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Gonzalo Menendez (CSI: Miami) has joined the cast of Fox’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, according to Variety. The sequel reunites director Tim Story with stars Jessica Alba and Ioan Gruffudd. Menendez plays a member of a military contingent led by Andre Braugher. Marvel’s first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction....

Visit your favorite Seattle hospital on DVD and Blu-Ray this September. Grey’s Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray on September 9. This five disc set (four-disc in Blu-Ray) will feature all 16 episodes of the fourth season and will be priced at $59.99 SRP while the Blu-Ray set will be priced at $96.99. The series stars Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, Justin Chambers, T....

A sequel to the Tom Hanks starring World War II drama, Greyhound, is now pressing ahead for release on Apple TV+, a report by Deadline confirms. The Greyhound follow-up comes as part of a new multi-year exclusive deal signed between Apple Original Films and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone, which will see not only Greyhound 2 take shape but will also include “series, documentaries and unscripted projects” for Apple to develop and add to their growing roster....

The Discovery Channel has decided not to air the Oscar nominated documentary Taxi to the Darkside. According to Variety, the pay cable channel HBO has stepped in and picked up the TV rights to the controversial film. The project takes an investigative look at the murder of a taxi driver which occurred at the U.S.’ Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. This case is used to further explore the American use of detention and condoning of torture in interrogations....

HBO has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for Veep, which debuts Season 1 Sunday, April 22 at 10 PM ET. Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars in this new political comedy series from Armando Iannucci, about a U.S. Senator who suddenly becomes the Vice President of the United States. You can check out the full video at TVWeb if you CLICK HERE. The new comedy series Veep begins its eight-episode season Sunday, April 22 (10:00-10:30 p....

Batman & Robin might have been an epic letdown back in 1997, but that doesn’t mean we’ve lost hope for the Caped Crusader’s fan-favorite sidekick. Matt Reeves’ The Batman and Todd Phillips’ Joker are great examples of DC’s maturity beyond Marvel, giving us hope for the superhero universe’s future over all. These installments were also both DC’s only successful movies in decades, so it’s clear that fans want more mature films and heroes....

MCU movies, for better or worse, operate like well-oiled machinery. The franchise is putting out more content than ever before, and their popularity remains at an all-time high. Although many notable directors like Edgar Wright have historically stepped away from directing Marvel movies thanks to creative differences, the franchise’s existing properties across movies and television have expanded in style quite a bit. For instance, last year’s Best Director Oscar winner Chloe Zhao recently helmed Eternals, which marked a new creative direction for the MCU....

Though an oft-forgotten relic of Adult Swim’s colorful past, Home Movies has maintained a die-hard cult following for over two decades since its release. Running for four seasons from 1999 to 2003, the cartoon would revolve around a young boy named Brendan Small and his two friends, Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis. The three children would spend their time acting and writing in home movies of their own creation, while also juggling the seemingly impossible task of growing up and coming-of-age....

Inventing Anna premiered on Netflix in February. The latest Shondaland and Netflix production follows one of the most famous recent white-collar true-crime cases. Anna Delvey (Sorokin is her real last name) is a scammer that robbed luxury hotels and elite banks in New York. Presenting herself as a German Heiress, when in reality she came from a middle-class family from Germany, she was able to create an image that the people who belong to the social groups she wanted to be a part of were drawn to....

When Scooby and the gang first appeared on the small screen, there were few supernatural cartoons. But Joe Ruby and Ken Spears made it their mission to change that. Ruby and Spears took notes from the successful 1968 Archie Show and worked their magic. What resulted was the most amazing mystery-solving super team in television history. It wasn’t long before the Scooby Gang became a touchstone of Saturday morning television and an object of childhood nostalgia....

Since March of 2020, the fate of movie theaters has been hanging in the balance. When the pandemic began, theaters worldwide closed for months, later re-opening at limited capacity. It wasn’t until the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, though, that they were able to sell tickets in pre-pandemic numbers. But COVID-19 is not the only threat to movie theaters. Even before the global catastrophe, theaters were becoming less popular with audiences due to rising prices, online piracy, social media, the rise of streaming services, and a general disinterest in Hollywood movies....

60 Days In joins the plethora of reality TV shows to have their authenticity question. The show chronicles the lived experiences of volunteers trading their normal lives to live as cellmates in jails across the United States. As any viewer would imagine, the docuseries aims to present life behind the bars. From police treatment to interpersonal relationships with other prisoners, 60 Days In documents the reality of the prisoners as well as the newfound insight the volunteers share about their experiences....

Jon Cryer and James Spader are returning to the big-screen, signing up to star in Robert Rodriguez’s Shorts, a family adventure movie that also stars William H. Macy and Leslie Mann. The Hollywood Reporter says Rodriguez, who also wrote the screenplay, is producing the film with Elizabeth Avellan under their Troublemaker Studios banner. Robert Rodriguez is serving as his own director of photography, editor and visual effects supervisor. Also among the cast is Jimmy Bennett (Star Trek), Kat Dennings (The 40 Year Old Virgin),Trevor Gagnon (The New Adventures of Old Christine), Leo Howard (G....

There was some confusion this week as to who really developed the look of the new Iron Man costume. Jon Favreau cleared up some of these misconceptions on his Myspace page. Here’s what the actor had to say about the matter: “The suit was designed by an artist named Phil Saunders who collaborated with Adi Granov based on the comic art of Granov. It evolved over many months and then was brought to Winston Studios to refine the design in order to build it as a working practical costume....

Jon Schnepp, known for his animation work on shows like Metalocalypse and The Venture Bros., has died at 51. Schnepp passed away on July 19 after suffering a massive stroke last week. The news was confirmed by his fiance, Holly Payne, in a statement, which she released on Twitter. Here’s what Payne had to say. Born on May 16, 1967, Jon Schnepp managed to break into the world of animation in the late 1990s, with his first credit coming on Nickelodeon’s KaBlam!...

Joss Whedon is heading back to TV– along with his Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel star, Eliza Dushku, according to Variety. Dushku will star in the Whedon-penned series Dollhouse, which has been given a seven-episode order by Fox. Dollhouse follows a top-secret world of people programmed with different personalities, abilities and memories depending on their mission. After each assignment – which can be physical, romantic or even illegal – the characters have their memories wiped clean, and are sent back to a lab (dubbed the “Dollhouse”)....

Santa Claus is coming to town - and this year, he’s getting a little help from Justin Bieber, Aardman Animations, and Sony Pictures Animation. When Arthur Christmas, the 3D, CG-animated movie from Aardman for Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures, rolls into theaters on November 23rd, Justin Bieber’s rendition of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town,” from his new Christmas album “Under The Mistletoe,” will play over the end credits. In addition, before the movie, moviegoers will see the exclusive music video for the song, which will premiere in theaters only with Arthur Christmas....

Anticipation for Netflix’s upcoming crime heist anthology Kaleidoscope has been mounting as more details about the series are released ahead of its New Year’s Day premiere. Besides an ensemble cast with Giancarlo Esposito leading the heist and show, the eight-episode series features a one-of-a-kind viewing experience for audiences with a story that deviates from traditional storytelling. Part of what’s fueled a growing interest in Kaleidoscope is the fact the series can be watched in a non-linear order that still ties back to the finale episode “White: The Heist"....

Ke Huy Quan made a triumphant return to acting earlier this year after he starred in Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang. The project, helmed by Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, was a tremendous success with audiences and the box office, boasting a 95% critic and 89% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film narrowly crossed the $100 million mark, becoming the first A24 movie to do so....

Iconic actor Keanu Reeves and feature film director Roland Emmerich are teaming up for a new virtual reality drama series that will be produced by Slingshot Global Media. Stephen Hamel, of Company Films, and Keanu Reeves first brought the project to Roland Emmerich’s production company Centropolis. They will executive produce the TV show, with best-selling novelist and comic book writer Gregg Hurwitz penning the pilot. He, too, is boarding the project as an executive producer....