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WILL MOVIES WEATHER RECESSION? The movie business may not be as recession proof as some industry executives have suggested, the Los Angeles Timesobserved today (Wednesday), citing a recent study by Forrester Research. According to the study, consumers now have numerous cheaper alternatives to a night at the movies – particularly the Internet. It found that most adults 25-34 are most willing to sacrifice moviegoing during a recession but they are least willing to give up Internet access....

One Suicide Squad movie was enough for Scott Eastwood. In 2016, Eastwood had a role in director David Ayer’s original film as “GQ” Edwards, a Navy SEAL Lieutenant who assists Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) with the group’s mission. That role was originally supposed to go to Shia LeBeouf, though Ayer saw great potential in Eastwood and insisted on casting him for the part. In a new interview with Insider, Eastwood explains how committed Ayer was to bringing him in....

Justice League Unlimited was a DC Animated Universe show that ran from 2004-2006. A direct sequel to Justice League, Unlimited brought in some major changes, the biggest one being a vastly expanded roster of heroes aside from the core seven of Justice League. With new heroes comes new stories and new possibilities. Let’s take a look at some of the best episodes of Justice League Unlimited. MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY...

The Canadian actor Michael Cera has hands down made a name for himself, standing out from Hollywood’s most elite mainstream actors as a result of his fun and distinct format of comedic acting. Starting out his career as a child actor, Michael Cera was the voice of Brother Bear on the children’s television show The Berenstain Bears, not to mention, he portrayed a young Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind....

The addition of Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian’s Giancarlo Esposito to The Boys has fans excited to see what kind of shady dealings the actor will bring to proceedings as Stan Edgar. Antony Starr, who plays Homelander , sadistic leader of The Seven, has offered some insight into what to expect, teasing a turbulent relationship between the pair. Elisabeth Shue’s Madelyn Stillwell provided the unhinged Homelander with an anchor, but with her now out of the picture, it is hard to imagine what the vicious superhero will get up to....

Two different versions of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” is coming home to DVD April 4th from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Coming in both single and double-disc versions, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe” is a spectacular live-action/CGI motion picture adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ beloved literary classic. Lewis’ timeless adventure follows the exploits of the four Pevensie siblings - Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter - in World War II England who enter the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of ‘hide-and-seek’ in the rural country home of an elderly professor....

Special effects have been a part of filmmaking since the 1902 classic short A Trip to the Moon. It helps people to escape reality and better enter worlds they may never see with the naked eye. Special effects as an art form has grown from the practical to the computer generated over time, with many of today’s films relying on digital VFX and CGI to boost a level of realism that is difficult to be done practically....

It seems that a popular Adult Swim program series will be taking some jabs at two of 2009’s biggest theatrical films. Sci Fi Wire recently spoke with Robot Chicken co-creator Seth Green, who revealed the show will be poking fun at both Avatar and the Twilight film series in the new season. Green said that they currently have five episodes written for the new season and we can expect to see these parodies in, “about 10 months....

There is something inherently appealing in subjecting silly and imaginative ideas to real-world logistics. Films and television have been turning childlike concepts into fleshed-out worlds, with their own politics and bureaucracies, for quite some time, at least since 1941’s Here Comes Mr. Jordan. The world of Santa in The Santa Claus, the late-night work of a tooth fairy in The Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny in Hop, and many other movies have all featured imaginary figures dealing with real, mundane life....

Netflix is one of the biggest streaming services available today. For a few years now, the company has created a platform for not only series and movies but also produced some great original Netflix series and movies. Amongst them are the hit shows Stranger Things (and its recently released fourth season, volume one), Round 6, and Bridgerton. Dipping their toes into different genres is not unusual and tends to work in the company’s favor....

Author Shauna Cross talks about her derby film Most times, nine times out of 10 I’d say, if a book is optioned by a production company or a studio, a different writer will be brought in to adapt the book into the screenplay. Such wasn’t the case with Whip It, which comes out on DVD and Blu-ray on January 26. The film was based off the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, who was actually a screenwriter who wrote the book based off her own experiences as a roller derby girl… which she quickly parlayed into a movie deal where she wrote the screenplay....

When you were a kid, what were you afraid of? Maybe you didn’t like the dark. Perhaps you heard things in the white noise of ventilation systems or buzzing fans – voices, murmurs, things that felt like they were there, and maybe you’d convince yourself they really were. But in the flash of incandescent bulbs, they’re gone. It’s only natural. At one point in time, humans had to keep their eyes and ears alert for whatever monstrosities hid under the veil of night....

Davis Films producer Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody announced that rising star Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Vampire, Generation Um, next starring in Mad Max: Fury Road) and Kit Harington (HBO’s upcoming series Game of Thrones) will top-line Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. The film begins lensing in Toronto today and is directed by Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane, Deathwatch). International sales are being handled by Lionsgate. The first photo of Adelaide Clemens as Heather Mason has been released below....

Maybe Steve Martin can be the next comedian to play Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live. At the Kennedy Center Honors, the president of the United States appeared to celebrate artists including Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, and Lorne Michaels. Referring to Michaels, Biden joked that the Saturday Night Live creator was “trying out seven guys to play me,” referring to all of those who’ve imitated Biden on the sketch comedy program over the years....

Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced today that Star Wars is the bestselling catalog Blu-ray Disc of all time with worldwide sales totaling one million units, including 515,000 units sold in North America in its first week alone. This represents $84 million in worldwide consumer spend including $38 million in North America - unprecedented for a nine-disc Blu-ray collection at a premium price. The thirteen-month campaign to launch Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray and engage consumers around the globe began in August 2010....

Star Wars: Visions premiered in 2021 and was met with positive reception from critics and fans. The anthology series saw some of the world’s best anime creators bring their talent to the beloved universe in a series of individual stories for Disney+. The studios responsible for the show’s animation include Kamikaze Douga, Studio Colorido, Geno Studio, Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Production I.G., and Science SARU, to name a few. The first episode in the series, titled The Duel, is currently nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program, something executive producer James Waugh is very proud of....

Just as queer people have been around since the beginning of time, queer characters in media have been present, even if their identity isn’t always outwardly stated. This, of course, has been part of the bigger issue. Over the past 30 years, there has been a rising prominence of queer representation in mainstream media that has helped to shed light on the experience of LGBTQIA+ people. Queer media first emerged as an underground medium, providing a way of communicating the issues that LGBTQIA+ people were faced with....

MGM and their new streaming service Stargate Command has launched a teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated Stargate Origins, which announces that the new 10-episode series will debut February 15, 2018. The series was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con this summer, during the 20th Anniversary panel for Stargate SG-1, with MGM unveiling the new Stargate Command streaming service there as well, where fans can revisit all of the previous Stargate shows from within this sci-fi franchise....

Stephen King, one of the most prolific writers in history, is also best known for his tales of horror, the supernatural, and the viscerally disturbing. Considering the quality of his written work, it’s no wonder, then, that many have made the jump to the big and small screens. Indeed, King’s latest novel Fairy Tale only just hit the shelves earlier this Fall, but is already being optioned for a movie adaptation from director Paul Greengrass....

Stranger Things season 4 is currently in limbo thanks to the ongoing global situation, but that does not mean we cannot get excited, particularly when the talent behind the hit show continues to make the upcoming series sound like it could be the best yet. David Harbour, who, of course, plays the delightfully grumpy hero Jim Hopper on the show, has been discussing what audiences can expect, and it sounds like Stranger Things is about to delve into Hopper’s still somewhat mysterious backstory....