Adapted from the book of the same name from Liane Moriarty by David E. Kelley (a guy who knows a thing or two about writing for television) and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Sharp Objects), the “limited” series would go on to win numerous awards, including Emmys for Kidman, Dern, Skarsgård, and Vallée. So, of course there was going to be another season of a closed-ended story starring one of the most ridiculously talented ensemble casts on television ever....
WARNING: The following article contains SPOILERS for the Black Lightning episode “Shadow of Death: The Book Of War” - The finale of Black Lightning’s first season saw Jefferson Pierce expose the secret government experiments that accidentally gave him and dozens of other inner-city children super-powers. It was a hard-won victory, but unbeknownst to Black Lightning his efforts also helped clear the way for crime boss Tobias Whale to tighten his hold on the underworld of Freeland, as he organizes his own team of supervillains....
If you’re one of millions around the world who already saw Black Panther, you’ve had an introduction to the character M’Baku, brought to life on the big screen for the first time. Winston Duke stole every scene he was in right out from under the other actors, which is no small feat when you have the likes of Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett in the frame. Everyone wants to know more about his character M’Baku....
Marvel reportedly considered an R-rating for their upcoming Black Widow movie. Although Marvel is currently keeping quiet about their Phase 4 slate, Black Widow is generally expected to release in May 2020, and Cate Shortland has signed up as director. Precious little is known about the plot of Black Widow. There have been persistent rumors that it will be some sort of origin story, exploring just how the young assassin wound up working for S....
Blade Runner is famous for many things, among them, spearheading the unique visual aesthetic of a dystopian future. But the film is also layered in ambiguity, with many plot elements (like whether or not its protagonist, Deckard, is one of the very replicants he hunts) still debated by fans to this day. An air of mystery similarly surrounds the film’s upcoming sequel, Blade Runner 2049, whose plot we know almost nothing about....
The ultimate Pokémon cheat sheet is here to remind gamers how to climb to the top of the Pokémon trainer pyramid in the monster-filled realms of Kanto and beyond. Despite it being nearly 23 years since fans first picked up Pokémon Red and Blue, it’s still easy to forget which type is most/least effective against another. As of 2018, there are officially 809 different Pokémon, with this set to rise in 2019 with the rumored release of Generation 8 and a new core Pokémon game....
The cast of The CW’s upcoming Charmed reboot is finally filling out, as one of the young stars of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has joined the series. The CW has had years of success with both original and adapted series fitting into a variety of genres. While superhero shows are currently the network’s bread and butter, they’re slowly getting back into the supernatural game. There’s, of course, Supernatural, currently in season 13....
Disney only has one original movie currently scheduled to arrive from 2019-2020. The Mouse House, like most major Hollywood studios these days, has grown increasingly reliant on established IPs in recent years. In Disney’s case, they’ve not only purchased several lucrative brands over the last decade (Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar), but have also started churning out more and more live-action remakes of their classic animated features. And if if all that wasn’t enough, the company is on the verge of closing a deal to buy Fox, which will give them several more profitable franchises (Avatar, X-Men, Alien) to add to their collection....
For Hollywood studios looking to maximize profits on their latest blockbuster, securing a release in China is a serious priority. The country’s 1.4 billion-strong population makes it the second largest film market in the world, and it could potentially even surpass the U.S. film market within the next decade. Ensuring that a release makes it onto the quota of 34 foreign films each year that China imports on a revenue sharing basis can make a big difference to a movie’s overall box office haul, but securing this theatrical release often comes with some form of compromise....
The Marvel Cinematic Universe started all the way back in 2008 with Robert Downey Jr. first taking on the persona of Tony Stark in Iron Man. Fast forward to 2016 - Marvel Studios has released 14 films in total, six of them solo introductions for new heroes. Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and Ant-Man were each previously been given solo films and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sorcerer Supreme got the same treatment when Doctor Strange debuted earlier this month....
At this point in the run of AMC’s Better Call Saul, Jimmy’s transition into his sleazy second persona is a foregone conclusion, but it’s also almost beside the point. Co-creators Peter Gould and Vince Gilligan have constructed a truly rare prequel series, in that the element which makes all prequels inherently inferior to what came before — that the audience already knows the story’s endpoint — is almost a sidenote of the story that’s being told....
Blade Runner 2 conjures up a combination of excitement, curiosity, and dismay for many fans of Ridley Scott’s original net-noir masterpiece. The 30-plus year wait for a sequel to the celebrated film will be over shortly, though. The Scott Free produced, Denis Villeneuve (Sicario) directed film is scheduled to begin filming sometime in July. Original Blade Runner star Harrison Ford (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) will reprise his role as Richard Deckard, with newcomers Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, and Dave Bautista rounding out the known cast....
It appears that The Blair Witch Project will continue on as a TV series. Released in 1999, The Blair Witch Project effectively kicked off the found-footage movie genre with a movie that examined the discovery of footage purportedly shot by three film students combing the woods of Maryland to make a documentary about the local Blair Witch legend. Being sold as “real” footage to the moviegoing public, the movie caused a ticket-buying frenzy at the box office, and the film - made for a mere pittance of $60,000 - went to gross $140....
No athlete has ever epitomized independence and embodied greatness the way Muhammad Ali did. Never a pacifist, the always polarizing and enigmatic Ali lived his life unapologetically. His boxing career began at age 12, when he was young Cassius Clay; continued through 1964 when he converted to Islam and changed his name at age 22 to Muhammad Ali; and his legacy of being “The Greatest” lived on long after his retirement from the sport in 1981....
In a year with games as big as Cyberpunk 2077 and the Final Fantasy VII Remake, it seems strange to think that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, a reimagining of the world-famous video game series by Infinity Ward, was one of the best games to be presented at E3 2019 - but it was. After years and years of lackluster innovation, including an initially promising but otherwise inessential battle royale mode with Blackout, the Call of Duty franchise had lost its footing....
Mr. Robot actor Christian Slater says that the show’s writers are currently putting together the fourth season, and that he believes that it will also be the last. Created by Sam Esmail, the show debuted in 2015 and stars Rami Malek as Elliot, a brilliant hacker who becomes embroiled in an anarchist plot to disrupt the world through cyber-vigilantism. Mr. Robot wrapped up its third season in December 2017, and was officially renewed for season 4 shortly before the finale aired....
Following last month’s launch of the iPhone 13 lineup, new data from analysts at Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) shows that trends suggest iPhone buyers are “replacing phones more quickly,” despite more iterative year-over-year improvements. The data covers calendar Q3 2021, which includes only two days of availability for the iPhone 13 lineup. Nonetheless, CIRP says that the models still captured “meaningful sales.” For the quarter, CIRP data shows that the iPhone 12 Pro Max was the best-selling model as “buyers avoided smaller, older models,” according to the report....
DC Films head honcho Geoff Johns has revealed that his favorite director happens to be Robert Zemeckis, giving fans cause to believe that the acclaimed filmmaker could be directing The Flash. Warner Bros. officially kicked off the DC Extended Universe with Zack Snyder’s Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice last year, and that film’s events will continue through Snyder’s Justice League later in 2017, featuring the world’s finest heroes - Superman (Henry Cavill), Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), The Flash (Ezra Miller), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) - unite against Steppenwolf (Ciarán Hinds) and his Parademon army....
Deadpool is gearing up a for a big opening weekend after months of buzz for the R-rated superhero movie culminated in it earning generally positive early reviews. Reportedly, Fox is so confident in Deadpool’s success they’ve already greenlit a sequel, with screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick already hard at work on the script – which the studio will officially announce in the coming days. Even this early on, a Deadpool sequel makes a lot of sense, especially if Fox is serious about expanding this new pocket of their X-Men universe....
Thanos is a more complicated villain than he tends to be given credit for. As a huge and imposing, powerful figure, fans tend to just think of him as this destroyer with a God complex and unquenchable thirst for power. Those things are parts of his character, of course. However, there’s much more to Thanos than just that. Hopefully audiences around the world will be able to realize that when Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters....
