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Watch Matthew McConaughey Recall His ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre 4’ Audition, Where He Wielded A Spoon By Eric Vespe/Aug. 18, 2021 4:33 pm EST Those not totally immersed in the world of horror might be surprised that both Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey got their start in the third Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel, but it’s true and now McConaughey has a fun story about how he got cast. Way before he was famous, but after stealing his few scenes in Dazed and Confused, McConaughey was cast in a tiny part in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (or part 4 if you don’t want to type out the whole title)....

What Happened, Brittany Murphy? Trailer: A New Docuseries Explores The Life, Career, And Death Of The Clueless Star HBO Max By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 8, 2021 8:34 am EST The loss of Brittany Murphy was crushing. The brilliant young actress died in 2009 at the age of 32. The official coroner’s report cites her death as caused by pneumonia and cardiac arrest, though how a healthy 32-year-old dies from those has been a source of controversy since her death....

What Is Please Don’t Destroy? Meet Saturday Night Live’s Latest Successor To The Lonely Island Please Don’t Destroy By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2021 1:50 pm EST Even though “Saturday Night Live” is a comedy staple due to the live nature of the late night sketch series, where each episode is exhaustingly created in a single week, the show has always had a place for pre-recorded comedy to shine too. Folks like Albert Brooks and Tom Schiller delivered comedic short films in the earlier years of “SNL,” and Robert Smigel became known for his animated TV Funhouse sketches....

‘Bloodthirsty’ Clip: What Happens When A Vegan Indie Singer Starts Turning Into A Werewolf? By Ethan Anderton/April 22, 2021 8:00 am EST It’s not often that you get to see a werewolf thriller where a female lead transforms into a fearsome beast. But that’s exactly what Brainstorm Media’s new movie Bloodthirsty will do. Following a vegan indie singer feeling the pressure of recording her sophomore album with a notorious music producer, Bloodthirsty finds this young artist slowly realizing that she’s turning into a werewolf ....

‘Fast And Furious’ Spin-Off Starring Charlize Theron’s Cipher Is In Development And Vin Diesel-Approved By Jeremy Mathai/July 6, 2021 5:40 am EST On the first day, there was 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, and Vin Diesel saw that it was good. Eighteen years later, The Rock muscled his way into the Fast & Furious limelight and spearheaded Hobbs and Shaw, the first official spin-off of the main franchise. He, too, saw that it was good (critics and audiences, meanwhile, were somewhat more divided)....

Will These Efforts Pay Off? Since the show’s cancelation on June 14, there have been been a few NBC developments that boost its chances for renewal. Season 5 of the hit crime thriller Good Girls fell through and the newest Law & Order spinoff, For The Defense, will not be moving forward. This frees up room on the NBC docket (and in the budget) for Manifest to return. But NBC isn’t the only one eyeing the show for a fourth season....

‘Poker Face’: Rian Johnson’s First TV Series Is A Mystery Show Starring Star Natasha Lyonne By Ben Pearson/March 16, 2021 12:00 pm EST File this under “things I didn’t know I needed”: writer/director Rian Johnson (Brick, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) is making a television series called Poker Face, and the show has Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll, Orange is the New Black) on board to star. Peacock has given the show a 10-episode commitment, and in a press release, Johnson refers to the show as “case-of-the-week mystery goodness”....

‘Profile’ Director Timur Bekmambetov Believes Screenlife Is The Future Of Cinema [Interview] By Jack Giroux/May 13, 2021 12:00 pm EST It’s fitting interviewing director Timur Bekmambetov over Zoom. Towards the end of the conversation, when the pleasantries and goodbyes were over, something about my reaction to finishing the call made him say “You see!” I didn’t see. Maybe he saw how exhausted I actually was the morning of the interview after I hit pause on the recording and was exiting the digital room....

‘Shibumi’: John Wick Franchise Director Chad Stahelski Will Make Another Assassin Movie By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 4, 2021 2:34 pm EST John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski is staying busier than the cleaning crew scrubbing blood out of the carpet at the Continental. He’s about to start production on John Wick 4, has a number of other projects in the works, and now, he’s going to be producing an adaptation of the classic assassin novel Shibumi....

‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 2 Review: The Animated Comedy Returns With Even More ‘Trek’ References By Ben Pearson/Aug. 12, 2021 6:37 am EST Considering there are literally hundreds of hours of Star Trek films and TV shows that preceded it, the first season of Star Trek: Lower Decks was surprisingly friendly to newbies. The animated comedy, which focuses on a new group of low-level Starfleet members doing grunt work on an unimportant ship, threw in a few specific references per episode for the hardcore Trek fandom in its debut season, but the barrier to entry wasn’t very high....

‘The Secret History Of Hollywood’ Podcast Is Becoming A Movie – Here’s Why This Is Cool News By Ben Pearson/June 10, 2021 3:17 pm EST I stumbled across Adam Roche’s The Secret History of Hollywood podcast back in 2017, and it quickly became one of my favorite podcasts of all time. Roche has explored different Hollywood figures over the course of multiple seasons, painting incredibly vivid pictures of people like Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, James Cagney, and more through highly entertaining, immersive narrative episodes which are all heavily researched and wonderfully performed....

29% Of Fans Think This Is Robert Downey Jr’s Worst Movie. Here’s Why They’re Wrong Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 1, 2021 8:56 am 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.) Well, friends, it’s time for another survey. We talked to 610 different people across America to tell us which Robert Downey Jr....

By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2021 2:00 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter has new projections for Disney+ subscriber numbers in the future, courtesy of Digital TV Research. The report anticipates Disney+ will reach 294 million subscribers by 2026, which surpasses the 286 million subscribers they predict Netflix will have by that year. This appears to be due to Disney+ rolling out to many more international territories in the coming years, especially over a dozen Asian territories....

No Surprises Here United Artists In another question during the Reddit AMA someone asked Wright what the most watched film in his collection are. Here is what he said: I’m not sure what movie I’ve watched the most in my life, but it would probably be one of the following: 2001: A Space Odyssey Airplane! An American Werewolf in London This is Spinal Tap! Phantom of the Paradise or Carrie (Two De Palmas!...

The Sultan of Splatter Allegheny Image Factory Even with the prosthetic effects master on board, the production still struggled to capture the nuances of Savini’s original design. On paper is one thing; making something tangible and wearable for the actor is another. “We spent two solid months just rejecting the things that they were sending me,” Derrickson tells Empire, “I kept going, ‘It needs to look exactly like Tom’s artwork.’ It was much more of a challenge than I was expecting....

Final ‘Candyman’ Trailer Will Have To Be Summoned Yourself — If You Dare By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 23, 2021 10:46 am EST The final Candyman trailer is here, but you’ll have to be brave enough to summon it. A new site for the film prompts you to activate your computer microphone and say “Candyman” five times, and your reward will be one final trailer. To be clear: the trailer doesn’t have new footage, it’s just a recut of footage that’s already been released....

HBO Max’s Ad-Supported Tier Launches Today, And It Doesn’t Include Warner Bros. Same-Day Theatrical Releases By Ethan Anderton/June 2, 2021 7:30 am EST Starting today, you can pay a little less to get access to HBO Max if you don’t mind watching some commercials every now and then. Today, the streaming service launched their ad-supported tier for $9.99 per month (or $99.99 for a whole year), which is $5 off the regular ad-free subscription of $14....

HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ Series Casts Joel’s Daughter, A Small But Pivotal Role By Vanessa Armstrong/July 1, 2021 11:27 am EST HBO’s screen adaptation of The Last of Us is continuing its casting spree, and we now know who will play Joel’s daughter. Deadline announced that Nico Parker, who’s best known to date for starring in Disney’s live-action Dumbo, will be playing the small but crucial role of the child of Pedro Pascal, who was already cast as the lead, Joel....

Jackass 4 Release Date and Where You Can Watch It Jackass 4 was originally planned to have a release date of March 5, 2021. Due to coronavirus concerns, Paramount pushed the release back to July 2, then to October 22, 2021. Now it has been pushed back again to February 4, 2022. The film will release in theaters worldwide on that date, and could be available on stream on Paramount+ as soon as 45 days after theatrical release....

Kevin Smith Says ‘Hit Somebody’ Back To One Movie; No Timetable On Production By Germain Lussier/Dec. 3, 2012 9:02 am EST Earlier this year, Kevin Smith told fans he was hoping to begin production on his final film, Hit Somebody, over the summer aimed at a 2013 premiere at Sundance. That didn’t happen, and the reasons for the delay are plentiful. Smith himself has been incredibly busy, working on books, TV, and a speaking tour....