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As production continues on Netflix’s The Defenders, new set photos have surfaced which feature Daredevil (Charlie Cox) and Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) taking a winter stroll. No story details can be gleaned from these photos, except that at least a portion of this season will be set in the winter months. The streaming service still hasn’t revealed when the show may debut yet, but the fourth and final of the Marvel Netflix stand alone TV shows, Iron Fist, is set to make its debut on March 17, with The Defenders expected to debut later this year....

Last week, Netflix announced that Season 2 of House of Cards will debut in its entirety Friday, February 14. While that announcement came with a brief trailer, the streaming service released the full trailer today, chocked full of compelling new footage from this political drama series, starring Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright as Francis and Claire Underwood. The second season of the Netflix original series, from Media Rights Capital, House of Cards premieres Friday, February 14, 2014....

The Walking Dead season 10 is almost here. AMC has dropped a new trailer for their hit series and it looks intense, to say the least. So far, the season is shaping up to be an emotional one since Michonne actress Danai Gurira has confirmed that season 10 will be her last on the show. This is a pretty big blow since fans are still not over losing Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes last season....

Obi-Wan Kenobi, a new Star Wars Disney+ series, tells the tale of what happened when Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi must rescue young Leia after she is abducted while being hunted by Imperial Inquisitors and his former Padawan, now known as Darth Vader. The younger Obi-Wan, played by Ewan McGregor, and Darth Vader, played by Hayden Christensen, both reprise their roles from the Star Wars prequel trilogy. The hope for many was that the series would connect all the Star Wars films in a coherent way....

Spoiler Alert for Obi-Wan Kenobi Episodes 1-3We haven’t seen much from the Grand Inquisitor, played by Rupert Friend, in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. He made it to Chapter Two in the show before Third Sister Reva struck her lightsaber into him. Fans of the series Star Wars Rebels will know that the character doesn’t meet his demise until much further down the timeline, so audiences are wondering, did Obi-Wan Kenobi break canon?...

The Star Wars trilogy comes out for a limited time as individual movie DVDs on September 12th – complete with the unaltered original films as bonus material – and will be available for pre-order starting this week. This is a chance for longtime fans to re-experience the movies as they originally played during their first theatrical releases, and an opportunity for new fans to see a bit of movie history....

According to Variety, Oscar Nominations are a boon for DVDs as sales for Lionsgate’s Crash went up 150% last week when it was announced that the movie had acquired six nominations. Universal Studios Home Entertainment’s Cinderella Man and The Constant Gardener both got boosts as well. DVDs usually rack up half their sales in the first six days of release and after that there is a major “drop off.” Crash, the only best picture nominee that is available on disc, sold 45,300 copies last week....

On November 7 the Rodgers and Hammerstein Box Set Collection dances it’s way to DVD! CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: Join Fox Home Entertainment this holiday season in a cinematic celebration of song and dance with the November 7, 2006 release of Rodgers and Hammerstein Box Set Collection, a 12-DVD box set featuring six of the world’s most beloved musicals. This must-have set includes new two-disc 50th Anniversary Edition DVDs of CAROUSEL and THE KING AND I, as well as a new two-disc Collector’s Edition of SOUTH PACIFIC, and the two-disc Anniversary editions of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, STATE FAIR and OKLAHOMA!...

James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad introduced the world to John Cena’s Christopher Smith/Peacemaker before the former wrestler’s first major super hero role arrived this week on HBO Max in the eponymous titled spin-off series. Speaking this week on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Cena revealed that he has been on a long hard road of rejection when it comes to trying to get himself cast in a big role with either the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the DCEU....

The director/writer/star talks about this brand new YouTube feature film Over the last few years, web-based content has exploded in popularity, with everything from Funny Or Die, secondary web videos for network TV shows that offer peripheral storylines and independent web series’ that are sprouting up all over the internet. It was only a matter of time, I suppose, that we would start seeing feature films being created not only for the internet, but by creators of some innovative web content....

While a majority of people know him for his menacing and iconic role as Grand Moff Tarkin (see below), it should come as a surprise to no one that Peter Cushing is one of the finest and most versatile actors to ever grace the screen. Mostly known, along with his counterpart in Christopher Lee, for horror movies during the ’60s and ’70s, Cushing displays an array of talents born out of his upbringing in theater....

Start of production begins this week on the comedy, Kids in America, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment announced today. The film, starring Topher Grace as recent college graduate Matt Franklin, follows Matt, his twin sister and his best friend during their misadventures at a raucous Labor Day party in 1988. Kids in America will be lensed in Phoenix, Arizona. Co-starring in the film are Anna Faris as Matt’s sister, Wendy; Tony Award-winning actor Dan Fogler as his hapless best friend, Barry Nathan; and Australian actress Teresa Palmer as the girl of Matt’s dreams, Tori Frederking....

The Quantum Leap reboot has just taken a big leap forward with its production. Deadline reports that Helen Shaver, whose work as a director includes Station Eleven, Lovecraft Country, and Maid, has just been signed on to direct and executive produce a Quantum Leap reboot pilot for NBC. As of now, the show hasn’t been given a full series order, and that will likely depend on how well the pilot is received internally once it’s finished....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY The actors that auditioned for this role were so good that kudos to Alan for landing the role. He didn’t win it over amateurs. He won it over really talented, seasoned actors," Santora said, adding that Ritchson was just as wonderful behind the scenes as he was at playing the character. “He’s so polite and respectful with the other actors that I said, ‘I’m not gonna have a jerk who’s number one on the call sheet....

If all goes well, Poker Face will be a series that goes on for several seasons at Peacock. The new series, starring Natasha Lyonne, is a mystery series with elements of comedy and drama. Each episode will introduce a new mystery in a “case-of-the-week” style as Lyonne’s Charlie Cale uses her internal “bullsh*t detector” to get to the bottom of that episode’s mystery. Per Collider, series creator Rian Johnson joined Lyonne to speak about the upcoming series at the Television Critics Association winter press tour....

The Road House remake is in the works at MGM may have just found its lead star. Deadline reports that Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to star in a new take on the classic 80s movie with Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, Chaos Walking) also potentially on board to direct. Per the report, studio execs are meeting with writers to get a new screenplay developed with the Road House reboot seen as a high priority....

Disney’s live-action take on The Little Mermaid will finally arrive in cinemas next year after a lengthy delay. The film stars Halle Bailey in the title role, with a supporting cast including Javier Bardem, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs and Melissa McCarthy. However, there could have been a different name among that list, as singer Lizzo also auditioned for the role of Ursula but ultimately lost out to McCarthy. The Good as Hell singer recently spoke to Variety about the missed opportunity and how it led to her bonding with Melissa McCarthy when they met later....

The stars of the Major League movies have gotten back together once again. Back in 1989, writer-director David S. Ward released his baseball movie Major League. It featured a strong ensemble cast that was led by Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen. The film was a huge hit at the box office, spawning the 1994 sequel Major League II with all three stars reprising their roles. Bernsen would also return for the final installment of the trilogy, 1998’s Major League: Back to the Minors....

Mayans M.C. has been renewed for a third season, building on the strength of its current second season, it was announced today by Nick Grad, President, Original Programming, FX Entertainment. It was additionally announced that Co-Creator and Executive Producer Elgin James will serve as showrunner for the series’ third season, which is scheduled to return to FX in the fall of 2020. Said Grad about the renewal. “We’re happy to continue telling the story of Mayans M....

Based on the young adult science-fiction dystopian book trilogy of the same name written by James Dashner, Maze Runner’s first movie was released back in 2014 and garnered instant success among young audiences. With Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Kaya Scodelario as the leading actors, the plot follows teenagers who are thrown into a maze with no recollection of their memories. After Thomas (O’Brien) becomes a new addition to the team, things start to rapidly change for the worse....