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15 Years Ago, ‘Saw’ And Director James Wan Changed The Course Of Modern Horror Horror movies tend to reflect the time in which they were made, andSawis no exception. Following the wave of meta ’90s slasher standouts likeScreamandI Know What You Did Last Summer, audiences were craving a scary movie with grit, a sincere film that sought to frighten and exhilarate its viewers, rather than pat them safely on the back for recognizing familiar tropes....

5 Tom Hardy Movies To Stream After Venom: Let There Be Carnage Tom Hardy is back on the big screen this weekend with “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” a sequel to “Venom” that gives Hardy another chance to act like a weirdo and argue with himself. Hardy is one of our most interesting actors; someone who never phones it in, and almost always brings something offbeat to the roles he plays....

All About Eve Is Still The Only Film To Achieve This Oscar Milestone Landing an Academy Award nomination is tough enough, but what about earning a record-setting 14 Academy Award nominations? Only three films in history have ever reached that number: “All About Eve,” “Titanic,” and “La La Land.” To achieve that kind of Oscar success requires across-the-board enthusiasm for a particular picture, from the directors and actors to the costume designers and sound mixers....

Annie Murphy And John Cho Join The Voice Cast For Freeform’s Animated Praise Petey Freeform is charging forward with its first-ever animated series, fit with an all-star cast and an appropriately hilarious premise. “Praise Petey” plucks a New York “it” girl from her natural habitat and tosses her into a small town … where her father is a stone-cold cult leader.Varietyreports that the upcoming series will feature the voice of “Schitt’s Creek” alum Annie Murphy alongside John Cho (“Cowboy Bebop”), Christine Barankski (“The Good Fight”), Stephen Root (“Barry”), and more....

Billy Eichner’s New Rom-Com Bros Will Feature An All-LGBTQ Cast It was all the way back in the before times (aka 2019) when it was announced that Judd Apatow was teaming up with Billy Eichner to make a romantic comedy starring and written by Eichner. Obviously, the pandemic put a delay oneverything,but we were promised that the film would be history-making. In March, the title of the film was revealed as “Bros,” and of course, most assumed this meant it would be a gay rom-com considering Eichner is, well, super gay....

Bryan Fuller Named The ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Lead And Redesigned The Klingons [TCA 2017] Bryan Fullermet the Television Critics Association last summer to talk about his plans forStar Trek: Discovery, but then left the show to focus on his Starz seriesAmerican Gods. Today, CBS All Access presented a full panel withDiscovery’s cast and producers, which revealed two significant elements that remain from Fuller. The first is naming the character played bySonequa Martin-Green, Michael Burnham....

Bryan Fuller’s ‘Star Trek’ Series Will Premiere Internationally On Netflix But what about geeks outside the U.S.? How will they get to watch the newTrekwhen CBS All Access is only available in the States? Well, if you’ve got a Netflix account, you’re probably covered. The company has just scooped up exclusive rights to the newStar Trekshow, as well as all the oldStar Trekshows. According tothe official press release, theStar TrekNetflix deal covers 188 countries, excluding the U....

Carl Franklin Replaces John Singleton As Tupac Biopic Director [UPDATED] UPDATE:TheWrapconfirms John Singleton has left the Tupac Shakur biopic over “major creative differences.” Carl Franklin will replace Singleton in the director’s chair. Original story follows. The long-gestatingTupac Shakurbiopic has stalled yet again. DirectorJohn Singletonsays it’s “on hold for right now,” because he just wants to make sure to “get it right.” Meanwhile, a rumor has cropped up that Singleton is being replaced byCarl Franklin....

Cool Stuff: The Pop Culture Vision Of New York City On Display At Brooklyn Art Show Destroying New York in movies has become so cliché. Many major disaster movies — fromKing KongtoThe Avengers– features some kind of massive, cataclysmic event taking place in the city. For some people around the world, these big screen visions of the Big Apple are all they know about NYC. That cultural disconnect is the idea behind the latest pop culture art show at theBottleneck Galleryin Brooklyn, NY...

Daisy Ridley’s ‘Star Wars’ Audition Teased In New ‘The Force Awakens’ Documentary Clip We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This week bringsStar Wars: The Force Awakensto Digital HD on April 1st before the movie arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on April 5th. We’ve gotten plenty of teases of the special features that will come with the movie, from a feature length documentary about the making of the sequel, to the first table read with the cast, and several deleted scenes....

Dan Harmon Explains ‘Rick And Morty’ Season 3 Delay After the surprise third season premiere debuted on Adult Swim on April Fools' Day, fans are still waiting to find out when the rest of the episodes ofRick and Mortywill make their debut this summer. With no release date officially announced, there’s no telling how much longer we’ll have to wait, but co-creatorDan Harmonrecently took to Twitter in a hangover-inspired stream of updates to let fans know why this new season has taken so long to come together....

Disney Looking To Buy More Characters Beyond Pixar And Marvel Rosters As if Buzz Lightyear, Spider-Man and Mickey Mouse weren’t enough, Disney is still looking to add new characters. In a recent call with investorsBob Iger, the CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said he would continue to “buy either new characters or businesses that are capable of creating great characters and great stories.” Granted, that’s been Disney’s modus operandi for decades now as many of their famous characters came from popular literature and in recent years they’ve acquired both Pixar and Marvel, but there doesn’t seem to be any stopping ahead....

Disney Turning Star Wars Films Into Interactive Mobile Apps Disney has a conundrum withStar Wars Episode VII. Yes, they’re making a highly-anticipated sequel to one of the greatest franchises of all time. But it’s also a sequel to six other films. Audiences will likely need an intimate knowledge of those films. And Disney doesn’t own the rights to those movies. So how do you promote six movies you don’t own, but are necessary to your blockbuster?...