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Yasiin Bey Will Play Jazz Legend Thelonious Monk In Upcoming Biopic By Danielle Ryan/July 21, 2021 4:16 pm EST UPDATE: As of July 22, 2021, Yasiin Bey has left Thelonious, the Thelonious Monk biopic, after being made aware that the production didn’t have the estate’s approval. Jazz legend Thelonious Monk will have his story brought to life by Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def). The musician and actor will portray Monk in an upcoming biopic from production company Jupiter Rising Film....

‘It Chapter Two’ Trailer Breakdown: You Know What They Say About Derry… By Chris Evangelista/May 9, 2019 12:00 pm EST The Losers’ Club is back, and so is Pennywise the Clown in It Chapter Two. The long-awaited trailer for the horror sequel just arrived, and it does not disappoint. Rather than a traditional trailer, we get an extended (although clearly trimmed-down) scene, followed by a few quick, exciting, creepy shots. The marketing department doesn’t have to give away too much – they know the hype is real, and that audiences will happily return to the haunted town of Derry, Maine....

‘Star Trek’ Creator Gene Roddenberry Would’ve Turned 100 Today, And NASA Is Transmitting His Voice Into Space By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 19, 2021 11:06 am EST When Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek 55 years ago, he built a show that had people from all backgrounds and experiences working together. The Star Trek creator sadly passed away in 1991, and today — August 19, 2021 — would have been his 100th birthday....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Brings In A Fan-Favorite ‘The Mandalorian’ Character For “Cornered” By Caroline Cao/May 21, 2021 9:00 am EST Another episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, another big problem for the crew to solve/survive. If the absence of Crosshair wasn’t bad enough, now the Bad Batch (Dee Bradley Baker) has to face a bounty hunter, presumably sent by the Kaminoans, who has her eye on Omega (Michelle Ang)....

‘The Offer’: ‘Rocketman’ Dexter Fletcher To Direct Episodes Of Paramount+ ‘Godfather’ Series By Ben Pearson/April 1, 2021 3:30 pm EST Dexter Fletcher continues to be a sturdy, reliable, go-to filmmaker for medium-profile projects. New streamer Paramount+ has made the Rocketman filmmaker an offer he couldn’t refuse: he will direct the first batch of episodes of The Offer, the new limited series which will recapture the behind-the-scenes drama about the making of The Godfather....

‘Vivo’ Review: A Charming Animated Film That Doesn’t Hit The High Notes By Josh Spiegel/July 29, 2021 4:00 pm EST Watching the new animated film Vivo inspires two thoughts, one of which is far less controversial than the other. The first is that timing really is everything. This Latin American animated musical about the power of any one song was apparently pitched over a decade ago, but coming a few years after Pixar’s Coco means that Vivo feels unfortunately like a very slow runner-up to a creative arms race....

An ‘Alien’ Board Game Is Coming To Terrorize Your Tabletop Nights By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 24, 2021 9:30 am EST In space, no one can hear you roll dice. Well, in space you can’t even roll dice, but we’ll suspend our disbelief for the new Alien board game that will soon let players experience the terror of the 1979 horror sci-fi classic for themselves. Ravensburger is releasing Alien: Fate of the Nostromo (via BoardGameGeek), a co-op tabletop game that will put players right in the middle of the action of the 1979 Ridley Scott film, in which the crew of the Nostromo is terrorized by a deadly alien....

Another Badass Season Netflix “Cobra Kai” has had a lot of drama over the first three seasons we’ve seen so far. And based on the synopsis for the fourth season, it looks like those involved with the three dojos will still be busy fighting each other in tournaments and dealing with their respective love troubles: Season 4 finds the Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang dojos joining forces to take down Cobra Kai at the All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament… and whoever loses must hang up their gi....

Encanto Early Buzz: An Enchanting, Colorful, And Heartfelt Family Musical Disney By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 4, 2021 10:16 am EST We’ve addressed in the past how 2021 has apparently turned into the Year of the Musical, some of which didn’t turn out quite as expected and others that we are maintaining very high hopes for. “Encanto” is a relative break from the larger live-action trend this year, pouring all its vibrancy and musical energy into the medium of animation instead....

Weasel (Sean Gunn) Unfortunately, this isn’t actually a death — but we’ll allow it because, for a brief, glorious moment, it seemed like we would never have to look this deranged creature in the eye again. He is by far the nastiest thing about The Suicide Squad, and watching him hobble away at the end made me shudder. It’s sincerely a shame that the ocean couldn’t rid the world of this monstrous cryptid, but if we cross our fingers hard enough, he’ll disappear into the forest, never to be seen again....

House Of The Dragon Won’t Reinvent Game Of Thrones, But It Will Be Its Own Thing HBO By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 21, 2021 4:34 pm EST You know the only reaction that was more of a sure bet than HBO immediately wanting to keep the “Game of Thrones” hype machine alive with a prequel/spin-off series? That would have to be the intense scrutiny and pressure that comes with attempting to live up to what was unquestionably a pop culture juggernaut — one that will be immensely difficult, if not impossible, to replicate a second time around....

Jigsaw Is A New Netflix Crime Series Where ‘Viewers Are In Control’ AMC By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 16, 2021 4:02 pm EST Netflix is taking another shot at “choose-your-own-adventure” style storytelling with “Jigsaw,” a heist drama starring Giancarlo Esposito (“Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul”) that promises to be “unlike any series you’ve seen before.” The streaming service tested the waters with its 2018 interactive film “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” which allowed viewers to make decisions in the story by selecting different on-screen options....

New ‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’ Halloween Special Is Coming To Disney+ This Fall By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2021 8:00 am EST It’s never too early to start preparing for Halloween. That’s why Disney+ is getting the word out about a new Muppets Haunted Mansion special coming to Disney+ this fall, just in time for the spooky season. The streaming service just released the first promo for the new Muppets special with Gonzo and Pepe the King Prawn making the announcement, but one of them isn’t quite able to muster up the same kind of energy to hype up the show....

Parks And Recreation Band Mouse Rat Has Actually Made The Billboard Charts NBCUniversal By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 10, 2021 11:33 am EST In case you didn’t hear, the most famous band from “Parks and Recreation” locale Pawnee, Indiana has officially released an album. Mouse Rat, led by the charmingly absent-minded Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt), debuted “The Awesome Album” on August 27, and it landed in quite an impressive spot on the Billboard charts....

Pixar’s Luca Clip In this scene, Luca (Jacob Tremblay) and Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) are in disguise as humans are brought to the house of their new friend Giulia (Emma Berman). They’re meeting their beefy, fish-chopping father who is eager to take down a mythical sea monster that has been spotted in the nearby sea. That’s enough to shake up Luca and Alberto as they watch him throwing around and chopping down knives and butcher cleavers....

Ragnarok: Is Season 3 Still Happening? Here’s What We Know Netflix By Ryan Scott/Oct. 29, 2021 3:58 pm EST (Welcome to Will There Be Another Season?, a series where we answer that question and explore what comes next.) Netflix got into the Norse mythology business in a big way with “Ragnarok” last year. The series continued with a second round of godly adventures this year, but that was way back in May and, in the streaming world, that is a long time to go without hearing anything....

Red Notice Featurette What brought each of the three main leads to sign on to this story? How did the production team deal with the pandemic completely overturning their plans from filming all over the world to shooting in Atlanta, Georgia? Did you pay attention to just how much visual effects were required to bring the film to life, from the most action-heavy set pieces to simple dancing sequences set indoors?...

Uncle Dickie Warner Bros. While Tony Soprano is a character in “The Many Saints of Newark,” the film’s main focus is on Dickie Moltisanti, Tony’s mentor and defacto uncle. Dickie is a local mobster who runs with Tony’s father, Johnny Boy (Jon Bernthal), and Tony’s actual uncle, Junior (Corey Stoll). But these blood relations feel very distant to Tony. Tony’s father spends a large part of his childhood in prison, and when he gets out, he seems to have almost nothing to do with his son....

The Morning Watch: Every James Bond Aston Martin Explained, Star Wars: Visions Honest Trailer & More Sony Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 6, 2021 8:05 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)...

The Original Pretty In Pink Ending Test Audiences Couldn’t Stand Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 3, 2021 11:59 am EST 35 years ago, John Hughes released “Pretty in Pink,” arguably the “Return of the Jedi” of his trilogy of teen films starring Molly Ringwald. The story centers on a hip and stylish teenager named Andie, a girl from a lower-class family attending a wealthy private school in Chicago. Andie works at the record store, does everything with her best friend, the equally lower-class Duckie (Jon Cryer), and navigates a world filled with teenage hormones surrounded by wealthy classmates who might as well be from a different planet....