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Batgirl HBO Max Movie Casts Brendan Fraser As The Villain The Brendan Fraser renaissance continues. The actor, who is still most famous for starring in Stephen Sommers' “The Mummy” trilogy, has been on an excellent run for the past few years, and now he’s added yet another high-profile role to his dance card. According to Deadline, Fraser been cast as the villain in DC’s “Batgirl,” joining actress Leslie Grace in a superhero movie that’s intended to debut on the HBO Max streaming service....

Bryan Fuller’s ‘American Gods’ Finds Its Shadow In ‘The 100’ Star Ricky Whittle A TV adaptation ofNeil Gaiman’sAmerican Godshas been in the works for years now — first at HBO, now at Starz — and the latest iteration of the project has just made a huge leap forward.Ricky Whittle, probably best known as Lincoln on The CW’sThe 100, will play the lead character, Shadow Moon. More about the American Gods Shadow casting after the jump....

Cameron Crowe’s ‘We Bought A Zoo’ Script Came With A Soundtrack By Eddie Vedder And Neil Young Leave it toCameron Croweto make the soundtrack for a moviebefore he’s shot a single frame. In a recent interview with MTV,Matt Damonsaid that when he got the script to Crowe’s new film,We Bought A Zoo, it came with a soundtrack that featured “a lot ofEddie Vedder” and “a lot ofNeil Young.” The film, scheduled for release almost one year from today, July 31, 2025, stars shooting next month....

Casting Bits: Jay Baruchel In ‘The Rebel Kind’, Saoirse Ronan In ‘How I Live Now’, Kaya Scodelario In ‘Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes’ Jay Baruchelhas built a nice career playing lovable nerds, but for his newest role he’ll be transforming himself into a full-on rock star. The formerUndeclaredactor has signed on to star inThe Rebel Kind, based on a memoir byJohn Armstrong. As frontman of The Modernettes, Armstrong — or “Buck Cherry,” as he was called then — was at the heart of the rising Vancouver punk scene in the ’80s....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Star Wars Stormtrooper Sixth Scale Figure Sideshow Collectiblessent me a sample of Hot Toys' Star Wars Stormtrooper Sixth Scale Figure. Lets unbox this figure and take a look at whats inside the box. After the jump you will find photos of the Hot Toys Star Wars Stormtrooper Sixth Scale Figure, alongside my thoughts on the product. When it was announced that Hot Toys had gotten the Star Wars license from Disney, many fanboys were instantly excited....

Dark Horse Teams With 20th Century Fox For ‘Avatar’ Comic Book Series It’s been nearly six years sinceJames Cameronbrought his blockbuster sensationAvatarto theaters, and fans have been patiently waiting for the sequels to begin hitting the big screen. Sadly, we’ve still got a little over two years before the first of three sequelsarrives in the winter of 2017. But a new partnership should help hold fans over. At New York Comic-Con this weekend,Dark Horse Comicsannounced a new deal with20th Century Foxto create anAvatarcomic book series with a variety of “new storylines from the past, present and the future world ofAvatar....

Disney Is Testing A Top Secret Flying Dragon; Is It For ‘Avatar’ Land? Residents of Bakersfield, CA might have felt like they were either in a future season ofGame of Thronesor transported to Pandora recently as a huge, flying dragon was spotted in the skies at a local air field. The dragon is a prototype owned and designed byDisneyand is something the Imagineers have reportedly been working on for years....

Drafthouse Films Will Release Excellent SXSW Thriller ‘The Invitation’ DirectorKaryn Kusamareturns this year withThe Invitation, which impressed the hell out of me when it debuted in the Midnight program at the recent SXSW film festival. The film watches as a couple (Logan Marshall-GreenandEmayatzy Corinealdi) heads to a dinner party thrown by the guy’s former wife and her new partner (Tammy BlanchardandMichiel Huisman), where signs quickly begin to suggest that things are very muchoffwith the hosts....

Eternals Banned In Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, And Qatar As Disney Refuses To Cut Gay Elements Marvel Studios' “Eternals” will not play in theaters in the Middle Eastern countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or Qatar. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the film was supposed to debut in theaters in those countries on November 11, but when local censors presented Disney with a series of desired edits, the studio reportedly refused to comply....

First Look: Jason Segel As David Foster Wallace In ‘End Of The Tour’ Much as we loveJason Segel, he seemed like an, um, unexpected choice when he wascastas late authorDavid Foster WallaceinJames Ponsoldt’sThe End of the Tour. But now that shooting is underway, we have a much better idea of what Segel will look like in character… and the jury’s still out, I’d say. The film starsJesse Eisenbergas aRolling Stonewriter who goes on a road trip with Wallace....

Grab Your Towel: ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ Is Becoming A Hulu TV Series Few writers could turn a phrase quite like the late, greatDouglas Adams, whoseThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxyseries remains a high watermark for literary comedy and science fiction. Now, we’re greeted with the news that his beloved books are being adapted into a television series on Hulu and I’m reminded of one of his best quotes:“Space is big....

Gymnastics Comedy ‘The Bronze’ Has The Funniest Sex Scene In Years [Sundance 2015] The Bronzegets a gold medal for ambition. Directed byBryan Buckley, it stars theBig Bang Theory’sMelissa Rausch(who also co-wrote the film) as former Olympic hero Hope Ann Greggory. Think Kerri Strug turned Tonya Harding. A decade removed from a life-changing Bronze medal, she’s now a foul-mouthed, delusional has-been living in her father’s basement and doing unspeakable things while watching her former self....

Interview: How The ‘Vampire Hunter D’ TV Series Will Avoid The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Problem Unified Pictures, the production company founded byKeith Kjarvalthat producedRudderless,Trust MeandA Single Shotamong others, is developing an animatedVampire Hunter DTV series. The popular series of Japanese novels byHideyuki Kikuchihas spawned two movies in 1985 and 2000. We spoke with another Unified founder,Kurt Rauer, andScott McLeanwho are overseeingVampire Hunter D. They are beginning with a comic book adaptation of the unpublished Kikuchi storyMessage From Cecile....