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Jordan Peele has once again brought us another horror game-changer with his latest film Nope. In his newest vision of socially-minded terror, two siblings witness something sinister lurking in the clouds above their remote horse ranch. It’s up to them to capture the mysterious phenomenon on camera before it’s too late. But at what cost? Peele’s bone-chilling third effort is a suspenseful and provocative thrill ride that pushes the boundaries of the alien invasion genre beyond anything we’ve ever seen before....

The CW Network kicks off a nationwide casting call for its upcoming reality series The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll (working title) in New York City on Friday, August 25, 12:00-6:00 p.m. at the Park Central New York Hotel (870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street). Producers are looking for diverse young women (ages 18 and over) from all walks of life to showcase female empowerment, self-discovery, personal transformation and their inner Pussycat Doll....

Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac has revealed that Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ show will be a limited series rather than something ongoing. Moon Knight is set to premiere on the streaming service in March and will feature the MCU debut of one of Marvel’s most complex characters. No doubt there will be some fans disappointed by the news that Moon Knight will be one-and-done. In a conversation with Jared Leto for Variety, Isaac discussed the Moon Knight series, revealing that he’d never heard of the character before....

The next Planet of the Apes movie has found its main star. Per Deadline, 20th Century is moving forward with the next installment of the franchise with Owen Teague (It, The Stand) on board to star in the lead role. As had been previously reported, Wes Ball (The Maze Runner movies) has also been tapped to direct the feature film. The project also appears to be on the fast track as word is production will begin before the end of the year....

The Percy Jackson series is officially a go at Disney+. While there have been rumblings of the series making headlines for months, Disney+ has just officially revealed in a new video that they’ve given a series order to Percy Jackson and the Olympians with plans to start production this summer. Casting is now underway, so while no actors are currently attached, we may be hearing some announcements in the near future as the project comes together with its official greenlight....

Once upon a time, Prison Break was all anyone could talk about. Initially rejected by Fox, the show finally gained backing in 2004 and went on for 5 seasons, becoming one of the most popular TV series of the 2000s. Gritty and awe-inspiring, it followed Lincoln Burrows, a man wrongfully imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. As he awaits execution, his brother Michael uses his engineering expertise to craft a plan for Lincoln’s escape....

Production has begun in Los Angeles on Dirty Sexy Money, ABC’s much-anticipated new drama which will air on Wednesday nights (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) this fall. Some people say money is the root of all evil. They may be right. Nick George is an idealistic lawyer who inherits the job of taking care of the legal and sometimes illegal needs of the absurdly wealthy Darling family of New York. After his father’s suspicious death, the Darlings ask Nick to take over his father’s job as their personal lawyer, but the money that will allow him the freedom to be an altruistic do-gooder is only part of the picture....

Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc., an innovative film and television entertainment company, has completed principal photography of Punchy, a thriller starring two-time MTV Movie Award-winning actor James Van Der Beek (Varsity Blues, Dawson’s Creek). Punchy is being directed by Jonathan Dueck from a script by Darryn Lucie, and is produced by Robert Wilson, Patrick Cameron and Harvey Glazer. Punchy is a feature film about a screenwriter (James Van Der Beek) who locks himself in his apartment for 32 days in order to complete a script against a “drop dead” cut-off date....

While the Academy Awards ceremony did not exactly go according as planned this year, co-host Regina Hall remains open to returning to host again someday. At this year’s event, which occurred in March, Hall served as one of three co-hosts alongside Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. Unfortunately, the work they did was largely overshadowed by the infamous incident of Best Actor winner Will Smith smacking Chris Rock on the stage right in front of everyone....

It’s time to get mad in both standard and 1080p this July. Mad Men Season 1 is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on July 1. This four-disc set will be priced at $39.98 SRP and will be packaged in a unique metal cigarette lighter case. The series stars Jon Hamm, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones and Christina Hendricks. From Matthew Weiner, the Emmy award-winning executive producer and writer of The Sopranos, Mad Men is the ground-breaking, daring series about the glamorous and ego-driven “Golden Age” of advertising, where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems....

Mattel and Disney XD have announced that the new animated Max Steel series will debut March 25. The network has released the first trailer for this superhero series, with the first season spanning 26 episodes. Take a look at the trailer, then read the official press release for more details. Max Steel, a wholly-owned intellectual property from Mattel, makes its global debut in March with an animated superhero series premiere on Disney XD in the United States and globally on major network operators....

Molly Ringwald gained international celebrity as a teen in the 1980s as part of director John Hughes’ group of oft-used actors known as the Brat Pack. After her massive success with films such as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, and The Breakfast Club, Ringwald became typecast by the industry and found it difficult to transition into more adult roles. She left the United States for Paris for a number of years in the 1990s, where she appeared in several French films, periodically returning to Hollywood for small roles....

Writer-director Wes Anderson has firmed up the cast for Moonrise Kingdom, with Jason Schwartzman being the latest cast member to sign on. We reported in November that high-profile actors such as Bruce Willis, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, and Frances McDormand were in negotiations to join Moonrise Kingdom. It was confirmed today that they have all signed on. Moonrise Kingdom centers on two young lovers in the 1960s who run away from their idyllic New England town....

Pilot season keeps on chugging along with three of the networks picking up new comedies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC has given a pilot order to an untitled family comedy by Justin Adler, ABC picked up an untitled couples comedy and CBS greenlit Good Girls, a female buddy comedy. Adler’s comedy centers on a family with adult siblings and is executive produced by Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum....

MTV has given series orders to the new coming-of-age series That Girl and the horror comedy Death Valley. According to Variety, both series will bow sometime next year. MTV also previously ordered scripted entries Skins and Teen Wolf. That Girl (still a working title) centers on a 15-year-old misfit who suddenly becomes the center of attention after the kids in school mistakenly believe she tried to commit suicide. The show could be described as the female counterpoint to MTV’s The Hard Times of RJ Berger, and takes on issues of jealousy, body image, friendship, sex and parental guidance....

Two big names in the Hollywood industry will join forces in Secrets of the Elephants, James Cameron’s next documentary with Natalie Portman as the narrator. The film will debut this April on National Geographic, and we can enjoy a brand-new trailer. Check it out below: Secrets of the Elephants will take viewers all around the world, from Africa to Asia, as it chronicles the complex emotions, connections, and sophisticated lives of elephants from many different regions....

NBC has just announced in a press release that they will begin to hold auditions for the network’s newly signed country music talent show Nashville Star. The sixth season of the hit show will include duets and trios as well as solo artists. Here’s the press release from NBC: The hit country music talent search Nashville Star is gearing up for an exciting sixth season this summer – now on NBC – and the producers are crisscrossing the nation looking for the next music superstar....

Update: Netflix reached out and offered this take on showing ads. “These promos are skippable. At Netflix, we conduct hundreds of tests every year so we can better understand what helps members more easily find something great to watch. A couple of years ago, we introduced video previews to the TV experience, because we saw that it significantly cut the time members spend browsing and helped them find something they would enjoy watching even faster....

When Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse appeared in theaters in 2018, audiences were blown away by all the different versions of Spider-Man, the darkest and most mysterious being Spider-Man Noir, voiced by none other than Nicolas Cage. Unfortunately, it appears that he won’t be returning as the brooding detective in the upcoming sequel, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. During an interview with Screen Rant, Cage was asked if he was reprising his role, to which he responded with a dismal negative:...

Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler will join SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly Odd Parents, Jimmy Neutron and the rest of Nickelodeon’s pantheon of animated superstars with her own animated series she created and will voice titled, Mighty B, driving a 2007/2008 animation slate on Nickelodeon that will feature 125 new episodes overall. Additionally it was announced that SpongeBob SquarePants and all his pals will be back for a sixth new season of animated hilarity from Bikini Bottom surpassing the 100 episode mark, and that additional episodes have been ordered of two new Nicktoons El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera and Tak and the Power of Juju....