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‘Peterloo’ Trailer: Mike Leigh Brings To Life One Of Britain’s Bloodiest Massacres Mike Leighis returning to the historical drama four years after his acclaimed, Oscar-nominated 2014 filmMr. Turner. The British director is teaming up with Amazon Studios to helmPeterloo, a historical epic about one of the bloodiest massacres in British history. And the first trailer proves that Leigh is diving into one of his most ambitious films to date. Peterloo Trailer Peterloochronicles the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819, when government-backed cavalry charged into a crowd of 80,000 peaceful protesters demanding the reform of parliamentary representation....

‘Rick And Morty’ Season 4 Is Coming In November This Year All of the networks and cable channels are announcing their new and returning shows for the upcoming fall television season, and Adult Swim has finally revealed the eagerly awaited information thatRick and Mortyfans have been waiting for. The fourth season ofRick and Mortywill finally debut in November of this year, over two years after the third season finale aired in October of 2017....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 43 To End With Donald Glover, Amy Schumer And A Fan Favorite As Hosts Spring is upon us, which means a lot of our favorite TV shows are coming to a close. Summer will allow the cast and crew the recharge while the writers get the next season in order. And no writing staff deserves an extended break like those who make the miracle ofSaturday Night Livehappen....

‘The Division’ Movie Lands Oscar-Winner Stephen Gaghan To Direct Another video game adaptation, another opening sentence about whether or not this will finally be the oneto break the dreaded video game movie curse! At the very least, the upcoming adaptation ofThe Divisionis starting to stack itself with talent,first with stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastainand now writer/directorStephen Gaghan. The news comes to us by way ofVariety, who also have this quote straight from Gaghan himself:...

‘The Society’ And ‘I Am Not Okay With This’, Previously Renewed By Netflix, Now Canceled Because Of Pandemic Issues Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away. The streaming giant previously renewed bothThe SocietyandI Am Not Okay With Thisfor second seasons. But in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus, the streamer has reversed course and canceled both shows instead. Netflix was reportedly happy with both shows, but issues involving scheduling and budget ended up sounding the death knell....

‘The Sparks Brothers’ Review: A Delightful, Cheeky Portrait Of An Eccentric, Eclectic Pop Rock Duo [Sundance 2021] Despite having a career that spans over 50 years and 25 albums, there’s a decent chance you’ve never heard ofSparks. However, the pop rock duo comprised ofRon and Russell Maeland an ever-changing band behind them have undoubtedly influenced many of the synth-pop, new wave, post-punk, and alternative musicians you’ve loved over the years. Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Nirvana, Beck, Franz Ferdinand, and even “Weird Al” Yankovic have all been touched by Sparks, and in the enlightening, wonderfully playful documentaryThe Sparks Brothers, directorEdgar Wright(Shaun of the Dead,Baby Driver) wants to verify you are too....

‘Twin Peaks’ Season 4: Mark Frost And Showtime Are Considering Another Season Earlier this summer, in the midst of the madness ofTwin Peaks: The Return, Showtime president David Nevinstold usthat he wouldn’t be having any conversations about a potential fourth season until afterThe Returnwrapped its 18-episode limited series run. But the show came to a mystifying and haunting end in early September, so now that possibility is being raised. In a new interview, co-creatorMark Frostgave the latest update about his thoughts on whether or not we’ll see aTwin Peaksseason 4....

Apple’s ‘Foundation’ Pilot Will Be Helmed By ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ Director Rupert Sanders Ghost in the ShelldirectorRupert Sanderswill be laying the foundation for Apple TV+’s highly anticipated adaptation of an Isaac Asimov science-fiction classic. Apple has tapped Sanders as theFoundationdirector for the pilot episode of the 10-episode series starringLee PaceandJared Harris. Rupert Sanders is the latest feature filmmaker to make the move to TV with Apple TV+’s ambitious adaptation ofFoundation....

Box Office: Fool’s Gold With $9.4M Saturday; Roscoe Jenkins Surges The 3-day estimate for Fool’s Gold (Warner Bros) I released Friday night (see below) was dead-on, but I underestimated the Saturday surge for Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (Universal). The Matthew McConaughey/Kate Hudson romatic comedy received a 23% Saturday bump for an estimated day 2 take of $9.4M. Gold will finish the weekend with $22.42M, making it the all-time 3rd-best McConaughey opening and the all-time 2nd-best Hudson opening....

CBS Rules Out Supergirl/Flash/Arrow Crossover, Not Worried About Airing Opposite ‘Gotham’ CBS Entertainment chairmanNina Tasslergave an executive session for the Television Critics Association on Monday, August 10th. Speaking about the networks' fall premiere ofSupergirl, Tassler said the casts ofSupergirland the CW’s DC superhero showsThe FlashandArrowwill promote their shows together, but ruled out any possibleSupergirlcrossover with those shows. And producerAndrew Kreisbergteases the arrival of a character seen in Superman II, who will be realized a bit differently on the show....

Chris Hemsworth Attached To Film Based On ‘In The Heart Of The Sea,’ Telling A Story That Inspired ‘Moby Dick’ Chris Hemsworthhas been part of three major film releases this year:The Avengers,Snow White and the Huntsman, andThe Cabin in the Woods, and he plays one of the lead roles in Ron Howard’s upcoming racing filmRush. But with a sequel toThorshooting soon and a sequel toHuntsmanlikely happening next year, he hasn’t signed on to as many new project as some other hot young actors....

Ethan Hawke’s The Black Phone Mask Was Designed By Horror Legend Tom Savini If you’ve seen “Creepshow,” “Friday the 13th,” or “Maniac,” you’ve beheld the work ofTom Savini. The legendary fx artist has been in the game for over 40 years, from Bob Clark’s ‘74 Monkey’s Paw riff “Deathdream” to his feature directorial debut, a 1990 remake of George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead,” and finally coming full circle to directing an episode of Shudder’s “Creepshow” series in 2019....

Firefly Cast To Reunite For Firefly Online, Watch A New Gameplay Trailer The cast ofJoss Whedon’sFireflywill reunite forFirefly Online, a collaboration between Sparkplug, Quantum Mechanix and Fox Digital Entertainment. The upcoming massively multiplayer online game which will be released for PC, Mac, iOS and Android MMO, will let players explore the ‘Verse, undertaking missions while recruiting their own crew of big damn heroes. Find out more about the Firefly Online cast after the jump, and also watch a new gameplay trailer....