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The actor talks about his hit new NBC drama and much more. Christian Slater is back on the small screen with an interesting role in duality on NBC’s My Own Worst Enemy. We were in on a conference call with Slater to talk about this new series and here’s what he had to say. Christian, this is quite an acting exercise because you get to do two very different characters. And what I was kind of wondering is there ever a point where they just jump together?...

It’s looking like former Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Christopher Meloni will be back as Elliot Stabler in the show’s upcoming season 22 premiere before coming back into the role full time for his very own spin-off series. After leading the Law & Order spin-off alongside Mariska Hargitay as Olivian Benson for its first twelve seasons, Meloni departed the series to pursue other acting endeavors. His presence has been missed on the series ever since, but longtime fans may be seeing Meloni sharing the screen with Hargitay once again when the show comes back on the air with season 22....

NBC has given full-season pickups to the new high-octane drama Chase and the returning action-comedy Chuck for 2010-11. The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios. “Chase has introduced an appealing new star to television audiences in Kelli Giddish and we think it has potential to grow,” said Bromstad. “We also are glad that Chuck will be with us for a full season delivering its loyal, passionate audience....

Hollywood is notorious for turning to past successful media franchises and fan bases and rebooting the content, often with fickle results. While there is no denying that some of these TV reboots have proven to be a triumphant and lucrative endeavor (Hawaii Five-O, Queer Eye, and The Conners, to name a few), more often than not the reboots have been scorned by both devoted fans and critics (looking at you, That ‘80s Show and Charlie’s Angels)....

The actor dishes on his latest projects including his web TV series and a potential directorial debut It’s always great to speak with an actor like Clifton Collins Jr. because he’s always working and always has something to talk about. During our interview for The Perfect Game, which is currently in theaters now, Collins Jr. also told us about his upcoming film The Experiment, his thoughts on a renewal for the TNT series Southland, which he joined last year, and also about the hilarious web TV videos he has been churning out at the website he and his friends run, TheTVFantastic....

Columbia Pictures has acquired the life rights of captain Richard Phillips, just weeks after his dramatic attempted escape and eventual rescue from armed Somali pirates. According to Variety, the studio has also optioned the film rights to Phillips’ upcoming memoir, and will bring to the bigscreen the story of the cargo ship captain’s capture by four Somali pirates and subsequent rescue by the U.S. Navy. Michael DeLuca, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti and Scott Rudin are onboard to produce....

Ninja Gaiden is a series of videogames created by Japanese developer Tecmo that began in 1988 with the release of the first game in the series, Ninja Gaiden, for both the Nintendo Entertainment System and arcades. While frustratingly difficult, the game spawned two sequels in 1990 and 1991 and even a few spinoff games developed by fellow Japanese game developer Sega. The series rose to real prominence, however, after it was given the soft reboot treatment in 2004 (in which the events of the original games are mentioned but never discussed) with the release of the similarly titled Ninja Gaiden for the original Xbox, the first game in a brand-new trilogy....

DVD is gonna have some bite in September! In a story from DavisDVD, Lionsgate is going to be releasing Cujo: Special Edition on September 25. Synopsis: Based on a Stephen King novel, Cujo is not as menacing or as frightening as other film adaptations of King’s popular stories and especially cannot compare to the 1976 Carrie. Cujo is a happy St. Bernard until he is bitten on the nose by a rabid bat and slowly begins manifesting the symptoms of his fatal illness....

Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan have signed on to star in The F Word for Goon director Michael Dowse. The title does not refer to the derogatory word you may think. Daniel Radcliffe stars as Wallace, a young man who meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) at a party where they hit it off. The problem is, Chantry has a long-term boyfriend, and the duo must navigate through a tenuous friendship, while keeping their feelings at bay....

The director of the horror sequel talks about his new film and how to survive an crocodile attack Lake Placid 2 is out on DVD starting today, January 29. Recently, I had a phone interview with the horror sequel’s director, David Flores, and here’s what he had to say about his new film. This is the latest in the in-name-only horror sequels. What does this movie bring to the table that the first one didn’t?...

When DC’s new streaming service was announced, this here horror fan felt an overwhelming sense of ‘meh.’ I’m not the world’s biggest comic book fan, and the thought of having to shell out more cash for yet another streaming service wasn’t a high priority of mine. But that was before James Wan and Gary Dauberman announced their reboot of Swamp Thing starring Derek Mears (Friday the 13th). Now I’m all ready, set and gunning to subscribe to the new service to check out this upcoming series....

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Dead to Me season 2. This was one of the streaming service’s breakout hits last year and they managed to get Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini back for another round of twistedly dark comedic adventures in a hurry. As we can see in this first trailer, they are going to be dealing with the fallout of that big season 1 cliffhanger. Warning: spoilers ahead for Dead to Me season 1....

The director discusses working with kids in Millions Danny Boyle first gained notice in the US with the Hitchcockian tale of greed Shallow Grave. He followed that up with the often imitated but never replicated Trainspotting, a film that is still as relevant as when it was initially released. He followed that up with a series of films like The Beach and A Life Less Ordinary, which while different from his first movies, still had the Danny Boyle staple: They constantly undermined their audiences assumptions....

The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that it has acquired from WE Distribution the distribution rights for the world, outside of Asia and French speaking Europe, to the martial arts, film noir epic Dragon (Wu Xia). TF1 are already confirmed to distribute the film in France. The film will have its world premiere as part of the official selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. A 2011 theatrical release is expected in the US....

DuckTales is about to expand its cast of Disney characters in a major way. The end of season 2 and beginning of season 3 are going to see the addition of some of Disney’s classic 90s Afternoon lineup, including Rescue Rangers, Daisy Duck, Goofy, and more. Obviously, the focal point of the show will remain on Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby, Donald, Della, Launchpad, and Scrooge. If that wasn’t enough, the studio released a pretty amazing poster with all of the new additions of classic characters....

Stephen King is a name synonymous with horror and the macabre, but did you know that many of his works have been adapted into films and TV shows that aren’t necessarily horror-focused? From psychological thrillers to emotional dramas, there’s a wide variety of Stephen King adaptations out there that offer something for everyone. King’s writing career began in the 1970s, and since then, his books have been adapted into movies, TV shows, and even comics, many of which have become cult classics....

Holidate stars Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey are back together in another fun romantic comedy, and what a multiverse it is, starring rom-com royalty Richard Gere, Diane Keaton, and Susan Sarandon. Director and writer Michael Jacobs (Boy Meets World, Girl Meets World) brings together legends Richard Gere (Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride), Diane Keaton (Something’s Gotta Give, Annie Hall), Susan Sarandon (Stepmom, Thelma & Louise), and William H. Macy (Pleasantville, Fargo) in Maybe I Do, tackling multi-generational questions and concepts on love and marriage....

Sherry Cola and I were able to squeeze a phone call for our interview just moments before she had to get ready for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of her latest movie Shortcomings. Naturally, it was an exciting day for Cola, whose film was selected as part of the festival’s U.S. Dramatic Competition program. “I’m absolutely over the moon because this film is so special. These characters are imperfect and flawed, you know, changing, growing apart, figuring it out — and they happen to be Asian,” she said....

There have been many famous filmmaker families, but they tend to spread across generations and rarely work together: Francis Ford Coppola’s daughter Sofia Coppola, Ivan Reitman’s son Jason Reitman, and David Cronenberg’s son Brandon Cronenberg all come to mind. The Adams family is an extreme exception to filmmaking nepotism, though. Parents John Adams and Toby Poser work together with their 18-year-old daughter Zelda Adams to write, star in, direct, shoot and edit their films, and the three essentially share duties on every aspect of the pictures they’ve been creating; even their older daughter Lulu Adams gets in on the action sometimes....

We have an exclusive clip to unveil from the new horror film Student Body ahead of its digital release. On Feb. 8, the film can be purchased digitally, courtesy of 1091 Pictures. You can first catch a sneak peek at the characters portrayed by Harley Quinn Smith and Austin Zajur in the clip below, culminating with an awkward reference to a burrito followed up with a rejection. Of course, things are only going to get worse from there once a maniac traps the students inside the school building and starts picking them off....