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A New Jackass Series Is A Go At Paramount+ Paramount Pictures By Ryan Scott/May 3, 2022 12:17 pm EST It appears as though Johnny Knoxville and the gang are not getting ready to hang up their specific brand of shenanigans just yet. Following the success of this year’s “Jackass Forever,” it has been revealed that a brand new “Jackass” series is officially in the works for Paramount+. Rejoice, fans of hilarious stuntwork and elaborate pranks, as this will be bringing the franchise back to the small screen for the first time in decades....

Daily Podcast: Our Favorite Movies From Sundance 2022 Searchlight Pictures By Ben Pearson/Feb. 1, 2022 4:38 pm EST Opening Banter: Congrats to Chris, and welcome to Shania! In Our Feature Presentation: Also mentioned: Fresh (Searchlight, will stream on Hulu March 4) Nanny Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) Fresh (Searchlight, will stream on Hulu March 4) Nanny Cha Cha Real Smooth (Apple TV+) Something in the Dirt Emily the Criminal Resurrection (in theaters via IFC Films, eventually streaming on Shudder) Something in the Dirt...

Danai Gurira To Play Richard III In Stage Production, Because She Has The Range Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Feb. 3, 2022 5:57 pm EST In casting news that will make you jump up and do the triumphant Bender pose from “The Breakfast Club,” Danai Gurira will play the titular role in Shakespeare’s “Richard III” for New York’s Free Shakespeare in the Park, according to Deadline. This is brilliant casting and beyond exciting....

Dune: The Sisterhood: Everything We Know So Far About The Prequel Series Warner Bros. By Anthony Orlando/May 4, 2022 10:44 am EST Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic “Dune” is one of the most popular and acclaimed blockbusters to come out of the 2020s — a box office hit, a critical darling, and the recipient of 10 Academy Awards nominations (with six wins). Following this staggering success, Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment look keen to make Frank Herbert’s vast and layered universe the next big media franchise in the vein of “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings....

Every Alien Movie Ranked From Worst To Best The Alien series is built around one of the greatest movie heroines of all time: Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver. In the 2010s, Ridley Scott, the alpha and omega of Alien directors, tried to fill Weaver’s space boots with the likes of Noomi Rapace and Katherine Waterston. Their characters were like Ripley’s surrogate daughters (as fans know, there’s a precedent for one of those in Ripley’s long and winding biography)....

Filming Jurassic Park III Left Its Cast With Their Fair Share Of Battle Scars Universal Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/March 16, 2022 3:19 pm EST Movie fans will undoubtedly remember director Joe Johnston’s most cherished efforts, like “The Rocketeer,” “October Sky” (starring a baby-faced Jake Gyllenhaal), or the delightfully retro “Captain America: The First Avenger” (which, by the way, is still the best of the three “Captain America” movies; I said what I said!...

Hacks Season 2 Trailer: To Go Out On Top, You Gotta Climb The Mountain HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/April 26, 2022 3:12 pm EST Just a few weeks after HBO Max gave us our first look at season 2 of the Emmy-winning comedy “Hacks,” the streamer has delivered another trailer that provides even more insight as to what we can expect from the show’s return. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder are back as Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels, the unlikely comedic odd couple who are saying farewell to Vance’s Las Vegas residency and hello to the open road of a comedy tour....

Hereditary Ending Explained: All Hail Paimon A24 By Ryan Leston/May 20, 2022 3:48 pm EST “Hereditary” might well be one of the most unsettling films of the last decade, but it’s not always an easy one to follow. At first glance, it’s a highly-strung family melodrama with a dark secret hiding beneath the surface. And director Ari Aster goes to great lengths to keep that secret just out of sight. “Hereditary” is the story of the Graham family, which is struggling with loss after the death of its unseen matriarch, Ellen Tapper Leigh (Kathleen Chalfant)....

How Apocalypse Now Became The Surreal Fever Dream We All Know Today United Artists By Caroline Madden/March 10, 2022 1:17 pm EST “Apocalypse Now” is known not just because of its status as a classic war movie but for its controversial production history. Between typhoons destroying sets, actors suffering heart attacks, and a ballooning budget (all on Coppola’s dime), Francis Ford Coppola described the making of the film as a “nightmare of not knowing what I was doing, [of] being against outrageous odds” (via GQ)....

How Bill Lawrence Changed Elliot After The Scrubs Pilot To Better Fit Sarah Chalke NBC By Michael Boyle/June 21, 2022 4:53 pm EST While there are certainly some sitcoms out there that knew exactly what they were doing straight out of the gate, most of our most beloved sitcoms took a while to find their voice. “The Office” didn’t really become “The Office” until season 2 came along and softened up Michael’s edges....

Jack Nicholson Wrote His Real Life Into One Of The Shining’s Most Haunting Scenes Warner Bros. By Michael Boyle/May 26, 2022 3:57 pm EST As much as Stephen King himself may not like Kubrick’s adaptation of “The Shining,” most writers can probably relate to the beloved horror movie more than the typical viewer. The movie is, after all, a movie about writer’s block. The plot follows Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) as he’s given a job that allows him to be isolated from society for seven months straight, finally giving him the time to write seriously....

Liam Hemsworth And Russell Crowe Teaming For Thriller Land Of Bad Warner Bros. Pictures By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 29, 2022 11:11 am EST A new action-thriller, titled “Land of Bad,” is on the horizon, with Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth set to star (via Deadline). The script for the upcoming project is being penned by David Frigerio (“The Signal”) and Will Eubank (“Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin”), and the latter will also be directing the film....

Moon Knight Director Explains Why The Steak Scene Is So Important Disney+ By Kaylee Dugan/March 31, 2022 8:17 am EST “Moon Knight” isn’t your ordinary Marvel Cinematic Universe show, and one of the series directors wants you to know it. Coverage of the series, which premiered this week, has hammered home the fact that both director Mohamed Diab and the Moon Knight himself, actor Oscar Isaac, weren’t interesting in collaborating on another ordinary Marvel experience....

Murder Mystery 2 Adds Mark Strong, Jodie Turner-Smith To Its List Of Suspects Netflix By Shania Russell/Jan. 25, 2022 11:09 am EST Murder mysteries are back and glitzier than ever, thanks to Netflix top earners Jennifer Anniston and Adam Sandler. After breaking some famously vague Netflix records, the crime-solving duo is returning for “Murder Mystery 2,” and they’re bringing a couple of big-name stars along for the ride. Get ready for a second shot at solving a Netflix whodunit, now featuring (per Variety) Jodie Turner-Smith (“Queen and Slim”), Mark Strong (“Kingsman: The Golden Circle”), Mélanie Laurent (“The Mad Women’s Ball”), Kuhoo Verma (“Plan B”) , Enrique Arce (“Money Heist”), Tony Goldwyn (“King Richard”), Annie Mumolo (“Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar”), and Zurin Villanueva (“The Marvelous Mrs....

Nicolas Cage Really Got Behind The Wheel For Gone In 60 Seconds Buena Vista Pictures By Steven Ward/April 26, 2022 10:59 am EST The car chase sequence carries an almost sacred significance across the action film genre. A jaw-dropping game of vehicular cat-and-mouse can do wonders for any movie. Just ask “Fast & Furious,” which has built an entire cinematic universe around its characters using cars the way the MCU’s superheroes use their powers....

Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Reveals First Look At Darth Vader’s Grand Return Lucasfilm By Rafael Motamayor/March 10, 2022 11:02 am EST Hide your younglings and your Tusken Raiders, because Anakin Skywalker is returning to “Star Wars!” Yesterday brought the first images of Ewan McGregor’s return as Master Kenobi in the unimaginatively titled “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Disney+ series, and the first trailer for the show introduced the Grand Inquisitor and Third Sister as villains....

Rififi’s Famous Safecracking Scene Was A Little Too Realistic Pathé By Witney Seibold/March 23, 2022 3:31 pm EST Less talked about than film noir is its lighter cousin film gris, an artistic movement from the 1940s and 1950s founded to specifically criticize the American class system through the eyes of struggling criminals, thieves, and con men. Unlike film noir, which focused on a hardboiled world absent of heroes, film gris was more analytical, taking place in a more realistic version of the world, viewing crime not as a societal aberration but a natural outcropping of failed capitalism....

LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation Lucasfilm released the full trailer for “LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation,” the latest animated special from Lucasfilm and the LEGO Group in a series that began with 2020’s “LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special” and continued with 2021’s “LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales.” Here’s the synopsis: “LEGO® Star Wars Summer Vacation,” which is set shortly after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” features the voices of “Weird Al” Yankovic, Yvette Nicole Brown, Kelly Marie Tran, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and returning cast members from previous “LEGO Star Wars” specials, and includes “Weird Al’s” new original song, Scarif Beach Party....

Sundance Cancels In-Person Events, Moves Festival Online Amid Omicron Fears PureRadiancePhoto/Shutterstock By Jeremy Mathai/Jan. 5, 2022 3:57 pm EST Just in case even more movie delays and the general explosion in Omicron variant cases worldwide didn’t do enough to emphasize the magnitude of the ongoing pandemic, critics and movie fans alike received an even ruder awakening to our present reality today. The Sundance Institute announced in a lengthy press release that the major film festival, which takes place annually in the state of Utah, was forced to cancel the grand return of in-person attendance after the 2021 event moved to online-only screenings....

Who’s afraid of a little nudity? Prime Video Starlight actress Erin Moriarty called her Herogasm experience “amazing, hilarious, and scarring at the same time.” Karl Urban, on the other hand, shared an anecdote (via The Guardian) that’s equal parts hilarious and troubling: “Jensen [Ackles] walked on set one day when they were shooting Herogasm. He turned to one of the cameramen and said: ‘Hey, buddy, how’s it going?’ The cameraman has this thousand-yard stare and goes: ‘Dude, I’ve seen some shit....