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Video-game film adaptations have often been unsuccessful, but Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) was able to win over the hearts of many. The film’s first trailer revealed a “realistic” computer-animated design for Sonic which was met with an overwhelmingly negative response. But Paramount delayed the film to redesign the title character, which prompted hardcore Sonic fans and casual moviegoers to give the film a chance. The film had an irresistible charm, great humor, solid action sequences, and an excellent cast....

Star Wars is a long-running multimedia sci-fi franchise that has been in existence since 1977. The franchise features a number of films, TV shows, video games, and other merchandise that have even spawned the creation of the theme park Galaxy’s Edge. With such a vast array of content, there are dozens of characters for the audience to observe and root for as they see fit. Whether it’s wanting to see Darth Vader’s tyrannical force or Luke Skywalker at his strongest, every Star Wars fan has something they wish to see....

Actor Steve Buscemi is in negotiations to join the comedy Burt Wonderstone for New Line Cinema and director Don Scardino. Steve Buscemi is in talks to portray Anton, the magician partner of Steve Carell’s title character. After Anton is injured during their “Hotbox” trick, he packs up and heads to India to teach magic. Burt Wonderstone tries to convince Anton to return when a new street magician (Jim Carrey) starts turning heads....

Stranger Things has been a certifiable phenomenon, a huge score for Netflix’s and one of the first creative efforts to spark the worldwide resurgence in 1980s era nostalgia. Fans hoping the 3rd season would premier around Halloween (as was the case with Season 2) will have to wait, as we’re just getting word the streaming giant has shifted its target return date to summer, 2019. The news comes from programming executive Cindy Holland who address journalists at this year’s Television Critics Association summer press tour....

HARRY’S SPELL WEAKENS ON WEEKEND Bringing some box-office analysts up short, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeon Sunday earned about $2 million less than what Warner Bros. had estimated, winding up with $77.8 million for the three-day weekend and $158 million from Wednesday, when it opened. The film actually ended up on Sunday selling fewer tickets than Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixdid on its first Sunday two years ago....

LOST DRAWS KILLER RATINGSDemonstrating once again that there’s nothing like killing off a regular character to produce solid ratings during a “sweeps” week, the producers of ABC’s Lostshot down Shannon, played by Maggie Grace, on an episode that garnered a 13.1 rating and a 19 share (8.3/20 among adults 18-49). Executive producer Carlton Cuse told USA Today that Grace was “really awesome” after learning that her character was being written out of the show....

DICK CLARK STILL RINGS IN RATINGS Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest, which aired from 11:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.,remained the most-watched New Year’s Eve show Wednesday/Thursday although its ratings slipped slightly from last year’s, according to preliminary Nielsen figures. The countdown show, which has aired annually on ABC for 37 years, averaged an 8.5 rating this year versus an 8.8 a year ago. Earlier in the evening, a primetime special featuring Clark and Seacrest dominated the 10:00 p....

To no surprise, Superman Returns won the weekend box office - the surprise came with the dollar amount, a somewhat disappointing $52 million. The Bryan Singer-directed super hero film was expected to take in much more than that after opening two days earlier on June 28th, especially with the enormous positive buzz it was receiving. But since Wednesday’s release, the Warner Bros. film has made $84.2 million - again, much lower than what people expected....

The decade-spanning Rocky franchise continues on without Sylvester Stallone, thanks to the Creed series, but Stallone has now revealed that, if the studio had their way, he would return for more solo outings as the beloved Rocky Balboa. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Stallone reveals that the studio is still trying to persuade him back into the ring – but they’re going to have to face him at the negotiating table first....

The rogues’ gallery that belongs to the Batman universe is arguably the best of any film franchise, any TV show, or any comic publisher. Cinematically, it is only the second franchise to see two different actors win an Academy Award for portraying the same character, compliments of Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker. (Here’s some trivia answer for you: the first character portrayal to see two different actors win an Academy Award was Vito Corleone by both Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro in The Godfather trilogy....

For movie-going audiences, some of the most memorable viewing experiences can be found by chasing that sense of morbid curiosity which resides in all of us. While this desire can occasionally be quenched via grotesque extreme cinema or tear-jerking tales of sadness, many find that the best way to satisfy their cravings is by seeking out some legendary “so bad it’s good” films. Being able to laugh at a movie’s obvious shortcomings is a time-honored tradition among not only professional critics, but even just between friends sitting together on a couch, with one of the most common ingredients within these fascinating flubs being an assortment of awful special effects....

Monster movies are the backbone of horror and science fiction. Both genres gave way to vertebrates standing upright, crawling and stalking towards their unwitting prey. Lumbering masses had victims cowering in fear, desperate for the end of their misery. Viewers watched on in terror, witnessing the unthinkable and impossible tragedies unfold. From the classic Universal Monsters to the underappreciated B-movies, there was no shortage of schlock and shock to match our craving for Creature Features....

Michael Jai White makes his debut as The Bronze Tiger in the first TV spot for Arrow’s upcoming Season 2 episode “Identity”, airing Wednesday, October 16. Guest star Kelly Hu also returns as China White next week to do battle with Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), who tries to stop thieves from stealing drugs sent to Glades Memorial Hospital. It’s also worth mentioning that, if you haven’t caught up with Season 1 of this hit CW Network series, the entire season is now available on Netflix Instant....

Paula, Simon, Randy and Ryan talk about the continued success of their show When the panel from American Idol got together recently to discuss their top ranking show, they stressed the fact that it is a show that families watch together. They all feel that the wide appeal, to young and old, is what makes the show so popular. “It appeals to all demographics,” says Paula Abdul. “We get into trouble for this sometimes, but I generally think it is a real reality show,” comments Simon Cowell....

Robert Zemeckis is following his first live-action project in 12 years, Flight, with the true-story adaptation Taking Flight for 20th Century Fox. We first reported on this project back in April 2010, when the studio acquired a book proposal by Bob Friel that chronicles the bizarre criminal exploits of Colton Harris-Moore, a.k.a. The Barefoot Bandit. The teenager is suspected of committing over 100 crimes after he escaped from a Pacific Northewest juvenile detention center in 2008....

Roseanne is back! March 27 will make way for The Conners’ official return to TV with all-new episodes of the classic series. Tonight ABC debuted the first footage from upcoming revival during the Oscars telecast. With fresh stories that tackle today’s issues and even more laughs from a brilliant cast and crew that haven’t missed a beat, audiences old and new will celebrate the homecoming of America’s favorite working-class family....

After a successful inaugural season, ESPN on ABC’s Saturday Night Football, broadcast television’s first-ever weekly college football primetime series, will return beginning September 1. The debut season of Saturday Night Football out delivered the previous year’s programming in the same time slot by 24%, performed strongly in key demographic categories and won the night for all of television on six occasions (additional audience information below). “The response to this unprecedented college football showcase was overwhelming,” said George Bodenheimer, president, ESPN, Inc....

Wanda Maximoff was first a prominent member of the X-Men and daughter of Magneto; alas, Marvel Studios was cautious about treading too closely to the 20th Century FoX-Men saga as they tested the concept of mutants in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. A momentary tease of the Maximoff twins was caught during the post-credit scenes of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and promised that the gifted duo would make their reprise as a constant within the once-unfurling phase of the cinematic saga....

We take a look at another TNT favorite during our day of set visits After our visit in Sylmar for the Saving Grace set visit, we all hopped back on the bus back to Hollywood and met up with the cast of The Closer, the immensely-successful series starring Kyra Sedgwick. We were watching the season premiere on the bus, but I had already seen it. It’s quite a fine season premiere that deals with an immense fire that stars in Griffith Park, with an old face from the end of the first season showing up....

Moviehole.net pointed us in the direction of a recent Shawn Wayans interview, where the self-professed comedian talked with Moviepicturefilm.com about his upcoming The Munsters film adaptation. Shawn explained that the film would not be getting their trademark R rating, explaining, “The Munsters is going to be PG-13. You know what happened with the rated R thing is that we were doing our rated R comedies and then they started clamping down on kids going into the theater....