Well, your boy Jay Leno returned to the legendary The Tonight Show to rant about the state of things in the world today. Jimmy Fallon, the newest Tonight Show guy, started the bit by saying he saw an old angry guy on the street going off. Well, Jimmy decided that the guy needed a platform so he invited Jay to come onto the show and share his views with the Tonight Show audience....
The actor returns to top comedic form after his stellar performance in The Squid and The Whale Jeff Daniels is back in top comedic form with RV. Co-starring with Robin Williams as the banjo picking, harmonica blowing, patriarch of the Gornecke clan, Travis Gornecke. He’s one of Hollywood’s most versatile actors, and in my humble opinion, completely underrated. Jeff spoke at length about feeling underappreciated. He really wanted an Oscar nomination for his performance in Noah Bumbach’s The Squid and The Whale....
As noted by Collider, executing any sort of television reboot, revival series, or adaptation isn’t an easy task. Likewise, when it comes to classics, it can be difficult for a creator to get a series’ loyal fans to hop aboard a reimagining of a world they consider untouchable. So it comes as no surprise that Jeff Davis is well aware of the pressure he faces in rebooting the legendary sci-fi series Æon Flux....
How bad could the horror movie Camp Hell be? Well, actor Jesse Eisenberg is suing Lionsgate Entertainment over the movie, so it must not be too terrific. The actor is seeking $3 million in damages, accusing the studio of capitalizing on his name to sell DVD copies of this critically panned supernatural thriller, which finds a group of children becoming possessed at a local community camp. The DVD cover offers a prominent image of Jesse Eisenberg, with only his name above the title, selling the film as a starring vehicle for the Oscar nominated actor....
Actress Jordana Brewster discusses Fast Five, working with this ensemble cast, Dallas, and much more Actress Jordana Brewster was primarily known as a soap opera star, appearing on over 100 episodes of As the World Turns, before landing her breakthrough role as Mia Toretto in 2001’s The Fast and the Furious. The actress returned to the franchise in 2009’s Fast & Furious and in this year’s blockbuster Fast Five, which hits the shelves on Blu-ray and DVD October 4....
Sandwich John Films recently spoke with director Clint Eastwood about his new biopic J. Edgar, where he revealed that Judi Dench has joined the cast, and that Charlize Theron may be in the movie as well. Here’s what Eastwood had to say: It wasn’t immediately clear what role Judi Dench is playing. Eastwood also talked a bit about casting Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI leader J. Edgar Hoover in the biopic:...
More tales from the D-List are coming soon. Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List has been renewed for a fourth season. The one-hour reality show will return to the Bravo network sometime in 2008. “Kathy has a brilliant ability to capture the pulse of pop culture with her devastatingly entertaining commentary,” said Frances Berwick, Executive Vice President, Programming and Production, Bravo, who made the announcement. “Kathy’s career and fame continue to grow, threatening her D-List status, and providing a hilarious and authentic insight into the life of a performer....
The Motion Picture Group (MPG) announced that Kiefer Sutherland is starring in the company’s first feature film I Trust You to Kill Me. The documentary is directed by Manu Boyer and also starring Rocco DeLuca & the Burden. MPG, in a press-release, reports that the film has recently received a positive review in Variety: “Deftly mixing alternating tracks of playful rowdiness, thoughtful introspection, ferociously slamming rock and not-so-quiet desperation, helmer Manu Boyer scores impressively with I Trust You to Kill Me, arguably the best rockumentary since Some Kind of Monster....
Former child actor Tony Dow could use a lot of support right now. Dow’s wife, Lauren Shulkind, has announced on the actor’s official Facebook page that the Leave it to Beaver star has been diagnosed with cancer, news that is “heartbreaking” for the family as he’d previously overcome the disease. The couple is asking for support at this time, as you can see in the statement below. Now 77 years old, Dow is a former child star who achieved worldwide fame with his role as Wally Cleaver, the older brother to the titular Beaver, on the classic comedy series Leave it to Beaver....
Let Me In, the successful remake of the 2008 Swedish vampire thriller Let the Right One in, will be released on Blu-ray and DVD February 1. The standard DVD will be priced at $29.98 SRP while the Blu-ray, which will include a Digital Copy, will be priced at $39.99 SRP. You can take a look at the cover art and special features below: In bleak New Mexico, a lonely, bullied boy, Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee), forms a unique bond with his mysterious new neighbor, Abby (Chloe Moretz), who moves from town to town with the man who appears to be her father (Richard Jenkins)....
Lifetime Television has picked up two dramas, The Madness of Ava from Fox 21 and The Virgin of Akron, Ohio from Fox TV Studios. Ever Carradine has been cast as the lead in Ava in the show based on a true story of a doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Hollywood Reporter describes The Madness of Ava as a female-lead House that centers on a brilliant neurologist (Carradine) who is diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and how that impacts her life and her family....
George R.R. Martin has seen a rough cut of the first episode of House of the Dragon and shared his opinion online. Martin, the author of the Game of Thrones series, hasn’t been quiet about his views regarding the adaptations of his work, and, fortunately, the author’s reaction towards the first episode is quite positive. Martin is on record saying he was not a fan of the ending of the Game of Thrones series, an opinion shared by many fans of the show....
You zombie-lovers out there will be groaning to know that George Romero is developing another zombie film that is yet to be titled, and it’s not a direct sequel to Diary of the Dead as was thought. Movieset talked to producer Nicolas Chartier, who confirmed the movie is not a direct sequel to Diary of the Dead and is not yet titled but will most likely have the word “dead” in there somewhere....
Due to floods brought on by persistent rainstorms in Los Angeles County, Kevin Costner declared he will skip the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. Costner, who plays family patriarch John Dutton in the hit Paramount+ series Yellowstone, was competing in the category against Jeff Bridges in The Old Man, Diego Luna in Andor, Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul, and Adam Scott in Severance. “Nobody’s sadder than us that we can’t be there at the Golden Globes,” said the 67-year-old actor who was nominated for the award for best actor in a drama series....
You don’t have to look very far in the horror genre to find a film that involves an evil baby. Hell, it’s practically it’s own sub-genre within the horror genre itself, but you’d be hard-pressed to find anything that comes close to the wicked new twist that the film Grace puts on these films. While most of these films deal with an evil baby and people trying to stop the evil tot, Grace looks at it from a different vantage point: the mother....
Guy Ritchie has signed on to direct an adaptation of the DC Comics character Lobo, who just so happens to be an alien interstellar bounty hunter. According to Variety Don Payne wrote the most recent draft of the screenplay, with Joel Silver, Akiva Goldsman and Andrew Rona set to produce. The film will serve as Ritchie’s follow-up to this Christmas’ Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. The character first appeared in the 1983 DC comic Omega Men, written by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen....
Showtime announced today it has issued a 10-episode series order for a new live-action TV series based on the Halo video game franchise. The series hails from Microsoft/343 Industries, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, writer/executive producer Kyle Killen (Awake), who will serve as showrunner, and Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), who will executive produce and direct multiple episodes of the series. Here’s what Showtime president David Nevins had to say in a statement....
All of HD-DVD’s hard work seems to be paying off. In a story from Video Business, according to “NPD Group unit sales figures cited by Toshiba” the stand-alone HD-DVD players now lead Blu-ray players in sales. It looks like “HD-DVD players began outselling Blu-ray models starting in mid-September and regained a year-to-date lead of a little over 50% through the rest of the month,” states Jodi Sally, Toshiba VP of marketing of digital A/V products....
Prepare to go back to Heartbreak High. Deadline reports that the series has just been picked up for a second season at Netflix with production on new episodes set to start soon in Sydney, Australia. The renewal comes after the freshman season launched last month, having since had subscribers stream more than 42 million hours in its first three weeks. This is obviously great news for fans of the show as Netflix can be infamous for axing many of its shows prematurely....
In modern cinema, few filmmakers have quite had a distinct impact on the medium quite like David Fincher. Known for his twisted and cerebral thrillers and dramas, Fincher first rose to prominence with the shocking and haunting thriller Seven starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman before going on to some ’90s cult classics such as Fight Club and The Game and later more prestige fare such as The Social Network and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button....
