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‘Raised By Wolves’ Trailer: Ridley Scott’s HBO Max Series Pits Zealots Against Androids It’s sort of hard to believe, but legendary filmmakerRidley Scott(Blade Runner,Gladiator,Alien) has never directed an American television show – until now. Scott is behind the camera for the first two episodes ofRaised by Wolves, a new HBO Max series which explores some concepts that Scott has been fascinated by throughout his entire career. Check out the newest trailer below, which gives us even more context for the central conflict that takes place in the show’s far-flung future....

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Almost Had A Different But Familiar Title We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There was a time when fans could only refer toStar Wars: The Force Awakensby the generic title ofEpisode VII. But in November of 2014 the film got the moniker we’ve all been buzzing about for over a year now. However, fans might be interested to hear thatThe Force Awakensonce went by a completely different title, and it’s a name that will be familiar to those who read a particular novel from what is now called theStar Wars Legendsseries....

‘The Crown’ Star Emma Corrin Lands A Role Opposite Harry Styles In Romantic Drama ‘My Policeman’ At least things are looking up for this Princess Di.Emma Corrin, hot off her Golden Globe and SAG nominations for her role as the Princess of Wales inThe Crown, has landed a role opposite heartthrobHarry Stylesin the Amazon Studios filmMy Policeman. Emma Corrin is moving on from romancing Prince Charles to romancing a Prince of Pop with her next role in the Amazon Studios filmMy Policeman....

‘The Dark Knight’ Swoops Back Into Limited Theaters For 10th Anniversary IMAX Re-Release Ten years ago,The Dark Knightchanged the way we would see superhero movies. And it also changed the way that IMAX cameras would be used in mega-blockbusters. In 2008, directorChristopher Nolanmade the radical choice to shoot select sequences from the movie in IMAX, makingThe Dark Knightthe first major feature film to use IMAX 70mm film. It was a joy to behold in theaters — and now you may experience it again....

‘The Grinch’ Box Office Tracking Indicates The Holiday Film Will See Lots Of Green Halloween hasn’t even happened yet, but it looks like audiences are already in the Christmas spirit. EarlyTheGrinchbox office tracking indicates the new animated version of the Dr. Seuss classic is headed towards a $50 million-plus opening weekend. It’s official: peoplereallywant to hearBenedict Cumberbatch’s voice coming out of a green monster’s mouth. I assumed that 2000’s live-actionHow The Grinch Stole Christmasfrom director Ron Howard satisfied movie audience’s thirst for movies about Dr....

‘The Hobbit’ Will Start Filming This March Among the issues that have plagued development ofThe Hobbitin recent memory:financing troublesdue to studio bankruptcy; amajor directorial changeafter years of delays; actorsboycotting the production; athankfully avoidedlocation change from New Zealand; thefirey destructionof one ofPeter Jackson’s workshops; and most recently, aperforated ulcerthat cost the director a trip to the hospital and the film its February start date. It’s with all this in mind that it gives me great pleasure to announce that finally, at long last, cameras are set to begin rolling onThe Hobbitin March....

‘The Social Network’ Wins Boston, Los Angeles, New York Film Critics Awards And More Much like the website it’s based on,The Social Networkis turning into ajuggernaut.David Fincher’sfilm about the rise of Facebook is beginning to gain serious award seasonmomentumas it picked up Best Picture awards from theBoston, Los Angeles, New York, New York Online, SoutheasternandIndiana Film Critics' Associationsas well as being named one of the top films by theAmerican Film Institutealong with theHouston, St....

‘The Ticket’ Trailer: Dan Stevens Was Blind, But Now He Can See Millions of us hope that one day we’ll win the lottery, thinking that it might make our lives easier. But when James (Dan Stevens), a blind man, wins his own lottery by suddenly waking up with his sight restored, all it does is make things more complicated. The Ticketis a new drama from directorIdo Flukthat played at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the first trailer for the drama just arrived, showing us that getting the one thing that we want so desperately may not make us as happy as we initially thought....

11 Arthurian Movies To Watch After ‘The Green Knight’ The Green Knightopens in theaters this weekend, bringing a new take on the Arthurian legend to the big screen. By all accounts, the film isfantastic, which means it might inspire you to seek out other Arthurian movies. And that’s where this list comes in. Below, check out 11 Arthurian movies to watch afterThe Green Knight. The Sword in the Stone The Sword in the Stone, Disney 1963 animated take on King Arthur’s boyhood is on its way to becoming a live-action reboot, because that’s what Disney does these days....

Casting Notes: New Talent For Drive Angry 3D, Bad Teacher And The Descendants Good news forDrive Angry 3D, the new film fromPatrick Lussierthat already starredNicolas Cageand, one would presume, a lot of cars:William FichtnerandAmber Heardare both joining the cast. The appeal of both should go without saying; too badAll the Boys Love Mandy Lanehasn’t had a proper US release, so most of you will have to think of Heard’s zombie appearance inZombielandand her largely un-clothed work in the utterly awfulThe Informers....

CBS Resurrecting Sunday Night Movies To Fill In For Shortened TV Seasons Back in the old days, long before streaming, and even before home video as we know it today, networks aired movies. NBC had NBC’s Saturday Night at the Movies, and both ABC and CBS had theSunday Night Movie. Well, as the saying goes, everything old is new again, and as CBS finds itself facing a drop-off in programming due to coronavirus delays, they’re bringing back theSunday Night Movie....

Chris Weitz Talks ‘Star Wars’ Standalone For The First Time: “Expect Everything” On paper,Chris Weitzmight seem like an unlikely choice to write aStar Warsmovie. As a director, he’s best at realistic fare likeAbout A BoyandA Better Life. He’s done bigger fantasy too, likeThe Golden Compass and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, but those are based on books. Even his latest film,Cinderella, is based on a very well known story and uses magic as sparsely as possible....

Christian Bale Joins Johnny Depp In Michael Mann’s Public Enemies When Hollywood needs a bankable actor to snag a Wild West outlaw, Pablo Escobar or a few thousand Terminators, they send forChristian Bale, so why not send him after John Dillinger? This summer’s Dark Knight is in talks to star in the 2009 mobster dramaPublic Enemiesfor directorMichael Mann. Bale’s rumored for the role of FBI agent Melvin Purvis, who became an American hero in 1934, the year his relentless manhunt for Dillinger culminated in the 31-year-old gangster being shot dead after he fled from a movie theater by Purvis' men....