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With Amazon Studios and STX Films dark comedyGringonow playing in theaters, I recently sat down withSharlto Copleyfor an exclusive video interview. During our wide-ranging conversation he talked about how the project came together, why his favorite thing inGringowasDavid Oyelowo playing a Nigerian immigrant, the reason he likes to do something different on every take, and a lot more. In addition, he shares some fun stories about the making ofFree Fire, why the crazy tank sequence inJoe Carnahan’sThe A-Teammight be technically possible, and how he’s about to playTed Kaczynski(the Unabomber) in directorTony Stone’s(Peter and the Farm) independent movieTed K....

Ladies and gentlemen,Jamie Foxxis officially your newSpawn. The Oscar-winning actor has signed on to play the title anti-hero in the new adaptation from comic creatorTodd McFarlaneand Blumhouse Productions. McFarlane is set to write and make his directorial debut on the film, and will also produce alongsideJason Blum. Foxx will star as the character McFarlane originated in the comics, Al Simmons, aka Spawn, a former member of the CIA black ops who is betrayed by his team and murdered, whereupon he’s promptly sent to hell for killing innocents in the field....

Ralphwon’t be the only McQuarrie associated withStar Wars. While Lucasfilm continues the trek to get theGareth Edwards-helmedRogue One: A Star Wars Storyto the big screen later this year, a report has surfaced confirming thatChristopher McQuarrie(no relation to award-winning illustrator) the unofficial Hollywood script doctor, has come aboard to “save” the project. “Save” is a direct quote from a source toBirth. Movies. Death.According to the site, McQuarrie has been quietly brought in to fix the script forRogue One, a heist film about a group of rebels working to steal plans for the Death Star....

From the moment I became aware thatOdette Annable’s character Samantha Arias was actually the villainous Worldkiller Reign, I had a feeling that this might beSupergirl’s best foe yet. Unlike the masked-villain-who-turns-out-to-be-a-friend thing we’ve seen done to death elsewhere in theArrow-verse, we knew from the very start that Sam was eventually going to turn into Reign. It made her interactions with the core cast – Kara, Alex, and Lena – and her friendships with each that much more fraught with tension....

Kids in horror is a tradition as old as the genre itself, with the presumed pureness and innocence of a child being juxtaposed with horrible acts of violence normally associated with deranged adults. FromWho Can Kill a Child?toThe Bad SeedandChildren of the Corn, horror has taught us never to trust children. The best thing thatThe Innocents, the latest film by the co-writer ofThelma, does is combine that pre-conceived notion and combine it with a story about people discovering they have superpowers a laAkira, and explore how cruel kids with superpowers can be to each other....

Mortality has always been a touchy subject in childhood entertainment, especially the television shows created to teach young kids as they move into school life. Even cartoons for slightly older kids hesitate to pull that trigger, and modern Disney films have backed off the killer instinct they once had. None of these shows have to beGame of Throneslevels of brutality.Still, however devastating it may be, young kids need to have a grasp on the inevitability of death both early and in a safe environment....

Dark comedy, or comedy-horror, is one ofBritish television’s strong points.Misfits,Snuff Box,Jam,Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace… there are many a gem to have crawled out of the twisted and brilliant minds behind British late-night TV that make audiences question whether they should be appalled or enthralled by the Island’s unique brand ofgallows humor. It’s no surprise then, that 2023 brought us a grizzly psychological thriller in the form ofWolf:a shining example of that quintessentially British tone that falls between horrifying and hilarious....

If you’re looking for your next binge, look no further thanPrime Video. Withlots of new stuff being added to their streaming catalog in September, an August late addition took us by surprise and is definitely worth the watch, the Brazilian seriesNew Bandits. While we know that this wouldn’t usually catch your eyes at first glance, that’s also what we’re for, to show things the audience wouldn’t have watched otherwise.New Banditsis a story that’s tailor-made for Western fans despite being set on nowadays....

Looks like we won’t have to wait too much longer forThe Umbrella AcademySeason 2. The cast of the Netflix series gathered together to release a special music video not only hearkening back to one of the best moments in Season 1, but also to announce the release date for the second season. I’m not sure you’re entirely prepared to watch the greatness that is this release date announcement trailer. All of the coreUmbrella Academyfaves are here —Ellen Page,Tom Hopper,Robert Sheehan,David Castañeda,Emmy Raver-Lampman,Aidan Gallagher, andJustin Min— and they’re dancing to the toe-tapping ’80s hit “I Think We’re Alone Now....

If you’re wondering about the two faces icon that sometimes appears on your Apple Watch, it indicates that Theater Mode is activated. Theater Mode keeps the watch dark and silent in places like theaters, so it doesn’t light up or make noise that could disrupt a performance or movie. You can easily turn Theater Mode on by swiping up from the bottom of the watch face to access the Control Center and then tapping on the icon shaped like two theater masks....

Walter “Radar” O’Reilly (Gary Burghoff) is one of the most beloved characters onMASH, which is what makes it so hard when Season 8’s two-part episode"Goodbye, Radar"signaled that he would be exiting the program. But why did Burghoff decide to step away from this hit series? You would think that being one of the main actors on, arguably,the most popular show of the 1970swould be a gig that no one would ever want to walk away from, but some things in life are greater than fame and fortune....

Prime Videowas always confident in their new version ofRoad House, believing that a new iteration of the 1989 classic directed byRowdy Herringtonwould keep audiences on the edge of their seats. It appears that the gamble worked for the streaming platform, with Prime Video announcing through theirsocial media accountsthat the movie was viewed by 50 million people during the first two weekends it was available on their catalog. An action hero wasn’t going to let anyone stand in his way, andDoug Liman’s latest project has officially turned out to be a successful endeavor for everyone involved....

There’s an earnestness to the work ofJames GunnandM. Night Shyamalan, two directors who currently find themselves neck-and-neck at the domestic box office. Gunn’sSupermanrecently overtook Shyamalan’s highest-grosser,The Sixth Sense. The superhero movie is passing the $300 million mark domestically as we speak, as it hopes to make up for lost ground overseas. Currently,the filmmakers both happen to be working at Warner Bros., with Gunn serving as co-CEO of DC Studios withPeter Safran, and Shyamalan having recently signed an overall deal....