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‘Best F(r)iends’ Trailer: Tommy Wiseau And Greg Sestero Reunite 15 Years After ‘The Room’ When you write a tell-all memoir about your eccentric friend, relationships will inevitably become frayed. But as we saw in last year’sThe Disaster Artist,Tommy Wiseauis not your typical friend. And his andGreg Sestero’s friendship is now forever tied to the cult favorite “worst movie ever"The Room. Wiseau and Sestero have never really been separated, having doneThe Roommidnight screening rounds together for nearly a decade now....

‘Blue Crush’ TV Show In The Works From NBC And Producer Brian Grazer Blue Crushhas its fans. A lot of them, I’d wager. The film performed well enough when it was released in 2002, but it became more popular when it hit home video. Around five years ago a direct-to-video sequel was made by Universal. Beyond the title and surfing, though,Blue Crush 2has little to do withJohn Stockwell’s film. ScreenwriterLizzy Weissand producerBrian Grazerweren’t involved in the sequel....

‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Writers Talk Sequel Timeline Even before movie audiences get see Steve Rogers injected with a super serum and become Captain America, Marvel Studios already has writers working on his next adventure.Stephen McFeely&Christopher Markus,who wrote the upcomingCaptain America: The First Avenger,are currently working on a scriptto a sequel that will take place after audiences have seenThor,The First Avenger, Joss Whedon’sThe Avengersand Shane Black’sIron Man 3. However, according to a recent interview, that doesn’t necessarily mean the story will take place in modern times....

‘Departure’ Trailer: Christopher Plummer Hires Archie Panjabi To Search For A Missing Plane In Peacock Series Christopher Plummerloves a plain old mystery, having recently appeared in the Rian Johnson whoddunitKnives Out. But this time, he gets aplanemystery, in the new Peacock series,Departure. All right, that sentence doesn’t make much sense, but I couldn’t resist. Watch theDeparturetrailer below. Departure Trailer For some reason, the sentence “Christopher Plummer stars in a Peacock series” depresses me....

‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Trailer: Mel Gibson And Vince Vaughn Play Crooked Cops For ‘Bone Tomahawk’ Director DirectorS. Craig Zahlerrevels in telling nasty, brutal stories. He burst on the scene with the ultra-violent westernBone Tomahawkand followed that up withBrawl in Cell Block 99, a deeply unpleasant, unabashedly gory prison movie two years later. Now he’s back withDragged Across Concrete, a movie whose title may telegraph what the audience could feel like after watching it....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Shares A Season 6 Blooper Reel And A Season 7 Production Tease [Comic-Con 2016] As we’ve already reported, winter is cominga bit late next year. The season change onGame of Thronesmeans production had to be delayed, which means season 7 can’t start airing until summer (instead of spring as usual). But showrunnersD.B. WeissandDavid Benioffand many of their cast members still managed to make it to Hall H for their annual Comic-Con panel, and they brought a couple of treats with them....

‘Infinite’ Review: This Blah Reincarnation Sci-Fi Action Flick Should Be Sent To Digital Purgatory “There are among us a people gifted with a perfect memory of all their past lives. They call themselves Infinites!” So saysMark Wahlbergless than a minute intoInfinite,the hacky and dreadfully blah sci-fi action pic from directorAntoine Fuqua. Wahlberg doesn’t usually do voice-over narration in his movies, and it’s easy to see (or rather, hear) why – he’s very bad at it....

‘LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special’ Review: A Delightfully Goofy Time Travel Trip In A Galaxy Far, Far Away The last timeStar Warsattempted to have its own holiday special, it resulted in one of the biggest mistakes in the history of the sci-fi saga. So why is Disney+ even attempting to make another one? Well, thanks to the existence of theLEGOside ofStar Warsentertainment, the franchise has the perfect path to have fun with the saga without sullying any of the mythology....

‘Piranha 3DD’ Begins Shooting; Cast Includes Danielle Panabaker And David Koechner What more do you need to know about the sequel toPiranha 3D, other than the fact that this one is calledPiranha 3DD? Title should tell you everything you need to know. Still, here’s some news from The Weinstein Company: the film is shooting now under the direction ofJohn Gulager(Feast) with a cast that includesDanielle Panabaker(The Crazies),Matt Bush(Adventureland),Chris Zylka(The Amazing Spider-Man),David Koechner(Anchorman),Meagan Tandy(Unstoppable),Paul James Jordan,Jean-Luc Bilodeau,Hector Jimenez,Adrian Martinez, andClu Gulager....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Novelization Explains Rey’s ‘Force Awakens’ Jedi Mind Trick SomeStar Warsfans had a problem withDaisy Ridley’s character Rey using the famed Jedi mind trick inThe Force Awakenswhen her knowledge of the Force seemed so limited. Well, worry no more! The recently releasedLast Jedinovelization finally provides an explanation for Rey’s mind-trick-mastery. Late inStar Wars: The Force Awakens, Rey is able to escape from the clutches of Kylo Ren and the First Order thanks to the famous Jedi mind trick....

‘The Mandalorian’ Star Pedro Pascal Thinks He’ll Be Part Of Announced Spin-Off Shows Pedro Pascalis the star of Disney+’s flagship show,The Mandalorian, so why should he not make a few appearances in the recently announced spin-off shows? That’s what Pascal expects at least, saying that he “has to be” a part ofThe Mandalorianspin-off showsAhsokaandRangers of the New Republic. Pascal is set to be on every screen this winter, not just as the star of the hit Disney+ showThe Mandalorian, but as the villain inWonder Woman 1984, which is directed by Patty Jenkins, who just joined theStar Warsfamily asthe director of the latest film in the series,Rogue Squadron....

/Film Interview: ‘I Origins’ Director Mike Cahill Talks Post Credit Ramifications, Follow Ups And Religious Philosophy Normally when discussing a movie, you don’t get to have a conversation about how science can potentially explain religion and the impact that has on the world. But not every movie discussion is with directorMike Cahillabout his new movie,I Origins. The film is now in theaters and if you like intellectual sci-fi, you should check it out....

/Film Interview: ‘Out Of The Furnace’ Director Scott Cooper Talks “Directing With Ellipsis,” ‘The Stand’ And Rural Noir Scott Cooperisn’t a director with mainstream interests. His first film,Crazy Heart, was about a grizzled old musician; it won an Oscar for Jeff Bridges. His second film,Out of the Furnace, tells a methodical story of crime and revenge set in and around a blue collar Pennsylvania town during 2008, just as the American economy began to crap the bed....