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Reminiscing about Cheers, Becker, Curb Your Enthusiasm and his new love for unclothing for the camera We took part in First Look Studio’s press-day in Los Angeles for their latest film The Amateurs. The film stars an impressive cast featuring Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, William Fichtner, Ted Danson, Patrick Fugit, John Hawkes, Brad William Henke, Glenne Headly, Tom Bower, Dawn Didawick, Jayne Taini, Lauren Graham, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Alex D....

Actor Jackie Cooper passed away in Beverly Hills, California yesterday at the age of 88. The cause of death isn’t known yet, although it is said he had a, “sudden bout with illness.” Jackie Cooper was born on September 15, 1922 in Los Angeles and broke into show business at a very young age. He became the youngest actor to receive a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of the title character in Skippy at just nine years of age in 1931....

Every legendary film director is at one point or another the subject of rumored stories that may or may not be true, but all add to the almost mythological status they hold in the movie industry. For almost forty years, James Cameron has created some of the most memorable blockbuster movies of a generation, from The Terminator, to Titanic and Avatar and its several planned sequels, and naturally that has led to plenty of tales about how certain films came to be made, how Cameron coaxed studios into working with him and how he pitched some of his biggest movies....

Perhaps one of the classic examples of the power of peace and love can be seen within The Grinch’s character arc. He goes from a foul one to a lovable cheer meister. His heart grew three sizes in one night, but it took nearly 20 years for the live-action film to embrace the hearts of its viewers. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas is now considered a modern holiday classic....

If you haven’t caught up with Game of Thrones yet, there will be plenty of SPOILERS below, so read on at your own risk. In the Game of Thrones Season 6 finale, Bran Stark (Isaac Hempstead Wright) was lead to The Wall by Benjen Stark (Joseph Mawle), a character who has been missing since Season 1, when Bran had a greensight vision that finally confirmed a long-held fan theory, that Jon Snow (Kit Harington) is not the bastard son of Ned Stark (Sean Bean), but actually the son of Ned’s sister Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen, which gives him a very strong claim to the Iron Throne....

It has taken over three months to achieve, but Jurassic World: Dominion has become only the third movie since 2019 to cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. The dino-centric movie is the second highest grossing movie of 2022 behind Top Gun: Maverick and follows the Tom Cruise hit into the elite billion dollar club, the 51st movie in history to do so. View this post on Instagram...

MTV, FremantleMedia North America and executive producer Justin Timberlake are taking viewers on a relentless, heart pounding, adrenaline ride as The Phone premieres on April 21st at 10pm ET/PT. The innovative, six episode series is a genre-busting, one hour cinematic competition that simulates what it would be like for viewers to be dropped into the middle of a thrilling adventure movie. The Phone is a groundbreaking game show whose blend of reality and cinematic action-adventure pulls its participants out of their everyday lives and thrusts them into a high-stakes labyrinth of engagement, suspense and intrigue as they race against time for a huge cash prize....

A new Karate Kid movie is in the works, courtesy of Sony Pictures. The studio has officially announced the franchise’s return to theaters by dating a new installment of the series, simply dubbed Karate Kid, for June 7, 2024. Per Deadline, the announcement comes along with several other release date announcements, such as Sony’s superhero movies Kraven the Hunter (Oct. 6, 2023) and Madame Web (Feb. 16, 2024). No information has been revealed about the new Karate Kid movie, so it’s currently unclear who will be appearing in the film or what the plot might be....

Multi-hyphenate Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi has been added to the cast of the entirely silent action-thriller Silent Night from the iconic director of Face/Off, John Woo. Mescudi rose to fame as Kid Cudi and is known for his revolutionary approach to hip-hop, winning two Grammy Awards for his music and being nominated for five more (his song “Day ’n’ Nite was recently featured in Disney+’s Moon Knight trailer). Kid Cudi is set to star alongside Joel Kinnaman (The Suicide Squad), Harold Torres (Run Coyote Run), and Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Quarry)....

Kristen Stewart’s portrayal of Princess Diana in Spencer was considered as a sure-fire Oscar contender when it made its premiere last year, but despite being nominated for a Golden Globe, which she lost to Nicole Kidman for her role as Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos, the actress has already missed out on a Screen Actor’s Guild nomination and has now also been snubbed by the BAFTAs. Considering the actress received some of the best reviews of her career for taking on the role of the iconic public figure, BAFTA’s decision will come as the most significant blow for the star and the movie in general....

There is nothing like a good debate about the new voice of an iconic character to get the internet arguing. The reveal of Chris Pratt’s “Mario voice” for the upcoming Illumination film The Super Mario Bros. Movie is one such occasion that has reportedly seen the number of internet searches for the term “Mario accent” increase by over 800% since the first full trailer for the movie dropped. Now, a language expert has broken down the issues with Pratt’s casting in the role....

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Larry Charles (Bruno) is making a return to broadcast television with a semi-scripted project at NBC. Director McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision and Warner Bros. TV are producing. Charles is writing and the NBC project. It “has received a production order for a presentation that will serve as a prototype of what the show would be.” The show takes place in a small town, and it is centered around a group of people who discover a unique way to exercise their creativity: they make episodes of their favorite show after they go off the air....

Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves’ adaptation of Let the Right One in, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reeves (Cloverfield) and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January....

Lilo & Stitch recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, and while celebrating, co-director and Stitch voice actor Chris Sanders revealed there’s something that’s been bothering him. His frustration stemmed from how the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen was celebrated by being about the love between two sisters as opposed to a “true love’s kiss” shared between a man and a woman. Opening 11 years before Frozen, Lilo & Stitch centered on the friendship between a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase) and extraterrestrial experiment 626, later Stitch, who might have the least convincing dog disguise ever....

Garret Dillahunt (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) has joined Fox’s drama The Sarah Connor Chronicles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jennifer Siebel (In the Valley of Elah) has come on board NBC’s drama Life, Adam Rose (The Squid and the Whale) has been added to the CW’s comedy Aliens in America and Paul Schulze (John Rambo) has been cast in NBC’s drama Journeyman. On The Sarah Connor Chronicles, an offshoot from the The Terminator franchise, Dillahunt will play a mysterious character named Cromartie....

Actor Gaspard Ulliel discusses playing Henri de Guise in The Princess of Montpensier, working with director Bertrand Tavernier, and much more Most American audiences will recognize Gaspard Ulliel (who has one of the coolest names in the biz, for the record), as the younger Hannibal Lecter in the 2007 prequel Hannibal Rising. However, he is just getting his young career started at the age of 26. He has amassed solid credits with roles in the fantastic period drama Brotherhood of the Wolf, as well as A Very Long Engagement, Paris, je t’aime, and The Vintner’s Luck, which hits theaters in America on May 11....

The creator behind beloved video game franchise Gears of War, Cliff Bleszinski, has called for Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista and Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds to lead the recently announced Netflix adaptation. Taking to social media, Cliff Bleszinski revealed who he would like to see take on the main cast of characters in the live-action movie, quickly naming Bautista and Reynolds as his choices for Marcus and Baird, respectively....

TV Guide recently posted part two of their exclusive interview with George Lucas. This time around, he talks about the two upcoming Star Wars television series, including Clone Wars. To read the entire interview, CLICK HERE TV Guide: Can we talk about the two Star Wars television series you’re working on…? George Lucas: There’s Clone Wars, and we’re in the middle of that. TV Guide: Tell us about it. Lucas: Well it’s basically like Star Wars [in that it] takes place between, obviously, [the films] Episode II [Attack of the Clones] and Episode III [Revenge of the Sith], but it’s the same kind of action....

Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and the cast of the film on the horror created by KNB For years, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger have been creating the most horrid and disgusting things for the big screen through their KNB company. Subsequently, they’ve also designed the special effects and make-up in the Narnia series, which garnered them an Oscar. So when it came time to deciding on the zombie make-up for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse, there was no other duo to choose....

Clearview Cinemas today announced that it will feature a six-day exclusive engagement featuring all five Harry Potter films at the legendary Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, from December 19 to December 24. During the event’s opening weekend, the Harry Potter films will be shown for more than 12 consecutive hours in order of when the films were released, starting at 10 a.m. each day with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and concluding with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix....