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‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel ‘House Of The Dragon’ Adds Fabien Frankel As A Member Of The Kingsguard Westeros has just cast another resident. In the latest piece ofHouse of the Dragoncasting for HBO’s firstGame of Thronesprequel, up-and-coming actorFabien Frankelhas been enlisted to play Ser Criston Cole, a member of the Kingsguard for the Targaryen family. He previously appeared inLast Christmaswith formerThronesstar Emilia Clarke, but he won’t be encountering Daenerys in this new show, since it is set hundreds of years before the events ofGame of Thrones....

‘Godzilla Vs Kong’ Director Hypes The Monster Mash-Up By Calling PG-13 Rating “An Understatement” Most summer blockbusters are PG-13, allowing for the potential audience to be as big as it possibly can be. Studios want families to bring their kids who are old enough, and want adults to have a good time too. So filmmakers often go for a rating that allows them to throw around a bit of profanity, maybe a single f-bomb, just the right amount of sex appeal, and plenty of action....

‘Green Lantern’ HBO Max Series Casts Jeremy Irvine As Gay Superhero Alan Scott HBO Max has found its Alan Scott.Jeremy Irvine, who made his film debut in Steven Spielberg’sWar Horseand led theBourneTV spinoffTreadstone, is being eyed to play the LGBTQ superhero in theGreen Lanternseries on HBO Max, joining Finn Wittrock, who has already been cast as Guy Gardner. TV Linereports that Jeremy Irvine is in talks to play Alan Scott, depicted in the HBO MaxGreen Lanternseries as a secretly gay FBI agent in the year 1941....

‘Hunters’ Review: Al Pacino Is Great In An Otherwise Disappointing Series AfterPulp Fictionbecame something of a phenomenon in 1994, there was a period where producers and filmmakers were practically tripping over themselves to follow its lead. The end result was a steady string of Quentin Tarantino knock-offs – overwritten crime films with “quirky” characters spouting “cool” dialogue. In many ways,Hunters, a new series created byDavid Weiland debuting soon on Amazon, feels as if it time-traveled to the present from that particular era....

‘It’ Director Andy Muschietti Disses The Original Miniseries, Explains Why He Cast Bill Skarsgard DirectorAndy Muschiettihas had to wage a war on two fronts as he’s worked on his upcoming big screen adaptation of Stephen King’sIt. In one corner, he has to deal with the King fans who wonder if he can do justice to the source material. In the other, he has to deal with fans of the 1990 television miniseries adaptation who have fond memories of that movie traumatizing them in their youth....

‘Knives Out 2’ (Which Probably Won’t Be Called ‘Knives Out 2’) Has Begun Filming In Greece Rian Johnsonand his big, exciting cast are officially up and running. TheKnives Outsequel, which we’re all callingKnives Out 2until they announce the real title, has begun filming in Greece, sendingDaniel Craig’s Southern-fried private eye Benoit Blanc to the beautiful location to solve yet another twisty murder mystery. The sequel to the 2019 hit is the first of two new Benoit Blanc films Johnson will direct, both of which are headed to Netflix as part of a huge deal....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Full Soundtrack Streaming Online Now Winds in the east, there’s a mist coming in, like something is brewing, about to begin. That thing about to begin is theMary Poppins Returnssoundtrack, which is now available to stream in full. Yes, even though you have to wait for the movie, you may still kick back and listen toEmily BluntandLin-Manuel Mirandasing their heads off for Disney’s new sequel. Listen to the theMary Poppins Returnssoundtrack below!...

‘Mosaic’ Trailer: Steven Soderbergh’s Interactive App Is Available Now DirectorSteven Soderbergh’s latest experiment has arrived. After investigating different financing models forLogan Luckyearlier this year, the filmmaker has unveiled a new interactive project calledMosaic, which will be broadcast as a six-part limited series on HBO in January. But you don’t have to wait until then to see the story play out. Mosaic is also an interactive app that’s available to download for free right now; using branching narratives, users can choose which perspective to watch the story unfold, and dive back in and explore the narrative from different angles once the story is over to see what you missed....

‘Muppet Babies’ Reboot Will Star Jenny Slate As Miss Nanny Muppet Babies, Jim Henson’s 1980s animated TV series that imagined Kermit the Frog, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, and his other lovable Muppets as toddlers,is being rebootedon Disney Junior. Last month, we gota quick look at one of the show’s new characters, and today, we’ve learned that the show has hired someone to play one of its key roles:Jenny Slate(Obvious Child, Landline) will provide the voice of Miss Nanny, the Muppet caretaker who – as in the original series – will only be seen from the torso down....

‘Peace Officer’ Trailer: A Timely Documentary About Police Militarization All over cable news networks, blogs, newspapers and more, the topic of police force militarization has become a hot button issue sparking a lot of lively debate. Now a new documentary hopes to dive into the subject to shed light on just what’s going on among today’s American police ranks. Peace Officerdebuted at the SXSW film festival, landing the Audience Award and Grand Jury Award, and it looks like quite the timely and thorough examination of a prominent topic of discussion that requires our full attention....

‘Ride Your Wave’ Review: A Sweet And Heartfelt Anime About Grief [Sitges 2019] Masaaki Yuasahas made a career out of weird yet beautifully crafted anime. From the trippy and enthrallingMind Game, to the loopyLu Over The Wall, and even the brutally graphic and unforgivingDEVILMAN crybaby, you know you’re in for a ride when his name comes out in the credits. Though at first glance his newest feature,Ride Your Wave, may seem like his most accessible film yet, it still offers an emotional and eye-popping visual feast that is as cheesy and predictable as it is charming, touching and funny....

‘Runaways’ Showrunners on Updating and Expanding the Marvel Comic [Interview] It’s been a big month for superheroes, withJustice Leaguein theaters andThe Punisheron Netflix. It’s not over yet becauseMarvel’s Runawaysis on Hulu. Based on the comic created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona,Runawaysis about a group of teenagers who discover their parents are part of an evil cult called The Pride. They run away and oh yeah, they have superpowers, too....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Unlikely To Premiere Until After Summer 2020 If you were hopingStranger Thingsseason 4 would arrive in time for next summer, we have some bad news. It looks like the fourth season of Netflix’s big hit won’t wrap until the end of summer 2020, which means we’ll have to wait until fall – or likely even longer – to lay eyes on it. In all likelihood, we might not be returning to the Upside Down until 2021....