The reality TV star died at 7:25 a....
Stargate: Continuum is getting a blast from the past. According to Multichannel.com, it appears that Stargate SG-1’s Richard Dean Anderson will be joining the cast of Stargate: Continuum. According to MGM and the Sci-Fi Channel (which will be broadcasting Stargate: Continuum), Anderson will again playing the role of General Jack O’Neill. Beginning next week Anderson as well as other cast members will begin principal photography in Alaska. Currently, “the production is working in collaboration with the U....
It seems that Lionsgate has spilled the beans a bit on iTunes offering of feature length films. In a story from AppleInsider, it appears that during a quarterly conference call Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer accidentally spoke more than he should have about the finalization of some of the studios online content plans. “We also have digital delivery deals in place with Cinema Now, MovieLink, and iTunes,” Feltheimer said, “with upcoming announcements with at least two more major industry players....
Acclaimed director Luc Besson is currently having to shoot his upcoming biopic of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi titled The Lady on the sly in Paris. Because of the story’s political themes, Besson has decided to keep his production under wraps, as to not worsen Aung San Suu Kyi’s current situation. Michelle Yeoh has been cast as Aung San Suu Kyi, a reluctant Burmese politician who had been kept under house arrest for the past fifteen years, until being freed last November....
A MacGruber TV series is being planned, with the original cast and creative team on board. What started as a beloved series of Saturday Night Live sketches eventually blossomed into a big screen adaptation, which was initially released in 2010. Unfortunately, the movie was a commercial failure and that made a sequel impossible to get off the ground. However, director Jorma Taccone has revealed that they are currently pitching a TV show, giving a follow-up new life....
Sci Fi Wire recently spoke with Green Lantern screenwriter Marc Guggenheim who revealed that he turned in the latest draft of the screenplay over the weekend. CLICK HERE to read more from Guggenheim, including some casting rumors he addressed. “In fact, I’m … delivering another draft today,” Guggenheim (TV’s Flash Forward) said in an exclusive interview on Friday. “So it continues to move forward.” The film is expected to be directed by Martin Campbell, who stepped in for Berlanti, and is slated to begin production at Australia’s Fox Studios in Sydney this summer for a release on June 17, 2011....
You can watch Patricia Arquette and her visions on DVD this September. Medium: The Fourth Season will arrive on DVD on September 9. We have no pricing details or special features listings for this release as of yet, but we’ll update this story as soon as we get that information. The series stars Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval and Jake Weber. Allison Dubois (Arquette) is a strong-willed, devoted young wife and mother of three girls, who has gradually come to grips with her extraordinary ability to talk to dead people, see the future in her dreams and read people’s thoughts....
Appearing in an erotic art film is a daring move for any actor, but for a first time actor, it takes an incredible amount of courage. But scream queen of the moment Mia Goth, the star of Ti West’s slashers X and Pearl, did just that. Goth, now 28, made her feature film debut in Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac as P, the 15-year-old daughter of criminals who is groomed by a much older lover....
