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‘Shaft’ Reboot Picks Up ‘Black-Ish’ And ‘Goldbergs’ Writers; Will Be Action Comedy New Line’sShaftreboot is moving forward with help from, of all places, ABC’s Wednesday night sitcom block.Black-ishcreatorKenya BarrisandThe Goldbergswriter/exec producerAlex Barnowhave been tapped to write the latest take on blaxploitation classic. Whereas the originalShaftwas a gritty thriller, the new film is envisioned as an action-comedy. Not surprisingly, not everyone is happy about this change in tone. One vocal opponent is currentShaftcomic book writerDavid F....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story" LEGO Sets Confirm The Kessel Run, Landspeeder Action & More Even thoughSolo: A Star Wars Storyis only five months away from release, we’ve yet to see a teaser trailer or even an official still from the movie. However, last week a piece of official-lookingpromotional art surfaced online, even though it wasn’t created by either Disney or Lucasfilm. But today, we found out where that art came from, and we have even more interesting details....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Box Set Will Collect The First Three Seasons Physical media isn’t dead just yet — not ifStar Trekhas anything to say about it.Star Trek: Discoveryis among the latest shows (alongsideStar Trek: PicardandStar Trek: Lower Decks) in the canon of the beloved sci-fi franchise and Trekkies will now be able to own the first three seasons of the Paramount+ series in one super-sized collection. The news (viaCollider) reveals that fans will soon be able to addStar Trek: Discoveryto their treasure trove ofStar Trekcollections and memorabilia....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Might Not Premiere Until 2022, According To Finn Wolfhard Stranger Thingsseason 3 premiered in July of 2019, which, thanks to the pandemic completely wrecking the space-time continuum in 2020, somehow feels like it was approximately 9,000 years ago. As we try to get back to some semblance of normality, you may eventually find yourself slowly falling back into your old pre-pandemic routines and wondering, “Hey, when doesStranger Thingsseason 4 come out?...

‘The Hateful Eight’ Roadshow Report: How Does Quentin Tarantino’s Latest Play In Glorious 70mm? Quentin Tarantino’sThe Hateful Eightopened on 100 screens this past week as part of a unique, limited engagement. These 100 theaters would not be screening the movie through digital projection, but on 70mm film, a format that is all but extinct. That alone is an ordeal and a half, but that unique projection would only be one aspect of this “roadshow” release....

‘The Magicians’ Canceled By Syfy After 5 Seasons The Magicianshas cast its last spell. The beloved fantasy series has been canceled by Syfy after five seasons, with the show’s season 5 finale, set to air onApril 1, now set to serve as the series finale. But it was a cancellation that creatorsSera GambleandJohn McNamaraforesaw (no, not through some prophetic ability), which allowed them to craft the season 5 finale into a proper series finale....

‘The Twentieth Century’ Director Matthew Rankin On Making One Of The Strangest “Biopics” You’ll Ever See [TIFF 2019 Interview] Matthew Raskin’s filmThe Twentieth Centuryis a fever dream of a biopic, using geometric sets and oblique references to historical facts to tell a curiously ahistorical tale about William Lyon Mackenzie King becoming Prime Minister of Canada. Joining a long list of weird and wonderful films to emerge from Winnipeg, Raskin’s film is an audacious and unapologetically odd film....

‘Zero Charisma’ Review: What Happens When ‘Comic Book Guy’ Goes Home At Night? [SXSW 2013] “What does Comic Book Guy fromThe Simpsonsdo when he goes home at night?” At a post-film Q&A for the role playing game dramedyZero Charisma, co-directorKatie Grahamsuggested that question, which is wrapped in so much potential comedy and tragedy, as a perfect description of the film. She couldn’t be more right. Written and co-directed byAndrew Matthews,Zero Charismapremiered at the 2013South by SouthwestFilm Festival this week....

2020 Golden Globes Winners: ‘1917’ And Sam Mendes Are Surprise Victors, ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Gets Love Too The77th Golden Globeskicked the new year with plenty of glitz and glamor by honoring achievements in film and television. Chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press (which consists of roughly 90 members), the nominees and winners of the Golden Globes don’t offer as much insight into who might be in the running for Academy Awards, but it’s still a celebratory night for Hollywood that brings attention to movies and TV shows that deserve our praise....

A New ‘Indiana Jones’ Video Game Is Coming From Bethesda And Machine Games, The Developer Of ‘Wolfenstein’ A newIndiana Jonesvideo game is on its way.Bethesda, the video game developer and publisher behind such hit games asFalloutandThe Elder Scrolls, has announced a newIndiana Jonesbeing made by their studioMachine Games, whose recentWolfensteingames brought punching Nazis back into the zeitgeist. Bethesda announced the development of a new untitledIndiana Jonesvideo game from their studio Machine Games, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games....

Animated ‘Creepshow’ Halloween Special Coming To Shudder With Stories From Stephen King And Joe Hill If you’re jonesing for some newCreepshowand can’t wait until season 2, Shudder has you covered. An animatedCreepshowHalloween special will air on the horror streaming service this October, bringing stories byStephen Kingand sonJoe Hillto life with the voice talents ofKiefer SutherlandandJoey King.CreepshowTV series creatorGreg Nicoterodirects. Creepshowis coming back onOctober 26, just in time for Halloween, with an animated Halloween special....

Bite My Shiny Metal Ass: Futurama Revival Set For Hulu Good news, everyone! We no longer have to wait like Seymour Asses outside of Panucci’s Pizza for our favorite thing in the galaxy to return, because Hulu is reviving “Futurama”! Almost a decade after we said farewell to the greatest delivery service in the universe, original show creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen have announced a 20-episode revival because the last three years have been as awful as surface-dweller sewage and we deserve nice things, dang it!...

Board Game Movie ‘Risk’ Gains A Screenwriter Films about global war aren’t new. Science fiction, action, drama, even comedies and horror movies have used the familiar, if intense structure to tell tales of victory and defeat. However, some of our best memories of these grand conflicts were probably made in epic battles between family and friends thanks to the Parker Brothers board gameRisk. Created in the 1950s by French filmmakerAlbert Lamorisse, the game features players battling to take control of the world and, in 2009,Sony Pictures purchased the rightsto make a film version....