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Sam Raimi-Produced Netflix Thriller ‘Don’t Move’ Debuts Trailer With Kelsey Asbille, Finn…
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Kathryn Hahn Talks the ‘Agatha All Along’ Tribute to ‘Mare of Easttown’
The first episode puts her witch inside a prestige crime drama called 'Agnes of Westview,' an appropriate move for more reasons than one.
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How Superhero Franchise Movies Lost Their Way: “It’s Actual Chaos”
The 'Veep' and 'Succession' veterans behind HBO’s 'The Franchise' researched the secret world of making Marvel/DC movies and discovered hilarious and heartbreaking material for a biting workplace satire.
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Movies
‘Mickey 17’ Trailer Kills Robert Pattinson Again (and Again)
The sci-fi feature is Bong Joon Ho's followup to 'Parasite.'
BY Aaron Couch
James McAvoy Talks the Reimagined ‘Speak No Evil’ Ending and Not Being Afraid of Repetition
Speak No Evil star James McAvoy isn’t afraid to play the hits. In Blumhouse and James Watkins’ reimagining of Christian Tafdrup’s psychological horror-thriller Speak No Evil (2022), McAvoy plays Paddy, a doctor who lives off the land with his wife and son in the English countryside. His free-spirited family meets Ben (Scoot McNairy), Louise (Mackenzie […]
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‘Speak No Evil’ Star Scoot McNairy Explains Why the Reconceived Ending Intrigued Him Most
Ten years ago, Scoot McNairy’s first collaboration with Mackenzie Davis on Halt and Catch Fire had just completed its first season on AMC, and the “little drama that could” gradually became both a critical darling and cult hit. Set in the personal computing and internet revolutions of the ‘80s and ‘90s, McNairy’s Gordon Clark and […]
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‘Salem’s Lot’ Trailer Stars Lewis Pullman, Alfre Woodard in Stephen King Adaptation
Lewis Pullman is ready to sink his teeth into defending his hometown in the trailer for Salem’s Lot, which adapts the classic Stephen King horror novel. The trailer was released Thursday ahead of writer-director Gary Dauberman’s feature hitting Max on Oct. 3. Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Pilou Asbæk, Alfre Woodard and William Sadler round out […]
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Heat Vision Breakdown
The latest from Heat Vision's video series
Zack Snyder’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ Trailer Promises Bloody Vengeance
After showing brief glimpses of Twilight of the Gods earlier this year, Netflix is offering a more extensive look at the animated series from Zack Snyder. The streamer has released a full trailer for the series, which takes Norse mythology as its source material — featuring a vengeful, very much not Marvel-influenced Thor and a still-scheming […]
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Beyond Fest Lineup Includes ‘Salem’s Lot’, ‘Speed’ Reunion and Trump Origin Story ‘The Apprentice’
The long-awaited unveiling of Gary Dauberman’s Salem’s Lot, the west coast premiere of Terrifier 3, a 30th anniversary Speed reunion with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and focus on filmmakers Sam Raimi and Shane Black are among the many highlights of the 12th edition of Beyond Fest, which will hit Los Angeles starting Sept. 25. […]
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Tracking for $70M-Plus Opening, Well Behind First Film’s $96M Debut
Warner Bros. has its work cut out for it before Todd Phillips’ divisive sequel Joker: Folie à Deux opens in North American theaters three weeks from now. The movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is tracking for a domestic opening of $70 million-plus, at least $10 million behind tracking for the first Joker, which […]
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Writers Break Down Those Two Spectacular Needle Drops
[This story includes spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.] Clocking in at just under two minutes, the involuntary calypso dance sequence in the original Beetlejuice, during which Catherine O’Hara’s Delia Deetz leads her dinner guests in a lip sync of Harry Belafonte’s “Day-O,” is arguably the most famous scene from the 1988 film. An homage in the […]
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‘Speak No Evil’ Star Mackenzie Davis Breaks Down the Film’s ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Reunion
A decade ago, Mackenzie Davis’ breakout role as Cameron Howe on AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire had just finished airing as part of the series’ well received but criminally underseen first season. Fortunately for Halt, the network’s flagship shows, Mad Men and Breaking Bad, had mostly concluded their decorated runs at that point, and AMC, […]
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Michael B. Jordan to Direct and Star in ‘Thomas Crown Affair’
Michael B. Jordan is lining up his sophomore feature as a director after helming the hit Creed III. Jordan will direct and star in The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The feature reteams Jordan with his Creed III studio after the film earned $276.1 million globally. The star […]
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‘Agatha All Along’ Creator Jac Schaeffer Took Steps to Prevent a Repeat of ‘WandaVision’ Fan Theory Commotion
[The following story engages with Agatha All Along’s marketing campaign and does not contain major spoilers.] Jac Schaeffer’s WandaVision wasn’t supposed to kick off Marvel Studios’ foray into television on Disney+, but that pandemic-related pivot in early 2021 ended up going so well that the showrunner spun off her wildly successful series into the Kathryn […]
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Josh Brolin Passes on HBO’s Green Lantern TV Show (Exclusive)
Josh Brolin will not be wearing the ring, after all. The actor has passed on an offer to star in Lanterns, the DC Studios series based on the Green Lanterns superhero character, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Brolin was eyed to play Hal Jordan, the cocky Green Lantern hero previously played by Ryan Reynolds in […]
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John Cassaday, Artist on Joss Whedon’s ‘Astonishing X-Men’ and Co-Creator of ‘Planetary,’ Dies at 52
John Cassaday, the artist who co-created the influential turn-of-the-century comic Planetary and then drew an award-winning X-Men comic written by Joss Whedon for Marvel, has died. He was 52. His sister Robin Cassaday announced his death Monday on Facebook. She previously wrote that he had been admitted to the intensive care unit of Mount Sinai […]
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AMC’s $31 ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Drink Goes Viral (But There’s More to the Story)
The cinema chain's "Sandworm Slayer" blue gummy-topped promotional drink is turning heads
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‘Spider-Man 4’: Destin Daniel Cretton in Talks to Direct (Exclusive)
Destin Daniel Cretton is doing whatever a spider can. The filmmaker behind Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is in talks to sign on to direct Spider-Man 4. The move brings an end to speculation of who would spin the web for one of the biggest franchises in Hollywood. Cretton will bring fresh […]
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Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, and Esai Morales Enlist for Sci-Fi Action Movie ‘War Machine’ (Exclusive)
The Alan Ritchson action vehicle War Machine has found its battalion. Dennis Quaid, currently starring in Reagan, The Piano Lesson star Stephan James, Jai Courtney, and Esai Morales have been enlisted into War Machine, a sci-fi action movie that Patrick Hughes (The Man from Toronto) is directing for Netflix. Also on the call sheet are […]
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Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Scares Up Near-Record $111M Domestic Opening
Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is off to a rip-roaring start at the domestic box office as if no time had passed between now and when the first film graced the big screen 36 years ago. From Warner Bros., the first event pic of the fall season opened to a monstrous $111 million, coming […]
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