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It appears that an upcoming production just lost a recent Oscar winner. According to Variety, Javier Bardem has bowed out of Nine, a musical directed by Rob Marshall. Bardem apparently pulled out due to exhaustion from work and the recent awards season, in which he was heavily honored for his portrayal of Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Sophia Loren are still starring in the film, based off the musical which inspired Frederico Fellini’s 8 1/2....

After spending several years playing Bob Saget’s daughter both as a child and as an adult, Jodie Sweetin has posted a very touching tribute to the late comedian. In Full House and its spinoff Fuller House, Saget played family patriarch Danny Tanner with Sweetin co-starring as middle child Stephanie. In addition to their relationship as television relatives, they were also very good friends, and Saget’s death has left Sweetin in mourning....

Justin Long may very well be the most underrated actor working in Hollywood today. With a resume spanning the last two decades, Long has a penchant for popping up in projects and stealing the show when he does. Making his big screen debut at just 21 years old, Justin Long has continued to delight audiences in a wide variety of roles. His ability to make us love him in one role but hate him in another is the mark of an actor helming his craft to the highest level....

Dark Star Pictures has just released the new trailer for King Car. The film shows a young man’s ability to surreally speak with cars which sparks a revolution that could save his community. When his invention inadvertently accelerates the underlying problems, our hero’s quest puts him in a fight for survival with capitalism’s zombies. The official synopsis reads, “​​A taxi company owner’s son has an extraordinary connection with cars: he can talk to them....

Showtime is developing a television series adaptation of The Kingkiller Chronicle, executive produced by Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), with acclaimed producer John Rogers (Leverage, The Player) serving as showrunner. Miranda will also compose music for the series, which is based on Patrick Rothfuss’s global bestselling contemporary fantasy trilogy. Produced by Lionsgate, The Kingkiller Chronicle will be executive produced by Rogers, Miranda, Rothfuss, Robert Lawrence (Clueless, Die Hard with a Vengeance) and Jennifer Court (The Player)....

Starz has released a new teaser trailer for Gaslit. Starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, the limited series will delve into the Watergate scandal and promises to deliver a fresh take on the well-known story. You can watch the new trailer below. Starz describes the series as “a modern take on Watergate that focuses on the untold stories and forgotten characters of the scandal — from Nixon’s bumbling and opportunistic subordinates to the deranged zealots aiding and abetting their crimes to the tragic whistleblowers who would eventually bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down....

We’ve all seen the commercials but it seems like Girls Gone Wild is about to get a little tamer. Sort of. In a story from Variety, a new law passed by congress that producers have to make sure people in those videos are at least 18 or older has brought a guilty plea against Mantra Films, the creators of the Girls Gone Wild franchise. The company “entered a plea agreement in U....

You don’t have to wait until next year to own one of the hottest new TV series of the year on DVD. Glee Volume One: Road to the Sectionals will be released on DVD on December 29. This four-disc DVD set will contain the first 13-episodes of this hit first season and will be priced at $39.98 SRP. The series stars Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Jessalyn Gilsig, Lea Michelle, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer....

Gotham season 5 will be the show’s last. Fox has stepped up and renewed the DC Comics series for a fifth and final season which will finally give fans who have been following the show something they’ve wanted to see for a long time. Gotham season 5 will focus on Bruce Wayne’s transition into Batman. Here’s what the producers had to say about the upcoming season. Fox swooped in and picked up Gotham season 5 at the last minute....

While the Green Lantern Corps. movie has stalled for years now, we are officially going to see some iteration of Green Lantern on the small screen, as ArrowVerse mastermind Greg Berlanti is cooking up a Green Lantern TV show. He will also continue to grow his DC Comics small screen empire with a new anthology series based within the DC universe itself. Greg Berlanti is known best for his DC superhero shows on The CW....

When it comes to Mission: Impossible stunts, Tom Cruise is well known for giving his all to making the movie’s action sequences come to life. However recently Hayley Atwell shared a video of her own intense training for her role in Mission: Impossible 7 – Dead Reckoning Part 1, and it is every bit as scary as her co-star’s stunts. Atwell joins Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg who all reprise their roles in the franchise as they this time take on Esau Morales as the film’s bad guy....

The Gossip Girl revival on HBO Max will not be continuing for a third season. The news of the cancelation was announced just a week before the airing of the second season finale, set to premiere on Jan. 26. The show, which was a revival of the original series, had high expectations as it capitalized on the popularity of the original series which pulled in impressive viewership numbers on HBO Max....

Black Adam spoilers below! Although Henry Cavill’s Superman seemingly fell out of favor with former DC Film’s president Walter Hamada, it looks like his return as Man of Steel in Black Adam has coincided with Warner Bros. Discovery’s overhaul of their entire DC output, including the appointment of James Gunn and Peter Safran as the co-CEO’s of the newly created DC Studios. While fans of Cavill have been itching to see him don the cape once more, it seems that the actor himself has yet to discuss his future with James Gunn but is very much looking forward to having “long, long conversations” with him....

The buzzing of the medical machines, the confusing hallways that feel like a maze and the almost perceptible smell of alcohol and blood through the screen. The medical scenario is not new on television. General Hospital was one of the first TV series to show doctors and their lives as the protagonists of the story, though it was an otherwise traditional soap opera; ER added unfettered, often brutal realism to the proceedings, bringing the audience into the medical drama....

Marvel and DC have both tried their hand at animated TV with multiple shows about as many characters. While you can argue the merits of each individual show on both sides, DC has produced animated shows much more consistently from the 90s to the present day. Of the two major superhero franchises, DC has the larger presence when it comes to animation, which is surprising given that Marvel is owned now by the animation titan Disney....

Jedis, Wookies, Sith and droids are coming to Comcast Digital Cable with ON DEMAND like never before. Beginning this month, all six Star Wars films will be available in high-definition (HD) clarity any time customers want to watch them with Cinemax HD On Demand, nine days before the movies air on the Cinemax HD cable channel. Comcast Digital Cable customers with HD service and a Cinemax subscription will be able to watch every Star Wars movie in HD as part of Comcast’s signature ON DEMAND video-on-demand (VOD) service, giving them unprecedented control over every moment of the epic....

The time has come for House of the Dragon to arrive on HBO and HBO Max with the Game of Thrones spinoff reaching its premiere date. Set hundreds of years before the events of its parent series, House of the Dragon will follow an all-new cast of characters with completely different storylines. House Targaryen will play a major part in the story, showing fans what happened with Daenerys Targaryen’s ancestors long before she would become the “Mad Queen....

One of the most iconic films of the 20th Century, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is regarded as a landmark film that is culturally and historically significant in relation to Hollywood history. This 1961 romantic comedy is based on Truman Capote’s 1958 novel of the same name and follows the story of Holly Golightly, played by Audrey Hepburn. With its cinematography, New York essence, and fashion pieces, this film is visually pleasing and has become the poster image of 1960s America....

The dark, gritty, yet alluring world of film noir captures everything from love and loneliness to crime and vices. Beloved characters became the model for many of the archetypes seen in film today and the decisions directors made were more than just jaw-dropping scenes but an example of eloquent commentary on the world around them. Following World War II, much of the world saw cultural shifts take place. What made them alarming to some and exciting to others was that these changes took place in the home....

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards were held live from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood last night, and the excitement level was quite high. The King’s Speech walked away as the biggest winner, taking home top prizes or Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay. Other big winners included Best Actress in a Leading role Natalie Portman for Black Swan, Best Supporting actor Christian Bale for his role in The Fighter, and Melissa Leo for Best Supporting Actress....