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‘Ben Is Back’ Director Peter Hedges On Working With His Son And Casting Julia Roberts [Interview] Peter Hedges' career as a screenwriter began by writing his first novel,What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which he then adapted into a screenplay for the 1993 film. In the years that followed, Hedges wrote more books, plays and the occasional screenplay, including the Oscar-nominated adaptation ofNick Hornby’sAbout A Boy. In 2003, he took his first crack at being a writer/director withPieces of April, followed four years later withDan In Real Life....

‘Breaking Bad’ Announces August Return And New Talk Show [Updated With Cast And Crew Panel Video] Walter White’s end is nigh, or at least the end of his story is. AMC has announced a late summer return date for the second half of the fifth and final season ofBreaking Bad. And because the network knows just how much fans love to pick apart Walt’s latest diabolical dealings, they’ve also revealed plans to debut a post-episode discussion show calledTalking Bad, along the same lines asThe Walking Dead’sTalking Dead....

‘Brooklyn’ Is Getting A TV Spinoff; Julie Walters To Return It seems like every day we get news of yet another TV series based on yet another hit movie. Not all of them pan out so well (remember when theytried and failedto make aBeverly Hills Copshow?) but that doesn’t seem to discourage TV execs from continuing to try. Why, just in the past week, we’ve reported on developing shows inspired by pictures as varied asCruel Intentions,Taken, andThe Exorcist....

‘Doctor Who’ Is Dreaming Of A Better Episode To Tackle Mental Health Than “Can You Hear Me?” Chris Chibnallthe overcompensating writer is back with"Can You Hear Me?" — a bloatedDoctor Whoepisode that fumbles its message on mental illness with retro callbacks and far too many mysteries. The seventh episode of season 12 ends the hot streak thatDoctor Whohad been on lately, due to showrunner Chibnall, who co-writes the episode with Charlene James, reverting to his worst tendencies: overstuffing and overcomplicating a promising premise....

‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ Trailer - It’s The Start Of The World As We Know It In the decade or so since the start of Fox’sIce Ageseries, the franchise has pulled in a range of high-profile stars including Jack Black, Will Arnett, Jay Leno, and Simon Pegg to compliment its central quartet ofRay Romano,John Leguizamo,Denis Leary, andChris Wedge. This time around, forSteve MartinoandMichael Thurmeier’sIce Age: Continental Drift, the core characters are joined by the likes ofJennifer Lopez,Nick Frost,Rebel Wilson,Aziz Ansari,Josh Gad,Peter Dinklage, and more....

‘Jessica Jones’ Creator Melissa Rosenberg To Trade Marvel TV For Warner Bros. TV The creator of Netflix’s best Marvel series is moving across the aisle to Warner Bros. TV.Jessica Jonescreator and showrunnerMelissa Rosenbergleaves Netflix for a new overall deal with Warner Bros. TV, where she will develop new television projects with the studio. But fret not,Jessica Jonesfans, Rosenberg will stay at Marvel TV to see through the Netflix comic book show’s upcoming third season before making her exit....

‘Saturday Night Live’ VFX Featurette Reveals Impressive Work Done On A Tight Schedule When it comes to examining a show likeSaturday Night Live, it’s easy to only pay attention to the comedy and performances. After all, people watch the staple late night sketch series for laughs. But because the show is live where anything can happen, that makes the technical achievements behind the scenes even more impressive. We’ve already talked about countless times how impressive it is thatSNLeven comes together at all when the entire episode is put together in a single week....

‘Spider-Man Homecoming’ Might Feature A Familiar ‘Avengers’ Location Other than Peter Parker’s high school, we don’t have much of an idea whereSpider-Man: Homecomingwill take us. Director Jon Watts has said that the film will take place on the bottom floor of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but that doesn’t mean we’ll get a glimpse of the top level as well. Could we see Spider-man visit Avengers HQ in the new film?...

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Taking Samuel L. Jackson And Cobie Smulders Abroad Spider-Man: Far From Homeis in production right now overseas, and a couple rumored casting additions have just been confirmed that continue to undo certain events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After briefly appearing in the post-credits scene ofAvengers: Infinity War, former SHIELD agents Nick Fury and Maria Hill will be getting involved in Spider-Man’s upcoming adventure abroad. But the question is how?...

‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 Trailer: Grand Admiral Thrawn Will Tear The Rebels Apart This season ofStar Wars Rebelsis shaping up to be a big one for fans of the stories that becameStar Wars Legendswhen Disney took over Lucasfilm. A whole series of tales that took place within theStar Warsuniverse were retconned favor of a future where all of the stories that took place in a galaxy far, far away were officially tied together by the same continuity....

‘Star Wars’ Will Move Beyond Trilogy Format, Won’t Abandon New Trilogy Characters Right now,Star Warsfans are practicallymadeof questions as they wait to seeThe Rise of Skywalkerin theaters this week. It’s the final chapter of the Skywalker saga that began in 1977, and fans are wondering how/if it will come to a satisfying conclusion. But on top of that, with no specific plans announced by Luasfilm, they’re wondering what’s next forStar Wars....

‘The Boy’ Trailer: And That’s Why You Never Babysit Possessed Dolls It’s official: between the new trailer forThe Boyandthe upcoming sequel toAnnabelle, possessed dolls are officially a trend. Ready your spec scripts, ladies and gentlemen. Murderous inanimate objects arein. The new trailer forThe Boydoes look familiar, but comfortably so. Sometimes, all you need is a movie where a toy stalks a woman (Lauren Cohan, a.k.a. Maggie onThe Walking Dead) through an oppressive Gothic mansion, forcing our in-over-her-head heroine to solve mysteries, survive countless jump scares, and maybe escape to the end credits with some breath left in her lungs....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Thinks You Can Handle The ‘Truth’ Hello, and welcome to your weekly recap ofThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep intospoilerterritory. You have been warned! Previously On… In “The Whole World is Watching,” Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and Zemo (Daniel Brühl)traveled to Latvia in search of Karli Morgenthau (Erin Kellyman), Super Soldier and leader of the anti-nationalist Flag Smashers....