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Kurt Metzger talks the Return of Ugly Americas Season 2, starting March 14th on Comedy Central Zombies, demons, monsters, and succubi united across the country today to rally behind Comedy Central’s animated series Ugly Americans. The group calling themselves “FUGLY” (Friends of “Ugly Americans”) is demanding that their voices be heard by all humans in support of the show. At a FUGLY rally in New York City a demon spokesman said the group is “sick and tired of the anti-monster bias in the media” and that “it’s frustrating....

Oscar nominee and Emmy and Tony Award winner Laurence Fishburne (What’s Love Got to Do With It?, The Matrix) will join the cast of the CBS Paramount Network Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, on the CBS Television Network. His character will debut in this season’s ninth episode. Fishburne will play a former pathologist who is now working as an itinerant college lecturer, teaching a course in criminalistics....

LucasArts and TT Games today announced that LEGO Indiana Jones: The Videogame [working title] will whip onto game consoles everywhere in summer 2008. Developed by the same team at Traveller’s Tales that created the LEGO Star Wars series, LEGO Indiana Jones presents a tongue-in-cheek take on the first three cinematic adventures of pop culture’s most iconic archaeologist, including Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom and Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade....

Two years after he was shamed by online trolls for working a retail job at Trader Joe’s, former sitcom star Geoffrey Owens of The Cosby Show fame is launching a new series on Instagram highlighting essential workers. Called Shift Happens, the new series sees Owens serving as the host as he interviews employees from various workplaces about their jobs. A teaser video for the upcoming social media series has also been released on Instagram, showing how Owens turned a negative into a positive after he was the subject of his own public job shaming experience....

The summer of 2011’s cinematic superhero onslaught continues with Warner Brothers adaptation of DC’s Green Lantern. Directed by Bond veteran Martin Campbell (Goldeneye, Casino Royale); the film is technically superb, but fairly pedantic story wise. Cornball dialogue and poor characterizations drag down the successes of the incredible visual effects. Comic book fans may not have the film they hoped for, but in all fairness is entertaining to see. Ryan Reynolds is likeable as the Green Lantern, and does his best with some of the hokiest lines of any lead actor this year....

If you like cheesy, made-for-TV Christmas movies, then 2018 is going to be your year. Hallmark has announced that they’re going to be debuting a staggering 34 Christmas movies this holiday season on their networks. It’s only spring, but it’s never too early to start bracing yourself for Christmas and, this year, there’s going to be a lot to brace yourself for when it comes to holiday-themed movies. Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries will share the load with these 34 Christmas movies....

Spoiler Alert: This story contains MAJOR SPOILERS for Halloween Ends. Halloween Ends is now in theaters (and on Peacock for those who want to stream it at home), and to put it lightly, fans have their opinions on the film. It has gotten to be a pretty divisive installment of the franchise that has resulted in harsh ratings from critics and heavy criticism on social media. Even so, there are many Halloween fans giving credit to the film for taking an unexpected approach to the story, arguing that, in due time, Halloween Ends will get its due credit....

After more than four decades portraying Laurie Strode in the Halloween movie franchise, Jamie Lee Curtis seems ready to say goodbye to Michael Myers. Audiences will soon be able to watch the last stand-off between the two when Halloween Ends premieres on October 14. The anticipated finale has been a long time coming, as Curtis has been portraying Laurie for 45 years. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actress said of her character:...

Iconic British horror producers Hammer Films have struck a deal with Network Distributing in the U.K. to create Hammer Studios Ltd, a move that will see the new entity take over control of all of Hammer’s output, from the likes of Dracula and The Quatermass Experiment through to modern releases such as The Woman in Black and 2020’s The Lodge. The creation of Hammer Studios will see a renewed effort put into the restoration of the prolific Hammer back catalogue as well as increased investment in new ventures in the coming years....

Earlier this week, actor Heath Ledger would have celebrated his 43rd birthday. By one of those coincidences of fate, the following day actor Rufus Sewell discovered some behind-the-scenes photos of Ledger from the movie A Knight’s Tale, which Sewell said he believed “were lost forever.” After finding the images, the actor shared them on social media as a celebration of the tragic actor, who died in 2008 following a drug overdose....

In a story from the Los Angeles Times, veteran character actor Henry Gibson has died at the age of 73. The actor made his mark in the late 1960s as the flower-holding poet on TV’s landmark comedy satire Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. The actor died late on Monday night at his home in Malibu. He had been battling cancer. More recently the actor had portrayed Judge Clark Brown on Boston Legal....

Have you ever gone through a day that you feel could have possibly been one of the worst days ever, then you pop on an exceptionally funny movie out of the blue, and it’s like poof, you’re suddenly falling over your living room floor laughing so hard to the point where tears are beginning to cover your face? This is the result of an innovative and strategically produced comedy, one that builds an arch and directly captures viewers during its lead-ins and stands the test of time....

Following the 24-episode second season of NBC’s Heroes, a separate anthology series titled Heroes: Origins will air. Until now, details on Heroes: Origins have been scarce. But this weekend, at a festival hosted by the New Yorker, news about the anthology series was revealed. According to Pulp Secret, Heroes: Origins will be a six-episode long mini-series. Each episode will contain two stories about new heroes who have not yet been seen on Heroes, with viewers able to vote their favorite character to become a part of the main storyline for Season 3....

Spoiler Warning: They/Them Peacock is getting into the horror movie business with new releases like They/Them (you pronounce the “slash”). A modern take on the classic camp slasher film, They/Them reinvents the mold while also retaining what makes the genre so iconic. LGBTQ+ films are not new (though their acceptance into the mainstream is relatively recent), and horror films are even older. However, the concept of combining the two is something that has been gaining steam....

A generations old Irish blood feud is settled by bare-knuckle boxing in this new documentary, in select theaters December 9th James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy “The Lurcher” Joyce. Names that demand attention. Men related by blood but separated by a feud that dates back generations. As the heads of rival families, they train to represent their feuding Irish traveling clans, in their long-standing history of violent bare-knuckle boxing. With Knuckle, filmmaker Ian Palmer presents a hard-edged portrait of Irish Traveller male culture and explores the bond of loyalty, the need for revenge, and the pressures to fight for the honor of your family name....

It was thought for a while that new Iron Man 3 director Shane Black might also write the screenplay for this upcoming Marvel sequel. But Marvel Studios has now hired Drew Pearce to pen the further adventures of Tony Stark. Robert Downey Jr. is set to reprise his role as Tony Stark sometime after he shoots The Avengers. No story details have been released at this time. Drew Pearce was hired to write the sequel after penning the latest draft of Runaways for Marvel, which centers on a group of super powered teenagers who discover their parents are evil villains....

Amsterdam-based brewing giant Heineken is forging ahead with a ground-breaking six-figure promotional partnership with Eon Prods. and Sony Pictures Entertainment for the upcoming Bond film Casino Royale, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The original book is one of the few 007 adventures written by creator Ian Fleming in which the spy drinks beer. Heineken International’s promotional campaign for the 21st Bond picture will include a television commercial featuring Bond girl Eva Green that was directed by Oscar-winner Stephen Gaghan (Syriana)....

Jamie-Lynn Sigler stars in Chad Feehan’s upcoming thriller about a hotel sequestered in purgatory Jamie-Lynn Sigler, best known for her turns on the HBO series The Sopranos and Entourage, stars in this month’s harrowing new thriller Beneath the Dark, from filmmaker Chad Feehan and IFC Films. The movie follows Paul and Adrienne (Josh Stewart and Jamie-Lynn Sigler), a young couple traveling between Texas and Los Angeles for a wedding. Tired and feeling amorous, they check into the somewhat creepy, very desolate, but eternally stylish Roy’s Motel and Cafe....

20th Century Fox has signed Jim Carrey to star in their new film Mr. Popper’s Penguins, according to Deadline New York. Mark Waters is directing the film from a script by Jared Stern, who is rewriting the original screenplay from Sean Anders and John Morris. Noah Baumbach had previously been attached to direct the film, which would have starred Ben Stiller. The film is based off the 1938 book by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater, which revolves around a humble house painter who receives a penguin in the mail from Admiral Drake’s voyage to Antarctica....

Warner Bros. has provided MovieWeb with your first look at the poster for their upcoming thriller The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews and Mary Steenburgen. Movie Picture CLICK HERE for a closer look at the new poster. New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) has a life that she loves and a fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead....