Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that Michael Shannon will star in the role of General Zod in director Zack Snyder’s new Superman film, titled Man of Steel. As General Zod, Shannon will go toe-to-toe with Henry Cavill, who plays the new Clark Kent/Superman in the film. The main cast also includes Amy Adams as Lois Lane, and Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Martha and Jonathan Kent....
It looks like the classic legal drama Matlock is the next TV series to get rebooted. Per Variety, CBS has ordered pilots for a couple of new TV shows, one of them being a reboot of Matlock. Directly inspired by the original TV series, the new Matlock will genderswap the Andy Griffith role of Ben Matlock with Kathy Bates starring as Madeline Matlock. Like Ben, Madeline will have a uniquely effective approach to the way she handles her cases....
In collaboration with RedBird Capital Partners, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon announced the launch of a production company called Artists Equity, according to CBS News. Growing up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Damon and Affleck became friends when they were ten and eight, respectively. It has been a successful journey for both of them since then. The two have worked together on several projects, including School Ties, The Battle of Shaker Heights, and Field of Dreams....
The 2000 comedy Meet the Parents and its 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers will both be released on Blu-ray on November 30. We have no pricing details on either BD release, but you can take a look at the cover art and special features below: Male nurse Greg Focker is poised to propose to his girlfriend Pam during a weekend stay at her parents’ home. But here’s the catch, he needs to ask her father first....
Walden Media’s surfing drama Of Men and Mavericks is scheduled to wrap production next month, although a new director will be at the helm. Michael Apted is filling in for director Curtis Hanson for the last 15 days of principal photography, starting on Monday. Curtis Hanson recently experienced complications from a heart surgery, which leaves him incapable of finishing the production. It isn’t known if Michael Apted will oversee post-production as well, or when Curtis Hanson is expected to fully recover....
Illumination’s gibberish-babbling, Twinkie-shaped henchmen return in a brainless CGI sequel meant for young children. Minions: The Rise of Gru will lower adult IQ points in a seventies themed origin story that struggles mightily to fill ninety minutes. Big action sequences are sprinkled around a slim narrative that introduces the primary Despicable Me characters. I chuckled a few times as the indecipherable Minions, bombastic new supervillains, and a nascent Gru (Steve Carell) battle over a powerful artifact....
Many thought, maybe even hoped, that the proposed board game adaptation Monopoly had fallen into the dustbin of history with director Ridley Scott focusing instead on his Alien spin-off Prometheus. That certainly isn’t the case according to Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner. Though the movie was set to begin shooting in 2012, Brian Goldner insists that there is no rush for Monopoly to go into production, as he doesn’t want to tie it in with our current financial and economic climate....
Spider-Man: No Way Home delivered a dream fan scenario of having multiple Spider-Men from across time coming together in one universe to take on some of the character’s most iconic adversaries from his big screen adventures. While this served to deliver Sony and Marvel Studios the biggest Spider-Man feature of all time, it has also had its own timeline-breaking effect on audiences who have now begun to speculate on every possible crossover that could happen in the near future, and with Morbius being one of the next Marvel movies to hit cinemas there are obviously a lot of questions about whether Tom Holland, or even another Spider-Man could make an appearance in the movie....
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the cult classic film, This is Spinal Tap Shorts International and INgrooves today have released Spinal Tap’s new short film, Stonehenge: ‘Tis A Magic Place. The film is available to download exclusively from iTunes starting today for $1.99. The seven minute ,short marks iTunes’ first original film, where Spinal Tap, having put Stonehenge on the map in their legendary song about the world heritage site, pay their first visit to the monument....
A brand new featurette entitled “World of Narnia” has just been released for the upcoming adventure, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, which hits the theaters on May 16. Click below to go deeper into Narnia than you ever have before. We have just added the brand new second full-length trailer for this film as well, so check out both of these exciting new videos. Trailer #2 World of Narnia Featurette...
Jordan Peele has become one of the most influential names in modern day horror. His 2017 film Get Out used racial and social undertones to convey fears of isolationism. The 2019 film Us was a shocking and violent thriller using metaphors involving the class system and the war between privileged and underprivileged. His newest release, entitled Nope, is the largest-scale movie of the director’s slate thus far. The film is a massive summer blockbuster showcasing a terrifying discovery made by young horse trainers (played by Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer) for Hollywood....
The outer banks sit off the east coast of North Carolina - barrier islands full of beaches, state parks and diving sites. The area is a favorite destination for out-of-state tourists and locals, alike, and are frequented by free-living surf bums and both the old, and new, money crowds. Despite the locale’s sun-drenched beaches and easygoing pace, there have been no major film/TV projects set there since 1999’s Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn’s Message in a Bottle....
Over the course of its six seasons, Outlander has taken the world of historical dramas and romance by storm, with its visually stunning and heartfelt storytelling doing justice to the best-selling Diana Gabaldon book series. Adapting a beloved novel into a television series is always a somewhat risky enterprise, as readers approach the experience having visualized their own version of the characters and settings. Any missteps could alienate what would have been a sure audience for the project, while triumphs can draw in even greater numbers....
In Stores October 2nd, don’t bother looking for the exit row. There is no escaping the blood thirst of the undead as the horrifying thriller, Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane, arrives on DVD from New Line Home Entertainment on October 2, 2007. To celebrate the release of this cinematic, flying bloodbath we are giving away copies of it to our users. Winners Receive: Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane DVD CLICK HERE to enter our contest!...
Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams is in talks to join the cast of Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful. She will portray Glinda the Good Witch, rounding out the trio of witches including Theodorah (Mila Kunis) and Evanorah (Rachel Weisz). Last month, we reported there was a potential power struggle between Disney execs and director Sam Raimi over the casting of an evil witch in this drama. The director insisted on casting Hilary Swank, although the studio opposed this and wanted Michelle Williams for the role....
Park Seo-joon, often dubbed the king of rom-com K-dramas, is undoubtedly one of the biggest names in the South Korean entertainment industry. Owing to his talent and personal charm, the actor has also roped in a role in the upcoming MCU film The Marvels. Though details are scant, Screen Rant theorizes Park could be playing either Amadeus Cho or Noh-Varr. Regardless, it’ll be a movie that catapults the actor’s career to new heights....
Peter Krause talks about paranoia in regards to his new Post-911 flick Many of you may remember Peter Krause from his 63 episode run as Nate Fisher on the popular HBO series Six Feet Under. On May 4th, you will be able to catch Peter in the limited release thriller Civic Duty, which he also produced. Civic Duty explores the paranoia and suspicions that have arisen in many US citizens since the World Trade Center attacks on 911....
Actor Jason Patric has signed on to portray the male lead in the FX pilot Powers. The news comes just two days after our report that Lucy Punch is set for the female lead. Powers is set in a world where people with super powers are not at all out of the ordinary. The show centers on detectives Christian Walker (Jason Patric) and Deena Pilgrim (Lucy Punch), who solve crimes committed by those with special abilities, in a special homicide division known as Powers....
As is usually the case with all the rest of you fellow 90’s kids out there, I’m all but required to be a fan of Goosebumps and Fear Street author R.L. Stine. Let alone the fact that I’m an utter horror movie geek and it could be argued that my love of all things horror started back in the pages of these two young adult book series. But all the same, yes, I am a Stine fanatic and so I’m very excited to pass along word that it looks like HBO’s much-ballyhooed upcoming streaming service HBO Max has an all-new horror anthology series headed our way based on Stine’s Point Horror novels....
Join us for a bit of film history this week, as Curse of Alcatraz, the last film ever to be shot on Alcatraz Island, slides into our DVD players. The question as always, of course, is do we want it there in the first place, or is our last chance at film from The Rock going to be a bust? And incarcerated in the last Alcatraz film ever is a surprisingly interesting concept....
