EXCLUSIVE: Game Of Thrones alum Joseph Mawle is set as a lead opposite Will Poulter and Markella Kavenagh in Amazon Studios’ Lord of the Rings TV series, I have learned. Amazon had no comment. The high-profile fantasy series, which hails from writers JD Payne and Patrick McKay and director Juan Antonio (J.A.) Bayona, is set in
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19 minutes ago CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn commission when you click on or make purchases via links. A franchise is lucky enough if it delivers a complete trilogy, and every now and then there might be a film series manages to reach double digits. But the Marvel Cinematic
For casting director Sarah Halley Finn, Avengers: Endgame was the coming together of years of work — and she told the packed house at Deadline’s The Contenders London recently that it was “very emotional” to see all of her acting picks on screen together, culminating in the Avengers’ final showdown with Thanos. Reflecting on that
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com “One great thing about being old and rich is you can do what you want to do!” That’s Arsenio Hall telling “TMZ Live” why money is making him an even BETTER comic — because he can do all the risky material he wants without the fear of getting choked out
EXCLUSIVE: The independent film and theatrical space was shaken up Thursday night when Deadline broke news that Landmark Theatres president Ted Mundorff was exiting. Mundorff was a fixture at the largest dedicated specialized theater chain in the country, with 252 screens in 27 major markets, the chain that owners Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner sold
Fans of the X-Men delighted to see the universe relaunched by Marvel Comics have another book to look forward to, now that Giant Size X-Men has been announced. While those already concerned X-Men comics were instantly expanding to a less-simplified, more variety line-up all over again… well, are correct. Having just recently completed the relaunch of the X-Men
The final trailer for Star Wars IX: Rise of Skywalker just arrived during halftime of Monday Night Football on ESPN, a high-profile promotion for the J.J. Abrams-directed fantasy epic that also served as the starting-whistle for the film’s advance tickets sales. The December 20 mega-release from Disney-owned Lucasfilm Ltd.is billed as the swan song of the
EXCLUSIVE: Brazil’s official Oscar entry, Invisible Life will open Dec. 20 via Amazon Studios. The tropical melodrama stars Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler and Fernanda Montenegro and is set in Rio de Janeiro, 1950. Eurídice and Guida are two inseparable sisters living at home with their conservative parents. Although immersed in a traditional life, each one nourishes a dream:
Jessica Chastain is to make her West End theater debut in a new production of A Doll’s House. The Zero Dark Thirty star will star as Nora Helmer in Henrik Ibsen’s play, adapted by Frank McGuiness. In the play, Helmer, confronts her husband Torvald with her own brutal realization that by marrying she has moved
36 minutes ago What should the DC movies do with the Joker moving forward? It might seem like a strange question to ask, after all, Todd Phillips’ Joker is still in theaters, and despite all the controversy prior to its release, it has become an unmitigated success. So why worry about what’s next when we
The Universal Pictures film Cats will have a new song collaboration by Taylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The song, Beautiful Ghosts, will be performed by Francesca Hayward in the film, with Swift reprising it in her own version for the end credits. Cats, in theaters December 20, is directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper
Exclusive TMZ.com Kevin Hart is slowly getting back to work and hanging with famous friends. But, his first public appearance will have to wait. Sources close to the comedian tell TMZ … Kevin and Eniko Hart are being honored Thursday night by the Los Angeles Mission for their work with the organization, but Kev and
Filmmaker Scott Cooper would like to have a word with you. The just-released trailer for the Crazy Heart director’s upcoming Fox Searchlight film, Antlers, clocks in just under two minutes but only one word is uttered the entire time — and it arrives only after a minute-and-a-half of tension-building music and sounds. The deftly edited
Horror author Stephen King has given his opinion about the Child’s Play remake and the voice of Chucky, Mark Hamill, has responded. The Child’s Play franchise started back in 1988 when Tom Holland released the first film in the series. The franchise has spawned a total of six sequels and just this year, the Child’s Play remake was released. Even though the original
The BBC is facing the very real threat of extinction unless it can urgently win back young viewers following the explosion in streaming services like Netflix and YouTube. That’s the eye-catching conclusion of an annual health check on the BBC’s output and operations by its regulator Ofcom, which published 57 pages of findings on Thursday.
After going on sale last night during the halftime of ESPN’s Monday Night Football, Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has turned out to be the second first day bestseller for mobile ticket retailer Atom Tickets, behind this year’s Avengers: Endgame. That movie literally shut down many exhibitors’ online ticket sites during their first day sales
EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with Unite for Strength response: Adam Nelson has filed a 13-count complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor protesting SAG-AFTRA’s recent election. Nelson was the campaign manager for Matthew Modine, who lost the presidential race to incumbent Gabrielle Carteris. Nelson’s complaints had previously been dismissed by the union’s national election committee, and now
26 seconds ago As Naomie Harris gears up for the release of her action-drama Black and Blue this weekend, there’s some additional Sony business occupying the actor’s mind, as she may be cast as the Marvel villain Shriek in director Andy Serkis’ Venom 2. Should this be confirmed, it’d be a sort of reunion on
Lee Pace (Halt and Catch Fire) and Jared Harris (Chernobyl) have been tapped as leads in Foundation, Apple TV+’s upcoming drama series based on Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel trilogy. The 10-episode series from David Goyer, Josh Friedman and Skydance Television chronicles the epic saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is all for “Joker” putting a spotlight on a local NYC attraction she’s known her whole life, but it sounds like she’d like to keep it a neighborhood secret. We got AOC Tuesday on Capitol Hill and she dished on the famous Bronx stairs featured in the
Scandi sales outfit TrustNordisk has picked up Christoffer Boe’s Danish feature A Taste Of Hunger, the romantic drama starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones) and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal (A Fortunate Man). The film, which is in pre-production, will follow a couple who sacrifice everything to achieve the highest possible accolade in the culinary world – a
Dolemite Is My Name had an uphill journey to development, which is ironic because it’s about a film with its own uphill battle. Keegan-Michael Key and Wesley Snipes play the writer and director of Rudy Ray Morris’ fateful film, helping to bring Dolemite to life. The actors spoke with Screen Rant about the reverential atmosphere
After making her big-screen debut in the 100 million dollar grossing drama Hustlers, Cardi B has signed on for her next feature, one that’s sure to land in the high figures, Universal’s Fast & Furious 9. Deadline has confirmed that the multi-platinum selling rapper has landed a small role in the upcoming installment. Fans were
EXCLUSIVE: Another casualty of China’s crackdown on potentially sensitive local films this past summer has been given a lifeline. Derek Tsang’s Better Days will release this Friday in the Middle Kingdom after being okayed just this week. Well Go USA has the movie domestically and was forced to postpone the release this summer when Better
Aquaman helmer James Wan’s horror thriller has a go date. Warner Bros Pictures has set his New Line movie Malignant for August 14. The cast of the Atomic Monster film formerly titled Silvercup includes Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson, George Young, Michole Briana White, Jake Abel, Jacqueline McKenzie and Ingrid Bisu, who also executive produces and shares
35 minutes ago The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has arrived, and man, it’s loaded with new footage. There’s a lot to unpack in this one, though none of it compares to a mysterious shot we get towards the end of the trailer. The scene looks to feature Emperor Palpatine, and
Former Fox reality chief Simon Andreae is developing a show for Channel 4 matchmaking men and women who want to have a child, but are not interested in being romantically involved with each other. The series, which will be made by Andreae’s production outfit Naked Television, is looking to tap into the growing trend of
Exclusive Jeremy Allen White from “Shameless” got married last week — and Dakota Johnson and Chris Martin kinda stirred the pot themselves by attending. The actress and the Coldplay frontman were spotted together Friday morning hitting up the Beverly Hills courthouse, where tons of famous folks go to get hitched, or at the very least
Elizabeth Mitchell, who most recently wrapped starring roles in writer-director Elle Callahan’s indie feature Witch Hunt, and as Ellen Burstyn’s strong-willed daughter in director Michael Lembeck’s feature comedy Never Too Late, has signed with APA. Mitchell is perhaps best known for her Emmy-nominated performance as Dr. Juliet Carlson on six seasons of J.J. Abrams’ ABC
Sebastian Stan defends the Marvel Cinematic Universe against criticisms from directors Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. Stan is only the latest notable name to give his two cents on the continuing controversy, but the actor’s remarks stand out in that they seem to argue for the emotional merit of superhero movies. The debate began