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Industry veteran Mark Harmon was a part of the popular CBS show NCIS for years. As such, his involvement in the series’ construction stands out from the rest. However, it wasn’t just Harmon who was dedicated to his role, it turns out the NCIS crew, too, was mighty appreciative of him.

Mark Harmon in NCIS | Credits: CBS

In fact, the love for him in the series became blatantly evident when his own character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, made references to his glorious career on two separate occasions.

Although he left the show in 2021, his attachment to it never lessened. His recent return for NCIS: Origins, a prequel based on his character, is a testament to that fact.

NCIS paid tribute to Mark Harmon’s glorious career on two different episodes

Mark Harmon was a part of NCIS for 18 seasons until he said goodbye to the show in 2021. While the show...

Known for portraying the notorious Marvel villain, Kingpin, Vincent D’Onofrio has enjoyed a lengthy career filled with standout performances in both film and television. And one of his roles that really impacted the actor was Robert Goren from Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Vincent D’Onofrio as Kingpin | Credits: Marvel Studios

The actor portrayed the junior detective in the police procedural drama throughout its 10-season run and later opened up about how starring in the show left a lasting impact on him and significantly enhanced his skills to make him a much better actor.

Vincent D’Onofrio Reflected on the Challenges of Starring on Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Starring in the Law & Order spin-off, Criminal Intent, Vincent D’Onofrio made his debut as the junior detective Robert Goren in 2001, a character which has since become his longest and one of the most popular roles.

However, starring on the show was not without its challenges,...

Can you imagine two gaming sensations being chained to one another for an entire streaming session? Kai Cenat and iShowSpeed are about to go real on this.

In this stream, they’ll be physically chained together until they beat Chained Together. But how well would they stand against their own challenge? Are they going to deliver what their fans are expecting?

It’s about time we get to know.

Kai Cenat and IShowSpeed Bound by Pixels and Ropes How is this venture going to turn out this time? Image Credit: Anegar Games

Kai Cenat had recently broken records during his incredible gameplay in Elden Ring. He is a sensation. There is no doubt about that. But this collab stream is going to be another milestone if done all too well with iShowSpeed.

Suggested“People can’t appreciate anything worth grinding for”: Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree Steam...

In 2017, Kaoru Shinozaki started an ongoing novel series whose full title is Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells, often abbreviated as simply Failure Frame. After a light novel and manga adaptation, Failure Frame is finally getting an anime adaptation as well, which was officially confirmed in January 2024. Now, we can confirm that the first trailer for the upcoming Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells anime series has been released and that the series has confirmed a July 2024 release window, which means that it will be another great addition to the Summer 2024 slate.

Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells is an isekai series with dark fantasy elements, and fans of the genre are certainly going to enjoy the series, which is why we have decided to provide you with all the latest updates.

Yuuki Wakura is really in over his head with the arrival of the Sixth Unit! A new key visual for this season's Chained Soldier shows him, Kyoka Uzen and Tenka Izumo—with the two ladies striking powerful poses. Take a look: Related: Chained Soldier TV Anime Heralds the Arrival of the Sixth Unit in New Trailer The original Chained Soldier manga is written by Takahiro, illustrated by Yohei Takamura, and published by Shueisha in their Shonen Jump+ magazine. An English language version is also available from Yen Press. Junji Nishimura and Goro Kuji direct the Chained Soldier TV anime at animation studio Seven Arcs. Related: Chained Soldier Anime Turns Back Time with Yuchiho Azuma Character Trailer The series is currently streaming on Hidive, who describe it thus: Two supernatural forces appeared simultaneously on Earth: entrances to another dimension known as Mato, and Peaches, resources that give unique abilities to women.

Featuring "Turn the World" by Nana Mizuki ( Tomodachi Game Op) and "Dear Pantalei" by Sumire Uesaka ( TenPuru Ed), respectively, the creditless versions of supernatural action anime Shaman King Flowers ' opening and ending theme sequences are now available to watch below. Related: Chained Soldier TV Anime Unleashes Creditless Opening Theme Video Based on the sequel manga by Hiroyuki Takei, Takeshi Furuta ( Double Decker! Doug & Kirill ) directs Shaman King Flowers at studio Bridge, with series composition by Shoji Yonemura, character designs by Mayuko Yamamoto and music by Yuki Hayashi ( My Hero Academia ). Netflix aired the first Shaman King anime reboot in 2021 and 2022. Kodansha USA, which publishes the manga's official Shaman King Flowers English version, describes the series: The action returns in this brand-new sequel to Shaman King! Hana Asakura finds that being the son of Yoh & Anna Asakura isn't all it's cracked up to be, and his boredom has him itching for any kind of excitement.

Peach Momoko's art style combines cuteness and gore, using elegant watercolor brushstrokes. Her artwork for Ultimate X-Men is disturbing yet captivating, showcasing visceral and gory imagery. She has a knack for merging Japanese folklore with Marvel characters, creating unforgettable and grotesque scenes.

Writer/artist Peach Momoko is a full-fledged star at Marvel Comics and her incredible work will be on full display in the new Ultimate X-Men series. Her distinct art style marries the cute and the grotesque, all while using elegant watercolor brushstrokes. After the success of her critically-acclaimed alternate universe X-Men series, Demon Days, Momoko will be taking on a flagship title with the upcoming relaunch of Ultimate X-Men.

Readers got a taste of what Peach Momoko has in store for Armor and the other mutants in a two-page preview at the end of Ultimate Universe #1. Her style can be very visceral and gory, belying the genteel beauty of her techniques.

Superman outdoes the Flash by improving on his phasing technique to escape a secure facility designed by Lex Luthor. Superman's diverse range of powers, including super speed and heat vision, enable him to overload the prison's defenses and break free. Despite not being as fast as the Flash, Superman's additional abilities give him an advantage that even the Flash couldn't replicate.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Superman #7!One of the greatest tricks used by the Flash has just been improved upon by Superman. As a powerful new threat sets out to destroy Metropolis, the Man of Steel is trapped in the most secure facility on Earth. But his most impressive display shows how Superman has outdone the Fastest Man Alive.

Superman has discovered a lot about Metropolis ever since he took over Lex Luthor's former business. Using SuperCorp's resources, Clark began digging into a buried project known as 'Project: Chained',...

The powerful new enemy, the Chained, is using a destructive ability to wreak havoc on Metropolis, and he may be too much for Superman and his allies to handle. Superman has been working with his oldest enemy, Lex Luthor, and has used SuperCorp to discover new threats to Metropolis. The Chained possesses an advanced version of Superboy's tactile telekinesis, which could easily destroy the city. The Super-Family must uncover the secrets behind the Chained's powers and stop him before it's too late. Superman #7 is available now.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Superman #7!The Chained, Superman's powerfully destructive new enemy, is using one ability to destroy everything in his path. In his quest to do the right thing, Man of Steel has unleashed a monster on Metropolis. With a power shared by one surprising superhero, the Chained might be too much for Superman and his allies to handle.

Since returning to Earth,...

Superman faces his most dangerous threat yet as he comes face to face with the Chained, a villain who can negate his powers. The Chained possesses intense telekinesis, manipulating chains, rock, and even redirecting Superman's heat vision. With the ability to defeat Superman and a potential to grow even stronger, the Chained poses a grave danger to both Superman and Metropolis.

Warning! Contains spoilers for Superman #6!The abilities Superman uses to take down his usual villains might not be enough to stop his newest foe. The Man of Steel discovers a powerful new enemy that could be the hero's most dangerous threat yet.

In Superman #6 by Joshua Williamson and Gleb Melnikov, the recent assassination attempt of Lex Luthor weighs heavily on Clark's mind. Superman also wonders about Project: Chained, a mysterious project Lex's old enemies, Pharm and Graft, brought to Clark's attention. Clark does some digging at SuperCorp and...

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Young Adam (2003): A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers’ lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer.

Bad Education (2004): An examination...

Superman is about to face a new villain known only as the Chained, who is being compared to Doomsday - the villain who killed him with its bare hands. However, the Chained isn't just powerful - he's Superman's ideological opposite, here to test the very core of the Man of Steel. The Chained will debut in September's Superman #6, from Joshua Williamson and Gleb Melnikov.

A lot of new information has come out of Sdcc, and one of the biggest reveals is the brand-new enemy for Superman. The Chained is an enemy so terrifying and powerful that even Lex Luthor feared him. Lex created a prison specifically to hold the Chained and sealed him away for years, but with Lex Luthor now in prison and Superman running the business SuperCorp, which is a rebrand of LexCorp, Clark now has access to all of Lex's secrets, including where the Chained is hidden.

Exclusive: Noble Story Co. has secured the rights to New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews’ The Heart Mender, with plans to develop it for film.

The historical fiction novel tells the story of Helen Mason, a young woman who is unable to abandon her resentment toward the Nazi war machine that took her husband’s life. In the summer of 1942, she comes upon German U-boat officer Lt. Josef Landermann, who has washed ashore after being abandoned and left for dead by the Kriegsmarine, and this moment ends up changing her life forever.

The project was brought to Andrew Teravskis and Adam Gregory’s Noble Story Co. by Edgar Struble, and will produce it alongside the duo. Noble Story Co. is a fan-owned production company with five other features and two series in the works, which is represented by by Arine Harapeti. Andrews is repped by Neely & Callaghan.

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Diane Kruger and rising star Talia Ryder are set to don ballet shoes for writer-director James Napier Robertson’s Joika, which has also landed a number of key territory deals and now has a production date in its sights.

Ryder, who broke out in Eliza Hittman’s indie hit and Berlin Silver Bear-winning Never Rarely Sometimes Always for Focus Features, will play Joy “Joika” Womack, one of a handful of foreigners — and only two U.S. women — to ever penetrate Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy. She replaces JoJo Rabbit star Thomasin McKenzie, who was originally attached when the film ...

Comedian, author and actor Patricia Williams aka Ms. Pat has booked her first hourlong stand-up comedy special at Netflix, Variety has learned exclusively.

The special, which is still to be titled, will be shot at the Atlanta Comedy Theater on Sept. 25. While this is Ms. Pat’s first hourlong special, she previously appeared in the second season of the streamer’s “The Degenerates” stand-up series, delivering a half-hour set.

Ms. Pat’s unique voice comes from always being honest and personal to her own life, rather than reaching for a hot topic or headline of the moment. That’s why she says you shouldn’t expect Covid jokes in her new special. But you also shouldn’t expect to hear about the same people or pockets of her life she included in “The Degenerates”; her 2017 memoir, “Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat”; or her BET Plus sitcom, “The Ms. Pat Show.

In June 2020 Disney announced that Splash Mountain, one of the mainstay rides at its U.S. parks whose theme was based on the Uncle Remus Br’er Rabbit story from the studio’s controversial 1946 film Song of the South, would be reimagined based on its more recent film The Princess and the Frog, which gave the world its first Black Disney princess. Today, Disney revealed new details about the forthcoming attraction at Disneyland and Disney World.

The timetable and name for the new rides have yet to be announced, but Disney Imagineering Senior Creative Producer Charita Carter, who is steering the parks’ Tiana project, said her team has been hard at work behind the scenes crafting an all-new story for Tiana and friends that will be set after the events of the film.

That process has involved a lot of brainstorming, planning and general imagineering. It will also include multiple research trips to New Orleans,...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is heading to 4K Ultra HD for the first time just in time for Christmas. Disney has officially announced that the movie will be available to own on 4K Uhd Blu-ray on Dec. 7, 2021. This will be the first time the classic movie has been available in Hdr picture quality and Dolby Atmos audio. The Ultimate Collector's Edition will also be available in a limited-edition SteelBook release exclusive to Best Buy stores.

Robert Zemeckis directed Who Framed Roger Rabbit? using a screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Featuring Charles Fleischer and Kathleen Turner as the voices of Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit, the movie also stars Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Stubby Kaye, Joanna Cassidy, and Alan Tilvern. Legendary voice actor Mel Blanc also voiced Looney Tunes characters that appeared in the movie.

The groundbreaking movie was a tremendous hit when it was released in theaters...

Searchlight Pictures have announced the full cast and crew for the recently completed feature production ‘See How They Run’.

Directed by BAFTA award-winning director Tom George (This Country) and from producers, Damian Jones and Gina Carter, the film, which is based on an original screenplay by Mark Chappell, will include Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody and David Oyelowo as part of an ensemble of acclaimed stage and screen talent.

The film is set in the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theatre underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

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(Warning: This post contains spoilers for "American Horror Stories" Episode 3 "Drive In.")

The third installment of FX on Hulu's new "American Horror Story" spinoff anthology series "American Horror Stories" launched Thursday, featuring performances by "AHS" staple John Carroll Lynch and franchise newcomers Madison Bailey and Rhenzy Feliz. In this hour, Lynch plays Larry Bitterman, the filmmaker of the fictional "Rabbit Rabbit," a supposedly cursed film that had all of its prints destroyed after moviegoers killed each other in the first showing.

Turns out, the film is truly cursed and teen lovers Kelley (Bailey) and Chad (Feliz) find that out the hard way when they attend a drive-in showing of the last remaining print and everyone starts becoming murderous zombies that they have to take out to survive.

Eventually, Kelley and Chad figure out the director, who was imprisoned for years after assaulting former second lady Tipper Gore for having his film destroyed,...

Listening to your favorite podcast host can often feel like they’re talking one-on-one to just you in an intimate setting. After all the weekly shows, you may think you know all there is to know about them. But there’s always a deeper, and sometimes darker, backstory about your favorite funny and informative podcasters, and the journey of how they got to where they are.

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Though they’ve technically been around since the mid-2000s, podcasts have exploded in popularity in the past few years,...

The critics swooned for it, the studio marketed the heck out of it, and its feel-good message couldn’t have arrived at a better time. So why did Warner Bros’ splashy new movie-musical In the Heights receive such a lukewarm turnout in its opening weekend? With advance predictions pegging the debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage-to-screen adaptation at around $20 million, In the Heights fell well short of expectations, pulling in a soft $11.4 million in its first frame, leaving an opening for the three-week-old horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II to reclaim the top spot in North America. Meanwhile, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway hopped its way into third place in with a $10.4 million bow.

After dropping down to second place last weekend, the John Krasinski-directed A Quiet Place Part II rebounded with just under $11.7 million in its third weekend in theaters. Paramount’s PG-13-rated suspense sequel...

Here’s a concise description of the reality of the state of moviegoing: In two consecutive weekends, Warner Bros. released two movies. One was the eighth entry in the “Conjuring” horror franchise. The other, an acclaimed musical film, celebrated as a breakthrough in representation of Latinos onscreen. Both concurrently showed at no extra cost on HBO Max for subscribers.

“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” grossed $24.1 million. “In the Heights” managed less than half, at just $11.4 million.

Jon M. Chu’s widely anticipated and critically adored film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Broadway musical failed to reach #1, falling $245,000 behind a strong third weekend for John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place Part II” (Paramount). The well-received sequel rose from #2 last week and dashed past the $100-million mark, the first film to do so in over a year.

Four films grossed over $10 million in a single weekend for the first...

Exclusive: WestEnd Films has acquired international rights on Dismissed, the buzzy new satirical comedy-drama Israeli TV series about a group of female army recruits.

The show was created by Israeli Television Academy winner Nir Berger (Dead End) and Atara Frish (Heroine), who also directs. It is produced by Naomi Levari (One Week and a Day) and Saar Yogev (Chained) for Black Sheep Film Productions and Kan: Israeli Public Broadcasting. Kan is currently broadcasting the 10 x 35 series and has already picked it up for a second season.

WestEnd will handle sales through its TV-focused WeSeries banner. The company’s series credits include Valley of Tears, which recently aired on HBO Max, and Traitor, which is now in post-production; both series come from writers/producers Ron Leshem (Euphoria) and Amit Cohen (False Flag). WestEnd also has a television development slate with production and financing company, Anton. The first project will be a...

The Critics Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday night, March 7, two days after the start of voting for Oscar nominations, so they have an opportunity to influence this year’s awards even more than usual. So who will win? Scroll down for our complete predictions in all 20 film categories, listed in order of our racetrack odds with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

SEE2021 Critics Choice TV predictions: Winner odds in 16 television categories

Our odds have been calculated by combining the predictions of Gold Derby users. They include Expert journalists from major media outlets, the Editors who cover awards year-round for Gold Derby, the Top 24 Users who got the highest scores predicting last year’s Critics Choice film winners, and the All-Star Top 24 who had the best prediction scores when you combine the last two years’ results.

These awards are handed out by the Critics Choice Association that comprises hundreds of print,...

Motown/UMe has marked the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s single release for “What’s Going On” — the title track from Rolling Stone’s Greatest Album of All Time — with an all-encompassing digital reissue of the 1971 LP out now on streaming services.

“What’s Going On” was released on January 20th, 1971, four months before the LP arrived. Over the past 20 years, the album has been reissued every decade, with early mixes, instrumentals and other rarities culled from the era added to each release.

To honor the single’s 50th birthday,...

Terry Gilliam is one of the most famously outspoken directors in the industry, and he knows fine well the impact it had on his career. If he’d simply smiled and nodded like many other filmmakers do, then he would have ended up tackling a number of high profile blockbusters having turned down Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Forrest Gump, both of which experienced major success with Robert Zemeckis at the helm.

He also knocked back an Alien sequel and eventual Best Picture winner Braveheart, tried twice to drag Watchmen out of development hell, found himself on the shortlist for The Truman Show and was J.K. Rowling’s number one choice for adapting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The author’s preferred candidate was shot down by Warner Bros., but Gilliam remembered and then rejected the opportunity to enter talks for sixth installment Half-Blood Prince.

That leaves 1995 sci-fi 12 Monkeys...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Panther was the first comic book movie to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards, with Todd Phillips’ Joker repeating the trick the following year, but the reason the organization widened the field from five films to anywhere up to ten in the first place is largely due to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight.

That’s why the Academy’s decision was informally labeled as ‘the Dark Knight rule,’ because many people believed that the second installment in the filmmaker’s Batman trilogy was grossly and unfairly overlooked for the top prize at the 2009 ceremony, especially when the underwhelming Frost/Nixon and The Reader landed nods for Best Picture.

It did win two gongs from eight nominations in total, though, including one for Heath Ledger’s iconic performance, and in the years since, The Dark Knight has been lauded as arguably...

Mediawan, one of Europe’s most thriving independent production-distribution groups, is looking to expand its leadership further into Europe with the acquisition of Lagardere Studios and a minority stake in Madrid-based banner Weekend Studio.

Following last month’s clearance by the anti-trust board, Mediawan has finalized its takeover of Lagardere Studios, an expansive French TV producer-distributor comprised of 27 companies, including the Spanish banner Boomerang, whose hit series include “The Time in Between” and “Mum detective;” Atlantique Productions, whose credits include Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series “The Eddy”; and Imagissime, the documentary producers behind hit Netflix documentary series “Who Killed Little Gregory?”

Pierre-Antoine Capton, chairman of Mediawan, said the company is now getting ready to integrate Lagardere Studios’ talent and labels into the org and is preparing to reorganize in order to create more synergies.

“With these new acquisitions we are going to strengthen our footprint in Spain, the Netherlands and Finland,...

Pamplona — No presentation at Conecta Fiction is as important as its CoPro Pitching Sessions, packed this year with 12 scripted series projects from Latin America and Europe. 2020’s hybrid edition – with Spanish producers and creators pitching in Pamplona, Latin Americans mostly online – is proving no exception. Following, a drill down on the 12 projects, half of which were presented on stage Wednesday morning at Conecta Fiction, whose budgetary level and historical setting reveal a heightened ambition in drama series from the Spanish-speaking world:

“Chained”

June 1940: Dunkirk ends with British defeat, France falls to Hitler’s troops. Two spies – English party girl – or so it seems – June Robinson and Spanish bon vivant Alejandro Salvatierra are recruited in a desperate attempt by Winston Churchill’s government to stop Spain entering WWII and the Dukes of Windsor negotiating Britain’s capitulation. A two programe type genre blender, mixing period drama and espionage thriller, an...

A few weeks back it was our pleasure to attend the press conference for Disney’s brand new movie The One and Only Ivan – the movie based on the hugely popular book by Katherine Applegate.

Attending the press conference were a raft of movie acting legends including Bryan Cranston (“Mack”), Sam Rockwell (“Ivan”), Angelina Jolie (“Stella”), Danny DeVito (“Bob the dog”), Helen Mirren (“Snickers the poodle”), Brooklynn Prince (“Ruby”), Chaka Khan (“Henrietta the chicken”), Mike White (“Frankie the seal” / screenwriter), Phillipa Soo (“Thelma the parrot”) and Ron Funchess (“Murphy the rabbit”) and Thea Sharrock (director).

During the super fun press conference, the cast talked about how they channelled their artsy side, Angelina Jolie and Brooklynn Prince talk about dressing up as elephants and bringing their characters to life while the rest talk about creating something so fresh and new and the wonder of working on such a great project. Director...

Provocateur Terry Gilliam has been wending his way back to filmmaking ever since his long-suffering 2018 Cervantes epic “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” finally hit U.S. theaters last year. However, like many directors who were in the middle of new projects, the pandemic has proven a challenge. As revealed in a new interview with the Ventotene Film Festival, as shared by Italian outlet La Repubblica (via The Playlist), Gilliam said he was at work on a movie inspired by a concept from Stanley Kubrick until lockdown stalled the film, despite having a script and cast ready to go.

“I was doing a film that was originally an idea by Stanley Kubrick,” said Gilliam, who added he was due to begin filming in September. “There was a script and I had a cast, but the lockdown has ruined everything.” The “Brazil” and “12 Monkeys” director also added, “At the moment,...

Japan Sinks 2020, the disaster anime on Netflix, is a perfect encapsulation of this awful year.

“Some might feel that a harrowing and hellish vision of the apocalypse in entertainment might be more than they can bear right now — and that’s perfectly understandable. But Pyeon-Gang Ho and Masaaki Yuasa’s Japan Sinks 2020, the latest anime miniseries from Science Saru, is more than worth gritting your teeth and sticking through.”

Read more at Thrillist.

For those working from home, check out these handy Zoom hacks to make your virtual meetings go easier.

“After years of essays, group projects, and corporate strategy plans, you just might consider yourself an expert at using Google Docs, Microsoft Excel, and other popular programs. Video-chatting with Zoom, on the other hand, still feels like new territory for many workers who are spending more time working from home.”

Read more at Mental Floss.

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Henry Cavill, star of The Witcher and our current Superman, recently built a gaming PC from top to bottom. The 37-year-old actor posted a video of himself, in a tank top, assembling the computer on Instagram during quarantine, which had a certain effect on the collective internet. Social media was not only impressed with Cavill's nerd cred, but they were especially impressed with, well, Cavill.

It's no secret that quite a few people find the Man of Steel star attractive. However, this video brought that out in people in a big, bad way. Thousands of posts across social media flooded in after the video started making the rounds. Henry Cavill seemed to egg people on in a playful way. His video was shared with the following caption.

"This kind of material isn't for everyone....viewer discretion is advised. You may see a lot of parts that you haven't seen before.

Breaking: Those theaters in low risk areas in China “can resume business in an orderly manner” as early as Monday, July 20, the China Film Administration announced in a recent notice.

There were rumblings in foreign distribution that China would start reopening on this date, however, sources weren’t so sure whether that meant simply that the Shanghai Film Festival was taking place on July 25. Today’s news is a positive sign of something greater.

Of course, those theaters reopening have to practice proper safety Covid-19 protocols. “Middle and high-risk areas are temporarily closed for business,” said the China Film Adminstration, “Once adjusted from low-risk areas to medium-high-risk areas, the epidemic prevention and control regulations shall be strictly implemented, and the prevention and control measures shall be strictly implemented.”

Cinemas have been closed since late January in the world’s second largest box office market,...

As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are released across the globe each week.

As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are being released in key territories each week.

France, opening Wednesday July 8

The French box office, which runs Wednesday to Wednesday, entered its third full week of activity on July 8, following the reopening of cinemas on June 22 after their 14-week Covid-19 hiatus. Programming for the first 10 days of reopening consisted mainly of re-released films, the theatrical careers of which were put on hold mid-March due to the lockdown,...

Amazon Prime Video is matching moves by streaming rivals by rolling out Watch Party, a new feature allowing simultaneous viewing of film or TV titles up to 100 Prime subscribers.

The feature, available for Prime members in the U.S. at no cost, started to slowly roll out Monday on laptops only. Apple’s Safari browser will not support the the native social viewing tool. It is unclear when — or if — it will arrive on other platforms beyond laptops, like gaming consoles, connected-tv devices or smart TVs.

Hulu said in May it is testing a feature it also calls Watch Party on its ad-free tier. Many Netflix users have spent time in recent months using the “Netflix Party” extension for Chrome web browsers. A Seattle-based startup called Scener has also announced ventures with HBO, Netflix and other programmers to enable social viewing. Kast is a more recent successor to predecessors like Rabbit,...

Stx Entertainment has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the Elisabeth Moss paranormal thriller “Run Rabbit Run,” the company announced Tuesday.

STXfilms will distribute director Daina Reid’s film in the U.S., U.K and Ireland with STXinternational set to introduce the film to buyers at this week’s Cannes Virtual Market. Umbrella Entertainment will be releasing in Australia and New Zealand.

Novelist Hannah Kent wrote the screenplay based on an original idea she developed with Carver Films. Moss stars as a fertility doctor who has a firm understanding of the cycle of life: you are born, you live, and then you die. But when she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behavior of her young daughter Mia, Sarah must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.

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Finalists to Conecta Fiction Reboot’s four pitching categories were unveiled Monday at the opening virtual session of the 4th Latin America-Europe TV co-production forum in Pamplona, Spain. Forced online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the on-site edition returns to Pamplona’s Baluarte Congress Center over Sept. 2-3.

Conecta Fiction director Géraldine Gonard hosted the opening ceremony at which María Chivite, President of Navarre, sent a video greeting where she reiterated her steadfast support for the industry.

All finalists will be invited to present their projects in person in September. Among the two key international categories, Pitch CoPro Series and Pitch Short-Form Series, are projects from the likes of Madrid-based Morena Films (“The Year of the Rat”), which has made more than 50 features and worked with a host of notable directors, including Oliver Stone, Asghar Farhadi, Icíar Bollaín, Steven Soderbergh, Carlos Saura and Pablo Trapero.

Colombia’s Fidelio Films made the cut with “Tenebris,...

Hulu will now allow users that subscribe to its ad-free streaming service to watch shows with friends as part of a new testing feature called Hulu Watch Party. While there are plenty of third-party sites for group video streaming, Hulu’s test marks one of the first times a major streamer has added group watching technology directly into its service.

The Hulu Watch Party feature is available on Hulu.com and will run on PC and Mac computers that have Hulu-compatible browsers. As of now, the feature is not available on any of Hulu’s apps on smart TVs, iPhones or Android.

Up to eight people ages 18 and up can join a virtual room that will synchronize on-screen content and let users chat live. If a viewer falls behind, a “click to catch up” button will immediately let them rejoin the rest of the group. To access the new feature,...

An axed subplot from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been revealed. One of the major plot points in the movie's finale sees Daisy Ridley's Rey revealing her new lightsaber. A yellow one, which is notable as it is a color we hadn't seen on screen in the franchise up to this point. While it came as something of a surprise at the end, there was originally going to be a plotline that would have helped to set this up.

The lightsaber was going to be in more than just one shot at the end. There was going to be a subplot throughout the film showing Rey working on it at her bench, using the Jedi texts as a guide.

— Phil Szostak (@PhilSzostak) May 16, 2020

The tidbit was revealed by Lucasfilm creative art manager Phil Szostak. A fan was expressing frustration with the reveal of the lightsaber at the end of the movie,...

There are a variety of different personality classifications, from horoscopes used in Western zodiac to personality tests like Mbti, all of which have their own way of classifying people based on the traits they possess within themselves. Everyone is unique, but people who believe in these different indicators and definitely feel like their identifier's traits match their own personality get pretty into it. 

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The Chinese zodiac is a classification system that is based on the birth year of the person, not the month they were born or a quiz like some others. There are 12 different animals in the Chinese zodiac with the Rabbit being assigned to people that were born during the year of the Rabbit, including 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951, 1939, and 1927. Rabbits tend to be kind, determined to reach goals that they've set, and have a serious attention to detail, but are definitely not interested in anything mundane or routine.

In today’s film news roundup, Tim Story is in talks to direct Kevin Hart in “Night Wolf,” Michael Moore calls off this year’s Traverse City Film Festival, and New York’s Israel Film Center Festival goes virtual.

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Stx Films is in final talks for director-producer Tim Story to re-team with Kevin Hart on the superhero comedy “Night Wolf.”

Story collaborated with Hart on both “Ride Along” movies and the two “Think Like a Man” titles. Hart came on to the “Night Wolf” project last year and will star and produce through his HartBeat Productions.

“Night Wolf,” written by “Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, follows Hart’s character meeting his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the Night Wolf.

Should the deal make, Story will direct and produce through his production company, The Story Company.

May the 4th be with you all! Happy Star Wars Day everyone, and to celebrate, we have some exciting news coming to us from a galaxy far, far, away. Yes, as the headline spoils, Taika Waititi is going to be at the helm for a Star Wars feature film. After his work on the Disney+ hit show The Mandalorian, there was no doubt that the powers that be would be hot for him to take the lead on a project of his own. Well, now we know that it’s happening, and Disney has waited until the prime date of May 4th to spring it on us. Read on for more… Not only is Waititi directing this flick, he’s co-writing it with Academy Award nominated writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Both were cited by Oscar last year, for Jojo Rabbit and 1917, respectively, so this brings them together on about as high...

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Mission: Impossible 7 is not quite back on schedule as previously reported this morning. Many assumed shooting had resumed as evidenced by new set photos. Tom Cruise can be seen doing his own stunts again in these leaked images. But Collider has confirmed with the studio that filming is not back on just yet. And what we're seeing here are tests for a stunt rig.

Production on the sequel came to a halt in Italy at the end of February due to the coronavirus pandemic. The entire country is now on lock down as the disease continues to spread. The studio announced that the production would take a three-week break before resuming. And now, it appears that Christopher McQuarrie and crew are almost ready to go, though it's unclear when any actual shooting will resume.

Tom Cruise can be seen doing a pretty awesome wheelie on a motorcycle in one...

1917 overtakes lifetime total of Bridget Jones’s Diary in UK.

Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog held on to the international box office crown after an estimated $26.8m haul secured primacy for the third weekend as the coronavirus continued to take a toll on cinema-going.

The spread of the virus has seen the studio delay Sonic’s release in China, and Japan too remains undated. Results for several films suffered in South Korea, the world’s fifth largest market where the recent Oscars success of Parasite had been expected to deliver a major fillip before the virus established the second highest fatality...

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

This week’s new release slate includes three big Oscar nominees (and one winner), an acclaimed indie that should’ve been up there with them, new Aardman animation on Netflix, a muscular old-school action flick, and two new Blu-rays from Criterion.

Continue reading The 9 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Beautiful Day,’ ’21 Bridges’ & More at The Playlist.

As the satirical coming-of-age story of a Hitler Youth kid whose jingoistic attitude and love of Adolf Hitler (who’s also his kooky imaginary friend) is challenged by a Jewish refugee his mother is hiding in the walls, Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit was a tonal tightrope walk.

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Waititi’s script, based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, nailed that complicated mixture of tones, and as a result, he walked home with the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. So, here are five scenes from Jojo Rabbit that made us laugh out loud, and five that shocked us to our core.

Kristian Brodie.

The film development fund launched by the UK’s Curzon, Madman Entertainment and Benelux distributor Cinéart is seeking filmmaker-driven projects from both established and emerging talent at all stages of the development process.

The Curzon Cm Development Fund is willing to help producers commission treatments or first drafts and to acquire book options as well as supporting projects in late-stage development.

That’s according to British producer Kristian Brodie, the fund’s head of film development based at Curzon’s London HQ.

The $US1.6 million fund aims to support a slate of 16 projects over three years. After that, the partners will have the option to roll into a second five-year plan, exit or be replaced by another partner.

Asked if he intends to focus on specific genres, Brodie tells If: “We’re pretty genre-agnostic here. While we’re unlikely to do an out-and-out slasher teen horror or a broad gross-out comedy,...

The morning after the Academy Awards, Taika Waititi — the winner of the adapted screenplay Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” — is drinking a Pedialyte. But however hungover the filmmaker might be, it does not stop him from hamming it up for a photo shoot. He writhes on a hotel room couch, folds himself into an armoire and holds out his Oscar with a look of mock terror on his face, as if he’s warding off a vampire with a cross.

“Jojo Rabbit,” loosely based on Christine Leunens’ 2008 novel “Caging Skies,” tells the story of Johannes Betzler, a sensitive 10-year-old boy (Roman Griffin Davis) in late-World War II Germany. Though he has conjured Adolf Hitler (Waititi) as an imaginary friend, his Nazi aspirations do not match his true character. In fact, he gets his nickname when older Hitler Youth kids pressure him to strangle a bunny, and he can’t. Jojo’s...