Star Wars Rebels revisits Mandalorian lore in the excellent Trials of the Darksaber. Sabine (Tiya Sircar) had recovered the Darksaber from their last encounter with Maul on Dathomir. Now she must embrace her family’s heritage in an effort to free them from their alliance with the Empire. Sabine kicks a whole lot of behind, but we rarely see her get emotional. Trials of the Darksaber shows her grow considerably as a character....
The first trailer for The Outsider is here. This is the latest Stephen King adaptation to make its way to the small screen, courtesy of HBO. It stars Ben Mendelsohn in the lead role and represents a rather quick turnaround, given that the novel was published in May 2018. Yet, King is about as hot as it gets right now in Hollywood, save for maybe anything with the Marvel brand on it....
DreamWorks has picked up screen rights to The 39 Clues, a multiplatform adventure series set to launch in the fall by Scholastic Media. Steven Spielberg is eyeing the project as a directing vehicle. According to Variety, Spielberg is expected to set a screenwriter in the next few weeks. The 39 Clues which launches Sept. 9, is envisioned as a 10-book series to be released over two years. It’s described as a multimedia adventure that will include a set of collectible cards and an online game that will serve as a portal as young readers try to solve a mystery for a grand prize of $10,000....
Stranger Things has amassed to one of the most popular shows Netflix has ever produced. After four seasons of heartbreak, reunions, and downright awful circumstances for Hawkins, the show has gathered tens of millions of fans and billions of hours of watch-time. Although the Netflix series displays eye-catching graphics, an exciting storyline, and offers tens of hours of binge-watching, none of these things are the most compelling reason to watch Stranger Things — it’s the characters....
ROSIE TO RETURNRosie O’Donnell is expected to replace Meredith Vieira on ABC’s syndicated talk show The View, the TV newsmagazine Extrareported Thursday. The Associated Press later reported that an unnamed person close to the show had confirmed the Extra story. Asked by a fan on her website whether it was true “or are you not at liberty to discuss,” O’Donnell responded “NALTD.” Vieira is departing the show to become the co-host of NBC’s Today....
BOX OFFICE: NOT SUPER BAD BUT NOT SUPER GOOD, EITHER. The summer box office is believed to have inched past the $4-billion mark over the weekend, thereby surpassing the record of $3.95 billion set in 2004. (Last year’s total was $3.63 billion.) It occurred over a late-August weekend, which studios still consider a time when young moviegoers are preparing to return to school and have had their fill of expensive Hollywood productions....
MOVIEGOER TO DREAMWORKS: I KID YOU NOT Final figures confirmed Monday that Paramount/DreamWorks’ The Heartbreak Kid, which had been expected to win the box-office race hands-down, was thrown for a loss by the football-themed family movie The Game Plan. Heartbreakopened in second place with $14 million, while the second week of Game Planremained in first with $16.6 million. The Jamie Foxx-starring thriller The Kingdomslipped to second place with $9.7 million. Two other new films tanked in their debuts....
THREE IDOLS IN TOP TEN All three editions of American Idol– the performance show, the results show and the “Gives Back” show – wound up in Nielsen’s top ten ratings for last week; however, the total number of viewers who tuned in to watch them was significantly lower than last year’s count during the comparable week. But then, the total TV audience was down significantly as well, as the aftereffects of the recent writers’ strike continued to linger....
EMMY NODS: SOPRANOS GETS MORE BANG FOR THE BLANK The Sopranosmay have ended with a blank screen, but it filled up the list of Emmy nominations announced today (Thursday) with 15 bids, including best drama, best actor (James Gandolfini) and best actress (Edie Falco) in its categories. Nevertheless, the made-for-TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Kneecounted up the most nominations, 17. Three new shows also made the list of contenders – Heroes, Ugly Betty,and 30 Rock....
The Superman Returns DVD will be released on November 28th and DVD Active has hi-res images of the cover art from the front and back of the DVD case. According to DVD Active: Warner Home Video has officially announced Superman Returns which stars Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, and Kevin Spacey. The film will be available to own in single ($28.98) and double-disc ($34.99) editions from the 28th November. Each will carry a 2....
The CW has announced that the final 7 episodes of Supernatural will air this fall. In addition to the highly anticipated final episodes, a brand-new hour-long retrospective, titled Supernatural: The Long Way Home, will air before the series finale. While the network announced when the show will return, they did not specify when production on the final two episodes will start back up or where it will take place. With that being said, fans of the beloved show will more than likely just be happy to hear that the final season will be completed....
Supernatural fans are going to have to wait longer than expected to see how the Winchester’s story finishes up, as the show’s final season has been put on hold indefinitely. The CW’s long-running series recently aired the 13th episode of season 15, set to be the show’s final season, but that is going to be the last episode for some time, as revealed by showrunner Andrew Dabb. This is because production has been shut down temporarily....
The CW Network has provided us with the first clip from the highly-anticipated Season 6 debut of Supernatural, entitled “Exile on Main Street”, debuting Friday, September 24 at 9 PM ET. Click below to take a look at the first clip which feature the old yellow eyed demon from the first 2 seasons coming back to haunt Dean! It’s a year later and Dean (Jensen Ackles) has given up hunting and is living with Lisa (guest star Cindy Sampson) and her son Ben (guest star Nicholas Elia)....
American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy is keeping good on his promise to bring back some of his original Season 1 actors by casting Taissa Farmiga, who previously played Violet Harmon, in a lead role for Season 3 of the horror anthology series. Here’s what Ryan Murphy had to say about bringing the actress back. While no specifics about the role were revealed, Taissa Farmiga’s character will be involved in a romance similar to the relationship between Violet and Tate (Evan Peters) in Season 1....
Seth Gilliam, who currently has a recurring role on MTV’s Teen Wolf, has signed on for a series regular role in AMC’s The Walking Dead for Season 5. The character he is playing is listed in the break down as Michael Todd, although this is not his real name. The character is described as having a friendly sense of humor who also has a dark side stemming from his past. There is no character named Michael in Robert Kirkman’s comic book series, except a young child named Mikey....
Australian actress Teresa Palmer has been generating a lot of buzz in Hollywood for sometime now due in large part to her attachment to two high profile projects that she ended up not participating in. She first gained the attention of fan-boys everywhere when director George Miller cast her as the evil Talia al Ghul, daughter of Batman villain Ra’s al Ghul, in the unmade film, Justice League Of America based on the popular DC Comics’ book....
South Korea has been masterful at turning niche cultural exports into global phenomena. From music to fashion, from YouTube to TV and cinema, the Korean wave swept over the whole world and swept us off our feet as a result. The Guardian even reports that more than 20 new words of Korean origin have been added to the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, and Netflix has said that 97% of its American audience has watched a non-English title in 2020-2021....
MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY 8 Lady In The Water Warner Bros. Pictures This 2006 film Lady in the Water features a building manager, Cleveland Heep (played by Paul Giamatti), who pulls a mysterious girl from the pool he maintains. He learns that she is a creature from a bedtime story, a “narf” who has been chased into the human world by the monster from her world, the Scrunt. The movie is directed by M....
When people think of animated movies, Disney and Pixar are most likely the first to pop into their heads, perhaps followed by something like Shrek or Kung Fu Panda from from DreamWorks Animation. Netflix Original is probably far further down the list, but judging from the impressive recent output of its subsidiary animation studio, Netflix Animation, it looks as if that could all be about to change. As Netflix’s focus has shifted towards producing more original and exclusive content in recent years, Netflix Animation burst onto the scene in 2019 (the same year Disney+ became available, coincidentally) with the release of the critically acclaimed Christmas feature Klaus....
Still currently in its fourth season, NBC has just renewed The Biggest Loser. According to Variety, the show will return sometime during the midseason. The show continues to serve up huge ratings for the network. This time out, NBC has ordered an additional fourteen episodes. The twist in season five has the competitors paired up into teams. Alison Sweeney is the show’s current host. Executive producers include Ben Silverman, Dave Broome, JD Roth, Todd Nelson and Mark Koops....
