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‘Sonic Prime’: Netflix Officially Announces Animated ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Series Late last year, Netflix accidentally let the hedgehog out of the bag a bit early when one of their Twitter accounts revealed an animatedSonic the Hedgehogseries was on the way. The tweet was quickly deleted, but word still spread, as it usually does on the internet. We even wrote up astory about it. Now, Netflix has gone ahead and made it official: theSonic the Hedgehoganimated series does exist, and it’s calledSonic Prime....

‘The Beguiled’ Trailer: Sofia Coppola Remakes Don Siegel It’s hard to imagine two filmmakers more different thanSofia Coppolaand Don Siegel, but now the two of them have something in common: they have both made film adaptations ofThomas P. Cullinan’s 1966 Southern gothic novelA Painted DeviltitledThe Beguiled. Siegel’s 1971 version was his third collaboration with star Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harrywould arrive the same year); Coppola’s 2017 version marks her third collaboration with starKirsten Dunst....

‘The Expanse’ Season 4 First Look: Behind The Scenes Of The Saved Sci-Fi Show Fans ofThe Expanseare thrilled that the sci-fi series has been saved by Amazon Prime, but perhaps none more so than the cast ofThe Expanse. After the show had a brief brush with death following its cancellation by Syfy earlier this year,The Expansewas rescued by Amazon, which renewed it for a fourth season. Production is currently underway on the new season of the beloved series, which you can take a look at in Amazon’s behind-the-scenes look atThe Expanseseason 4....

‘The Nevers’ Trailer: HBO’s Victorian Superhero Series Debuts This April Victorian era ladies with superpowers is a hell of a premise, even ifThe Nevershas had a bit of a hellish production. A supernatural action series set in a rich fantasy world featuring an ensemble of butt-kicking women,The Neverswas being primed asJoss Whedon’s return to TV before the creator left the project midway, leaving HBO to bring inPhilippa Goslettto replace him as showrunner and executive producer and cut the show’s 10-episode order down to six....

‘True Detective’ Season 2 Supporting Cast Includes Kelly Reilly And Abigail Spencer Now thatNic Pizzolatto’sTrue Detectivehas more or less locked in its Season 2 leads, it’s filling out the supporting cast. The HBO drama has setMichael Irby,Kelly Reilly,Abigail Spencer, andLeven Rambinfor heavily recurring roles in the next run of episodes. As previously reported,Colin Farrell,Vince Vaughn,Taylor Kitsch, and (probably)Rachel McAdamsare playing the main characters. Hit the jump for the latest onTrue DetectiveSeason 2 casting....

‘Vinyl’ Trailer: Martin Scorsese And Mick Jagger Join Forces For HBO’s 1970s Rock Drama “Sex, drugs, and rock n' roll” isn’t just an expression when it comes to HBO’sVinyl– they’re literally what the show is about. Set at the dawn of punk, hip-hop, and disco in 1970s New York, the drama starsBobby Cannavaleas Richie Finestra, a record label president trying to save his company without destroying everyone around him. Vinylreunites theBoardwalk Empireexecutive producer ofMartin ScorseseandTerence Winter....

Alex Proyas To Produce And Godfather Shane Abbess' ‘Future Perfect’ Most of the best filmmakers got their starts when another, more experienced, filmmaker took them under their wing. Famous examples include Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth (who was also mentored to a lesser extent by David Lynch), Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp, Roger Corman and everyone and next up,Shane AbbesshasAlex Proyas. TheLos Angeles Timesreports that Proyas will produce and “godfather” a film calledFuture Perfectwhich Abbess, an Australian director who almost didSource Code, will direct....

Answered: Why Does Kylo Ren Put His Helmet On A Table Full Of Ashes? One of the questions I had after seeingStar Wars: the Force Awakenswas: Why does Kylo Ren put the mask on a table filled with what appear to be ashes? Some interesting theories have floated around since December, but now we finally have an answer thanks to directorJJ Abrams. Find out the answer to the Kylo Ren helmet ashes mystery, after the jump....

Ben Affleck Explains Leaving Batman Behind, Retires The Cape And Cowl On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Last month brought theofficial but unsurprising newsthatThe Batmanwould not bringBen Affleckback as The Dark Knight. Instead, the new film from directorMatt Reeveswill take a more noir approach to the Caped Crusader and will put a younger actor back in the role. So what happened with Batfleck? Ben Affleck appeared onJimmy Kimmel Livelast night, and conversation inevitably turned to the actor retiring from his post as Gotham’s crimefighter....

Ben Affleck Won’t Star In ‘The Batman’ Says Trolling Brother Casey Affleck Some rumorshave been going around thatBen Affleck’s time as Batman would be over afterJustice League. When Affleck was promoting the film at San Diego Comic Con, hedenied the claimhe wanted out of the role. While not a confirmation that the actor is no longer going to play the Caped Crusader, his brother,Casey Affleck, told a radio show he doesn’t think he’s going to star in directorMatt Reeves’The Batmanbefore seconds later retracting the statement, saying he was just making stuff up....

Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 6 “Sunset” Traps Jesse And Walt In A Thrilling Corner /Film will be recapping and discussing each episode of the third season ofBreaking Bad. Aspoiler warningapplies after the jumpfor the recaps and for the comments section. Meth heads welcome. For previous recaps, clickhere. From an opening shot of two blazers belonging to the Cousins of Death hanging on a clothesline against a glaring desert “Sunset,” the sixth episode was imbued with the showdowns and imagery of a modern Western....

CBS Says Michael Weatherly And ‘Bull’ Showrunner Are Going Through Leadership Training After Sexual Harassment Allegations [TCA 2019] CBS has had no shortage of sexual assault and harassment scandals. At the top of their network, CBS fired Les Moonves after a series of sexual misconduct and assault allegations last year.NCIS: New Orleansproducer Brad Kern was investigated twice. Last year, Eliza Dushku was dismissed fromBullwith a $9.5 million settlement when she brought sexual harassment allegations against starMichael Weatherly....

Cool Stuff: All 15 ‘Godzilla’ Soundtracks From Japan’s Showa Era Are Coming To Vinyl From Waxwork Records The piercing roar ofGodzillais unmistakable, and along with it comes an impressive array of motion picture scores that have helped bring Japan’s most famous kaiju to life in epic fashion. This spring, you may own a massive vinyl box set ofGodzillasoundtracks from Japan’s Showa era of the monster’s reign on the big screen....