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The Perfect Live-Action Rick And Morty Were Just Introduced By Adult Swim The fifth season finale of Rick and Morty is coming this weekend with two back-to-back episodes on Adult Swim. To hype up the end of the season, the Cartoon Network nighttime block released a promo featuring the debut of a live-action version of the perpetually drunk grandfather and his awkward grandson. Suffice it to say that the casting could not be more perfect, with “Back to the Future” star Christopher Lloyd as Rick and “It” franchise star Jaeden Martell as Morty....

This Strange Joe Pesci Christmas Song Is The Reason For The Season It’s Christmas Eve! You’ve likely already finished work and are ready to head into the holiday, drink some eggnog, open some gifts, and listen to Christmas music. While you’ve heard all the standard Christmas tunes hundreds of times by now, here’s one you might not have heard. A song performed by none other than Mr.Joe Pesci, star ofGoodFellas. Hear the Joe Pesci Christmas song below!...

Thunderbirds Are Go Trailer: A Distress Call Comes In TheThunderbirdsTV series that captured imaginations in the ’60s is about to get a new revival. The 50th Anniversary of the original show will be celebrated in part with a new series from ITV calledThunderbirds Are Go!, with effects from WETA. A newThunderbirdsAre Go trailer is now available, and though it doesn’t show off very much, it might be enough for fans who have been excited about the new show....

VOTD: Max Landis Rants On ‘Man Of Steel,’ Superman, And The Decline Of Superhero Movies When you’re a successful, in-demand screenwriter, you can just get on YouTube and rant.Max Landis, writer of one of the better superhero movies in the past few years (Chronicle) and director of aSuperman fan film, did just that after seeingMan of Steel. Landis has a true passion for the Superman character, and has some very choice words for the filmmakers behind not only this film, but other superhero movies in general....

Why The CW Passed On Its ‘Friday The 13th’ Pilot [TCA 2016] The CW was developing aFriday the 13thCrystal Lake TV series to explore the origins of Jason Vorhees. In April, it was reported that The CW had passed on the pilot. Today’s CW executive session for the Television Critics Association was the first chance to ask CW presidentMark Pedowitzofficially what went wrong. During the panel, Pedowitz briefly confirmed that he was no longer developing the series....

Zack Snyder Talks About Adapting The Dark Knight Returns We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. AtSan Diego Comic-Con last year,Zack Snydersaidthat he “would love to seeFrank Miller’sThe Dark Knight Returnsmade into a movie.“Later at the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries panel, Miller told Snyder “You can do it anytime you want to Zack”. To which Snyder said he was making a note of Miller’s response. Earlier this week inour video blog discussion about the future of Batman movies, I suggested that after doing a third Batman film Warner Bros not proceed with another sequel....

‘America: The Motion Picture’ Red Band Trailer: The Wholly True And Certainly Not Inaccurate Story Of The USA We’re just a few days away from the Fourth of July, and what better way to celebrate the United States of America’s birthday than with a completely accurate almost documentary-like film that recreates, in painful detail, exactly how our founding fathers created this country? There’s a new red-band trailer and an opening day video for the new Netflix movieAmerica: The Motion Picture, which feature those old familiar yarns that we all learned countless times in elementary school....

‘Bitter Root’ Movie Coming From Producer Ryan Coogler Ryan Coogleris lending his talents to another comic book property. Legendary has tapped Coogler to produce aBitter Rootmovie along withZinzi EvansandSev Ohanian. The film is based on the Image Comics series created by David F. Walker, Sanford Greene, and Chuck Brown, which focuses on a family of monster hunters living during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.Deadlinebroke the news about theBitter Rootmovie adaptation, which has a damn cool premise:...

‘Criminal’ Trailer: Four Directors, Four Countries, One Dozen Criminal Interrogations The crime drama is one of Hollywood’s most reliable genres in both film and television. Soon Netflix will deliver a unique crime procedural calledCriminal, which follows 12 police interrogations in four countries, all taking place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. Making this series even more interesting is that each of the episodes will be in the hands of different directors from around the world, and they each feature a fantastic ensemble of international talent....

‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Starts Shooting; Samantha Morton Joins Cast The Harry Potter franchise lives again. Warner Bros. has announced the start of principal photography onFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spinoff film set 70 years before the start of Harry’s adventures. And as cameras begin to roll, theDavid Yates-directed feature has made a couple of last-minute casting additions.Samantha Mortonhas joinedEddie Redmayne,Katherine Waterston,Alison Sudol,Dan Fogler,Ezra Miller, andColin Farrellin the cast, along withJenn MurrayandFaith Wood-Blagrove....

‘Godzilla: King Of Monsters’ Brings In ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Star O’Shea Jackson Jr. FollowingStraight Outta Compton, the stars who played the core members of the groundbreaking rap group NWA became quickly rising stars. Jason Mitchell played Eazy E, Corey Hawkins played Dr. Dre andO’Shea Jackson Jr. stepped into the shoes of his father as Ice Cube. Since then, Hawkins went on to lead24: Legacywhile Mitchell took a solid supporting turn in the comedyKeanuand made a huge splash with an award-worthy performance in the Sundance selectedMudbound....

‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Spoiler Review: A Chip Off The Old Blockbuster Revealed at Comic-Con last July, the first trailer forGodzilla: King of the Monsterswas glorious. The prospect of an elemental assault on the senses, wall-to-wall fightswith 17 monsters— maybe even some poignant family drama — seemed to rise up before one’s ensorcelled eyeballs with every subsequent trailer. If Guillermo del Toro’sPacific Rimwasthe ultimate mechs-versus-monsters movie, thenKing of the Monsterspromised to be the ultimate kaiju-versus-kaiju movie, a gift to Godzilla fans everywhere....

‘Island’: Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way To Produce TV Adaptation Of Aldous Huxley’s Final Novel Acclaimed writerAldous Huxleyis best known for his 1932 novelBrave New World, which you probably had to read in high school. (A new TV adaptation of that book is currently airing on Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new streaming service.) But whileBrave New Worldexplored a dystopian world, Huxley’s final novel, the 1962 bookIsland, served as a counterpoint, diving into the idea of a utopian society instead....