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After many ups and downs over the last year, with movies constantly being shifted around, moved from cinema to streaming and in some cases being indefinitely postponed, we are almost ready to usher in a new year of big movies that will hopefully all be seen in the way their creators intended. According to a new list compiled by IMDb, the movie seen as the most anticipated in 2022 is the Matt Reeves directed The Batman, which will see Robert Pattinson taking on the role of the masked crime fighter of Gotham City....

The Good Guy Ritchie makes a triumphant return. The Bad It’d be nice to see Ritchie have success outside of this genre.RocknRolla sees Guy Ritchie return to the genre that made him. Having burst on the scene with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, Ritchie had a few missteps but again seems on firmer ground in this new film. He employs a bunch of different stories that all center around one thing… crime....

Rooster Teeth’s web series giant, RWBY, ended things with a massive cliffhanger when their eighth season finale aired in December 2019. But now, during their summer convention RTX, they finally gave the news to the fans of Team RWBY. The show is coming back, and from the teaser and synopsis below, things are about to get strange! RWBY is a fan-favorite franchise out of Rooster Teeth’s arsenal. The web-series follows young huntress Ruby Rose (Lindsay Jones), and her team Weiss Schnee (Kara Eberle), Blake Belladonna (Arryn Zech), and Yang Xiao (Barbara Dunkelman) as they fight for their lives in a world that is constantly at war with the shadowy monsters known as Grimm....

Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke, the writing and directing team behind cult hit Blood Into Wine as well as the forthcoming feature Queens of Country (Lizzy Caplan, Ron Livingston), have signed to William Morris Endeavor for exclusive representation with agents Mike Esola and Roger Green heading up Team Page/Pomerenke. The creative duo is currently in pre-production on the dramatic feature Hayden Lake, a gripping true story that follows Pete Peterson, a young teen whose life is irreversibly altered by a mysterious boating accident on an Idaho lake which claims the lives of two 16-year old girls leaving the blame squarely on the bad boy....

Back in February, ABC renewed its entire “TGIT” (Thank Goodness It’s Thursday) lineup, with its hit shows Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder all returning for their 14th, seventh and fourth seasons, respectively. Today we have word that the TGIT lineup will be down one show after next season, with Scandal calling it quits after Season 7. This new report reveals that series creator Shonda Rhimes made the decision to end the show after Season 7, and ABC respected her wishes, with the network expected to make an official announcement during their upfront presentation next week....

We have an exclusive clip from the upcoming hi-def debut of Scarface, which is available on Blu-ray for the first time starting today, September 6. Click on the video player below to watch actress Jillian Barberie, director Antoine Fuqua, and many others discuss the importance of the dinner scene in this gangster classic. In the spring of 1980, the Mariel boatlift brought thousands of Cuban refugees to the sun-washed avenues of Miami in search of the American dream....

Acclaimed director discusses his producing style, A Good Year with Russell Crowe, American Gangster, The Assassination of Jesse James and Shadow Divers Movie PictureFew directors have the power to get an audience’s attention just by hearing that they have made a film. We live in a society that celebrates spectacle more than artistic accomplishments. However, very few directors seem to merge the worlds of art and commerce like Ridley Scott....

Since 2011, fans have been following the Gallagher family on their wild, crazy, hilarious, and disgusting journeys in Shameless. The hit comedy series that aired on Showtime for 11 seasons is the story of Frank Gallagher, an alcoholic and absent single father. He is known in his community as a liar and a thief. Frank’s six children Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam are left to fend for themselves and pick up all the slack around the house thanks to their incredibly irresponsible parents....

Universal Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for the upcoming #MeToo drama, She Said, about the New York Times’ expose of the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal. She Said stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as reporters Meghan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who helped Weinstein’s victims band together and break their silence about his decades of abuse in Hollywood. Brad Pitt is producing She Said along with Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner through their production banner Plan B Entertainment....

Sherri Shepherd – who just landed a spot on The View – is plotting a primetime comeback, according to Variety. The comedic actress is developing a half-hour sitcom for the CW that’s loosely based on her own life experiences. She’s set to produce and star in the project. Dave Flebotte (Will & Grace) will write the script. The untitled series will revolve around a married woman who discovers her husband has been cheating on her and has an illegitimate child....

With 2022 coming to a close and 2023 just on the horizon, New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate with family and friends as well as relish in the opportunity for a fresh start. Not only is everyone looking forward to what the next year will hold, many people are looking to end the current year on a high note, leaving fond memories behind whenever looking back on the year that is 2022....

Sony Pictures has released the first image from the upcoming movie Soul Surfer, which will be released in theaters on April 15, 2011. Click on this photo below of actors Dennis Quaid, AnnaSophia Robb and Helen Hunt to access our gallery. You can take a look at the official press release below as well: Soul Surfer is the true story of competitive teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, inspiring millions worldwide through her sheer determination and unwavering faith....

You can celebrate the 50th anniversary of a classic Kirk Douglas with with a brand new Blu-ray release this May. Spartacus will be released in a 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray on May 25. We don’t have any pricing details as of yet, but you can take a look at the cover art and special features below. The film stars Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, John Gavin and Tony Curtis....

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2022, starring Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, aka Spider-Man and Hawkeye’s Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, aka Spider-Gwen. Set in a shared universe inspired by the 2014 Marvel Comics storyline known as “Spider-Verse,” the animated film is the first in a two-part sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In a recent interview with Collider on Friday, January 14, producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller revealed that each dimension in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will have its own animation style....

The supernatural horror movie Spin the Bottle, written by John Cregan and directed by Gavin Wiesen, was recently wrapped. The film was financed by Fortress Media Group, with Will Hayes, Jim Valdez, Kyle Hayes, and Chris Barish producing the picture. Harrison Kordestani serves as executive producer, while Scot Ruggles is co-producer. The film’s plot centers on a group of teenagers in a small Texas town who decide to hang out in the abandoned house where a gruesome massacre once occurred....

Despite Kathleen Kennedy revealing recently that Star Wars is coming back to the big screen in a big way in the future, Lucasfilm is not holding back on their upcoming Disney+ series either, with Jude Law-starring Star Wars: Skeleton Crew reportedly costing around $136 million for its first season. To put this in context, the first season of The Mandalorian came in around $100 million. While there is not a great deal known about the new series, with that kind of budget, it seems like we are getting something pretty huge in scope....

EXTRA REVEALS INDIANA JONES PLOT POINTS It’s hard to believe that ticket sales for the next Indiana Jones movie could be affected in the slightest by the remarks of an extra working on the film to an Oklahoma newspaper. But Marvin Levy, a spokesman for Steven Spielberg, who is directing the movie, told today’s (Wednesday) New York Post, “Who knows whether that particular person will ever work in this town again?...

LENO GETS A PASS FROM WGA In a case of being conspicuous by omission, Jay Leno has been cleared of violating the Writers Guild’s rules when he wrote his monologue during the WGA strike that began in November 2007 and ended in February 2008. The WGA sent members a message on Tuesday in which it presented the final decision of the trial committee that heard allegations against members who were accused of violating union rules by writing during the strike....

END OF THE STRIKE? Negotiators for the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are expected to put the finishing touches on a new three-year contract today (Friday), several publications reported, citing sources close to the negotiations. Only one seasoned Hollywood mogul spoke on the record. Former Disney chief Michael Eisner said during an interview on CNBC, “I know it’s over. They made the deal....

FOX TOPS NIELSENS; LOSES VIEWERS Fox posted terrific ratings for its telecast of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game last week, but overall, its audience for the week shrank 13 percent from the comparable week a year ago. In fact, all broadcast networks showed some fall-off. NBC, buoyed by its America’s Got Talent, was down the least with just a 3 percent decrease in viewers. CBS, the ratings leader, was down 4 percent....