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The Planet of the Apes franchise has a long history in Hollywood that traces back over 50 years. Over those years, there have been many different films and television shows to come out of the series. While some entries are certainly better regarded than others, the overall Planet of the Apes brand has one of the strongest legacies in Hollywood. It is a pinnacle of franchise filmmaking in the 20th and 21st centuries and things are only looking up for the series....

Comedian and Filmmaker discuss why Saturday Night Live will always be current Following up on his Emmy-nominated and critically acclaimed documentaries Live From New York - The First Five Years and Saturday Night Live in the ’80s: Lost and Found, writer-director-producer Kenneth Bowser recently created a new look at the effects of the show titled, Saturday Night Live in the 90’s: Pop Culture Nation. The decade saw SNL going from being named “a national institution” by the prestigious Peabody Awards to being deemed “Saturday Night Dead” by the press a mere two years later…only to return stronger than ever....

Shortly before the Big Game started featuring the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, Disney dropped a super trailer early. The new Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness trailer was jammed packed with action. Doctor Strange variants Defender Strange and Strange Supreme, more action shots of Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, Shuma Gorath, zombies, and much, much more. One particular scene stood out with an almost clear voice of Professor X, voiced by Patrick Stewart, in the background....

James Gunn has been happy to defend Chris Pratt against internet hate in the past, and he has been doing so again. Having worked together on several occasions thanks to the Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Gunn and Pratt have a good working relationship and friendship that has grown over time. For that reason alone, Gunn has said it “infuriates” him that certain stories are made up and shared on the internet to try and discredit the actor....

Fresh off her role as The Huntress on The CW Network’s Arrow, actress Jessica De Gouw has landed the female lead role on NBC’s Dracula. We reported in July that the network handed out a 10-episode order for the series, starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the title character. The story takes place in 1890s London, where Dracula arrives posing as American entrepreneur Allen Grayson, who wants to bring modern science to this Victorian society....

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is exactly what you expect, a kid-friendly special effects romp that will either give you a few chuckles or bore you senseless. A sequel to the Brendan Fraser film, Journey to the Center of the Earth, it picks up with Josh Hutcherson reprising his role as teen explorer - Sean Anderson. His mother (Kristen Davis) has married a hulking ex-navy seal, Hank (Dwayne Johnson), with a penchant for cryptography and an earnest desire to befriend Sean....

Jurassic World: Dominion, the sequel to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and the final film in the Jurassic World trilogy; premiered worldwide in theaters last week. The film follows the original cast of Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, as they hunt down their adopted daughter (played by Isabella Sermon) who is kidnapped by their enemies. The original members of Jurassic Park (1993), Dr. Ian Malcom, Dr. Alan Grant, and Dr. Elle Sattler, attempt to stop Biosyn’s horde of biologically created locusts from destroying the world....

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures’ King Kong swung into 3,567 theaters in North America on Wednesday, grossing just $9.8 million on its first day. The Peter Jackson-helmed adventure also debuted day-and-date in 36 international territories and picked up $8 million from 4,695 dates. Kong was ranked No. 1 in every market it opened in and shattered industry records in many foreign territories. But Kong’s muted domestic opening, especially in the wake of the movie’s wildly enthusiastic reviews and muscular promotion, caught many observers off-guard....

Well-known for playing suave, alluring characters who often ooze sex-appeal, Idris Elba struck as a strange choice for the role of Knuckles the Echidna in Paramount Pictures’ upcoming sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. The actor though has now assured fans of the video game franchise that he will be leaving all semblance of seduction at the door when he voices Knuckles, stating that the red echidna will not be sexy. The clarification is appreciated, as the world is likely not really ready for a sexy version of Knuckles....

Moviefone has just posted the brand new trailer for How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, which is set to hit theaters on October 3. CLICK HERE to visit the brand new official website for the film. Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamour. His alternative magazine, Post Modern Review, pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based Sharps magazine its something of a shock!...

Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, and Tom Hardy are teaming up to produce an untitled project that will delve into the world of animal trafficking and poaching for Warner Bros. It isn’t known if they plan to act in this drama as well. Tom Hardy came up with the original idea, based on friends of his who are anti-poaching fighters in South Africa. The story has been compared in scope to Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic, which delved into several different aspects of the war on drugs....

Based on the true story of Suzanne and Jim Shemwell, Lost Holiday stars Jamie Gertz and Dylan Walsh as a couple who survive all odds in the mountains of Idaho. Suzanne and Jim have been living apart for awhile, and she keeps her house and her kids on very tight schedules, making lists and schedules for everyone and everything. When Jim returns for the holiday, the two know they still have something worth saving....

At a press-event for Sony Pictures and Marvel Entertainment’s Ghost Rider, producer Avi Arad announced that talks are now underway to develop a sequel to the action-packed superhero movie starring Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes. Cage would once again portray stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze who has sold his soul to the devil. By day, Johnny is a die-hard stunt rider… but at night, in the presence of evil, he becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons, forced to do the devil’s bidding....

With less than three weeks left until Gotham debuts its pilot episode on Fox, the network has released new promotional photos from the highly-anticipated series set within the world of DC Comics Batman universe. David Mazouz is pictured as a young Bruce Wayne, who is seen mourning the death of his parents alongside his faithful butler Alfred (Sean Pertwee). We also get a new look at the Wayne family murder crime scene, along with Harvey Bullock (Donal Logue), Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Oswald Cobblepot (Robin Taylor)....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY During the scene in the show, it went over well enough in that the audience laughed, but even Jeremy Clarkson and James May sort of took him down a peg for his comment and tried to make him feel ridiculous for saying it. In any case, the damage has been done and people have been ripping into Richard Hammond on social media. LGBT campaigner Peter Tatchell spoke with BBC 5 about the comments and was very unhappy about it....

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director James Gunn has teased the tone of the upcoming sequel, which is expected to bring this particular line-up of the titular team to an emotional end. And emotional it will be, with Gunn revealing to EW that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will endeavor to pull at our heartstrings far more than it will tickle our funny bones. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Guillermo del Toro is not known for his grounded dramas, so when the man behind the likes of Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy says he wants to “go weirder” with his adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft horror At the Mountains of Madness, you know that things are going to get really off the chart. The story is one of Lovecraft’s best known tales, despite it initially taking five years for anyone to publish it, and is one of his many written works featuring the shoggoth, which form part of the gothic writer’s Cthulhu mythology, and as with many of Lovercraft’s works, is one that would need a special touch to make a successful transition to screen....

Back in August we reported that director Bryan Singer was set to direct a Warner Bros. remake of John Boorman’s 1981 film Excalibur and now, with development slowing on that project, Warner Bros. has commissioned another. Pajiba is reporting that Warner Bros. is developing a much different Excalibur project and Guy Ritchie is attached to direct. Unlike the Singer project, which was said to be a straight-up remake, this film, based off a treatment by Warren Ellis, has a much different take on the material....

Syfy’s hit series Haven, the #1 original scripted cable entertainment program among Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 in its Friday 10-11PM (ET/PT) time period (based on Live +7 data), will return for a third season of 13 new episodes in 2012, it was announced today by Mark Stern, President, Original Content, Syfy, and Co-Head, Original Content, Universal Cable Productions. During its second season, Haven averaged a 1.9 HH rating, 995,000 Adults 18-49, 1....

When HBO halted production on their highly-anticipated Westworld in January, the network said it was to give creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy more time to work on the scripts for this season, but now it seems that was only partially true. With the premiere getting closer and closer, series star James Marsden reveals the delay really happened so the creators can actually map out the entire series. Here’s what the actor had to say below....