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The 3D theater experience has been building over the last few years, and now at long last, we get a big-budget live action extravaganza in the awesome Real 3D. Gone are the clunky glasses and eye-straining effects. Journey to the Center of the Earth is an incredibly immersive experience, filled with groundbreaking 3D effects that amaze in every scene. It also helps that the movie is pretty entertaining without the bells and whistles....

Four sculptures from Kansas City artists are going to be appearing in Watchmen, the upcoming film to be directed by Zack Snyder (Dawn Of The Dead, 300). The Kansas City Star reports that the pieces will be used as part of the set that serves as the home for Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup). The pieces which Warner Bros. are leasing are ‘Hemisphere’ by Arlie Regier, ‘Sphere’ by his son Dave Regier, and ‘Hyperbolic Hexagon II’ and ‘Atomic Flower’ by Brent Collins....

FOX races into May with gripping season finales, guest stars and television events, including NASCAR ON FOX in primetime May 5 and May 12; the World Broadcast Premiere of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW May 17; the landmark 400th episode of THE SIMPSONS May 20; the jaw-dropping, two-hour season finale of 24 May 21; and the three-hour, two-night season finale of AMERICAN IDOL, featuring the final performance show May 22 and the final live results show that’s sure to captivate America May 23....

I just got off the phone with writer-producer Frank Spotnitz, who was promoting the upcoming X-Files: I Want to Believe, which comes out on DVD and Blu-ray on December 2. I also had to ask him about the possibility of a third film in this popular series. Here’s what he had to say about what would likely be the last film in the series. So, there have already been whisperings about a third film from Fox....

FX has picked up a fifth season of the Emmy-nominated comedy series Louie. The seven-episode Season 5 from Creator/Executive Producer/Writer/Star/Director/Editor Louis C.K. will premiere in Spring 2015, it was announced today by John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks & FX Productions, who released the following statement. Louie is currently nominated for five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actor Comedy (Louis C.K.), Writing, Directing and Casting for a Comedy Series. The show made history in 2012 by becoming the first comedy series on a basic cable network to receive an Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Comedy Series....

If you haven’t seen last night’s episode of Game of Thrones you may want to stop reading now as there are plenty of spoilers ahead. Game of Thrones is no stranger to shock value, but last night’s episode “Beyond The Wall” can be officially chalked up to one of the greatest episodes of the season… even if the episode did leak a week early. As Jon Snow and the others trudge through the snowy landscape beyond the Wall....

The final season of Game of Thrones is still in production, with filming slated to last until this summer, but today an intriguing potential rumor has surfaced, which could hint that one of the female characters on the show is expecting. A new “Blind Item” at TV Line, which reveals the details of a new scoop without stating the series, for inexplicable reasons, states that an, “Emmy-winning series on a premium cable network is plotting a pregnancy twist,” that is said to be incredibly surprising....

This Halloween… make a play date with Chucky, join a book club with Annie, have an old friend for dinner with Hannibal, or go camping with Three-Finger. Twentieth Century Fox and MGM Home Entertainment unearth a selection of frightening film favorites in haunting high-definition when Child’s Play, Misery, Hannibal Lecter Anthology: Hannibal/The Silence of the Lambs, Wrong Turn and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End arrive on Blu-ray Disc (BD) September 15....

Twelve giant robots controlled by humans fight to the death in Syfy’s Groundbreaking new show Robot Combat League. The state-of-the-art robots and 24 courageous contestants enter the ring in this hotly anticipated new reality series. The competition features tournament-style battles between eight-foot tall humanoid robots controlled by a human fighter (“robo-jockey”) and an engineer (“robo-tech”). Competing for a $100,000 cash prize, the robo-jockeys and robo-techs come from a myriad of backgrounds including a racecar driver, an Olympic athlete, a National Guard helicopter pilot and a variety of professional fighters and high-tech engineers and robotics experts....

The hit action series Strike Back will return to Cinemax in 2014 for a fourth and final season of ten new episodes, which will shoot in Asia and Europe, it was announced today by Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming. Cinemax/HBO will again produce the series with partners Left Bank and Sky, which will air the series in the U.K. Returning for Season 4 will be Left Bank’s Andy Harries as executive producer, series producer Michael Casey and head of production Marigo Kehoe....

NCsoft, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), today announced the launch of the highly anticipated Mission Architect system in its comic-book inspired MMO, City of Heroes®. Free to current PC and Macintosh subscribers, the release of Issue 14: Architect marks the first time in MMO history that players have been given the power to create and share their own custom missions and story arcs, thus generating an unprecedented and virtually limitless amount of user-generated content for the City of Heroes community....

One of the greatest martial arts stuntmen, Jackie Chan (Rush Hour) kicks butt in the thrilling drama Crime Story, arriving as a Special Edition DVD August 7 under the Dragon Dynasty label from The Weinstein Company and Genius Products. Based on actual events surrounding a 1990 kidnapping in Hong Kong, Crime Story follows Inspector Eddie Chan (Chan) as he daringly attempts to rescue a wealthy businessman. Nominated for six Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture, Chan earned a Golden Horse Award (1993, Best Actor) for his role....

Daniel Wright and David Lee, two contestants on The Biggest Loser: Couples, recently held a conference call to discuss their experience on the series, and here’s what these two had to say. Hi, good morning. Were you surprised that you were voted off - especially since Daniel was the heaviest contestant they’d ever had; did you think there would be some sympathy for that? Daniel Wright: I was surprised - not really....

We’ll soon see Dean Winters causing mayhem again soon enough. In years past, Winters had made a big mark for himself in pop culture by playing the character called Mayhem for a series of ads for Allstate Insurance. Typically, Mayhem would cause accidents or otherwise destroy someone’s property to reinforce how important it is to get insurance, to better protect yourselves from “Mayhem.” While other insurance company mascots like Flo from Progressive and the Geico gecko haven’t gone anywhere, we haven’t seen Winters bringing about mayhem in Allstate ads for a while....

Ron Howard says that a sequel to the 2018 film Solo is not in the works from LucasFilms. The director said that any word that a film is coming is strictly from the fans and that the studio has other priorities. Right now, the most extensive discussion about the Solo sequel comes from enthusiastic fans in online forums such as Star Wars fan websites, YouTube channels, and message boards. “The only discussion that I’m aware of about a sequel for ‘Solo’ is coming from the fans at this point....

Disney+ was established with the idea of providing a platform for all Disney (and their subsidiaries’) media. The platform is most well-known for its massive Marvel catalog, which seems to be ever-expanding; they started with WandaVision and haven’t looked back ever since that massive success. However, the streaming service also has a plethora of great films that have nothing to do with superheroes. Not only does it contain the Disney vault of films and shows, but they also have amazing new and original programming....

Some positive news coming out of Disney regarding their planned Planet of the Apes reboot, as a new report claims that the studio is “very high” on the script presented by director Wes Ball and co-writer Josh Friedman. The news comes courtesy of Deadline’s Justin Kroll, who adds that the quality of the script is in fact so good that Disney is now planning to create a new trilogy continuation of the Planet of the Apes franchise....

Disney has revealed the release dates for several upcoming tentpole projects, including the likes of Mufasa: The Lion King, Disney’s Snow White, and Inside Out 2. The recent D23 Expo offered various insights into several of these major Disney releases, with Variety now revealing when we will be able to sit down and once again bask in the magic of Walt Disney Studios. We begin with Next Goal Wins, which is now scheduled to be released on April 21, 2023....

Universally beloved singer and actress Dolly Parton has just announced her next big project. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Parton is set to produce and star in Run, Rose, Run, a movie based on the novel by the same name that was released earlier this month. Along with to-writing the book with James Patterson, Parton also released a companion album for the novel with new music, serving as her 48th studio album....

Dominic Monaghan and Freddy Rodriguez have signed on to star in the horror thriller Fortuna, with Barthelemy Grossmann directing from a script he wrote. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story is set in 2100, and envisions an Earth where a collapsed economy and climate crises have eliminated the middle class, leaving a few very wealthy and the teeming masses in severe poverty. To give hope and avoid revolt, the elite create Fortuna, a mysterious game where one in a thousand wins a big payday and joins the upper classes....