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Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ Movie Trots Over From Fox To Paramount Spamalotis not dead yet! In fact, it’s getting better now that it’s moved studios after two years of development over at 20th Century Fox. The feature film adaptation of the Monty Python musical has been acquired byParamount Pictures, which has put theSpamalotmovie back on track after the project was sidelined at Fox following the Disney acquisition. Paramount is looking on the bright side of life, with the acquisition ofSpamalot, the upcoming movie adaptation of the hit Broadway musical,Varietyreports....

New ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Viral Provides Info About Invading Aliens The consensus has been overwhelming positive in regards toJonathan Liebesman’supcoming alien invasion movieBattle: Los Angelesand that’s not going to change after fans get a glimpse of a new viral website for the film which provides all kinds of details on the aliens. The structure of their command center, their biology, weapons and transportation are just a few of the categories that have been uncovered and they all hint at a world that is way more dense for one movie to handle....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’, ‘Mile 22’, ‘Candyman’, ‘Searching’, ‘Lizzie’ (Welcome toNot Dead Yet, a feature dedicated tonewBlu-ray releases and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) This week’s Blu-ray round-up has the wildly entertainingMission: Impossible – Fallout, the shockingly badMile 22, the horror classicCandyman, the thrilling computer screen mysterySearching, and the historical dramaLizzie....

Nicolas Cage Insisted On Staying Unlikable In The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent Nicolas Cagehas been steadily acting for decades, and his career has been rather eclectic. Currently, we are in something of a Cage renaissance with the actor starring in some of his best movies in years, including “Mandy” and “Pig” as a couple of examples. Now, another example of the actor’s resurgence has arrived in the form of “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Perhaps the most Cage-y movie to come around in a long time....

Our Analysis Of The 15 Films Eligible For The 2010 Best Animated Feature Oscar Let the battle for second and third Best Animated Feature of the year begin. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced their short list of 15 features that are eligible to be nominated forBest Animated Featureat the83rd Annual Academy Awardsand right out of the gate, competition is fierce. Due to Academy rules, if up to 15 films qualify for the nomination, there will be only three nominees....

Peter Jackson Secretly Meeting With Actors For The Hobbit? As you know,Guillermo del Tororecently stepped down from directing the big screen adaptation of The Hobbit, leaving the project in complete limbo. Warner Bros has been searching for a replacement, talking to directorsDavid Yates(Harry Potter), David Dobkin(Wedding Crashers, Fred Claus), andBrett Ratnerabout the job, but rumor had it that Warner Bros and MGM werestill tryingto talkLord of the RingsdirectorPeter Jacksonto return to the series to helm the two prequels....

Quid Pro Quo Movie Trailer Magnolia Pictures has released the theatrical trailer forQuid Pro Quo, the new thriller fromCarlos Brooks. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to good reviews. My friend Scott Weinberg atCinematicalwrote that it was “worth seeing for the two leads alone”, and described it as “a low-key cross betweenGarden State, The Waterdanceand Cronenberg’sCrash”. Yeah, pretty weird combination. After watching the trailer I’m not quite sure if I’m interested or not....

Robert Englund Will Become Freddy Krueger Once More For A New Documentary One of the things I’ve always loved aboutRobert Englundis that he seems to genuinely love being Freddy Krueger. Some actors grow jaded when they find themselves associated with a single character and their bitterness radiates in every interview (and sometimes in the performances themselves). But Englund? Englund seems seems happy to be there, happy to endure the prosthetics, and happy to have created a character that has resonated with so many people all over the world....

See Adrianne Palicki As Bobbi Morse In ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ Marvel’sAgents of SHIELDreturned to television last night with its season two premiere. The show featured looks at a few new characters such as Isabelle Hartley (Lucy Lawless) and Carl “Crusher” Creel, aka the Absorbing Man (Brian Patrick Wade), along with returning agents and a few guests from the film side of the Marvel universe. One new character who will appear this season is Bobbi Morse, often known as Mockingbird, played byAdrianne Palicki....

Sheryl Lee And Dana Ashbrook Return To ‘Twin Peaks’ Two more original residents ofTwin Peaksare going back to the town (or at least the show)for its return in 2016.Sheryl Lee, who played both Laura Palmer and Maddy Ferguson, was given the all-clear by writer/directorDavid Lynchto announce that she andDana Ashbook, who played Bobby Briggs, are both part of the cast forTwin Peaksseason 3. Below, watch the pair announce that to an audience of Twin Peaks fans, in a Q&A that also suggestsSherilyn Fennis set to return as Audrey as well....

Sony Delays ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Morbius,’ And ‘Uncharted’ To 2021 Amid Coronavirus Concerns As the question of how long the coronavirus pandemic will affect the entertainment industry remains unanswered,Sony Picturesis not taking any chances. Sony pushed back its major tentpole movies —includingMorbius, Ghostbusters: Afterlife,the ever-cursedUncharted, and the already-delayedPeter Rabbit 2— to next year. Varietyreports that Sony has drastically pushed back its entire 2020 and 2021 slate amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic won’t ease up by the time the summer movie season starts this year....

Splice Trailer #2: More Flash Cuts, More Creature Glimpses We’ve already seenone trailer(and a couple clips) fromVincenzo Natali’s Sundance hitSplice, which Warner Bros. will release this summer. Now there is a second trailer that shows a little more of the story and amps up the tension asSarah PolleyandAdrien Brodycreate a new life form. Releasing a film like this in the summer is a risky move, and I hope it pays off....

Steven Soderbergh Directing 2nd Unit For Gary Ross On ‘The Hunger Games’ The question of retirement lingers aroundSteven Soderbergh, who says he willretireafter making a few more films, even if he might not do so in quite the short order oncedetailedby Matt Damon. This fall he’ll shootMagic Mike, the filminformedby Channing Tatum’s early days as a male stripper, and will eventually make a Liberace biopic as well as a couple other possible films....