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‘Havoc’: ‘The Raid’ Director Gareth Evans’ Crime Thriller Starring Tom Hardy Heads To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 19, 2021 11:30 am EST Gareth Evans already made one movie with Netflix – the gnarly folk-horror flick Apostle. Now, he’s sticking with them, having just signed an exclusive deal to produce and direct films for the streaming service. And first up will be Havoc, a crime thriller that stars the lord of the mumbly actors, Tom Hardy....

‘I Was A Simple Man’ Review: A Ghostly Constance Wu Guides Her Dying Husband In A Gentle Meditation On Life [Sundance 2021] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 8, 2021 8:00 am EST “Dying isn’t simple is it?” Masao (Steve Iwamoto) is on his death bed, unwilling — or unable — to reckon with his debilitating sickness, even as his estranged children and grandchildren flit around and away from his bedside. The only presence that has stuck by his side the entire time he’s been bedbound is not a physical one: it’s the ghost of his long-dead wife, Grace (a beatific Constance Wu), who had arrived soon after the formerly robust, dynamic Masao had received his diagnosis, looming on the outskirts of his isolated house before finally being allowed entrance by her frightened husband....

‘Indiana Jones 5’ Casts ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ And ‘King Kong’ Actor Thomas Kretschmann By Ben Pearson/April 22, 2021 2:30 pm EST Thomas Kretschmann, the German actor who played Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Age of Ultron, is the latest actor to join the Indiana Jones 5 cast.Harrison Ford is back wearing the fedora and wielding the whip one last time, and he’ll be joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) and Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale, Hannibal) with John Williams providing the score and James Mangold (Logan) sitting in the director’s chair for the first time in the history of the franchise....

‘Mile 22’ Sequel Already In The Works With New Screenwriter By Chris Evangelista/June 26, 2018 7:30 am EST Mile 22 is still months away from release, but the sequel is already moving full steam ahead with a new writer. Umair Aleem, a writer with a script on the coveted Black List, will pen the sequel to the Mark Wahlberg action movie. Mark Wahlberg, frequent collaborator Peter Berg, and STX Films are really hoping people like what they see when Mile 22 opens in August....

‘Rookie Of The Year’ Remake In The Works At 20th Century Fox By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2018 1:04 pm EST Rookie of the Year is a childhood favorite of plenty of kids who grew up in the early ’90s. The film followed Thomas Ian Nicholas as a young kid who breaks his arm after slipping on a baseball, only to have it heal with his tendons much tighter than they were before, giving him an incredible pitching arm....

‘Ted Lasso’ Season 2 Will Have More Episodes Than Season 1 By Ben Pearson/Feb. 9, 2021 12:30 pm EST Get pumped, Diamond Dogs: Ted Lasso season 2 will feature more episodes than the first season. Last year, the AppleTV+ comedy series debuted and quickly began to gain popularity via good old-fashioned word of mouth, spreading joy, mirth, and optimism in its wake and racking up award nominations in the process. So when season 2 premieres, we expect there to be a much bigger crowd paying attention – and Apple has confirmed that fans will be treated to even more than we got in season 1....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Realize “The Whole World Is Watching” In A Grim, Pivotal Episode By Adam Frazier/April 9, 2021 7:00 am EST Hello, and welcome to your weekly recap of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep into spoiler territory. You have been warned! Previously On… In “Power Broker,” Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and Zemo (Daniel Brühl) took the Baron’s private jet to Madripoor in search of answers about the new Super Soldier Serum that’s hitting the streets....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Will Be Available Worldwide In (Almost) All Markets March 18 By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 19, 2021 9:30 am EST Zack Snyder’s Justice League is going international. The long-awaited Snyder Cut is already set to premiere in the U.S. on HBO Max in March, and now it’s been revealed that the flick will roll out the same day worldwide in all markets, with the exception of China, France, and Japan, where release dates are still to be determined....

20% Of People We Polled Are Most Excited To See This Fall 2021 Blockbuster Sony Pictures By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 13, 2021 4:44 pm EST (Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) It’s survey results time again, movie fans, and this one’s a bit of a surprise! We conducted a poll to see which Fall 2021 blockbuster people were most excited to see....

By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 31, 2021 12:00 pm EST Here’s a trailer for the movie. With suspense, mystery, tragedy and humor, the series HOPE will chronicle twelve days of a family’s Christmas together, the unravelling of a marriage, with six children between them, in this large complicated blended family drama. Hope is a falling in love again story. When the movie played at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019, the festival page called it “A clear-eyed, adult love story about the sacrifices we’re sometimes called upon to make for those closest to us, and a probing exploration of the frenzied, often obsessive, and atomized nature of contemporary life,” and added: “Hope courageously asks us what we really consider important — and whether we can pursue our ambitions while living up to our ideals and obligations....

Andy Garcia To Star In Cuban American ‘Father Of The Bride’ Remake By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 19, 2021 7:30 am EST It’s time for another trip down the aisle. Andy Garcia is set to star in Warner Bros.’ latest Father of the Bride remake, which will center on a Cuban-American family. It will be the third iteration of this story, following the 1950 Spencer Tracy-starring film and the 1991 Steve Martin version....

Ari Aster’s ‘Midsommar’ Follow-Up ‘Disappointment Blvd’ Adds Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane And More By Marisa Mirabal/June 21, 2021 6:59 pm EST Writer/director Ari Aster is tackling another heartfelt romantic comedy for his third feature. Just kidding. Aster has quickly become the arthouse king of horror with Hereditary and Midsommar, both of which utilized his visually unique storytelling methods circled around trauma and grief. He is now set to write and direct Disappointment Blvd starring Joaquin Phoenix, and Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, and Kylie Rogers have now joined the talented yet perplexing line-up that has us wondering what the heck this movie will even be....

B-Movie Kings Dolph Lundgren And Frank Grillo Are Teaming Up For A Submarine Action Movie By Marisa Mirabal/June 23, 2021 6:44 am EST Dolph Lundgren and Frank Grillo are diving into a new film that will be centered around WWII and Germany’s infamous U-boats. Directed by Steven Luke, Operation Seawolf was produced by VMI Worldwide and has recently wrapped. No stranger to war movies, Luke has a flair for directing fight scenes, explosions, and attacks on camera....

Dune Featurette Teases A Wildly Ambitious Sci-Fi Epic Warner Bros. Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 6, 2021 9:35 am EST If you’ve got three minutes to spare and an abiding interest in “Dune” (not to mention an abiding love for the music of Pink Floyd), there’s a new featurette out, which gives us a look at some fresh “Dune” footage. It also gives us a glimpse behind the scenes of Denis Villeneuve’s much-anticipated film adaptation of the classic Frank Herbert science-fiction novel....

Easter Sunday Release Date and Where You Can Watch It Netflix “Easter Sunday” is due for a theatrical release on April 1, 2022, a little more than two weeks before the actual Easter Sunday holiday. Thanks to the multi-year licensing deal that begins in 2022, “Easter Sunday” will also air on Showtime, The Movie Channel, and Flix, as well as Showtime’s multiplex linear channels and streaming service. What is Easter Sunday About...

Four Differences Between ‘Pain And Gain’ And Real Life, And What They Say About Michael Bay By David Chen/April 26, 2013 8:00 am EST To say that Pain & Gain is Michael Bay’s most restrained film in six years is either an indictment of the devolution of Bay’s directorial career or an earnest wish that he return to making movies without giant fighting robots. Despite its pedigree, the film is an enjoyable, misanthropic, frequently uncomfortable testosterone-laden romp through the streets of 90s-era Miami....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Images Show Off Everyone’s Favorite, MUNCHER Sony Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 27, 2021 10:02 pm EST The trailer for “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” which hits theaters in November, shows kids in the Ectomobile, deploying a gunner’s seat while chasing a new ghost named Muncher across a small Oklahoma town. If you want to get a better look at Muncher, you won’t have to chase him all that far. Sony Pictures has released a couple of new promo images for the movie, one of which features the blue, Slimer-like specter in all his fire-hydrant-guzzling glory....

Glenn Howerton Is Still Up For Playing A Superhero, And Patton Oswalt Has A Perfect Suggestion Peacock / NBCUniversal By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 27, 2021 3:26 pm EST Today, audiences know Chris Pratt as the space-criminal-turned-superhero Star-Lord from Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise. However, if that casting didn’t work out for whatever reason, director James Gunn has previously said that “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star Glenn Howerton would have been his second choice to take the role....

Snoop and Martha’s Very Tasty Halloween C Flanigan/Getty Images The show, a first-time collaboration between Peacock and Buzzfeed, is produced by the latter’s studios, Magical Elves, and Snoopadelic Films (which also produced “Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party” series in 2016). Casey Kriley, Jo Sharon, Hillary Olsen, Patrick J. Doody and Gaylen Gawlowski serve as executive producers for Magical Elves, while Richard Alan Reid and Charlotte Simms serve as executive producers for BuzzFeed....

How Does Each Eternals Character Compare To Their Comic Counterpart? A Handy Guide Marvel Studios By Max Evry/Nov. 5, 2021 9:00 am EST In July of 1976 artist/writer/god among men Jack Kirby made his last big contribution to the Marvel Universe when “The Eternals” #1 was released to newsstands across the country. It introduced strange new cosmic concepts like the powerful Celestials who helped to divide the evolution of man into three stages: regular old humans, the mutated Deviants, and the super people known as Eternals....