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The Last of Us is making headlines and creating a massive online conversation, with fans praising the actors and the post-apocalyptic storyline. The show’s stars have a lot of on-set experience in an apocalypse, but who would they want in a real end-of-the-world scenario? Star Gabriel Luna revealed he needs just one person on his apocalypse dream team.

What is ‘The Last of Us’ about?

The Last of Us is based on a hugely popular video game of the same name. It follows Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, and Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey, as they navigate a world that has been ravaged by a viral fungal infection.

The infection turns humans into cannibalistic plant zombies that can infect others and change them into zombies. Ellie is immune to the infection and might hold the key to a vaccine. Joel, a smuggler, has been tasked with transporting her to...

Five top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, May 11, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a group chat with Christopher and all of the group together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:

“Genius: Aretha”: Jennifer Bryan

Bryan was a CDG nominee for “Breaking Bad.” Other projects have included “Better Call Saul,...

Discovery Inc. CEO David Zaslav knows there’s a lot of industry consolidation going on, with Disney and Comcast fighting over Fox, and At&T buying Time Warner. And he’s just as curious as we are to see where it all ends up.

“I wish I knew how all the chips are going to fall,” Zaslav told TV critics gathered at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Thursday. “We’ve placed a lot of chips as bets in areas in the field that most of our competitors haven’t.”

Zaslav would know a lot about consolidation too. His company just closed its nearly $15 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive, which added networks like Hgtv, Food Network and Cooking Channel to Discovery’s own hefty portfolio. Between the two companies, that’s a total of 19 different networks.

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The newly expanded Discovery, which recently acquired the Scripps Networks stable of lifestyle outlets like Hgtv and Food Network, is ready to take on the streamers by being the factual/unscripted alternative. Speaking to reporters on Thursday at the Television Critics Association press tour, CEO David Zaslav hinted that an eventual direct-to-consumer Discovery streaming service would cost between $6 and $8 a month, and be promoted as an offering that would be an alternative, or additive, to the scripted-heavy offerings of other services.

“We see the media business as two sides — one side is scripted series and movies, and we’ve moved away from that,” Zaslav noted. Those scripted services already charge, or eventually will charge, between $10 and $15 for their platforms. “We see what we have as everything else,” he said. “We have great content. We own it all globally… We have a lot of scale. We have a lot of strength.

The BBC is heading to Bollywood with a two-part documentary exploring the world’s largest film industry. Strictly Come Dancing star Anita Rani is to present Bollywood: The World’s Biggest Film Industry for the British public broadcaster.

The film will at the world of Indian cinema, which is the world’s largest film industry in terms of film production with an annual output of around 2,000 films per year. She will meet a number of big-screen idols and discovers how an industry based on centuries old traditions is racing to keep up with the changing tastes of one of the youngest countries on earth.

It will discover how Bollywood sells an estimated 3.6B tickets annually across the globe and Rani will meet a new generation of westerners drawn to India by the sheer volume of films made there each year. She’ll discover the rich history and traditions behind the dance numbers,...

He's known as Billy from Hocus Pocus, Abe Sapien from the Hellboy films, and Pale Man to name a few, and in the new horror film The Terror of Hallow's Eve, Doug Jones plays Scarecrow, and you can watch him and actress Sarah Lancaster discuss what attracted them to Todd Tucker's latest film in our exclusive behind-the-scenes video.

From Illusion Industries Inc., The Terror Of Hallow's Eve will premiere at London's FrightFest on August 28th. Below, we have full details on the film, as well as the trailer and our exclusive behind-the-scenes video.

Press Release: Los Angeles, California – (July 17, 2017) Leading Special Makeup FX studio Illusion Industries Inc. will premiere horror feature The Terror Of Hallow’s Eve at this year’s FrightFest, which takes place in London, UK, August 24 - 29. The Terror Of Hallow’s Eve combines mind bending practical effects, 1980s nostalgia and a relatable story with a...

The 69th Annual Writers Guild Awards were handed out Sunday night in Los Angeles and New York City, and FX walked away with four of the most coveted trophies.

Donald Glover’s Atlanta was recognized as both TV’s Best Comedy and Best New Series, while The Americans took home the gold for Best Drama and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story won for Best Long-Form Adapted Series.

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NBC’s This Is Us and Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt earned individual episode accolades. Fellow Netflix laugher...

Live from New York! And also Los Angeles! It’s the 2017 Writers Guild Awards, honoring the best in writing for television, film and new media. This year’s big winners included some of the season’s most lauded productions — including “Moonlight,” “Arrival,” “Atlanta” and “The Americans.”

While “Moonlight” and “Arrival” will compete against each other in the Adapted Screenplay category at the Oscars, they were entered in the WGA Awards in different categories, allowing both to make off with an award. “The Americans” pulled out a win for Drama Series, while “Atlanta” snapped up both Comedy Series and New Series. Other winners included “Command and Control,” “Saturday Night Live,” “BoJack Horseman” and “This Is Us.”

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Check out our full list of winners — noted in bold — all updated live as the awards were announced at concurrent ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles this evening.

“Arrival,” “Rogue One,” and “Hacksaw Ridge” each received three Mpse sound editing nominations (Dialogue/Adr, Effects/Foley, and Music) in the race for the 64th Golden Reel Awards (held February 19th at the Westin Bonaventure).

While the Oscars singled out Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi thriller, which boasts unique animal sounds and music as well as Mel Gibson’s powerful Okinawa World War II battles, they overlooked Gareth Edwards’ “Star Wars” standalone.

Right behind these three films with two nominations each were Marvel’s “Deadpool” (Dialogue/Adr, Effects/Foley) and “Doctor Strange” (Effects/Folley, Music), plus Disney’s “Moana” (Animation, Musical).

“La La Land” scored a Musical nomination, as did “Forest Foster Jenkins,” “Sing Street,” and DreamWorks’ animated “Trolls.”

Other animated contenders included Oscar nominees from Disney (“Zootopia”) Laika (“Kubo and the Two Strings”) and Studio Ghibli (“The Red Turtle”), plus Pixar’s “Finding Dory” and Netflix’s “The Little Prince.

Mark Duplass, one-half of Hollywood’s prolific brother acting and producing team responsible for Togetherness and the upcoming HBO series Room 104, will step back in front of the camera to play David Kaczynski on Discovery Channel’s upcoming scripted drama, Manifesto. The actor will portray the younger brother of Ted Kaczynski (Paul Bettany), the infamous anarchist and domestic terrorist also known as the Unabomber.

Duplass joins a growing ensemble cast, which includes Bettany, Sam Worthington as FBI agent Jim “Fitz” Fitzgerald, Jane Lynch as former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, Chris Noth as Unabomber Task Force supervisor Don Ackerman and Keisha Castle-Hughes as Tabby.

Et has also learned that Jeremy Bobb (The Knick), Lynn Collins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Katja Herbers (The Leftovers) and Brían F. O’Byrne (PBS’ Mercy Street) will round out the cast. Herbers will play David Kaczynski’s wife, Linda, while the others will play various FBI agents.

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Writers of Hell or High Water, La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards.

Writers of Hell or High Water (pictured), La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, set to be presented at ceremonies hosted by the West and East branches of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Feb 19.

Also nominated in the WGA’s original screenplay category are the writers of Loving, Manchester By The Sea and Moonlight. Fences, Hidden Figures and Nocturnal Animals produced the other nominations in the adapted screenplay category.

Documentary nominations went to Author: The Jt Leroy Story, Command And Control and Zero Days, while dramatic TV series getting nods were The Americans, Better Call Saul, Game Of Thrones, Stranger Things and Westworld.

Full list of feature nominees and selected TV nominees:

Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan

La La Land [link...

Writers of Hell or High Water, La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards.

Writers of Hell or High Water (pictured), La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, set to be presented at ceremonies hosted by the West and East brances of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Feb 19.

Also nominated in the WGA’s original screenplay category are the writers of Loving, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight. Fences, Hidden Figures and Nocturnal Animalsproduced the other nominations in the adapted screenplay category.

Documentary nominations went to Author: The Jt Leroy Story, Command and Control and Zero Days, while dramatic TV series getting nods were The Americans, Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things and Westworld.

Full list of feature nominees and selected TV nominees:

Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan

La La Land [link...

The American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) have announced the television nominees for their 31st annual Outstanding Achievement Awards.

This year “Game of Thrones” received two nominations, more than any other show. Anette Haellmigk and Fabian Wagner are both receiving their third nominations for the HBO show. Haellmigk was previously nominated for the series in 2014 and 2015, and Wagner in 2015 and 2016.

Other notable nominees include Christopher Norr who is receiving his third consecutive nomination for his work on “Gotham,” and Richard Rutkowski gets his second nomination for “Manhattan.” New series receiving praise this year include “Westworld” and “The Exorcist.”

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The nominees were selected by Asc active members who voted on submissions. This year’s winners will be revealed on February 4, 2017, at the organization’s annual ceremony at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles.

“Game of Thrones” scored two nominations, the most of any TV show, for the The American Society of Cinematographers’ 31st annual Outstanding Achievement Awards. The HBO hit’s dual nominations came in the Regular Series for Non-Commercial Television category, for the episodes “Book of the Stranger” and “Battle of the Bastards.” The other nominees in the category are “Penny Dreadful,” “House of Cards” and “Outlander.” In the Regular Series for Commercial Television category, “Mr. Robot,” “Preacher,” “Underground,” “Gotham” and “Manhattan” will be competing for the top prize. “Harley and the Davidsons,” “Westworld,” “The Night Of,” “The Exorcist” and “All the Way” are all.

The nominees for the 2017 Writers Guild Awards have been announced, with “Stranger Things,” “Atlanta” and “Westworld” joining such perennial favorites as “Veep” and “Game of Thrones.” Concurrent ceremonies will be held on Sunday, February 19 of next year to honor all the winners. Here are the nominees:

Drama series

“The Americans”

“Better Call Saul”

“Game of Thrones”

“Stranger Things”

“Westworld”

Comedy series

“Atlanta”

“Silicon Valley”

“Transparent”

“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

“Veep”

New series

“Atlanta”

“Stranger Things”

“This Is Us”

“Westworld”

Long form original

“American Crime”

“Confirmation”

“Harley and the Davidsons”

“Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le

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Long form adapted

“11.22.63”

“American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson”

“Madoff”

“The Night Of”

“Roots”

Short form new media — original

“Episode 101” (“Now We’re Talking”)

“Escape the Room” (“Life Ends at 30”)

“Itsy Bitsy Spider” Episode 1 (“Thug Passion...

Joseph Baxter Nov 8, 2018

Mortal Engines, a sci-fi epic written by Peter Jackson, depicts an apocalyptic world of giant roving cities.

The 2018 film adaptation of Philip Reeve’s popular teen-aimed apocalyptic novel series Mortal Engines appears to be running on all cylinders. With the legendary visionary of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies Peter Jackson working on the script with his repertory team of (his wife) Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, we know the screenplay is being tackled by a trio who understand what it takes to adapt epic fantasies.

Here's everything we know so far!

Mortal Engines Trailer

Another Mortal Engines trailer has arrived, this time in the form of an "extended look" clip, showcasing more of the film's post-apocalyptic Steampunk aesthetics.

Video of Mortal Engines - Extended Look (HD)

You can check out the previous trailer below:

Video of Mortal Engines - Official Trailer 2 (HD...

Joseph Baxter Oct 5, 2018

Mortal Engines, a sci-fi epic written by Peter Jackson, depicts an apocalyptic world of giant roving cities.

The 2018 film adaptation of Philip Reeve’s popular teen-aimed apocalyptic novel series Mortal Engines appears to be running on all cylinders. With the legendary visionary of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies Peter Jackson working on the script with his repertory team of (his wife) Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, we know the screenplay is being tackled by a trio who understand what it takes to adapt epic fantasies.

Here's everything we know so far!

Mortal Engines Trailer

The new Mortal Engines trailer has arrived!

Video of Mortal Engines - Official Trailer 2 (HD)

You can check out the previous trailer below:

Video of Mortal Engines Official Trailer [HD]

While some people can claim to have been swallowed by London, the post-apocalyptic existence of characters in Mortal Engines...

The iconic Harley Davidson legacy comes to life when Discovery Channel’s event series Harley And The Davidsons arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital HD) and DVD on December 13 from Lionsgate. Debuting Labor Day weekend, the miniseries averaged 4.4 million viewers per night and is the most-watched single network miniseries in three and a half years. Based on the inspirational true story of three young men who risk their entire fortune and overcome adversity, this all-American saga charts the birth of the iconic bike.Harley and the Davidsons stars Michiel Huisman (TV’s “Game of Thrones,” The Age of Adaline), Bug Hall (The Little Rascals), and Robert Aramayo (TV’s “Game of Thrones”) as Walter and Arthur Davidson and Bill Harley. With a behind-the-scenes featurette and “Biketacular,” a special 44-minute showcase of impressive bike builds, the Harley and the Davidsons Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $29.99 and $26.98, respectively.

Discovery Channel’s miniseries Harley And The Davidsons lept to 4.4 million total viewers with Live+3 viewing to become the most-watched single-network cable mini in 3.5 years, dating back to History’s The Bible. Discovery boasted this afternoon it’s the network’s most watched “series” ever, excluding documentaries. This also lets out Shark Week. The six-hour miniseries about the birth of the iconic motorcycle brand unspooled in two-hour blocks over three consecutive…...

Harley and the Davidsons wrapped its three nights on Discovery Channel with the biggest premiere telecast numbers in more than three years for a single-network miniseries on cable (dating back to History Channel’s The Bible). The six-hour miniseries about the birth of the iconic motorcycle brand unspooled in two-hour blocks over three consecutive nights starting Monday. In Live + Same Day stats, Harley opened on the network’s so-called Motor Monday with 3.4 million…...

" For longtime motorcycle rider Bug Hall, getting to play one of Harley Davidsons' founding members was the perfect role for him. "It was a dream come true," Hall tells People of starring as Arthur Davidson in Discovery's new miniseries Harley and the Davidsons. "It literally brought me out of a mini retirement." Hall, now 31, got his first bike - a Honda Shadow - when he was 14, and for years he was an avid rider. "I didn't ever drive a car until a few year ago," he says. "I've been cross country 10 plus times. Then halfway across cross country 40 times or so.

" For longtime motorcycle rider Bug Hall, getting to play one of Harley Davidsons' founding members was the perfect role for him.

"It was a dream come true," Hall tells People of starring as Arthur Davidson in Discovery's new miniseries Harley and the Davidsons. "It literally brought me out of a mini retirement."

Hall, now 31, got his first bike – a Honda Shadow – when he was 14, and for years he was an avid rider.

"I didn't ever drive a car until a few year ago," he says. "I've been cross country 10 plus times. Then halfway across cross country 40 times or so."

With...

The new comedy “Mary + Jane,” debuting tonight on MTV, has been compared quite a bit to Comedy Central’s “Broad City.” But the real comparison point, if you’re familiar with the previous work of its creators, is “Josie and the Pussycats.”

The 2001 cult film, written and directed by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, was a surprisingly tough yet hilarious teardown of superficial teen culture – one that still has a rabid fanbase.

That following even includes Jessica Rothe, who (along with Scout Durwood) plays one of the “ganjapreneurs” on “Mary + Jane,” delivering weed to an eclectic range of Angelenos. “It was not until halfway through shooting that she admitted how much a ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ fan she was,” Elfont said.

“Mary + Jane” is Kaplan and Elfont’s first TV series. Like many filmmakers (this is “the answer that everyone gives,” Elfont admits), the duo eventually realized that TV is...

It’s no accident that Discovery Channel premieres its original “Harley and the Davidsons” miniseries on Labor Day.

The three-part series turns back the clock to reveal how the creation of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle was a true labor of love by three men from blue-collar immigrant families, who championed labor rights. They were even inducted posthumously in 2004 into the Labor Hall of Fame for their company’s accomplishments and ongoing contributions to the workforce. Despite being one of the most iconic American brands, however, the Harley-Davidson story is not widely known.

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Star Robert Aramayo revealed in an interview with IndieWire, “My experience of Harley was this really: I knew that they were motorcycles, I knew that they had great merchandising, and I thought that it was created by a man named Harley Davidson.

Despite the fact that cable networks have become increasingly prominent in the world of scripted programming, Discovery Channel is probably among the last place viewers would think to turn for an ambitious new miniseries. After all, the channel has developed a strong following due to its focus on documentary and reality television series that aim to inform and entertain in equal measure (e.g., shows like Mythbusters and its annual Shark Week event). Yet, Discovery has recently announced a new commitment to scripted content for the 2016-2017 season, one that largely begins with Harley and the Davidsons.

The three-part miniseries tracks the origin of Harley-Davidson Inc. from an upstart motorcycle manufacturer in the early 1900s through to the development of the company’s signature “Knucklehead” engine in the 1930s, a design that is still integral to today’s models. Robert Aramayo and Bug Hall – who thirty-somethings may remember as Alfalfa...