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Wildlife extinction rates are soaring, and natural habitats are degrading faster than ever. Amid this global biodiversity crisis, the third Unearthed: Nature needs us podcast series from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is more than just a series of discussions - it's a vital dialogue about the future of our planet.

Narrated by Dr Mya-Rose Craig, an environmentalist, ornithologist, and diversity activist known as Birdgirl, the third series of the award-winning podcast takes a deeper look into transformative and nature-based solutions that harness the innate strategies biodiversity can inspire us with.

Unearthed explores the essential connections in nature’s web – from the microscopic life in our soils to the expansive forest canopies that sustain our world. Each episode highlights Kew’s pioneering research and showcases real-world conservation projects, such as seed banking, which are critical for preserving our planet's biodiversity.

Dr Craig discusses the complex ecological networks that offer revolutionary approaches to conservation.

The Stop and Frisk initiative in New York is about to get a whole lot scarier. The Maniac Cop remake is finally getting ready to shoot on location in the city, with production kicking off in the spring of 2016. John Hyams, best known for his Universal Soldier sequels Day of Reckoning and Regeneration, is directing. Cult favorite director Nicolas Winding Refn, the man behind 2011's Drive starring Ryan Gosling, will produce alongside William Lustig.

Maniac Cop has been in development since 2012. The screenplay is being penned by prolific comic book writer and raconteur Ed Brubaker. John Hyams says that William Lustig, the man who directed the original Maniac Cop trilogy, specifically sought him out for the role. The director explains.

"I'm a huge admirer of both producers and I'd been looking to do something that bridges the gap between action and horror like this. The script is able to re-invent...

Meet some of the best directors working today, who haven't gone down the blockbuster movie route...

Ever find it a bit lame when the same big name directors get kicked around for every high profile project? Christopher Nolan, Jj Abrams, maybe the Russo Brothers? With so much focus on blockbuster films these days, getting a major franchise job seems like the main acknowledgement of success for a filmmaker. And yes, both the financial and creative rewards can be great. But there are plenty of other directors out there, doing their own thing, from art house auteurs to Dtv action specialists.

Here are 25 examples.

Lee Hardcastle

Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen Lee Hardcastle’s ultraviolent claymations shared on social media. He first started getting noticed for his two-minute remake of The Thing, starring the famous stop motion penguin Pingu. Far from just a cheap one-joke mash-up,...

The labels “political” and “conscious” have been ascribed to rapper Talib Kweli throughout his music career, beginning with his start as a member of Black Star, the underground hip hop duo he founded with Mos Def 15 years ago. While he has enjoyed commercial success -- his latest album "Prisoner of Conscious," released this month, is his sixth solo venture -- Kweli has cultivated a unique hip hop voice grounded in lyricism and political awareness that has distinguished him from his mainstream rap counterparts.

On the heels of his appearance in the film, #ReGENERATION, a recently released documentary that examines apathy and activism among today’s youth, the Huffington Post caught up with Kweli to chat about the “Me” generation; Occupy Wall Street; why he doesn’t vote; whether it’s worth it for young people to go to college, and more. #ReGENERATION, directed by Phillip Montgomery and narrated by Ryan Gosling,...

Title: #ReGENERATION Director: Phillip Montgomery The social activism documentary subgenre is a rich one, but the best of these sorts of willfully disquieting films — like “The Corporation,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Who Killed the Electric Car?” and Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” – aren’t merely reflexive sermons to the choir, but instead movies that try to root down into systemic injustice, abuse, fraud and scientific rejection, in a fervent effort to expose the cost of continued social apathy and silence. Narrated by Ryan Gosling, the slim but still thought-provoking “#ReGENERATION” slots in nicely as a minor-chord entry of this sort. Director Phillip Montgomery’s film has an agitator’s soul, and that’s perhaps a good [ Read More ]...

Hey girl, do you love the sound of Ryan Gosling's voice? Well, tonight you can listen to it for almost two hours straight.

Thursday night, "#ReGENERATION" premieres in Los Angeles at Downtown Independent. The documentary film is narrated by Ryan Gosling and features Noam Chomsky, Talib Kewli and the late Howard Zinn, amongst others. STS9: Sound Tribe Sector 9 created the music for the soundtrack.

The documentary looks to dissect the challenges that the Millennial Generation faces, as well as take a look at the collective efforts that contribute to Millennial's social activism. View the trailer above.

You can buy tickets for the La premiere of "#ReGENERATION" here. Bonus: director Philip Montgomery and producer Matt DeRoss will speak after the film premiere.

Gosling himself has stepped into the world of activism recently with his Huffington Post blog posts on "I Am Congo."

Photos: Check out some of Ryan Gosling...

If you want to make a convincing case, you need to have powerful rhetoric and/or empirical data.  Phillip Montgomery's documentary ReGeneration has neither.  The documentary argues that Americans, and particularly young Americans, have become apathetic towards the world's problems.  Montogomery then tries to trace the causes of their apathy by tracing a path through technology, media, history, and the overwhelming nature of major issues and crises facing the world today.  The movie occasionally trips over a salient or thoughtful point, but ReGeneration spends most of its time working off fallacies, personal anecdotes, and generalities.  The result is a simple-minded observation that insults the viewer's intelligence and the efforts of socially-conscious teenagers. Within the first few minutes, ReGeneration proves it's working off fallacies and ignoring context.  The movie opens by trying to prove how Americans have declined into apathy, and our high point was the "Greatest Generation", i.e.

Without a doubt one of the most awesome, coolest, and sought-after actors working at the moment, Ryan Gosling earned his second producing credit (after exec. producing Blue Valentine) on Phillip Montgomery’s documentary, #ReGENERATION, and lended his voice to narrate the project too.

A new trailer for the documentary has now surfaced, showing Gosling’s narration as well as the various interviews featured, including conversations with Noam Chomsky, Talib Kweli, Kalle Lasn, the late Howard Zinn, and many more.

“Beyond the labels of “Generation X” and “Generation Y,” the feature documentary film ReGeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic approach to social and political causes.

Focused on how today’s education, parenting, and media can shape us, the film follows three separate walks of life representing today’s generation. Each brings their own...

The trailer for the documentary ReGeneration has gone online. The film, produced and narrated by Ryan Gosling, argues that today's generation of teenagers and young adults are far more apathetic than previous generations. The synopsis says the doc "takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic approach to social and political causes." Hit the jump for the trailer and why I think this movie is going to be irritating. Here's the trailer [via Toh]: ReGENERATION Trailer from Phillip Montgomery on Vimeo. And here's the official synopsis from the movie's website: Beyond the labels of “Generation X” and “Generation Y,” the feature documentary film ReGeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic approach to social and political causes. Focused on how today’s education,...

#ReGENERATION," produced and narrated by Ryan Gosling, is a documentary that takes a look at how political apathy among young people ultimately contributed to the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The film explores the widespread cynicism of today's younger generations and features some of the worlds leading scholars, activists, and media personalities, including Andrew Bacevich, Noam Chomsky, Talib Kweli, Kalle Lasn, Amy Goodman, Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9), and the late Howard Zinn. Those featured share insights on how the seedlings of ideas can transform into inspiring movements and incite change.

"#ReGENERATION" explores how education, parenting, and media can shape society, as the film traces the influence of these institutions on the generation's collective culture.

Each group the film features brings their own unique perspective to the forefront, from an inspired collective of musicians working outside the corporate system to a twenty-something conservative family about to welcome the birth of their second child.

Heaps of brand new photos from Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Adventures of Tintin, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Carnage and Contraband.

A new photo of Sean Penn and Josh Brolin in Gangster Squad, Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess in Upside Down, David Walliams in Great Expectations

Posters for Perfect Sense, Casa De Mi Padre, Safe House, The Vow, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, W.E..

Set photos of Gemma Arterton in Hastings shooting Neil Jordan's vampire movie Byzantium, and some beautiful backstage photos showing off the period recreation on the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master

"One of the year's best films, "Drive", was based on a 2005 novel by James Sallis. Now Sallis has penned a sequel novel "Driven" which is set six years on and could be out as early as April…" (full details)

"Nick Frost says that at least a first draft...

Red Flag Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to the Phillip Montgomery-directed documentary ReGeneration. Ryan Gosling narrates and produced the film, which Red Flag will release in April. A graduate of Nyu Film School, Montgomery features students from his former high school in Eagan, Minnesota, in an exploration of the roots of apathy and cynicism in today's youth and the factors that led to the Occupy movement. Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Talib Kweli and Adbusters founder Kalle Lasn are among the commentators that appear in the film. Sound Tribe Sector 9, which is featured in the movie, created the original score. Photos:

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Ari Hest's new record "Sunset Over Hope Street" is primarily concerned with, as he puts it, the "unease" over the passage of time. I wouldn't call it a sunny record, but it's not without hope, as it's title might suggest. There is however, no way to sugar coat this video for "Business Of America," a sobering ballad about a shallow age and bottom lines.

"Gather up the goods like a good robot / It isn't what you are it is what you got / Pay no attention to the dying man / If he ain't got cash we won't lend a hand," Hest sings to images of America's homeless and destitute. The video was directed by Phillip Montgomery, whose previous documentary "ReGeneration" (featured Noam Chomsky, and Talib Kweli with narration by Ryan Gosling) explored the cynicism and apathy prevalent in today's youth. "Sunset Over Hope Street" released March 1, 2011 via Downtown Records' Mercer Street imprint.

New photos for Killers and You Again. Two new shots from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, final posters both domestic and international for "The Last Airbender", and a poster for Splice.

For those who want to be spoiled, descriptions of the "Super 8" teaser trailer can be found at /Film and AICN.

A photo of what's claimed to be one of the designs being considered for the "Godzilla" reboot in the works is up at Twitchfilm.

Sony Pictures has announced that both the Chris Rock-led comedy "Death at A Funeral" and Ricky Gervais' "Cemetery Junction" will Not be getting a theatrical release in Australia.

""Kick-Ass" star Christopher Mintz-Plasse has shot down the talk of the sequel gearing up. The actor revealed on his Twitter - "Don't believe what you are hearing about Kick-Ass 2 guys. It is not confirmed, but I will love to do it when the time is right!

The franchise is hardly dying: Hitman screenwriter Skip Woods has been tapped to write the fifth Die Hard movie. Poor John McClane. At what point is he too old for this s–––? [THR] Mila Kunis is set to star alongside Justin Timberlake in the rom-com Friends With Benefits. Aetna or Blue Cross Blue Shield? [Variety] Ryan Gosling will narrate Phillip Montgomery's ReGeneration documentary, which chronicles young people's apathy towards social and political causes. One thing young people aren't apathetic about? Ryan Gosling. [THR] Walking Dead is really coming alive: The much-anticipated AMC zombie drama has tapped Laurie Holden to star as sniper...

Academy Award-nominated actor Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate Phillip Montgomery's ReGeneration , a new documentary that "explores the widespread cynicism in today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic view towards social and political causes." Gosling is also producing along with Anonymous Content's Matt DeRoss and Engine 7 Films' Joel Goulder and Jeremy Goulder. Montgomery said, "It is an honor to work with one of the most talented and intelligent artists of our generation. As a socially conscious individual himself, Ryan brings an inspired freshness to the films core message of hope and action. There is truly no better voice to guide us through this film." Beyond the labels of "Generation X" and...

Ryan Gosling to narrate documentaryHollywood News is reporting that Academy Award nominated actor Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate Phillip Montgomery's ReGeneration, a new documentary that explores the widespread cynicism in today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic view towards social and political causes. Gosling is also producing along with Anonymous Content's Matt DeRoss and Engine 7 Films' Joel Goulder and Jeremy Goulder.

Montgomery said, "It is an honor to work with one of the most talented and intelligent artists of our generation. As a socially conscious individual himself, Ryan brings an inspired freshness to the films core message of hope and action. There is truly no better voice to guide us through this film."

Beyond the labels of "Generation X" and "Generation Y," the feature documentary film Regeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today's youth and young adults,...

Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate a new documentary about the apathy and cynicism of young people today towards social causes. It's called ReGeneration, but, like, whatever man. That's just your opinion. We don't care anyway.We're told that the film, from documentary maker Phillip Montgomery, "takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic approach to social and political causes". It does this by focusing on a radical collective of musicians, a young conservative family and a group of ordinary high school students.Gosling will also be producing the film, which doesn't yet have a release date. Hey, if anything can get The Notebook generation voting, it'd be Ryan Gosling - right?...

Academy Award nominated actor Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate Phillip Montgomery’s Regeneration, a new documentary that explores the widespread cynicism in today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic view towards social and political causes. Gosling is also producing along with Anonymous Content’s Matt DeRoss and Engine 7 Films’ Joel Goulder and Jeremy Goulder.

Montgomery said, “It is an honor to work with one of the most talented and intelligent artists of our generation. As a socially conscious individual himself, Ryan brings an inspired freshness to the films core message of hope and action. There is truly no better voice to guide us through this film.”

Beyond the labels of “Generation X” and “Generation Y,” the feature documentary film Regeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our...