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TV Bits: Bryan Singer And Bryan Fuller Still Hoping To Make A New ‘Star Trek’ Series, Plus: ‘Hannibal’, ‘Lilyhammer’, James Patterson, Matthew Perry Don’t get your hopes up too high just yet, but depending on how things go withStar Trek 2it may just be possible for Bryan Singer and Bryan Fuller to try and bring Trek back to television at some point. Also after the jump: “Bryan and I are big fans of Trek and have discussed a take on what we would do, and we would love to do it,” Fuller toldEW....

VOTD: 25 Actors Before They Were Famous, In 3 Minutes I’ve always had this fascination with seeing current rich and famous figures in their humble beginnings, and the success of tabloid columns and webpages devoted to that very topic suggest I’m not the only one. When some A-list faces are as familiar to us as those of our actual loved ones, seeing long-ago photos or videos of them is amusing in the same way that seeing pictures of your friends as little kids is amusing....

VOTD: Jody Hill’s Toyota Commercials Meet The Parents Daddy Likes Space Daddy Likes Protection Mommy Likes Deals Mommy Like I Spy Mommy Live Versatility Mommy Like Rest Daddy Like Bonding Time Daddy Like Help [INTRO MOM AND DAD] This one goes out to all you minivan families out there. Sienna SE…in the house. Where my mother/fathers at? Where my kids at? No, seriously honeywhere are the kids? They’re right there, see?...

Watch Disney’s New Mickey Mouse Short Film ‘Croissant De Triomphe’ Disney is finally ready to bring back the mouse. Mickey Mouse, who made his debut in the 1928 black and white animated short film Steamboat Willie has appeared in hundreds of films over the years. But in recent years, the character has been primarily slumming in preschool television programing — the Mouse has only starredin three filmssince 1980. But that is about to change....

What We Do In The Shadows Made Matt Berry Face One Of His Worst Fears Created byTaika Waititiand Jemaine Clement, “What We Do in the Shadows” follows a group of vampires living in modern-day Staten Island, all filmed in a mockumentary style similar to the"The Office"and “Parks and Recreation.” The show is filled with many memorable and hilarious characters, such as Nandor the Relentless, Nadja of Antipaxos, and the Dilbert-looking energy vampire, Colin Robinson....

Why David Lynch Still Can’t Stand Twin Peaks Season 2 Season 1 ofDavid Lynchand Mark Frost’s surreal mystery-horror series “Twin Peaks” remains unparalleled for many reasons — the tangible characterization of Twin Peaks as a town, the image of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) dead and wrapped in plastic, and the steady presence of Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) that brought us joy. However, season 2 of “Twin Peaks” went a very different direction after the heart-thumping reveal of Laura’s murderer....

‘A Christmas Story: Live’ Adds ‘30 Rock’ And ‘Silicon Valley’ Stars It’s nearly the holidays, so you know what that means: the live TV musical craze will be back in full swing. And the next movie to get the musical telecast treatment is none other thanA Christmas Story, which will air on Fox following the network’s success withGrease: Live,The Rocky Horror Picture Show, andThe Passion.A Christmas Story: Live!had already cast Matthew Broderick as adult Ralphie/the narrator, Andy Walken as young Ralphie, and Maya Rudolph as Mother Parker, but the live telecast has just added two more comedy stalwarts to the program:Jane KrakowskiandChris Diamantopoulos....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Now The Highest Grossing Hollywood Movie In China, Sixth Biggest Ever Worldwide Can Marvel Studios’Avengers: Endgamedo the unthinkable and actually unseat James Cameron’sAvataras the highest grossing movie ever? (And yes, “not adjusted for inflation.") The new superhero sequel has been setting box office records ever since it opened last week, and it’s now the highest grossing Hollywood film to ever play in China. But theEndgameChinese box office stats aren’t the only impressive numbers this movie has earned this week: it’s also become the sixth highest grossing movie worldwide....

‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ R-Rated Cut Is 30 Minutes Longer; Sequences Shot On 16mm & GoPro Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceis only six days away. After all the trailers and TV spots, we’ll finally get to see whetherZack Snyder’s superhero picture delivers the goods. The film screened for an army of junket press this past week, but all reactions and reviews are embargoed until Tuesday. The film we’re seeing next weekendisn’t the only version Warner Bros....

‘Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome’ Teaser Trailer: Young Adama Fights First-Wave Cylons The fortunes ofBlood and Chrome, theprequelto the revampedBattlestar Galactica, have risen and fallen over the past couple years. Planned at various times as a TV movie, a possible pilot for a new BSG series, and a web series, Blood and Chrome was conceived as an action-oriented project with most of the footage shot against greenscreen, composited with CG reconstructions ofBSGsets that were scanned before the end of the show’s fourth season....

‘Borderlands’ Film Recruits Kevin Hart As Action Hero Roland – Does This Signal A New Direction For His Career? I wonder if anyone sat around playing the video gameBorderlandswhen it debuted in 2009 and thought to themselves, “Man, the guy who directedHostelshould turn this into a movie that stars Galadriel fromThe Lord of the Ringsand that funny guy from those Seltzer/Friedberg spoof films. And it’d be great if it was written by the person who wroteSuperhero Movie....

‘Chasing Mavericks’ Trailer: Gerard Butler Surfs, Mentors, Inspires Earlier today, we sawJonny Westonpushing his girlfried into porn in theAbout Cherrytrailer, but in the first trailer forChasing Mavericksit’s Weston who’s the wide-eyed ingenue. Weston stars as real-life surferJay Moriarity, whose passion for the sport drives him to try and conquer the legendarily dangerous waves at Mavericks in Northern California. He seeks guidance from local legend Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler), who’s initially resistant but — as it always goes in these stories — eventually relents he sees something of himself in the kid....

‘Enola Holmes 2’ Is Coming To Netflix, With Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, And More Returning Enola Holmes is back on the case at Netflix. Millie Bobby Brown(Stranger Things,Godzilla vs. Kong) is returning to reprise the titular role inEnola Holmes 2, a follow-up movie that’s heading to the streaming service. WriterJack Thorne(His Dark Materials), directorHarry Bradbeer(Fleabag), and actorHenry Cavillare all coming back as well, with Cavill reprising his role as Sherlock Holmes, the master detective and older brother to Brown’s Enola....