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It was announced today by producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc, and Sony Pictures Entertainment that Eva Green has been cast to play the enticing Vesper Lynd opposite Daniel Craig in his debut appearance as James Bond in the highly anticipated 007 adventure thriller, Casino Royale. It was also announced that renowned Danish-born actor Mads Mikkelsen has accepted the role of Le Chiffre, Bond’s nemesis in the film and Jeffrey Wright has joined the cast as Felix Leiter....

There has always been a disconnect between the levels of recognition given to live-action and animated films. Especially in the West, animation in general is considered to be reserved for children’s films. Many people find it hard to take animated films seriously, or at least to consider them on the same level as other live-action cinematic experiences. Director Guillermo del Toro has been speaking out about this issue a lot recently, as his passion project, a stop-motion animated adaptation of Pinocchio, was finally released after years of development....

Stephanie Conway (Rebel Wilson) has it all. She’s the most popular girl in her high school, has the quarterback boyfriend, and is the head of her cheerleading squad. She dreams of the Barbie-and-Ken-esque lifestyle when she’s older, and more immediately, to be prom queen. All the dots seem to be connecting until during a cheer routine, she is tossed high into the air, not to be caught by her squad, but instead bonks her noggin into a 20-year coma....

Legends tend to obscure the truth, obfuscating the countless forgotten but real people behind the scenes who made the myths we love. Such is the case with the cinematic maverick and iconic genius Orson Welles. Before he was elevated to reverence and other holy nouns, prior to Citizen Kane and even the infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, Welles directed one of the most important theater productions of all time....

Starz has debuted the fourth trailer for the upcoming drama series Camelot, which will premiere on Friday, April 1 at 10 PM ET. Click on the video player below for the latest glimpse inside this show, which stars Joseph Fiennes, Jamie Campbell Bower, and Eva Green. The 10-episode epic drama, redefines the classic medieval tale of King Arthur with an exciting ensemble cast including Joseph Fiennes reimagining the iconic role of Merlin, Jamie Campbell Bower as the young and reckless Arthur, and Eva Green in her television debut as the darkly powerful Morgan....

Fox is announcing premieres dates for new and returning series, including the returns of American Idol and The Following, and the debut of new legal drama Rake. Featuring host Ryan Seacrest, a new judging panel, including Harry Connick Jr., Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban, and Randy Jackson returning as the new in-house mentor, American Idol XIII begins with an exciting two-night, four-hour premiere Wednesday, Jan. 15 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, Jan....

Days after Fox announced that its new X-Men TV series will start production next month, the untitled series has found its first cast member. Blair Redford has signed on to play a mutant character named Sam, who is described as the “strong-headed Native American leader of the underground network.” It isn’t clear when the network plans on filling the remaining roles, but if production is in fact slated to begin next month, then we should be getting more news about casting in the very near future....

NBC’s Friends is still considered one of the most popular, successful and influential sitcoms of all time, but for fans hoping for a long-awaited reunion, don’t hold your breath. During a TV showrunners roundtable interview, Friends co-creator David Crane, who co-created the iconic series with Marta Crane, and recently served as co-cretor and co-showrunner on Episodes with David Klarik, revealed at an Emmy Comedy Series showrunners panel hosted by The Wrap last night that a Friends reunion will never happen....

FX today announced the cast that will star in the pilot for Gone Hollywood. Set in 1980, Gone Hollywood centers on a group of talent agents who defect from an old-guard percentery to found their own, which skyrockets to industry dominance, disrupting the business and changing movies forever. The show will mix its fictional protagonists with real-life entertainment figures and events. The Gone Hollwyood pilot will star John Magaro (The Umbrella Academy, The Big Short, War Machine), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones), Lola Kirke (Mozart in the Jungle, Mistress America, Gone Girl), Ben Schnetzer (Pride, Goat), Jonathan Pryce (The Wife, Taboo) and Judd Hirsch (The Meyerowitz Stories, Independence Day Resurgence, The Goldbergs, TAXI)....

Just in time for Christmas, HBO will be releasing the complete series of Game of Thrones in a beautiful box set for collectors. Dubbed The Complete Collection, the set comes in a wooden shadow box with a Hand of the King pin clasp keeping it closed. It features a multi-layered panel design, with each season receiving its own layer with memorable characters and moments from that period of the show. The amazing artwork shown on each custom plated disc sleeve is from the talented artist Robert Ball, the artist behind the Beautiful Death series....

It has been long confirmed that the final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones will be just six episodes long, but it seems that this shortened season will be the most expensive to produce. A new report about the rising costs of television reveals that the six-episode season will cost a whopping $15 million per episode. This report may also confirm that the Game of Thrones final season will be comprised of all feature-length episodes....

Bring home some historical, political fun this April. Charlie Wilson’s War is coming to DVD on April 22. The film was originally set to have a HD DVD/DVD combo release along with the standard version, but the combo release has been cancelled. The disc will be available for the SRP of $29.98. The film stars Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman in his Oscar-nominated performance. Based on George Crile’s book about the CIA’s largest and most successful covert CIA operation, the arming of the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan....

Everyone’s favorite serial-killer doll is coming back to DVD this September. Child’s Play 20th Anniversary Edition will be released on DVD on September 9. This special edition disc will be priced at $14.98 SRP, although a Blu-Ray release has not been announced yet as well. The film stars Brad Dourif, Catherine Hicks and Alex Vincent. After six-year-old Andy Barclay’s (Alex Vincent) babysitter is violently pushed out of a window to her death, nobody believes him when he says that Chucky, his new birthday doll, did it until things start going terribly wrong… dead wrong....

That old video game you’ve been itching to play may not be worth the effort, or the risk, of digging it out of storage. In Netflix’s Choose or Die, a video game from the 1980s bends reality and forces the player to make decisions to risk someone else’s life or their own. In Toby Meakins’ feature film directorial debut, two friends playing an old video game start a series of events that they can’t stop until they finish the game or die trying, all with the hope they can claim a cash prize for completing it....

City on a Hill, a riveting, thrilling crime drama, is the brainchild of Chuck MacLean that found a home on Showtime in 2019. From its inception, its ideations drew comparisons to The Wire, considered one of the best television shows ever made, in terms of grit and authenticity. In addition, the cast and team of talented producers added an extra level of support, underlining City on a Hill’s probability for success....

It turns out we won’t be getting any new explanations from a middle-aged Clarissa. In 2018, it had been reported that Melissa Joan Hart would return as the titular character in a Clarissa Explains It All revival for Nickelodeon. She was also on board to produce the series with Mitchell Kriegman in talks to write and direct. Updates have not been fruitful since, and the reason for this, as it turns out, is that Nickelodeon has since scrapped the project....

Canadian actor cousin duo Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell of the Arrow fame and The DUFF and Prime Video’s Upload fame, respectively, came together sometime in 2016 and decided to make their first feature film together. To do so, they headed to crowdfunding website Indiegogo to start a campaign. They did so exceedingly well that they became the biggest ever crowdfunded Canadian film ever. They managed to bring in a staggering $2....

The 2005 movie Constantine stands apart as one of the most unique takes on comic book superheroes ever. The DC character has seen a number of different live-action versions recently — there was Matt Ryan’s comic book-accurate version from The CW’s Arrowverse, and Jenna Coleman’s Johanna Constantine, who appeared in newly released series The Sandman. Keanu Reeves’ Constantine, however, was released during a time before the MCU changed the concept of superhero movies for the better....

David Morrissey, who played the infamous and in-depth villain of The Walking Dead the Governor, has revealed that he would be interested in coming back to the series if AMC gave the Governor his own spin-off. When it comes to The Walking Dead, there has arguably not been a villain as in-depth and threatening as The Governor. While Negan, the current antagonist of the series, does pose a threat to the heroes of the series, he is not nearly as beloved (or hated in a good way) by the show’s fans as the Governor....

Roc-a-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash has made a deal with Tribeca Prods. partners Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro and Universal Pictures to mount a drama based on the life of Larry Davis. As Variety says, at 19, Davis traded fire with New York City cops, wounding six of them and escaped despite being shot in the head. After eluding a manhunt for 17 days, Davis turned himself in to the FBI on the promise the feds would investigate local police corruption....