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The 2015 American horror comedy Goosebumps was written and directed by Rob Letterman. The movie is based on the same-titled children’s horror book series by R. L. Stine. After all of the monsters from the Goosebumps series escape from his books and cause havoc in the real world, a fictionalized Stine (Jack Black) joins forces with his teenage daughter (Odeya Rush) and their neighbor (Dylan Minnette) to save their neighborhood. The movie received generally favorable reviews from critics and received appreciation for its comedy and many allusions to the Goosebumps book series....

Gore Verbinski discusses putting in all the elements in place for the final film in the trilogy and the possibility of more Pirates movies When you begin a trilogy of movies with two well crafted films it seems the only place you can go is down when you make the third one. That is unless your Gore Verbinski. With Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the Director put together a world that few would ever have conceived possible....

Fiore Films, an independent production company, today announced that its film, with the working title Gotti: Three Generations, will be released theatrically as Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father. Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson and Academy Award-nominated writer James Toback, the same team that made Bugsy, which earned ten Academy Award nominations, recently completed a polishing of the original screenplay, with Levinson set to begin directing the film in January on-location in New York....

The Great British Baking Show (or Great British Bake Off) has to be one of the most comfortable and wholesome reality TV competitions out there. Every episode features a friendly set of amateur bakers who try their hand at baking challenges in the beautiful English countryside. Over the years, there have been three professional judges, including Mary Berry, Prue Leith, and celebrity chef Paul Hollywood as a constant staple. Besides two professional judges in each episode, the show is hosted by two comedians, which also switch up every few seasons....

ABC has found The Greatest American Hero, casting New Girl star Hannah Simone as the lead character Meera. With the New Girl final season debuting in April, Hannah Simone was one of the most sought-after actresses this pilot season, with this report revealing that she was fielding numerous offers before choosing The Greatest American Hero pilot. Hannah Simone will be playing a 30-year-old Indian-American woman named Meera, who has a penchant for karaoke and imbibing tequila, and often finds herself at odds with her traditional Indian-American family, as she searches for purpose in her life....

An extended clip from the upcoming CBS sci-fi series Extant offers new hints as to how astronaut Molly Woods (Halle Berry) comes home pregnant, following a 13-month solo outer space mission, but it also raises more questions than answers. This scene gives us our first good look at the mystery man aboard Molly’s space station, who is none other than her ex-lover Marcus (Sergio Harford). How did Marcus even get there?...

The stories of Dr. Hannibal Lecter have crisscrossed decades of different viewer bases, each building upon the legend of the serial killer’s stunning exploits. While most audiences were introduced to him in The Silence of the Lambs, his character has made appearances within a variety of media sources since then, and even before that fateful film. Famously referred to as “Hannibal the Cannibal,” Anthony Hopkins’s interpretation of Lecter was ranked #1 on the American Film Institute’s 2003 list of the top villains in the movie world....

After a month and a half holiday hiatus, Gotham returned last night with the mid-season premiere Ghosts, which featured the long-awaited return of Cameron Monaghan’s Jerome Valeska, a.k.a. The Joker. The hit Fox series has never been shy about bringing in both beloved and obscure DC Comics characters, and today we have word that fans should expect the iconic Harley Quinn to show up in the Season 3 finale. While we don’t get too many details, executive producer John Stephens reveals in a new interview that Harley Quinn will also be a big part of the show moving forward....

HBO Max’s Harry Potter: Reunion is debuting New Year’s Day and ahead of its premiere, the channel has released an official look at the return of the iconic trio from the original cast. The trio, including, the man himself, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint), and Hermoine Granger (Emma Watson) sitting in a nostalgic aura of the old Gryffindor common room. It’s the same room where the trio (and a number of characters from the films) have shared moments of friendship, designed plans, and broken countless rules in their quest to defeat Voldemort and unravel conspiracies against their home away from home, that is, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....

In response to DISH’s recent drop of AMC and WE tv to gain leverage in an unrelated lawsuit, AMC Networks will provide DISH customers access to AMC’s Hell on Wheels season two premiere episode on Sunday, August 12 at 9 PM ET/PT and the return of WE tv’s Braxton Family Values on Thursday, August 16 at 9 PM ET/PT. AMC is offering a special live stream of the Hell on Wheels Season 2 premiere episode to DISH subscribers at AMCTV....

Yes. No. Maybe. I don’t know. Can you repeat the question? At the dawn of the 21st century, Malcolm in the Middle debuted on Fox. The popular television show – centered around the maladjusted Wilkerson family – represents the traditional middle-class American family, equipped with its own set of problems. The show’s titular character, adolescent genius Malcolm, consistently breaks the fourth wall in an attempt to directly relate to the audience....

The overwhelming commercial success of reboots and remakes has trickled into the horror genre. We are seeing franchises such as Halloween and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre be rebooted in a style that is more like a hybrid sequel and remake, something vaguely termed ’the legacy sequel.’ The already existing sequels in these franchises were erased from canon and replaced by one modern interpretation. Director and producer David Gordon Green saw some critical and commercial success doing just this whilst helming the new Halloween franchise....

The Season 6 finale of Outlander aired all the way back in May 2022, and fans experiencing the dreaded droutlander couldn’t be happier with the release of a brand-new teaser for the upcoming season. Viewers last saw Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) torn apart, despite their best efforts, as Claire wrongfully faces murder charges for the death of a member of the Ridge. Reminiscent of earlier seasons in the series, the show’s most recent season ended with quite a cliffhanger leaving fans yearning for more....

Hugh Grant has departed from Lost for Words, a romantic comedy for Universal Pictures’ shingle Working Title, over creative differences. According to Variety}, Grant had agreed last summer to play a British thesp approached to star in a film by a Chinese director. After a flirtation with her translator, the actor falls for the director.{@@@newline@@@}{@@@newline@@@}Ziyi Zhang is playing the director. Susanne Bier is directing the film, and Working Title partners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are producing with Jonathan Cavendish....

The wait is almost over, Anne Rice fans, because AMC’s Interview with the Vampire is finally due to drop soon and, from what we know, has high potential to satisfy our long thirst. For the past couple of years, fans have been teased with the many failed attempts to adapt Rice’s popular vampire series, The Vampire Chronicles. At one point, Hulu was going to develop the series but quietly dropped the rights after potential showrunners exited the show....

Jon Favreau recently shot scenes for his upcoming Iron Man adaptation at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The official website of the United States Air Force has posted a pretty lengthy set report from that shoot. According to the site AF.Mil, about 150 Airmen, about a dozen Marines and some of the Air Force’s new aircraft shared the spotlight with Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard and Gwyneth Paltrow while filming Favreau’s blockbuster....

The big changes at DC Studios will apparently not end up affecting the future plans for the sequels to The Batman. Directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattinson as the titular Dark Knight, The Batman is set in a standalone universe unconnected to any other DC-based films. The plan had always seemed to be to further flesh out that universe separately from the DCU with various sequels and spinoffs, such as The Batman 2 and a Penguin series starring Colin Farrell at HBO Max....

After just two seasons, it seems that the new centerpiece of a long-running USA Network series is leaving the show. Variety reports that Jeff Goldblum has left the USA series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. The trade reports that Goldblum’s reps informed them that the actor had, “made up his mind” to leave the show and that the decision wasn’t a negotiating tactic. While the decision was said to be “amicable,” the actor’s reps revealed that his decision to leave the show was, “due to the uncertainty” of the series’ future....

Reading Rainbow star LeVar Burton is once again emerging as the top choice with Jeopardy! fans to become the next permanent host of the show. Following longtime host Alex Trebek’s final episode, record-holding contestant Ken Jennings has stepped in to serve as a guest host. As of now, his hosting duties will be limited, as a handful of other celebrities have also recently been announced as upcoming guest hosts. Perhaps the most random of the names set to host Jeopardy!...

John Krasinski, Diane Kruger and Justin Timberlake will join Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk to announce the Nominations for The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday morning, December 15, 2009 at approx. 5:00 a.m. at The Beverly Hilton. Nominations will be announced in 25 categories. The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live coast to coast Sunday, January 17 on NBC (5 to 8 pm PT, 8 to 11 pm ET) from The Beverly Hilton....