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Bill Murray Turned Down This Tom Hanks Role Without Even Reading The Script Denis Makarenko/Shutterstock By Travis Yates/March 24, 2022 2:46 pm EST There’s no doubting that Bill Murray is a national treasure. His dry wit, improvisation skills, and versatility have led to starring roles in almost 70 films, including some of the most memorable comedies to ever come out of Hollywood. He’s known for being difficult on set at times, but equally kind to random strangers....

Blockbuster First Look: Randall Park And Melissa Fumero Work At America’s Last Blockbuster Video In New Netflix Comedy NBC By Shania Russell/May 5, 2022 4:54 pm EST It may be hard to recall, but in the very distant past, there was a time when people didn’t pay six different subscription fees for six individual streaming services. Instead of scrolling through Netflix and HBO Max for a Saturday night movie, they would browse the shelves at something called a video store....

Ewan McGregor Was ‘Truly Frightened’ While Acting Opposite Darth Vader For The First Time Lucasfilm By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 25, 2022 12:16 pm EST Even Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi felt “a proper jolt of absolute fear” when facing the towering villain known as Darth Vader. In an interview with Total Film, Ewan McGregor, spoke about his experience of filming opposite Darth Vader in the upcoming Disney+ series “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” The actor recalled:...

Last Week Tonight Season 9 Trailer: John Oliver’s Back With The Best Takes HBO By Jenna Busch/Jan. 20, 2022 7:21 pm EST “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” has been a weekly dose of sanity in a world that has gone quite mad, and I’m not the only one who thinks so. Last year (and for five years before that) the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (it’s won 23 Emmys in total since the show premiered in 2014)....

Mr. Mayor Canceled After 2 Seasons, The Endgame Axed At NBC NBC By Lex Briscuso/May 13, 2022 9:32 am EST It’s hard to say goodbye when the TV cancellations start rolling in and, depending on what gets the axe, it doesn’t exactly get easier. NBC revealed on Wednesday, May 12, that shows “Mr. Mayor” and “Keenan” would be canceled, as well as the Morena Baccarin-led “The Endgame,” which has only been around for a season....

Netflix Has Secretly Released The Stranger Things 4 Volume 2 Teaser – Here’s How To Watch It Netflix By Jenna Busch/May 27, 2022 4:53 pm EST Well, here’s a big surprise! If you’re like me, maybe you don’t always stick around until the absolute end of the credits when you watch something. But today, it’s worth paying extra attention if you’re binging Netflix’s latest season of one of its biggest shows....

New Top Gun: Maverick Image Shows Tom Cruise Teaching Trainees About The Need For Speed Paramount Pictures By Jenna Busch/Jan. 7, 2022 10:02 pm EST Prepare to get “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins stuck in your head because there is a new image out from the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick from USA Today (via Collider). It’s going to make you feel the need … the need for speed. If you haven’t seen the original 1986 film, you might not get that, but there is time for you to fix the glaring hole in your life....

No Exit Actors Danny Ramirez And David Rysdahl On Learning From Their Veteran Co-Stars [Interview] 20th Century Studios By Ben Pearson/Feb. 28, 2022 1:29 pm EST There’s a mystery baked into the premise of “No Exit,” the nasty little thriller which debuted on Hulu this past weekend. When Darby (Havana Rose Liu) takes refuge from a blizzard at a mountainside visitor center, she discovers a kidnapped little girl trapped in a van in the parking lot....

One Of The Scariest Scenes In Hunters Proves That Horror Is Subjective By Ariel Fisher AND Matt Donato/Feb. 18, 2022 10:00 am EST The notion of horror and what scares us is wholly subjective. Despite the occasional protestations that may suggest otherwise, there are many different ways to qualify in the genre. Whether it’s partaking in the supernatural by way of “The Exorcist,” “Paranormal Activity,” and “The Changeling,” reality-based slashers like “Scream” or “Halloween,” or the chilling exploitation vibes of “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Maniac,” and “I Spit On Your Grave,” different things scare different folks....

Paul Bettany Caused An Embarrassing Situation For Tom Hanks In The Da Vinci Code Sony Pictures By Steven Ward/May 6, 2022 10:20 am EST After the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” Paul Bettany went from being the little voice in Tony Stark’s head to becoming a full-fledged superhero of his own as Vision. But before the actor debuted as J.A.R.V.I.S. in “Iron Man,” he’d already spent a good chunk of his career playing already an eccentric bunch of characters....

Ryan Phillippe, Kat Graham, And Jim Gaffigan Will Star In Thriller Collide eOne Films By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 1, 2022 2:57 pm EST An edge-of-the-seat, noir thriller can only be a welcome addition to the list of upcoming films this year. According to a report by Deadline, actors Ryan Phillippe, Kat Graham, and Jim Gaffigan are set to star in Mukunda Michael Dewil’s thriller movie “Collide.” While details of the plot are scant, “Collide” is expected to follow three interlocking stories that intermingle in the end....

Obi-Wan Kenobi teaser trailer On Wednesday, March 9, Lucasfilm released the teaser trailer for the upcoming “Obi-Wan Kenobi” limited series, streaming exclusively on Disney+ starting on May 25. In the trailer, which you can view above, we see Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) on an adventure set 10 years after the events of “Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith.” Also glimpsed in the trailer: The Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend) and Fifth Brother (Sung Kang) from “Star Wars Rebels,” a new inquisitor — Third Sister, AKA Reva (Moses Ingram), Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton), and a young Luke Skywalker!...

The Afterparty Season 2: Everything We Know So Far Apple TV+ By Jeremy Mathai/June 21, 2022 11:33 am EST Haven’t you heard? Murder mysteries are all the rage now! In what I’m unofficially dubbing as the “Knives Out” Effect™, it seems as if the Rian Johnson-directed smash hit suddenly woke up the entire industry and made studios realize the obvious truth that many of us knew all along. Believe it or not, audiences absolutely love a good ol’ fashioned yarn where some poor victim bites the dust and we’re left with a slew of suspicious characters who may have committed the crime — all while a genius and quirky detective attempts to stay one step ahead of both the perpetrator (and us viewers, as well)....

The Bizarre Improvised Nicolas Cage Song That Was Cut From Wild At Heart MGM By Bill Bria/March 24, 2022 12:36 pm EST Director David Lynch has gained a reputation for following his creative muse when making a feature film, often shooting hours of material that ultimately end up on the cutting room floor. While his 1990 adaptation of Barry Gifford’s noir lovers-on-the-run novel, “Wild at Heart,” would be no exception, Lynch’s creativity was particularly in overdrive while filming the movie....

The Boys’ Writing Team Made Some Major Changes To Soldier Boy Prime Video By Collier Jennings/March 25, 2022 5:38 pm EST Season 3 of “The Boys” will begin streaming on Prime Video starting June 3, and judging from the teaser trailer, fans are in for moments that appear to be emotionally devastating (why is Annie crying?) and utterly ridiculous (there are hints that the Deep may do something unspeakable with an octopus), so, the usual....

The Daily Stream: Halt And Catch Fire Teaches Us How To Live With Failure AMC By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 4, 2022 3:47 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series: “Halt and Catch Fire” Where You Can Stream It: AMC+ The Pitch: “Halt and Catch Fire” explores the early days of the personal computer market in the 1980s and the rise of the World Wide Web in the ’90s....

The Daily Stream: Let The Corpses Tan Shoots Violence With A Seductively Artistic Accuracy Anonymes Films By Marisa Mirabal/Jan. 8, 2022 7:41 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Let the Corpses Tan” Where You Can Stream It: Shudder The Pitch: This is not your typical Western or Giallo or crime film for that matter....

The Last Of Us Voice Actors Troy Baker And Ashley Johnson To Have Roles In The HBO Series Naughty Dog By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 9, 2022 5:54 pm EST It’s a huge day for “The Last of Us” fans. In addition to a long-awaited first look at Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in the roles of Joel and Ellie, attendees at Summer Games Fest were also treated to a special announcement about the series’ cast....

The Unexpected Way Turning Red Star Rosalie Chiang Found Out She Got The Job Pixar By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 7, 2022 9:30 am EST Getting to be in a Pixar movie is a career high for so many performers, but nabbing the leading role in a Pixar movie before you’ve entered high school sounds like a dream come true. Bay Area actor Rosalie Chiang was only 12 years old when she was selected to voice the temporary tracks on the film that would become Pixar’s newest feature, “Turning Red....

Uncharted Ending Explained: Is There Honor Among Thieves? Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Feb. 18, 2022 1:01 pm EST “Uncharted” felt like one of those movies that would never happen simply because it was talked about for so long. And with that in mind, it’s a little hard to believe that we now live in a world in which an “Uncharted” movie exists. And yet, here we are! Indeed, after many years of languishing in development hell and contending with a global pandemic, the long-awaited action/adventure flick has made its way to theaters with Tom Holland leading the way as Nathan Drake and Mark Wahlberg in tow as Sully....