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‘Count Of Monte Cristo’ Movie Set In Modern-Day Afghanistan Being Produced By Bear Grylls Bear Grylls, famous for his work eating bugs onMan vs. Wild, is getting into the feature film business. Grylls will produce a newTheCount of Monte Cristomovie, based on the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas. But this adaptation has a twist: it’s set in modern-day Afghanistan.Count of Monte Cristohas been adapted to the screen several times before, and recently, David Goyer was attached to write a version that was being touted as a “19th centuryDark Knight,” but that project never came together....

‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2’ Smashes Box Office Records, Has Biggest Opening Ever What happens when a studio dedicates a decade to adapting one of the most popular novel series in the world, and does so with an eye for quality? In the case of Harry Potter, the result is a massive payoff. Warner Bros. upset its own record for the biggest domestic opening weekend box office take, set byThe Dark Knightin 2008, asHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2opened to a $168....

‘Incredibles 2’ Poster Reveals New Supers, New Trailer Coming Tomorrow Next week, we’ll be bringing you a whole bunch of new details aboutIncredibles 2. But in the meantime, Disney and Pixar want to get the hype train started with a brand new poster that shows our favorite superhero family in action, along with some new characters that we haven’t seen in any footage yet. However, there’s a chance that we might see them appear in the new trailer that will arrive sometime tomorrow....

‘Indiana Jones 5’ Is Still Dealing With Scheduling And Script Issues, According To Harrison Ford What’s new withIndiana Jones 5? Last we heard, the latest (and final?) adventure of Dr. Jones was set to start filming in about two months. Or is it?Harrison Ford, currently promoting his movie where he hangs out with a cartoon dog, recently opened up about the sequel. According to Ford, everyone involved withIndy 5wants to make sure the film gives viewers something they didn’t anticipate....

‘Jojo Rabbit’ Star Thomasin McKenzie On Why Watching ‘Mean Girls’ And ‘Heathers’ Prepared Her For Taika Waititi’s WWII Satire [Interview] There is so much more we’re going to learn about New Zealand-born actressThomasin McKenziein the coming years. With each new role, we see her abilities tested and our expectations exceeded. After a small role inThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armieswhen she was barely even a teenager, she continued working in shorts and local television series, until her breakthrough role in 2018 inDebra Granik’s much acclaimedLeave No Trace, opposite Ben Foster....

‘Key & Peele’ Duo Teaming With Judd Apatow For Universal Pictures Keegan-Michael KeyandJordan Peeleare experts at riffing on other people’s movies for their Comedy Central showKey & Peele, whether they’re playing valets obsessed with “Liam Neesons,” satirizingDjango Unchained’s fight scenes, or singing over each other in homage toLes Mis. But soon, they’ll get the chance to make a film of their own. The comic pair are teaming up with comedy kingJudd Apatowfor a new comedy at Universal....

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ First Look Reveals Leonardo DiCaprio And Brad Pitt In Character Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodhas begun production, and we now have our first look at starsLeonardo DiCaprioandBrad Pittin character. DiCaprio plays a washed-up former TV Western star, and Pitt plays his longtime friend and stunt double. See the fullOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodfirst look below. Leonardo DiCaprio took to Instagram to reveal the first look: A post shared by Leonardo DiCaprio (@leonardodicaprio)...

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 2 Will Feature Fallout From The Klingon War It feels like we’ve been writing aboutStar Trek: Discoveryfor eons already, but the new series still hasn’t premiered yet and doesn’t debut until late next month. But the fact that we haven’t seen an episode yet won’t stop anyone from thinking about where the show could go in its second season, and executive producer and co-creatorAlex Kurtzmanhas revealed in a new interview thatStar Trek Discoveryseason 2 will include ramifications from a Klingon War that will take place over the course of season 1....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Showrunners Fired, Replaced By Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman Star Trek: Discoveryis making some changes behind the scenes, with showrunning teamGretchen BergandAaron Harbertsbeing removed from the series and replaced with executive producerAlex Kurtzman. The change in leadership in the second season ofStar Trek: Discoverycomes after a number of issues kept arising with the showrunner duo. First, the second season premiere went way over budget and needed to be paid for with money intended for episodes later in the season....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Toys With A Possible Origin Story For A Famous Villain In “Perpetual Infinity” At the risk of sounding like a broken record,Star Trek: Discoveryhas delivered yet another stellar episode. This level of amazing writing happens each week, so you’d think I’d be used to it by now. But in this week’s episode, “Perpetual Infinity,” we got something even better than another impressive script – we got a possible origin story of the Borg....

‘The Shape Of Water’ Red Band Trailer: An Up Close And Personal Look At The Creature Love stories never seemed so magical untilGuillermo del Toropaired together a mute lab worker with an imprisoned fish man. The master filmmaker’s poetic, lushThe Shape of Watermade waves at the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, and itsenchanting first trailerpiqued many fans' interest in Del Toro’s Cold War-set story. ButDoug Jones' fish creature was mostly shrouded in mystery next toSally Hawkins' lab worker Elisa....

‘The Simpsons’ Showrunner Has A Great Idea For A Series Finale, Should The Series Ever Actually End Let’s face it:The Simpsonswill never end. The animated series is about to enter its 30th season (holys***), and it shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. But should the show ever actually end, showrunnerAl Jeanhas a pretty good idea for a series finale. But it’s probably a moot point because, again,The Simpsonswill outlast us all....

‘The Suicide Squad’: James Gunn Confirms You Don’t Have To See First ‘Suicide Squad’ Before You Watch His Sequel WhileJames Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadis officially a sequel to 2016’sSuicide Squad, and even brings several of the previous film’s cast members back, there’s been plenty of speculation that Gunn’s take would be a kind of reboot. The extent to which that’s true remains to be seen, but a new comment from Gunn certainly seems to confirm that this entry stands on its own....