Laura Ziskin, the producer of Pretty Woman and the Spider-Man films, and a forceful advocate for health and environmental issues, died Sunday of breast cancer at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 61. Laura Ziskin fought a seven-year battle with the disease, yet remained one of the business’ busiest producers and a champion of causes close to her heart, including Stand Up 2 Cancer, the non-profit org she helped launch in 2008....
The latest trailer for what’s sure to become a festive favorite for households all around the world, Spirited, offers a further glimpse at Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell’s take on A Christmas Carol. Released courtesy of Apple TV+, the newly released footage finds Reynolds and Ferrell at their all-singing all-dancing best as they no doubt warm our hearts and busy our minds as we ponder the true meaning of the holiday season....
Warning: This article contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The continuation of the Marvel Multiverse saga finally hit theaters on May 6, 2022, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness kicked off its International box office with a strong performance, raking in $27 million overseas, which puts the film only 4 percent behind Spider-Man: No Way Home. The film is a Sam Raimi-helmed LSD trip through the multiverse that Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) opened in No Way Home....
Sterling Knight Tell us all about your new movie. Sterling Knight:StarStruck is a fun-filled romantic comedy. The story is about a ridiculously famous pop star who meets a normal girl and they end up on an adventure together. They learn a lot about each other and a lot about themselves along the way. Are you a fan of romantic comedies? Sterling Knight: Absolutely! I’m definitely a romantic comedy dude because I’m a big romantic at heart....
It was just last week that the official trailer for the upcoming third season of Netflix and The Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things hit. As a pretty big fan of the series, I found the trailer to be epic and goosebump-inducing good times. And it seems like I’m not alone as today we have word that the trailer for Stranger Things 3 has been viewed more times than any other video on Netflix’s official YouTube channel, sitting at over 21 million views....
PIRATE BAY TRIAL: THE DUEL’S OVER In the final day of The Pirate Bay trial in Stockholm, Sweden, the prosecutor and lawyers for the movie and recording industries (the trial is both a criminal and civil proceeding) wound up their case by asking the judge to sentence the four defendants to prison, fine them $180,000, and order them to pay $13 million in damages. For its part, the defense argued that the case should never have been brought to court at all and that it came about as a result of “the enormous pressure and lobbying from record and film companies....
LESS GOLD FOR PRINCE Like last week, the top film at the box office, having already brought in less than analysts had predicted on Sunday, when the studio announced its weekend estimate, earned even less than that when the actual ticket-sales figures were finally disclosed on Monday. Although The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was not the unmitigated disaster that Speed Racerwas last week, the movie’s $55.03 million take was $1....
TWO MORE MOVIES STRIKE OUT Perplexing analysts who had predicted that the writers’ strike would have little impact on movie making in its early stages and that TV alone would take the initial brunt, two more studios announced Monday that they have postponed production of features they were about to shoot. The films were Warner Bros.’ Shantaram, starring Johnny Depp, and The Weinstein Co.’s Nine, starring Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren and Marion Cotillard....
MORE COMICS RETURN Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, each of whom is a member of the Writers Guild of America, have agreed to return to the air on January 7th – presumably winging their material without their staff of writers. In a statement that was presumably written down by someone, the two remarked that they would have preferred to return with their writers. “If we cannot, we would like to express our ambivalence, but without our writers we are unable to express something as nuanced as ambivalence....
ESPN DRAWS BIGGEST AUDIENCE IN CABLE HISTORY The biggest cable-TV audience in history tuned in Monday to ESPN’s Monday Night Football coverage of the Dallas Cowboys/Philadelphia Eagles contest, the network said Tuesday. The game drew 18.608 million viewers, beating a record set a year earlier. Meanwhile, football also proved to be potent on broadcast television as well, as NBC Sunday Night Football’s telecast of the Pittsburgh Steelers/Cleveland Browns game topped Nielsen’s weekly ratings list....
Warner Bros Bros. had a Super time on DVD last week! In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Superman Returns was No. 1 on both the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert and Home Media Retailing’s Rental chart.Ice Age: The Meltdown held strong in the No. 2 spot on both charts. Clerks II may not have burned up the theater circuit, but it came in at No. 4 on both the sale and rental charts....
The CW’s Gotham Knights pilot has found its Two-Face. The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Misha Collins (Supernatural) has just signed on to appear in the Gotham Knights pilot as Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, the man who becomes the two-faced supervillain in the original comic books. Whether he has the same fate in Gotham Knights remains to be seen, but it seems more likely than not if the series gets picked up....
On May 29, Hannibal Rising terrorizes DVD stores everywhere. To celebrate the cinematic carnage that is this film, we are giving away copies of it. Winners Receive: Hannibal Rising DVD CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: Every saga has a beginning, and the blood-soaked birth of cinema’s greatest villain cuts a path of gruesome retribution in Hannibal Rising, debuting on DVD on May 29th, 2007 from The Weinstein Company and Genius Products LLC....
Mongol will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 14 and we just have to celebrate this heralded release. We have another contest running here and we’re giving away copies of this DVD to our readers. These discs will surely go fast, so enter this new contest today. Winners Receive: Mongol DVD CLICK HERE to enter this new giveaway today. Based on the controversial writings of Russian historian Lev Gumilyov, director Sergei Bodrov’s look at the early years in the life of the Mongol conqueror stars Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano as Temudgin (as he was then known), Honglei Sun as Mongol chieftain Jamukha, who was both Temudgin’s close friend and mortal enemy, and newcomer Khulan Chuluun as his wife, Borte....
Mrs. Doubtfire Behind the Seams Edition will be bringing all the laughs to DVD on March 4, but you can win this new special edition from us. We’re giving away copies of this special edition, and you can win simply by clicking below. Winners Receive: Mrs. Doubtfire Behind the Seams special edition DVD CLICK HERE to enter this big giveaway. Daniel Hillard (Williams) is no ordinary father, so when he learns his ex-wife (Field) needs a housekeeper, he applies for the job....
It is not surprising, following the worldwide success of The Twilight Saga movies among teenage audiences, that vampires and werewolves rose to the top of the list as the most appealing characters to the public during the 2010s. This is why, after the premiere of the franchise inspired by Stephenie Meyer’s books, TV and film productions began to explore these themes once again, with many series and movies featuring these popular creatures....
Actors work countless and tireless hours for years looking for projects that will give them their big break. Tenoch Huerta has all the talent and versatility that makes him one of the industry’s most notable and sometimes overlooked actors today. Huerta is a Mexican actor that has a career throughout cinemas in Latin America, Spain, and the U.S.. Huerta has been in the entertainment business for a while and his acting credentials, both in film and TV, are reflective of that....
A pilot from the future travels back in time and teams up with his younger self. The Adam Project is a passable science fiction adventure with good cast chemistry and visual effects. Star Ryan Reynolds trademark sarcastic delivery gets a worthy accomplice with young Walker Scobell. Their sharp back and forth, along with solid action scenes, make up for a disjointed script. The time travel aspect has logic holes you can drive a truck through....
Just days after the Adult Swim show took the best animated series Emmy nomination for its “Star Wars” episode, Robot Chicken is moving forward with Star Wars Episode II. The sequel will premiere Nov. 16, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “It doesn’t even seem real – getting to make Star Wars twice!” said Robot Chicken co-creator Seth Green, who is set to direct the second “Star Wars”-themed episode after winning an Annie Award for helming the first one....
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion 2 is not outside the realm of possibility as both lead stars of the 1997 comedy would be up for a new film. Written by Robin Schiff and directed by David Mirkin, the original film stars Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow as a pair of 28-year-old women who decide to invent fake careers to impress their former classmates at a ten-year high school class reunion....
