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In 1994, after shooting El Mariachi and while waiting to make Desperado, director Robert Rodriguez was hired by 20th Century Fox to write a screenplay for a new film in the Predator franchise. The script he wrote was to act as a direct sequel to the first film, ignoring Predator 2, and featuring the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch. While that film was never made, Rodriguez went on to direct several extremely successful films including Spy Kids and Sin City, while Fox went on to make some less than impressive Alien vs....

Nickelodeon greenlights a third season of its hit animated series Sanjay and Craig with a 20-episode order. It was announced today by Russell Hicks, President, Content Development and Production, Nickelodeon. The original series follows the misadventures of Sanjay, an excitable and irreverent 12-year-old boy and his best friend Craig, a smooth-talking snake and master of disguise. New episodes from season two will debut this summer on Nickelodeon, with season two set to roll out internationally this fall....

Live from New York, it’s a new season of Saturday Night Live. The 48th season of the venerable sketch comedy series will premiere on NBC and Peacock next month. EP Lorne Michaels has described season 48 as a “season of change” for the iconic sketch show. This is likely due to the larger than average cast turnover, with eight players exiting the series ahead of the new season. That is the highest turnover after a single season since nine cast members left after season 20 in 1994/1995....

Scotland on Sunday has posted a story about areas of Scotland being currently assessed for locations for Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince: The fifth film in the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix arrives in conventional theatres and IMAX on July 13th, 2007. One has the 900ft cliffs usually only frequented by gannets and gulls, the other has 365 stone steps meticulously carved out of the headland by herring fishermen in the 18th century....

This article contains spoilers for Scream.Wes Craven’s 1996 hit Scream changed the face of horror and revolutionized the slasher genre. The franchise follows Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), a teenager who becomes the target of a series of murders inspired by horror movies. The Scream saga was originally a trilogy, but due to the success of the films, a fourth installment was released in 2011. Scream 4 featured a whole new set of characters, along with the return of the three main characters from the original trilogy: Sidney, Dewey Riley (David Arquette), and Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox)....

According to http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/06/movies/06jackson.html?_r=2The New York Times, director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, The Lovely Bones) will be attending his first Comic-con this year in support of the sci-fi thriller, District 9, which he produced. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, and set for release on August 14th, District 9 depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa. “I’m thrilled that I finally have the opportunity,” Mr....

Cosmo Kramer is perhaps one of the most outrageously hilarious and iconic characters in all of television history. Appearing in the pilot of Seinfeld in 1989 and played by Michael Richards, Kramer would go on to be a regular character as Jerry’s neighbor for the subsequent nine seasons and seven years. While Richard’s performance became iconic, that is not to say Jerry did not think someone else could have played Kramer....

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has certainly ignited a lot of discussion online since its arrival on Disney+, whether that has been for its portrayal of certain characters, the show’s CGI or the inclusion of a bit of superhero twerking. One particular topic that has caused criticism from some MCU fans is the return of Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky, who appears in the series following his brief cameo in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, but isn’t exactly the same character as he was back in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk....

No matter what you look like everyone can relate to the feeling that you’re just not good enough for anyone else. Insecurity goes along with dating like chocolate and peanut butter, which is the very thing that makes “She’s Out Of My League” a fun and relatable film. No matter who you are, the idea of falling in love with someone that you feel is too good for you is something I think anyone can understand....

Showtime is venturing into the world of vampires with Let the Right One In. Based on the original Swedish film, which was based on a book, the new series will explore the relationship between a father and his vampire daughter, who is forever stuck at age twelve. According to Deadline, the network picked up the series in September 2021, with Andrew Hinderaker as the showrunner. He previously wrote episodes of Penny Dreadful, Pure Genius, and Away....

Showtime Networks has fast-tracked the pickup of The United States of Tara, a new 12 episode half-hour comedy series starring Academy Award-nominated actress Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine) as a wife and mother who suffers from disassociative identity (formerly multiple personality) disorder, it was announced today by Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime. The comedy series, a co-production of Dreamworks Television and Showtime Networks, will delve into how a dysfunctional family, including Tara’s working husband played by John Corbett (Sex and the City), copes with the various identities that may appear on any given day and range in age, temperament and even gender....

Last year, the collective internet about lost their minds when a group of guys from Arizona introduced their band to the world. That metal band was named Okilly Dokilly, inspired by The Simpsons. More specifically, the uptight neighbor of Homer Simpson; Ned Flanders. Now the boys of Okilly Dokilly are back and they have just released their very first music video. The band uploaded the video to their YouTube channel recently for their single “White Wine Spritzer,” which is a single off of their debut album Howdilly Doodilly, which is set to come out on November 11....

The stars of Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie flick continue to heap praise on the soon-to-be blockbuster. The latest is Simu Liu, who plays another version of Ryan Gosling’s Ken, recently gushing to Vanity Fair over director Gerwig’s commitment to a diverse cast. Teasing some “big intricate dance sequences” interwoven throughout the little-known plot, Liu says that the beauty of it all is more than skin-deep. “I remember very clearly about some of our big intricate dance sequences....

Johnny Strong of The Fast and the Furious and Black Hawk Down stars as New Orleans Police Detective Sean Riley, a tough cop mourning the death of his young son while investigating a series of brutal torture murders. But when a clue leads Riley to a troubled army buddy (Sean Patrick Flanery), he’ll uncover a shocking military conspiracy that triggers a war between local gangs and an international team of mercenaries....

Parker Finn is an upcoming director in the horror genre. His feature length directorial debut, Smile, is turning heads and raising eyebrows after the release of the terrifying trailer. It seems as though this director is ready to break through to the mainstream in a powerful way. His first two short films have been critically acclaimed and entered into various festivals. These films consistently maintain suspense and contain a tone that resembles a classic style of horror filmmaking....

Saturday Night Live, or SNL as it is commonly known, is a sketch comedy television show that has been airing on NBC since 1975. Over the years, the show has featured some of the funniest and most memorable sketches in television history. Many of these sketches have become cultural touchstones and have been referenced and parodied countless times. In this article, we will be taking a look at the funniest sketches from the 1970s, a decade that saw the inception of SNL and the birth of many of its most iconic characters and sketches....

From playing roles in Saving Private Ryan, Remember the Titans, Sons of Anarchy, and The Walking Dead, actor Ryan Hurst has been involved in many popular projects throughout the years. Recently on his personal Instagram page named “@rambodonkeykong”, the actor expressed his interest in playing a role of a particular Marvel character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). That Marvel character Ryan Hurst had spoke about on Instagram was none other than Robert Reynolds AKA the Sentry....

Tales of the Jedi is the new Star Wars miniseries from Dave Filoni, creator of Star Wars: Rebels, The Clone Wars, Bad Batch, and many other animated extended universe canon. While the series will only be six 15-minute-long episodes, it promises to delve deeply into some emotional backstories of one famous padawan and one rogue Jedi. Filoni described the series with the phrase “two paths and two choices” at a panel for Tales of the Jedi held in May....

THE CAME. THEY SAW SAW. IT CONQUERED. Saw IVproved to be just the trick for the box office on the weekend before Halloween as the horror sequel debuted with an estimated $32.1 million, down only slightly from Saw III’s $33.6 million. Revenue from other films on theater marquees this past weekend could not have been regarded as much of a treat, with total ticket sales falling below last year’s pace for the sixth week in a row....

i>PIRATES RINGS UP $1 BILLION Disney’s treasure chest for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest is expected to swell to more than $1 billion today (Thursday) as the film continues to dominate the overseas box office and manages to attract decent business domestically as well. Only two other films have preceded Piratesinto the exclusive $1-billion club, Titanic,which accumulated $1.83 billion, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which grossed $1....