Tom Brady To Produce And Act In A Star-Studded Road Trip Comedy For Paramount, Yes, Really

Tom Brady To Produce And Act In A Star-Studded Road Trip Comedy For Paramount, Yes, Really Well, here’s a weird team up for you:Lily Tomlin,Jane Fonda,Rita Moreno,Sally Field, andTom Brady. Yes, that Tom Brady. Now that the seven-time Super Bowl champion is retired from football, he’s making the move to acting and producing, according toTHR. Brady and friends (and those are some pretty spectacular friends) are set to appear in the upcoming road trip movie “80 for Brady....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · David Donovan

Toronto Film Festival Lineup Features 'Nightcrawler,' Jon Stewart's 'Rosewater,' And Chris Evan's Directorial Debut

Toronto Film Festival Lineup Features ‘Nightcrawler,’ Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater,’ And Chris Evan’s Directorial Debut It’s that time of the year, when the Toronto Film Festival begins to announce its giant movie line-up. In so doing, the film calendar formally begins the transition from summer to fall, as the more serious films of the festival circuit approach their debuts. Foxcatcher(above;trailer here) will show up, as will the Reese Witherspoon filmWild(trailer), the strange-looking Jake Gyllenhaal crime filmNightcrawler(teaser), and Jon Stewart’s first film as a director,Rosewater....

August 3, 2025 · 22 min · 4482 words · Lisa Wagner

TV, Interrupted: Why Freaks And Geeks' Rock 'N Roll Spirit Will Never Die

TV, Interrupted: Why Freaks And Geeks' Rock ‘N Roll Spirit Will Never Die (Welcome toTV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.) When it comes to lamenting the untimely end of a beloved TV show, “Freaks and Geeks” is the enduring example of the powers that be carelessly extinguishing lightning in a bottle while it’s still white hot....

August 3, 2025 · 10 min · 1989 words · Melissa Lee

Twilight Moves To November; Could An IMAX Release Be In The Works?

Twilight Moves To November; Could An IMAX Release Be In The Works? Summit Entertainment has announced that the anticipated big screen adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s teen vamp novelTwilightwill be coming out a month earlier. The film has been moved from December 12th to November 21st, the now vacant release date forHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This is a huge score for Twilight, as the two films shared a similar demographic....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 263 words · Bobby Hart DDS

Veronica Mars Movie Could Still Happen, Arrested Development Perhaps Not

Veronica Mars Movie Could Still Happen, Arrested Development Perhaps Not There are two big movies based on canceled TV series that continue to be in that stage of development limbo that leads to ceaseless “yes, it’s happening / no it’s not” quotes from parties involved. One isVeronica Mars, the otherArrested Development. Veronica MarscreatorRob Thomasis now saying that the movie based on his show could still happen. “It’s not dead,” he tells EW before insisting that he still wants to do it beforeKristen Bellgets too old to reprise her character....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Bryce King

Video Footage: The Wachowski Brothers Help Remake Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

Video Footage: The Wachowski Brothers Help Remake Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Wired.comhas an interesting report on a short film that shows the inner workings of a white blood cell. Not interested? Here’s the hook – The Wachowski Brothers are looking to use parts of the cell film in their remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. you’re able to watch a version from YouTube after the jump. “A couple of days before TED we got a call from Warner Bros....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Shawn Rowe

Warner Bros. Developing 'The Fourth Realm Trilogy,' From Enigmatic Novelist John Twelve Hawks

Warner Bros. Developing ‘The Fourth Realm Trilogy,’ From Enigmatic Novelist John Twelve Hawks Warner Bros. is looking for a new franchise starter in the novelThe Traveler, which is the first in theFourth Realm Trilogywritten by a relatively mysterious author namedJohn Twelve Hawks. The book describes a world in which a small secret society known by many as The Tabula have achieved a sort of stability through total social control. The Tabula wants to create a fully monitored society in which everyone knows they’re being monitored, and acts accordingly....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 563 words · Barbara Hatfield

Watch: 'Born Sexy Yesterday' Video Essay Examines A Troubling Sci-Fi Trope

Watch: ‘Born Sexy Yesterday’ Video Essay Examines A Troubling Sci-Fi Trope Every film genre has tropes, recurring themes or elements that sometimes help define the kind of movie we’re watching. They can be portals in the sky, training montages, the final girl, or as a new video essay calledBorn Sexy Yesterdayexplains, a naive but mature, sexualized female character with the mind of a child. Jonathan McIntosh, akaPop Culture Detectiveon YouTube, put together this video essay to explain a trope that you might not have even realized was so prevalent in sci-fi....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Kenneth Sullivan

We Will See The 'Mad Max: Fury Road' Black-And-White Version On A Future Blu-Ray Release

We Will See The ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Black-And-White Version On A Future Blu-Ray Release WillGeorge Millermake anotherMad Maxsequel? What will it be called? When will it happen? ThisMad Maxstory has nothing to do with all of that hoopla. Instead, we’re talking about the black-and-white version ofMad Max: Fury Roadwe didn’t see on last year’s Blu-Ray release for ourfavorite filmof 2015. After the jump, Miller gives an update on theMad Max: Fury Roadblack-and-white Blu-ray release....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Jennifer Mcneil

Will Budget Cuts Hobble 'The Walking Dead'?

Will Budget Cuts Hobble ‘The Walking Dead’? It seems to always go this way. A show is successful, and then those pulling the financial strings want to figure out how to make more money out of it. One way is by trimming the budget. And that is evidently whatFrank Darabontfaces as he preps the second season ofThe Walking Dead. The show has already seen its share of controversy, thanks to the report that the second season would do without a writing staff, but this might be a far more difficult thing to manage....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Kevin Acevedo

Xavier And Magneto Character Posters From 'X-Men: First Class'

Xavier And Magneto Character Posters From ‘X-Men: First Class’ After some initial worry overthe first leaked imagefromX-Men: First Class, 20th Century Fox has done a masterful job of crisis management. DirectorMatthew Vaughncalled Peter at his home todiscuss the film and help us premieresome exclusive images and thefirst trailer got mostly rave reviews. Now, the first two pieces of print media have leaked thanks to a French website calledFilmosphereand they look pretty bad ass....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 288 words · John Martinez

'Absentia' Trailer: New Amazon Series About An Amnesiac FBI Agent

‘Absentia’ Trailer: New Amazon Series About An Amnesiac FBI Agent Amazon Prime series are generally overlooked in the conversation about the dominance of streaming services, but they haven’t had a genuinely bad original show yet. And fresh off the Golden Globe win for its latest comedy series, Amy Sherman-Palladino’s delightfulThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Amazon is rolling out a new slate of original series. Next up:Absentia. Good news forCastlefans –AbsentiastarsStana Katicin the lead role as an FBI agent who returns to her life after going missing while in pursuit of a serial killer....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 310 words · Mrs. Catherine Martin

'Breaking Bad' Mobile Game Will Make Fans The Ones Who Knock (On Their Phones)

‘Breaking Bad’ Mobile Game Will Make Fans The Ones Who Knock (On Their Phones) Soon, you’re able to be the one that knocks — on your phone screen. ABreaking Badmobile game is on its way to teach fans of the AMC drama the inner workings of the empire business and test the limits of their moral codes. The free-to-play mobile game is titledBreaking Bad: Criminal Elementsand is expected to launch later this year....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · David Duncan