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Todd Phillips Shares Images From ‘Arms And The Dudes’ By Russ Fischer/May 22, 2015 6:00 am EST Todd Phillips is working on his first film since The Hangover III, and it stars Jonah Hill and Miles Teller as a pair of American guys who exploit a legal loophole to get rich via military contracts. Things naturally get out of hand, and Arms and the Dudes follows the two as they land a deal to provide arms to the Afghan military — something they’re woefully unprepared to handle....

By Russ Fischer/Feb. 27, 2015 1:30 pm EST The plot info on the show goes like this: That setup of the show as a procedural is relatively recent; until not too long ago we’d been under the impression that Lucifer would more or less follow the character’s journey as he passed from Sandman into his own spin-off comic series written by Mike Carey. That began with Lucifer bored as lord of Hell, leading him to hand off the key to that kingdom and set off for Earth, ending up as the owner of Lux, a piano bar in Los Angeles....

Which ‘The Simpsons’ Character Is Coming Out As Gay This Season? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2015 1:30 pm EST The Simpsons just began its 27th season lat night, and thankfully, after some rough negotiations over the summer, Harry Shearer was back with the rest of the veteran voice cast, reprising a few of his many voice roles on the show. We already know a couple of fun storylines for episodes coming in this new season of the long-running animated comedy, and now one more has just been revealed by showrunner Al Jean (who we just interviewed recently as well)....

Who Was Responsible For ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Title? By Germain Lussier/Nov. 10, 2014 9:30 am EST Star Wars fandom cranked up to a new level last week when Disney finally announced the official title to Star Wars Episode VII. The title, in case you’ve avoided the internet in the days since, is Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While fans debated the lack of the “Episode VII” in the title, the more interesting conversation concerns what, exactly, the title tells us about the movie....

‘Doctor Strange’ Magic Looks Like Marvel’s Riff On ‘Inception’ [D23 Expo 2015] By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2015 11:31 am EST Disney and Marvel kicked off day two of the D23 Expo 2015 with a presentation for Doctor Strange, complete with a video call-in from star Benedict Cumberbatch and a showcase of production art and animatics provided by director Scott Derrickson, who is in London prepping the movie . The film begins shooting in November, but there was enough weird stuff in the early art to wow the crowd, including mock-ups of Cumberbatch in comics-accurate costume....

‘Dunkirk’ Adds Christopher Nolan Regular Cillian Murphy To The Cast By Jacob Hall/April 6, 2016 9:30 am EST Dunkirk may feature a crew of newcomers at the center of its cast, but director Christopher Nolan is filling in the margins with as many impressive actors as he can. The latest actor to join this World War II drama is Cillian Murphy, the Irish actor who already who already has a long history with Nolan, having appeared in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and Inception....

‘E.R.’ And ‘Under The Dome’ Star Eriq La Salle Joins ‘The Wolverine 3’ By Jacob Hall/May 5, 2016 12:00 pm EST Variety broke this particular piece of casting news, but beyond his joining the roster, there’s not much to dig into here. Although The Wolverine 3 will reportedly adapt the famous “Old Man Logan” storyline (which follows an aging Wolverine in a desolate future), I can’t even offer an educated guess about who La Salle could be playing....

‘Eva’ Trailer: Daniel Brühl Builts A Robot Child By Russ Fischer/Feb. 27, 2015 4:00 am EST In the film Eva, Daniel Brühl plays a cybernetic engineer who, while attempting to craft a robotic child, is reunited with his former lover, who happens to be paired up with his brother. So the film, from director Kike Maíllo, has a blend of deep sci-fi and some heady romantic entanglement, all of which is on display in this Eva trailer....

‘In Bruges’ Director Martin McDonagh Adds Peter Dinklage And More To His Next Film By Angie Han/April 10, 2016 9:00 am EST It’s no wonder, then, that top-notch stars seem to be lining up around the block to star in his next film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. But that doesn’t mean it’s not impressive. Frances McDormand was locked in at the lead last fall, and since then Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, and Caleb Landry Jones have also signed on....

‘Mascots’ Teaser: Christopher Guest’s Next Comedy Hits Netflix This Fall By Angie Han/Aug. 2, 2016 4:00 pm EST Over the past few years, Netflix has built up a TV slate to rival any of its competitors’, serving up everything from ground-level superheroes to depressed horse-men and receiving showers of prestigious awards and critical praise in return. The service isn’t quite there yet with its original movie offerings, but a quick glance at their upcoming calendar suggests that could very well change in the near future....

‘Other People’ Trailer: Jesse Plemons And Molly Shannon Laugh In The Face Of Cancer By Angie Han/July 8, 2016 4:00 pm EST In terms of an acting career, Jesse Plemons is without a doubt one of the most successful Friday Night Lights alums of all time. He’s had major roles in Breaking Bad and Fargo, and popped up in films by the likes of Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Spielberg. But he’s never really gotten to be a leading man until now....

‘Ouija: Origin Of Evil’ Trailer: Well, It Looks Better Than The First One By Angie Han/June 23, 2016 12:00 pm EST 2014’s Ouija was a waste of a halfway decent idea, a lazy cash grab cobbled together from bits and pieces of other, better movies. But it cost $5 million to make and grossed over $100 million worldwide, so you know what that means: we’re getting a sequel. Or rather, a prequel....

‘Sherlock’ Season 4 First Look: Sherlock Gets An Adorable New Best Friend By Angie Han/July 15, 2016 2:00 pm EST Back when Sherlock first began in 2010, Martin Freeman most famous for playing Tim on the British Office and Benedict Cumberbatch was barely known outside the U.K. at all. But these days, of course, they’re both huge, huge stars. Freeman anchored Warner Bros.’ The Hobbit trilogy while Cumberbatch voiced the dragon Smaug, and both are now part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — Freeman as Everett Ross, who made his onscreen debut in Captain America: Civil War, and Cumberbatch as the title character of this fall’s Doctor Strange....

‘Supergirl’ And ‘Into The Badlands’ Receive Second Seasons By Jacob Hall/March 9, 2016 9:30 am EST The television landscape is a harsh landscape littered with broken dreams and the bodies of cancelled shows. Sure, we’re living through a TV golden age where it’s literally impossible to keep up with everything that is worth your time, but that doesn’t make the whole industry any less forgiving. There’s almost too much good stuff out there – a show that doesn’t strike a chord with audiences feels doomed....

‘Tallulah’ Trailer: Ellen Page Kidnaps A Baby To Get By By Jack Giroux/June 30, 2016 6:00 am EST This is shaping up to be a good summer for Ellen Page, or at least for fans of Ellen Page. Next month, the actress stars in two movies: Tallulah and Into the Forest. The trailer for the latter — a somber apocalyptic drama co-starring Evan Rachel Wood – was released last month. Today, we have our first real look at Tallulah, Sian Heder’s feature directorial debut which also features Allison Janney, Zachary Quinto, and David Zayas....

‘The Conjuring 2’ Featurette: The Real Horror Victims Discuss The Strange Happenings In Enfield By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2016 10:00 am EST This summer James Wan is bringing plenty of horror to theaters. Lights Out with Teresa Palmer arrives in July to make sure you’re scared of the dark all over again. But before that, the filmmaker is behind the camera again for The Conjuring 2, the sequel to his successful horror flick about the real paranormal investigations of Ed and Lorraine Warren....

‘The Wailing’ Trailer: Mysterious Evil Plagues A Rural Village In Cannes Thriller By Angie Han/June 2, 2016 4:15 pm EST Typically, when a film garners big buzz at a splashy festival premiere, it takes a few months — sometimes a full year or more — before the rest of us at home get the chance to check it out. That is happily not the case with The Wailing, Na Hong-jin’s chilling thriller about a rural village that falls prey to a mysterious outbreak of violence....

‘Zoolander 2’ Posters: Blue Steel Never Goes Out Of Style By Angie Han/Nov. 10, 2015 3:00 pm EST Paramount shared the new Zoolander 2 posters. One features Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) in an elegant Chanel No. 5-style fragrance ad, while the other shows Derek and Hansel-he’s-so-hot-right-now (Owen Wilson) mugging for selfies. They gotta stay current, after all. The image of Derek and Hansel getting in each other’s ways while trying to take selfies is just perfect....

A Cast Of Kings S6E09 - Battle Of The Bastards By David Chen/June 20, 2016 9:45 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss the ninth episode of the sixth season of Game of Thrones, “Battle of the Bastards.” Thanks to Adam Wells from the Beyond The Shield podcast for his help in putting this ep together. If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes and be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates on the show....

Chuck Palahniuk Novel ‘Lullaby’ In Development, Palahniuk May Co-Write Script By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2015 7:00 am EST Only two feature films have been produced based on novels by Chuck Palahniuk. One, Fight Club, was a studio production. The other, Choke, was an indie affair, directed by Clark Gregg, now much better known as Marvel’s Agent Coulson. There have been other options sold, and other development attempts, but for the moment that set of two films is it....