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Christopher McQuarrie Planning R-Rated Movie With Tom Cruise Playing A Very “Un-Tom Character”

July 4, 2020 1:15 pm

Christopher McQuarrie has pushed Tom Cruise and movie stunts to great heights with his work on the "Mission: Impossible" movies, but McQuarrie has revealed that he has plans for a new film with Tom Cruise that...

Dan Stevens Says There’s Been Talks About A Sequel To ‘The Guest’

Rafael Motamayor

July 4, 2020 12:42 pm

News

Dan Stevens may have stolen everyone's hearts with his show-stopping performance in "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga," but his first big role after departing "Downton Abbey" was in the chilling...

‘Back To The Future’ Original Marty McFly Actor Eric Stoltz May Still Be In The Final Film

Rafael Motamayor

July 4, 2020 11:45 am

News

There have been rumors and theories for years that Eric Stoltz, who originally played Marty McFly in "Back to the Future" before he was replaced by Michael J. Fox, does appear in the final version of the film....

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Says Revealed That Sony Is Unsure ‘Silver & Black’ Will Work Without Spider-Man

Rafael Motamayor

July 4, 2020 11:15 am

News

Despite "Venom" already proving, for better or worse, that you don't need Spider-Man to make a successful "Spider-Man" movie, it seems like Sony remains skeptical to the success of its own Marvel Universe. Wha...

A ‘Groundhog Day’ TV Series Is The Works, According To Stephen Tobolowsky

Rafael Motamayor

July 4, 2020 10:45 am

News

With Jason Reitman's "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" reboot set to reunite the original cast, it seems we've entered the timeline full of reboots of iconic comedies made by Harold Ramis and Bill Murray that may get ...

Brie Larson Revealed She Auditioned for ‘The Hunger Games,’ ‘Star Wars,’ And The ‘Terminator’ Reboot

Rafael Motamayor

July 4, 2020 10:09 am

News

There are plenty of intriguing "what if" casting stories in Hollywood, where now-known actors auditioned for roles that they didn't get, before the movie ended up being incredibly successful. There's Jake Gyll...

Disney Has Scrapped Plans To Release 4K Version Of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ In Theaters

Rafael Motamayor

July 4, 2020 9:37 am

News

Unfortunately for "Star Wars" fans in the U.K., Disney is scrapping plans to release a 4K version of "The Empire Strikes Back" in theaters. Just a couple of weeks ago the company had announced that it would re...

‘Cane River’: A Long-Lost Black Romance, Deepened By Untold Histories [Be Reel Podcast]

Chance Solem-Pfeifer and Noah Ballard

July 4, 2020 9:33 am

News, Podcasts

"Cane River" (1982), a recently unearthed debut from the late writer/director Horace Jenkins, is now, after a year of remastering, available for streaming. LISTEN: Rob McElhenney On Evolving ‘It’s Always S...

David Thewlis Reveals A Nick Cave Inspiration For ‘Barkskins’ & Clarifies He’s Na’Vi in ‘Avatar 3’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

July 3, 2020 3:07 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, Interviews, News, Television

There are a number of reasons to binge NatGeo's "Barkskins," an adaption of Annie Proulx's celebrated novel, this summer. Most importantly, it covers an important period in North American history rarely acknow...

Henry Cavill Downplays “Frustrating” Superman Rumors But Says He’d “Absolutely Love” To Return

Charles Barfield

July 3, 2020 1:19 pm

News

With “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” returning to the spotlight, landing a future release on HBO Max, there seems to be a renewed interest in the fanbase about Henry Cavill returning to the role of Superman in ...

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Guillermo del Toro Says ‘Nightmare Alley’ Is 45% Shot; Updates ‘Pinocchio’

Tyler Casalini

July 3, 2020 12:57 pm

News

It’s been just over three months since Disney announced that they will be halting the development and production of an array of films from their 2020 film slate. One of the more intriguing titles from the list...

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9 TV Shows To Watch In July: ‘Stateless,’ ‘Cursed,’ ‘Brave New World’ & More

Ally Johnson

July 3, 2020 12:54 pm

News, Television

Television has provided a rare constant in a tumultuous 2020. While the film industry was sidelined as theaters closed and studio films pushed out their release dates, the television release schedule remained ...

New Study Says Only 35% Of US Moviegoers Willing To Visit Cinemas In 2020

Charles Barfield

July 3, 2020 12:31 pm

Box Office, News

With theater chains expected to reopen in the US at the end of July (that is, unless studios keep pushing their films back), the biggest question that remains is whether or not people are willing to venture ba...

‘An American Pickle’ Trailer: Seth Rogen & Seth Rogen Star In This HBO Max Comedy

Charles Barfield

July 3, 2020 12:20 pm

News, Trailers

On paper, a film about a man being preserved in pickle brine for 100 years, to wake up in 2020 and discover that the world is very different than how he remembered, is ripe for comedy. It’s the basic fish out ...

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Charlie Kaufman’s ‘I’m Thinking Of Ending Things’ Arrives On Netflix In September

Hayden Mears

July 3, 2020 11:54 am

News

Charlie Kaufman achieves clarity through distortion. By scrambling his characters' brains, he's able to clear ours. The epiphanic effect of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" is just as surprising as the ...