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Chris Pratt Was Cast in Canceled Field of Dreams TV Series

©Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom Chris Pratt was originally cast in the television adaption of the acclaimed baseball fantasy film, Field of Dreams. The Saturn Award-nominated actor was presumably set to play Ray Kinsella, who Kevin Costner portrayed in the movie, according to Puck. However, Pratt abruptly dropped out of the television series, which has…

TERMINATOR ZERO | NSFW | Official Trailer | Netflix

©Courtesy of Netflix In the world of Terminator, the future is never set, yet some things are guaranteed: The Terminator is still a cyborg that feels no remorse, pity, or fear. The anime series Terminator Zero, landing on Netflix on Aug. 29 — known to fans as Judgement Day— looks different from any incarnation of…

The Crow : Interview with Actor Bill Skarsgård & Actress FKA twigs

Bill Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is best known for portraying Pennywise in the horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. Other horror appearances were the series Hemlock Grove (2013–2015) and Castle Rock (2018–2019) and the film Barbarian (2022). Skarsgård has also appeared…

25 Years Ago I Got My Eyes Wide Shut…

@Courtesy of Warner Bros. On September 1st, 1999, I attended the press screening of the Venice Film Festival opening movie. The Artistic Director Alberto Barbera had selected one of the most anticipated movies of the year, Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.  I became a movie lover when I was…

GKIDS Acquires Critical and Box Office Sensation “LOOK BACK”

GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor of acclaimed and artist-driven animation from around the world, announced today it has acquired theatrical and home video rights for North America to the critical and box office sensation LOOK BACK. Directed and adapted for the screen by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, the film is based on the critically acclaimed original…

The Crow Rises Again

©Courtesy of Lionsgate  It is not fair that the shadow of Brandon Lee still looms over this new movie version of The Crow, because Vincent Perez, Eric Mabius, Edward Furlong, and Mark Dacascos all played the risen avenger in the sequels and one-season TV series that followed the tragic 1994 film. However, life is not…

Shogun : Exclusive Interview with Producer Eriko Miyagawa on Working with Hiroyuki Sanada to Create an Authentic Period Piece

© 2024, FX. All Rights Reserved. Shogun : Set in Japan in the year 1600, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village. Producer : Hiroyuki Sanada, Eriko Miyagawa, Erin Smith, Tom…

The Crow : Exclusive Interview with Stunt Coordinator, Adam Horton on Working with Bill Skarsgård

Adam Horton was born on May 13, 1972 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He is a stunt performer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Ready Player One(2018), Jason Bourne (2016) and World War Z(2013), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Dredd(2012), Endgame(2009), and stunt coordinator for Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard(2021), Rambo : Last…

‘Strange Darling’: Willa Fitzgerald on Making the Complex Thriller with JT Mollner, Kyle Gallner (Video Interview)

If there’s one thing that anyone who sees JT Mollner’s dark thriller, Strange Darling, it’s that Willa Fitzgerald’s performance as a character merely referred to as “The Lady” is one that is going to turn a lot of heads.  So far, Fitzgerald is best known for her TV work on shows like “Reacher,” “Scream: the…

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Official Trailer

New Line Cinema’s original anime feature “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” returns audiences to the epic world brought to life in “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy, based on the revered books by J.R.R. Tolkien. Under the direction of award-winning filmmaker Kenji Kamiyama (the “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” and “Ghost…

Destin Daniel Cretton Reportedly ‘Doing His Stuff’ on Live-Action Adaptation of ‘Naruto’

©Courtesy of TV Tokyo.  Tasha Huo, the scriptwriter for Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the Naruto anime, now in development, reports that director Destin Daniel Cretton is currently “doing his stuff” with the project. Cretton was acclaimed for helming MCU’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and also directed Just Mercy, The Glass Castle,…