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‘The Magicians’ Takes Us Down The Rabbit Hole Of Grief With “The Wrath Of The Time Bees” People grieve differently. Some, like Julia and Alice, want to take their grief and transform it into somethingproductive, something that justifies the pain that they feel. Others, like Eliot, want to push away their grief (along with all their other feelings) by whiling the days away as a fatalistic drunk. There are as many ways to mourn as there are people, but oftentimes (at least in the case ofTheMagicianscrew), grieving can cause people to do things that are, to put a fine point on it, reckless and stupid....

‘Tiger King’ Trailer: Murder, Mayhem, And Madness Await In Netflix Documentary Series We’ve often decried Netflix’s “quantity over quality” strategy as being bad for creators, as too many projects have quietly debuted and quickly slid into the shapeless morass of content on the streaming service, rarely to be thought about again. But one of the benefits to their content onslaught is that every so often, a project comes along and captures our attention when we had no idea it was even in the works in the first place....

‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Documentary Trailer: Go Behind The Scenes Of The Cult Comedy Last weekend, the prequel seriesWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camparrived on Netflix, flashing back to a time before the events of the Sundance selected cult favorite comedy, but with the exact same cast playing younger versions of themselves despite having aged almost 25 years. Well, today a new behind the scenes documentary calledHurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot American Summerhas been released going behind the scenes ofWet Hot American Summeras it was being shot in the year 2000....

‘White House Down’ Set Visit: Channing Tatum And Roland Emmerich Make Quick Work Of The Summer Blockbuster That dirty wifebeaterChanning Tatumis wearing is no coincidence. “I’ve always wanted to do aDie Hard” admitted the actor and inhis upcoming action filmWhite House Down, he’s getting that chance. DirectorRoland Emmerichwill once again reign havoc on the White House, this time with the help of John Cale (Tatum), a Secret Service agent who is separated from his daughter when the White House is invaded by a group of mercenaries....

American Society Of Cinematographers And American Cinema Editors Awards Nominees Announced For 2021 Awards season keeps on keepin' on, which means we have even more nominees to talk about. The latest batch of nominations comes via two different awards bodies: theAmerican Society of Cinematographers (ASC), and theAmerican Cinema Editors Awards (ACE), nicknamed the Eddie Awards. On the cinematography front, there are several…oh, let’s say,surprises. The biggest surprise is likely a nomination forCherry, a genuinely bad movie that has rather showy cinematography that immediately takes you out of the film....

Ben Affleck Has Already Written A Solo Batman Movie We’ve hada lotof negativethingsto sayaboutBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justiceover the past few weeks, but everyone seems to agree thatBen Affleckis the least of the film’s problems. I’d argue that, under the right circumstances, he could be the best cinematic Batman yet. Someone just has to give him the right material. And that someone could very well be Affleck himself. We learned last year that Affleckwas looking to direct and star in a solo Batman movieand now, we’ve learned that he’s apparently already written a solo film for his take on the Caped Crusader....

Bryan Cranston In Talks For ‘World War Z’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Another week, anotherBryan Cranstoncasting story. TheBreaking Badstar was recently forced todrop outof Ruben Fleischer’sGangster Squaddue to scheduling conflicts, but don’t think that’s slowed his meteoric rise any. The actor is currently in negotiations to joinWorld War Z,Marc Forster’s adaptation ofMax Brooks' acclaimed novel. SubtitledAn Oral History of the Zombie War, the book takes place in an apocalyptic future in which mankind is fighting back against the zombie threat....

Coraline’s Soundtrack Could Have Been An Indie Rock Masterpiece Much like the other world discovered in"Coraline,“there is an alternate dimension in which in the indie rock band They Might Be Giants provided much more than a single track to the beloved 2009 stop-motion animated movie. Written and directed by Henry Selick (“The Nightmare Before Christmas”), the Laika film is based on the 2002 novella of the same name by Neil Gaiman....

Coronavirus Updates: Top Comcast, NBCUniversal Executives Donate Salaries; Disney Donates Masks, Furloughs Film Crews As thecoronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic wears on, the economic effects of social distancing and industry-wide shutdowns of Hollywood productions across the world are being heavily felt. But everyone from companies, to celebrities, to top executives arepitching into lessen the impact of the coronavirus crisis. Former and current Disney CEOs Bob Iger and Bob Chapek helped set an example recently by foregoing all and part of their salaries, respectively, and top executives in other multimedia companies are following in their footsteps, with top Comcast, NBCUniversal, and Sky executives donating their salaries to help coronavirus relief efforts....

David O. Russell’s Abandoned Film ‘Nailed’ Is Getting A 2015 Release In The U.K. Way back around 2008 or so,David O. Russellshot most of a political satire calledNailed. The reason we’ve never seen it is that heeventually abandoned it in 2010, after many stops and starts and financial struggles. But every so often, we get word that someone, somewhere might still try to put it out. And as today, a real release seems closer than ever....

David S. Goyer’s ‘Masters Of The Universe’ Would Have Been A ‘Lord Of The Rings’-Sized Epic Sony Pictures is still trying to make aMasters of the Universemovie despite a decade of development hell. The power of brand recognition is strong in Hollywood, and the studio has their eyes on making a fantasy action blockbuster franchise out of the popular He-Man toyline and cartoon. However, the vision that writer/directorDavid S. Goyerhad was too expensive for Sony to bring to life, and one of the creature designers hired to work on that iteration ofMasters of the Universehas recently teased some details about what we’ll be missing out on....

Disney Sets New Record: Five Movies In A Single Year Cross $1 Billion Worldwide All hail our Disney overlords! The House of Mouse, which owns pretty much everything at this point, has set a new record: five movies crossing $1 billion in a single year. Disney fans everywhere will likely celebrate this news, even as the rest of the film industry crumbles around us. Rejoice! Disney has even more money to finance even more live-action remakes!...

Disney+ Releases New Sneak Peeks Of ‘Marvel’s 616’ Docuseries Marvel’s 616promises to take hardcore Marvel fans behind the scenes and behind the history of the comic book company that dominates the pop culture landscape. The forthcoming Disney+ docuseries debuts this fall, but the streaming outlet has release two newMarvel’s 616teasers giving us a sneak peek of the series ahead of Thursday’s virtual Comic Con at Home panel withGillian Jacobs,Paul Scheer, and executive producersSarah AmosandJason Sterman....