Universal Studios is holding a contest for you, the everyday Joe who thinks he, or she, can make a TV commercial. It’s all for promotion of their upcoming film, Slither; they’re calling the contest ‘Slug it Out!’ All you have to do is log onto Slither’s new website, www.slithermovie.net, and click on the contest link. Universal is offering all the help you need from clips, audio files, and transition wipes. You can even name your commercial....
In news that will spark reactions on both extreme ends of the critical spectrum, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has teased future projects involving characters from Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy. While she did not offer too much in terms of detail, Kennedy did reveal that the third generation of Star Wars heroes will return alongside the likes of Disney+ shows The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi....
Spoiler Warning: Stranger Things Season 3 Based on all the gut-wrenching and action-heavy trailers for Stranger Things season 4 volume 1, it looks like Max, played by Fear Street actress Sadie Sink, now has mind powers while Eleven, played by Enola Holmes’ Millie Bobby Brown, still does not. The change happened after Eleven pulled a piece of the mind flayer from her open leg wound in Starcourt Mall at the end of season 3....
Spoiler Warning: Stranger Things Season 4: Volume One Stranger Things season four was perhaps the most anticipated Netflix event in recent memory. Since the show’s electrifying debut all the way back in 2016, devoted Netflix audiences have counted down the days until each subsequent season’s release. Season four represented something of a return to the show’s gritty, macabre form. Stranger Things: Season 4 Volume One, the designation given to the first seven episodes of season four by the show’s creators, was tightly packed with exciting events and terrifying turns....
THE HORROR! THE HORROR! In an unusual scheduling alignment, two horror movies are hitting the nation’s multiplexes at the same time this weekend, and analysts suggested that each could bloody the other, giving Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterdsa fighting chance to repeat as the top film. The Final Destinationhas 3D going for it, while Halloween II has greater title recognition. Each film is opening in around 3,200 theaters and is expected to take in around $15-20 million....
EASTWOOD MAKES GRAN RETURN In a finish that surprised for the length of its lead, Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torinotook the checkered flag in the race for the top spot at the weekend box office, earning an estimated $29 million. Many analysts had expected the film, which had already been playing for a month and had earned $11.1 million in limited release, to be the winner, but most had estimated that it would take in about $20 million....
i>DANCING STEPS ON RIVALS’ TOES An episode of ABC’s Dancing With the Starslasting one hour and 45 minutes overwhelmed competition from the other networks Monday nights – including programs that had managed to make the Nielsen top ten before the dancing competition reappeared. Dancingaveraged a 13.2 rating and a 20 share. In the 8:00 p.m. hour it made NBC’s Deal or No Dealseem like not an especially big deal. The game show drew a 7....
i>LATE NIGHT UPDATE: FALLON TO REPLACE O’BRIEN Officially introduced Monday as the successor to Conan O’Brien on NBC’s Late Night when O’Brien moves over to the Tonightshow next year, Jimmy Fallon joked that his elementary school principal, Mr. Nostradamus, had listed him in his kindergarten yearbook as “most likely to take over for David Letterman.” As many people are aware, Mr. Nostradamus has been a bit off with other predictions over the years, but TV writers had been predicting for weeks that Fallon would be named Late Night’s host (and, of course, Letterman did indeed once host the show himself, jumping to CBS after the powers-that-be at NBC passed him over for Jay Leno to succeed Johnny Carson....
AT EMMYS, IT’S MOB RULE FOR FINAL TIME Last season’s lowest-rated network was the biggest winner at Sunday night’s 59th annual Emmy Awards bash, while last season’s top-rated network took only a single trophy. NBC took home seven awards, including best comedy series – 30 Rock.HBO’s The Sopranoswon for best drama, best writing and best directing but failed to nab honors for the series’ top stars. ABC won six awards, including a Best Actress in a Drama award to Sally Fields for Brothers & Sisters in the show’s first year....
In a rare move for a DC Comics owned property, Summit Entertainment has acquired the movie rights to the DC/Wildstorm title Red, written by Warren Ellis. The Hollywood Reporter says that while this is the first time a DC Comics title has left the Time Warner family, DC will remain an active part of the adaptation, with DC Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs Gregory Noveck serving as Executive Producer for the film....
The subject of video game movies has been a cursed topic for several years. With the Sonic the Hedgehog movies, audiences are buzzing about that curse being lifted and are looking towards Illumination for their upcoming Super Mario movie. While the details on that film are shrouded in mystery for now, Western audiences only have the live-action Mario Bros. movie to compare it to. But what if you were told that wasn’t the first time the popular plumber starred in his own movie?...
The actress discusses the biggest role she’s ever had, how she was cast in the film and how she lost her last name Former top model and popular Hong Kong film actress Maggie Q seemingly came out of nowhere to land to the role of Zhen in the Mission: Impossible franchise. After appearing in a bunch of films overseas, the actress was tapped for the role in Mission: Impossible III as a background operative for Ethan Hunt’s (Tom Cruise) team....
An alleged first reaction to The Batman has called director Matt Reeves’ take on the DC superhero icon “complex” and “controversial.” This exciting and intriguing description comes courtesy of Editor-in-Chief of AwardsAce.com, and continues with comparisons between The Batman and several cinematic classics from Chinatown to The Silence of the Lambs. While short on detail, the use of the word “controversial” is sure to have fans wondering exactly what The Batman will have in store for this cavalcade of iconic characters....
Director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson have crafted a stunning noir epic that rivals The Dark Knight. The Batman is a tour de force cinematic experience that will engulf you utterly. Gotham City drips in blood, corruption, and treachery as a tortured vigilante hunts a serial killer with a diabolical agenda. He uncovers frightening truths that shatter his sense of purpose. Raise your expectations to the stratosphere. The Batman is stupefyingly awesome....
After what feels like months and years of waiting (because it has been), The Batman has finally been unleashed, and the reviews are now in. So was it worth our patience, and have director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson managed to bring something new and refreshing to Batman’s mythos, or is the movie merely a cookie-cutter comic book outing? Thankfully, it seems to be the former. We shall begin with IGN’s Alex Stedman, who gifted The Batman a perfect rating of 10/10, calling the movie a “beautiful nightmare” and heaping praise on the cast, particularly Paul Dano and Zoe Kravitz as The Riddler and Catwoman, respectively....
Production recently started on director Sofia Coppola’s true crime drama The Bling Ring, which doesn’t have a release date set. A new batch of photos have arrived from the set, which offer our first look at Emma Watson, who plays a member of the title group. The story centers on the teenagers who broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities and made off with more than $3 million in stolen goods....
Producer and Star Trek enthusiast Larry Nemecek is embarking on the documentary The Con of Wrath, which chronicles one of the most notorious Star Trek conventions ever held. Taking place June 19th-21st, the show took place shortly after the theatrical release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and promised that the entire cast would be together for the first time on stage. It has been described as the original Star Trek “rock concert” arena convention that went from “meltdown to miracle”; an amazing save by fans, staff and Trek actors alike over three long days in 1982....
Roseanne Barr has released a new video saying that she was fired by ABC due to her voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. ABC canceled Roseanne, which has been a massive ratings earner for the network, following a racist tweet posted by Barr, in which, she referred to former Barack Obama staffer Valerie Jarrett as a product of the “Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.” In this latest video, she blames her firing over having voted for Trump and not the tweet....
Sylvester Stallone demonstrates his super strength in a new clip from the upcoming Prime Video superhero outing, Samaritan. Released courtesy of Prime Video, the footage offers another look at Sylvester Stallone as an aged superhero who has been missing in action for over two decades. You can check out the clip from Samaritan below. Described as a dark, new take on superhero movies, Samaritan follows Javon Walton as Sam Cleary, a young boy who goes in search of a mythic superhero who was thought to have died following an epic battle with his archenemy twenty-five years ago....
Season 4 of Alan Ball’s hit vampire series True Blood is set to premiere this summer on HBO. A new teaser trailer featuring the amnesiac Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) wandering shirtless down a deserted road proves that “waiting sucks”, and you can check it out in the clip below. As well, a True Blood Season 4 poster was exclusively commissioned for this year’s Paleyfest. You can check that out below as well....
