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The surprisingly triumphant return of beloved video game icon Sonic the Hedgehog is now not far away, and a set of character posters have sped into view to hype the imminent sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Released via the movie’s official Twitter account and featuring the title character doing what he does best, running really fast while looking oddly smug about it, the posters also tease the introduction of fan-favorite franchise characters Tails and Knuckles, with one set to assist Sonic while the other aims to hurt him....

Kraven the Hunter has been making headlines for the last several months as the cast Sony’s Villain-Verse film continues to grow. In a recent report from Deadline, Alessandro Nivola has been cast as the “villain” who will take on Kraven the Hunter. Nivola caught a lot of attention when he took on the role of Dickie Moltisanti in last year’s The Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark....

Several new posters for Stranger Things Season 4 tease the grey-and-grim atmosphere of the upcoming Netflix series. Released via social media, these latest posters spotlight some of the adults of the story, with Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour as Jim Hopper, and Brett Gelman as Murray Bauman hovering amid a clashing red and blue sky. Despite the explosive events at the end of Stranger Things Season 3, Jim Hopper is alive and well....

i>ATONEMENT TAKES THE LEAD Atonement, the British period romance which received strong reviews and has attracted solid box-office business in limited release, received seven Golden Globes nominations today – more than any other film. Joining it among best drama nominees were American Gangster, Eastern Promises, The Great Debaters, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men,and There Will Be Blood.It was the first time that seven films had ever been included in a Golden Globes category....

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY In a state-of-the-industry report released in Washington Tuesday, the Motion Picture Association of America said that movie and TV businesses were responsible for contributing $60.46 billion to the country’s economy and that they were responsible for generating 1.3 million jobs in 2005. Speaking to an MPAA symposium, MPAA Chairman Dan Glickman said, “The creative output of the American motion picture and television industry is widely appreciated around the world, yet its contribution to the nation’s economy is seldom recognized....

DISNEY ISSUES NO-SMOKING EDICT In what was regarded as a largely symbolic gesture, the Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday said that depictions of smoking would be barred in all films released under the Disney brand and discouraged in those released by its Touchstone and Miramax brands. (Film buffs could only recall one leading character, Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmatians, ever smoking in a Disney film.) The company also said that anti-smoking pubic service announcements would be included on DVDs of future films in which cigarette smoking is shown....

FOX TROTS OUT NEW SHOWS Fox unveiled seven new scripted shows for next season Thursday, but viewers will have to wait until January to see four of them. For most of the fall, viewers will be getting a somewhat reduced diet of baseball playoffs and unscripted reality series. They will also be able to check out two new dramas, K-Villeand New Amsterdam and the Kelsey Grammer-Patricia Heaton sitcom Back to You....

SEASON GETS OFF TO ANOTHER SLOW START The major broadcast networks together saw their audience decline 7 percent during the first week of the fall season compared to the same week a year ago or 15 percent compared to the same week in 2005, according to figures from Nielsen Research. NBC, which placed last among the networks for the full season last year, got off to an even worse start this year as its household ratings fell 13 percent from the same week a year ago....

The CW has released a new teaser trailer for their upcoming ArrowVerse crossover event. This particular Elseworlds sneak peek, which is just as brief as the ones we’ve been treated to previously, highlights Supergirl, one of the three heroes participating in this year’s event. Clearly, her world is going to be turned upside down, as Kara isn’t just going to be locked up in a meta-human prison and considered a danger to society, but she won’t even be recognized by her own sister....

Listen up, all you boys and ghouls! Some very awesome props from the iconic HBO horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt are now up for auction. And they can be yours if the price is right. Makeup effects legend Kevin Yagher is emptying his garage, and dusting off some iconic pieces of TV history. And they include the creepy baby Crypt Keeper. Who wouldn’t want this little darling crawling around the house?...

With the launch of their flagship character, Steamboat Willie. Disney established itself as a pioneer in the animation industry. It was, in fact, animation that bestowed the Walt Disney Company the beginnings of their nearly-effortless achieved fame and overall prominence as an all-encompassing entertainment company, as the animation team was responsible for creating the studio’s most recognizable animation eras and classics. Walt Disney Animation Studios consequently led the charge in evolving traditional animation as the medium underwent periods of evolution that encouraged animators to elevate their craft in the process....

Various primetime television programming centered around the police procedural have always been popular within the American construct, going back to the earliest days of television that drew from the cop and crime shows of radio. For those of you with parents or grandparents who routinely watch these series of television shows, it has somehow stuck with you from childhood, later spilling into your own adult viewing preferences. It may have been hard to predict as a little kid, that the adult ‘you’ would be super excited by a new Law & Order episode airing later on in the evening....

It looks like Jason Bourne has done it again. For the sixth week in a row, The Bourne Ultimatum has topped the weekend box office charts overseas. The film took in $13 million in 48 markets. The film has made a total of $204 million outside the U.S. The Simpsons Movie and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, coming in second and third, made roughly the same as The Bourne Ultimatum combined....

Robert Vaughn discusses shooting the show in the States, why he doesn’t watch dramatic TV and his favorite roles In the AMC series Hustle, Robert Vaughn plays a veteran con man. He is and will always be best known for his role as Napoleon Solo in the 1960’s show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Besides these two television shows - and countless guest spots on various other TV shows - Vaughn has had an illustrious film career....

According to The Los Angeles Times, screenwriter Russell Gewirtz is working on developing stories for two very different heist movies: a potential sequel to his first script, Inside Man, and an untitled thriller starring Eddie Murphy and Chris Rock as Trump Tower janitors who scheme to rip off its luxury tenants. Bill Collage and Adam Cooper (New York Minute, Accepted) wrote the first draft of the Trump project, from an original Murphy idea....

Samm Levine is coming off a successful 2009 after being one of the celebrated “basterds” of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and 2010 looks to be an even bigger success for the actor. We caught up with Levine on the red carpet of the Streamy Awards last night in downtown Los Angeles and the actor told us about a new film of his coming out that we had previously not heard much about before, Drones....

NBC is in the midst of reviving Saved by the Bell with a sequel series for the network’s streaming service Peacock, and the show has found its lead in transgender actress Josie Totah. Known for her roles in Glee, Champions, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, Totah will play the role of “Lexi” in the upcoming series revival. The character is described as a “beautiful, sharp-tongued cheerleader and the most popular girl at Bayside High, who is both admired and feared by her fellow students....

Yesterday, a new piece of promo artwork debuted touting The Walking Dead’s presence at San Diego Comic-Con 2012. Today we have another promo banner, showcasing Andrew Lincoln and new characters Michonne (Danai Gurira) and The Governor (David Morrissey). Oddly enough, though, there is also a glimpse of a helicopter, which may be a tease for some intriguing developments in Season 3. Take a look at the artwork, and read on for more details on the highly-anticipated season from showrunner Glen Mazzara....

HeyUGuys has debuted the new international trailer for the upcoming high-tech thriller Source Code, which hits theaters nationwide on April 1. Click below to watch more footage from Duncan Jones’ latest project, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal: When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the Source Code, a program that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last 8 minutes of his life....

Each MCU series on Disney+ has been a hit among critics and fans. Whether it’s the fight scenes, Easter eggs, or general dialogue between the characters, the series live up to the films they follow or precede. A theme of many of the shows centers on grief, especially with the Avengers characters like Wanda Maximoff, Sam Wilson, and Clint Barton. Conversely, others function as an expansion of the MCU as we originally knew it....