New Line Acquires Zach Helm Original Pitch The Naughty One For Hbo Max

New Line Cinema has recently acquired the rights to famed screenwriter Zach Helm’s original script The Naughty One. The action-comedy will be developed by New Line for HBO Max, and apparently, the production company had to battle quite a competition to grab the pitch. Known for writing scripts and stories with a variety of flavors, it is no wonder that a pitch from Zach Helm will cause some sort of a bidding war between production houses....

August 25, 2022 · 2 min · 425 words · Vicky Hester

Noah Is Dirty And Not Pg Says Darren Aronofsky

While Darren Aronofsky prepares to shoot the highly anticipated Marvel Comics adaptation one-off The Wolverine, he is also gearing up to publish a four-part graphic novel series titled Noah. The mini-series will be a sci-fi adaptation of Noah’s Ark from The Book of Genesis with art from Nico Henrichon. Darren Aronofsky’s hope is to turn this illustrated, biblical reboot into his next project. And his inspirations, oddly enough, sprang from watching the 1976 Sunn Pictures documentary In Search of Noah’s Ark as a kid, of which he says, “I’m a huge fan....

August 25, 2022 · 2 min · 237 words · Benita Sloan

Oppenheimer Trailer Reveals Cillian Murphy As The Father Of The Atomic Bomb

The world forever changes in the first trailer for celebrated director Christopher Nolan’s upcoming biopic, Oppenheimer. Released courtesy of the movie’s official Twitter account, the footage reveals our first look at Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy in action as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer – father of the atomic bomb. You can see the first trailer for Oppenheimer below. Snippets of black-and-white footage are interspersed between shots of glowing embers, which gradually become a roaring blaze of fire and smoke....

August 25, 2022 · 3 min · 529 words · Gregory Taylor

Patrick Dempsey Lobbies For Doctor Strange

This isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke, and similar tactics didn’t work out so well for Donald Glover when he made it publicly known that he wanted to be Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man. But that isn’t stopping Patrick Dempsey from launching a campaign to play Doctor Strange. The actor is hoping to play the character in either a TV series or a feature film in a move to distance himself a little bit from his popular Grey’s Anatomy character....

August 25, 2022 · 3 min · 429 words · Martha Livesay

Paul Campbell Joins No Heroics Cast

One more actor has signed on to join in as one of the leads for ABC’s new superhero comedy No Heroics. The Hollywood Reporter says that Paul Campbell has joined in as a Canadian hero with freezing powers. The British version of the show is about a group of superheroes, including The Hotness, Electoclash, Timebomb and She-Force who hang out in a bar, and bemoan the fact that they’re not as successful as Excelsor....

August 25, 2022 · 1 min · 190 words · Earl Boyer

Peter Jackson S Next Film Needs A Studio

According to Variety, Peter Jackson is shopping his latest script for The Lovely Bones around town. The film is a big screen version of Alice Sebold’s best seller of the same name. It will be a more low-key project for the director after having tackled the epic The Lord Of The Rings series and King Kong. The story revolves around a young girl tracing steps back through her own murder. Jackson co-wrote the screenplay with his partners Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh, both of which collaborated with him on all three LOTR films....

August 25, 2022 · 1 min · 204 words · Susan Phillips

Preacher Will End With Season 4 New Teaser Announces Premiere Date

Preacher is coming to a close on AMC. The network has officially decided to call it quits on their adaptation of the beloved Garth Ennis comic book series of the same name after the upcoming fourth season. But it appears as though they intend to end things with a big, apocalyptic bang, based on the first teaser for the show’s final season, which also brings with it the official premiere date....

August 25, 2022 · 3 min · 491 words · Kelly White

Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Eyes Seth Grahame Smith To Direct

Author/screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith is now in the running to direct his own adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies for Lionsgate, with Craig Gillespie still in the mix as well. We reported last month that Craig Gillespie is in talks to take over the project, after Mike White stepped away in January. Now Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote the novel the movie is based on and adapted the screenplay himself, could possibly co-direct with his producing partner, David Katzenberg, the son of DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg....

August 25, 2022 · 1 min · 168 words · George Allen

Punk D Sneak Peek Featuring Khloe Kardashian

MTV has released the first sneak peek of Punk’d, which returns with a new season Monday, March 19. Click on the video player below, which features guest hosts Miley Cyrus and Kelly Osbourne punking Khloe Kardashian. You can also read the official press release from MTV, which announces some of the guest hosts for this new season. Get ready for bigger and better laughs and surprises, when MTV’s groundbreaking hit series Punk’d returns for an all-new season on Monday, March 19....

August 25, 2022 · 2 min · 342 words · Rita Sulley

Randall Park Still Wants A Jimmy Woo Darcy Spinoff Series In The Mcu

While Randall Park will soon be starring in the new comedy series Blockbuster at Netflix, he’s keeping the door open for Jimmy Woo to get his own show at Disney+. In 2021, Park and Kat Dennings returned to the Marvel Cinematic Universe by appearing as Jimmy Woo and Darcy Lewis in the hit series WandaVision. At the time, many fans who enjoyed their chemistry were calling for the two to get their own spinoff show in the vein of The X-Files with Jimmy and Darcy investigating bizarre mysteries in the MCU....

August 25, 2022 · 2 min · 365 words · Jamal Ashford

Reel Advice The Legend Of Bloody Mary

The Legend of Bloody Mary proves to be an object lesson in truly bad timing. Based at least tangentially on the legend of Bloody Mary (hence the title), it’s basically the story of the legend in a world where this kind of thing actually happens. And of course when the legend gets to its absolute extension, the result is predictable enough and a demon/monster/ ghost/something or other that lives in the mirror starts turning kids into hamburger....

August 25, 2022 · 3 min · 580 words · Lawrence Smith

Rizzoli Isles Renewed For Season 3 On Tnt

TNT has booked its blockbuster series Rizzoli & Isles for a third season. The record-breaking drama - from Warner Horizon Television and starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander - is in the midst of a terrific second season that has it running neck-and-neck with The Closer as this year’s top basic cable series. TNT has ordered 15 episodes of Rizzoli & Isles for its third season, which is slated to launch in summer 2012....

August 25, 2022 · 2 min · 392 words · Justin Wegner

Lionel Dahmer Considers Suing Netflix For Dahmer Series Portrayal

Netflix hasn’t seen the last of its Jeffrey Dahmer controversy just yet. In September, the streamer debuted the scripted series Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Created by Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy, the series stars Evan Peters as Dahmer, though Richard Jenkins is also featured in a main role as the cannibalistic murderer’s father, Lionel Dahmer. Now, per The Sun, the real Lionel is said to be considering a lawsuit against Netflix and the production team over his portrayal in the series....

August 24, 2022 · 4 min · 655 words · Ronald Higginbotham

Louder Than A Bomb Clip Exclusive

We have a brand new exclusive clip from the upcoming documentary Louder Than A Bomb, which debuts in theaters nationwide on May 18. Click on the video player for a glimpse at this documentary which features a young high school poet named Adam Gottlieb reading his work. Louder Than A Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world’s largest youth slam....

August 24, 2022 · 1 min · 162 words · Wesley Mattison

Major League Dvd Review

The Good This is the kind of release that should make fans of this film do a big seventh inning stretch. The Bad Packaging makes it hard to fit normally into a collection or a metal rack of DVDS. (Well, I had to think of something!) Major League: Wild Thing Edition is the kind of release that fans of this film are going to love. When Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) inherits the Cleveland Indians, she decides it would be in her best financial interest to move the team to Miami....

August 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1361 words · Leola Robinson

Marge Simpson Actress Julie Kavner Turns 70 And The Simpsons Fans Are Celebrating

Fans of The Simpsons are celebrating the birthday of Julie Kavner today, as the voice actress best known for playing Marge Simpson has just turned 70 years old. Like many other voiceover artists from the animated series, Kavner’s voice is very distinct, putting it among the most recognizable voices from television history. Classic TV lovers also remember her fondly for her role on Rhoda and other comedy shows. With so many fans across the globe, a large number of them have been hopping on social media in honor of Kavner’s birthday to send their well wishes and praise to the veteran performer....

August 24, 2022 · 3 min · 537 words · Judith Battaglia

Mark Burnett Gets The Cameras Turned On Him For Real Reality Really Exclusive

Reality TV producer Mark Burnett has made a name for himself creating some of the most popular reality shows ever. Now he’s going to feel the heat himself with the new series Real Reality, Really. The series will have a camera crew following around Burnett as he attends to duties on his many reality series like Survivor, The Apprentice and Jingles. A spokesperson for Mark Burnett Productions offered this cryptic comment....

August 24, 2022 · 1 min · 148 words · Betty Bonneville

Mcu Phase 4 How Wanda Maximoff Might Return

The standout character of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4 is clearly Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). From an amazing limited series to being the highlight of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it’s unlikely fans have seen the last of her in the current phase of MCU content, despite what seemingly happened to her at the end of the film. Wanda and her titular series WandaVision began the next phase of the MCU, showing the world just how powerful she can be when she unlocks all of her power....

August 24, 2022 · 5 min · 922 words · Frank Gray

Melanie Lynskey Takes Us Up In The Air Exclusive

The actress who plays Julie Bingham discusses working with Jason Reitman, the Two and a Half Men shutdown, future projects and more Melanie Lynskey was just a normal 16 year old girl in New Zealand when she was spotted by writer Fran Walsh for a role in Peter Jackson’s film Heavenly Creatures. After taking a hiatus from the business to finish her schooling and move out to Los Angeles, she landed a string of roles in high-profile movies such as Ever After, Coyote Ugly, Sweet Home Alabama along with a recurring role as Rose, Charlie Sheen’s stalker on the hit TV series Two and a Half Men....

August 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1659 words · Olga Bilbrey

Mireille Enos Talks World War Z Exclusive

Last night I hit the red carpet for the Season 2 premiere of The Killing, which debuts on AMC Sunday, April 1. I got to chat with series star Mireille Enos, who also talked about her upcoming zombie movie World War Z. We reported earlier this month that World War Z was being pushed from Christmas 2012 to an undetermined Summer 2013 release. I asked her when we might see the first trailer, but, alas, she doesn’t know, even if she is just as eager as us to see it....

August 24, 2022 · 1 min · 178 words · Irvin Anderson