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Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawass announced and unveiled, in an international press conference at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, a 3,500-year-old mummy now positively identified as Hatshepsut, one of history’s few female pharaohs. Using computed tomography (CT) scanning and ongoing DNA testing, Dr. Hawass solved the mystery of what happened to one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful and successful rulers. Dr. Hawass’s odyssey of archeological and scientific adventure has been documented in Discovery Channel’s Secrets Of Egypt’s Lost Quenn, which premieres worldwide Sunday, July 15, 2007, at 9 PM (ET/PT)....

It’s been rough for the mouse lately. When the Florida House of Representatives passed the nicknamed “Don’t Say Gay” bill, eyes turned to Disney. With hesitation on taking a side, hollow support, and a controversial internal message to employees and creative leads, the company has been under heavy criticism for its supposed “support” to the LGBTQ+ community. New voices have now spoken up about the company’s treatment of representation in its films, these from the now-defunct Blue Sky Studios....

The first sequences of Disney films, animated or live action are typically uplifting and inviting in tone. Whether they feature an introductory song number, establishing a lighter tone to the entire film, or not, most of the opening sequences in Disney features are quite light. It has been established through Disney’s earliest days of feature filmmaking, where the storybook opening is religiously utilized. The formula has since been broken and taken to new heights as Disney has made substantially more mature films....

Disney moves from the sea to the sky with their next Platinum Edition DVD. According to Home Media Retailing, the Mouse House’s next title to enter that elite club will be Peter Pan in March 2007. Based upon Sir James M. Barrie’s 1904 play about the boy who refuses to grow up, this film begins in the London nursery of Wendy, John and Michael Darling. The three children are visited by Peter Pan, the boy who refuses to grow up....

Doctor Who Season 11 will be monumental for a number of reasons. But the biggest being the introduction of Jodie Whittaker as the new Time Lord. In the show’s long and storied history, this will be the first time an actress has lead the show. And now, thanks to the BBC and the World Cup, we have an idea what that will look like. And it looks pretty exciting. The BBC has unleashed the first official teaser trailer for Doctor Who Season 11, the next series of all-new episodes sure to enchant and surprise fans like never before....

DreamWorks Studios and Doubleday have acquired, in a pre-emptive deal, the rights to Daniel H. Wilson’s unpublished manuscript, Robopocalypse, it was announced today by Mark Sourian and Holly Bario, Co-Presidents of Production at the studio, and Jason Kaufman, Executive Editor and Vice President, at Doubleday. DreamWorks acquired the film rights from literary manager Justin Manask and is putting the project into accelerated development. Kaufman acquired world publishing rights to Robopocalypse from Laurie Fox at the Linda Chester Literary Agency and a tentative 2011 publication date has been set for the book....

Stacey Snider and Steven Spielberg today announced a 7-year worldwide distribution deal between their new motion picture company and Universal Studios, which is expected to begin in 2009 and include approximately 6 films per year. Snider and Spielberg recently departed Paramount Pictures to partner with Reliance Big Entertainment on a new motion picture company. Reliance Big will distribute the new company’s projects in India. “We are delighted to be back in business with Steven and Stacey and the rest of their superb team,” said Jeff Zucker, President and CEO of NBC Universal....

Edward James Olmos joins Warner Bros Digital Distribution in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a month-long presentation via cable’s On Demand of Academy Award Winning and blockbuster hit films made by and starring Hispanic artists including Selena (Edward James Olmos, Jennifer Lopez), El Cantante (Marc Anthony), Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro) and more. Also continue the celebration with Stand And Deliver, featuring Edward James Olmos’ Academy Award Nominated Performance for Best Actor, now available for Download on iTunes....

Peyton Reed is a director whose name might not be known to general audiences, but they for sure know his films. He has been working for over 20 years carving out a unique filmography that includes a superhero franchise, an iconic cheerleading film, and various romantic comedies that track courtship to the end of a relationship. After having directed two episodes of The Mandalorian season 2, including the now famous Luke Skywalker episode, the director is now hard at work on his third Marvel Studios movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which is set for release on February 17, 2023 and will be the big introduction to the villain Kang the Conqueror who was teased at the end of Loki season 1....

The following contains minor spoilers for lesser-known Stars Wars titles. Over the years, more Star Wars Inquisitors have appeared in the galaxy far, far, away. Now, there is a full arrangement of these dark Force-wielders that any Star Wars writer or fan can explore. Obi-Wan Kenobi from Disney+ has already given fans a great look at the Inquisitors for the first time in live action. They are indeed a deadly force to be reckoned with....

The essay film has a long and lauded history, from the Dziga Vertov masterpiece Man With a Movie Camera and Orson Welles’ F For Fake, to Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil and Jonathan Caouette’s Tarnation. However, it’s never really been conducive to horror cinema. The essay genre relies on voiceover narration and a lack of characters, blending documentary and fiction to create audiovisual essays that are extremely personal to the filmmaker. Jump scares or blood and guts tend not to fit within those confines....

Joseph Marcell has range. Case in point: producers of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air originally spotted Marcell during a production of Samuel Beckett’s infamously grim and monosyllabic play Endgame. Marcell played one of the disturbing characters who live in a trash can in the absurdist, nihilistic piece from the brilliantly bleak Irish playwright. “All life long, the same questions, the same answers," one line goes. It’s a far cry from Geoffrey, the comically sarcastic butler Marcell would play on Fresh Prince, who says things like, “It’s the Black Butlers’ Convention....

HBO has been churning out heavy hitting dramas for years. You can look back at shows like The Sopranos or at ones with more contemporary hype like Euphoria and see critics laud them for their execution — barring mixed reviews on the ending of The Sopranos, that is. If you were to make a list of the greatest HBO series of all time, in both execution and commercial success, you wouldn’t be surprised if The Wire was added to the conversation....

We have an exclusive special feature clip from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7, Pt. 2 - The Michelangelo Slice, which hits the shelves along with the other three installments, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7, Pt. 1 - The Leonardo Slice, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7, Pt. 3 - The Donatello Slice and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 7, Pt. 4 - The Raphael Slice, on May 12, in conjunction with the 25th Anniversary of these classic characters’ creation....

In Wayne Wang’s latest film A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, retired widower Mr. Shi (played by the wonderful Henry O), comes to the United States to help his only daughter through a divorce. His intentions to save her marriage and help her reconstruct her life are in direct conflict with her desire to move on. When Mr. Shi persists, Yilan retreats. The ongoing struggle between this father and daughter duo leads to revelations that Mr....

Rescue Me, FX’s acclaimed series starring Denis Leary, will kick off its 22-episode fifth season on Tuesday, April 7th at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and today the network placed an order for an additional season from Sony Pictures Television, announced FX Networks President and General Manager John Landgraf. In addition to the announcements for the fifth season start date and pick-up of a sixth season, Leary will launch “The Rescue Me Comedy Tour,” an 11-city live comedy tour featuring Leary, fellow comedians and Rescue Me co-stars Adam Ferrara and Lenny Clarke, and other stand-ups....

Fear the Walking Dead returns with an episode that finally brings everything into focus. The bad news is that the characters, once again, act nonsensically and doom themselves. Bad television writing strikes as the plot arc with Nick’s (Frank Dillane) death, the fall of the diamond, and the Vultures fizzle. The Wrong Side of Where You Are Now opens with a flashback montage of John Dorie (Garret Dillahunt) and Naomi (Jenna Elfman)....

Fox announced its fall 2020 schedule today and became the first broadcast network to formally announce its lineup. CBS, last week, announced cancellations and pick-ups for the 2020-2021 season from its prior lineup but did not provide details on its full fall schedule. Fox is adding the Bad Boys police drama L.A.’s Finest, starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, which premiered on Spectrum VOD. Spectrum will still premiere the 2nd season of the drama on its VOD service in June before Fox distributes the first season of the series widely in broadcast in the fall....

IGN dropped the news earlier today that producer Avi Lerner has picked up the rights to Buck Rogers and that his Millenium Films, home of Rambo and Conan, will be releasing this updated sci fi classic. They also noted that comic book legend Frank Miller is in line to direct the project. IGN writes, “Miller, we were told, is friends with Flint Dille, a comic book, TV and videogame writer and producer whose credits include serving as the story editor on the 1980s cartoon classics Transformers and G....

Epix wants more From where that came from. Deadline reports that the series has been officially renewed for season 2, certainly good news for fans who have enjoyed the first season. Season 2 will consist of ten episodes with plans to start production in the summer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as Epix eyes a likely 2023 release. In season 2, “hidden truths about the nature and terrifying origins of the town begin to emerge, even as life for its residents is plunged into chaos by the arrival of mysterious newcomers....