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Stephen King’s Later Becoming A Limited Series Starring Lucy Liu CBS Television Studios By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 25, 2022 2:22 pm EST It’s a big week for Stephen King fans! Yesterday, the author shared an excerpt from his upcoming book, “Fairy Tales.” Today, we’re learning from Deadline that a book he released last year, “Later,” will be adapted into a limited series starring Lucy Liu. Blumhouse Television has the rights to the story, which follows a boy named Jamie who talks to the dead....

Stephen King Weighs In On HBO’s It Prequel Series: ‘It’s An Interesting Possibility’ Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/June 7, 2022 10:46 am EST Stephen King movies and TV shows never really went away so much as they laid low for a while before returning with a vengeance, much like Pennywise from King’s 1986 novel “It” takes a nap every 27 years before feasting on the kids of Derry, Maine again. In a case of life imitating art, human muppet Tim Curry terrorized a generation of kiddos as Pennywise in the 1990 “It” TV miniseries on ABC, only for Bill Skarsgård to suit up as the not-so-friendly clown 27 years later for director Andy Muschietti’s highly-lucrative “It” films (which released in 2017 and 2019)....

The 15 Best Michael Bay Action Scenes, Ranked Buena Vista Pictures By Scott Thomas/May 11, 2022 12:24 pm EST Every Michael Bay scene is an action scene. In the auteur director’s subtlety-free universe, you-know-what is always getting real. No one pauses to reflect. Self-discovery is a kinetic choice. Bay became one of Hollywood’s hottest action directors by staging everything from car chases to casual conversations like steroidal ballets. That made some viewers hate him....

These Are The First Hosts In Two Years HBO Max After two years without a host, the team behind the Oscars seems to be working overtime to come up with reasons to keep people watching. This latest Oscars news comes just hours after we learned that the Academy will let Twitter pick a fan favorite movie to be announced at the telecast, a decision that, based on everything that’s ever happened on the internet, will almost certainly go sideways....

The Afterparty Review: A Middling Whodunit Wrapped In A Hyper-Creative Comedy Apple TV+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 18, 2022 11:00 am EST There are few phrases in the English language that are guaranteed to pique comedy lovers’ interest more than “Agatha Christie by way of Lord and Miller.” That’s pretty much the pitch for “The Afterparty,” the new eight-episode series by “The Lego Movie” and “21 Jump Street” directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller....

The Batman’s Bat And Cat Dynamic Proves Nothing Beats A Good Hero/Villain Romance Warner Bros By Shania Russell/March 10, 2022 5:09 pm EST Every relationship has its ups and downs. Working through minor differences is part of the fun, when it comes to nurturing a long-lasting, healthy relationship. So what if your boyfriend dresses up in a cape and cowl and tries to throw you in Arkham every now and again?...

Why It’s Essential Viewing HBO Max Prepare to be roasted, because as far as “The Other Two” is concerned, nobody even remotely connected to internet culture is safe. Two seasons in and with a third on the way, this show seems determined to leave no ground unscorched. In retrospect, I should’ve seen this coming: The premise kicks into gear by hitting very close to home for those of us who grew up on the internet....

Geordi Should’ve Gotten Laid Paramount Domestic Television In the sit-down with Rolling Stone, Burton was asked if he would want anything to be different about Geordi if the series were airing now. “Yeah,” Burton answered succinctly, “He’d get laid.” The actor goes on to explain that the white writers’ room for “Star Trek: The Next Generation” clearly had unconscious biases that played out in the plots that actors of color received....

Starfleet, Assemble IDW Publishing In an interview with the now-defunct TrekWeb.com, Spiner revealed a few details about the story he and Logan had cooked up for the hypothetical film, which would have seen an assemblage of “Star Trek” characters assembling to defeat a union of the franchise’s greatest villains. Spiner even compared the endeavor to DC Comics’ Justice League. “One of the ideas that John Logan and I had about what the next film would have been was a Justice League of ‘Star Trek....

The Stars Aligned To Put Denis Villeneuve In Dune’s Director’s Seat Warner Bros. By Andrew Housman/June 17, 2022 10:51 am EST It’s not often that filmmakers will their way into making their dream project, but that’s exactly what happened in the case of Denis Villeneuve and “Dune.” There seem to be few directors that are as excited to shoot a film adaptation than the French-Canadian, who waited his entire life to bring Frank Herbert’s beloved, highly influential science-fiction novel to the big screen....

Blacklight Briarcliff Entertainment It’s an exciting time for fans of Liam Neeson’s action flicks as he has several new ones coming soon. The first of these is “Blacklight” which sees Neeson play Travis Block, an FBI fixer who pulls out deep cover agents when their cover is blown. Of course, it’s not just another day at the office for Travis, as he soon finds himself in over his head, getting involved in a deadly government conspiracy that goes right to the top....

Vivarium Ending Explained: It’s Not That Complicated Vertigo Releasing By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/Dec. 30, 2021 9:29 pm EST 2019 sci-fi thriller “Vivarium” is one of those movies where the premise is interesting enough, but the execution is poor. The ending isn’t really difficult to understand, but it does warrant some examination if only because humans are compelled to find meaning in all things, even if those things are ham-fisted sci-fi movies....

Wanda’s Twins Are Back In A New Doctor Strange 2 TV Spot Marvel Studios By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 6, 2022 12:46 pm EST A new TV spot for “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” reveals the madness of the multiverse, while also unveiling the return of two characters from the Marvel TV series, “WandaVision.” The characters in question are Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) twins Billy and Tommy, although it is unclear whether they actually exist somewhere in the multiverse or are a part of Wanda’s recurring nightmare that is mentioned in the clip....

An unlikely success was just around the riverbend Disney When “The Lion King” was first pitched, it did not have a lot of support. People simply didn’t think the story would be captivating enough for audiences. In fact, when it was time to start work on the film, animators at Disney chose to provide their talents to “Pocahontas” — which was also being developed at the same time — instead. According to Huffpost, “Pocahontas” was “the company’s “A-movie,” and “The Lion King” its “B-movie,” which meant that most of the resources available for making a film went to that so-called re-telling of Jamestown history....

You Can Watch David Cronenberg’s Original Crimes Of The Future Right Now New Cinema Enterprises By Shania Russell/May 31, 2022 12:45 pm EST After 8 years of not inspiring stomach-flopping and audience walkouts, David Cronenberg is back, in all his viscerally gory glory. Long heralded for his gruesome contributions to the world of body horror, the famed director has returned with his first horror feature since 1999’s “eXistenZ” and according to the words of /Film’s Chris Evangelista, the magic hasn’t faded in the least:...

All Of Us Are Dead Trailer: Netflix Doubles Down On Korean Zombies, This Time In High School Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 14, 2022 3:51 pm EST We’re currently living through a renaissance of zombie cinema, and it’s all due to brilliant creatives coming out of South Korea. Yeon Sang-ho’s “Train to Busan” is largely considered to be one of the newest zombie masterpieces, sparking a slew of other great Korean zombie films like “#Alive,” “Peninsula,” “Rampant,” “The Odd Family,” and “The Wailing....

Bill Murray Had A Surprising Second Role On The Royal Tenenbaums Set Touchstone By Anthony Crislip/March 30, 2022 1:49 pm EST Wes Anderson makes movies about families. From the way his stories deal with found families and haunted father figures, to the real-life closeness he likes to foster by regularly casting long-time collaborators, he’s an artist who cares about relationships on-and-off-set. As he told the New York Times in 2021, “[what] I like to do is go to a place and … become like a little theater company....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Trailer Breakdown: Guess Who’s Coming To The MCU? Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 13, 2022 8:32 pm EST During the Super Bowl tonight, “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” dropped a new trailer, sending the minds of Marvelites into meltdown as we all scramble to process what we just witnessed. Let’s dive right into it and see what hints we can glean from this trailer about the plot of the upcoming Marvel Studios film, directed by Sam Raimi and starring Benedict Cumberbatch....

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness TV Spot Confirms A Big Cameo Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/April 29, 2022 12:48 pm EST Everyone who’s ever paid close attention to various Marvel press circuits over the years is definitely aware of the fabled “Marvel snipers” waiting in the wings, ready to unleash the full might of Disney’s firepower against anyone who might be tempted to give away state secrets concerning movies set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — even (especially?...

Everything We Know About Gangs Of London Season 2 So Far Sky Atlantic By Jeremy Mathai/Feb. 7, 2022 4:08 pm EST When you think about recent video game adaptations in movies and television, “Gangs of London” isn’t likely to appear at the top of anyone’s list of the most obvious candidates. Fans of the British crime drama series, however, know that it’s loosely based on 2006 open-world video game that goes by the same name, proving that inspiration for critically acclaimed and riveting storytelling can truly come from anywhere....