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What better day than Good Friday could there be to announce a horror project with a title that spoofs the title of Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, which is all about the event that’s commemorated on Good Friday: the crucifixion of Jesus Christ? There could be no better day. At least, that’s what the people behind the upcoming horror project The Slashin’ of the Christ clearly decided.

An official website for the project launched today at SlashinoftheChrist.com, and at that link you’ll see an image that lets us know this project, which we assume to be a horror comedy film, is coming to us “from the people who brought you The Walking Dead, Final Destination, and Super Troopers.” Specifically, those people are producers Greg Nicotero (who you may also know as an incredibly talented special effects artist) – who’s an executive producer...

Refresh for more…Mufasa continued to get from the count on Thursday, beating Sonic The Hedgehog 3, $12M to $11.55M. The 3-day and 5-days on these two family movies are expected to be close. Mufasa is currently looking to be the stronger at $58M. Running total through yesterday on Mufasa is $76.4M while Sonic 3 stands at $99.55M.

But enough about those filthy animals, the real story over the holiday are the classic labels, Focus Features and Searchlight which are both seeing record openings. Post Covid, Focus Features rose from the ashes this weekend to remind the town how hip they can make movies, the win here being Robert Eggers’ gothic vampire movie Nosferatu which is eyeing a $21.4M 3-day and $40.6M 5-day after $7.6M yesterday, the pic’s second day of release. At five days, that’s the biggest Focus Features opening ever, besting the Friday-Tuesday take of 2019’s Downton Abbey which did $38.4M.

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At long last, it seems like Broken Lizard is getting the gang back together for another round of cop-related shenanigans. That's right! After much discussion in recent years, it seems that "Super Troopers 3" is coming together. While a formal announcement hasn't been made, writer/director Jay Chandrasekhar has revealed that the project is in active discussions at Disney and appears to be close to getting approval. In short, unless something derails it, it's happening.

During a recent appearance on the "Holmberg's Morning Sickness" radio show, Chandrasekhar revealed that, despite Disney's $71.3 billion purchase of Fox in 2019, "Super Troopers 3" is still very much alive. It was previously revealed during San Diego Comic-Con in 2018 that the sequel will be titled "Winter Soldiers," and whether or not that's still the case remains to be seen. But Chandrasekhar did provide a promising update on the...

Seann William Scott has joined the upcoming ABC comedy series “Shifting Gears,” Variety has learned.

Scott will appear alongside series leads Tim Allen and Kat Dennings, as well as cast members Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, Maxwell Simkins, and Barrett Margolis. The show was picked up to series in July with plans to begin shooting in November.

As previously announced, Allen stars in the series as Matt, “the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop,” per the official logline. “When Matt’s estranged daughter (Dennings) and her kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.”

Scott will appear in the newly created series regular role of Gabriel, who is described as a “family friend of Matt & Riley who works in the shop with Matt.”

This will be just the third series regular role Scott has had in his career. He previously starred in the Fox mockumentary comedy “Welcome to Flatch...

The famous Super Troopers biker scene was a hilarious accident caused by a wardrobe mistake. Foster and Ursula's miscommunication about their disguises as "bikers" leads to a funny moment in the restaurant. The accidental scene captures the slapdash, have-fun-with-it attitude of the state trooper characters.

The famous Super Troopers biker scene has a backstory that makes the sequence even funnier in retrospect. The Broken Lizard comedy group consisting of Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske co-wrote Super Troopers with Chandrasekhar directing. The film follows a Vermont state troopers' patrol filled with officers who would rather pull pranks and mess around than do their jobs. Super Troopers is a beloved cult classic movie from the Broken Lizard crew, and fans were surprised with a sequel, Super Troopers 2, in 2018, and a third Super Troopers movie in development.

Super Troopers is a highly quotable, wacky, and fresh production that,...

With the prankster police officers having returned five years ago, Brian Cox shares his thoughts on a potential Super Troopers 3 return. Created by the comedy troupe Broken Lizard, the Super Troopers movies revolve around a mischievous group of Vermont Highway Patrol officers as they frequently find their jobs in jeopardy thanks to their comedic antics. With two movies spread across 17 years, the franchise has garnered mixed critical reviews, but modest box office returns and large cult followings.

While speaking exclusively with Screen Rant for the family drama Prisoner's Daughter, Brian Cox was asked about the chances of a Super Troopers 3 return. Though not sharing whether he's been approached just yet, the star did express his interest in coming back for a trilogy capper on the one condition of avoiding any night shoots, as well as pitching a new scene between him and Lynda Carter. See what Cox shared below:

Oh yeah,...

The second season of original series “Almost Paradise” is set to premiere on Freevee on July 21. When hypertension forces DEA agent Alex Walker (played by Christian Kane) into early retirement, he moves to the Philippines in hopes of a quieter life. But unfortunately for him, he can’t avoid danger. Soon, the local police ask him to help solve a series of serious crimes.

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Also coming to Amazon’s free streaming service in July is the incredibly meta action series “Ze Network.” In the show, David Hasselhoff plays himself as he takes a gig at an English-language theater in Germany — and we all know that Germans love David Hasselhoff. However, once there, he is recruited into an elite society of super-spies, who must work together to prevent a dangerous plot from striking the nation.

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Though audiences waited over 15 years for the first sequel, a new Super Troopers 3 update could see the next movie coming even sooner. The comedy franchise first launched with 2001's Super Troopers revolving around a group of pranskter Vermont state troopers who tried to solve a murder in order to save their station from being shut down. A modest box office hit, the film became a cult classic on home media, leading to crowdsourcing helping Super Troopers 2 getting off the ground in 2015 and hitting theaters in 2018.

While speaking with ComicBook.com to discuss their latest comedic venture, the Hulu-released Quasi, comedy troupe Broken Lizard offered an exciting Super Troopers 3 update. The creators and stars confirmed that they are heavily invested in the development of the third installment, being deep in the writing of the next movie and teasing filming could even begin later this year. See what Broken Lizard said...

Broken Lizard, the five-man comedy troupe which formed in 1990 at a fraternity on the upstate New York campus of preppy Colgate University, have been stoner icons since the very first scene of their 2001 breakout hit “Super Troopers.” That’s when Jay Chandrasekhar’s mustachioed Vermont cop Lieutenant Arcot “Thorny” Ramathorn pulls over a car full of potheads and proceeds to terrorize and freak them out.

Like they did in 2018 with “Super Troopers 2,” their newest film, “Quasi,” a reimagining of Victor Hugo’s “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” is a no-holds-barred, scatological combination of “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” crossed with Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.” It premieres today — April 20 — as a Hulu Original through Fox Searchlight.

Boasting their own cannabis brand, Smokin’ Lizard, Chandrasekhar notes, “When we get high with friends like Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg, they take it seriously enough to try to smoke us...

Twenty-five years ago, before they made their seminal cop comedy "Super Troopers," comedy troupe Broken Lizard were tossing around ideas based on a character who was a lovable loser who managed to become a hero. Fast-forward to today, and those ideas have solidified in the form of "Quasi," a satirical take on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" that traps hunchback Quasimodo (Steve Lemme) in a battle between the King of France (Jay Chandrasekhar) and the Pope (Paul Soter). If you ever wanted to see the guys behind "Beerfest" and "Club Dread" tackle medieval history with their unique brand of sweet stoner humor, then "Quasi" is the flick for you, and it's hitting Hulu on April 20, 2023, just in time for the holiest of pot-smoking holidays. 

I had the chance to chat with Broken Lizard and ask them all about this cinematic adventure 25 years in the making. They shared the highs and lows of playing multiple roles,...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame gets an R-rated twist in the official trailer for Quasi, the latest film from the comedy group, Broken Lizard. Since releasing their first full-length production back in 1996, members Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske have created and starred in many projects, including Super Troopers and its 2018 sequel. Quasi was announced in 2021, with Heffernan attached as director, and will follow its titular character as he becomes involved in "a murderous feud" between the King of France and the Pope.

Hulu recently dropped the first official trailer for Quasi, which provides a look at the troupe's unique take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, set to premiere on April 20.

The footage features a lot of funny moments, highlighting Broken Lizard's humor, and reveals more about the story, in which "Quasi" wins a lottery that allows him to meet with the Pope.

Brian Cox is high on life.

The “Succession” star allegedly gave Broken Lizard, the team behind “Super Troopers,” edibles during the 2018 sequel. Cox played Captain O’Hagan in the cop spoof movies.

“Oh, Coxy. What we tried to do in our early movies was bring someone into the cast that has some gravitas. We were making a $1 million movie and we didn’t have anybody, and Cox came through,” Kevin Heffernan of Broken Lizard told Vulture in an oral history of the first 2001 movie.

Heffernan continued, “At heart, the guy’s a comic. When you watch ‘Succession’ now and all that kind of stuff, you wouldn’t expect that. But he’s a big Jerry Lewis fan, he loves comedies, and he really wanted to do one, so he decided to come slum it with us. Here was a guy who’s a real fucking actor—and he would remind us about that.

As explained on their website, Broken Lizard is a five-person comedy filmmaking group “devoted to intense sunshine, Floridian deep tissue massage, and the advanced study of keeping it realism.” The quintet is most famous for “Super Troopers” but has also made comedies like “Beerfest,” “Club Dread,” “The Slammin’ Salmon,” and “Puddle Cruiser.”

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After returning for “Super Troopers 2” in 2018, the group—which comprises director Jay Chandrasekhar and writer/actors Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske— have returned once more for a new hunchback-in-love comedy called “Quasi.”

This new one features the same gang, Steve Lemme, Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, and Erik Stolhanske, but also adds Adrianne Palicki as the damsel of the picture set in medieval times.

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While speaking with Screen Rant about his upcoming science fiction dramatic comedy film Linoleum, comedian and actor Jim Gaffigan revealed the challenge - or lack thereof - behind his iconic appearance in the 2001 comedy Super Troopers. Largely considered one of the highlights of the cult classic comedy film, Gaffigan's cameo was popular enough to warrant his return in 2018's Super Troopers 2. Ultimately, the scene in which Gaffigan appeared became arguably the single most enduring moment from the first Super Troopers, and has followed the actor around to this day.

The scene in question is of course Super Troopers' iconic 'Cat Game', in which the officers pull someone over and see how many times they can sneak the word 'meow' into their procedural routine. While surprisingly innocuous for an R-rated comedy like Super Troopers, The Cat Game is relatable to anyone who has been fed up with or sick of a job,...

Exclusive: Multi-hyphenate Jay Chandrasekhar (Easter Sunday) has signed with Cinetic Media for management across all media.

Chandrasekhar is an actor, writer, entrepreneur and filmmaker, as well as a founding member of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard. His work with that group includes the cult favorite features Super Troopers, Super Troopers 2, Club Dread and Beerfest which he wrote, directed and starred in. He is also known for directing the 2005 hit remake of The Dukes of Hazzard for Warner Bros.

Chandrasekhar most recently directed the comedy Easter Sunday, starring comedian Jo Koy, for Universal and DreamWorks, which is slated for release on August 5th. The love letter to Koy’s Filipino-American community revolves around a man returning home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family. Chandrasekhar also co-wrote, executive produced, and co-starred in Searchlight’s upcoming film Quasi through his work with Broken Lizard. In addiiton,...

Exclusive: Justina Machado (One Day at a Time) and Will Sasso (Loudermilk) have signed on to star in The Throwback, an indie comedy marking the feature directorial debut of Mario Garcia, which is heading into production in Tampa next month.

The film follows a married couple (Machado and Sasso) in full-blown midlife crisis who are thrown into further turmoil when the wife (Machado), an underappreciated and stressed ‘supermom,’ suffers a post-traumatic breakdown during the holiday season, causing her to regress to her 19-year-old college party-girl self.

Garcia wrote the script and will produce via his company Garcia Interactive, alongside Michael A. Alfieri of Miantri Films and Doug Fox. Machado and Sasso’s longtime manager, Danielle Del, will exec produce alongside Machado and Sterling Macer Jr.

Machado recently starred as Penelope on Sony Picture Television’s revival of One Day at a Time, and will next be seen in the Blumhouse-produced Amazon series,...

Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe behind the film franchise “Super Troopers,” is teeing up a new movie with Searchlight Pictures.

“Quasi,” a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, just kicked off production in Los Angeles. The film will follow a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.

Kevin Heffernan will direct and star. He wrote the script with his troupe members Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske — who will all costar and serve as executive producers. Richard Perello will produce. Adrianne Palicki is also set to star. The film will debut exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney Plus and Star Plus around the world.

“I’m très, très excited to get the Broken Lizard gang back together,...

Though the summer movie season is winding down (if it ever really started this year), Amazon Prime’s list of new releases for September 2021 is chock full of worthwhile movie options.

For starters, Amazon’s library movie titles are quite good this month. September 1 sees the arrivals of heavyweights such as Apollo 13, Arachnophobia, Romeo + Juliet, The Descent, and The Social Network. And if that weren’t enough, the streamer is trying out some intriguing original movies as well. Cinderella, a modern update on the classic fairy tale, premieres on September 3. That will be followed by “exotic thriller” The Voyeurs (Sept. 10), musical adaptation Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Sept. 17), and French thriller The Mad Woman’s Ball (Sept. 17).

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Eva Longoria has wrapped production on her directorial feature debut, Searchlight Pictures’ “Flamin’ Hot.”

“I’m so honored to have led this team in telling a beautiful story where people can see themselves in these characters and are inspired by the endless beauty and talent that is so rich in our community,” Longoria tells Variety exclusively. “Every day we were on set, I was reminded again and again by our amazing cast and crew that our community is smart, creative and endlessly talented.”

From a script by Lewis Colick and Linda Yvette Chávez, the film tells the story of Richard Montañez, a Mexican American who turned the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos snack into a global pop culture phenomenon. The film is produced by DeVon Franklin (“Breakthrough”) for Franklin Entertainment. Searchlight has yet to set a release date.

“From the moment I found Richard Montañez’s story, I was inspired by...

For the past decade, Super Troopers director Jay Chandrasekhar has mostly kept busy by directing episodes of television shows like Community, Psych, Royal Pains, New Girl, Fresh Off the Boat, and The Goldbergs. After interrupting a long TV run to take the helm of Super Troopers 2 back in 2018, Chandrasekhar is returning […]

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Exclusive: Theo Rossi and Shane West are joining Umbrella Academy actress Jordan Claire Robbins in the cast of feature thriller Escape The Field, which is currently in production in Toronto.

Luke Cage and Sons Of Anarchy star Rossi recently wrapped shooting Zack Snyder’s big-budget Netflix feature Army Of The Dead. Nikita and Salem star West was most recently seen as Bane on the final season of Fox’s Gotham.

Escape The Field is the story of six strangers who wake up disoriented and trapped in an endless cornfield only to discover that something mysterious is hunting them. Armed only with seemingly random items, ranging from a compass to a canteen and a revolver with a single bullet, they must work together to escape the field or die.

Additional casting deals are closing imminently. Ddi is handling world sales and will introduce the project (and the actors) to buyers at the virtual TIFF market.

Jim Gaffigan and Joel Courtney will star in Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company’s “Jesus Revolution,” based on the true story of a national spiritual awakening among a group of teenaged hippies in Southern California in the early 1970s, it was announced on Friday.

In the film, Courtney will play Greg Laurie, a counterculture teen in the late 1960s who joined the Jesus revolution in Southern California and went on to start Harvest Christian Fellowship, one of the largest congregations in America. Gaffigan will star as Chuck Smith, the real-life pastor of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa. Smith served as a mentor to Laurie and famously opened his church to hippies.

Jon Gunn (“The Case for Christ”) will direct from a script written by him and Jon Erwin. Kevin Downes and the Erwin Brothers are producing, while Jerilyn Esquibel is co-producing for Kingdom Story Company. Gunn and the Erwin Brothers...

Exclusive: Jim Gaffigan and Joel Courtney have been tapped to lead the faith-based feature Jesus Revolution for Lionsgate and Kingdom Story Company, producer of the Jeremy Camp biopic, I Still Believe. Written by Jon Erwin and Jon Gunn, and directed by Gunn, film is inspired by the true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenaged hippies in Southern California.

Courtney will play Greg Laurie, a counterculture teen in the late 1960s seeking meaning and purpose, who eventually joined the Jesus Revolution in Southern California and went on to start Harvest Christian Fellowship, one of the largest congregations in America. Gaffigan is Chuck Smith, the real-life pastor of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, who served as a mentor to Greg Laurie. Chuck famously opened his church to a generation of hippies and seekers, helping to launch the last great spiritual revival in America.

Movies traditionally are released in theaters on Wednesdays and Fridays, but come Monday, April 20, “4/20” the movie will be released on Vimeo on the date that’s considered a perennial stoner holiday — it has even greater significance this month seeing as the year is 2020.

Producer Corey Moss, a veteran of MTV and management company Principato-Young, says the film is taking its lead from “Super Troopers 2,” which opened on April 20, 2018, and went on to gross $18.4 million at the U.S. box office. “Whoever picked that release date was brilliant,” he says. “Back then, we jokingly said we should make a weed movie for next year’s 4/20. Then we jokingly said we should call it 4/20. Then we jokingly said it should be like ‘Love Actually’ or the Garry Marshall holiday movies, with multiple storylines that interweave.”

Actually, “4/20” has more in common with Kevin Smith’s stoner classic “Clerks” and Netflix’s series “Disjointed.

On the April 15, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: […]

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Superman & Lois has officially found its Lana Lang in Emmanuelle Chriqui.

The CW’s developing Supergirl spinoff, Superman & Lois, has cast Canadian actress Chriqui as a series regular, set to play the classic Superman comic book presence and frequent live-action-adapted character for the small screen Arrowverse shows, reports Deadline. The main cast role will see her join Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch, who co-star as the titular couple.

Chriqui will portray a version of the character, named Lana Lang-Cushing, who’s described as “the loan officer at Smallville Bank who stayed in Smallville when others left for something bigger and brighter. Lana reestablishes her friendship with her old friend, Clark Kent, during one of the most difficult periods in her life.”

Of course, the addition of Lana to the mix implies a major component to the series dynamic, since she is famously known as the first love of...

Exclusive: Former The Passage star Emmanuelle Chriqui is set as a series regular opposite Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch in Superman & Lois, the CW’s straight-to-series drama about the iconic DC couple, from The Flash executive producer Todd Helbing, DC Universe architect Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. TV. Chriqui will play the popular DC character Lana Lang.

Written by Helbing, based on the DC characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman & Lois revolves around the world’s most famous superhero and comic books’ most famous journalist, played by Hoechlin and Tulloch, as they deal with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.

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Can you believe it’s been 18 years since the last Austin Powers movie? Star Mike Myers is notorious for being selective with his roles, which makes sense considering he’s only starred in a few projects since Austin Powers in Goldmember and hasn’t kept a very high profile in recent years.

He’s popped up in a number of movies in supporting roles, true, but they’ve curiously always been as characters in heavy prosthetics. Whether it’s Inglorious Basterds, Bohemian Rhapsody or Terminal, you never quite know he’s in a film until the credits start rolling. Perhaps it’s a stipulation in his contract that he always be partially in disguise. Like it’s a gimmick or something?

In any case, none of this has stopped speculation as to whether we’ll ever get an Austin Powers 4. Each movie in the series made more money than...

Kal Penn, one half of the Harold & Kumar comedy franchise (John Cho being the other half), wants to make a fourth installment. The original, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, was released in 2004 and became a cult classic. This was the height of the DVD era, so it makes sense why it did so well. Just imagine all of the dorm rooms that had a copy of this movie.

That success spawned the 2008 sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, which, you guessed it, revolves around the pair escaping from prison. A third movie, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas then came three years later at the height of the 3D craze. These films certainly know how to capitalize on trends, eh?

Now, nearly a decade has past and Penn thinks it’s time for another hit off of that bong. While speaking with Variety, he said...

Seann William Scott has signed on to the half-hour Fox pilot based on the British comedy series “This Country.”

The American version follows a documentary crew goes to a small town to study young adults and their current concerns. Their focus is the daily lives of cousins Kelly and Shrub Mallet and their idiosyncratic surroundings.

Scott will play Father Joe, a recent transplant from Minneapolis who is doing the best he can with what he’s got. Father Joe is a community leader in the town of Flatch, Ohio, and a father figure to Shrub and Kelly. He tries really hard to remain calm and although these two often test his patience, he is resolved to stay an optimist and a role model.

Scott stays in the Fox fold with the casting, as he joined the network’s series adaptation of “Lethal Weapon” in the show’s third season after...

I don’t fully understand why, but Hollywood has this massive hard-on for releasing sequels to comedies 10 years after the original is released. With the exception of Super Troopers 2 they have all been absolute garbage. Anchorman, Zoolander, Bad Santa, if you loved a comedy in the late ’00’s chances are there’s a terrible sequel […]

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The first trailer for James Franco's latest movie Pretenders is here. Franco has had his share of troubles in recent years, after facing multiple accusations of sexual misconduct in the wake of the #MeToo movement. But it hasn't slowed down his creative output any. Not only is Franco starring in a minor role here, but he also serves as director. Now, we have a look at the movie which looks to be a small-scale, human drama that tackles a messy tale of love in the movie business.

The trailer paints an image of a few young dreamers kicking around in late 1970s/early 1980s New York. It doesn't take long before we get to the heart of the issue here. A young filmmaker falls in love with a girl, and his friend similarly becomes stricken by the very same girl. A messy love triangle springs up and we see the situation progress overtime.

Could Paul Walter Hauser be our new Penguin in The Batman? While the studio has yet to weigh in officially, that's the fancy new rumor floating around online right now. Writer/director Matt Reeves, who previously helmed movies such as War for the Planet of the Apes and Cloverfield, is currently in pre-production on the long-gestating solo feature, which stars Robert Pattinson as our new Bruce Wayne/Batman. Now, we have this possibly juicy rumor regarding who might be playing one of the villains Battinson will be up against.

Again, we must caution, for the time being, this is merely a rumor and should be regarded as nothing more until it's substantiated elsewhere. That said, according to a new report, Paul Walter Hauser is being eyed as just one of the contenders for the role of Penguin in The Batman. The report doesn't mention who else Warner Bros. may be looking at,...

Now that Josh Gad is officially out of the running, fans are wondering who will play Penguin in The Batman. Rumors continue to swirl about potential castings, but one particular story makes too much sense to ignore. Reports of Paul Walter Hauser potentially portraying the iconic villain have been gaining steam lately. Now they’ve reached an all-time high, as the 32-year-old actor is one of the contenders that director Matt Reeves and Warner Bros. are currently considering to take on the role.

Hauser has been on the quite the hot streak recently, starring in several Oscar-winning movies as well as plenty of other high-profile projects. He played Shawn Eckhardt in the 2017 film I, Tonya and Ivanhoe in Spike Lee’s 2018 flick BlacKkKlansman, both of which walked away with Academy Awards in their respective seasons.

He’s also popped up in YouTube Premium’s Cobra Kai, Super Troopers 2 and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

The intense new trailer for American Dreamer from Saban films has dropped and it has us looking at Jim Gaffigan in a new light. The comedian is taking on his most intense role yet in the thriller from relatively newcomer Derrick Borte (London Town). Gaffigan (Being Frank) plays a rideshare driver who goes to extreme lengths in order to free himself from crushing debt.

In order to maintain custody rights of his son, Cam (Jim Gaffigan) needs to make some extra cash. So, he starts chauffeuring a low level drug dealer named Mazz, played by Robbie Jones (Temptations: Confessions of a Marriage Councilor). The pay isn't enough, so he finds another way. He kidnaps the dealer's child in hopes of getting ransom. To make things more complicated, Mazz enlists Cam to drive him around the city. Gaffigan had this to say about his character.

"This guy, he's like an Uber...

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TruTV has ordered Tacoma Fd Season 2, allowing for more rainy day firefighting adventures.

Some good news for a rainy Tacoma day!

Deadline reports that TruTV has ordered another season of firefighting comedy Tacoma Fd. Tacoma Fd Season 2 will feature 13 episodes. There is no early word on a release date, though Deadline notes it will go into production later this year and arrive in 2020.

Tacoma Fd was created by Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe and Super Troopers movie franchise. The show is set in rainy Tacoma, Washington where the climate means there are few fires and therefore few things for the local fire department to do other than annoy one another

The show's first season was a solid ratings performer for TruTV, becoming the number 1 rated new cable comedy among young adults. Premiering after TruTV's flagship Impractical Jokers certainly helped but...

Sir Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce are teaming up for action feature Long Gone Heroes. The special forces thriller will be launched in Cannes by Double Dutch International.

Directed by Santiago Manes Moreno (Alfred Hitchcock’s Gun), the film is produced by 7ONE7 Films with Moreno and If Beale Street Could Talk production manager Ines Mongil-Echandi, producing alongside Noli Mollakuqe (Warning Shot), Double Dutch International boss Jason Moring, Stanley Preschutti (Think Like A Dog) and Mark Padilla (Super Troopers 2) with Jay Fragus exec producing.

Long Gone Heroes tells the story of a special forces soldier for hire who’s given up country, religion, and even hope, and must return to the field of battle with his military team to track down a female reporter entangled in a huge political scandal while being hunted by the same mercenaries’ former comrades.

It comes as Ddi is preparing to launch a slate...

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Fact-based drama Richard Jewell is Clint Eastwood’s next news-story-inspired directorial effort.

Clint Eastwood may be pushing 90 years old (he turned 89 on May 31), but he’s still got plenty of creative fuel in his proverbial tank; a notion supported by his next directorial effort, Richard Jewell (formerly The Ballad of Richard Jewell), which will focus on the security guard wrongfully accused of attempting to bomb a town square near the 1996 Olympic Games.

Indeed, the onscreen legend and Oscar-winning director, Eastwood, occupied the director’s chair for the Disney/Fox fact-based drama. The film, based on an article of the same name from Vanity Fair, had Eastwood working off a script by Billy Ray, who worked on action-horror film Overlord, Tom Hanks-headlined Captain Phillips, film franchise launcher The Hunger Games and served as writer and credited creator of (now-canceled) Amazon series The Last Tycoon.

Richard Jewell is...

Exclusive: Damon Wayans Jr. and former Disney Channel star Jake Short are set as the leads in Supercool, a Ya film which is being directed by Teppo Airaksinen. The screenplay was written by Ali Moussavi and Olli Hakka. Haikka is also producing the project with Scott Einbinder.

The pic follows nerdy high school best friends Neil (Short) and Gilbert who are sick of being bullied. They long for the life of Porsches and hot girls, like Neil’s neighbor Jimmy “the legend” (Wayons Jr.). But when Neil makes a magical 11:11 wish with the hopes of attracting his dream girl, the unsuspecting Jimmy gets lured into a night of shenanigans, attracting way more than any of them bargained for.

Filming is slated to commence later this month in Alabama.

Wayans Jr., who most recently starred in the CBS comedy series Happy Together,...

Exclusive: Batwoman and The Meg star Ruby Rose is attached to star in action-thriller Doorman for director Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train).

Doorman, which is slated to shoot in April 2019, tells the story of an officer in the Marines who becomes traumatized while serving her country and returns home looking for an opportunity to heal. She seeks refuge as a doorman at a labyrinthine, historic, New York apartment building but discovers that mercenaries are intent on destroying everything in their way to retrieve precious art hidden in the building walls.

Rose’s star is high following her lead casting in CW’s Batwoman, and turns in box office hits The Meg, John Wick: Chapter 2, xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

Producers are Harry Winer (Space Camp) of Smash Media, Jason Moring (Super Troopers 2) of Double Dutch International, Michael Philip (Becoming), Phin Glynn (Mad To Be Normal), Sara Shaak (A.

The domestic box office hit $11.9 billion in 2018, up 6.7% over the previous year, and smashing the record $11.38 billion set in 2016. The top three earners — “Black Panther,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Incredibles 2” — all bested 2017’s B.O. champ, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” ($517 million). Promisingly, in an era of increased entertainment options, more people went to the movies in 2018: Attendance is expected to rise more than 4% over the prior year. Disney took 26% of this year’s market share, outpacing Warner Bros., its closest rival, by more than $1 billion.

Rank Title (Distrib) Domestic B.O. 1. Black Panther (Disney) $700,059,566 2. Avengers: Infinity War (Disney) $678,815,482 3. Incredibles 2 (Disney) $608,581,744 4. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (U) $417,719,760 5. Deadpool 2 (Fox) $318,491,426 6. Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch* (U) $266,280,410 7. Jumanji: Welcome … Jungle† (Sony) $235,512,923 8. Mission: Impossible — Fallout (Par) $220,159,104 9. Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney) $216,648,740 10. Solo: A Star Wars Story (Disney) $213,767,512 11. Venom* (Sony) $213,312,395 12. A Star Is Born* (WB) $199,807,885 13. Aquaman* (WB) $194,359,824 14. Bohemian Rhapsody* (Fox) $189,813,133 15. A Quiet Place...

This week is Thanksgiving, but that also brings about Black Friday. There are a lot of deals to sift through, so I've broken down the best movie/gaming deals and where you can find them!

This week doesn't just bring a plethora of food to eat, but also kicks off the start of the Christmas shopping season with the notorious, Black Friday! As always, there are some amazing deals for movie fans and gamers to take advantage of, but sifting through it all can be a hassle. Here, I've broken down the different deals and where to find them:

Game Consoles

Nintendo 2Ds Mario Maker Bundle $79.99

Microsoft Xbox One S 1Tb Minecraft Creators console bundle $199.99

Sony Playstation 4 1Tb Spider-Man Bundle $199.99

Playstation Vr Bundle $249.99 (Target)

Xbox One X $399 at Walmart

Games

Star Wars: Battlefront II - $7.99 at Best Buy ($15 at Target)

Red Dead Redemption $9.99 (Best Buy)

Overwatch: Origins Edition - $15 (Target...

Longtime Fox Searchlight publicity executive Cassandra Butcher has been hired by Bron Studios to become its chief marketing officer. She now joins the producer-financier behind upcoming pics like The Front Runner and The Nightingale, and which has films like Jay Roach’s Roger Ailes movie, the Tom Hanks-starrer Greyhound, the Al Capone movie Fonzo and Bill Condon’s The Good Liar in the works.

In her new role Butcher will oversee all marketing campaigns and work with the company’s distribution and sales partners, and become a part of the development and production process for both film and TV projects. She’ll work with chief content officer Anjay Nagpal and chief strategy officer Ashley Levinson at Aaron L. Gilbert’s company.

“Aaron and I and the entire Bron team are thrilled to welcome Cassandra to the company,” said Brenda Gilbert in a press release. “She will further cement our...

Westworld’s Clifton Collins Jr. and Izabela Vidovic (Wonder) are set for recurring roles in Hulu’s eight-episode Veronica Mars revival set for premiere in 2019.

The reboot returns star Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni and Jason Dohring to the series that ran for three seasons on Upn and the CW from 2004-2007. In the revival, spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the parents of one of the victims to find their son’s killer, Veronica (Bell) is drawn into an epic mystery that pits the enclave’s wealthy elites, who would rather put an end to the month-long bacchanalia, against a working class that relies on the cash influx that comes with being the West Coast’s answer to Daytona Beach.

Collins will play Alonzo, a mid-level hitman for a Mexican cartel. Because of his facility with English,...

Follow the incredible true story of Ron Stallwortth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in the unbelievably bold, BlacKkKlansman, arriving on Digital and the all-new digital move app Movies Anywhere on October 23, 2018 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on November 6, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Hailed by critics as “hugely entertaining” and “electric”, BlacKkKlansman comes from acclaimed producers Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Raymond Mansfield, Jordan Peele, Spike Lee, and Shaun Redick.

Now you can own the Blackkklansman Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has 1 copy to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie directed by Spike Lee? (mine is Do Teh Right Thing!). It’s so easy!

1. You Must Be A Us Resident. Prize Will Only Be Shipped To Us Addresses. No P.O. Boxes. No Duplicate Addresses.

2. Winner Will Be Chosen From All Qualifying Entries.

“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.

Welcome to prestige central. All the spooky goblins and demons have disappeared to be replaced by November’s slate of Oscar-nominated artists (with some winners) swinging for the fences in hopes of another. There’s high drama for parents and fantasy flavor for kids with auteur visions from festival season filling in the blanks. While the studios save their super serious stuff for Christmastime, those more “fun” titles of counterprogramming with critical appeal hit theaters now to whet our collective appetite.

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Exclusive: Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow is boosting the next generation of filmmakers, sponsoring two Scout Film Festival Emerging Storyteller grants at the upcoming third annual event, set for early next year.

Trevorrow is funding a $10,000 grant split between the 18 and under and 19 to 24 categories, and will join the panel of judges to review and select the winner. The Emerging Storyteller grant is an opportunity for emerging filmmakers worldwide to receive $5,000 and in-kind support for the completion of a new short narrative, documentary project, or work in progress in one of the two age categories.

“Today’s technology gives young filmmakers from all backgrounds an unprecedented opportunity to create,” said Trevorrow. “I’m proud to partner with the Scout Film Festival to support our next generation of storytellers.”

Scout Film Festival is a nonprofit, annual international event held in Stowe, Vt. It was founded with the vision of providing a...

The CW has put a gender-swapped, comedic take on Oscar Wilde’s novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” into development.

Written by “Super Troopers 2” alum Marisa Coughlan (pictured above), the series centers on a woman who made a deal with the devil to remain young for 50 years and has spent her half-century of youth living carelessly.

Here’s the official logline for the series: “In this poignantly comedic spin on ‘The Portrait of Dorian Gray’ a woman who made a deal with the devil 50 years ago to remain young has spent the subsequent decades living selfishly and without consequences. As the downsides of eternal youth finally land on her, Dorian is ready to grow up and age gracefully, but, to do so, she’ll have to make amends for half a century of bad behavior.”

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The CW has put in development Dorian, from Marisa Coughlan (Super Troopers 2), producer Len Goldstein (Hart of Dixie) and Warner Bros. TV.

Written by Coughlan, Dorian is a comedic spin on Oscar Wilde’s The Picture Of Dorian Gray with a gender switch. It centers on a woman who made a deal with the devil 50 years ago to remain young has spent the subsequent decades living selfishly and without consequences. As the downsides of eternal youth finally land on her, Dorian is ready to grow up and age gracefully, but, to do so, she’ll have to make amends for half a century of bad behavior.

Coughlan executive produces with Goldstein. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.

Former Side Order of Life star Coughlan was most recently seen as Ursula in Jay Chandrasekhar’s feature Super Troopers 2. As a writer, she previously teamed with Jim Parsons on a...

Universal has revealed the release date and details for the 4K Ultra HD/Blu-Ray of Spike Lee's latest film, BlacKkKlansman. Come inside to learn more!

If you've been eager to check out the bizarre true story of BlacKkKlansman, or simply want to watch it again, then you'll get the chance in the next couple months. Universal Pictures announced the film will arrive digitally on October 23rd with the 4K Ultra HD/blu-ray dropping on November 6th.

Follow the incredible true story of Ron Stallwortth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in the unbelievably bold, BlacKkKlansman, arriving on Digital and the all-new digital move app Movies Anywhere on October 23, 2018 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on November 6, 2018 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Hailed by critics as “hugely entertaining” and “electric”, BlacKkKlansman comes from acclaimed director Spike Lee and Academy Award-winning producers Jason Blum and Jordan Peele.