The Tragic Real Life Story That Inspired Atlanta’s Season 3 Premiere Donald Glover’s “Atlanta” has always been a masterclass in surprising audiences, but this week’spremiere episodeincluded a different sort of shock. After four years off the air,the series returnedwith “Three Slaps,” an episode that left its main characters almost entirely off screen. By centering someone else’s story after such a long time away, Glover, director Hiro Murai, and episode writer Stephen Glover make it clear that whatever they’re about to show matters — a lot....

This Week In DVD: Friday The 13th, Transformers (Season 1), And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s.Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict....

This Week In Trailers: A Night At The Gym, Midnight Return, F(l)ag Football, My Journey Through French Cinema, Killing Ground Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Tommy Lee Jones Is Big In Japan And Boss Coffee Is His Lifeblood All my life, I was never a coffee-drinker. I envied the coffee-drinkers. They always seemed so bright and alert. But it was not until I came to Japan and started seeing the weather-beaten face ofTommy Lee Joneseverywhere that I suddenly found myself, rather uncharacteristically, having the compulsion to drink coffee every day. Specifically:Boss Coffee. In Japan, canned coffee is ubiquitous and there are vending machines on seemingly every street corner, so it is fairly common to see ads with Jones' face plastered across them....

TV Bits: ‘Powerless’ And ‘Into The Badlands’ Promos, ‘Girl Meets World’ Seeks New Home, ‘Portlandia’ Renewed The TV news keeps on coming, thanks to the TCAs. After the jump: IFC is already planning its next trip toPortlandia, but this one will be the last. Just weeks after its seventh season debut, the comedy has been renewed for an eighth and final season to air in 2018. “There’s still a lot to say with the show, but it seems scary to say it’s over,“said series creatorJonathan Krisel....

Will Emily Blunt Be Forced To Leave Iron Man 2 For Gulliver’s Travels? A couple weeks back it wasreportedthatEmily Blunthad been cast in Marvel’sIron Man 2. But it turns out that 20th Century Fox has an option on the actress from a deal that was made when she co-starred inThe Devil Wears Pradathat might prevent the Golden Globe winner from entering the Marvel Universe. Fox wants Blunt to star inGulliver’s Travels,which is set to shot in the UK starting in Late March, whileIron Man 2begins production this April in California....

Zombie Football Novel ‘Play Dead’ In Development As Feature Film We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If Jane Austen and zombies can mix to the delight of a broad readership and (potentially) a film audience, why notFriday Night Lightsand zombies? That’s essentially the pitch forPlay Dead, a novel byRyan Brown, which has just been optioned for development as a feature. Varietyreports that Mark Canton, who produced George Romero’sLand of the Deadand is producingTunnelsfor Relativity with Vincenzo Natali attached to direct, has bought the novel rights and hiredJoe Schreiberto script....

‘A Little Help’ Trailer In 2009The King of QueensandNed and Staceyexec producerMichael J. Weithornwrote and directed his first feature, calledA Little Help. He scored in a couple ways with the cast, which featuresJenna Fischeralong withKim Coates,Lesley Ann Warren,Aida TurturroandChris O’Donnell. But the film turned out as a classically middle of the road indie drama that played at a couple festivals (starting with the Seattle FF in May 2010) and then sat around waiting for a distributor to throw it some love....

‘Detective Pikachu’ Breaks The Video Game Movie Curse, According To Jordan Vogt-Roberts The first reaction toDetective Pikachuis here, and it’s very positive. Said reaction comes from filmmakerJordan Vogt-Roberts, and since he’s the only person posting his thoughts on the film, we’re going to share them. That’s how this works, folks. According to theKong: Skull Islandfilmmaker, the live-action/animation hybrid featuringRyan Reynoldsas the voice of a crime-solving Pokémon breaks the video game curse....

‘Disenchanted’ Is Bringing Back James Marsden And Idina Menzel In Disney+ Sequel How do you know that theEnchantedsequel is moving along smoothly? With the confirmation that 90% of the main cast are back inDisenchanted.James MarsdenandIdina Menzel, who played the prince of Andalasia and his new bride from New York City, respectively, are both confirmed to be reprising their roles inDisenchanted, joining Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey. In a live stream with JLGB Virtual(viaCollider), composerAlan Menken, who is in the process of writing new music for the Disney+ sequel, has stated that bothJames MarsdenandIdina Menzelwould be returning forDisenchanted....

‘Fist Fight’ Red Band Trailer: Ice Cube Is Ready To Knock The F**k Out Of Charlie Day Most movies about teachers are meant to be inspirational in some way. Some new teacher comes in and has to figure out how to reach some troubled youth. But every now and then comes a comedy that just lets the people who get paid far too little to deal with far too much bullshit cut loose....

‘Friday The 13th’ Reboot Could Get ‘The Crazies’ Director Breck Eisner For years now Paramount Pictures has been trying to make aFriday the 13threboot, but so far all they’ve really had to show for it are a string of missed release dates. The project was originally going to open in 2015, and then 2016, and now they’re hoping to release it in 2017. But today it’s actually taking a big step forward....

‘He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe’ Animated Series Heading To Netflix To Accompany The Kevin Smith Anime Version A newHe-Man and the Masters of the UniverseCG animated series is coming to Netflix, adding to the streaming service’s seeming obsession with all thingsHe-Manthese days. This iteration will joinShe-Ra and the Princesses of Poweras well as the upcomingMasters of the Universe: Revelation, the 2D anime seriesbeing overseen by director Kevin Smith. And last we heard, the long-gestatingHe-Manfeature filmmight end up at Netflix, too....