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It’s hard to talk about the film without talking about just what made I Love Lucy such a groundbreaking series, as well as the people behind it. I Love Lucy was a sitcom that aired from 1951 to 1957. It starred husband and wife Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, and it broke ground in a lot of ways. The series followed Lucy as she got herself into (and out of) various messes, many of the messes involved trying to get into Ricky’s nightclub show....

Reaching a deal after more than two months of negotiations, Relativity Media will buy Rogue Pictures from Universal Pictures for roughly $150 million. According to Variety, the move bolsters Relativity’s library, adding some 30 titles, including Rogue’s debut pic Unleashed and summer horror hit The Strangers, which earned $53 million. Relativity’s new assets also include more than 30 Rogue projects in various stages of development, such as The Strangers 2 sequel, which has a finished script....

You can bring a futuristic hit film home on DVD and Blu-ray this July. Repo Men will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 20. We don’t have any pricing details as of yet, but you can take a look at an ad featuring the cover art and the special features details below. Both the DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film will also come with the theatrical cut and the unrated director’s cut of the film as well....

Seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire are back as the war against the zombies rages on in Resident Evil: Degeneration, a co-production of CAPCOM Co., Ltd. and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Co., Ltd. based on the popular video game franchise. Making its worldwide theatrical debut in Japan on October 18, 2008, Resident Evil: Degeneration will be exhibited in the US at the New York City Horror Film Festival on November 13th and at a screening in Los Angeles on November 18th hosted by Fangoria....

You can go back to a creepy area off the highway again this October. Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back will be released on DVD on October 7. We have no cover art as of yet, but the disc will be priced at $24.98 SRP. The film stars Richard Tillman, Jessie Ward, Graham Norris, Brionne Davis and Steve Railsback No rest for the wicked! One year ago, the mysterious Rest Stop killer drilled, ripped and splattered young road trippers Jesse and Nicole....

The infamous college admissions scandal involving actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman is getting the small screen treatment, as Annapurna Television optioned the rights to the upcoming book Accepted. Written by Melissa Korn and Jen Levitz, the book dives into the scandal that quickly made national headlines once the news was broken this past March. Using the book for inspiration, the limited series will be penned by Emmy winning writer D....

Something’s coming in the first look at the upcoming Netflix outing, Luther: The Fallen Sun. Revealing Idris Elba in his return as the unorthodox detective John Luther, the teaser trailer (which comes via NetflixUK) is mostly just a close-up of Elba’s leading man face. However, it does confirm that Luther: The Fallen Sun will play in select theaters in February before landing on the streaming platform in March. You can check out the teaser trailer for Luther: The Fallen Sun below....

Beginning September 10 a new eight-part series will air on The Sundance Channel focusing on four recent criminal trials in Las Vegas. This series is produced by filmmakers Denis Poncet and Jean Xavier Lestrade. “Denis and Jean Xavier have displayed a knack for finding stories that get right to the heart of how the American justice system functions and a talent for letting the stories tell themselves,” says Laura Michalchyshyn, Executive Vice President and GM of Programming and Creative Affairs at the Sundance Channel....

Diddy and the cast of MTV’s Making the Band 4 take over Times Square for a live event Sunday night, August 26th beginning at 10PM ET where the band will finally be unveiled. Fresh on the heels of creating the successful all girl group ‘Danity Kane,’ whose Platinum album debuted at number one selling more than 230,000+ copies in its first week. The group toured with Christina Aguilera and The Pussycat Dolls and will be releasing a new album on Bad Boy Records in 2008....

Man on a Ledge is the kind of movie where you need to check your brain at the door and enjoy a brief respite from reality. The plot is ludicrous, entirely unbelievable. But it’s fun to watch it play out, especially with a very good ensemble cast. I’d spent many weeks during the previous awards season watching serious movies and art flicks. Great to step away and get a fun popcorn film in....

There’s going to be more Mayans M.C. at FX. It was officially revealed at San Diego Comic-Con that a fifth season of the series is in the works with the plan for new episodes to arrive in 2023. Per Collider, the announcement was made during a special panel with the show’s stars and creative team. FX Entertainment’s President of Original Programming, Nick Grad, also spoke about the renewal. “The Mayans have battled for respect, territory and power through four intense seasons that have set the stage for an explosive fifth season that will test their very survival under ‘EZ’s’ newly claimed leadership," Grad said....

Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan would love for seminal actor Denzel Washington to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he has his own ideas of how to do it. The talents of Jordan and Washington have come together for this year’s A Journal for Jordan, with the former revealing his Marvel plans for the latter while speaking to IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3184378649 During the interview, Jordan was asked whether or not he thought Denzel Washington should add his name to the pantheon of heroes and villains that inhabit the MCU, to which he responded, “Yes, no hesitation....

Former iCarly star Jennette McCurdy has opened up about her experiences as a child actor in her new memoir, I’m Glad My Mom Died. In the book, McCurdy delves into her time at Nickelodeon as one of the stars of iCarly and its short-lived spinoff series Sam & Cat. This includes describing allegations of misconduct against the creator of both shows, whom she only refers to as “The Creator.” According to McCurdy, she refused $300,000 in “hush money” from Nickelodeon to stay silent about what she experienced....

Moulin Rouge! is arguably one of the best movie musicals ever made, with the recent stage performance taking home a Tony Award for Best Musical. Starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, Moulin Rouge! is a feast for the ears and the eyes thanks to Baz Lurhman’s directorial genius. The film follows the story of penniless writer Christian and courtesan Satine who fall in love and are forced to hide it from the Duke who holds a claim over Satine....

With Candice Bergen already slated to return as the title character, CBS’ Murphy Brown revival has just brought three more stars from the original series to reprise their roles. Faith Ford (Corky Sherwood), Joe Regalbuto (Frank Fontana) and Grant Shaud (Miles Silverberg) have signed on to return alongside Candice Bergen. Charles Kimbrough, who was a series regular for all 10 seasons of the original show as Frank Dial, is being eyed to return, although it won’t be as a full-time series regular....

NBC has announced premiere dates for its 2016-17 fall schedule, which includes the return of the #1 broadcast program, Sunday Night Football, the #1 reality series, The Voice, the most-buzzed about freshman drama of the new season, This Is Us, new Monday night entry Timeless, the anticipated new Mike Schur comedy, The Good Place, second-year comedy hit Superstore and the Dick Wolf Windy City troika: Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med....

The epic adventures of Marco Polo, a kinetic tale of high politics, masterful manipulation and deadly warfare among clashing empires, will premiere exclusively for Netflix members to watch instantly in all Netflix territories in late 2014. The famed explorer’s journey takes him to the center of a brutal war in 13th century China, a world replete with astonishing martial arts, sexual intrigue, political skullduggery and spectacular battles and comes from directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki, Max Manus), executive producer and director Daniel Minahan (Game of Thrones, True Blood) and executive producer and creator John Fusco (Young Guns, Hidalgo)....

Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series, Fall of The House of Usher, hasn’t had the easiest of filming runs, but it looks like the horror series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe has wrapped. The success of the likes of The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass has ensured that Flanagan’s relationship with Netflix continues to bring more new horror shows to the platform, and latest mini-series once again brings back some of the writer/director’s frequent collaborators including Carla Gugino, Carl Lumbly, Rahul Kohli, Henry Thomas, and Kate Siegel....

Following the first full-length trailer that debuted earlier this week, FX has released a new trailer for Fargo that showcases the entire cast. Billy Bob Thornton stars as Lorne Malvo, who manipulates timid insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman), drawing him deeper into his dark and twisted world. We also get new footage featuring Allison Tolman as Bemidji detective Molly Solverson, Colin Hanks as Duluth police deputy Gus Grimly, Adam Goldberg as the criminal Mr....

Yahoo! Movies has a brand new “Flight Stabilizer” clip from Iron Man, which hits the theaters on May 1 at 8 PM nationwide. Click below to see this new video. CLICK HERE to watch the same video with commentary from director Jon Favreau. Based on the long-running Marvel comic book series, Iron Man tells the story of Tony Stark, the enigmatic heir to the Stark Enterprises fortune. A driven inventor and executive who seems to have it all, Tony is haunted by his dark side....