Meat Loaf, Dallas-born Michael Lee Aday, was a hard rock musician in the late 1970s. He was known for his adroit theatrics and his vocal prowess, ranging from soft to raucous. The 1977 sophomore album Bat Out of Hell was an immediate success and stayed at the top of the charts for over nine years straight. Meat Loaf followed up with two more rock operas, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993) and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose (2006)....
Actor Michael Fassbender and screenwriter Ronan Bennett (Public Enemies) are teaming up for an untitled drama based on the legendary Celtic warrior Cuchulain. The project will be set in Northern Ireland and is based on the Ulster Cycle, a series of Irish legends that date back to the 8th Century. The story will revolve around King Conchobar, and his Uliad Tribe’s conflict with Queen Mebh’s Conchatta Tribe. Michael Fassbender will play Cuchulain, Conchobar’s nephew who possesses super-human fighting skills....
Solomon Kane director Michael J. Bassett has lined up a new project with the psychological thriller Saint Mary’s, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Michael J. Bassett will develop the thriller with screenwriter Matthew Kingshott, who wrote the original script and has been developing the project with James Edward Barker. The story revolves around a supernatural presence lurking about at a mental institution. When a group of young people are trapped inside the building, the presence manifests their worst nightmares....
In an interesting twist of fate, it seems that Marvel is seeking out yet another actor in the midst of a long awaited comeback to go toe-to-toe with Robert Downey Jr. in Jon Favreau’s upcoming sequel Iron Man 2. According to Variety, Mickey Rourke is currently in talks to play the villian opposite Downey Jr.’s hero in this new action adventure. And Sam Rockwell is set to play Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire businessman and a rival of industrialist Anthony Stark....
Another batch of new posters for the upcoming Marvel sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania further tease the epic adventure into the mysterious Quantum Realm. Putting Scott Lang and his extended family in the spotlight, Marvel has unveiled new posters for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and its release in Real D 3D, Dolby, Screen X, 4DX, Fandango, and IMAX formats. You can check out the latest look at Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania below....
The Academy Awards continue to polarize both audiences and critics alike for the people and pictures they select to receive the prestigious statuette. While nearly all the cinematic masterpieces in the running for an Oscar no doubt deserve the recognition and praise they receive for all their hard work, many viewers are left stunned when their favorite films and performers are seemingly snubbed by the Academy. Throughout the decades, the Best Picture winners have left many cinephiles flabbergasted by the flicks that have taken home the top honor, and Oscar history has shown that there have certainly been a few head scratcher recipients....
The critics have spoken, and Ms. Marvel is a big win for Disney+. Over at Rotten Tomatoes, the new series has achieved an impressive 95% fresh rating when compiling all critics’ reviews. The audience score isn’t too far behind at 87%, so most viewers have been enjoying Ms. Marvel as well. Its rating is also the highest of any of the Marvel shows that have been released on Disney+ to date....
NBC has announced it is renewing dramas Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Grimm for the 2014-15 season. The network previously picked up The Blacklist (Season 2) Parks and Recreation (Season 7), The Voice (Season 7), Celebrity Apprentice (Season 14) and The Biggest Loser (Season 16). NBC is winning the season in adults 18-49, and ranked #1 for the first time in 10 years this late in the season. The network is up 20% versus one year ago, with its highest rating 25 weeks into the season in six years....
NBC.com today announced the launch of its new service, NBC Direct, which will allow users to download and view NBC’s popular primetime and late-night entertainment programming on their desktops for up to one week after broadcast. This new feature provides yet another platform on which fans will be able to enjoy NBC Entertainment content. The announcement was made by Vivi Zigler, Executive Vice President, NBC Digital Entertainment. “With the creation of this new service, we are acknowledging that now, more than ever, viewers want to be in control of how, when and where they consumer their favorite entertainment,” said Zigler....
Netflix continues to bring gorgeous anime to audiences. The next contender is Drifting Home, a summer adventure story about a stranded group of children trying to survive in a flooded apartment building. The newly released teaser and synopsis can be found below. “Raised like brother and sister, Kosuke and Natsume have been friends since childhood, but their relationship begins to strain in sixth grade after Kosuke’s grandfather Yasutsugu passes away. One day during their summer vacation, Kosuke and his classmates sneak into an apartment complex that is scheduled to be demolished, and rumored to be haunted....
Netflix’s insane true-crime drama Tiger King has been mired in controversies ever since it debuted on the streamer last year. But things are about to get worse, as Morgan Creek Productions, the production company behind Jim Carrey-starrer Ace Ventura films, has sued Netflix and Tiger King producers for copyright infringement. Apparently, Tiger King used footage from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls without authorization. The Hollywood Reporter first broke this story, and per the outlet, the lawsuit claims that two short clips from Ace Ventura 2, featuring Jim Carrey, were used “without permission or license....
A big-budget blockbuster remake is readying for a shoot in North Wales. According to The Daily Mail, Clash of the Titans is preparing to move the production to a quarry in North Wales. CLICK HERE to read the rest of the article. Preparation works began at Dinorwig quarry last week for the remake of the 1981 movie Clash of the Titans. The film is set to bring a string of big names to Dinorwig, including Terminator 4’s Sam Worthington, Star Wars and Batman Begins star Liam Neeson, Quantum of Solace Bond girl Gemma Arterton and Ralph Fiennes, who won acclaim in The English Patient and Schindler’s List....
Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse is gearing up for an all-new second season on Friday, September 25th, at 9pm, only on Fox. To help promote the premiere episode from what is sure to be a ground breaking new run for the series, Fox has released a brand new poster, which you can check out below, thanks to The Ausiello Files: The show follows an organization that employs mind-wiped DNA-altered humans known as Dolls who are implanted with false memories and skills for various missions and tasks....
After retooling the script and recasting most of the talent, the CW’s planned The Lost Boys TV series will shoot a new pilot later this year. Now, executive producer Rob Thomas is providing an update on the current status of the series. Back in May, the network had passed on a pilot episode shot for the series from director Catherine Hardwicke and writer Heather Mitchell. Now, Thomas confirms the pilot episode is being retooled with plans to shoot the project this fall....
Pixar has just released a brand new extended clip from the upcoming animated movie, WALL-E, which will be released on June 27. Click below to get a longer look at this unique animated robot. What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? Academy Award-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (The IncrediblesCarsRatatouille) transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL-E....
Universal Pictures has released casting call information for young boys and girls in New York City and Los Angeles for Little Fockers. Here is all the information on the casting calls below. WHAT: Seeking 6-8 year-old boys and girls with a Caucasian look for feature film roles. WHO: If chosen, they will play the roles of Henry and Ashley, the son and daughter of Greg and Pam Focker. Henry is a little oversensitive and kind....
Nick Offerman and Janet McTeer are the latest additions to the ever-expanding cast of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two, starring Tom Cruise as the globe-trotting super spy Ethan Hunt. Writer-director Christopher McQuarrie took to Twitter to announce the news, along with the first look images from the film. Offerman and McTeer’s roles are being kept under wraps but judging by the photos, they look like authority figures, with Offerman dressed in a military uniform and wearing a name tag reading “Sydney....
Not only is Pamela Anderson refusing to ever watch the Hulu series Pam & Tommy, she wants an apology for its existence. Anderson has previously made it pretty clear that she’s no fan of Pam & Tommy, which focuses on the theft and subsequent release of intimate videos the Baywatch star had recorded with then-husband Tommy Lee. In a new chat with Variety, Anderson opens up a bit more on the situation, referring to the team behind the series as “assh*les” who had only poured “salt on the wound” by digging up painful memories for the sake of a TV show....
Paper Girls is about four young, well, paper girls who begin their paper delivery route on a November morning in 1988 and end up extremely far away from home. Stuck, at first, in the year 2019 (the comic was originally published in 2015), the four paper girls discover some shocking truths about their future selves while struggling to find a way back to 1988. MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY Come with us as we wonder what might happen in Paper Girls season 2....
After many starts and stops, it looks like Spy Hunter is finally coming our way thanks to Universal. According to Variety, Paul W.S. Anderson is going to direct the film. It is based on a Midway videogame that featured the transforming super car called the Interceptor. Mortal Kombat, Event Horizon, Soldier, and Resident Evil are just a few of the films Anderson has worked on in the past. Spy Hunter could very well be another cult classic for the Auteur....
