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Evil Dead fans were disheartened when Bruce Campbell announced that he wouldn’t be appearing in the new Evil Dead Rise movie and also likely would not be returning to his role as Ash Williams again on screen. However, with Campbell and his Evil Dead comrade Sam Raimi both working on the movie in the background, there are few fans of the horror franchise that won’t be just a little excited to be getting another film sometime later this year....

Paul Sidhu stars in the upcoming action-packed film, Repeater. The movie centers around Sidhu’s character, John Smith, an experienced hitman working on one of the most challenging jobs he’s faced yet. After botching his most recent contract, Smith is looking for redemption as he attempts to track down his latest target, who proves to be quite elusive. MovieWeb received an exclusive clip from the upcoming project, with the brand-new look featured below....

The sequel to Fisherman’s Friends is coming out this month, and you can get an early sneak peek right now with our exclusive clip. Based on the true story of Fisherman’s Friends, a real-life group of Cornish fishermen who landed a record deal by singing sea shanties, Fisherman’s Friends: One and All tells the next part of the group’s story as they struggle with fame amid their journey to performing at Glastonbury Music Festival....

Freakonomics is a new documentary based on the 2005 bestselling book by authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, which opens in theaters on October 1st. We recently had the opportunity to speak with documentary filmmakers Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and Seth Gordon (The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters), who both contributed segments to the film. The two directors spoke candidly about their work, adapting the book into a movie and how they incorporated their signature styles into the project....

We have a brand new exclusive clip from the new DVD set for Saving Grace: Season Two, which hits the shelves in a four-disc set on June 16. Click below for our new exclusive clip that takes you deeper inside Holly Hunter’s hit series. Hard-edged police detective Grace Hanadarko is certainly no angel, but she has one on her shoulder. Academy-Award winner Holly Hunter returns as Grace, a no-nonsense cop whose fierce dedication to her job belies her self-destructive lifestyle....

Despite being released 15 years ago, Skins (UK) still maintains cultural relevance and a significance as a blueprint for contemporary shows about being a teenager. Its bold creative decisions not only influenced a generation of teenagers, but some of today’s biggest creators. Showrunners Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain established a new standard for teen dramas, featuring absurd, vulgar comedy, explicit nudity and sex scenes, severe mental illness, excessive swearing, risky drug and alcohol use, and the challenging realities that LGBTQ+ teenagers face....

Sony Pictures has unleashed the second teaser poster for the next Spider-Man movies, simply titled, Spider-Man 3. The poster can be seen in various North American theaters displayed in a backlit lenticular, which, depending on the angle in which you face the poster, will change Spidey’s suit from red to black. CLICK HERE for a high resolution look at this new poster! Movie Picture A third adventure with Tobey Maguire again playing Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst playing Mary Jane Watson and Sam Raimi in the director’s chair....

U.S. rights to The Place Beyond the Pines, the highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance, starring Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, and Eva Mendes, have been acquired by Focus Features for a 2013 release. Focus CEO James Schamus and president Andrew Karpen made the announcement today at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the movie is having its world premiere. Focus acquired the rights from Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (SKE), which financed the movie and which was represented at Toronto by Jim Tauber and Nick Hanks, with WME Global and Creative Artists Agency acting as sales agents....

Before even finishing its first season, the genre-defying, award-winning, underdog comedy Glee has been picked up through its third season, it was announced today by Peter Rice, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Networks Group; and Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. “In just one year, Glee has transcended the television landscape and emerged as a global pop culture phenomenon,” said Rice. “We are incredibly proud to have talent like Ryan Murphy and the Glee cast in our Fox family, and we can’t wait to see where Ryan takes the show in Seasons Two and Three....

Fox is showing a sweet tooth for children’s programming. In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has signed a 5 year pact with with DIC Entertainment which will “expand its distribution of Strawberry Shortcake videos and also distribute other content from DIC’s library of children’s programming.” Since 2003 Fox has been distributing the Shortcake titles but this new deal calls for “additional animated direct-to-video titles, a new CGI-animated movie and a live-action series....

So how did ratings become so influential? Let’s explore a bit of film history to understand how we got to this point. RELATED: MPAA Clamps Down on Movie and TV Piracy in a Big Way The Hays Code and the Dawn of Film Regulation The Hays Code The beginning of Hollywood was a wild-west of sorts. Producers and studios were pumping out movies left and right, and it was quickly becoming the most popular form of entertainment the country had to offer....

After seven years of publishing G.I. Joe comics, Devil’s Due Publishing has lost the license from Hasbro, according to reports from industry insiders gathered by IESB. Word that the license was up for renewal first came about last year when Hasbro solicited proposals at Comic-Con. Many assumed that Hasbro would renew with Devil’s Due, but instead it seems like Hasbro will instead renew with either Marvel or IDW publishing. Marvel has published G....

Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss have revealed why they chose to leave Lady Stoneheart out of the hit HBO series. The show came to a divisive end last year, with a lot of fans deeply unsatisfied with the way things turned out. A petition was started to have HBO hire on new writers to do a complete do-over of the final season, which gathered a lot of support....

Netflix has released a teaser for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 3. The hit series will return to Netflix on January 24th. Fans of the show will be able to binge watch the entire thing on that date, so now might be a good time to go back and revisit the past two installments to catch up. The teaser finds Sabrina as she is surrounded by fog. A witchy-sounding narrator says, “Welcome to hell,” which doesn’t really bode well for Sabrina and her friends....

Chris Pine has appeared in a number of movies, including Outlaw King, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Into the Woods, Unstoppable, Hell or High Water, and Confession. In the 2012 animated fantasy movie Rise of the Guardians, he also provided the voice of Jack Frost. One of Pine’s newest films, The Contractor is making waves for its premise, which proves that what you think you know isn’t always accurate. Pine is perhaps most recognized for his part as James T....

Everyone has been talking about the highly publicized defamation trial involving Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, and it’s only natural for its revelations to be used as comedy fodder for comedians. Chris Rock, who was at the center of another recent controversy, even weighed in on Depp v Heard in a new comedy set. And there’s no mistaking which side Rock has taken based on his jokes. Per LADbible, Rock made the comments on a May 12 show in London as a part of his Ego Death tour....

Following the verdict in the Chrisley trial on Tuesday, it would appear that Todd Chrisley, in fact, does not know best. The celebrity couple was found guilty on multiple counts of bank fraud and tax evasion, and their lawyer, Peter Tarantino, was convicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States and willfully filing false tax returns. Nevertheless, USA Network is going ahead with the second half of Season 9, which was filmed before the trial began, according to reports from Deadline....

Spoiler Alert: This articles contains spoilers for the new Kevin Smith movie Clerks 3.Writer/director Kevin Smith has grown in immense popularity after the success of his 1994 classic indie flick Clerks. What started as a small, low-budget flick about a guy in a convenience store has grown to an entire filmography of connected films that tell different stories. Smith’s cinematic universe under his View Askew production name, the “View Askewniverse,” has grown to nearly 10 films....

Bloody Disgusting recently talked with Clive Barker about the Hellraiser remake. It seems that the project is moving forward with Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury set to direct. Barker stated, “I will watch over two Frenchmen who will remake it and only because I think they are two very splendid young men who made a fucking great movie. I like them both. I like the movie INSIDE. It’s very good, very bloody and they are very nice smart guys who have a commitment to the original movie....

NBC has issued pickups for three returning comedy series in 2011-12 that include The Office, Parks and Recreation and Community it was announced today by Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment. “I am so pleased to renew these three outstanding comedies which are all at the top of their game creatively,” said Greenblatt. “Along with 30 Rock, they represent the best of what the NBC comedy brand stands for in terms of originality, wit, and sophistication....