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Almost exactly one year ago, HBO finally confirmed that Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 9 is finally happening, bringing the show’s lengthy six-year hiatus to an end. Since then, we haven’t heard much about the show, aside from production starting back in November. Over the weekend, series star J.B. Smoove made an appearance at the annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia, where he revealed to the crowd that the new season will premiere on October 1....

In film history, the 2010s will likely be written as the age of the shared universe. The success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe inspired every studio in Hollywood to make attempts at crafting their own interconnected franchises. Warner Bros. has three with the DCEU consisting of their various DC heroes, The MonsterVerse which unites the Godzilla and King Kong franchises, and The Conjuring universe, which is arguably the second most successful cinematic universe after the MCU....

According to The Fugs bandleader Ed Sanders, the 60s were steeped in artists of all genres and media collaborating and influencing each other on various projects. This led to artists like Warhol branching out into film and, at the very least, making a great 60s music documentary. As the son of famous cinematographer Floyd Crosby, musician David Crosby was no different, having movie-making aspirations that apparently made it to the pre-production stage in 1971 to create an “apocalyptic hippie movie....

Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir has reached an agreement to play the male lead in the FX drama series pilot, The Bridge, which begins production next month. Based on an international hit series, the pilot for The Bridge was adapted for American television by Meredith Stiehm (Homeland) and Elwood Reid (Hawaii Five-0). Adapted from the Scandinavian series i Bron, The Bridge centers on two detectives from the United States and Mexico who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the American-Mexican border....

After a long wait for updates on a sequel to Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, we now have something promising to share. According to a representative for Legendary Entertainment and a report from Polygon, the project is still in active development, giving fans of the franchise hope for what’s to come. Detective Pikachu, the first Pokémon live-action film, was a major success both commercially and critically. Its success at the box office was proof of its growing popularity....

Super soldier Andrew Scott is back to battle Luc Deveraux in this highly anticipated sequel Action icons Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme are back to battle each other in the explosive new sequel Universal Soldier: Regeneration. Genetically altered killing machine Luc Deveraux (Van Damme) is finally being brought out of retirement nearly eighteen years after the original Roland Emmerich directed Universal Soldier wowed audiences with its fireball spectacular. Now, Terrorists are threatening worldwide nuclear catastrophe and reactivating the decommissioned soldier is earth’s only hope for survival....

Real life father and son Robert and Robin Hill headline Ben Wheatley’s searing crime dramedy Down Terrace, which makes its way into select cinemas this Friday, October 15th. The story follows the heads of a crime family struggling to keep their business together as infighting and a police informant threaten to unravel everything around them. We have your first look at Down Terrace with an emotionally charged clip that features Robert and Robin Hill arguing over an impending marriage....

A dream role for Drew Barrymore would be to co-star alongside Cameron Diaz in a remake of the classic Thanksgiving comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Written and directed by the legendary John Hughes, Planes, Trains and Automobiles starred Steve Martin and John Candy as a pair of unlikely travel partners switching through different modes of transportation with the hopes of getting the former home in time for Thanksgiving dinner. Ever since the movie was released in 1987, it has remained popular with fans and is necessary to watch at least once every year during the Thanksgiving holiday season....

Josh Heald, Hayden Schlossberg, and Jon Hurwitz, creators of the pop-culture sensations Hot Tub Time Machine and Cobra Kai, lend their unparalleled talent to a movie based on the popular video game Duke Nukem. These three writers and producers have an unbelievable penchant for taking retro stories and making them more relevant than ever and even cooler than they were the first time around. Cobra Kai is a Nielsen rating-dominating series based on the Karate Kid movies with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka that managed to blur the lines between hero and antihero....

Another Justice League of America casting rumor has been laid to rest. According to EvaGreenWeb.com, Eva Green is not involved with George Miller’s Justice League of America. The following message was posted to the fan site: Thanks to Eva’s management, I can now officially say that Eva has no interest or involvement whatsoever in Justice League of America. She has no films to announce as yet. There’s no official word yet on whether New Line will proceed with the next Dark Materials film, but they think they’d shoot the 2nd and 3rd film together if they go for it....

In 2014, the Americans were shocked when eighteen-year-old Conrad Roy III took his own life. Roy was encouraged by his girlfriend, Michelle Carter, via text messages, emails, and phone calls to kill himself. Roy’s and Carter’s relationship was via text messages and phone calls, and both had an extensive history of mental health issues and struggles in their personal lives. Three years later, in 2017, Carter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, as she encouraged Roy in his final moments to continue and move forward with dying....

Everyone loves a Christmas comedy, and Hulu took the classic formula in a different direction with The Binge 2: It’s A Wonderful Binge. The film sees the return of Jordan VanDina, penning the script for the sequel and making his directorial debut. VanDina made a splash in 2020 when he wrote the first film in the franchise, The Binge. The movie spoofs the idea behind The Purge films, set in a time when all drugs and alcohol are illegal, and the only day anyone can participate in the fun is on the national Binge day....

Career-wise, there seems to be no trouble on the horizon for actress Carla Gugino. The actress best known for Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids films and her role on TV’s Entourage has been busy lately working in some of Hollywood’s most successful films starting with Rodriguez’s Sin City in 2005 and followed by Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller, American Gangster opposite Russell Crow, Righteous Kill with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and most recently the starring role in Disney’s remake Race to Witch Mountain....

We have an exclusive shout-out to MovieWeb from a very special guest. The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder has given us a very special video exclusively for us for his new DVD set, The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season. Click below to watch this very special video for yourself. The Boondocks: The Complete Second Season - Uncut and Uncensored tracks the adventures of two boys, Riley and Huey Freeman, who experience a culture clash when they move from Southside Chicago to the suburbs to live with their irascible grandfather....

We all love the Oscars. The celebrities, the red carpet looks, the joy of watching your favorite performers take home the gold — it’s a great time! Since the first Academy Awards in 1929, people have gathered around the TV every year to see which of their favorite actors will win a coveted Oscar. The show covers everything from the best actors and directors to the year’s most impressive screenplays. While The Academy might snub a more-than-deserving film or performance at times, the Oscars can be influential to the progression of one’s career in the industry....

The most recent dive into the world of Harry Potter has taken us back into the past of the franchise, ever since 2016. The Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies take place before the original Harry Potter events happen, giving us a view of the wizarding world in the 1920s and 30s and setting up the story Harry Potter only hints on between Dumbledore and his friend, Grindelwald. However, neither of them are the main character — the story actually follows Newt Scamander, the author of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them as he writes and publishes his book and gets pulled along into the conflict....

When last we saw Morgan (Lennie James), Alicia had left him in the storm. Fear the Walking Dead picks up his story with The Code. This episode smacked of filler initially, but took a surprising turn at the end. Three new characters are introduced. We’ll see if the newbies have staying power or just future fodder for a zombie buffet. The Code begins with Morgan trying to find Alicia in the woods....

Thomas Veil has had his life erased and he can’t figure out why. The more he searches for answers the more questions he ends up having. MovieWeb is giving away copies of the complete 9 disc series of Nowhere Man, a show that had critics and fans scratching their heads in blissfully, perplexed confusion. CLICK HERE to uncover the mystery of Thomas Veil! Unknown forces conspire to erase the identity of photographer Thomas Veil (Bruce Greenwood), and without warning, every aspect of his life is erased during the course of one evening....

We could be seeing a Frasier revival series airing on television by the middle of next year, as Kelsey Grammer says a sequel is coming. In a new interview on In Depth with Graham Bensinger, Grammer spoke about his planned Frasier reboot, revealing the project is “ready to go” and is currently being shopped around to various outlets. Grammer is also confident the series will go into production by Spring, teasing the new show could premiere on television as early as late Summer 2020....

Netflix has released the new trailer for Fuller House Season 3, with the entire season available for streaming on Friday, September 22. The Fuller House Season 3 premiere date is by no means an arbitrary date, since it actually marks the 30th Anniversary of the flagship series Full House airing its series premiere, on September 22, 1987. This momentous milestone is not lost on these characters either, with some of your favorite Full House characters stopping by in quite familiar outfits....