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Two weeks ago, the TV adaptation of Willow came to an end. After eight episodes, the epic fantasy series that worked as a continuation of the 1988 movie classic ended its first season with hopes of a second coming soon. And although there hasn’t been any official announcement, the team behind the show is already thinking about what’s to come. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, the director of the original film and producer of the series, Ron Howard, talked about the possibility of a continuation of the story:...

Following the success of his last two war epics, SS Rajamouli took things up by quite a few notches with RRR. Touted as one of India’s most visionary filmmakers, Rajamouli’s visual language and style has left a footprint globally. With his last 3 films grossing over hundreds of millions in revenue, Rajamouli is no stranger to scale or success. The legendary filmmaker is distinctively known for his extensive use of VFX, large scale action sequences, and periodic set-ups....

Samsung and Netflix have teamed up to bring Blu-ray content right to your living room without having to go to the mailbox. According to Variety, Samsung will be equipping its new players with technology to allow users to download content from Netflix’s Internet streaming service. Samsung is not the first to make this foray into streaming with Netflix. LG recently put a similar BD player on the market last month, Roku Inc....

It just wouldn’t be Comic-Con without certain things. Crazy long lines, Kevin Smith and the hit CW Network series Smallville, which will premiere its ninth season on September 25, with the show airing on Friday nights at 8 PM ET on the CW Network. The show is back for yet another year at the San Diego convention and we had the chance to speak with cast members Allison Mack, Erica Durance, Cassidy Freeman, Justin Hartley and the latest addition to the cast, Callum Blue, who is portraying the evil Zod....

After much speculation about what Marvel’s Secret Invasion TV show will bring to the MCU story, it looks like we have an answer, thanks to Kevin Feige’s appearance at Disney’s upfront presentation this week. We already knew that the series will come in six parts and adapts the comic book story arc in which the shape-shifting Skrulls infiltrate the Earth, and that the likes of Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn will be reprising their respective roles of Nick Fury and Talos, who were last seen in the post-credit scene of Spider-Man: Far From Home....

Justin Lin allows us to climb behind the wheel of his upcoming high-octane sequel On April 3rd, both Paul Walker and Vin Diesel will return to the franchise that made them famous. The original cast behind The Fast and the Furious is teaming up with Tokyo Drift director Justin Lin for an all-new adventure that promises to be one of, if not the most, exciting films in this wildly popular series....

Scheduled to hit theaters on January 14th 2011, actor/comedian Seth Rogen will take on the role of Britt Reid, a newspaper publisher who becomes the mysterious Green Hornet, and posing as a criminal secretly fights crime along side his faithful sidekick Kato, played by Taiwanese musician Jay Chou. Rogen also wrote the script with his Superbad writing partner Evan Goldberg, while the film is directed by acclaimed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry....

Showtime has quietly pulled the plug on the Sony Pictures TV-produced drama Huff, according to Variety. The most heralded series in Showtime history, it scored a record seven series Emmy noms for its frosh season. The Hank Azaria starrer revolved around a troubled psychiatrist and his dysfunctional family. The cable channel notified the cast this week of its decision to end the series after two seasons. Showtime entertainment topper Robert Greenblatt was so impressed by the first few episodes of Huff in 2004 that he gave the second season a greenlight before the show had even premiered....

OK101 Ltd, Fantawild Film Industry Investment Inc., Asia Entertainment Media Ltd., National Film Capital and Hyde Park International have greenlit director Kirk Wong’s martial arts action thriller Six, which was written by Feng Li (Hero), Erik Martinez and Doug Brode. OK101, Fantawild, Asia Entertainment Media and National Film Capital are co-producing while Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International (HPI) will executive produce and handle worldwide sales, excluding Greater China. Six is a martial arts action thriller enveloped in Manga trappings....

Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli today presented the cast of the 23rd James Bond adventure, entitled Skyfall. The film, from Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment, is directed by Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes and stars Daniel Craig, who returns for his third film as James Bond 007. The screenplay is written by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan. Skyfall, which goes into production on Monday, November 7th, will begin its worldwide roll-out in the UK and Ireland on October 26th 2012 and in North America on November 9th 2012....

It’s been more than a year since the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the third installment in the Tom Holland commanded saga within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And it doesn’t matter how much time has passed, as there’s still plenty of content to share about the film. The acclaimed box office hit was one of Marvel Studios’ most successful entries, not only because of Holland’s charisma but because it brought back two other legendary versions of the character to finally introduce the concept of the multiverse that’s now being explored in the rest of the stories inside the MCU....

Everybody’s favorite web-slinger is preparing to return to New York City, this time on the Broadway stage. Marvel Vice President Peter Cuneo spoke to IESB.net about the future plans for Spider-Man: The Musical, and it seems that things are moving forward nicely for the show. Julie Taymor is confirmed as the director, and U2’s Bono and The Edge have completed the score. Cuneo says that Marvel is “very pleased” with the show, which has already been completed....

As amazing as the film was, Spider-Man: No Way Home was heartbreaking for Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. Despite his best efforts to remedy a bad situation, this young hero ultimately found himself in a world that no longer remembered him as Spider-Man. From his companions in the Avengers to his best friend Ned, Dr. Strange’s spell wiped Peter from everyone’s minds. Even his girlfriend, Michelle Jones, wasn’t spared. As a result, Peter was left utterly alone....

The world’s most famous web slinger is now jumping off the silver screen and onto the walls of homes and offices. Fathead, which produces life-size vinyl wall graphics, has launched its Spider-Man product line. The line features images from Columbia Pictures’ Spider-Man 3, which was released on May 4. Two of these images feature Spider-Man in his traditional red and blue costume while the other is in his power-enhancing black suit....

We are inching closer and closer to Star Trek 2’s production start date of January 15, which we reported on last month. It is believed that several key Star Trek cast members will reprise their roles for the sci-fi sequel, although it was never known if Bruce Greenwood would be back as Captain Pike. Screenwriter-producer Roberto Orci has confirmed that Bruce Greenwood’s Pike has been written into the sequel, though the actor hasn’t officially come on board at this time....

For better or for worse, Office Space remains the role Stephen Root is most associated with. While he has gone on to appear as dozens of other characters in film and television since 1999, Root is still fondly remembered for playing Milton, a meek loner growing increasingly frustrated with his job. He is particularly fond of his red Swingline stapler, devastating Milton when his boss (Gary Cole) forcefully takes it from him....

An interesting story is developing around the set of The Grudge 2. Apparently, student filmmaker Jason Cutler was allowed by Sony to come to Tokyo and shoot his senior thesis about the making of this film. It seems that he got to Tokyo, started shooting footage in and around the set, and compiled various talking head footage with the cast and crew. Cutler even managed to capture the actors in some highly candid moments and had begun blogging about his experiences online....

BIG BLUE ACQUIRES STUDIOS’ MOVIE SITE Blockbuster will attempt to do what the major studios could not: make downloading movies appealing to consumers. On Wednesday the video-rental company announced that it had bought the online movie service Movielink, which was originally launched in 2002 by five studios: MGM, Paramount, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros. with the hope that it would become an attractive alternative to pirate websites. But the service never appeared to fulfill its founders’ expectations – largely due, it was said, to prices that corresponded to those for DVDs (although many “extras” were missing) the slow downloading time, the inability to burn the movies to discs, and the difficulty of showing the downloaded films on TV sets....

BOX OFFICE WAS SUPER, TOO If studio predictions turn out to be correct, the box office competed effectively against the Super Bowl on Sunday, with the thriller flick Takentaking in $24.6 million, making it the second-highest earner ever on a Super Bowl weekend. It is difficult, however, to estimate the effect on ticket sales of the Super Bowl. Studio executives believe that Taken’s audience was 52 percent male and 60 percent over the age of 60....

MARCH MADNESS SCORES AGAINEven though CBS’s Thursday night coverage of the NCAA Basketball Tournament failed to draw the kind of overwhelming ratings that the network’s regular lineup does, they were still good enough to give CBS an overall win for the night – although it failed to capture the top position among adults 18-49. That victory went to NBC, which attracted younger viewers with Will & Grace, two episodes of My Name Is Earl, and E....