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Gillian Anderson Has A Production Deal With Netflix Now, As She Should Gillian Anderson, who is an incredible powerhouse of an actor-producer, has signed a first-look production deal with Netflix (viaVariety). The “X-Files” star has signed a television production deal with the streaming company, with an initial term of two years, via her production company Fiddlehead Productions. While Anderson has had an expansive, wide-ranging career, having created iconic roles like Dana Scully on “The X-Files,” her most recent acting roles include playing sex therapist Jean Milburn in the Netflix comedy-drama “Sex Education” and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in season 4 of Netflix’s “The Crown....

Hit-Monkey Composer Daniel Rojas On Music Themes, Industry Trends, And La La Land [Interview] These past few years have been tremendously busy for rapidly rising composer Daniel Rojas. Between Netflix’s"Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts"and the Hulu/Marvel one-two punch of “M.O.D.O.K.” and “Hit-Monkey,” Rojas has made the transition from commercials and short films to major feature films (he contributed to the soundtrack of 2015’s Brie Larson-starring “Room,” 2016’s “Money Monster” and the Alexander Payne film “Downsizing” in 2017) and name-brand shows look impossibly easy....

How Being A Parent Changes The Way You Watch ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ Before I became a father, one of the most common things that would annoy me when talking to other people who were also parents was some version of the following: “Well, you’re able to’t really understand it unless you have kids.” I would roll my eyes behind their backs. I’d tell myself that having kids can make a major impact on your life, but you can still question a parent’s choices or wonder if you’d do things differently without having kids yourself....

How Rian Johnson Almost (Accidentally) Killed Off Captain Phasma In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ You’ll be forgiven for not remembering that Captain Phasma was left to a questionable fate at the end ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens— it turns outStar Wars: the Last JedidirectorRian Johnsondidn’t remember, either. The stoic villain who terrorized her former insubordinate Finn (John Boyega), was left at the bottom of a trash compactor at the end ofThe Force Awakens, shortly before the super weapon that housed that trash chute exploded....

Interview: ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Showrunners On Ghost Rider, ‘Civil War’ Fallout, ‘Most Wanted’ Agents And More The third season finale of Marvel’sAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.jumped ahead six months, with (spoiler alert) the S.H.I.E.L.D. team pursuing a runaway Daisy (Chloe Bennet) who can apparently fly. Prior to the time jump Hive (Brett Dalton) met his demise, the second time Dalton’s character has died on the show. Lincoln (Luke Mitchell) also sacrificed himself for the greater good....

J.K. Rowling Answered A Bunch Of Your ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Questions On Twitter Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themis in theaters now and it’s pretty good!J.K. Rowling’s latest addition to the wizarding world she meticulously designed with herHarry Potterstories is slight but undeniably charming. While I’m still not sure how she and directorDavid Yatesplan tosqueeze four more movies out of these characters, it felt good to be back in this familiar world, albeit in a different time period and an ocean away....

James Gunn Responds To Steven Tyler’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Begging If you ever want to have a chance of begging your way into the cast of a Marvel movie, here’s what you have to do. Step one: go back in time and start a rock band. Step two: be good enough at the rock band thing to become really famous and have a number of hits that solidify your legacy long after your popularity begins its natural decline....

Jason Isaacs Is The Inquisitor In ‘Star Wars Rebels’ [UPDATED WITH VIDEO] UPDATE: This article was written on June 18 but has now been confirmed by Entertainment Weekly. Update below with new video. As fans speculate about the villains inStar Wars Episode VII, we know at least one bad guy created in this post-George Lucas universe. His name isThe Inquisitorand he’s a lean, mean, lightsaber-swinging, Jedi-killing machine. In the Disney XD showStar Wars Rebels, set betweenStar Wars Episode III: Revenge of the SithandStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope,he’s tasked by Darth Vader to hunt down the remaining Jedi....

Kevin Smith’s Red State Kevin Smith has finally spilled some details about his next project, a very different kind of horror movie. “To me there’s all kinds of horror, and killing someone’s not the absolute worst thing you could do to another human being. The death in a horror movie has always been the money shot in a very exploitative manner. Stabbing somebody and splashing blood all over them is the equivalent to some dude exploding over some broad’s face,” Smith toldRotten Tomatoes....

Netflix’s Matt Groening Animated Comedy Series ‘Disenchantment’: Everything You Need To Know Netflix is expanding its animated sphere with a new series by animation masterMatt Groening. The streaming service has picked upDisenchantment, an adult animated comedy fantasy series by theFuturamaandThe Simpsonscreator. 20 episodes have already been confirmed to be ordered, with a possibility for more. Groening is behind some of the biggest staples of American animated series, with the wacky working-class comedyThe Simpsonsstill on the air since 1989, andFuturamaairing on-and-off for 14 years....

Netflix’s Signature Launch Sound Was Almost The Bleating Of A Goat Whenever you watch a Netflix original movie or TV show, there’s that signature sound that plays when the steaming service’s logo appears. The recognizable sound is known in Netflix’s offices as “Ta Dum,” but it was almost something that would have been easier to describe and a lot more odd. Todd Yellin, Netflix’s VP of Product, recently revealed that one of the options considered for Netflix’s production logo was the bleating of a goat....

Neve Campbell Boards Peacock’s Twisted Metal Series In Recurring Role Peacock’s “Twisted Metal” adaptation continues to get more twisted with every casting announcement. The TV series based on the popular horror derby video game series has already added Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, and Thomas Haden Church to its cast. Now, the streamer has announced that Neve Campbell is set to recur as a guest star, playing a character named Raven....

New ‘Star Trek’ TV Series Adds ‘Wrath Of Khan’ Director As Writer And Consulting Producer This month already brought great news for the developingStar TrekTV series situated at CBS whenPushing DaisiesandHannibalwriter and executive producerBryan Fullerwas brought on as showrunner. And now the show has gotten even more promising with the addition ofStar Trek II: The Wrath of KhandirectorNicholas Meyercoming on board the show as a writer and consulting producer. This is probably one of the best bits of news that Trekkies could have heard for this newStar TrekTV series....