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Earlier in the week, some new leaked set footage from The Punisher Season 2 found its way online. In this footage, Frank Castle actor Jon Bernthal can be seen with the iconic skull logo on his chest, chasing an unknown adversary in public. Now, we have found out that Castle is chasing down his old friend Billy Russo, aka Jigsaw, thanks to a new behind-the-scenes set video. Ben Barnes recently confirmed his participation in The Punisher Season 2 and revealed that Russo’s life has literally been “shattered....

Oscar-nominated actress Jill Clayburgh passed away late Friday due to complications from chronic leukemia, which she had lived with for twenty-one years. Jill was known for portraying strong, independent women on screen, and helped push forward ideas of feminism in her starring roles throughout the 70s. She was sixty-six years old at the time of her death. Jill began her career on Broadway, portraying many characters that had emerged from the new feminist era....

The languishing comedy Pierre Pierre has been given a new lease on life, with Foresight Unlimited boarding the project. We first reported on Pierre Pierre back in July 2010, when star Jim Carrey and director Larry Charles joined the film. The story centers on a self-centered French man (Jim Carrey) who hatches a plan to steal the Mona Lisa from The Louvre in Paris, so he can finally move out of his parents’ house....

Silent Hill’s Jodelle Ferland has joined the Twilight family for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as a vampire who has just been turned. Bryce Dallas Howard recently joined the third film in the franchise which begins as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf....

Oscar-winning screenwriters Bobby Moresco (Crash) and Nick Vallelonga (Green Book), along with George Gallo (Midnight Run) and John Gotti Jr. are on board for a project which further dives into the life of mob boss John Gotti. Although there have been movies and documentaries made before, Betrayal: John Gotti and the Fall of La Cosa Nostra promises to be different. The limited series will retell the story of the fall of the notorious crime boss of New York’s Gambino crime family....

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is delighted to announce that John Hurt will receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the Orange British Academy Film Awards ceremony at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday February 12. Universally acclaimed for his acting talent, Hurt’s vast range of distinguished performances has shaped an impressive career spanning six decades. The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award, introduced in 1978, is presented annually in honour of Michael Balcon....

Johnny Depp and producer-director Michael Mann will be having discussion about developing a film about the Depression-era crime wave, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Mann has long been interested in developing a screen adaptation of Brian Burrough’s nonfiction book “Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34” for Universal. Mann – who has considered taking the helm of Columbia’s spy thriller Edwin A. Salt but has not committed to that project because he believes it needs a rewrite – has an open slot....

While talk of Marvel movies continue to dominate discussions about this summer’s biggest releases, Empire Magazine’s latest edition is here to remind us about a little dinosaur film that really feels like it has been 65 million years in the making. Jurassic World Dominion finally arrives in cinemas this summer after a length Covid delay, and the latest issue of Empire has delivered an epic cover split into two parts; one featuring the returning Jurassic Park team of Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, and the other showing Jurassic World’s Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard with newcomers DeWanda Wise and Mamoudou Athie....

Jurassic World Dominion star DeWanda Wise thinks a crossover between the dinosaur franchise and the world of The Fast and the Furious would make a lot of sense. Speaking with That Hashtag Show, Wise, who joins Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady as former Air Force pilot Kayla Watts in Jurassic World Dominion, believes that – considering both tentpole franchises are owned by Universal – the likes of Dominic Toretto and his family should come face to face with the dinos....

Spoiler leaks for the plot of the upcoming Justice League of America film have been posted by UnderGroundOnline and have been verified by IESB . The team-up movie would include Batman, Superman, The Flash, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter and the Green Lantern. Here are some of the spoilers revealed: Justice League of America is scheduled to arrive in theatres in 2010. *) Story elements from the screenplay have been adapted directly from DC’s JLA comic book series....

“I see a fire in her. Same fire I saw in you.” Karl Urban will have his hands full when he changes course from fighting superheroes in The Boys to battling sea monsters in the latest trailer for The Sea Beast. In the trailer, we see Maisie Bumble, voiced by Zaris-Angel Hator, sneak aboard a monster-hunting ship, setting sail for the high seas to handle the creatures of the deep. Unfortunately, the legendary Jacob Holland, voiced by Karl Urban, isn’t very enthusiastic about her inclusion on the trip....

Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is set to make her return to direction with her newly announced Netflix-exclusive project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bigelow has agreed to helm a feature based on David Koepp’s upcoming novel Aurora. This will be Bigelow’s first project as a director since her last release, Detroit, released in 2017. Her only credit after Detroit is that of an executive producer for J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier, which was written by her longtime collaborator Mark Boal....

Yesterday we reported that the TV ratings for NBC’s late night sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live hit a six-year high, with Alec Baldwin returning to host for a record 17th time. The actor has been a regular fixture on the show this season, recurring as U.S. President Donald Trump, with the show also featuring another guest appearance from Melissa McCarthy as Trump’s White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. One of the most memorable sketches, though, was a parody with SNL regular cast members Beck Bennett and Kate McKinnon playing CNN’s Jake Tapper and Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway in a spoof of Fatal Attraction....

The director and the director of photography discuss making movies for today’s audiences, special effects and how The Covenant is a different kind of horror movie As actresses poised to break out in their new film, Laura Ramsey and Jessica Lucas couldn’t have been more relaxed and forthcoming during our set visit to The Covenant. As the female leads in a movie dominated by boys dealing with a deadly family secret, these actresses stand out by not trying to stand out at all....

It seems the star of the upcoming Tron Legacy will appear in an adaptation of a Jack Kerouac classic. Production Weekly is reporting that Garrett Hedlund has signed on for a role in On the Road. The site reports that Hedlund will play Dean Moriarty in the film, which is being directed by Walter Salles and will start filming sometime this summer. Hedlund’s Moriarty is the traveling companion of Jack Kerouac during their journey across America....

If you’ve been wondering how to plan your next vacation, Flip Phone Events has you covered. A Golden Girls at Sea themed cruise experience will be setting sail next year on Feb. 24, 2020, from Miami, Florida. Of course, that’s the city where the titular ladies lived on the comedy series, making it a perfect point of departure. The cruise will include stopovers in Key West, Florida, and Cozumel, Mexico. While these exotic locations will be nice to visit, the bulk of the fun from the trip will certainly come from the ship itself, which will sound like absolute paradise for any major fan of the classic ’80s sitcom....

Paramount+ and IGN has recently revealed a brand-new poster featuring the major human characters in the upcoming Halo TV series. Recently released on Twitter as part of IGN’s FanFest event, the all-new poster reveals Master Chief standing alongside his human allies. The upcoming live-action TV adaptation of the iconic Xbox video game series is currently set to premiere next month. You can check out the brand-new poster showing Master Chief uniting with his fellow Spartans below....

While we do not have an update regarding a new Sherlock Holmes movie, it is (potentially) even more exciting as the franchise is getting two new Holmes series on HBO Max. Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Lionel Wigram are at the helm as producers. Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (2011) are two beloved films due to their engaging and surprising plot lines, cutting edge visuals, excellent performances, and great chemistry between Holmes and Dr....

HBO has renewed the hit show True Blood for Season 7, it was announced today by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. New episodes of the series will debut in summer 2014, with executive producer Brian Buckner returning as showrunner. Here’s what Michael Lombardo had to say about the pick-up. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, the show takes place in a world where vampires and humans co-exist, after vampires have come out of the coffin, thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood that means they no longer need humans as a nutritional source....

If, while serving the final years of your prison sentence, you were told you were going to die in two days, what would you do? Im Sang-soo, the mind behind the movies The Taste of Money and The Housemaid, has an answer for that question in his later film: Heaven: To the Land of Happiness. Im, who directs and resides in South Korea, is known for his stylish movies that touch upon corruption in society....