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Rachel Bilson (The O.C., The Last Kiss) will guest-star as a potential love interest on NBC’s new action-comedy Chuck (Mondays, 8-9 p.m. ET) in a multi-episode arc scheduled for broadcast in late October. In the action-comedy, Bilson will play a romantic possibility for Chuck (title star Zachary Levi), the first since his college girlfriend broke his heart a few years ago. Like all people in Chuck’s new, spy infested world, she may not turn out to be so perfect – or even who she says she is....

Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren and Robin Wright Penn will join Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Jason Bateman in State of Play, the Universal Pictures/Working Title adaptation of the British miniseries, according to Variety. Kevin Macdonald is directing; Matthew Michael Carnahan wrote the script. McAdams will play a reporter in the middle of a career-making story, as her newspaper investigates the death of the mistress of a fast-rising congressman. Mirren will play the newspaper’s steely editor, a role undertaken by Bill Nighy in the original mini....

So I’ve become convinced that the Brits are pretty well on their collective way to a looney bin. I got all the proof I need sitting right on my coffee table, and it’s called Funny Man, someone’s idea of a horror movie that really comes off a lot more like a comedy. For all you horror mavens out there who stuck around through the latter half of the “Nightmare On Elm Street” series, you’re going to find a whole LOT of common ground with Funny Man right here....

Director-producer-writer Robert Altman has been voted an Honorary Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Award, an Oscar® statuette, will be presented at the 78th Academy Awards® Presentation on March 5, 2006. The Honorary Award will be given to Altman to honor “a career that has repeatedly reinvented the art form and inspired filmmakers and audiences alike.” Altman has received five Academy Award nominations for directing �" for “MAS*H,” “Nashville,” “The Player,” “Short Cuts” and “Gosford Park” �" as well as two additional nominations as a producer of Best Picture nominees “Nashville” and “Gosford Park �” but has never taken home the Oscar....

Prime Video will soon premiere The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on the small screen, but Cinemark Movie Rewards members will get the chance to catch the first two episodes early on the big screen. Later this month, Cinemark will host a one-night-only screening of the first two episodes of the series at participating theaters. Along with screenings in the U.S. and Canada, the episodes will also be screened at various locations in the UK, Ireland, Argentina, Colombia, Australia, and New Zealand....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY Game of Thrones fans will recognize Mawle as a member of House Stark. On the show, Mawle played Benjen Stark, a First Ranger of the Night’s Watch. He was the younger brother of Eddard Stark (Sean Bean) and the uncle of Robb (Richard Madden), Rickon (Art Parkinson), Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright), Sansa (Sophie Turner), Arya (Maisie Williams), and Jon Snow (Kit Harington). The heroic character dies in Season 7 by sacrificing himself to the army of the dead to help save Jon Snow....

An ominous knock on the door at 6 am. A man dressed in black running away from the house. An envelope stuff with international intrigue. That is what I woke up to this morning. Hanging from the mail loop outside was a time stamped letter from the desk of Louis Salinger, Chief Inspector, S07. And he has made it vary clear that The International must be stopped! Inside the package that the Inspector sent was a picture of an old man with the caption “Not what he seems”....

Star Wars fans are gearing up for the first Star Wars Celebration since 2019 and while there will be a lot of old and new Star Wars alums there to join in the fun, Mark Hamill will not be among them. The actor, who will always be known as Luke Skywalker, is usually an integral part of any big Star Wars-based event, but as he shared with his fans on Twitter, he does have a pretty good reason for not being in attendance at next month’s event....

Following the tragic death of Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame, fans have mourned long enough to seek a replacement. MCU seems to have heeded viewers’ wishes with the recent San Diego Comic-Con announcement about the Marvel Disney+ series. Riri Williams, later known as Iron Heart, made her cinematic debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as a gifted innovator who created a flying suit and fought alongside Wakandans against Atlanteans....

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) announced that it has named the world’s leading toy manufacturer, Mattel, Inc., as the global master toy licensee for both Speed Racer and The Dark Knight, two of the biggest summer films coming out in 2008 from Warner Bros. Pictures. Mattel will apply its expertise across virtually all product lines including vehicles, action figures, action play, remote control vehicles, handheld electronics as well as games and puzzles....

The world of the future is here - that is, thanks to Wilbur Robinson. Disney’s latest animated film, Meet the Robinsons hits theaters March 30th, but you can play with Wilber and his family in the comfort of your own home. Buena Vista Games and Avalanche Software have created a video game based off the film, titled appropriately, Meet the Robinsons - how clever! Movieweb.com was fortunate enough to catch a sneak peak at the game at the Walt Disney Studios in California....

The mega live-action superhero franchise Power Rangers debuted in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The action-packed series quickly skyrocketed in popularity, becoming a pop culture phenomenon of the 90s into the early 2000s. The success of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers spawned 3 feature films and 30 seasons of the popular franchise, which is still on the air today. Although each season displays different iterations of the Rangers teams, the core and guiding principles — initially outlined in Mighty Morphin — for each superhero team remains the same....

The actress talks about her first starring role with Jeff Bridges Every four years (well, every two now), Olympians from around the world come to compete against other countries in different sports. But before the athletes have the chance to make it to the big stage, they compete in the national tournaments. In gymnastics, most of the competitors have been training since they were just kids; by the time they make it to their teens, they’re pretty much poised and ready to compete against anyone....

On paper, the premise of a romantic comedy about an idealistic young TV producer, who moves to the big city to work on a failing morning talk show, hosted by a Diane Sawyer type that is forced to work with a Tom Brokaw type who has recently been demoted, is a clever idea. For the most part, Morning Glory succeeds and delivers a satisfying and relatable movie that will make you laugh as well as warm your heart....

It’s only been a week, but Spring is in full bloom (even if the weather is not). You know what that means - Major League Baseball is back!!! Oh, and it’s time for the studios to start releasing film after film after film. If you’re still not sure what Spring or Summer films are coming out, or if you just want to spend your Spring Break or Summer vacation at the theaters, I’m here to help....

Spoiler Warning: Ms. Marvel Season One While we don’t know for sure how many people watched Ms. Marvel (Disney doesn’t announce streaming numbers in that detail), we do know that it was beloved by critics. In fact, it was so well received that it is the highest-rated MCU show yet on Rotten Tomatoes, with 98% on the Tomatometer. Fans have rallied around it, and with each episode drop, it quickly found a Twitter trend blessed upon it....

With less than a month before The X-Files returns for Season 11, a new trailer has been released, which teases a potentially violent showdown between Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Walter Skinner. The brief preview reveals Mulder and Scully (Gillian Anderson) approaching Skinner in a parking garage, with Scully revealing that they need his help, even though they don’t trust him. The opening moments of this preview also shows Mulder and Scully arriving at a cabin in the woods, along with a brief shot of an iconic “I Want to Believe” poster....

Netflix has certainly expanded their slate of original content over the past few years, with one of their most celebrated additions being the hit drama series Narcos. The show was already renewed for Season 2 back in August, just a week after the show premiered, but we haven’t had any confirmation about when the show will return. Earlier today, the streaming service released the first Season 2 trailer, which reveals that the second season will return on September 2....

Lots of pilot pick-ups from the major networks. The Hollywood Reporter says NBC has handed out a cast-contingent pilot order to the drama, M.O.N.Y from Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson. The network also has greenlighted Area 52, a comedy pilot to be directed by Dean Parisot. M.O.N.Y centers on a socially conscious New York public advocate who is thrust into the uncomfortable position of becoming interim mayor and struggles to balance his moral center with the hardball realities of New York politics....

Addams Family series Wednesday will be arriving on Netflix on November 23, but Netflix couldn’t resist teasing the highly anticipated series by revealing the opening credits of the show, which includes music by long-time Tim Burton collaborator Danny Elfman. Starring Jenna Ortega in the titular role of the daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams, Wednesday promises a dark and ghoulish return of the Addams Family to a live-action format in a series that seems to be a perfectly pitched Burton project....