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The excitement keeps growing with each new trailer and poster from Illumination’s upcoming The Super Mario Bros. Movie. It’s been a while since Nintendo’s most famous plumber’s last silver screen appearance, and this time, it’s all in for the Mario Bros., as every new trailer and poster gives away a new character from the expanded roster. At this point, there is no doubt that the upcoming movie is setting up for an expanded Nintendo Universe, as we have seen moments that reminisce of games where Mario is not the sole protagonist....

Jodie Whittaker is set to take over as the first female time lord in the history of Doctor Who later this year. But how did the BBC manage to keep her casting a secret? Sure, Whittaker’s name was thrown around a bit before the casting was officially announced, but nobody really knew that it was going to be her until the BBC announced it during Wimbledon. Now, visual effects artist Louise Hastings, who has been working on Doctor Who for quite some time, reveals how the secret was kept....

A lot goes into making a movie and for Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, a movie that is heralded as one of the best war movies ever made, the opening scene is often considered to be a masterpiece of cinematography and story that captures the horrors of war in the most visceral way. Indeed, audiences are drawn into the D-Day Landings in a 25-minute sequence that is riveting and sets the stage for a film that engenders the immersion of its audience to a time period and historic moment that could never fully be understood in words alone....

We got our first look at the end of an era with the release of the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. This will be the final crack of the whip for Harrison Ford in the iconic role he has portrayed for over forty years, starting with 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark. It’s bittersweet for Ford to be officially retiring the famous fedora, but we’re psyched to see Indy back at it for one more go round....

In stop-motion color… Two Ray Harryhausen classics, It Came from Beneath the Sea and Earth vs. The Flying Saucers will finally be released on DVD on January 15. Each title will be available in a two-disc special edition that will include both the black and white version and the newly colorized version of the movie. Synopses It Came from Beneath the Sea It Came From Beneath the Sea was the first of several fruitful collaborations between producer Charles H....

Jake Gyllenhaal and Guy Ritchie are teaming up for an untitled war-action thriller. The official synopsis reads: “With enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his own life to carry an injured Sergeant John Kinley across miles of grueling terrain to safety. Back on US soil, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given passage to America as promised. Determined to protect his friend and repay his debt, Kinley returns to the warzone to retrieve Ahmed and his family before the local militias reach them first....

Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor James Cromwell (Babe, Six Feet Under) and Emmy Award-winning actor Eddie Izzard (“Dress to Kill,” My Super Ex-Girlfriend) join the season six cast of 24, this year’s most Emmy Award-winning television series, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Kiefer Sutherland) and Outstanding Drama Series. The clock for “Day Six” will begin to tick in January, Mondays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. The highly respected Cromwell will recur this season as PHILLIP BAUER, the estranged father of JACK BAUER (Sutherland), while British actor/comedian Izzard will portray a villainous accomplice, DARREN McCARTHY....

The Walking Dead fans are going to see a new side of Negan when actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan and wife Hilarie Burton launch their new AMC talk show next week. “Ultimately, it’s a shot at some raw and real entertainment that will uplift and connect with our audiences,” Sarah Barnett of AMC said of the new series in a statement, suggesting the show will be much more positive than the bleak and depressing storylines Morgan is usually involved with when playing Negan elsewhere on the network....

There are very few people who knew Flashdance and The L Word star Jennifer Beals was set to appear in Star Wars series The Book of Boba Fett, and even the actress herself wasn’t sure what she was taking part in when she was ready to begin filming. With the series now just over a week away, Beals has been able to reveal just a little more about her appearance in the show and how for her there were a lot of spiritual connections involved in starring in the spin-off series from The Mandalorian....

(500) Days of Summer’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt has boarded the David Koepp-directed Columbia chase thriller Premium Rush, according to Heat Vision. Gordon-Levitt is also in talks to star in Looper, a sci-fi thriller that will reteam him with Brick director Rian Johnson. Premium Rush sees Gordon-Levitt as a New York bike messenger who picks up an envelope at Columbia University, only to be chased throughout the city by a dirty cop desperate to get his hands on it....

The summer movie season is in full swing as multiple blockbusters are packing cinemas all across the country. Tentpole films such as Top Gun: Maverick and Jurassic World Dominion have dominated the box office the last few weeks, but a new animated feature was expected to blast towards the top of the charts this weekend. Lightyear is the first Pixar film to receive a theatrical release since Onward, and reimagines the Buzz Lightyear character made famous by the Toy Story franchise....

The Knives Out franchise has become a hit with both critics and audiences. The first film was a reminder of a genre of cinema that is not being made anymore. Garnering such a positive reaction excited fans for a sequel. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery amplified the franchise by including more unique and colorful characters. The new cast succeeded in creating characters from a heightened and eerily similar modern reality....

Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune star Dave Bautista casts an inescapable shadow over a peaceful backdrop in the latest poster for director M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin. Released courtesy of the official Knock at the Cabin Twitter account, this latest look at the horror movie further teases how a terrifying choice will befall a family: Save your family, or save humanity. Check out the new poster for Knock at the Cabin below....

TNT has greenlit a new series from executive producers Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead, The Shawshank Redemption), Michael De Luca (The Social Network, Moneyball) and Elliot Webb (Tall Time Tales). TNT has ordered a total of six episodes for the untitled project, which is being produced by TNT Originals. Based on the critically acclaimed book L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City by John Buntin, the story chronicles the epic battle between Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker and mobster Mickey Cohen....

In a story from Risky Biz Blog, producer Frank Marshall has said that Gary Ross (Seabiscuit) will be writing the long talked about Lance Armstrong biopic. This film, from Columbia Pictures, could start shooting next year. “We knew Gary well from is work on Seabiscuit and thought he’d be perfect for this,” stated Marshall, who also produced Seabiscuit. The Armstrong project will look at how he came back from cancer to take seven consecutive Tour de France titles....

“‘Stop running from God, Alexander… His word says if we confess our sins, he is faithful and [wants] just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us.’ Don’t remember that line from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton? Well, neither does Miranda,” begins the Deadline article about the multi-hyphenate’s reaction to the unauthorized staging of his 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical that took place at a Texas church. And of course, Miranda, who is known for his pro-LGBTQIA+ stance, is not too pleased about the Christianized version of his Broadway musical phenomenon telling the story of the “ten-dollar Founding Father without a father....

The upcoming action thriller, Plane, starring Gerard Butler and Luke Cage star Mike Colter will land (apologies) in theaters a little earlier than expected. Plane was originally scheduled to be released January 27, 2023, but will now hit the big screen on January 13, 2023, instead. The change in release date, which comes via Deadline, is reportedly due to the recent trailer for Plane receiving a positive response online. Plane promises to be a white-knuckle action thrill ride and begins when commercial pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) completes an emergency landing after a ravaging storm damages the aircraft....

Gillian Anderson has joined the cast of NBC’s Hannibal, marking her first primetime TV gig since The X-Files went off the air in 2002. The actress will portray Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier, the therapist of Mads Mikkelsen’s Hanibal Lecter. Here’s what series creator Bryan Fuller had to say about his latest cast member. The actress joins a cast that also includes Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Torres, Molly Shannon, Ellen Greene, and Chelan Simmons....

Rian Johnson has big plans for the Knives Out franchise, which begins with his pursuit of a theatrical re-release for its latest sequel, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, according to an exclusive interview with Insider. Its week-long theatrical debut began on Nov. 23, with the plan to release the movie on Netflix – which acquired the sequel rights from Lionsgate earlier this year – on Dec. 23. The film was shown in about 600 theaters across America’s three largest movie chains, Regal Cinemas, AMC, and Cinemark....

Tommy Lee Jones has closed a deal to star in Great Hope Springs, to be directed by David Frankel. The comedy also stars Meryl Streep and Steve Carell. Sony Pictures holds North American distribution rights to the film which will be released in the 4th quarter of 2012. The screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, which was featured on the prestigious Black List, follows a middle-aged couple who after thirty years of marriage attend an intense counseling weekend to examine the intimacy issues that are threatening their marriage....