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The North Star That Guided The Script For Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness [Exclusive] Marvel Studios By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 2, 2022 11:55 am EST Penning the script for an all-encompassing narrative, like the one in the upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” can indeed be a daunting undertaking. “Multiverse of Madness” writer Michael Waldron told /Film about his sentiments regarding the challenging writing process, and the constant awareness that this had to primarily be a Stephen Strange movie, despite the film’s various narrative threads — a fact that acted as the “North Star” during the writing process:...

The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Scrubs NBC By Travis Yates/April 26, 2022 10:31 am EST The 1954 TV show “Medic” helped set the tone for the medical genre in television, stoically announcing before each episode, “Guardian of birth, healer of the sick, comforter of the aged, to the profession of medicine, to the men and women who labor in its cause, this story is dedicated.” As television narratives grew more complex, so would the characters, settings, and situations....

The Reason The Expanse Season 6 Was Cut Short Prime Video By Collier Jennings/Jan. 27, 2022 12:10 pm EST The sixth and final season of “The Expanse” pulled out all the stops, pitting the combined forces of Earth and Mars’ spaceships against the Inner Fleet. Compared to previous seasons, “The Expanse” season 6 was rather short, clocking in at only six episodes. It turns out there’s a perfectly good reason for that....

Tony Jaa Didn’t Make It Out Of Ong Bak’s Flaming Fight Scene Unscathed Sahamongkol Film International By Anya Stanley/May 25, 2022 11:00 am EST In the /Film conversation on the best martial arts movies, Prachya Pinkaew’s 2003 gem “Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior” stands tall. Featuring the full-contact fight choreography of the late Panna Rittikrai (head of the parkour-happy Muay Thai Stunt team), the actioner features a parade of incredible acrobatic, multidisciplinary stunts, with a spotlight on its star, Tony Jaa....

Tony Jaa Wanted To Send A Message With His Ong-Bak Sequel Sahamongkol Film International By Anya Stanley/June 21, 2022 10:09 pm EST In all of his creative projects, obsession stays due north for Tony Jaa. The martial artist, actor-director, and stuntman registered on mainstream radars worldwide in the Prachya Pinkaew-directed 2003 martial arts hit “Ong Bak,” starring as Ting, a pensive warrior tasked to retrieve a sacred Buddhist statue after it was lifted from his Thai village by thugs....

We Need This Life-Size Mjolnir LEGO Set With Marvel-Ous Easter Eggs Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Feb. 1, 2022 4:34 pm EST Are you worthy to wield Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir? You can now find out by building a life-sized hammer of the God in LEGO form. Target (via Screen Rant) has released pics of their new LEGO set and it’s not only awesome, but it has some really cool Easter eggs. It’s going to set you back though: the LEGO Marvel Thor Hammer 76209 Building Kit retails for $99....

We Regret To Inform You That Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Zeus Project Is A BMW Super Bowl Commercial BMW By Jenna Busch/Feb. 3, 2022 3:03 pm EST A few days back, Arnold Schwarzenegger shared a photo of himself as the Greek God Zeus in what looked like a movie poster on Instagram. Everyone was confused. Did a movie studio somehow manage to keep something this huge and extremely goofy under wraps? Was this for an NFT?...

A Killing Eve Prequel Centered On Fiona Shaw’s Carolyn Martens Is In The Works BBC America By Shania Russell/April 6, 2022 11:43 am EST “Killing Eve” is days away from the endgame, meaning everyone’s dangerously dysfunctional couple is either on the verge of embracing their love or lighting it on fire. Up until the very end, it’s impossible to say how this thing will shake out for Eve (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), but once the final credits roll, fans will have no choice but to accept their fate — and there’s nothing quite like the pain of a beloved TV series coming to close....

Great TV AMC Season 5 concluded with Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) working with Fring to help remove the odious, creepy, and suspicious Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton, still stealing scenes while making us all uneasy) by letting a team of mercenaries into Lalo’s compound. But Lalo proved exceedingly difficult to kill — and Nacho is now in an incredibly dire spot. He needs help, but can’t find it — not even from the usually helpful Mike (Jonathan Banks)....

Clips Round-Up: Tiffany Haddish Struggles In Comedy Confessions Trailer & More! [Exclusive] Omnibus Entertainment By Max Evry/May 4, 2022 11:57 am EST (Welcome to SlashClips, a series where we bring you exclusive clips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray and theatrical releases you won’t see anywhere else!) In this edition: Comedy Confessions Pagan Peak Season 2 The Ravine Bloody Oranges Pagan Peak season 2 trailer We have another debut trailer this week from our pals at the streamer Topic for the second season of the Austrian/German crime thriller “Pagan Peak (Der Pass)....

Everything Everywhere All At Once Drops 0% In Sixth Weekend At The Box Office A24 By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 30, 2022 6:31 pm EST “Everything Everywhere All At Once” won big for original films this weekend. Daniels’ multiverse-hopping fantasia saw a rare 0% loss over last weekend (per Forbes), even as it enters its sixth week in theaters. The steady profit is likely informed by a special limited IMAX engagement for the eye-popping film, which began Friday in the US....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Brings The Nostalgia Home On Blu-Ray And DVD In February Sony Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2021 1:43 pm EST “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is still kicking around in theaters, landing just outside of the top 10 movies on the box office charts. In fact, the movie has just passed the $120 million mark as of this past holiday weekend, a commendable amount considering the state of things as the coronavirus pandemic rages on....

Hamish Linklater And Lili Taylor To Star As Abraham And Mary Lincoln In Apple TV+ Series Manhunt Warner Bros. By Ben F. Silverio/May 10, 2022 9:52 pm EST While it hasn’t exactly been four score and seven years since we last heard about it, we do have a new update on “Manhunt,” the upcoming Apple TV+ show about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Based on the book “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer” by James Swanson, this limited series follows Tobias Menzies of “The Crown” as Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s war secretary and friend that almost goes mad trying to bring John Wilkes Booth (played by “Master of the Air” star Anthony Boyle) to justice while working to preserve the 16th President’s legacy in a post-Civil War America....

How I Met Your Father Trailer: This Is The Story Of How Hilary Duff Starred In The Sitcom Spin-Off Hulu By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 16, 2021 5:29 pm EST Enjoying a run of nearly a decade, “How I Met Your Mother” was one of the most popular sitcoms of the late aughts and into the 2010s. Now, the series is getting a femme-forward spin-off appropriately named “How I Met Your Father” starring Hilary Duff as Sophie, and her close-knight group of thirtysomething friends, Jesse (Chris Lowell), Valentina (Francia Raisa), Charlie (Tom Ainsley), Ellen (Tien Tran) and Sid (Suraj Sharma) as they try to figure out who they are, what they want for their futures, and how to navigate the dating landscape in the era of apps and seemingly limitless options....

How Mark Hamill Turned A Quick Cameo Into A Career As The Joker DC/Warner Bros. Television By Joshua Meyer/June 13, 2022 9:46 pm EST After his hero’s journey as Luke Skywalker in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, Mark Hamill’s second act saw him adopting a more villainous persona as the voice of the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series.” Say what you will about who is the best live-action Joker, but in the animated world, Hamill unquestionably reigns supreme as the Clown Prince of Crime....

Ian McKellen Wasn’t The Only Person Playing Gandalf In The Lord Of The Rings Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/June 9, 2022 5:48 pm EST One of the more striking visual aspects of Peter Jackson’s 2001 fantasy film “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” was capturing the vastly different heights of the characters. Several of the central players in “Rings” are hobbits, who tend to stand at about 3'6", and their adventures put them into the company of human characters who stand in the 5'5" to 6'0" range....

They Do Not Seem to be Dressed Correctly for the Cold Universal Pictures The new pic comes to us from USA Today (via Collider) and shows Owen and series newcomer DeWanda Wise (we don’t know much about her character yet) against what appears to be a winter backdrop (maybe water?), and if so, those outfits are not warm enough. Go home and get your parkas! Owen has a knife, which seems like scant protection if what they’re looking at so direly is, in fact, a dinosaur....

Above and beyond SXSW Alongside Cameron’s story, we also spend a significant amount of time with Nora, who has coincidentally struck up a friendship with Marc (Gabriel Rush of “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”), the new kid in town who just so happens to be the son of astronaut Kent Armstrong. And wouldn’t you know it, they’ve just moved in across the street from Cameron’s taped-off house. Nora and Marc don’t have a budding romance, but it’s not because they don’t have chemistry....

Pixar’s Turning Red 4K Box Art And Enamel Pin From Walmart Revealed [Exclusive] Pixar By Max Evry/April 7, 2022 1:00 pm EST After its big Disney+ debut back in February, Disney and Pixar’s “Turning Red” is planning an even bigger splash on all major digital platforms this coming April 26, 2022, as well as on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on May 3. That’s right, just in time for Mother’s Day....

Gimme Some Sugar Random House As you may have guessed from its title, Roald Dahl’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More” tells a variety of stories, including fiction and nonfiction. The titular story follows a wealthy man named (surprise) Henry Sugar who, with the help of a very specific book, is able to teach himself how to see through playing cards and predict the future. He uses this powerful for personal, greed, and then for good, but things get weird with the mafia and the story only becomes stranger and more whimsical from that point on....