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Christina Applegate and Jean Smart are set to star in ABC’s comedy pilot Sam I Am. The show centers on a woman (Applegate) with amnesia who has to rediscover her life; Smart will play her self-absorbed mother. Amy Brenneman and Merrin Dungey have been cast in the potential Grey’s Anatomy spinoff; the two are set to guest star in the “enhanced” two-hour episode of of the ABC hit drama designed to serve as a springboard for a potential spinoff from the hit medical drama that centers on Addison Shepherd (Kate Walsh)....

Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode take the leading roles in A Single Man, Tom Ford’s adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood novel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the novel was published in 1964 and centers on a gay man who, after the sudden death of his partner, is determined to persist in his usual routine, which is seen in the span of a single, ordinary day in Southern California....

It’s almost time for the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover event. In celebration, The CW has released the synopses of the first three episodes and an epic movie-style poster that looks like a riff on Avengers: Endgame. There’s only two weeks left for fans to get their first look at the highly anticipated annual event. It seems that the network has really outdone themselves this time around because everything looks massive....

Available on DVD and Blu-ray January 18th is Death Race 2, a prequel to ‘2008s Death Race, which itself was actually a prequel to the classic 1975 film, Death Race 2000 starring Sylvester Stallone and the late David Carradine. Death Race 2 features an all-star cast of actors that includes Sean Bean (The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Danny Trejo (Machete), Luke Goss (Hellboy II: The Golden Army) and Tanit Phoenix (Lost Boys: The Thirst)....

I was curious on where the initial inception for Shutter Island came from and what inspired you to write this book? Dennis Lehane: It came from a couple of different sources. One was I visited a mental institution on an island when I was a kid, and so that kind of stuck in my head. 30 years later, I had this book that was sort of in the same vein of Mystic River and I felt I was in danger of being pigeonholed....

As season five of Showtime’s top-rated drama series Dexter, starring Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe award-winning actor Michael C. Hall, heads toward another powerful, suspense-filled finale on Sunday, December 12th at 9 PM ET/PT, the network has renewed the series for a sixth season. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks. Season 6’s episodes will go into production next spring in Los Angeles. “Dexter is the best suspense drama on television,” said Nevins....

The countdown has begun to the series finale of the iconic Showtime drama series Dexter, which airs this Sunday, September 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Today, the network released a special trailer that takes a look back at Dexter Morgan’s conflicted journey over the past eight seasons and everyone who has ended up on his kill table. Here’s a sneak peek. Dexter’s final season will come to an explosive, shocking conclusion this Sunday....

Documentary Now! is one of the cleverest shows running, spoofing famous, landmark documentaries in hour-long formats. While the incoming season 4 of Documentary Now! won’t feature Bill Hader due to his involvement with his HBO series Barry, it again pulls in Fred Armisen (Our Flag Means Death, Saturday Night Live), returning comedian John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live, Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers), and multitalented comedy writer Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live, Late Night)....

The Good Emergency! is the kind of groundbreaking television that we need on DVD. The Bad No extras whatsoever. Emergency!: Season Four chronicles the daily goings on of Los Angeles Paramedics who are faced with life and death decisions both in the field and in the emergency room of Rampart General Hospital. Starring in this show are Kevin Tighe as Roy DeSoto, Randolph Mantooth as John Gage and Julie London as Nurse Dixie McCall....

Eric Roberts may be playing the same character in The Dark Knight that Dennis Paladino portrayed in Batman Forever, but he insists he will offer his own take on the character. SCI-FI Wire caught up to Roberts and asked him if his portrayal of Salvatore “Boss” Moroni would be similar to Paladino’s, to which Roberts asserted it would be different. “Not at all, because I’m not him,” Roberts said. “Why would I try to do that?...

Sarah Polley is a renowned Canadian actress, writer, director, and political activist who rose to fame in the 90s. Polley was born into the entertainment industry. Her mother Diane Polley was an actress and casting director, while her stepfather Michael Polley was an actor. The pair co-starred together during her years as a child actor. Her siblings Mark Polley and John Buchan are also in the industry; the former is an actor, and the latter a casting director....

Arriving on Paramount+ this week, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder is an all-new series that will be a direct follow-up to the popular animated Nickelodeon television show, The Fairly OddParents. The upoming series will be featured in a combination of both animation and live-action. Fairly Odder will pick up years after the original animated series that will follow Timmy Turner’s cousin, Vivian “Viv” Turner, and her brand-new stepbrother, Roy Raskin. Together they will navigate their lives in Dimmsdale with the help of their new fairly godparents, who were passed down by a now older Timmy Turner....

Wes Miller has only been directing films for about a decade, but from the handful of movies that he’s made — the bulk for which he also served as a writer — what’s immediately interesting is the ways in which he utilizes the action genre to expose the cracks in the institutions that largely make up American culture and society. Even more impressive is the fact that Miller does so without flagrantly hurling judgments towards the place he calls home....

We have a brand new exclusive special feature clip from the new DVD horror set Fear Itself: The Complete First Season, which was released on DVD on September 15. Click below for our exclusive special feature clip, which features director Larry Fessenden talking about his draw to the horror genre. Today’s most talented horror directors and writers including John Landis, Ronny Yu, Mary Harron, Victor Salva, Darren Lynn Bousman, Sean Hood and Rupert Wainwright have teamed up to create a unique television experience that leaves viewers with nothing to fear but Fear Itself....

The Wayans gang and their spoofing ways are back with a new film, Dance Flick, which is set to hit theaters on May 22, and you certainly get more of the Wayans’ for your buck here. Not only do we get to see the familiar faces of Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans all producing, starring and writing, but the family is letting some of the younger members of the family share the spotlight as well....

Breck Eisner’s The Crazies is set to tear apart theaters nationwide on February 26th. Timothy Olyphant stars as the sheriff of Ogden Marsh, a small town whose inhabitants have become infected with The Crazies! We have an exclusively look at Olyphant in action with an all-new never before seen TV spot, which you can check out in the clip below: In a terrifying tale of the “American Dream” gone wrong, four friends find themselves trapped in their hometown in The Crazies, a reinvention of the George Romero classic....

At the Death House Door is a personal and intimate look at the death penalty in the state of Texas as seen through the eyes of Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain to the infamous “Walls” prison unit in Huntsville, Texas. During Pickett’s remarkable career journey, he presided over 95 executions, including the world’s first lethal injection. After each execution, Pickett recorded an audiotape account of his trip to the death chamber....

Earlier this year, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore opened to a mixed-to-negative response. The third installment in the Fantastic Beasts series, the Harry Potter prequel, The Secrets of Dumbledore was supposed to be followed by two more entries in the five-part series. However, after the poor box-office reception of this latest entry, the probability of Fantastic Beasts 4 going into production right away went down. Now, David Yates’s work schedule may put the fourth film in the franchise on hold for much longer than anticipated....

USA Today has unveiled the first photo of Russell Crowe in costume on the set of Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood. The story of the bandit who steals from the rich and gives to the poor gets a makeover in Robin Hood, which reunites Gladiator star Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott. Robin Hood is in theaters May 14th, 2010. “He doesn’t have the old Robin Hood tights,” says producer Brian Grazer....

Fox Searchlight’s new teen division is moving full speed ahead, with a name, new hires and several projects in development. The first release from Fox Atomic is expected by the end of the year, and a full slate of pics is expected for 2007. According to Variety, Jake Zim, formerly the director of online services at Lionsgate Films, has been named VP of online. And Fox Searchlight execs Lawrence Grey and Jeff Arkus are joining the company as VP of production and director of production, respectively....