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Frank Langella set to Return to FX’s The Americans
Academy Award nominee and three-time Tony Award winner Frank Langella will return next season to FX’s critically-acclaimed and Peabody Award-winning drama The Americans. Langella will reprise his role as Gabriel, Philip and Elizabeth’s mysterious KGB handler. Gabriel and Elizabeth share a nurturing relationship, while he and Philip continue to butt heads. “Frank brings such instant depth and compl...
A good first look at Jared Leto as The Joker for Suicide Squad
Warner Bros. Pictures and director David Ayer surprised fans on Friday with a first look at Oscar winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) as The Joker in David Ayer’s (Fury, End of Watch) Suicide Squad adaptation! “The Suicide Squad wishes you a Happy Anniversary Mr. J!” Ayer wrote on Twitter. Check out the image below and sound off with your thoughts in the comments below. Created by Robert Kanigh...
A New Universal Movie Calendar Shifts Warcraft and Pacific Rim 2 to Summer
Following release date announcements earlier regarding both Furious 8 and the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, Universal Pictures has revealed quite a few additional release date announcements and shifts. First up, Legendary’s Warcraft, released in 3D by Universal Pictures, will move from March 11, 2016, to Friday, June 10, 2016. A 3D epic adventure of world...
Furious 8 is Coming in April 2017!
With Furious 7 already having earned $1.158 billion at the worldwide box office, it’s no surprise that Vin Diesel just took to the stage at CinemaCon and announced that Furious 8 is coming to theaters on April 14, 2017! Furious 7 marks Universal’s first film to achieve $1 billion during its initial release, with 1993’s Jurassic Park having reached $1.044 billion after the 3D re-release in 2013. Fu...
Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed Release Dates Set
Universal Pictures announced today at CinemaCon that the studio has set release dates for the two sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey, which opened in theaters earlier this year on February 13. Fifty Shades Darker will hit theaters on February 10, 2017 and Fifty Shades Freed is coming on February 9, 2018. It was revealed just yesterday that the screenplay for Fifty Shades Darker will be written by aut...
Franz Drameh Joins Arrow, The Flash Spin-off
The CW has announced another casting addition to their upcoming “Arrow” and “The Flash” spin-off with Attack the Block and Edge of Tomorrow star Franz Drameh. Drameh joins the cast as a character named “Jay Jackson,” who is officially described as follows: “Jay Jackson, a former high school athlete, whose pro-career was derailed by injury. Now making ends meets as an auto mechanic, Jay will come t...
Tyler Perry joins Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 as Baxter Stockman
A key supporting character in the franchise, Baxter Stockman is set to appear in next summer’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Variety has the news, reporting that Tyler Perry will play Stockman, who, in the mythology of the TMNT comics and various television series, invents the robotic, turtle-hunting Mousers. Stockman first appeared in the original Mirage Comics as an African American scientist,...
“I wouldn’t call this a Superman sequel” says Henry Cavill about Batman v. Superman
Though the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a direct follow-up to 2013’s Man of Steel, as evidenced by the teaser trailer that debuted earlier this week, one of the film’s stars Henry Cavill says that it’s not exactly a “Superman sequel.” “I wouldn’t call this a Superman sequel,” Cavill tells MTV. “This is Batman vs. Superman so it’s a separate entity altogether. It’s introducing the...
Marvel Cinematic Universe on the quest for the next Spiderman
Who will be the next young actor to take on the role of Peter Parker and his webhead alter ego in the new Spider-Man film from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios? TheWrap claims to have an update on the current search for a star, reporting that, while no offers have been made, at least five young stars are very much in contention at the moment. Their list includes Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Ender’s ...
CinemaCon: A Breakdown (Part 1)
CinemaCon has kicked off its fifth year celebrating the moviegoing experience. Starting on Monday 20th, we got Universal Pictures and filmmaker Elizabeth Banks screening one of this summer’s most eagerly anticipated films, “Pitch Perfect 2.” As part of the night’s Opening Ceremony, CinemaCon singled out two industry giants with a special presentation: CINEMACON TRIUMPH AWARDS GEORGE LE...
Marvel’s Daredevil renewed for a second season, coming back to Netflix in 2016!
If you’ve already watched all 13 episodes of “Marvel’s Daredevil” on Netflix and are eager for more, we’ve got some good news. Netflix has just announced that they’ve picked up the series for a second season that will premiere in 2016. Doug Petrie (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “American Horror Story”) and Marco Ramirez (“Sons of Anarchy”), who worked closely with Executive Producers Steven S. DeKni...
The New Tomorrowland Trailer is Here!
Walt Disney Pictures has released a new Tomorrowland trailer featuring brand-new footage from the Brad Bird-directed film. Check it out in the player below! In addition, Disney has officially announced that a special presentation of the film, featuring more than six minutes of footage to be introduced by director Brad Bird, will screen exclusively in IMAX theatres domestically and in select intern...