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Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg Helped Judd Apatow Rewrite ‘Bad Boys II’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 15, 2020 12:30 pm EST Even though the script for Bad Boys II was written by Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump) and Jerry Stahl (Moonlighting, Twin Peaks), there was a rewrite done by The 40-Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up writer/director Judd Apatow, and he asked Superbad and Pineapple Express writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to help him out....

Spooky Eco-Horror Movie ‘The Feast’ Is Coming In November By Marisa Mirabal/Aug. 18, 2021 5:58 pm EST Lee Haven Jones’ debut film The Feast premiered at the 2021 SXSW film festival and received several positive reviews. Today, IFC Midnight announced that they picked up the North American rights to the Welsh-language eco-horror film, a treat for genre fans just in time for Thanksgiving. Directed by Lee Haven Jones and written by Roger Williams, The Feast is a slow-burn horror film that serves up a hefty amount of dread....

Taika Waititi And Jemaine Clement Are Making An Action-Adventure TV Series, Future ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Spin-Offs On Hold By Danielle Ryan/June 30, 2021 11:39 am EST Get ready, fans of the fabulous Kiwi duo Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. The two have a new project in the works, and it’s an action-adventure TV series. The duo, who created What We Do in the Shadows (both the film and tv series), are teaming up again, but this time for something completely new....

The 15 Best Batman: The Animated Series Episodes By Andrew Bloom/Sept. 8, 2021 7:25 pm EST “Batman: The Animated Series” was the perfect synthesis of The Dark Knight. The seminal series, shepherded by talents like Bruce Timm, Alan Burnett, Eric Radomski, and Paul Dini, set a new standard for superhero storytelling writ large. The show’s creators achieved this lofty standard by melding influences from Tim Burton’s art deco Gotham, the animation of Max Fleischer’s ’40s “Superman” cartoons, and decades of comic book stories from across the spectrum....

The 15 Best Better Call Saul Episodes Ranked AMC Networks By Liam Gaughan/Nov. 17, 2021 4:47 pm EST Crafting a great television spinoff is no easy feat, particularly if it only centers on one of the main characters from the original series. If a show is already working with an ensemble cast, isolating just one of the characters removes the chemistry that made the series so special; for example, the “Friends” spinoff “Joey” failed to develop an ensemble that rivaled the original show’s....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To HBO Max In September 2021 By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 19, 2021 1:02 pm EST It’s a little crazy to think that the summer is almost over, but it is. September is right around the corner, and it will bring with it a whole bunch of great new stuff on HBO Max, which has quickly become a damn good streaming service. In addition to the premieres of new Warner Bros....

What is The Good Place? NBC Premiering in the fall of 2016 and created by Michael Schur (“The Office,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), “The Good Place” was a comedic fantasy series about self-absorbed Eleanor Shellstrop, who upon her death winds up in The Good Place, a Heaven-like utopia as a reward for her good deeds on Earth. However, as Eleanor was a complete a**hole on Earth, and realizes she wound up in The Good Place by mistake....

The Matrix Resurrections Trailer In 1999, “The Matrix” hit the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. The Wachowskis created a stunning sci-fi spectacle, full of cutting-edge special effects and thrilling action. I can distinctly remember being in the theater for “The Matrix” opening weekend, and feeling the electric energy in the room as the audience collectively lost their minds when Carrie-Anne Moss, as Trinity, suddenly seemed to be hovering in the air as the camera spun around her....

The New Episode Of ‘WandaVision’ Breaks The Mystery Wide Open By Evan Saathoff/Jan. 29, 2021 7:00 am EST Hello all, and welcome to your weekly recap of whatever wildness occurred on the latest episode of WandaVision. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep into spoiler territory. You have been warned! Last Time on WandaVision… Last week’s episode ended with the arrival of twins. It would have been cute were it not for the fearful behavior of Wanda and Vision’s neighbors, Wanda’s temporal manipulation of Vision, and the sudden expulsion of Geraldine....

The Star Wars Easter Egg In Hook That Stayed Hidden For Years TriStar Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 13, 2021 1:21 pm EST Steven Spielberg’s “Hook” may be the most divisive movie the celebrated filmmaker has ever directed. Depending on who you ask, it’s either a fanciful continuation of J.M. Barrie’s classic “Peter Pan” that preaches the value of embracing adulthood without losing one’s passion for living … or the confused creation of a storyteller revered for his youthful sense of wonder while he was going through a mid-life crisis....

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Is A ‘Love Story’ Between Man And Alien Goo Monster, Says Director Andy Serkis Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Sept. 8, 2021 1:57 pm EST “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is set to hit theaters in a matter of weeks. It will serve as a sequel to 2018’s “Venom,” the critically-maligned but massively successful (from a commercial standpoint) Marvel Comics adaptation. Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock alongside his symbiote counterpart — and director Andy Serkis (“Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle”) is calling their new shared adventure a “love story....

You, Too, Can Be an Unpaid Intern Marvel Studios As someone who broke into the blogosphere doing unpaid Disney parks coverage “for exposure” (an exposure that has netted me a grand total of 203, wait, 201 Twitter followers, four years later), I can sympathize greatly with Betty Brant slumming it at The Daily Bugle as she tries to get her online news career started. With Simmons back as Jameson and Alfred Molina returning as Doctor Octopus, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” draws a direct connection to Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” movie trilogy....

Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Will Open In Theaters In October, After Playing Cannes And The New York Film Festival By Chris Evangelista/May 27, 2021 10:30 am EST Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch has a new release date: October! The latest Anderson ensemble was due out last year, but we all know how things turned out for most films due out in 2020. Anderson’s pic was also supposed to play at the Cannes Film Festival last year, but when Cannes got Cannes-celed, those plans went down the toilet as well....

Why Spielberg Traded Cape Fear To Scorsese For Schindler’s List Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 2, 2021 11:01 am EST “Schindler’s List” won Steven Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director, and it’s hard to imagine anyone else helming the film. “Cape Fear” is a little different in that Martin Scorsese’s 1991 version is a remake of a 1962 thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson. Scorsese reused the score by Bernard Herrmann and reused actors like Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck....

Yes, ‘Eternals’ Will Explain Why These Superheroes Didn’t Help Out During ‘Avengers: Endgame’ By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 18, 2021 8:46 am EST Eternals may become the latest example of the many balancing acts that any shared universe will inevitably be asked to navigate. After all, constructing a timeline with a lived-in sense of history must stand up to scrutiny. While fans should generally approach movies with the benefit of the doubt (these are, after all, fictional works made up by human beings rather than an actual historical retelling), creators tend to obsess over these sorts of details....

‘Parable Of The Sower’ Adaptation Coming From ‘Time’ Director And A24 By Danielle Ryan/July 26, 2021 3:42 pm EST Director Garrett Bradley, who garnered attention last year for her Oscar-nominated documentary Time, is set to direct Parable of the Sower. The film is an adaptation of the 1993 Octavia E. Butler sci-fi novel of the same name, about a fifteen-year-old with Hyper-Empathy Syndrome. Bringing Butler’s Work to Life According to Deadline, Bradley will direct the adaptation of Butler’s novel for indie powerhouse A24....

‘Physical’ Trailer: Rose Byrne Is An ’80s Aerobics Instructor In This New Apple TV+ Series By Chris Evangelista/April 27, 2021 11:30 am EST Need something to fill the ’80s void left behind by GLOW? Then you might want to watch the trailer for Physical, a new Apple TV+ dramedy that stars Rose Byrne as a tormented housewife who finds solace in the world of aerobics. Like GLOW, this looks to be a mix of big hair, leotards, and darkly-tinged comedy....

‘Roadrunner’ Features Some Anthony Bourdain Voiceovers Created Using Artificial Intelligence [Interview] By Ben Pearson/July 15, 2021 11:45 am EST Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef, author, and acclaimed host of shows like No Reservations and Parts Unknown, died by suicide in 2018. Filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) was approached by CNN to make a movie about the iconoclastic TV personality, and the result is Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, a new documentary that hits theaters tomorrow....

‘Russian Doll’ Season 2 Casts Chappie Himself, Sharlto Copley By Chris Evangelista/April 12, 2021 2:00 pm EST At long last, the worlds of Chappie and Russian Doll will collide as Chappie himself, actor Sharlto Copley, has joined the cast of Russian Doll season 2. We don’t know who Copley is playing just yet, but feel free to go ahead and assume he’s playing Chappie again until we have a definitive answer....

‘Seance’ Director Simon Barrett On Making A Timeless Horror Movie And His NC-17 ‘Star Wars’ Movie Pitch [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/May 25, 2021 12:00 pm EST According to Simon Barrett, although he gained a great deal of notoriety as a genre-oriented screenwriter, he’s always seen himself as a director who fell into writing thanks to a long-running partnership with director Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs. Kong). With Barrett as writer and Wingard as director, the pair have made a half-dozen films since 2010, including A Horrible Way to Die, You’re Next, The Guest, and the 2016 Blair Witch reboot (the two are actively working on both a direct sequel to Face/Off and a film based on the classic ’80s animated series ThunderCats)....