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‘The Sopranos’ Star Steven Van Zandt Was A Test Audience For Prequel Film ‘The Many Saints Of Newark’ By Danielle Ryan/July 16, 2021 9:23 am EST Even Tony Soprano knows that before you make a big decision, you’ve gotta run it by the guys. The Sopranos creator David Chase made sure to do just that, showing former Sopranos cast member Steven Van Zandt early cuts of the upcoming prequel movie, The Many Saints of Newark....

Meanwhile, What We Do in the Shadows Season 3 Approaches As for season 3, you can catch that when it premieres with the first two of the season’s 10 episodes on Thursday, September 2, 2021 on FX and streaming the next day on FX on Hulu. In season 3: “After the shocking season two finale, we find the housemates in a panic about what to do with Guillermo after discovering that he is a vampire killer....

The Last of a Packed Voice Cast In “Batman Unburied,” former police commissioner Jim Gordon’s daughter Barbara will battle with her own beliefs, trying to figure out how to be a vigilante while still staying within the confines of the law. Even as she tries to maintain her strict ethics, she finds herself being drawn toward Batman’s system of delivering justice. Sam Witwer (“Supergirl”) will join the cast as the series’ main villain, the cannibalistic serial killer The Harvester....

Bobby Cannavale On Playing The Reluctant Guest And Digging Into Trauma In ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ [Interview] By Shania Russell/Aug. 12, 2021 7:00 am EST Based on the book by Lianne Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies, comes the very trippy, drama-soaked miniseries Nine Perfect Strangers. Just as the title indicates, the series brings nine complete strangers together for a 10-day wellness retreat at Tranquillum House, which promises “mind and body transformation....

Who Else is Working on Cello? FilmDistrict Lee Nelson of Envision Media Art is producing the film, and “Cello” is executive produced by Sultan Al Muheisen and Niko Ruokosuo from Alamiya and David Tish (“The Ice Road,” “Mr. Church”) from Envision Media Arts. The film was financed by Rozam Media, which also owns all rights to the film. Raul Talwar is serving as an associate producer. “Cello” was shot by Maxime Alexandre (“Shazam!...

What is Donnie Darko About? Newmarket Films “Donnie Darko” deals with time travel and alternate universes, so getting the story straight in a coherent manner is not the easiest thing. Bear with me. Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a mouthy, moody, mentally unwell teenager struggling with sleepwalking, who continually sees visions of a terrifying man-sized rabbit called Frank who tells him the world is going to end. One morning, Donnie wakes up on a golf course after a night of sleepwalking to discover a jet engine crashed through his bedroom....

Everything We Know About Obi-Wan Kenobi So Far Disney+ By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 16, 2021 10:10 am EST The “Star Wars” Sequel Trilogy might seem like the basis of a perpetual internet war that will forever divide the fandom, but at one point much the same could have been said about the prequels. Once derided as nothing short of the worst movies ever made, a certain generation of fans — okay I’ll ‘fess up to it, it’s mostly my generation — have rehabilitated the movies as worthy additions to the canon in their own right … missteps and all....

Everything We Know About The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Reboot So Far Peacock By Shania Russell/Nov. 29, 2021 12:29 pm EST This is a story all about how— Okay, you see where this is going. Peacock has flipped the beloved ’90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” upside down with their dramatic reboot of Will Smith’s star-making role. It’s a return to Bel-Air, once again telling the story of Will as he adjusts to life in a new place — but with a few key differences....

Fantasy Box Office Bombs That Deserve A Second Chance The Jim Henson Company By Joe Lipsett/Aug. 31, 2021 6:26 pm EST Fantasy films aren’t released every day. The genre is not in as dire straits as, say, westerns or musicals, but fantasy is certainly a bit of an endangered species — or, at the very least, a genre in decline. Fantasy relies on extensive world-building and frequently dabbles in magic, curses, and alternative histories....

Here’s Where You Can Stream Every ‘Conjuring’ Universe Movie By Chris Evangelista/June 9, 2021 12:49 pm EST (Welcome to Where to Watch, which provides a clear and simple answer to the question, “Hey, where can I watch this thing?” In this edition: the Conjuring franchise.) The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the latest entry in The Conjuring series, is now in theaters and on HBO Max. And if you haven’t seen it yet, and want to catch up on all the other Conjuring movies first, I’m here to help....

What To Know About Val-Zod Multiple iterations of the same superhero character at various levels of continuity remain the new trend these days, as WB/DC has multiple versions of its iconic library of heroes co-existing across film and television (and that’s not even counting the upcoming, multiverse-spanning The Flash film). Val-Zod is right in line with that new focus. Hailing from Earth 2, the character was left an orphan by his own Kryptonian race before the planet’s destruction....

Neil Gaiman’s Anansi Boys Series Casts Malachi Kirby To Play Dual Leads History Channel By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 17, 2021 3:00 pm EST Two Brothers, One Actor Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock Gaiman, who is also co-writing the six episodes with Lenny Henry, shared in an earlier statement his impetus for writing the 2005 book: Based on Gaiman’s novel of the same name, Anansi Boys follows Charlie Nancy, a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father....

Netflix’s ‘Altered Carbon’ Is A Visual Feast Lacking Sustenance By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2018 9:00 am EST Netflix’s new original series Altered Carbon is a big, bold, visually stunning sci-fi extravaganza. Unfortunately, the story the show is telling fails to live up to the jaw-dropping visuals on display, ultimately robbing the series of its power. Minor spoilers follow. A Visual Feast Lacking Sustenance Netflix’s bombastic new sci-fi action-drama Altered Carbon comes barreling out of the gate with little or no regard for logic....

New Comedy With Danny McBride And Aziz Ansari Is Called ‘Olympic-Sized A-Hole’; Basic Plot Revealed By Russ Fischer/Sept. 8, 2010 10:21 pm EST OK, well, I was weak and edited the full (if light) expletive out of the headline. The real name for the new comedy that will star Danny McBride and Aziz Ansari is Olympic-Sized A**hole. The two are working together in Ruben Fleischer’s new film 30 Minutes or Less, and on the set of that film McBride dropped the veil and revealed a few tidbits of info....

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Trailer Twenty years after the first live-action film in the franchise, “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” is set to bring the tone, aesthetics, and story much closer to the video games that it originated from. This latest adaptation comes from writer/director Johannes Roberts, best known for 2018’s “The Strangers: Prey at Night,” “47 Meters Down,” and its sequel “47 Meters Down: Uncaged.” Roberts obviously has horror experience within the genre, though “Resident Evil” may prove to be an interesting and challenging change of pace for the filmmaker....

Star Wars Celebration 2022 Moves Up Its Dates From August To May By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 12, 2021 2:00 pm EST Star Wars Celebration is returning, slightly earlier than expected. While we’ll still have to wait a whole year for the Star Wars fan festival to return to Anaheim, California, Star Wars Celebration 2022 has moved up its dates, from August 2022 to May 2022. Like many other events last year, Star Wars Celebration canceled its 2020 event due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

Ted Lasso Season 3: Everything We Know So Far AppleTV+ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 6, 2021 5:59 pm EST Long before “Ted Lasso” became an Emmy-winning comedy juggernaut, co-creators Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, and Joe Kelly knew that they didn’t want to run their show into the ground. They loosely mapped out a three-season plan, and after the first season took the Internet by storm, AppleTV+ gave the creators the go-ahead to make both the second and third seasons and finish the series on their terms....

The Addams Family 2 Star Bill Hader Wants You To Watch More Classic Horror [Interview] HBO By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 26, 2021 3:25 pm EST Bill Hader’s been busy. He’s done voice work for a couple of characters on Marvel’s “M.O.D.O.K.” series, gotten the ball rolling on “Barry” season 3 (and 4!), and now he’s voicing the mysterious mad scientist Dr. Cyrus Strange in “The Addams Family 2,” in theaters now. I got the chance to chat with Hader via Zoom about everything ooky, spooky, and kooky, and even got some recommendations for some scary pre-Code movies to watch on Halloween!...

The Insider One Hour Photo Now Streaming on HBO Max Release Date: 2002Genre: ThrillerDirector: Mark RomanekCast: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, Eriq La SalleRobin Williams was, of course, known primarily for his comedy, but I always enjoyed his dramatic work much more. One of his best dramatic performances is in Mark Romanek’s chilly little thriller One Hour Photo. Williams plays a severely lonely photo technician at a Walmart-like establishment (you see, kids, once upon a time we took photos with cameras instead of phones, and then we’d have to take the film from those cameras to be developed....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To HBO Max In May 2021 By Chris Evangelista/April 24, 2021 9:00 am EST It’s gonna be May (are we still doing that joke?) soon, which means HBO Max – which has quickly become one of the best streaming services around in terms of content – is going to unleash a whole slew of new movies (and TV shows) you’re going to want to check out....