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It’s looking like Johnny Knoxville will be crashing WWE’s Royal Rumble show this month to help promote the upcoming release of Jackass Forever. In a video posted to the sequel’s official account on Twitter, Knoxville announces that his New Year’s resolution is to win the Royal Rumble. He also takes some jabs at a couple of the wrestling company’s top talents, suggesting none of them stand a chance against him. You can watch the announcement video below....

Top Gun: Maverick is the highest-grossing domestic film in the directing career of Joseph Kosinski, beating out 2010’s Tron: Legacy. The follow-up to the 1982 cult classic Tron was the directorial debut from Kosinski, and pulled in nearly $400 million at the worldwide box office. Despite having a 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, the box office returns for Tron: Legacy were good enough for Disney to initially green light a sequel, but the film remained in development hell for a number of years before ultimately being scrapped....

Justin Theroux is set to star as the lead in HBO’s drama pilot The Leftovers for series creator Damon Lindelof. The project is based on Tom Perrotta’s 2011 novel that is set in the aftermath of The Rapture, which doesn’t exactly happen like it’s supposed to. The story centers around a group of survivors in the suburban community of Mapleton, who try to start a new life after over 100 people suddenly disappeared....

John Wick star Keanu Reeves is at it again. Spreading joy on unsuspecting fans with his presence, that is. The actor has made non-entertainment headlines for things like rescuing Octavia Spencer, donating his Matrix earnings to cancer research, and for his encounter with a young teen at an airport, which went viral. Apparently, Reeves is still much in an obliging mood. James and Nikki Roadnight had just exchanged wedding vows at Fawsley Hall over the weekend when James discovered that Reeves was a guest at their picturesque hotel....

The finale of Hawkeye delivered with the introduction of Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin in the MCU, finally bringing in the supervillain from the Daredevil series on Netflix. With D’Onofrio reprising the role, this Kingpin is clearly much stronger than the Wilson Fisk we met in Daredevil. Even so, D’Onofrio insists that this is the “same guy” he played before, even if he’s much more powerful now than the last time we saw him a few years back....

Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson serve up their comedy chops in a moderately funny Hollywood whodunit. Last Looks has a celebrity ex-cop, turned backwoods recluse, coming out of retirement to take the case of a drunkard television star accused of murder. Based on the novel by Howard Michael Gould, who also wrote the screenplay, Last Looks dives chin deep into a seedy world of LA elites, drug dealers, scumbag lawyers, and crooked private dicks....

Laurel (Katie Cassidy) takes an impromptu archery lesson from Oliver (Stephen Amell) with explosive stakes on the line in the first clip from this week’s episode of Arrow, “Streets of Fire”, airing Wednesday, May 7 at 8 PM ET on The CW. While the Starling City district attorney isn’t exactly known for her skills with a bow and Arrow, Oliver tries to guide her through taking a precise shot. Will Laurel hit the target and come through in a clutch situation?...

Finally, Kurt and Goldie are back together on screen. After appearing together in Swing Shift and Overboard, the couple will once again reunite for the comedy Ashes to Ashes. The couple arrived at Cannes on Sunday to talk about the film. According to Variety, Kurt was also there to support his work in the cult flick Grindhouse. Ashes to Ashes revolves around a woman, to be played by Hawn, who loses her husband’s ashes while traveling to India to bury them....

Academy Award nominee Jake Gyllenhaal is left with no choice but to head back into danger in the new trailer for Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant. Released courtesy of MGM Studios, this first look at Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant teases a powerful action thriller, as Gyllenhaal’s Sergeant John Kinley is determined to return to war-torn Afghanistan to rescue a man who saved his life. You can check out the newly released trailer for Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant below....

It was recently announced that the animated Harley Quinn show has been renewed for a third season. The series co-showrunner Patrick Schumacher spoke to ComicBook.com about the upcoming season, where he revealed that the fan-favorite character of Doctor Psycho will be a part of future storylines, even if Season 2 had the character betraying Harley and her cohorts. Despite being centered on Harley, the show has also garnered praise for adding unexpected depth to obscure DC characters....

We reported last week that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I will not be converted to 3D in time for its theatrical release date. Today, Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. and their DVD division, Warner Home Video, will instead focus on converting two previous Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for 3D Blu-ray. Work has already started on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at Prime Focus London, with the company’s Hollywood and India facilities chipping in as well....

HBO has renewed the news magazine series VICE for a 12-episode second season, with a debut set for 2014, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. Hosted by Shane Smith, founder of the revolutionary new media company of the same name, VICE smashes barriers of decorum to cover the kinds of stories often overlooked by mainstream media outlets. Michael Lombardo made the following statement. Host Shane Smith spoke about HBO’s commitment to the show in his own statement....

We have an exclusive clip from the apocalyptic horror-thriller Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, which debuts on DVD April 3. Navin Pratap stars as John Glass, who awakens to a nearly uninhabitable Earth which has been destroyed by an alien invasion. You can take a look at these extraterrestrials stalking another victim in our exclusive scene. A man suffering from amnesia wakes up in a desolate barn from a cryogenic freezer to be informed that the planet has been devastated by a world war and reduced to little habitability by a subsequent alien invasion....

Whether we admire his work privately or were forced to read it in school, we all know William Shakespeare as a great playwright of the 16th century and whether you like his work or not, it must be admitted that the plots of his work are rock solid. Covering everything from romance and betrayal to comedy and satire, Shakespeare was able to write in almost every genre available with no difficulty....

Director Christopher Nolan’s work has been admired for a number of reasons as his ongoing cinematic reputation continues to grow. His films have captivated and dazzled audiences while being paired with iconic scores to create a mesmerizing cinematic experience by using the world around him. Nolan’s films, despite how otherworldly they may feel, have been shot at some of the most obvious (or disguised) locations around the globe. As his collection of cinematic titles continues to grow, here is a look back at the locations used to bring some of the director’s most adored films to life....

Why is true crime so captivating? True crime is so fascinating because it has all the ingredients of great storytelling. Compelling and complicated characters, the uneasy feeling of increased tension until the apex is reached, and in most cases (hopefully) a release of tension when the whodunnit is finally solved. 2021 set a bar for the true crime genre that might be tough to contend with. It launched documentaries on serial killers, such as Dennis Nilsen, Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker), and Son of Sam....

The horror genre has become a place where many veteran filmmakers explore several provocative and daring themes. Few filmmakers have quite carved out their own place in the genre quite like Canadian visionary David Cronenberg whose foray into body horror has turned the industry on its head. Cronenberg rose to fame in the early 70s and 80s, showcasing his visceral yet imaginative talent with films such as Scanners, Videodrome, and The Fly....

It can’t be easy for any filmmaker to successfully breathe new life into a horror movie franchise after ten installments, but director David Bruckner and Co. have done just that with Hulu’s new Hellraiser movie. Not quite a remake, the film reboots the franchise by introducing Jamie Clayton as a new incarnation of Pinhead in an all-new, original story. Original creator Clive Barker was involved as a producer with the story for this new film coming from David S....

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, the seventh and final book in the best-selling series, has been scheduled for release at 12:01 a.m. on July 21, 2007, it was announced today by Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company. In making the announcement, Lisa Holton, President of Scholastic Children’s Books said, “We are thrilled to announce the publication date of the seventh installment in this remarkable series....

James Bond may be suave, handsome, and look incredible in any tux he puts on, but beneath that exterior lies a ruthless assassin. Over the course of the past 60 years, countless enemies have met their deaths at the hands of 007. Today, we’re going to list some of the most cold-blooded kills James Bond has ever carried out. MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY 8 Sandor - The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) United Artists Main villain Karl Stromberg has ordered two of his henchmen to kill everyone who has ever come into contact with the submarine tracking system he used to hijack two nuclear submarines....