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Only a few characters in cinematic history have captivated the audience as much as Bruce Wayne, an enigmatic billionaire who takes on the role of Batman, a vigilante. There have been numerous cinematic iterations of this character, and each director has managed to offer a fresh perspective. However, Matt Reeves’ approach to The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson ventures into uncharted territories.

Robert Pattinson in The Batman | Credits: Warner Bros.

Pattinson’s Batman isn’t a charmer like Christian Bale’s or Ben Affleck’s Batman, he comes off as more reserved and brooding in his Bruce Wayne form. Reeves’ has a profound explanation for this artistic choice, and if you love the DC character, the director’s intent will undoubtedly move you.

Matt Reeves on Batman’s Defining Struggles Zoë Kravitz and Robert Pattinson in The Batman | Credits: Warner Bros.

In an interview on The Treatment, Matt Reeves delved into...

Matt Reeves’ The Batman was able to craft a take on The Dark Knight that was unique and well-made. Reeves in particular had really thought about how he would present Batman, a role essayed by Robert Pattinson, in a unique way. Speaking on The Treatment podcast, Reeves revealed his unique take on Batman, and how one of the aspects of that was explored in one scene.

Robert Pattinson in The Batman || Credit: WB

The scene in question here appears early in the film, where Batman rescues a subway user from a gang of goons with face paint. This has Batman declaring that he is ‘vengeance’ before he proceeds to beat them up. However, this scene, while looking like a rescue, actually has Batman indulging in his coping mechanism.

The Batman Subway Scene revealed how Bruce Wayne was coping with his trauma The Batman | Credit: Warner Bros.

Matt Reeves, speaking on The Treatment podcast,...

“The Bear,” “The Chi,” Ayo Edebiri and Wendell Pierce are among the winners announced Monday for the Sixth Annual Aafca TV Honors recognizing distinguished achievement in television and streaming, with a special focus on the Black diaspora. Presented by the African American Film Critics Association. The honors also celebrate individuals and their standout contributions to television. The Aafca Honors ceremony will take place August 24 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

Winners in the competitive categories are:

Best Documentary – “Black Twitter: A People’s History”

Best Ensemble – “Masters of the Air”

Best Limited Series/Special – “Genius: MLK/X”

Best New Show – “Bookie”

Best TV Acting (Female) – Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”)

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Best TV Acting (Male) – Wendell Pierce (“Elsbeth”)

Best TV Comedy – “Unprisoned”

Best TV Directing – Channing Godfrey Peoples (“Genius: MLK/X – Episode 401 ‘Graduation'”)

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The Chi, Unprisoned and Bookie are among the winners of the Sixth Annual Aafca TV Honors, which celebrate distinguished achievements in television and streaming.

Hosted by the African American Film Critics Association, the honors also celebrate individuals for their work in the industry and beyond. The ceremony will take place Aug. 24 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

Winners in the competitive categories are:

Best Documentary – Black Twitter: A People’s History

Best Ensemble – Masters of the Air

Best Limited Series/Special – Genius: MLK/X

Best New Show – Bookie

Best TV Acting (Female) – Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)

Best TV Acting (Male) – Wendell Pierce (Elsbeth)

Best TV Comedy – Unprisoned

Best TV Directing – Channing Godfrey Peoples (Genius: MLK/X – Episode 401 “Graduation)

Best TV Drama – The Chi

Best Writing – The Bear

Breakout Star – Josiah Cross (Masters of the Air)

Special achievement honorees are:

Legacy Award – Glynn Turman. Starting on Broadway at just...

Fanny Leander Bornedal and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Nightwatch: Demons Are ForeverImage: Shudder

Sequels may be commonplace throughout this summer’s release slate (an evergreen statement), but Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever is probably the least expected. It’s been 30 years since Ole Bornedal’s mortuary thriller kickstarted Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s career,...

Exclusive: Ace Entertainment has optioned TV rights to New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young’s In Nightfall, a young adult horror novel that was sought after by a number of production companies, sources tell Deadline.

SVP, Television Paul Kim and VP of Television Kendyll Boucher will serve as exec producers of the small-screen adaptation, we’re told.

Billed as a gender-swapped Lost Boys, or The Lost Boys meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer, In Nightfall was published by Penguin Random House/Delacorte Press in March 2023, going viral on X and being springboarded into the publishing zeitgeist when no one showed up to the author’s book launch in Tempe, Arizona.

The book takes place in the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, where it isn’t the dark you should be afraid of — it’s the girls. Theo and her brother, Marco, threw the biggest party of the year. And got caught.

Stifled artist-in-wait Ana Callet (Macarena Sanz) lives in the chaotic shadows of her boss, clandestine creative phenom Bassil. When she notices a rare condition is slowly causing her to disappear, she’s forced to leave her lucrative career behind and set out toward the cure for her ailment, which consists of sifting through a winding personal purgatory that nudges her toward metamorphosis.

“Show Yourself” (“Dejate Ver”), the latest from International Emmy-nominee Álvaro Carmona (“Gente Hablando”), is a refreshing take on self-discovery that treads beyond the barrage of the madcap folly Ana’s forced to wade through, the plot dotted with heartwarming revelations throughout, turning the allure of surface-level acceptance on its head to champion deeper, steadfast connection.

“The series has a strong authorial stamp, but nevertheless, it deals with universal themes that anyone can identify with, such as the concept of identity, personal fulfilment, the world of art and entertainment,...

One of the most memorable faces on daytime TV has died.

Elizabeth Hubbard, best known for her work on As the World Turns, passed away over the weekend.

She was 89.

Hubbard's son Jeremy Bennett shared the sad news via Facebook.

"I'm sorry to say with a broken heart my mom passed over the weekend," he wrote.

"Thank you for being an unmovable rock that guided me through life."

"I will try to honor your memory as long as I live."

Hubbard was a daytime TV staple, scoring 11 Daytime Emmy nominations throughout her impressive career.

Most of those nominations stemmed from her work on As the World Turns in the role of Lucinda Walsh.

The actress appeared in the show from 1984 until 2010.

She also worked on the NBC soap The Doctors as Dr. Althea Davis.

Hubbard appeared on that show from 1964 until 1969 before returning for two more stints before the show...

Stephanie March has joined the cast of the CW’s upcoming series Naomi, alongside star Kaci Walfall. The series comes from Ava DuVernay and Arrow writer and co-exec producer Jill Blankenship.

Based on the eponymous comic book series that debuted in 2019, co-written by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker and illustrated by breakout artist Jamal Campbell, the show follows a teenage girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes.

March will play Akira. Originally from a planet far away, Akira finds herself in hiding on Earth when Naomi seeks her out, looking for answers.

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The series also features series regulars Alexander Wraith, Cranston Johnson and Camila Moreno. Additional cast members include Barry Watson,...

Exclusive: Stephanie March has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for management in all areas.

The actor-producer is best known for her turn as New York Assistant Da Alexandra Cabot on NBC’s long-running procedural, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

She most recently starred alongside Shaun Benson in the Lifetime TV movie A House on Fire, playing a wife and mother struggling with mental illness and substance abuse problems. She also portrayed Ivanka Trump in Comedy Central special A President Show Documentary and starred in Adult Swim’s Neon Joe.

Additional credits on the TV side include 30 Rock, Happy Endings, Rescue Me, Grey’s Anatomy, Odd Mom Out, Made in Jersey, Nightcap and Conviction. March also has appeared in such films as The Invention of Lying, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Who We Are Now, The Treatment, Falling for Grace and Innocence.

March made her Broadway debut in a 1999 adaptation of Arthur Miller...

Following the 2014 film The Treatment, the Belgian director is now adapting another book by the British writer of fiction noir Mo Hayder. Belgian director Hans Herbots has just kicked off filming on Rituel, which is another adaptation of a work (Ritual) by British author Mo Hayder. Hans Herbots made his name internationally by way of The Treatment, released in 2014, but he has also directed series such as Riviera, and The Serpent starring Tahar Rahim, which proved a hit with UK audiences on the BBC and will soon be available worldwide on Netflix. And whilst the novel Herbots is adapting is once again a work by English author Mo Hayder, the story unfolding in Rituel is resolutely Belgian. The film introduces us to Kiki, an underwater investigator for the criminal police. From the very outset of her career, she has had to contend with the sexist comments and attitudes...

Samuel L. Jackson isn’t the only motherf—er in Hollywood who has mastered the F-bomb. At the start of Netflix’s trailer for upcoming comedy series “History of Swear Words,” the show’s perfectly cast host Nic Cage just screams “F—!” literally at the top of his lungs.

Looks like a pretty fun gig.

In addition to all the jokes, the trailer for “History of Swear Words” pitches us a perfectly good application for the stuff that got our mouths washed out with soap as a kid.

Watch the video above — the Ice Bucket Challenge just got a bit more manageable.

The “loud and proudly profane” series, as described by Netflix, “explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words. Through interviews with experts in etymology, pop culture, historians and entertainers, the six-episode series dives into the origins of ‘F**k,’ ‘Sh*t,’ ‘B*tch,’ ‘D**k,...

It won’t take long for 2021 to get a bonkers new television series thanks to the debut of “History of Swear Words” on Netflix at the start of the new year. The six-episode series hosted by Nicolas Cage tells the origin stories of some of the most widely used curse words around the world, from “fuck” and “shit” to “bitch,” “dick,” “pussy,” and “damn.” Produced by Funny or Die, “History of Swear Words” looks like a riff on Comedy Central’s dearly departed “Drunk History” with an added dose of Cage insanity.

The official “History of Swear Words” synopsis from Netflix reads as follows: “An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed. ‘History of Swear Words,’ hosted by Nicolas Cage, is a loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science, and cultural impact of curse words.”

Joining Cage in the series...

Nicolas Cage continues to have one of the least predictable careers in Hollywood as he now moves to Netflix to host a new comedy series in which he will be exploring the origins of some of the most used curse words in the English language, from f*ck and sh*t to p*ssy and d*ck. Yes, you read that correctly. The streaming giant has announced “History of Swear Words,” hosted by Cage and debuting at the start of 2021. The comedy series is set to run six episodes, with each episode devoted to uncovering the history behind one curse word.

Netflix’s official synopsis for “History of Swear Words” reads: “An education in expletives: the history lesson you didn’t know you needed. ‘History of Swear Words,’ hosted by Nicolas Cage, is a loud and proudly profane series that explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words.

Netflix is catering to fans of both history and swearing with its latest series. The streaming service announced Wednesday that Nicolas Cage will host the six-episode “History of Swear Words,” which will explore the backstories of some of our favorite curse words.

The “loud and proudly profane” series, as described by Netflix, “explores the origins, pop culture-usage, science and cultural impact of curse words. Through interviews with experts in etymology, pop culture, historians and entertainers, the six-episode series dives into the origins of ‘F**k,’ ‘Sh*t,’ ‘B*tch,’ ‘D**k,’ ‘Pu**y’ and ‘Damn.'”

“History of Swear Words” will premiere on Netflix on Jan. 5, 2021.

Guest stars for the series include Joel Kim Booster, DeRay Davis, Open Mike Eagle, Nikki Glaser, Patti Harrison, London Hughes, Jim Jefferies, Zainab Johnson, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Baron Vaughn and Isiah Whitlock Jr. (we’re pretty sure we know which word he wants...

The passing of famed British actor Ian Holm has been mourned throughout the film world, but especially by “Lord of the Rings” fans who enjoyed his performance as Bilbo Baggins. In a Facebook post honoring his life, “Lotr” director Peter Jackson reflected on his memories of working with Holm on both “The Fellowship of the Ring” and his final film performance in “The Hobbit.”

“Ian was such a delightful, generous man. Quiet, but cheeky, with a lovely twinkle in his eye,” Jackson wrote. “Back in early 2000, before we started shooting our Bilbo scenes for ‘The Fellowship of the Ring,’ I was nervous about working with such an esteemed actor, but he immediately put me at ease.”

Jackson would go on to discuss how Holm would do multiple takes of a scene, trying different ideas he came up with on how to play Bilbo. The biggest challenge came during a brief scene at Bilbo’s birthday,...

Ian Holm, the classically trained Shakespearean actor best known to film audiences for his performances in films including the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” movies, “Chariots of Fire” and “Alien,” has died. He was 88.

A rep for the actor has said Holm died in hospital on Friday morning. The actor had been battling Parkinson’s Disease for a number of years. However, as recently as January, Holm appeared in person to collect the Newport Beach Film Festival’s Icon Award in London.

Holm, who was celebrated for interpretations of most of the Shakespeare canon, including a towering “King Lear,” also excelled onstage in the original production of Harold Pinter’s “The Homecoming,” which he also brought to Broadway. He began working in films only midway through his career, debuting with an adaptation of his stage performance in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1968.

In later years, however, he worked increasingly...

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ career has long displayed a morbid fascination for the contours of the body, mind, and spirit, in all their ugliness. Well before “Dogtooth” shook the international film scene and “The Favourite” won Olivia Colman an Oscar, the Greek filmmaker made his debut with “Kinetta.” While this head-scratching puzzle box may at times feel like a sketchpad draft for his films to come, it nevertheless exerts a hypnotic power that makes it easy to see why Lanthimos quickly became a director to watch.

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Most of Lanthimos’ movies include self-flagellation of some sort, whether the literal acts of torture inflicted by the women of “The Favourite” on themselves,...

As we all know good and well by this point in time, Paramount has a new entry in Blumhouse’s hit found-footage franchise Paranormal Activity headed our way in March 2021. Recently Blumhouse head Jason Blum spoke with our buddies over at Bloody […]

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One of Netflix’s most popular series is set to return when “Mindhunters” comes back for its second season.

The crime thriller had its second season announced back in 2017, and since then had been lying dormant, until executive producer David Fincher, a veteran director of films such as “Zodiac,” “Se7en” and “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” appeared on Kcrw’s ‘The Treatment’ podcast and revealed the release date of the latest season.

Continue reading ‘Mindhunter’ Season 2 Trailer: David Fincher’s Long Awaited Serial Killers/FBI Series Returns at The Playlist.

Netflix’s interactive press site has released the first-look images for Season 2 of “Mindhunter,” which will focus on the Atlanta Child Murders.

The series, from David Fincher, covers the early days of the FBI’s criminal psychology and criminal profiling division, delving into the minds of murderers to see what makes them tick. Fincher will executive produce and direct.

Premiering Aug. 16, Fincher recently revealed the focus of Season 2 will be on the series of killings between 1979 and 1981 that targeted African-American children, teenagers and adults in Atlanta, Georgia. Wayne Williams, who is currently serving a life sentence of the deaths of two Atlanta men in 1981, will play a central role in the season. Police believe he’s responsible for 23 of those murders. He maintains his innocence.

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The cast of Season 2 is as follows: Jonathan Groff,...

Netflix has not forgotten about Mindhunter after all.

Mindhunter executive producer/director David Fincher announced during an appearance on The Treatment‘s Elvis Mitchell podcast, that Season 2 will premiere on Friday, August 16.

What's more, the second season will span eight episodes, two fewer than the freshman run.

The freshman run aired on Netflix back in October 2017, so fans have been on tenterhooks eagerly awaiting a premiere date for the new run for quite some time.

The best part of this news? August 16 is not that far away, so there's that.

Related: Mindhunter Renewed for Season 2

Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany will be back for the new episodes as FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench, while Anna Torv will return in the role of psychology professor Wendy Carr.

Little is actually known about Mindhunter Season 2, aside from the fact that it will include Damon Herriman (Justified) as Charles Manson.

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While executive producer Charlize Theron may have let slip the premiere month for Mindhunter Season 2, director/executive producer/creator David Fincher has now confirmed exactly when fans will get to dive back into one of Netflix’s best original shows. Appearing on Kcrw’s The Treatment podcast, Fincher confirmed the Mindhunter Season 2 release date: “Yes, there is now [a date]. I’m not sure, I guess I’m allowed to say it, but, yeah, it’s gonna be the 16th.” That would be August 16th. Mark it on your calendars folks. MIndhunter Season 2 finds Jonathan Groff, Holt …...

Netflix’s Mindhunter will resume… mindhunting?… this August, nearly two years after Season 1 dropped.

During a podcast with The Treatment‘s Elvis Mitchell, Mindhunter executive producer/director David Fincher announced that Season 2 — which will span just eight episodes, two fewer than the freshman run — will premiere on Friday, Aug. 16.

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Netflix’s Mindhunter is set to return for its second season on August 16 – nearly two years since the launch of the crime drama.

The series, which stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany, initially launched in October 2017 and was quickly renewed for a second season a month after its debut.

The second season is thought to pick up between 1979 and 1981, a couple of years after season one and is expected to focus on the Atlanta child murders, where at least 28 people were thought to have been murdered in a short period of time.

The release date was first revealed by executive producer David Fincher on Kcrw’s podcast The Treatment before being confirmed by Netflix. Fincher exec produces alongside Charlize Theron, Joshua Donen and Cean Chaffin. It was created by Joe Penhall.

Charlize Theron teased in May that the long-in-the-works second season of “Mindhunter” would debut on Netflix in August, and now co-executive producer David Fincher has revealed the date: August 16. The “Gone Girl” director announced the premiere date during an interview with Elvis Mitchell on Kcrw’s “The Treatment” podcast. Fincher also cleared up speculation and confirmed the Atlanta Child Murders, Charles Manson, and Son of Sam are all integral to new episodes. The filmmaker also verified the involvement of “The Assassination of Jesse James” director Andrew Dominik.

“I got a call from Andrew Dominik who had seen the first season and said, ‘I’d really like to do something with Season 2,'” Fincher said. “We brought him in. When God gives you a really great idea, take it. When we first sat down he said, ‘What is it about this world that seems so American? There is something going on here.

The fifth edition of SeriesFest will deliver panels and programming designed to celebrate individual talent as well as companies who are “taking creative risks and leveraging advances in technology to reimagine storytelling.” On the linup is Starz’s upcoming supernatural thriller “The Rook,” a panel with the creatives behind Shondaland, a look at Lgbtq representation on television and attendees such as Stevie Wonder and Ted Sarandos, Variety has learned exclusively.

“The ‘Year of Innovation’ speaks to the powerful narratives and groundbreaking work that our growing SeriesFest community has come to be known for,” said Randi Kleiner and Kaily Smith Westbrook, founders of SeriesFest. “During this milestone year we’re thrilled to present a lineup of programming which will highlight and further inspire unique and poignant approaches to storytelling. We’re truly honored to have such an incredibly impressive roster of participants who want to be part of the conversation.”

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Elvis Mitchell has built his reputation on his ability to talk to filmmakers, but his new TV show is all about using that ability on a whole new level.

After a long career that’s included writing for the La Weekly, The Detroit Free Press, and The New York Times, Mitchell is currently the host of the Kcrw radio show “The Treatment,” but the new Epix series “Elvis Goes There” gave him the opportunity to do something on a whole new level. The show documents him teaming up with various filmmakers to explore cities that reflect their work: In this first batch of episodes, he wanders Oakland with Ryan Coogler, Paris with Sofia Coppola, London with Paul Feig, and Los Angeles with Guillermo del Toro.

“Something I’ve always wanted to do was talk to creative people when they don’t have a project to pitch, so some of the pressure’s taken off,...

Donald Glover made an unexpected appearance at Film Independent’s “An Evening With…” series on Tuesday, held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts in Beverly Hills and presented by the HFPA.

Joining “Black Panther” composer and Childish Gambino collaborator Ludwig Göransson, who was the subject of a Q&A conducted by “The Treatment” host Elvis Mitchell, Glover emerged wearing a burgundy track suit and sunglasses to rousing applause and launched into the hit song “Redbone,” which had been rearranged by Göransson’s wife Serena to include a string quintet along with African conga in addition to the traditional electric bass, guitar and keyboards.

The performance was the last in the hour-long event highlighting Göransson’s work. Earlier in the evening, a drum ensemble performed score music from pivotal scenes in “Black Panther,” as did the quintet. Göransson also led band members in music he composed for the movie “Creed,...

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross just got off tour. They also just got out of the recording studio. These are not contradictory statements. In recent months, it’s been Nine Inch Nails by night, film scoring by day — sometimes right up to the moment they walk on stage. They wrapped up work on Jonah Hill’s directorial debut, “Mid90s,” in hotel rooms and backstages in England, and finished the music for the A24/Netflix apocalyptic thriller “Bird Box” here in the States on the first leg of Nin’s U.S. tour. It sounds like a recipe for nerves as frayed as the typically anxious sounds of Nine Inch Nails suggest, yet they seem tighter as friends and collaborators than ever… no downward spirals here.

Reznor and Ross will soon take up the second leg of the Nin tour, with some two dozen dates booked through the end of the year.

Kicking off with a special screening on Thursday 26th February and hosting eleven films on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th February, the UK’s favourite horror fantasy festival celebrates ten ‘gore-ious’ years at its second home at the Glasgow Film Festival with an all-exclusive slate of the freshest new horror films around – including three World, two European and six UK premieres!

The shocktacular line-up starts on Thurs 26 Feb in sumptuous Hammer-style with the UK premiere of the Edgar Allan Poe based Eliza Graves featuring an all-star Hollywood cast, including Kate Beckinsale, Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess and Michael Caine.

Friday’s fearsome line-up kicks off with the European premiere of The Atticus Institute, the paranormal activity shockumentary of the year, written and directed by Chris Sparling, who wrote ‘Buried’. This is followed by the World Premiere of The Hoarder, starring an on-form Mischa Barton who uncovers the worst horrors in the...