Vikings: Valhalla, a spinoff series that takes place 100 years after Michael Hirst’s Vikings, tells the story of Leif Erikson and others. This 100-year story just scored a 100% perfect rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This marks a significant accomplishment for a series that has only been out a few days. The new series just dropped on Netflix Friday, February 25th, so the series is still pretty fresh with many potential viewers....
Paul Campbell has joined NBC’s new action series Knight Rider, Leven Rambin is in talks to board Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Sophina Brown has been added to CBS’ Numbers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. On Knight Rider, which is a sequel to the 1980s NBC series, Campbell (Battlestar Galactica) will play the head research tech at Knight Industries. On Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Rambin (All My Children) will play the teenage Becky, a potential love interest for John Connor (Thomas Dekker)....
Three new Spider-Man 3 video clips have surfaced on the internet. First, Yahoo! Movies has posted another final movie trailer which can be viewed HERE. In addition, TheMovieBox.net has posted 2 new TV commercials which can be viewed HERE and HERE. A complex web of secrets, vengeance, love and forgiveness, Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man 3 is a riveting adventure that will transport worldwide audiences to thrilling new heights on May 4, 2007....
A month ago we reported that production had started on Untitled Comedy, a new anthology film that will feature several comedic shorts directed by several different directors and now we have a few new character details on two of the segments. That earlier piece revealed that Kick-Ass stars Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse would be appearing in the film and now Vulture reports that they will be appearing in the same segment, which will be directed by Elizabeth Banks....
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 82nd Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: District 9 Il Divo The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian The Road Star Trek The Young Victoria On Saturday, January 23, all members of the Academy’s Makeup Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films....
This month, the Gotham Film & Media Institute will honor Game of Thrones favorite Peter Dinklage with a Performer Tribute. The honor will be given to Dinklage at the 2021 Gotham Awards Ceremony, taking place live and in person on Monday, Nov. 29 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. As the first major awards ceremony of the fall season, the Gotham Awards provide critical early recognition and media attention to worthy independent films and series and their writers, directors, producers, and actors with twelve competitive awards categories....
Walt Disney Pictures’ epic adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, from Jerry Bruckheimer Films, landed in the global box office record books and laid claim to the biggest opening in industry history, with an unprecedented gross of $401,000,000 in its first six days of release, it was announced today by Mark Zoradi, president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Marketing and Distribution. This figure surpasses the previous record of $382 million set by the six day opening of “Spiderman 3” earlier this year....
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released a special feature clip from Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which will be released on Blu-ray, 3D Blu-ray, and DVD on October 18, along with a Four-Pack Collection. Click on the video player below for a special feature excerpt about how they made the mermaids for this high seas adventure. You can also read the official press release with all of the special features details for these titles below the video....
AMC has revealed that production is under way on Preacher Season 3, with the network announcing the casting of four new cast members, one of whom is the last living relative of Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper). AMC renewed the hit series back in October, but we haven’t heard much else about the new season, until today’s announcement. The new cast members will be Tony-winner Betty Buckley (Supergirl, Split) as Gran’ma, Colin Cunningham (Blood Drive, Falling Skies) as TC, Liz McGeever (Star, Nashville) as Christina and Jeremy Childs (The Last Castle, Nashville) as Jody....
It’s time for the return of Punky Power! Punky Brewster 2 is officially happening with original star Soleil Moon Frye set to return as the rambunctious orphan who is now all grown up. This is the latest classic sitcom that is getting the revival treatment, yet this will be a slightly more adult version of the family friendly hit from the 80s. UCP is developing the Punky Brewster sequel, which originally debuted on NBC all the way back in 1984....
For so many, the holiday season just isn’t the same without a visit from The Snowman. The beloved animated special tells the story of a young boy who builds and befriends a snowman, all without any dialogue. Earlier this week, Raymond Briggs, the author, illustrator, and creator of The Snowman, passed away. He was 88 years old. Born in 1934, Briggs pursued a career in painting and illustration. His work would make him popular among both children and adults, earning numerous awards along the way....
Sony wants to freak you out this Halloween! Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announces Hostel: Director’s Cut, by writer-director-producer Eli Roth and executive producer Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill: Vols. 1 & 2). Available October 23, 2007 on a 2-disc DVD and hi-def Blu-ray Disc, the Director’s Cut is presented unrated with Roth’s shocking original ending - deemed too disturbing for theatrical audiences - restored for the first time. This deliciously macabre modern horror classic debuted in the top spot at the box office in January 2006 and follows two American backpackers as they are lured into a nightmarish hell....
Over the years, Reese Witherspoon has become a beloved figure in Hollywood cinema. Her range for comedy knows no bounds, and her dramas never fall short on expectations. Witherspoon’s first performance was in a 1991 film called The Man in the Moon. She then starred in several subsequent films that put her on the map as a budding young actress. She was the female lead in the 1996 thriller, Fear and was amongst the ensemble cast in Cruel Intentions, where she played a naive student who inevitably falls for the resident bad seed....
Lionsgate has picked up the documentary about NBA star LeBron James’ high school days in Akron, Ohio, More Than a Game, according to Variety. The indie distributor, teaming with music notables Harvey Mason Jr. and Interscope Records, is planning a fall 2009 release. Lionsgate has world rights. After a well-received world preem in Toronto, where James received a five-minute standing ovation and presided over a spirited latenight party and a street dunk contest, the pic had been chased by several buyers....
After searching for over 2 years, Legendary TV has found a home for it’s long-gestating remake of Lost in Space. The world’s leading Internet TV network, Netflix, has ordered a 10-episode first season of the one-hour sci-fi drama, based on the beloved 1960’s sci-fi classic from Irwin Allen. Reimagined by feature writing team Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (Dracula Untold, Last Witch Hunter), with Zack Estrin (Prison Break) showrunning, the series will premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2018....
With franchises such as Child’s Play and Annabelle, the idea of a murderous doll isn’t anything revolutionary in filmmaking. Nevertheless, M3gan managed to defy all expectations by delivering a fresh take on the concept. The TikTok-dancing, lullaby-reciting, bloodthirsty AI android won over audiences, making back four times its budget at the box office during opening weekend. A Hollywood success and praised on every social media platform, M3GAN is well on its way to becoming a cult classic....
According to the recently released book, Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: The Art of the Series, Sam Wilson’s jazzy new superhero outfit was not the only thing he was to be gifted with by the Wakandans. At one point, development concept illustrator Wesley Burt considering adding some Wakandan flair to the iconic shield. Visual Development head Ryan Meinerding asked some in the visual department to take a little bit of time and think up some new ways that Sam could use the shield, more specific to him and his own physicality with it....
Working on the summer comedy with Owen Wilson and getting to do his own stunts After starring in the Oscar-winning film, Crash - and getting a Best Supporting Actor nomination at this year’s Academy Awards - Matt Dillon decided he would switch gears and try the summer comedy route. He hooked up with Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson for You, Me and Dupree. Matt plays Carl, the newly-married husband of Kate (Molly), and best friend of Owen (Dupree)....
Moviegoers across the country showed their enthusiastic support for the future of digital 3-D exhibition over the weekend (3/31-4/2) as Walt Disney Pictures’ new animated adventure, Meet The Robinsons, grossed a sensational $7.1 million on just 581 3-D screens to become the largest digital 3-D opening in history, it was announced today by Chuck Viane, president of Disney’s Buena Vista Pictures Domestic Distribution. Engagements of the film in Disney Digital 3-D represented 28% of the film’s overall three-day gross of $25....
Yesterday we reported that director Michael Bay is in “final negotiations” to direct Transformers 4, although that doesn’t quite seem to be the case. The filmmaker took to his official message boards early this morning to address the Transformers 4 story. Here’s what he had to say below. No matter what happens with Transformers 4, Pain and Gain will definitely be the director’s next movie, a project he has been developing since 1999....
