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We Guarantee You Will Never Guess The Name Of The Newly Combined Discovery And WarnerMedia The era of corporate consolidation continues in Hollywood, with AT&T announcing last month the intention of a merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery. There are still lots of questions about what that new entity is going to look like (whether HBO Max and Discovery+ will be rolled into one streaming service, for example), but one big question has now been answered: the name....

Westworld Episode 7 Photos: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Star Tessa Thompson Returns In “Trompe L’Oeil” Earlier this week, we shared with you theWestworldepisode 7 trailercomplete with an extensiveimage-by-image breakdown. Now that we are gearing up for the weekend, HBO has officially released their preview images for “Trompe L’Oeil” featuring the return ofThor: Ragnarok/CreedstarTessa Thompson. Hit the jump to take a look at the Westworld episode 7 photos and learn more about this weekend’s episode....

What’s Next For Tobey Maguire? Avatar Style Sci-Fi? True Story Drama? Now he’s had his webby tights ripped off, what might be next forTobey Maguire? The answer, according to Steven Zeitchik’s synidcated article (see it atAZCentral, for example) might hinge on what kind of career Maguire is looking to mold. There’s a big-budget franchise-friendly path, and there’s a lower road of more ‘dramatic’ work, and in mapping these out, the article mentions a few possible pictures on both sides....

Why Anthony Hopkins Tried To Get David Lynch Fired From Elephant Man David Lynch’s first feature film “Eraserhead” took five years to make. Inspired by stories by Franz Kafka and Nikolai Gogol, “Eraserhead” was a dark and surreal odyssey that was certainly not destined for mainstream success. It wasn’t until the film started playing as a regular Friday midnight show at theNuart Theaterin Los Angeles that interest began to grow. Eventually, after driving past the theater for years, viewers would finally let curiosity get the better of them and they would buy a ticket....

Why Kelly LeBrock Initially Turned Down John Hughes' Weird Science John Hughes' 1985 sci-fi sex comedy is, true to its title, something of an oddity. The premise of the movie is clearly cut from the adolescent sex fantasies of a teenage boy: Using a super-advanced computer system, a power source stolen from the government, and other common everyday objects around the house, a pair of high school horndogs (Ilan Mitchell-Smith and Anthony Michael Hall) manage to electrically manifest The Ultimate Woman to serve their every desire....

Winnebago Man Trailer The filmWinnebago Mantraces a legacy of viral videos from the days of VHS tape trading to the early intersection of web videos and YouTube. Inspired by a montage of outtakes in which a motorhome pitchman curses wildly while making television commercials, documentarianBen Steinbauertracked down the man in the montage,Jack Rebney, and found a rather unique personality. Winnebago Manhas been making festival rounds for over a year, but is just now poised to open in theaters across the US this July....

‘Another Round’ Director Thomas Vinterberg Has “Hope And Curiosity” For The Leonardo DiCaprio-Led Remake It’s the fate of nearly every successful foreign-language film — to be remade in English by Hollywood. But the turnaround came remarkably fast forAnother Round, the stellar comedy-drama from directorThomas Vinterbergthat walked away with the Best International Film Oscar on Sunday night. And less than 24 hours later, Hollywood struck with the news that aremake was in the workswith Leonardo DiCaprio potentially taking the role played by Mads Mikkelsen....

‘Barry’ Season 2 Teaser: Bill Hader’s Pitch-Black, Pitch-Perfect Hitman Comedy Is Back With its first season,Barrytook a potentially hacky premise (“A hitman wants to become an actor!") and transformed it into the darkest, funniest, most intense crime show sinceBreaking Bad. Even with the comedy at the forefront,Bill HaderandAlec Berg’s series bottled some kind of lightning – it was hilarious and it was intense and it was charming and it was horrifying....

‘Bill And Ted’s Keanu Reeves And Alex Winter Make An Excellent Surprise Appearance At San Dimas’ Virtual Graduation TheBill & Tedseries is known as the nicest sci-fi comedy about a pair of stoners who travel through time. And in trying times as these, we need a little nice every now and then.Bill & TedstarsKeanu ReevesandAlex Winterare living up to their films' reputation by making a surprise appearance at the virtual graduation ceremony of San Dimas High School, the same school whereBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventuretakes place....

‘Blitz’ Trailer #3 So there’s this action movie starringJason Statham. Shocker, right? This particular one is calledBlitz, and we’ve already seen acoupletrailersto show off the British action thriller. It looks like it’s going straight to DVD in the US, which is a bit strange given that Jason Statham action movies seem to earn enough coin to make a theatrical release worthwhile. But I’m not a company beancounter, so what do I know?...

‘Call Of Duty’ Movie Already Has A Sequel In The Works From ‘Black Panther’ Screenwriter Joe Robert Cole Remember theCall of Dutymovie? It’s based on the Activision video game franchise of the same name, which focuses on a team of soldiers completing missions in the dangerous battlefield of war. No, of course you don’t remember it, because theCall of Dutymovie hasn’t been released yet. In fact, the movie doesn’t even have a cast or distributor yet....

‘Doctor Sleep’ Director’s Cut Will Turn Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaptation Into A Three Hour Movie Doctor Sleepwas already a long movie to begin with, but it’s about to get even longer. ADoctor Sleepdirector’s cut is headed to digital and Blu-ray in 2020, bringingMike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation to a full three-hour runtime. Flanagan spoke recently about what to expect from the director’s cut, which will apparently be even more faithful to the book and restore some character moments....

‘Fallout’ TV Series Coming To Amazon From ‘Westworld’ Creators War. War never changes. But the television landscape sure does, because the thought of a show based on theFalloutvideo game series seemed downright impossible when the franchise debuted in 1997. But here we are: it’s 2020 and Amazon is bringing the post-apocalyptic science fiction story to the small screen, withWestworldcreatorsJonathan NolanandLisa Joyheading up the project. The news was initially teased with a short teaser on Amazon Studios' official Twitter feed....