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Paramount Pictures and Indian Paintbrush jointly announced today they will co-produce, and Paramount will distribute, Academy Award-nominated writer/director Jason Reitman’s Labor Day starring Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet and Academy Award nominee Josh Brolin. Indian Paintbrush will co-finance the project, with the company’s Steven M. Rales and Mark Roybal executive producing. The movie will be produced by Academy Award-nominated producers Lianne Halfon and Russell Smith of Mr. Mudd Productions, along with Reitman and Helen Estabrook of Right of Way Films....

LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation is the latest installment in the LEGO Star Wars saga. The movie promises to be another fun-filled family getaway in a galaxy far, far away. With all your favorite characters from Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, and many more from all over the franchise, it’s sure to delight every fan, young and old. And if you plan to watch this movie in a bad mood, be careful, it’s a trap!...

Conor McGregor is about to make his movie debut in the Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake of Road House, the 80s Patrick Swayze vehicle. One person who it seems won’t be watching is Hollywood veteran Liam Neeson, who recently took aim at McGregor and UFC, saying that the fighter “gives Ireland a bad name.” Neeson has played plenty of action roles in recent years, and although he is fond of a violent approach to beating up the bad guys, in real life, it looks like he isn’t a great fan of UFC’s style of violent entertainment....

“Is Gary Busey a real judge? Absolutely not. Does he know anything about pet law? Probably not. Can he look into your soul and suss out your spirit animal while delivering a verdict with a trademark Buseyism? You bet your sweet ass (the donkey kind),” the show’s official press release reads. The statement also notes that Busey will be settling disputes between pet owners with a variety of cases, including a wide variety of animals such as “monkeys, goats, birds, dogs, meerkats, turtles, robot raccoons and more....

Executive producer/writer of The Mandalorian, the upcoming live-action Star Wars TV series, got some crucial advice from George Lucas. Disney purchased all of Lucasfilm from Lucas back in 2012 for more than $4 billion. So the man who created the franchise hasn’t had much of a say, in terms of creative direction, with the projects in the new era. However, Favreau was more than happy to listen to what Lucas had to say....

George Lucas has told Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos he is pushing to get Sean Connery to appear in Indiana Jones 4. The interview airs on Access Hollywood, Friday, June 9, 2006 (Log on to AccessHollywood.com to check local time and station). Thursday night at Hollywood’s Kodak Theater, the American Film Institute honored Connery, the Oscar winning actor, with the Life Achievement Award. Legendary director, Lucas, was among those there to honor Connery....

Glass Onion’s ending seems prefect enough as it is, but Rian Johnson recently revealed details about a post-credit scene that was almost included in the movie which would have changed one of the movie’s iconic scenes. During an interview for Empire’s Spoiler Special podcast, Johnson explained how a big Mona Lisa moment was almost undone by the proposed post-credits stinger. He said: “We also shot a little coda which we decided not to use, with Blanc on the phone speaking French and getting a little affirmation of ‘ah, oui, oui, merci’ and cutting to an office in the Louvre where the real Mona Lisa is, with the security guards saying ‘well, back to work’, but that pulls a punch, I like that the real painting gets destroyed in the movie....

Godzilla producer Brian Rogers made an appearance at Universal Studios’ 3D Summit recently, and Zennie62.com was able to nab an interview with him about the upcoming remake of this Japanese monster movie classic. In short, Brian Rogers stated that he plans to do for the Godzilla franchise what Batman Begins and The Dark Knight did for the character of Batman. This will be an origin story that will stay close to the roots of the 1956 original, while at the same time rebooting it for today’s more sophisticated audiences....

Smallville will be one Kryptonian fewer when it returns for its’ Eighth season. Laura Vandervoot, who plays Kara on the show, won’t be returning as a regular according to a report from TV Guide’s Mike Ausiello. When the CW announced the cast for the show at the upfronts, fans noticed that Vandervoot’s name was missing. “They announced the cast… and I’m not a part of it,” Vandervoort said. “We were all surprised when they chose not to bring me back as a regular, but I’m sure I’ll be back for one or two [episodes]!...

In 2014, writer/director James Gunn brought the Marvel Cinematic Universe to space with the release of Guardians of the Galaxy. Bringing in the cosmic characters of the Marvel Universe was always going to be tricky (there’s some zany stuff out there), but Gunn threw everyone in the deep end with all kinds of fun characters, monsters, and technology. Although the first film really hit us with a bunch of lore, we never felt lost because Gunn understood the need to have a simple, identifiable story for the audience to latch onto....

It doesn’t look like any of the original Michael Myers actors made it to the big screen for a cameo in Halloween Kills. Last month, the long-awaited horror sequel was finally unleashed in theaters and on Peacock, albeit with a mixed response from fans. It picks up from where 2018’s Halloween left off by continuing the story from that very same night with Michael Myers resuming his killing spree in Haddonfield on Halloween night....

After years of development, Halo finally arrived at Paramount+, premiering on March 24, 2022. Based on the popular video game series of the same name that began in 2001, Halo follows Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) as a spartan super soldier in an interplanetary war set in the 26th century between humanity and an alien hive known as the Covenant. Given the popularity of the games, with Halo: Infinite hitting shelves in November 2021 just six months before the series release, Halo was a major show for fans of the games and for Paramount+, which is looking to build its subscriber base....

We have a brand new exclusive clip from the upcoming home video release Happythankyoumoreplease, which hits Blu-ray and DVD on June 21. Click on the video player below to watch a scene with Josh Radnor telling Michael Algieri why it’s wrong to hit people. On his way to meeting his publisher, aspiring novelist Sam Wexler (Josh Radnor) meets Rasheen, a young boy separated from his family on the subway. When Rasheen refuses to be left alone with social services, Sam learns the boy has already been in six previous homes and impulsively agrees to let the boy stay with him for a couple days....

Who’s ready for another trip to White Castle on DVD? Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle is being re-released on DVD on April 1. The new edition is meant to set up the theatrical sequel Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo, and, in fact, will include a Movie Money ticket to the sequel as well. The film stars John Cho, Kal Penn and Neil Patrick Harris as himself, or a version of himself at least....

While at the 2008 G.I. Joe convention, Hasbro revealed details about the upcoming new animated G.I. Joe cartoon G.I. Joe Resoulte. Toy News International brings us the news about this new series which will be aimed at a slightly more adult audience than the 1980’s cartoon. The series will debut as roughly five-minute long webisodes on Hasbro’s website, and was written by comic book author Warren Ellis. It is hoped that the series will eventually go into full production and debut on television, most likely on Cartoon Network....

“Man screams from the depths of his soul; the whole era becomes a single, piercing shriek. Art also screams, into the deep darkness, screams for help, screams for the spirit. This is Expressionism.” That’s what Austrian playwright Hermann Bahr wrote about the emerging and always evolving art movement known as Expressionism (and later Post-Expressionism), seen not just in painting but in the great silent horror films. In many ways, this art was a response to war....

The return of the Sanderson sisters is probably one of the most anticipated Disney+ events planned for Halloween 2022, with Hocus Pocus 2 bringing the witches in search of eternal youth back for more spooky shenanigans in the sequel to the original 1993 movie. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy have all returned to reprise their roles in the belated sequel, and a new set video has revealed Parker’s Sarah Sanderson flying on a Swiffer instead of a broomstick....

Spoiler Warning: House of the Dragon Season One In the Game of Thrones universe, having control of various Westerosi waterways can often be the deciding factor in military conflicts. For example, fans of the franchise remember Daenerys Targaryen having difficulty convincing the Dothraki army to cross the narrow sea into Westeros. Additionally, when Euron Greyjoy took command of the Iron Fleet and joined the cause of Queen Cersei at King’s Landing, he quickly became one of the most powerful players in the massive conflict, at one point using a ship-mounted crossbow to become the only individual (aside from the supernatural Night King) to kill one of Daenerys’ dragons....

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws is one of the most iconic films in Hollywood’s long history. Not only is the film considered to be one of the best ever to be put to screen, but the overall effect that the legendary shark-flick had on the movie-making industry cannot be understated. It’s the film that put Spielberg on the map. It established him as one of the must-watch directors of the 1970s, before he would grow to be one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the medium....

MCU fans may know Luke Hemsworth as the older brother to Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth. But for Westworld fans, Luke will always be Ashley Stubbs, the head of Westworld’s Security Force who later became a host himself. In an interview with THR, the oldest Hemsworth brother revealed that his exciting fight sequence with Evan Rachel Wood in the fourth episode of the third season of Westworld had to be majorly reframed to take into account his muscle injury....