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Amat Escalante’s “Lost in the Night” (Original title: Perdidos en la noche) is driven towards an exploration of guilt, regret, and morality. It skewers the class divides rampant as they are in its setting of Mexico. Across the rural space, the markers of denomination, hierarchies of privilege, and exclusion are starkly evident. As the less-endowed strike out against injustice and exploitation, down comes a brutal hammer. It’s a morally murky quagmire Escalante depicts, hinting at a worldview refusing to trade in clear-cut binaries. The bad guys express remorse, and the good one who has the right on their side don’t always do morally favorable things.

Escalante surprises, especially since the thematic terrain of class conflicts is a well-trod one. So, he genuflects on the characterization, amping up unexpected discoveries and realizations shifting across a morally nebulous spectrum. No person is wholly avaricious, they have quite a few redeeming qualities.

Hunter x Hunter has been critically acclaimed as one of the best manga and anime of all time. However, the series has been in a tricky situation for a long time as the author has been unwell and bedridden for quite a while now. This led to multiple breaks and a long hiatus for the series.

The protagonist of Hunter x Hunter Gon Freecss. [Credit: Madhouse]

Yoshihiro Togashi is the author of HxH, and he has other famous works like Yu Yu Hakusho. His dedication to Hunter x Hunter continues to astonish fans as he keeps pushing himself to complete it, even as his health deteriorates.

His recent updates on X (formerly Twitter) revealed that the physical toll of his work was becoming too much for him, as he keeps persisting. Togashi shared that he had completed another storyboard despite being bedridden and losing 5 kilograms during his illness.

Togashi persists regardless...

Former Wheel of Fortune Chuck Woolery died. The long-time gameshow host was 83. Other than Wheel of Fortune, he was known for hosting Love Connection and had high-profile gigs throughout his life. It helped to increase his wealth and made him a very successful man.

Here is a look at Chuck Woolery’s net worth at the time of his death.

What Was Chuck Woolery’s Net Worth?

Chuck Woolery was a veteran game show host throughout his life. He first appeared on a 1974 episode of Your Hit Parade and then joined Merv Griffin’s empire as a gameshow host for many years.

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Woolery worked on Wheel of Fortune from 1975 to 1981. Pat Sajak replaced him as the host after he left that job. He then moved on to Love Connection, a hosting job he held from 1983 to 1994. During the same time, he hosted Scrabble from 1984 to 1990 and again...

Chuck Woolery, a television pioneer who helped design modern game shows and became a household name as the host of iconic series like “Wheel of Fortune” and “Love Connection,” died on November 23 at 83, according to his friend and podcast co-host Mark Young.

Young announced the news on social networking platform X, writing, “With a crushed heart, I inform you that my dear brother Chuck Woolery has just gone away. “Life will not be the same without him.”

Woolery’s television career lasted over four decades, beginning with his historic role as the inaugural host of “Wheel of Fortune” in 1975. He ran the show for six years before Pat Sajak took over, which he held until his recent retirement announcement.

His career reached another high point 1983 with “Love Connection,” a dating show that became a global sensation. Woolery’s engaging charisma helped make the show a fan favorite and cemented his...

Chuck Woolery, the veteran game show host who gained fame as the original emcee behind “Wheel of Fortune” and later as the face of the popular syndicated dating show “Love Connection,” has died. He was 83.

The news was first reported on the social media site X by Woolery’s friend Mark Young, who noted that “it is with a broken heart that I tell you that my dear brother @chuckwoolery has just passed away. Life will not be the same without him, Rip brother.”

The website TMZ confirmed the news, reporting that Woolery died in his Texas home after having trouble breathing.

Woolery, who spent more than ten years as host of “Love Connection” (where he famously told viewers before commercial breaks that the show would be back in “two and two”), became known in more recent years as a conservative talk show host and pundit. He hosted a nationally syndicated radio commentary show,...

On Friday November 15 2024, Discovery broadcasts Gold Rush!

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The upcoming episode of “Gold Rush,” titled “Greed is Good,” promises to bring excitement and tension to the Discovery channel. In this episode, Parker Schnabel sets his sights on a remarkable goal: a record-breaking 10,000-ounce season. His determination to achieve this milestone showcases his relentless drive and ambition in the competitive world of gold mining.

Meanwhile, Rick Ness is on a personal journey as he pursues his dream of buying his own claim. This quest not only reflects his aspirations but also highlights the challenges and risks that come with such a significant investment. Rick’s story adds a layer of personal ambition to the episode, making it more than just about mining gold.

The Beets family also faces a turning point in their legacy. The eldest son, Kevin, decides to strike out on his own,...

Destruction have announced their 16th studio album, Birth of Malice, arriving March 7th via Nuclear Blast Records. The video for the second single, the eponymous track “Destruction,” can be streamed now.

Releasing a self-titled song this deep into their career is a bold move, but the German thrash vets pull it off, delivering a proper anthem that captures the essence of the band, its fans, and its legacy: “We are Destruction!” This is full-bore thrash with a punkish snarl and a raw, live-sound production — complemented by some excellent concert footage of the band and its rabid fanbase in the accompanying video.

“The crushing song ‘Destruction’ is the perfect opener for this album: It builds a bridge between our old-school sound and riffing, including song title phrases from classic Destruction tracks and more shredding and melodic twin lead guitars that will pinch your brain with its razorsharp leads!” enthused the band via a press release.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired “The Penguin Lessons,” an uplifting dramedy starring Steve Coogan as a teacher who forms an unlikely bond with a feathered friend.

Peter Cattaneo directed the film, which premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. It’s adapted by Jeff Pope from Tom Michell’s 2016 memoir. It follows a cynical British professor who takes a job in Argentina in the 1970s during a period of political upheaval, only to find his life transformed when he rescues a oil-soaked penguin from a beach. Under the deal, Sony Pictures Classics has distribution rights in North America, the Middle East, Turkey, Asia, India, Japan and South Korea.

In Variety’s review, critic Guy Lodge described “The Penguin Lessons” as a “heartwarming tale of human-animal bonding” and praised the eponymous penguin, writing that “almost inevitably, it’s best when it’s about the bird.”

Coogan, the English actor who...

Dermot Mulroney has a long, decorated resume. He's one of those actors you recognize even if you don't know his name. He's also a good indication that what you're watching is of quality.

Mulroney has been on countless hit shows over the last three decades, and he's going to keep his winning streak going with Chicago Fire. Unsurprisingly, though, this will not be the first time the actor has entered the world of first responder TV. He actually had an extended role on the Grey's Anatomy spinoff Station 19.

Dermot Mulroney had a guest stint on Station 19 Columbia Pictures' "Anyone But You" New York Premiere | Dia Dipasupil/GettyImages

Mulroney played Greg Tanner for five episodes of Station 19. These episodes were spread out between 2018 and 2019, and allowed the actor to wield his charisma as the father of police officer Ryan Tanner (Alberto Frezza).

Station 19 is, of course, a firefighting...

Hunter x Hunter’s rise to peak has been one of the greatest stories ever. Yoshihiro Togashi’s magnum opus was a massive hit upon its release. Gon Freecs’ journey to find his father soon became dangerous and tiresome. It is a Shonen anime but often took a dark turn, especially during the Chimera Ant arc. Unfortunately, the manga is currently on a hiatus. Hunter x Hunter fans are habituated to long hiatuses due to the mangaka’s serious health issues.

Hunter x Hunter began its serialization in the 1990s, but it is yet to conclude. Recently, an old picture of Yoshihiro Togashi surfaced online, and fans had several thoughts regarding it. The picture looked like the mangaka was leading the life of a messy Shonen protagonist. His fans became creative and came up with different theories surrounding the image.

Reason Behind Yoshihiro Togashi’s Back Pain Has Been Revealed...

Fresh off the success of her Star Wars series, The Acolyte, director Leslye Headland has found new agents as she has signed with CAA for representation.

Headland created the series starring Lee Jung-Jae and Amandla Stenberg. The Acolyte reached 4.8 million views in its first day of streaming, marking the biggest series premiere of 2024 for Disney+. Prior to this series, Headland co-created the Netflix series Russian Doll, which garnered 13 Emmy Award nominations in its first season. Her additional television credits include Terriers, Heathers, Single Drunk Female and Dying For Sex, which recently wrapped production.

Headland also wrote and directed the play and film adaptation Bachelorette and the film Sleeping With Other People. As a playwright, Headland wrote the seven deadly sins cycle: Cinephilia (Lust), Bachelorette (Gluttony), Assistance (Greed), Surfer Girl (Sloth), Reverb (Wrath), The Accidental Blonde (Envy) and Cult Of Love (Pride). Her final play in the series, Cult of Love,...

Dead Wrong showcases Rob Schneider's dramatic chops in a mob drama that explores the consequences of a lawyer's gambling addiction. Schneider's character, Ethan Boggs, brings charm and relatability to the role, revealing hope even in his darkest moments in the criminal world. The film delves into relationships and moral complexities, with Schneider's performance guided by director Rick Bieber's vision of a desperate attorney stuck in a dangerous game.

Rob Schneider trades in his SNL-style comedy cred for mob drama in Dead Wrong, written and directed by Rick Bieber. Based on K.E. Clarks novel Deadly Instinct, Dead Wrong sees Schneider play a lawyer with a gambling addiction who finds himself mixed up in a life of crime thanks to his many misdeeds. The movie also stars Derek Smith, Chet Hanks, 30 Rock's Katrina Bowden, and Black Lightning's Cress Williams.

Smith plays Billy Evans, whose jealousy over...

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The most prestigious film festival in the world has officially commenced at the French Riviera with 2024 being a significant year for Indian cinema. Seven Indian films have been chosen to be screened at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, with Payal Kapadia-directorial leading the line.

The Malayalam film “All We Imagine as Light” broke the jinx as it became the first Indian cinema in three decades to compete at the festival’s main segment, Palme d’Or. Shaji N. Karun’s 1994 film “Swaham” was the last film to compete in this category.

Though not the Palme d’Or, several other Indian productions have won big in these 30 years and brought glory to the Indian cinema.

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Exclusive: Garrett VanDusen has joined Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Corporation of America as Vice President of Physical Production, Deadline has learned.

Boasting extensive experience with film budgets, tax incentives, logistical solutions, casting and establishing infrastructure, VanDusen has produced globally in such locations as Panama, the Maldives, Jamaica, and across North America for companies including Crown Media, Paramount, Lifetime, Discovery+ and BET, as well as several international networks. Select credits include Tropical Mystery Island, Curious Caterer, Love in the Maldives (Crown Media/Hallmark), The Hammer, Greed – Seven Deadly Sins and Wrath – Seven Deadly Sins ( A&e / Lifetime).

While VanDusen’s career in entertainment has spanned two decades, he only set his sights on film and television production in 2015, having worked prior to that as an international concert buyer, promoter and global tour manager.

“We’re very excited to have Garrett joining our team,” Krevoy told Deadline. “He has a tremendous amount...

If Hollywood truly suffers from a leadership malaise, as some charge, would the return of Monroe Stahr resuscitate the system? Filmmakers respect his judgment, stars his panache and investors his discipline, so Stahr’s return may ignite a new Irving Thalberg-like era.

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The manic and manipulative hero of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Last Tycoon ruled MGM in its ‘30s heyday, but Stahr’s fictional reign was short-lived. So was Fitzgerald’s brilliant but never completed 1939 novel, which modeled Stahr after Thalberg.

Having achieved literary stardom with The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald’s decision to write a Hollywood novel, while simultaneously working as a script doctor, plunged the novelist into alcoholic paralysis. He never managed to finish his book and even his screenplays were unrealized.

The Last Tycoon briefly flickered back to life as a movie thanks to the great Elia Kazan, who cast Robert De Niro,...

Ben Stiller returns to the leading role in a comedy film after a six-year hiatus, signing on for Nutcrackers with director David Gordon Green. David Gordon Green, known for directing horror films, makes a return to comedy after his recent efforts with Halloween and The Exorcist: Believer. After the disappointing performance of The Exorcist: Believer, Green may not direct the planned sequel, leaving his future in horror uncertain while he focuses on comedy with Nutcrackers.

Ben Stiller lines up his first lead role in six years, signing on for the comedy Nutcrackers from Blumhouse’s Exorcist sequel director. One of the highest-grossing comedy stars of recent decades thanks to movies like Meet the Parents, Zoolander and Night at the Museum, Stiller has largely been on hiatus since 2017, when he starred in the movies Brad’s Status and The Meyerowitz Stories. Since those twin leads, the star has only made a handful of small appearances,...

Exclusive: Netflix is taking on The Traitors at its own game. The streamer has ordered The Trust, an eight-part reality series that delves into the theme of greed.

Eleven strangers are given a quarter of a million dollars to split evenly. Will they take their fair share? Or will the allure of more money cause them to vote each other out to keep more for themselves? It’s the ultimate test of human nature, as greed and mistrust threaten to destroy even the strongest of relationships. In this game, everyone starts as winners and they can all leave as winners – if they choose to share.

It’s described as a cross between Peacock’s Alan Cumming-hosted hit and Big Brother.

The series is hosted by Brooke Baldwin, who previously hosted CNN Newsroom and left the news broadcaster in 2021.

It will launch on January 10, 2024 and will air in batches with...

Tom Blyth is set to follow in the footsteps of Gary Cooper, Rock Hudson and George Hamilton to star in Michael Winterbottom’s new adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel A Farewell to Arms.

Fremantle, Winterbottom’s production company Revolution Films and Passenger are joining forces on the production.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Billy the Kid star Blyth will play volunteer ambulance driver Frederic Henry, who is wounded and falls in love with his nurse in Italy during World War One.

Published in 1929, A Farewell To Arms is inspired by Hemingway’s own experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian Army on the Isonzo Front.

Considered one of the greatest war novels of the twentieth century, it established Hemingway as a household name.

The novel has previously been...

Last year, legendary filmmaker John Carpenter teamed up with Shout! Factory to host a kaiju movie marathon called Masters of Monsters, which consisted of the original Godzilla film, Rodan; Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster, and The War of the Gargantuas. That marathon was re-run earlier this month. Now the folks at Far Out magazine have dug up a 1996 article from Film Comment magazine in which Carpenter named The War of the Gargantuas as “the ultimate Japanese monster movie” – and included it on a list of his seventeen favorite “guilty pleasure” movies. It’s a fun list, so we have it included below, with thanks to this site.

Carpenter started out the Film Comment guilty pleasures article by saying, “I wasn’t raised a Catholic, so guilt never played much of a role in my life. We Methodists don’t worry about guilt all that much. In terms of cinema, however, guilt has always been very important.

Sony Pictures Classics just picked up the distribution rights in both North America and China for “Wicked Little Letters.” The StudioCanal film, directed by Thea Sharrock (“Me Before You”) and penned by Jonny Sweet (“Greed”), stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley and made its premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The film is expected to open theatrically in 2024.

“Wicked Little Letters” takes place in a 1920s English seaside town which gets turned upside down when the residents begin receiving mysterious letters filled with profanities. The scandal, based on true-life events, creates a national uproar as the town’s women take it upon themselves to deduce the culprit.

StudioCanal’s Head of International Sales Chloe Marquet said, “We are thrilled to partner with SPC on ‘Wicked Little Letters’ and closely following the fantastic reception in TIFF. We know that SPC is the ideal partner to bring this very...

Britain’s official post-wwi administration of Palestine lasted from 1920-48 and is probably the UK colonial enterprise least addressed by its fiction filmmakers. But now prolific writer-director Michael Winterbottom uses that complicated era as a backdrop to the compelling historical romance “Shoshana.” A passion project 15 years in the making and based on real people and events, the film employs the ill-fated, cross-cultural relationship between a ranking member of the British Palestine Police Force and a young Jewish woman to explore the way extremism and violence push people apart, forcing them to choose sides.

It’s worth noting upfront that while the British rulers had to deal with both Palestine’s Arab and Jewish citizens, each of whom want an independent country, the narrative here hews firmly to a British and Jewish p.o.v., with Arabs barely characterized except as victims and troublemakers. By the 1930s, Palestine is a cauldron...

Exclusive: Four years after his last full-length feature — the black comedy Greed, starring Steve Coogan as a venal business tycoon — Michael Winterbottom is back, this time with a political drama set in Tel Aviv, based on real-life people and events that occurred during the 1930s, in the run-up to the foundation of Israel in 1948.

Making its world premiere next week at the Toronto International Film Festival, it stars newcomer Irina Starshenbaum as the title character, a newspaper journalist with strong leftist leanings and ties to underground Jewish groups. Against the odds, Shoshana is romantically involved with Tom Wilkin (Douglas Booth), whose job as an assistant superintendent with the British Palestine Police puts him in conflict with outlawed organizations such as Irgun and Lehi.

The couple’s unlikely relationship is called into question by the arrival of Geoffrey Morton (Harry Melling), who comes to head up the anti-terrorist squad and, specifically,...

Women will rock Stage Ae in Pittsburgh, Pa on Saturday, October 21st as the 6th annual Women Who Rock Benefit Concert Presented by Gibson Gives returns.

Women Who Rock connects through the power of music and helps educate, support, and fund women-centric health research.

All proceeds from the Women Who Rock Benefit Concert support Magee-Womens Research Institute (Mwri), the nation’s largest research institute dedicated solely to life-saving women’s health research. Tickets for the 2023 Women Who Rock Benefit Concert go on sale Friday 8/25 at 10 Am Et here.

This year’s annual Women Who Rock Benefit Concert on October 21st will star the legendary Ann Wilson of Heart and Tripsitter. Widely praised as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock, Wilson’s powerful voice has been sending chills down her audience’s collective spine for over five decades, selling more than 35 million records and earning an induction...

There are obscure treasures and there are holy grails. Of the latter, none is more mythic than the original 131-minute cut of Orson Welles’s The Magnificent Ambersons, believed by many to be lost somewhere in Brazil. All others arguably belong to Erich von Stroheim. Born in Vienna in 1885 into a Jewish household, von Stroheim is mostly remembered for playing evil Germans in films like Jean Renoir’s Grand Illusion. Cinephiles, though, know him as the unluckiest auteur in the history of cinema.

Intended to run anywhere between six and 10 hours, many of von Stroheim’s films, from Greed to the Gloria Swanson vehicle Queen Kelly, were severely bastardized by studio heads upon their release. In this context, the iris shot that opens 1922’s Foolish Wives feels especially poignant. This is no ordinary “fade into” effect, but an entrancing reinforcement of the sinister, insular, and constrictive nature of the film’s milieu.

In every decade since the inception of cinema, Westerns have been a staple for moviegoers, consistently undergoing new evolutions and sometimes entire regenerations. With every decade has come a new genre-defining addition to the Western canon, which began with simple, short black-and-white pictures at the end of the 19th century, experienced revolutionary upheaval in the 1960s due to Italian innovation, and has seen recent remodelling with popular neo-Western films. Throughout these changes have been constant thematic, artistic, and narrative traits that define what it means to be a Western – timeless messages about violence and greed that transcend eras and ensure that the genre is relatable for all audiences.

Westerns have ascended many legendary filmmakers and actors to stardom, whilst also having a remarkable track record for excellent adaptations from the genre’s eclectic literary oeuvre. Though some decades have seen greater success for the category than others each has had its own admirable offering.

Ken Jacobs is now immortalized as a Museum of Modern Art filmmaker.

The experimental Brooklyn-based filmmaker will now have a large collection at the Manhattan museum, making MoMA the singular repository of works of the moving-image artist. The Museum of Modern Art purchased films and videos created by Jacobs, with the titles joining the other 14 Jacobs works already housed at the museum.

Jacobs has credited his discovery of the movies to his youthful trips to MoMA in the late 1940s, recalling that “the Museum of Modern Art plunged me, when a teenager, into the unexpectedness of art.”

He added in a statement to IndieWire, “Eastern District High School in Williamsburg gave me a pass to MoMA, where I saw ‘Greed,’ Chaplin, Vertov. I’m delighted that MoMA is now acquiring my long life’s cine-output.”

For more than 50 years, MoMA has presented Jacobs’ own moving-image work in nearly every context and format,...

In creative terms, episodic television is inescapably a writer's medium. Even in the hands of a visual auteur like David Lynch, a series' chief responsibility is to compel the viewer to come back for more. It's novelistic in form, which may be why some of the greatest series of the Peak TV era — "The Sopranos," "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men" — climax in their penultimate episode, and end with an hour-long denouement.

Those series also sprawled. "Breaking Bad" was the shortest with five seasons, but it didn't really find its footing until season 2. Jesse Armstrong's "Succession," however, hit the ground flouncing with its first episode. It has always been a tightly focused, unrepentantly mean-spirited examination of a corroded family. It may be redundant at times (an unavoidable hazard given the characters' inherent corruption; these people were only ever awful), but the narrative never felt constructed for a ratings-enhanced long haul.

“Pride: Seven Deadly Sins” is a 2023 mystery-thriller film based on the bestselling novels by Victoria Christopher Murray. Her collection of stories has already inspired other films about Lust, Envy, Greed, and Wrath. However, ‘Pride’ is the fifth part, and it revolves around the life of Gabriella Boudreaux (Ella), who struggles to survive after the death of her mother. However, that changes when she becomes involved in a burglary case. Ella’s father (Ray) has no say in her bail, but Grandma Birdie offers to help on one condition. Ella must help Birdie with her bakery business until she’s stable enough to fend for herself. Well, Birdie is a successful entrepreneur who earns a living from her bakery and has a popular image in society, with her TV show giving a closer look into her private life. Birdie believes that a person should work to succeed in life. But Birdie...

This article contains spoilers for "The Last of Us" and its video game source material.

The original Joel Miller shows up in HBO's adaptation of "The Last of Us" — just not in his original part. Troy Baker, who voiced and mo-capped Joel in the video game, plays James, the right-hand man of Bible-quoting cannibal David (Scott Shepherd). It might seem like a downgrade, but Baker was surprised to get even that substantive a part.

Speaking to Deadline about his experience on the series, Baker described how Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann came to him with the part:

"Neil was coy about this potential role. He was like, 'So, there's a character that we have in mind for you, if you're interested. If you don't feel interested, it's totally fine.' And I'm like, 'Dude, if there's anything for me ..." Look, I thought I was going to be a Clicker.

While we’ve known the results of Jeanne Dielman Tops Sight and Sound‘s 2022 Greatest Films of All-Time List”>Sight & Sound’s once-in-a-decade greatest films of all-time poll for a few months now, the recent release of the individual ballots has given data-crunching cinephiles a new opportunity to dive deeper. We have Letterboxd lists detailing all 4,400+ films that received at least one vote and another expanding the directors poll, spreadsheets calculating every entry, and now a list ranking how many votes individual directors received for their films.

Tabulated by Genjuro, the list of 35 directors, with two pairs, puts Alfred Hitchcock back on top, while Chantal Akerman is at number two. Elsewhere in the top ten are David Lynch, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnès Varda, Orson Welles, Yasujirō Ozu, and Stanley Kubrick, and tied for the tenth spot is Wong Kar Wai and Ingmar Bergman.

Check out the list below,...

Ant-Man and the Wasp may have the ability to get really small, but Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania goes really big.

This third film revolving around the characters (and the 31st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, for those keeping count) represents a major departure from its two predecessors. While those were generally more lighthearted and relatively small-scaled as compared to the behemoth films featuring the other superheroes, this entry clearly aims higher, taking place almost entirely in the Quantum Realm and rivaling the Stars Wars films in their exotic world-building. Imagine the cantina scene from Star Wars on steroids and expanded to feature length, and you’ll have some idea of what director Peyton Reed and screenwriter Jeff Loveness are going for.

Mileage will vary in terms of fan reactions; personally, I enjoyed the previous comically inclined Ant-Man movies as refreshing palate cleansers from the overblown histrionics of the Avengers films.

Never count Sylvester Stallone out.

The 76-year-old actor, who rose to prominence in movies like “Rocky” and “First Blood,” has an uncanny knack for reinvention. And his latest career refresh begins today, with the release of “Samaritan,” a riff on the typical superhero story. The heat generated by his latest project will definitely continue into the near future – this fall he stars in Paramount+’s “Tulsa King,” from “Yellowstone” mastermind Taylor Sheridan; and he’s got “The Expendables 4” in the works, for release in the not-too-distant future. Everything’s coming up Sly!

But if you maybe haven’t heard of “Samaritan” or want to know more, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

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Warner Bros.’ “DC League of Super-Pets” has arrived in theaters and is performing consistently with DreamWorks’ spring animated film “The Bad Guys” with a 23 million opening from 4,375 theaters. with 18.4 million grossed from international markets.

Starring Dwayne Johnson and getting a late summer release after the star’s other DC film, “Black Adam,” was pushed to October over VFX delays, “DC League of Super-Pets” has gotten strong reception from family audiences with an A- on CinemaScore and Rotten Tomatoes scores of 72 critics and 89 audience.

But to turn a profit on its 90 million budget, “Super-Pets” will have to leg out with family audiences and get some overseas help during the final weeks of summer, where the box office is expected to sink into an even deeper slump than what is usually seen this time of year. Already, the overall box office this weekend has slipped below 100 million for the first time since...

Prime Video’s list of new releases for June 2022 features the one superhero show this season you’re not gonna want to miss.

That’s right: The Boys are (almost) back in town. The Boys season 3 premieres its first three episodes on June 3 and its cast and crew have promised spectacle beyond your wildest dreams. How will Homelander adapt to life after Stormfront? We’ll get to find out soon.

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Aside from that one very big hit, it’s a relatively light month for Prime Video originals of note. June 17 sees the arrival of two light and breezy summer projects. The Summer I Turned Pretty is a movie adapted from a trio of beloved YA novels. Meanwhile The Lake...

Revolution Films makes distribution debut with ‘Eleven Days In May’.

Disney opens its first theatrical release in almost three months this weekend: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, which will look to replicate Marvel success at the UK-Ireland box office.

The fifth title in ‘Phase Four’ of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the 28th overall, Multiverse will start in 685 locations, having opened on Thursday.

That number is the widest release in the series, two ahead of Avengers: Endgame from 2019. That film took a £31.4m opening weekend, still the record in the UK and Ireland by a comfortable margin...

Eleven Days in May tells the stories of the youngest victims of last year’s conflict with Israel. Its directors hope its simplicity will drive home the reality of war

Two and a half years ago, Michael Winterbottom began a sabbatical. He had been bruised by losing control of the final cut on Greed, his satire about a Philip-Green-alike, played by Steve Coogan. He felt the studio had sabotaged the film’s impact by neutering its message. Winterbottom wanted captions over the end credits, explaining how much real-life fashion tycoons are worth and how little they pay their workers. The head of Sony did not. The truth, it seems, could not be handled.

Winterbottom’s sabbatical did not last long, but his commitment to facts over fiction has only strengthened. First, he wrote a book, Dark Matter: Independent Filmmaking in the 21st Century. It featured conversations with fellow British film-makers...

Starz will take viewers into the early years of Queen Elizabeth I.

The premium cabler announced today a Sunday, June 12 premiere date for Becoming Elizabeth, its upcoming Tudor drama exploring the fascinating, untold story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen.

On linear, it will debut on Starz at 9:00 Et/Pt in the U.S. and Canada.

Here's the logline:

Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor, played by Alicia von Rittberg, was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court.

The death of King Henry VIII sees his nine-year-old son Edward, played by Oliver Zetterström, take the throne and sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power when Elizabeth, Edward and their sister Mary, played by Romola Garai find themselves pawns in a game between the great families of England and the powers of Europe...

The untold story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen has set its release date and issued the trailer and key art.

Starz will bow the drama at midnight on Sunday, June 12 on its app, all streaming and on-demand platforms, and internationally on the StarzPlay premium streaming platform across all territories.

On linear, it will debut on Starz at 9 Pm Et/Pt in the US and Canada.

Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor, played by Alicia von Rittberg (Fury, “Charité,” “Genius”), was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court.

The death of King Henry VIII sees his nine-year-old son Edward, played by Oliver Zetterström (The Midnight Gang, “The Romanoffs”) take the throne and sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power, when Elizabeth, Edward, and their sister, Mary, played by Romola Garai find themselves pawns in a game between the great families of England and the powers of Europe who vie for control of the country.

Additional key players include King Henry’s widow, Catherine Parr, played by Jessica Raine, Thomas Seymour, played by Tom Cullen, the new King’s uncle, who quickly marries the widowed Catherine, but soon takes an interest in the teenage Elizabeth and Duke of Somerset, played by John Heffernan (“The Pursuit of Love,” “The Crown”), who loses no time in claiming the position of Lord Protector for himself when the old King dies.

The upcoming drama series also stars Jamie Blackley, Alexandra Gilbreath (Tulip Fever, RSC’s “Provoked Wife”), Jamie Parker (1917, “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child”), Leo Bill (Rare Beasts, In Fabric), Oliver Zetterström (The Midnight Gang, “The Romanoffs”), Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones,” “The Last of Us”), Ekow Quartey (“This Way Up,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Shakespeare’s Globe), Alex Macqueen (“Sally4Ever,” “Peaky Blinders”) and Olivier Huband (“I Hate Suzie,” “A Discovery of Witches”).

Becoming Elizabeth is created and written by playwright and television screenwriter Anya Reiss who also serves as executive producer with The Forge’s George Ormond and George Faber with Lisa Osborne producing.

Watch the trailer below.

Steve Coogan has spotlighted his and Sarah Solemani’s use of comedy to tackle the #MeToo debate in upcoming Channel 4 show Chivalry and talked openly about playing Jimmy Savile, stating: “Things are better talked about than not talked about.”

The Philomena and Lost King star told Deadline the aim with Chivalry, which comes from his BBC Studios-backed indie Baby Cow, was to make a show about “love and respect” that could make people laugh, while using humor to open up a wider debate.

Coogan and Solemani play the lead roles in Chivalry, having come up with the concept during the filming of Michael Winterbottom’s Greed when they found themselves debating the issues regularly and at length.

Also starring Sienna Miller, Wanda Sykes and Aisling Bea, the show features Coogan as Cameron, a successful film producer and “ladies man,” and Ridley Road creator Solemani as Bobby, a passionate indie-darling filmmaker.

Isla Fisher (Wolf Like Me) has signed on to star alongside Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, Will Forte and Randall Park in Universal’s animated comedy Strays, Deadline can confirm.

The film from Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar director Josh Greenbaum combines CGI and live-action elements to follow an abandoned dog (Ferrell) who teams up with other strays, including one portrayed by Foxx, to get revenge on his former owner (Forte). Details with regard to the character Fisher is playing have not been disclosed.

American Vandal‘s Dan Perrault penned the script. Greenbaum is producing alongside Picturestart’s Erik Feig, Louis Leterrier, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Lord Miller President of Film, Aditya Sood, with Jessica Switch and Lord Miller’s Nikki Baida exec producing, and Picturestart’s Julia Hammer serving as co-producer. SVP of Production Development Jeyun Munford and Director of Development Tony Ducret are overseeing the project for the studio.

Writer/director Guillermo del Toro discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh and Joe.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Nightmare Alley (1947) – Stuart Gordon’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review

Drive My Car (2021)

Wicked Woman (1953) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Modern Times (1936)

City Lights (1931)

The Great Dictator (1940)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review, Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards capsule review

Vertigo (1958) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s review

The Man Who Would Be King (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary

Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

The Young And The Damned (1950)

Gone With The Wind (1939)

The Golem (1920) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans (1927)

Alucarda (1977)

Greed (1924) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Muriel Awards capsule review

Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary

District 9 (2009) – John Sayles...

“Sex Education” star Asa Butterfield and “Stranger Things” actor Natalia Dyer are set to take the lead roles in high concept horror thriller “All Fun and Games.” The movie follows a group of siblings who find themselves in a game with a demonic twist.

Anton, whose credits include “Greenland,” “The Night House” and “Curs>r,” is producing with Anthony and Joe Russo’s Agbo, best known for “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame,” and will present the film to buyers at the virtual European Film Market in Berlin next month.

It will be co-directed by Ari Costa, whose credits include “Extraction,” “Avengers: Endgame” and “The Internet Kills,” and Eren Celeboglu, who worked on “The Internet Kills” and “Scrubs,” in their directorial debuts. It will be written from a script they co-wrote based off J.J. Braider’s original spec that sold competitively to Agbo. Principal photography is set to begin at...

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Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Scream Blacula Scream (1973)

Mandy (2018)

Carnival of Souls (1962) – Mary Lambert’s trailer commentary

Night Tide (1961) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review

A Bucket Of Blood (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s DVD review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review

Dementia 13 (1963) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Region B Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s director’s cut Blu-ray review

The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

The Godfather Part II (1974) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary

The Conversation (1974) – Josh Olson...

BBC One has announced that Steve Coogan has joined the cast of “The Reckoning,” an upcoming drama miniseries about the dark legacy of Jimmy Savile, the English television personality known for hosting “Top of the Pops.”

Written by Neil McKay, “The Reckoning” will tell the story of Savile’s life from his childhood to after his death in 2011, when he was ultimately found to have abused more than 500 children.

People accused Savile of sexually assaulting children during his career, but Savile denied these allegations and they received little publicity. According to the BBC, the team behind the series is working closely with several of Savile’s victims.

Savile’s working class background, including teen years spent in working in coal mines, made him a galvanizing figure as he rose to fame. He became a DJ after sustaining a major spinal injury in the coal mines, first playing in dance halls,...

This article contains spoilers for Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed.

The trailer for Netflix documentary Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed doesn’t say much but still promises a lot.

Only a little over 30 second long, the teaser clip features creepy chimes, telltale black and white true crime imagery, and the provocative text: “We want to show you the trailer for Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed but we can’t. Find out why on August 25.”

Wow! Netflix, arguably the most powerful media entity on the planet, is so spooked at the raw truth of a Bob Ross documentary that it’s hesitant to even share it with the public. This is a streaming service that premiered Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness just last year. And in case you needed a reminder on that thing’s whole deal, that was a docuseries that began with someone...

Producer and financier Anton, whose credits include “Greenland,” “His Dark Materials” and “The Night House,” has announced that its latest production, the feature film “Curs>R,” has wrapped principal photography in the U.K. A dark twist on the ‘80s gaming obsession, the horror thriller stars Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans and Eddie Marsan.

Anton will oversee world sales and introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes virtual market later this month, in association with Endeavor Content, which is co-representing the U.S.

The film also features horror maestro Robert Englund, who played Freddy Krueger in “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Rounding out the cast is Angela Griffin, Kate Fleetwood, Ryan Gage,” and Joe Bolland (“The Trial of Christine Keeler”).

In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout (Evans) decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced...

Company secures first-look film and TV deal with Sony Pictures.

Former Sony Pictures International Productions executive Luke Scrase has launched Golden Gate Studios, a UK-based production company, and secured a first-look deal with Sony Pictures

Golden Gate Studios will primarily focus on developing and producing UK and European genre films as well as television series for the global market. The aim will be to produce a mix of both English and local language content.

Scrase remains attached as a producer or executive producer on various projects he initiated during his time at Sony Pictures International Productions’ UK unit.

While at Sony,...

Luke Scrase, the former Sony Pictures International Productions executive, is launching his own UK-based production outfit Golden Gate Studios. The company has secured a first-look deal for film and TV projects with Sony, effective this month.

Golden Gate will focus on developing and producing British and European genre films as well as commercially-driven television series for the global market. The aim will be to produce a mix of both English and local-language content.

Scrase remains attached to various Sony projects he initiated during his time in the studio’s UK office. His credits include Michael Winterbottom’s Greed and Michael Caton-Jones’s Our Ladies, the latter of which is coming out later this year. He also has Patrick Marber’s Curtain Call, set to star Colin Firth and Gemma Arterton, and The Dead Spit of Kelly, to be directed by Iain Softley, in the works.

“I’m thrilled to be...

The beIN Media Group is available in 43 territories worldwide, including 24 countries across the Mena region.

Qatar’s beIN Media Group has signed a multi-year content deal with Sony Pictures Television (Spt) covering the Middle East and North Africa as well as Turkey.

Under the deal, beIN will have exclusive first and second window rights to a host of Spt’s upcoming and library features film and series for its Mena channels.

These include upcoming features Spider-Man: No Way Home, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Uncharted, Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as well as new series such as Justified, Into The Dark,...

Doha-based beIN Media Group and Sony Pictures Television have partnered on a multi-year content deal covering the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey that will give beIN’s TV outlets a boost.

BeIN Media Group has more than 180 pay-tv channels worldwide, aired mostly across the Middle East and North Africa. BeIN also controls top Turkish paybox Digiturk.

The major deal with Sony covers first and second window rights to some of the top upcoming Sony titles such as “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” “Uncharted,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania,” as well as older Sony standouts like “Jumanji: The Next Level,” “Greed” and “Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood.”

“It is fantastic to announce this deal and extend our strategic partnership with beIN, making them a fantastic home for Sony Pictures Entertainment across Mena and Turkey, and bringing some of our most popular and critically acclaimed...