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Peaky Blinders fans have been awaiting the sixth season of the popular gangster drama with both excitement and a sense of sadness thanks to the announcement last year that this will also be the last season of the award-winning show. The New Year arrived with a treat from the BBC as the first trailer for the upcoming Season 6 dropped, giving a first look at the return of Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy and Co, with an air date expected in the early part of this year....

For several years fans of the popular children’s book series Percy Jackson & the Olympians have been chomping at the bit for a second chance at an adaption. On January 25th, series author Rick Riordan released a video announcement that a series was happening. On January 29th on his official blog, he’s given some follow-up on his blog on the status of the upcoming series. The video announcement can be viewed below....

Fans are about to be surrounded by the world of competitive a capella singing once again via the Peacock streaming service. The Pitch Perfect franchise is back, and this time, it’s in the form of a television series. The first Pitch Perfect movie was released in 2012, and it revolved around the Barden Bellas as they strove to win a national singing competition. The original movie included stars such as Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Devine, and Ben Platt....

Charlie Cale could end up sticking around for a while at Peacock. After the series premiered in January, Rian Johnson’s Poker Face is now five episodes into its freshman season with another five left to go. There hasn’t been any announcements just yet about the mystery series getting renewed for season 2, but the good news is that one executive at Peacock has teased that some very good news is coming for fans of the show in the near future....

Sad news for anyone eagerly anticipating the CGI animated Popeye movie that was being planned at Sony. Director Genndy Tartakovsky, best known for his Samurai Jack TV show and the 2012 hit Hotel Transylvania, is no longer with the project. Not only that, it may no longer be happening at Sony. Genndy Tartakovsky’s next project is Hotel Transylvania 2, which comes to theaters this fall. The first teaser trailer was released earlier in the week, with Moviefone speaking to the director....

Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation) is set to star in the Apple TV+ production, Sunny. According to Deadline, Sunny is a half-hour 10-episode dark comedic drama created by Katie Robbins (The Affair, The Last Tycoon) and directed by Lucy Tcherniak (Station Eleven, The End of the F***ing World). Written by Robbins, Sunny is based on the book Dark Manual by Japan-based award-winning Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan. The dark comedy stars Jones as Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash....

The actress talks about the highly imaginative bio-pic of the famed children’s book author Renee Zellweger charms in director Christopher Noonan’s highly imaginative Miss Potter. Zellweger stars as Beatrix Potter, the famed author behind classic children’s stories like “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” and “Three Old Mice”. The film is a light-hearted fantasy tale with a lot of animation. As Beatrix writes, she sees her creations come to life. It’s somewhat gimmicky, but gives a warm, cuddly feeling for all to enjoy....

We now have our first look at Academy Award nominee and Southpaw star Jake Gyllenhaal in the upcoming Road House remake. Standing alongside MMA superstar Conor McGregor, these first look images come courtesy of Twitter user @PhotoAmy33 and find the pair filming a splishy-splashy action sequence in the waters of the Dominican Republic. You can check out the images below. Released in 1989, Road House follows the late, great Patrick Swayze as James Dalton, a “cooler” who begins working at a newly refurbished roadside bar where his job is to kick out any good-for-nothing drunkards or those looking for a brawl....

The actor discusses making the film, Roger Ebert, his indy directing debut Big Stan and being huge in Mexico Having played a bevy of comic roles throughout his career, Rob Schneider has carved out an interesting screen persona for himself. Whether it’s Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, The Animal, or a character like Ula in 50 First Dates, one can always be sure to not know what they are going to get from a Rob Schneider movie or performance....

A previous rumor regarding the second season of Loki has seemingly been confirmed, with The Disinsider claiming that filming on the Disney+ show will begin in the summer of 2022. Referencing a casting website, the latest report states that production on Loki Season 2 is expected to start in June, with filming taking place at Pinewood Studios in England. While there are very few other details surrounding Loki’s second season, this report describes the show’s return as once again following “the mercurial villain as he continues his work as god of mischief, the action is set across the Marvel multiverse....

It seems that the writer/director of a classic action trilogy is looking to do a fourth film in a much different way. According to MTV Movies Blog, writer/director George Miller wants to bring the classic Mad Max character back for a fourth film. However, the filmmaker wants to make this as a 3-D anime film, and without Mel Gibson supplying the voice. “We’ll probably go a different route,” Miller told the site....

Disney and Marvel’s upcoming She-Hulk TV series has found its head writer. As revealed earlier this year at the D23 Expo, a new TV series based on the popular comic book character is currently in development for Disney’s streaming service Disney+. No information had been revealed about the project’s cast or crew, but a new report confirms Emmy-winning writer Jessica Gao has been hired as the head writer for She-Hulk, and, at least creatively, this means that the upcoming TV series is in good hands....

An eleventh Doctor Who has been chosen to replace number ten David Tennant on the long running sci fi program of the same name. And according to Variety, Matt Smith is the surprise successor to the TV Time Lord’s thrown. He is the youngest actor to ever play the character, and he will premier his take on the iconic scarf wearing Brit when the series returns in 2010. The BBC ended months of speculation by announcing Smith as the new Doctor Who on Saturday....

In a story from MTV, they recently talked with Megan Fox and got her to discuss her highly anticipated role in Warner Bros. Jonah Hex. Fox even went on to discuss who she’s actually playing. Until recently, this tidbit had been open for discussion. “That movie is gonna be amazing,” Fox stated. “It’s a post-civil war, apocalyptic type Western. The director Jimmy [Hayward] is a lunatic, and he might be a genius....

Director Michael Bay talked with Variety how he demanded things be awesome for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Here’s what he had to say: Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Isabel Lucas and Rainn Wilson, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hits theaters June 24th. “He’s brilliant, but he’s a challenge,” says Matthew Butler, Digital Domain’s vfx supervisor on the film. Not only is Bay demanding, as top directors generally are, but “he’s incredibly fast-paced....

Director Mike Newell discusses collaborating with Jerry Bruckheimer on the new big screen adaptation of the popular video game English director Mike Newell has been making films for over thirty years and has created movies in almost every genre there is. He’s done comedies (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dramas (Donnie Brasco) and even family fantasy films like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but now the director takes on a new challenge directing the big budget adventure film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which opens in theaters on May 28th and is based on the classic video game....

A new rumor claims that Marvel supervillain M.O.D.O.K. will have a major role in upcoming MCU sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. While little more detail has been offered at this time regarding MODOK’s involvement, the character was reportedly featured in an early version of the Ant-Man 3 script, suggesting he could have simply been carried over into what became Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Comedy legend Jim Carrey was recently rumored to be in-line to portray MODOK in the Ant-Man and the Wasp sequel, with the report claiming that the villain could debut as early as the Disney+ series, She-Hulk, as well as hinting that the character will have an arc which spans across both the small screen on Disney+ and the big screen in several Marvel movies....

It’s time to search for another lost treasure on DVD and Blu-Ray. National Treasure: Book of Secrets is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on May 20. The film will be released in a single-disc standard version ($29.99) a two-disc standard version ($34.99) and a Blu-Ray version. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Harvey Keitel and Ed Harris. In this follow up to the box-office hit National Treasure, treasure hunter Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage) once again sets out on an exhilarating, action-packed new global quest to unearth hidden history and treasures....

NBC has picked up its fifth scripted series pilot for the 2010-11 season in Chase, a new drama from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI franchise, The Amazing Race, Pirates of The Caribbean films) and executive producer Jennifer Johnson (Cold Case). The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios. Chase joins previously announced Undercovers, The Event, Love Bites and Outsourced as the fifth new scripted series currently announced for NBC’s new season with additional pickups yet to be announced....

A newly released montage of footage presented by Netflix gives us our first look at Hollywood heavy hitters Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in the upcoming spy thriller The Gray Man. Coming courtesy of Netflix on YouTube, the footage, while brief, shows off both Gosling and Evans alongside their stellar supporting cast, even teasing some of the action that will be on display when the movie hits the streaming giant later this year....