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Daniel Craig Still Loves Playing James Bond, Despite That Whole Wrist Slashing Remark By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2016 6:30 am EST Anyone who keeps up with James Bond has probably heard the remark that Daniel Craig made during the publicity tour for Spectre last year regarding a preference for slitting his wrists instead of doing another movie as 007. However, this reaction came at a time of pure exhaustion after making the movie and being on a worldwide publicity tour for it....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 8, 2017 3:30 pm EST 24: Legacy was headlined by The Walking Dead star Corey Hawkins, making a much-anticipated premiere after Fox’s Super Bowl telecast in February and drawing in 17.5 million viewers. However, that momentum quickly faded, and the first season ended in April to a 3.4 million audience and a series-low 0.8 demo rating.24: Legacy took place in the same universe as 24 and its Sutherland-starring sequel, 24: Live Another Day, but made a point to distinguish itself from its predecessors, with no previous 24 cast members making an appearance except for Carlos Bernard’s Tony Almeida....

Live-Action Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Is Speeding Into Development By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 3, 2017 7:00 am EST For a renowned speedster, Sonic the Hedgehog sure is taking a long time to make it to theaters. But the finish line is starting to come into view. Paramount is officially developing a Sonic the Hedgehog live action movie with Fast and Furious producer Neal H. Moritz and Deadpool director Tim Miller producing, and Miller’s frequent Blur Studio collaborator Jeff Fowler helming the video game adaptation in his directorial debut....

LOL: Conan O’Brien Trains Like ‘Wonder Woman’ With Gal Gadot, Fails Hilariously By Ethan Anderton/May 26, 2017 6:00 am EST Looking to get the same kind of training in a much shorter amount of time, Conan O’Brien got together with Gal Gadot and her trainer for a little workout session so the comedian could comes as close as possible to being as skilled as Wonder Woman. Watch as Conan trains with Wonder Woman after the jump....

LOL: Donald Trump Appoints ‘Breaking Bad’s Walter White To Oversee DEA On ‘SNL’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2016 5:00 am EST As we wait for President-elect Donald Trump to take office in January, we’re slowly learning about all the various appointments he’s making to his Presidential Cabinet. We’re not going to bother debating what’s going on in the real political world, but instead we would like to point out something that happened in the fictional political world being assembled by Donald Trump by way of Saturday Night Live....

Rian Johnson Will Create A Whole New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 9, 2017 2:08 pm EST Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is returning to the Star Wars universe for an entire new Star Wars trilogy. The new trilogy will focus on stories outside of the Skywalker saga. This news coincides with recent comments from Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy about Star Wars films planned for after the current trilogy ends....

Sacha Baron Cohen Becoming ‘The Spy’ In New Netlfix Limited Series By Ethan Anderton/April 12, 2018 3:30 pm EST Sacha Baron Cohen is best known for his wild comedic antics as characters like Ali G, Borat and Bruno in faux documentary movies and TV shows where he behaves inappropriately in front of real people who have no idea that everything happening in front of them is one big joke. But now he’s heading into dramatic territory with a new limited series at Netflix....

Steven Bochco, Creator Of ‘NYPD Blue,’ Dies At 74 By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 2, 2018 7:30 am EST The creator of the groundbreaking crime procedurals NYPD Blue and Hill Street Blues, Bochco died after a prolonged battle with a rare form of leukemia. Variety reports that TV producer and writer Steven Bochco has died following his battle with leukemia. Bochco was diagnosed several years ago, but a then-anonymous stem cell donation in 2014 managed to prolong his life....

The Morning Watch: ‘Ready Player One’ Easter Eggs, Cram For ‘The Last Jedi’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2017 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, check out the extensive number of Easter eggs from the most recent trailer for Ready Player One....

The Morning Watch: Jim Carrey Is Quite The Painter, ‘Star Wars: Days Past’ Fan Film & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 2017 5:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, Jim Carrey’s passion and talent for creating gorgeous paintings is explored in a documentary short....

The Morning Watch: Oscars Edition - The Art Of Sound Mixing Vs Sound Editing By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 2, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this special Oscars edition of The Morning Watch, explore the differences between sound mixing and sound editing so you know what each technical category is rewarding when the trophies are handed out on Sunday, March 4....

FOX and ‘The Simpsons’ announce first-of-its-kind virtual reality TV experience The Simpsons VR Couch Gag Coming With 600th Episode By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2016 8:31 am EST There will be 25,000 limited edition Google Cardboard viewers available for order on a first come, first served basis, featuring one of the five main characters from “The Simpsons” – Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie – with a customized 600th episode “Treehouse of Horror XXVII” slipcover, beginning today at simpsonscardboard....

Watch Kevin Smith’s ‘Rogue One’ Review [Warning: Spoiler-Filled] By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2016 3:30 pm EST It’s no secret that writer/director Kevin Smith loves Star Wars. So its no surprise that the Clerks/Mallrats filmmaker LOVED Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He was one of the people we quoted in the Rogue One premiere early reactions, where he called it “Empire Strikes Back good!” And now in the latest episode of his Youtube talk show Fatman on Batman, Kevin Smith gives a spoiler-filled review of Disney’s first Star Wars stand alone movie....

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Review: A Tale As Old (And As Tired) As Time By Karen Han/March 17, 2017 5:00 pm EST This isn’t to say that the movie’s got nothing going on; if anything, it has too much going on. Padded out with 45 extra minutes, the movie’s M.O. is to take everything in the original and crank it up from ten to twenty. There’s more magic, more backstory, more cutlery, more dance breaks, more everything....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Star Ezra Miller Serves Up A 60-Second ‘Harry Potter’ History Lesson By Jack Giroux/Nov. 1, 2016 1:30 pm EST In just over two weeks, we’ll see the Harry Potter franchise reignited with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. That’s good news for Warner Bros., because the studio and author/screenwriter J.K. Rowling have big plans for Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), like four more Fantastic Beasts films. Before we see more of J....

‘Shazam’ Could Be DC’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, Says Optimistic Zachary Levi By Ben Pearson/Dec. 4, 2017 1:30 pm EST Guardians of the Galaxy was far from a sure thing when Marvel Studios released it back in 2013. It essentially served as a test to see how far audiences were willing to go with the studio: if people could accept and enjoy a story involving a talking raccoon and a space tree, there’s basically no limit to the stories Marvel could tell....

‘Sing’ Trailer: Any Animal Can Be A Rock Star By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 2, 2016 9:30 am EST This weekend brings the animated musical Trolls to theaters, which means there’s no better time for Universal and Illumination Entertainment to push their own music-infused animated comedy, Sing. An all-new Sing trailer has arrived, and as someone who has been skeptical about how this movie would turn out, I have to say that this most recent tease of the movie actually shows off some more enticing character and story details, showing that this is much more than a showcase of some famous pop tunes....

‘Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania’ Trailer: WWE Superstars Ride Waves Straight To DVD And VOD By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2016 1:30 pm EST At the end of the summer, we got a glimpse of Surf’s Up 2: WaveMania, a sequel to the 2007 animated comedy that followed a young penguin named Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf) as he took part a big surfing competition. This time, Cody Maverick is hitting the waves again, voiced by someone completely new, as he joins a whole new crew of surfers who just so happened to be voiced by WWE superstar wrestlers John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H, Paige and Vince McMahon....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 7, 2017 7:30 am EST Guillermo del Toro is expanding his Trollhunters universe. At a preview screening of Trollhunters Part 2, the second season of del Toro’s animated Netflix series, the Hellboy filmmaker revealed that Trollhunters is the first in a trilogy of fantastical shows that will be set within the Trollhunters universe. The Tales of Arcadia trilogy will continue on into 2018 and 2019. Is there any modern day filmmaker as inventive as Guillermo del Toro?...

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Casts Miles Teller As The Son Of Goose By Jacob Hall/July 3, 2018 12:38 pm EST Last week, we learned that Top Gun: Maverick was looking to cast the son of a familiar face – the offspring of Nick “Goose” Bradshaw, who met a grisly end in 1986’s Top Gun. Now, we know who will strap into the flight suit and take on the mantel of Son of Goose: Whiplash and Fantastic Four star Miles Teller....