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Bill Paxton To Lead ‘Training Day’ TV Series At CBS By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 26, 2016 1:30 pm EST Earlier this month, news surfaced that Ethan Hawke had been offered the opportunity to reprise his role as detective Jake Hoyt from the 2001 crime thriller Training Day for the TV series adaptation in the works at CBS. At one time, there was a hope that Hawke would take the lead role in the series as a more seasoned, now morally ambiguous version of his character, but the actor wasn’t interested in dedicating that much time to the TV series....

By Germain Lussier/Feb. 2, 2015 6:00 am EST We’ve got a haunting exclusive reveal for you. Artist Timothy Pittides will be releasing a limited edition screenprint for the classic George Romero zombie film, Night of the Living End, at Dallas Comic Con this weekend. Below, you can see several images of the Night of the Living Dead Poster and read about Pittides’ inspiration. Here’s the Night of the Living Dead Poster by Timothy Pittides....

Cool Stuff: Movie Posters For Sequels That Never Happened, Now On Sale By Germain Lussier/Nov. 14, 2014 11:55 am EST UPDATE: The entire show is now online and on sale. Click here. Original article follows. The sequel is the ultimate catch 22. If you think too hard about setting one up, you won’t concentrate enough on the first film and it won’t warrant it. On the flip side, if you focus all your energy on a single, great film, a sequel will be in demand you may leave yourself without a place to take it....

Cool Stuff: Tracie Ching’s Roman-Style ‘Hail, Caesar!’ Print By Angie Han/Feb. 3, 2016 7:00 am EST Not only are Joel and Ethan Coen brilliant artists, they’re artists who have a way of inspiring other artists. In celebration of their new film Hail, Caesar!, the Hero Complex Gallery is unveiling a series of works by various artists. Today, we’re excited to reveal a new piece by Tracie Ching, which doubles down on the Roman theme suggested by the title....

David Frankel Might Direct Will Smith In ‘Collateral Beauty’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 10, 2015 4:30 pm EST Collateral Beauty must be a really good script, because it keeps attracting some major talent. The studio drama was originally going to star Hugh Jackman (Pan) and Rooney Mara (also Pan), before they had to drop out. It was rumored Johnny Depp was circling the lead, but ultimately the role went to Will Smith....

HBO Renews ‘Veep’ And ‘Silicon Valley’, But Loses ‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci By Angie Han/April 13, 2015 4:30 pm EST Selina Meyer’s presidency and Pied Piper may be in pretty precarious situations at the moment, but the shows about them are doing just fine. HBO has renewed both Veep and Silicon Valley, following their season premieres last night. That’s the good news. The disappointing caveat is that when Veep returns next year, it’ll be without series creator Armando Iannucci....

Is Quinn Still Alive For ‘Homeland’ Season 6? By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2016 1:00 pm EST As Homeland season 6 is gearing up to return, many fans are wondering if Rupert Friend’s character Peter Quinn will be part of the next adventure. I’m sure all will be revealed in the marketing for the upcoming season of this Showtime original series, but you have the choice of learning the answer now after the jump....

Liam Neeson Has “Maybe Two More Years” Of Action Movies Left By Angie Han/March 12, 2015 7:00 am EST Read the Liam Neeson action movie retirement comments after the jump. Good Morning America (via The Independent) recently sat down with Neeson and took the opportunity to ask how much longer he planned to keep going with the action-thriller genre. He responded: I’m in a very, career-wise, great place. [After] the success of certainly the Taken films, Hollywood seems to see me in a different light....

LOL: Fake Sequels Now Shooting In New York City By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2015 6:00 am EST If you happen to live in a major city, or anywhere that has doubled as a shooting location on a film set, you know that the crew has to let the area know that production will be happening nearby. That often means that certain parts of a street are closed off, and that can make things like parking a real hassle....

Mass Hysteria: Hi-C’s ‘Ghostbusters’ Drink Ecto-Cooler May Be Making A Comeback By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 27, 2015 8:30 am EST If there’s one thing to be thankful for this weekend besides friends, family and that new Star Wars: The Force Awakens extended TV spot that arrived yesterday, it’s the potential return of one of the most wonderful drinks from the late 80s and early 90s. Even for kids who were inexplicably not fans of Ghostbusters in the 90s, the Hi-C juice flavor Ecto-Cooler was a staple in lunchboxes and sleepovers, featuring Slimer on the box as the drink’s mascot....

Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods’ Adds Emily Browning By Angie Han/March 18, 2016 9:30 am EST Bryan Fuller and Michael Green’s American Gods continues to knock it out of the park with regard to casting. In the past couple of months we’ve seen The 100’s Ricky Whittle sign on as Shadow Moon and Ian McShane as Mr. Wednesday. Now the latest addition is Emily Browning, who’ll play Shadow’s wife Laura Moon. LAURA MOON RISING – WELCOME TO @AmericanGodsSTZ, EMILY BROWNING!...

Now Taylor Hackford Will Direct Robert De Niro In ‘The Comedian’ By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2015 5:00 pm EST Robert De Niro has been trying to make The Comedian for a long while; in the film, he’ll play a sharp-tongued stand-up comic who specializes in insult comedy. At one point there was even a rumor that it might end up as a reunion for De Niro and Martin Scorsese. Earlier this year it looked like The Comedian was all set to go, with Mike Newell signed to direct....

Oliver Stone’s Edward Snowden Movie Adds Three More Leads By Germain Lussier/Feb. 4, 2015 1:30 pm EST Oliver Stone is casting up his sure to be hot-topic Edward Snowden film. He’s already got Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the infamous whistleblower and Shailene Woodley as his girlfriend. Now, he’s added the three other major roles in the film. Oscar-winner Melissa Leo will play Laura Poitras, the journalist/filmmaker who was part of Snowden’s revelations and directed the Best Documentary Oscar nominee, CitizenFour....

Rian Johnson Shares ‘Star Wars Episode VIII’ Behind-The-Scenes Photo By Angie Han/March 11, 2016 8:00 am EST Whatever its faults or mistakes, Star Wars: The Force Awakens did exactly what it was supposed to do: it left us wanting to see more of Rey, Poe, and Finn right now. However, that means it also left us with the sinking realization that Star Wars Episode VIII is still far, far away. Director Rian Johnson is hard at work making the next installment of the Skywalker saga, but we won’t actually see the fruits of his labor until December 2017....

Rumor: ‘Wonder Woman’ Setting Revealed? By Angie Han/Sept. 9, 2015 4:00 pm EST Although we’ve had an eye on Warner Bros.’ Wonder Woman for a while now, we actually don’t know a whole lot about it at this point. It’s confirmed that Patty Jenkins will direct, with Gal Gadot and Chris Pine starring. Beyond that, we don’t know what it’ll be about, who the villain will be, or when and where it takes place....

Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad, Fantastic Four, Avengers Age Of Ultron, Batman V Superman, Civil War By Germain Lussier/April 28, 2015 4:57 pm EST What did the cast of Inside Out think of Avengers: Age of Ultron? Want to see an exclusive clip from a superhero movie called The Posthuman Project? Who is the latest actor to join Suicide Squad? Could Jared Leto show up in Batman v Superman? How big is Jeremy Renner’s role in Captain America: Civil War?...

The Emotions Of ‘Inside Out’ Meet The Mind Heist Of ‘Inception’ In Trailer Mash-Up By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2015 7:00 am EST Hopefully by now you’ve met the voices inside your head by way of Pixar’s wonderful Inside Out. It’s a touching, funny, wonderful animated tale that will make you have all the feels. But now filmmaker Nelson Carvajal has given Inside Out a new feeling (no pun intended) by mashing it up with the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception....

The Touching Story Of R2-KT: The ‘Star Wars’ Droid Created As Tribute To A Young Girl By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 30, 2015 7:00 am EST If you didn’t get enough crying out of your system while your family was visiting this past holiday weekend, we’ve got something that might get the waterworks flowing for you. Over the past couple years, Star Wars fans may have noticed a little pink astromech droid called R2-KT popping up here and there....

TV Bits: ‘Top Of The Lake’ Season 2, ‘Monster-In-Law’, ‘In Good Company’, Steve McQueen By Angie Han/Oct. 15, 2014 1:00 pm EST Last year’s Top of the Lake was Jane Campion’s first TV project since An Angel at My Table in 1990. However, she’s not waiting quite so long to return to the small screen next time. She’s currently developing a second season of Top of the Lake with Gerard Lee, who co-wrote the original....

Video: How A Projectionist Prepares A 70mm IMAX Print Of ‘Interstellar’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2014 5:00 am EST Fort Lauderdale Florida’s AutoNation IMAX Theater Chief Projectionist Armando Mena recorded a video explaining how a 70mm print of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is prepared and projected. I don’t think many people realize just how big IMAX film really is, or how much work goes into projecting the 70mm film onto the huge IMAX screen....