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With just ten days to go until we light the fuse one last time, Paramount has debuted over fifty awesome new stills and a stunning new poster from Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, offering one last look at Tom Cruise suiting up as Ethan Hunt for what is being described as his most personal and death-defying Mission yet.

In addition to the new photos that highlight much of the cast and some of the major stunts in the film, we also have a pair of stunning behind-the-scenes featurettes, and an amazing 1.90 trailer that previews the film in its IMAX-exclusive expanded aspect ratio.

Both featurettes spotlight Cruise's aerial acrobatics, so expect some major fireworks when we see the standout sequence finally realized on the biggest screens imaginable.

If you haven't already, remember to book your tickets now for the commercial-free IMAX Opening Day Fan Event on Thursday, May...

With just weeks to go, the marketing campaign for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is starting to ramp up and Paramount has just shared an insane new featurette, spotlighting the film's high stakes underwater sequence that will be unlike anything you've ever seen on screen.

Teasing the sequence, star/producer Tom Cruise said, "From Legend in 1985 to Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, I have been studying and filming underwater sequences for over 40 years. We have always tried to push our filmmaking to the next level… In this movie McQ and I saw an opportunity to create an underwater sequence unlike any other. We are excited to share it with you."

While the context of the scene remains mostly under wraps, it seems probable that this unprecedented moment will have something to do with the missing Sevastopol, which Ethan Hunt and his Imf team will be racing to locate...

The annual celebration for Cinco de Mayo, aka the Fifth of May, is here, and everyone couldn’t be more excited about the same. A vibrant celebration of Mexican resilience and heritage, it commemorates the Mexican Army’s victory over French forces on May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla. To say the least, it’s a great time to appreciate the country’s rich cinematic heritage.

That said, what better way to enhance activities for the same than to watch films that reflect and showcase Mexico’s resilience, heritage, tradition, and history? For the same, here are some of the top picks for the holiday, ranging from historical dramas to animated adventures, which provide both entertainment and education at the same time. Without further ado, dig in!

Classic Mexican Films to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo The Magnificent Seven. | Credits: United Artists.

The Magnificent Seven: Though a Western classic, this...

Exclusive: Ali Afshar’s Esx Entertainment has added Lou Diamond Phillips to the cast of Casa Grande: The Movie, a feature to the original 2023 Prime Video series.

Casa Grande explores the intertwining lives of Northern California farmland families at the turn of the century, with an upstairs/downstairs take on themes of class, immigration, culture and family. The movie continues the journey of the Clarkmans and the Morales families who continue to battle and love over the land. The series was created by Lauren Swickard, Ava Rettke and Afshar. The movie is written by Juan Pablo Arias Muños, Swickard, Sherell Jackson and Alex Ranarivelo.

EP Afshar said, “Think Yellowstone meets Downton Abbey but 25% in Spanish.”

Phillips joins a cast that includes Madison Lawlor, John Pyper Ferguson, Christina Moore, Javier Bolanos, Lauren Escandon, Daniel Mora and Kate Mansi as well as new additions Swickard and Shalim Ortiz.

Muños directs repping his...

With a few weeks to go, the first tracking data for Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is out and it seems as though his ace Imf agent Ethan Hunt is gearing up to go out with a bang.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, The Final Reckoning is currently looking at an opening in the $72 million to $88 million range, with box office pundits targeting a $80 million domestic launch over the course of the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend, which would be a franchise-best, topping the $61.2 million three-day launch for Mission: Impossible - Fallout in 2018.

Meanwhile, Disney's Lilo & Stitch is expected to open around $120 million over the four-day holiday, with projections expecting something in the $110 million to $130 million range, so based on these early estimates, it seems like we're in for one of the biggest movie weekends since 2023's Barbenheimer.

If the tracking holds, and if buzz continues...

Tickets for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning are now on sale, and to mark the occasion, Paramount Pictures has released two new featurettes, a pair of new stills and an awesome batch of new posters from the upcoming Tom Cruise blockbuster.

Speaking with Fandango, Cruise shared his excitement for audiences to finally get a chance to see the movie, which he's been working on for the better part of five years now.

"I can't wait for them to see the whole thing. I mean, the level of filmmaking across the board from our entire cast and crew and Christopher McQuarrie - what he's accomplished with this film, I just think it's exceptional. There's things you're going to see that have just never been done before and the emotional journey of the movie is... I just can't wait. I mean, there's so many things that it's just very, very rich filmmaking,...

Tickets for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning are now on sale, and to mark the occasion, Paramount Pictures has released two new featurettes, a pair of new stills and an awesome batch of new posters from the upcoming Tom Cruise blockbuster.

Speaking with Fandango, Cruise shared his excitement for audiences to finally get a chance to see the movie, which he's been working on for the better part of five years now.

"I can't wait for them to see the whole thing. I mean, the level of filmmaking across the board from our entire cast and crew and Christopher McQuarrie - what he's accomplished with this film, I just think it's exceptional. There's things you're going to see that have just never been done before and the emotional journey of the movie is... I just can't wait. I mean, there's so many things that it's just very, very rich filmmaking,...

Paramount has announced today that they are hosting an IMAX Opening Day Fan Event for their upcoming Tom Cruise blockbuster Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning on Thursday, May 22 at 2 Pm (local time)!

Attendees will also receive a 14x20 dual-sided exclusive collector's print.

They also implore fans to arrive early because these screenings will have No trailers or commercials attached - I repeat, No trailers or ads - meaning as soon as it hits 2 Pm, the movie will start and you'll be in for the most action-packed thrillride of the year!

Tickets for the exclusive IMAX event will go on sale this coming Sunday, April 27th at 6 Am Pst / 9 Am Est.

They can be purchased at www.imax.com/missionimpossible, or at any exhibitor websites and mobile apps as well as third party ticketing platforms like Fandango or participating IMAX box offices.

If you can't make the IMAX Opening Day Fan Event,...

This Memorial Day, get ready for the adventure of a lifetime as Ethan Hunt and his elite team of Imf agents defy the odds yet again to save the world from the unprecedented apocalyptic threat presented by The Entity.

Paramount has just released fifteen new character posters from the upcoming Christopher McQuarrie-directed blockbuster, offering an awesome new look at every major character from the upcoming blockbuster, including Tom Cruise ("Ethan Hunt"), Hayley Atwell ("Grace"), Ving Rhames ("Luther Stickell"), Simon Pegg ("Benji Dunn"), Esai Morales ("Gabriel"), Pom Klementieff ("Paris"), Henry Czerny ("Eugene Kittridge"), Nick Offerman ("Sydney"), Hannah Waddingham ("Regina"), Tramell Tillman ("Barnes"), Angela Bassett ("Erika Sloane"), Shea Whigham ("Briggs"), Greg Tarzan Davis ("Degas"), with Rolf Saxon ("William Donloe") and Lucy Tulugarjuk ("Inuk Elder").

The studio has also announced that tickets will officially go on sale this coming Monday, April 28, allowing fans to book their seats well in advance of the...

Paramount Pictures has released another amazing new behind-the-scenes featurette from Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, this time shifting the spotlight away from the stunts and onto one of the franchise's most breathtaking shooting locations: Svalbard, Norway!

If you're wondering what brings our heroes to the Arctic, well, it's probably safe to say it'll have something to do with the missing Sevastopol, which sank at the beginning of the previous film.

Dead Reckoning spoilers ahead, but, as we all know now, the completed key that Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) managed to swipe at the end of that film opens a chamber in the Sevastopol that contains the Entity's source code, allowing it to be destroyed or controlled.

The sub's location has remained a mystery until now, but, it looks like, in the two months between adventures, Hunt and company will have cracked its hidding spot in the Arctic Ocean.

How...

Paramount Pictures has shared a jaw-dropping new look at Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, offering a quick sneak peek at Tom Cruise's most dangerous stunt yet, as he hangs off the wing of a biplane at 8,000 feet, with winds of over 140 mph blasting!

This stunt, which will undoubtedly be this final installment's signature sequence. has been in the works for several years now, with Cruise ("Ethan Hunt") and director Christopher McQuarrie having meticulously shot it over the last two years. The duo actually first teased the plane sequence at CinemaCon 2023 ahead of the launch of that summer's Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning.

The previous installment received widespread critical acclaim and the follow-up is shaping up to bigger and better in every way, as Ethan Hunt and his elite team of Imf operatives race against the clock to stop The Entity once and for all.

In our Dead Reckoning review,...

During last night's Final Four games on CBS, Paramount Pictures announced that the brand new theatrical trailer for Tom Cruise's highly anticipated Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - which originally debuted at CinemaCon last week - will be released online Monday!

Whether it'll drop during the National Championship Game or earlier in the day remains to be seen, but we'd wager on the latter since that's generally when the studio tends to launch new footage. We'd then expect a TV spot to debut during the game, directing fans online to check out the full-length trailer.

Plot details remain under wraps, but we learned at CinemaCon that the film will pick up two months after the events of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) still seemingly on the run and presumably on the hunt for the sunken Sevastopol.

As per Deadline's footage description, here's some...

Whether it was Zoe Saldaña calling out her husband’s beautiful hair during her acceptance speech or June Squibb claiming that she’s really Bill Skarsgård in drag, the 97th Oscars on Sunday were chock-full of good, bag and fugly moments.

Here are all the moments that made us go hmmm.

So Good: Oscar gave a collective hug to fire victims by opening the show with a chill-inducing ode to our beloved L.A. with iconic moments from Rocky III, La La Land, Grand Canyon, La Bamba and The Big Lebowski, followed with gorgeous performances by Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.

So bad it was good: It felt a little strange to transition out of such a sentimental opener to the image of “four-time Oscar viewer” Conan O’Brien crawling out of Demi Moore’s corpse.

Welcome to Reality Derby, our weekly deep dive into all things reality TV, hosted by Gold Derby senior editors Marcus James Dixon and Denton Davidson.

Joining us this week is boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya, who was eliminated after performing as Fuzzy Peas on this week’s episode of The Masked Singer on Fox. (Our interview begins at the 0:58 mark in the video above.) De La Hoya tells us about his appearance on the singing competition, being nominated for a Grammy in 2001, and his greatest career achievement.

“I’m up against some tough characters,” De La Hoya says of Ant, Coral, and Paparazzo. “These guys can belt! These guys can sing. It was surprising actually, to me, because you think you’re doing well, you’re singing good — but I have to tell you one thing — the other characters are like true professionals. This season’s gonna be amazing.

After Maná became the first Spanish-language band to earn a nomination for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last week, drummer Alex González had an iconic José Alfredo Jiménez lyric ringing in his head: “No hay que llegar primero, pero hay que saber llegar.” (“You don’t need to get there first, but you must know how you got there.”)

The classic “El Rey” line speaks to the years of sacrifice and work that Maná and many major Latin American rock bands have put in to be finally recognized...

Fuzzy Peas made his debut on the Feb. 12 episode of The Masked Singer Season 13 as a member of Group A. The green legume’s first song on Fox’s reality TV show was “La Bamba” by Ritchie Valens, and he had the four panelists guessing such famous names as Mario Lopez, George Lopez, and John Leguizamo.

But who is Fuzzy Peas? If you’re looking for The Masked Singer spoilers and clues, you’ve come to the right place! Read on for everything to know about Fuzzy Peas, including which famous celebrity we think is hiding underneath the mask.

Gold Derby’s official guess for Fuzzy Peas is … Oscar De La Hoya! Don’t believe us? Let’s examine all of the clues so far, one by one:

Audio Clues

Here is what Fuzzy Peas had to say about himself: “If you had told me one day I would be dressing up as Fuzzy Peas,...

On Wednesday February 12 2025, Fox broadcasts The Masked Singer!

Lucky Season 13: Group A Premiere Season 13 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Masked Singer,” titled “Lucky Season 13: Group A Premiere,” promises to be an exciting start to the new season. This episode will feature contestants from Group A, each ready to showcase their vocal talents and entertain fans with popular songs. The excitement builds as viewers prepare for a night filled with music, mystery, and surprises.

In this episode, the contestants will perform well-known hits that have captured the hearts of many. Songs like “SexyBack,” “Just Give Me a Reason,” “The Door,” “La Bamba,” and “Mad World” will be part of the lineup. Each performance is sure to bring a unique twist, as the masked singers put their own spin on these classics. Fans can expect a mix of energy and emotion, making it a memorable night for everyone.

Season 13 of “The Masked Singer” kicks off on Wednesday, which means it is time to start making your first guesses of the season. And Rita Ora already has hers — though it may not be as well-informed as usual.

In TheWrap’s exclusive sneak peek at the Fox competition’s season premiere, Ora admits that Fuzzy Peas’ performance was “such a sing-along, I was just dancing with Ken and I actually couldn’t even focus because I was having so much fun.”

So, homing in on a clue that involves a globe, Ora takes her first swing.

Watch the moment below:

“Honestly, you guys might laugh, but I’m just going to go for it,” she says. “Mario Lopez? He’s a global star!”

Whether or not Ora is correct remains to be seen. But worry not, just because the costume has three faces, doesn’t mean it’s three people...

The Masked Singer is feeling lucky in Season 13.

Wednesday’s premiere (Fox, 8/7c) kicks off with a group performance of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky,” courtesy of judges Rita Ora and Robin Thicke, as you’ll see in TVLine’s exclusive first look. Jenny McCarthy and Ken Jeong also join them on stage, but only for moral support — and we can all count ourselves lucky for that.

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The Masked Singer fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 13 Episode 1 episode titled Lucky Season 13: Group A Premiere!

Find out everything you need to know about the Lucky Season 13: Group A Premiere episode of The Masked Singer, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

The Masked Singer Lucky Season 13: Group A Premiere Season 13 Episode 1 Preview

The excitement is building as “The Masked Singer” gears up for its highly anticipated episode, “Lucky Season 13: Group A Premiere.” This thrilling installment will air on Fox at 8:00 Pm on February 12, 2025. Fans of the show can expect an evening filled with captivating performances and the signature mystery that has made the series a favorite.

In this premiere, contestants from Group A will take the stage to perform a selection of hits that spans various genres and eras.

On Jan. 26, this year’s Dia de los Reyes celebration on Cherokee Street in St. Louis bustled with people happy for sunshine.

After weeks of brutal snow, the event, put on by local Latino community organizers, featured taco tents and tables full of free coats, shoes, and blankets. Kids ran around with new toys, and families looked relieved to be outside in the sun, but there weren’t many people out and about. Usually, this annual event has people lined up around the block waiting to pick up their free goodies.

The excitement is building as “The Masked Singer” returns for its highly anticipated Season 13. The premiere episode, titled “Lucky Season 13: Group A Premiere,” is set to air on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 8:00 Pm on Fox. Fans can expect a thrilling night filled with mystery and incredible performances from the contestants in Group A.

In this episode, the masked singers will take the stage to deliver their renditions of popular hits. Songs like “SexyBack,” “Just Give Me a Reason,” “The Door,” “La Bamba,” and “Mad World” are on the lineup, promising a diverse mix of genres and styles. Each performance will showcase the unique talents of the contestants, all while keeping their identities under wraps.

As the competition heats up, the panel of celebrity judges will work to guess who is behind the masks. The clues will be intriguing, and the performances are sure to be memorable. Viewers can look...

Sixty-six years ago today, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died when their plane crashed following a show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. It’s a seminal moment in Boomer mythology that Don McLean coined “The Day the Music Died” in his 1971 hit “American Pie,” which basically invented the entire concept of Sixties nostalgia prior to Grease, Happy Days, and American Graffiti. The tragedy was also documented in countless books and articles, including this stellar Rolling Stone piece by Jonathan Cott in 2009, and dramatized in...

Mufasa: The Lion King North America Box Office: Beats Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Mufasa: The Lion King is in its 5th weekend and has collected strong numbers again. It has climbed up a position at the 2024’s highest-grossing films in the US list. It has officially surpassed Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire at the box office in North America. Scroll below for the deets.

Mufasa has been keeping a steady hold at the US box office since Christmas day, and although it has lost the #1 spot to new releases but, it has not given up. The movie is giving its best at the cinemas. Meanwhile, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is one of last year’s highest-grossing films and was at #10 in the domestic highest-grossers list with its $196.35 million US haul.

Mufasa: The Lion King has beaten Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire...

Gladiator II Streaming Date Revealed (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Fans of Paul Mescal can rejoice as his movie Gladiator II finally has its streaming date, which is soon coming on this streaming platform. Ridley Scott’s film will be released on its home streaming network sooner than expected, but there is a catch. Scroll below for the deets.

About the movie

Ridley Scott directed this epic historical action drama, the sequel to his breakthrough film Gladiator, released in 2000. Paramount Pictures distributed the film, which features Paul Mescal in the lead role along with an ensemble cast comprising Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi, Connie Nielsen, and Denzel Washington.

In Gladiator II, Paul plays Lucius Verus Aurelius, son of Maximus from the 2000 epic saga. The story follows the exiled Prince of Rome, who becomes a prisoner of war and fights as a gladiator for Macrinus, a former slave...

A Complete Unknown North America Box Office: Set To Beat La Bamba (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Bob Dylan’s biopic, A Complete Unknown, is once again after another musical biopic’s collection, and this time, it is Ritchie Valens’ biopic La Bamba. Timothee Chalamet is earning loads of praise for his performance as the film is on its way to achieving a notable title at the box office in North America. Scroll below for the deets.

Like the 2024 release, La Bamba is also a musical biopic directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. It featured Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, along with Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Pena, Danielle von Zerneck, and Joe Pantoliano in the supporting roles. The movie follows Valens’ life and short-lived musical career. In addition to that it also featured the effect his career had on others life.

Let’s face it. Theatre has been the most successful place for stories about popular musicians. Alicia Keys’ “Hell’s Kitchen” is selling big on Broadway, as is “Mj.” “A Beautiful Noise,” about Neil Diamond ‘s professional and personal history, had a nice run there, and is touring the country after its run in Los Angeles. We’ve had “Tina,” “Jersey Boys,” The Temptations’ “Ain’t Too Proud,” Carole King’s “Beautiful” and others. A new musical is being tested now about Frank Sinatra. But the most exciting news arrives this spring, when recent Tony winner Jonathan Groff portrays Bobby Darin.

But movies about musical stars? A mixed bag. (including Kevin Spacey in a bad one about Bobby Darin) Documentaries have been the safest form to chronicle the life of famous musicians: Ones about David Crosby, Joan Baez, Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt. And, of course, “Woodstock” and Martin Scorsese’s “Last Waltz.

HarbourView Equity Partners, an alternative asset management company focused on investment opportunities in the sports, media and entertainment space, has tapped strategic firm The CultureShaker, founded by Lucinda Martinez, to lead all brand, marketing and PR promotional efforts for the firm and its portfolio, which includes Mucho Mas Media, its slate of hip-hop biopics in partnership with Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios, Flavor Unit and Jesse Collins Entertainment and their most recent investment in Usher’s 2024 concert film “Rendezvous in Paris.”

Lucinda Martinez will serve as HarbourView’s Chief Marketing Officer, while Deborah Renteria on her team will serve as Vice President, Brand & Content Strategy.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Lucinda and Deb to the HarbourView family. The firm has expanded rapidly over the last few years and it was only a matter of time before we needed a formidable CMO and marketing team to lead HarbourView’s overall brand...

Just from watching the trailer, I sat down to watch Werewolves with some low expectations. What intrigued me was the look of the werewolves. They look more practical than they do in movies these days, like they're animatronic beasts right out of an '80s movie. I like that a lot.

Werewolves is reminiscent of films like The Howling and Wolfen, with the same level of cheesiness and plot holes. It’s also fun. The lycanthropes are not as spectacular as the ones in 2010’s The Wolfman featuring Anthony Hopkins and Benecio Del Toro, or Josh Harnett’s werewolf in the Penny Dreadful TV series. These creatures were as I expected with their growling, rivers of drool, and massive teeth. We get occasional information about who they once were thanks to personal items such as dog tags and a protective vest with the words ‘wolf killer’ on it. The action...

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild said Thursday that Buffy the Vampire Slayer make-up artist Todd McIntosh and Terminator hair stylist Peter Tothpal will be honored with lifetime achievement awards at the 2025 Muahs Awards.

The honors will be bestowed at the ceremony set for February 15 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel.

McIntosh, who won Outstanding Makeup Emmys for Buffy and later Pushing Daisies among his 12 overall nominations, has a list of credits that also includes the films Memoirs of a Geisha, Venom, The Brady Bunch Movie and The Clan of the Cave Bear, and series including Dark Shadows, Star Trek: Enterprise and Legion in a career in its sixth decade.

Tothpal created looks for all three of James Cameron’s Terminator movies, and his MCU credits include both Avengers movies, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Iron Man 3, along with Cameron’s True Lies, Eraser and Another 48 Hrs.

After serving nearly a decade in Dead and Co. and sharing the stage with everyone from Eric Clapton to the Rolling Stones, B.B. King, and Jeff Beck, there are not many situations likely to overwhelm John Mayer. But when he came onstage for “Rockin’ In The Free World” at the end of a scorching Neil Young and Stephen Stills set at the Harvest Moon – A Gathering charity show in Lake Hughes, California, the longest they’d played together since Buffalo Springfield’s short-lived 2011 reunion tour, the look on Mayer’s face clearly read,...

As music-based biopics have slowly become a well-worn genre, directors have embraced new techniques and measures to shock audiences into theaters to watch their movies. Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman) is doing exactly that with his upcoming biopic, Better Man, focused on British music icon Robbie Williams. So what is Gracey doing that's so revolutionary? Will Robbie Williams be made entirely of Lego (see Piece by Piece)? Is the musical sort of a musical, but not really a musical ( la Joker: Folie deux)? Or does he stray away from the true story and tell an epic tale of drug syndicates and Madonna tributes (like Weird: The Al Yankovic Story)? Nope, he turned Robbie Williams into a monkey.

Following the release of the first trailer for Better Man, Robbie Williams and Michael Gracey sat down to discuss the bizarre creative decision. Like a hard-hitting reporter, Williams opened the featurette with the question on everyone's minds,...

As with any streaming service this month, theres likely to be plenty of spooky content to sustain viewers until Halloween. Peacock is no different, although they have more than frightening shows slated for release in the coming weeks, which should be a relief to viewers who like to avoid horror offerings. While there will be plenty of scary series to watch, there will also be a plethora of other genres to enjoy.

From horror to comedy, as well as a docuseries or two, the streaming platform has various options to fulfill any viewers wants. Whether someone wants a good scare or a good laugh, Peacock has them covered next month. No matter a viewers preference, the streaming service is likely to have at least one series theyll find worth watching in October.

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The 1987 biopic La Bamba about the life and career of rock and roll legend Ritchie Valens is a critically acclaimed movie that still holds up today. Now, Ritchie Valens is getting another showcase on the big screen with a La Bamba remake in the works at Sony. As per a report by Variety, Mucho Mas Media and Sony are teaming up to remake the Golden Globe-nominated film based on rock star Valens' life and career.

Luis Valdez, the writer and director of the original film, is on board as an executive producer, with Jos Rivera, who is best known for 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, is attached to write the new screenplay. Valdez spoke about his film standing the test of time, Valens' inspiration for a new generation, and how the new biopic can provide even more insight into Valens' short, but successful life and career.

Remakes are a fact of life in Hollywood nowadays. If a project was popular at one time and it’s been a while since its release, why not remake it? At least that’s the logic involved. But do we really need remakes of period musical biopics? Apparently so, as people are ready to remake “La Bamba.”

According to Variety, Mucho Mas Media and Sony are developing a remake of the 1987 classic film “La Bamba.” The film tells the story of the life and career of Ritchie Valens, a hit musician from the ‘50s.

Continue reading A ‘La Bamba’ Remake Is In The Works at The Playlist.

The 1987 musical biopic La Bamba chronicled the life and career of Mexican-American rock pioneer Ritchie Valens. Now, according to Variety, a remake of the film is in the works.

Lou Diamond Phillips starred as Valens in the original, which was nominated for a Golden Globe and earned Los Lobos a 1987 chart-topper for their version of Valens’ 1958 single “La Bamba,” which was based on a Mexican folk song. Valens was also known for the ballad “Donna” and the rave-up “Come On, Let’s Go,” two late-Fifties radio hits.

Valens died in a plane crash on Feb.

The story of Ritchie Valens will be revisited in a new feature film. La Bamba, the 1987 movie that served as a biopic for Valens, is now in the process of getting a remake.

Per Variety, La Bamba is getting reimagined courtesy of Mucho Mas Media nad Sony Pictures. The director behind the 1987 movie, Luis Valdez, is on board to serve as an executive producer on the remake. While Valdez wrote the script for the original movie, the script for the remake will be penned by Jos Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries). A director hasn't yet been named, and there's no word yet on who will be playing the late rock 'n' roll singer whose famous "La Bamba" song inspired the title of the biopic.

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Has the well really run so completely dry? Are there no interesting musicians left to explore? How in the world are we getting another version of La Bamba before we even make any headway on the Madonna biopic? These are the kind of questions that come up after reading the...

Exclusive: Showtime’s Dexter: Original Sin cast is adding 9 recurring characters to Season 1 to be played by Emmy winner Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos), Brittany Allen (The Boys), Randy Gonzalez (Bloodline), Aaron Jennings (Pure Genius), Raquel Justice (One Day at a Time), Jasper Lewis (V/H/S), Carlo Mendez (The Bay), Isaac Gonzalez Rossi (That’s Amor) and Roberto Sanchez (Palm Royale).

The 10-episode original drama series is set in 1991 Miami and follows Dexter (Patrick Gibson), a student refining his killer skills with the help and support of his adoptive father Harry (Christian Slater). In his dad, he finds solace and understanding, especially as his bloodthirsty urges grow and can no longer be ignored. As his only confidant, Harry teaches Dexter a code that’s designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to die — all while avoiding getting caught by law enforcement. This is a particular challenge for...

The New York City nightmare of giving up a rent-stabilized apartment inspires (literal) dramatic vengeance in The French Italian, writer-director Rachel Wolther’s feature debut. Long-term couple Doug (Aristotle Athari) and Valerie (Catherine Cohen) live in a gorgeous brownstone on the Upper West Side—that is, until they’ve had it with their raucous downstairs neighbors oscillating between screaming matches and belching off-key karaoke renditions of “La Bamba.” They move out after obsessively peeping and eavesdropping on their newfound enemies; their hatred drives them to Rye, New York, where they take over Doug’s parent’s house while they’re in Boca. Now forced to shuttle […]

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The New York City nightmare of giving up a rent-stabilized apartment inspires (literal) dramatic vengeance in The French Italian, writer-director Rachel Wolther’s feature debut. Long-term couple Doug (Aristotle Athari) and Valerie (Catherine Cohen) live in a gorgeous brownstone on the Upper West Side—that is, until they’ve had it with their raucous downstairs neighbors oscillating between screaming matches and belching off-key karaoke renditions of “La Bamba.” They move out after obsessively peeping and eavesdropping on their newfound enemies; their hatred drives them to Rye, New York, where they take over Doug’s parent’s house while they’re in Boca. Now forced to shuttle […]

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Los Lobos, the iconic East Los Angeles band that elevated that helped bring Chicano music to the masses over the last 50 years, is the subject of the feature-length documentary with the working title “Los Lobos Native Sons,” currently in production and slated for a 2025 release. The film features testimonials from George Lopez, Linda Ronstadt, Tom Waits, Dolores Huerta, Bonnie Raitt, Flaco Jimenez, Cheech Marin, a trailer below.

Formed more than 50 years ago in East Los Angeles, the group is unique and versatile, able to play roots rock, Musica Mexicana, soul, folk and a galaxy of other styles. The film is co-directed by veteran filmmaker, producer, and editor Doug Blush and photographer/filmmaker Piero F. Giunti, and produced by Robert Corsini and Flavio Morales.

Blush says, “Los Lobos, as much as any modern band, has expanded and re-defined what’s possible in American music, and in their phenomenal half-century and counting,...

Mario Van Peebles has been tapped to direct “That’ll Be the Day,” the story of how Buddy Holly and other musicians of the late 1950s helped give birth to rock ‘n’ roll and influence the wider societal and cultural landscape, including the civil rights movement.

Music has been central to much of Van Peebles’ work, from his 1991 gangster movie “New Jack City” to his work on “Wu-Tang: An American Saga,” which he co-executive produced for Hulu. Van Peebles is currently writing a musical stage tribute to his father Melvin Van Peebles, to be performed at New York City’s Lincoln Center later this year.

“America’s tumultuous cultural melting pot has produced transcendent musical talent, including Buddy Holly, who was our first bad ass rock ’n’ roll nerd,” Van Peebles said in a statement.

His 2003 docudrama “Baadasssss!” pays homage to his father’s groundbreaking film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.” His latest film,...

Aside from a guest appearance on Miami Vice, Lou Diamond Phillips was essentially an unknown when he was cast as Richie Valens in the biopic La Bamba. Of course, once the film was released, it became a hit, and Phillips was its breakout star. During the filming of the movie, though, things were much different. As he said during a panel at The Love of Horror, Phillips spent much of the movie wondering if he was punching up above his weight class. (Click on the media bar below to hear Lou Diamond Phillips) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lou_Diamond_Phillips_La_Bamba_.mp3

La Bamba is available on DVD, Blu-Ray, the Criterion Collection, and most digital platforms.

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La Bamba was released during a turbulent time in California. In 1987, Reaganomics had led to a greater divide between rich and poor in Hollywood, a town that already represented both extremes. Latino communities continued to face disenfranchisement and segregation even as a new generation of Chicanos brought the beauty of Mexican culture back to the arts in California. Mexican-Americans were severely under-represented in Hollywood in the 1980s.

Enter Luis Valdez, the pioneering playwright who crossed over to film with this unbelievable cross-section of American class structure and '50s culture — using Ritchie Valens' unforgettable story as his jumping off point.

When thinking of La Bamba, step back and consider how unlikely this all is: an 18th Century folk song gets refashioned as a Rock 'N' Roll single by the 17-year-old son of migrant parents, becomes a hit, and inspires one of the great films about Chicanos in America. That is the miracle of Valens' story,...

There are many hints in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's Indigo Disk Dlc about the next games. Several clues point towards remakes of Gen 5's Black and White titles. Connections vary from shared locations to new characters related to Unova-based NPCs.

Even before its release, there are several clues in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s Indigo Disk Dlc that hint at the next Pokémon games, which may live up to expectations and years of rumors. Pokémon generations tend to last a few years and, while Scarlet and Violet’s release kicked off Gen 9 in late 2022, there are likely more games on the way to integrate the current generation. Gen 8 was initiated by Pokémon Sword and Shield, followed up by the remake duo Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and then concluded by the experimental Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which gave the franchise a completely new style of gameplay.

Because of how generations in Pokémon work,...

The Young Guns movies featured a star-studded ensemble cast, including Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, and Lou Diamond Phillips. Notable actors such as Tom Cruise, Terry O'Quinn, Viggo Mortensen, Christian Slater, and Terence Stamp also appeared in the films. Rock music legend Jon Bon Jovi made a cameo and provided the end credits theme for Young Guns 2.

The Young Guns movies featured a wealth of acting talent, including some surprisingly familiar faces. 1988's Young Gun featured an all-star ensemble cast for its action-adventure Western. The sequel, 1990's Young Guns 2, expanded the cast even further with a packed line-up of famous actors.

Young Guns starred Emilio Estevez as William H. "Billy the Kid" Bonney in an adaptation of the infamous gunslinger's life. After their benefactor is slain, Billy and his troupe of renegades (known as the Regulators) enact a violent revenge which leads to them becoming the hunted.

“Don’t be such a dreamer,” says Bob (Esai Morales) to his younger brother, to which soon-to-be teen star Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips), né Richard Valenzuela, quickly retorts, “My dreams are pure rock ‘n’ roll.” It’s the kind of blunt, overearnest exchange found in countless music-based biopics, but it also exemplifies La Bamba’s penchant for the cartoonishly archetypal. Indeed, everyone surrounding Ritchie is stripped of both nuance and agency as their roles in the film rarely extend beyond fueling or antagonizing the future icon.

Ritchie’s girlfriend, Donna (Danielle von Zerneck), the namesake of one of his biggest hits, is little more than a poodle skirt and a cheery smile, while his doting mother, Connie (Rosanna DeSoto), is the quintessential ultra-supportive parent. Bob is certainly the most fully fleshed out of this trio, but even most of his personal ups and downs are presented as being directly...

A brand new “The Boys” spinoff series, the second season of “Wheel of Time” and football highlight a robust lineup of new movies and shows coming to Amazon Prime Video in September. “Gen V,” a spinoff of “The Boys” set at a college, premieres on Sept. 29, while new episodes of “The Wheel of Time” Season 2 are rolling out all month long after the season premiere on Sept. 1.

Thursday Night Football is streaming starting Sept. 14, and a whole host of library movies worth checking out – from “Four Weddings and a Funeral” to “Dracula” to “10 Things I Hate About You” – are now streaming.

There’s also the premiere of the original film “Cassandro” starring Gael Garcia Bernal as a gay wrestler, and the acclaimed drama “A Thousand and One” comes to Prime Video on Sept. 19.

Check out the full list of what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in September 2023 below.

September may traditionally be a month that sees the weather cool off, but the action is just heating up on Tubi! The free ad-supported streaming service has some fantastic new titles debuting this month, including original action movies like “The Vigilante.”

There’s a wide range of other shows and movies headed to Tubi this month, including original stoner comedies, 2000s action series like “The Expendables,” and much more. Check below for a list of every show and movie headed to Tubi in September, and for The Streamable’s top five titles that will be available there this month!

What Are the Top 5 Series and Movies Headed to Tubi in September? ‘A Knight's Tale’ | Friday, Sept. 1

Heath Ledger stars as William Thatcher, a lowly squire who dreams of becoming a knight himself. Thatcher takes a chance and reaches for everything he’s ever wanted, finding love, excitement and adventure. But...