‘Firefly’ And ‘Barney Miller’ Star Ron Glass Has Died At 71 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 27, 2016 11:00 am EST After hearing the sad news that The Brady Bunch matriarch Florence Henderson had passed away on Thanksgiving, another star of classic TV has left us far too soon. Ron Glass, a veteran actor best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ron Harris on the TV show Barney Miller, passed away this weekend at 71 years old....
‘Hair Live!’ Will Be NBC’s Next Live Musical By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 27, 2018 12:00 pm EST NBC got its first taste of glam rock musicals with the critically acclaimed Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert earlier this year, and now it’s caught the rock musical bug. The network announced that its next live musical will be the original rock musical, Hair. Hair Live! is the title of NBC’s next live musical, following on the heels of the Jesus Christ Superstar Live’s raucous reception....
‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Will Be More Grounded, Because That’s What People Want From A ‘Fast And Furious’ Movie? By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2018 2:00 pm EST Are you ready for a more-grounded movie about cars defying the laws of physics? If so, get ready for Hobbs and Shaw, the Fast and Furious spin-off starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham. When it comes to the film, director David Leitch says to expect something more “character-centric....
‘King Arthur’ Is The Summer’s First Flop As ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Looks To Open Big By Jacob Hall/May 15, 2017 11:30 am EST Every year, members of the /Film staff and podcast team (as well as a special guest or two) come together in the spirit of competition to predict the the top 10 highest grossing movies of the summer. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword didn’t make it on many lists and it looks like everyone made the right decision – we’re only two weeks into the 2017 summer movie season and Guy Ritchie’s medieval action movie is already looking like the flop to beat....
Remember That 21 Jump Street/Men In Black Crossover? For a period, Sony was considering rebooting the series as a cross-over film with the 21 Jump Street franchise. James Bobin (The Muppets, Alice Through the Looking Glass) was in early talks to helm the movie, with 21 Jump Street’s Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill set to star. The project never really got off the ground, and Jonah Hill later said, “I doubt that movie will get made....
‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Trailer: Henry Cavill Has A License To Kill Ethan Hunt By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 16, 2018 6:03 am EST The Mission: Impossible movies have consistently delivered sleek action, eye-popping practical effects, and compelling characters, and the sixth film looks like it will more than deliver on all three. The full Mission Impossible Fallout trailer gives us even more action-packed shots of Tom Cruise endangering his life, as well as a better look at Henry Cavill’s antagonistic CIA agent with a glorious mustache and a hell of a right hook....
‘Raw’ Trailer: Almost Definitely The Best Cannibalism Coming-Of-Age Drama You’ll See This Year By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2017 7:00 am EST “Cannibalism coming-of-age story” isn’t a phrase you hear every day, and that in itself is reason enough to be curious about Raw. Add in the fact that Raw received rave reviews on the festival circuit (that is, when it wasn’t making audiences sick to their stomachs) and that it’s being heralded as a breakout for first-time director Julia Ducournau and young star Garance Marillier and Ella Rumpf, and it’s skyrocketed to near the very top of my most-anticipated list....
‘The Deuce’ Photos: James Franco And James Franco Star In David Simon’s New HBO Show By Jack Giroux/March 2, 2017 4:00 pm EST David Simon’s (The Wire) new HBO series, The Deuce, shows the rise of the porn industry in the 1970s. There to experience its beginning? Twins played by James Franco (The Disaster Artist), who not only played two roles but directed two episodes. He stars what Simon calls a “story about human beings and “a critique of market capitalism....
‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Trailer: Maggie Gyllenhaal Gets Too Invested In A Child Prodigy By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 2018 1:30 pm EST After playing the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Netflix is bringing unnerving psychological thriller The Kindergarten Teacher to audiences, and the first trailer has just arrived to tease the remake of writer/director Nadav Lapid’s acclaimed Israeli film of the same name. Watch it below. The Kindergarten Teacher Trailer The Kindergarten Teacher follows Maggie Gyllenhaal as the titular instructor named Lisa Spinelli, a woman desperate for her life to feel significant again as her work in the classroom is anything but inspiring, and her family life leaves something to be desired too....
‘Venom’ Might Enlist Michelle Williams To Star Opposite Tom Hardy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 27, 2017 12:19 pm EST In an intriguing bit of casting, Michelle Williams is in talks to play the female lead in Venom, which stars Tom Hardy as the Spider-Man supervillain-turned-antihero. That would pit an Oscar-nominated actress against an Oscar-nominated actor in a superhero movie intended to launch a Sony-centric Marvel universe without their mainstay hero, Spider-Man, showing up at all....
‘What We Do In The Shadows’ TV Series Headed To FX By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2018 2:00 pm EST After being teased for years, the What We Do in the Shadows TV series is finally a go. FX has ordered a pilot from creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, based on the 2014 mockumentary about a group of vampires sharing a flat in New Zealand. Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, directors and co-stars of the hilarious horror-comedy What We Do in the Shadows, have seemingly been talking about a TV series based on the film ever since the movie’s initial release....
By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 6, 2018 4:00 pm EST This will be Schwarzenegger’s first foray into a television drama (he briefly hosted NBC’s The Celebrity Apprentice, replacing the original host, He Who Must Not Be Named). Arnold moving into TV makes sense. His days of huge blockbuster movies are long gone, and in the later half of his career, the actor and former bodybuilder has taken on more interesting, obscure projects. If you’ve ever wanted to see Schwarzenegger hang-up his action movie persona and deliver an honest to gosh dramatic performance, check out the sorrowful zombie movie Maggie....
Bond Watch: Danny Boyle Is The Front-Runner To Direct ‘James Bond 25’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 20, 2018 7:43 pm EST Danny Boyle could be the James Bond 25 director. While no formal offer has been made yet, the T2: Trainspotting and Steve Jobs director is reportedly MGM and Eon’s top pick to helm the next installment of the long-running James Bond series, which will feature Daniel Craig’s last stint in the tuxedo....
Carnage Will Be The Villain In Sony’s ‘Venom’ Movie, Kraven And Mysterio Spinoffs In The Works By Ben Pearson/June 21, 2017 11:00 am EST Spider-Man fans have spent years hoping to see the alien symbiote Carnage appear as a movie villain, and it appears that they’ll finally get their wish: it just won’t technically happen in a Spider-Man movie. A new report claims that Carnage is set to appear as Sony’s Venom movie villain, opposite Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock/Venom....
Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988’s ‘Rick And Morty’ Artwork Gets Schwifty By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 16, 2017 6:00 am EST We’re still waiting to find out when Rick and Morty will return to Adult Swim for their third season, though we do have a small idea of what to expect thanks to an unfinished sneak preview from a little while back. For those who are still desperately waiting to get schwifty again with the universe’s most insane grandfather and grandson duo, we have something to hold you over....
LOL: Idris Elba Thinks A ‘Dark Tower’ Sequel Might Happen By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 18, 2017 10:00 am EST As deep into the Stephen King renaissance as we are now, it’s easy to gloss over the little blip over the summer that was The Dark Tower. Highly anticipated by King fans and Idris Elba fans alike, The Dark Tower opened to meager box office returns and even worse movie reviews. Trouble had been brewing long before it was released in theaters — Nikolaj Arcel’s adaptation of the series that King has called his “magnum opus” had a slim 95 minute run time — and fans were skeptical over whether the incredibly dense, decade-spanning novels could be condensed into one movie....
Natalie Portman To Direct And Play Dual Roles In Dear Abby-Ann Landers Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 21, 2018 3:30 pm EST Natalie Portman will take on the dual roles of director and star for her upcoming drama about real-life dueling advice columnists Esther and Pauline Friedman. But Portman’s double act will extend further than that — she’ll be playing the dual roles of Esther and Pauline, who were the twin sisters behind the competing advice columns Dear Abby and Ann Landers....
New ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ Photos Show Tom Cruise’s Latest Insane Stunt By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 8, 2018 1:00 pm EST If there’s any movie that deserves to be titled Death Wish, it’s the sixth Mission: Impossible movie. Seemingly every Mission: Impossible – Fallout photo has touted star Tom Cruise’s latest insane, death-defying stunt. And the latest photo is no different. And it takes the movie’s title quite literally. Did you know that Tom Cruise does his own stunts at risk of life and limb?...
New Universal Monsters Blu-Ray Box Set Will Make You Forget About The Dark Universe By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2018 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you still haven’t washed the bad taste of Universal’s Dark Universe out of your mouth, this might help. A new Universal Monsters Blu-ray box set will be hitting shelves just in time for the Halloween season, offering up 30 black and white horror classics....
Paramount Network Planning Paul Walker Documentary By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 28, 2018 6:30 am EST A documentary about the life and death of Fast and the Furious franchise star Paul Walker is in the works at the Paramount Network. Adrian Buitenhuis, who directed the documentary I Am Heath Ledger, will helm the film. Paul Walker’s 2013 death shocked fans and forced the Fast and the Furious series to recalibrate for the future....
