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‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Will Feature A Story Conceived By Penn Jillette Black Mirrorseason 3 was one of my favorite things I watched in 2016 and Netflix is the perfect home for a show so unsettling that you can’t look away (or take breaks between episodes). While the big-hearted and romantic “San Junipero"was the best episode of the entire series so far, it sounds like season 4 will once again deliver the show’s trademark pessimistic outlook on the near future....

‘Borderlands’ Cast Continues To Grow, Adds Gina Gershon And More Eli Roth’sBorderlandsmovie continues to add cast members. The latest:Gina Gershonwill play Moxxi,Cheyenne Jacksonhas been cast as Jakobs, andSteven Boyeris Scooter. I have no idea who any of those characters are, but if you’ve played theBorderlandsgames, you might! Gershon, Jackson, and Boyer join a cast that already includesJamie Lee Curtis,Cate Blanchett,Jack Black,Kevin Hart,Haley Bennett, and more. HoweverBorderlandsturns out, it’s bound to have one of the most interesting casts in a while....

‘By The Sea’ Trailer: All Is Not Well In Paradise DirectorAngelina Jolie’s sophomore effort,Unbroken, was a notable hit. Maybe not at the Oscars or with most critics, but it performed well at the box office. Now she’s following up that audience-friendly biopic with a movie a little more experimental and less conventional. Watch the newBy the Seatrailer after the jump. Jolie wrote, directed, and co-starred withBrad Pitt(Killing Them Softly) in this story of a couple spending time in 1970s France when their marriage is falling apart....

‘Creed 3’ Could Mark The Directorial Debut Of Franchise Star Michael B. Jordan TheRockyfranchise starring Sylvester Stallone was resurrected withCreed, focusing on a new main character in the form ofMichael B. Jordanas Adonis Johnson, son of the late, great Apollo Creed, a longtime friend and boxing opponent of Rocky Balboa. Not only did it rejuvenate the franchise, bit it created a new legacy by passing the torch and feeling like something familiar and fresh at the same time....

‘Fahrenheit 451’ Review: An Adaptation With Some Heat, But Not Enough Fire Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian novelFahrenheit 451gets a slick, stylish update for the Trump era courtesy of99 HomesdirectorRamin Bahrani. On the surface, taking Bradbury’s book about the suppression of knowledge and setting it firmly in a world that seems to be crafted in the image of Donald Trump makes sense, and there’s a potentially brilliant movie to be made from this concept....

‘Joker’ Actor Marc Maron Disagrees With Director Todd Phillips' View Of Today’s Comedy Landscape: “Maybe You’re Just Insensitive” I hope you’re not sick ofJokeryet, because this movie is being bandied about as a serious Oscar contender, which means we have another four months of talking about it from several different angles – and that includes diving into hot-button comments from its cast and director. FilmmakerTodd Phillipsmade waves recently by essentially claiming that “woke culture” is ruining comedy, but longtime comedian (andJokercast member)Marc Maronstrongly disagrees....

‘Pete’s Dragon’ Clip: Robert Redford And Bryce Dallas Howard Have A Late Night Chat Disney’s last remake,The Jungle Book, made close to a billion dollars. Audiences keep turning out to see their live-action reimaginings, and maybe partly because they’re improving in quality. Following up some of the studio’s previous efforts, likeAlice in WonderlandandMaleficent, bothCinderellaandThe Jungle Booksurpassed some’s expectations. Not everybody pegged them to be, creatively and financially, as successful as they are....

‘The Aeronauts’ First Look: Felicity Jones And Eddie Redmayne Reunite 2,000 Feet In The Sky Felicity JonesandEddie Redmayneshared the screen in 2014’sThe Theory of Everything, a quiet biopic about the life of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. But now the two of them are joining forces again and taking to the skies for Amazon Studios’The Aeronauts, another true-life story. This one concerns a pilot and a scientist who attempted to fly higher than anyone had before in an open-air balloon....

‘The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart’ Trailer: How Deep Is Your Love For The Trio? Even if you didn’t grow up during the disco era, you undoubtedly know at least one song byThe Bee Gees. The trio of brothersBarry, Maurice & Robin Gibbdelivered such hits as “Stayin' Alive” and “Night Fever” from the hit filmSaturday Night Fever, not to mention other classic tunes like “How Deep Is Your Love” and “You Should Be Dancing....

‘True Grit’ Discovery Hailee Steinfeld Attached To Revisionist ‘Sleeping Beauty’ The fascination with fairy tales continues. Thanks toAlice in Wonderlandand the impending end of big franchises likeHarry PotterandTwilightwe have loads of fairy tale films headed our way. There are several Snow White, Oz and Peter Pan films in development, as well as movies likeHansel & Gretel: Witch Huntersthat are nearing their production start dates. Add one more to the pile, asHailee SteinfeldfromTrue Gritis now attached to a spec script that updatesSleeping Beauty....

A Personal Promise Pushed Neil Gaiman To Get Hands-On With Good Omens' TV Adaptation The oddest things inspire us sometimes. A chance remark could inspire a film. The color of a leaf could inspire a painting. The passing of a friend can inspire you to take a job you might not have considered before. According toThe Guardian, the last is the reason we have Neil Gaiman as showrunner for the series “Good Omens....

Atlanta Season 3 Trailer: It’s After The End Of The World In This Creepy Teaser On Halloween this past Sunday, “Atlanta” co-creator, producer, writer, director, and star Donald Glovertweeted a link to a mysterious websitewhich allowed viewers to check out an unnerving teaser trailer for the highly anticipated third season of the FX series. But there was a catch: each person who visited the site could only watch the video between the hours of 8:00 P....

Bryan Singer Confirmed For ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’, Simon Kinberg Teases Character Details It’s long been rumored, but now it’s official:Bryan Singerwill be back to directX-Men: Apocalypse. It’ll be his fourth contribution to the franchise as a director, following the originalX-Men, its sequelX2, and this summer’sX-Men: Days of Future Past. Also returning isX-Men: Days of Future PastwriterSimon Kinberg, who’ll pen the script. And he’s very eager to share some details about what he’s got in store for us, including clues about which characters will reappear and which characters may be recast....