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The upcoming live-action Masters of the Universe reboot has added its second major cast member, with Riverdale alum Camila Mendes set to play the key role of Teela.

THR reports that Mendes will join Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Adam/He-Man. West Side Story actor Kyle Allen was previously attached to play the muscle-bound hero.

Teela has been a permanent fixture of the Motu franchise ever since those first mini-comics, and is usually depicted as Prince Adam's protector and He-Man's right-hand woman/love-interest.

The character was played by Chelsea Field in the previous live-action movie, and was voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar in Netflix's Masters of the Universe: Revelation animated series before being replaced by Melissa Benoist.

Mendes got her big break as Veronica on the Riverdale series, and other recent credits include Upgraded, Música, and Do Revenge. She is also set to play one of the leads in...

Largely rejected upon its release back in 1987, the live-action film adaptation of Masters of the Universe (watch it Here) has gathered a cult following over the decades, and elements of the film have even been worked into the recent animated Netflix shows Masters of the Universe: Revelation and Masters of the Universe: Revolution. On April 17th, Umbrella Home Entertainment in Australia will be giving the film a collector’s edition Blu-ray release – and copies are available for pre-order Here! (Just make sure you have the ability to play Region B Blu-rays before ordering one.)

Directed by Gary Goddard from a screenplay by David Odell, Masters of the Universe has the following synopsis: When the evil Skeletor finds a mysterious power called the Cosmic Key, he becomes nearly invincible. However, courageous warrior He-Man locates inventor Gwildor, who created the Key and has another version of it. During a battle, one of...

Welcome to The Best Movie You Never Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either before it’s time and/or has aged like a fine wine. This week we’ll be looking at Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man!

The Story: The year is 1996 – the future. A biker (Mickey Rourke) and his cowboy pal (Don Johnson) team up to save their favorite bar from going under. To pull this off, they plan a heist but wind up in possession of a massive load of a popular new street drug called “Crystal Dream.”

The Players: Starring: Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field, Giancarlo Esposito, Tom Sizemore, and Daniel Baldwin. Directed by Simon Wincer.

“I was fortunate enough to work on a film with Don, the...

“The Cannon Film Guide is a treasure trove of info for Golan/Globus fans. Even diehard Cannon scholars will learn from this tome.” – Paul Talbot, author of the Bronson’s Loose! books

The unbelievable story of the legendary 1980s B-movie studio continues in The Cannon Film Guide Volume II, which covers the company’s output from 1985 to 1987, their peak production years under maverick moguls Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. This highly-anticipated sequel to the original Cannon compendium takes an up-close look at sixty Cannon movies, from deep cuts to cult classics, including American Ninja, The Delta Force, Over the Top, Invasion USA, Masters of the Universe, Runaway Train, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, King Solomon’s Mines, Lifeforce, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, and many more. Order the book Here

With hundreds of photos and more than forty interviews with Cannon directors, writers, and stars, this is an indispensable reference book for...

Spoiler Alert: The following story contains details from the series finale of NCIS: New Orleans.

On Monday, NCIS: New Orleans came to the end of its seventh and final season, going out on a celebratory note.

The series finale, titled “Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler,” picks up with Pride (Scott Bakula) on the eve of his wedding to Rita (his real-life wife Chelsea Field), as he continues to dig into an attack on his half brother Jimmy (Jason Alan Carvell) and Connor (Drew Scheid), the son he’s only recently come to know.

Initially, it seems like the attack came from one of his mother Sasha’s (Callie Thorne) many enemies. It ultimately comes out, though, that Sasha had the attack staged, so that she could take Connor into Witness Protection, without Pride intervening. While it looks for a moment like Connor is going to skip town with his mother,...

What may be NCIS: New Orleans‘ last foot chase ever ends with a bang — or, more accurately, a “crack!” — as seen in this exclusive sneak peek from this CBS drama’s series finale.

In the episode “Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler,” airing Sunday at 10/9c, it is the eve of Pride’s wedding to Rita as well as his son Connor entering witness protection. But first, Pride (Scott Bakula) must find out who recently attacked both his half-brother Jimmy and Connor, while also figuring out Sasha’s (Callie Thorne) ulterior motives regarding their son.

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NCIS: New Orleans Choices Plot Synopsis, Director, and Air Date — CBS‘ NCIS: New Orleans: Season 7, Episode 13: Choices plot synopsis, director, and air date have been released. Cast and crew NCIS: New Orleans stars Scott Bakula, Vanessa Ferlito, Necar Zadegan, Rob Kerkovich, Daryl “Chill” Mitchell, Charles Michael Davis, Chelsea Field, and Cch Pounder. Press Release The Team [...]

Continue reading: NCIS: New Orleans: Season 7, Episode 13: Choices Plot Synopsis, Director, & Air Date [CBS]...

If your two favorite things are NCIS and Mardi Gras, I’ve got some terrible news for you: NCIS: New Orleans is coming to an end.

Season 7, which is currently airing (Sundays at 10/9c), will be the CBS procedural’s last, our sister site Deadline reports. The series finale is set to air Sunday, May 16 — marking the show’s 155th episode.

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Thus far this season,...

“NCIS: New Orleans” will come to an end after Season 7 at CBS, Variety has confirmed.

The season finale scheduled for May 16 will now serve as the series finale. At the time of its conclusion, the show will have aired 155 episodes.

“It has been our sincere pleasure and honor to work on this show and with this incredible cast and crew for over 150 episodes,” said executive producers Christopher Silber and Jan Nash. “As disappointed as we are to see ‘Nola’ end, we couldn’t be prouder of the work we’ve done and are grateful to the spectacular and resilient Crescent City that embraced us for seven wonderful years.”

News of the show ending comes a day after it was reported that “NCIS: Hawaii” is in the works at CBS from Silber, Nash, and “Seal Team” writer Matt Bosack. It was also reported earlier on Wednesday that the CBS sitcom “Mom...

Exclusive: NCIS: New Orleans, the youngest series in CBS’ formidable NCIS franchise, is coming to an end. The current seventh season will be the drama’s last, with the series finale slated for May 16. It will be the show’s 155th episode.

The NCIS offshoot starring and executive produced by Scott Bakula joins another long-running CBS series that is wrapping this season; news got out this afternoon that comedy Mom will end with its current eighth season.

Created by the late Gary Glasberg, NCIS: New Orleans revolves around the local field office that investigates criminal cases involving military personnel in the Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.

“Sad to end our love affair with this phenomenal city but so grateful for all the friends we made along the way,” Bakula said. “I will miss the music. Big thank you to CBS for seven years.

The bad news for NCIS: New Orleans‘ Special Agent Dwayne Pride: Things will only get worse for his two agents investigating a murder at sea. The good news: A very special lady is about to re-enter his orbit, and she’s got some news to share.

The CBS drama’s Nov. 8 opener sent Special Agents Gregorio and Carter (played by Vanessa Ferlito and Charles Michael Davis) to a humanitarian medical ship where a murder had been committed during the time it was not allowed to dock due to Covid infections. While Pride and Khoury chased leads on land,...

Exclusive: Chelsea Field, who has recurred as Rita Devereaux on NCIS: New Orleans for the past four seasons, has been promoted to series regular for CBS drama’s upcoming seventh season.

After a successful career as an attorney with the Department of Justice, Field’s Rita returned to her hometown of New Orleans to pursue a relationship with Dwayne Pride, her one-time boyfriend, portrayed by her real-life husband, NCIS: Nee Orleans star Scott Bakula. Her character was first introduced in the second half of Season 3.

Created by Gary Glasberg, NCIS: New Orleans is a drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases involving military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.

In addition to Bakula, Vanessa Ferlito, Necar Zadegan, Charles Michael Davis, Rob Kerkovich, Cch Pounder and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell also star. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios.

Hey, "NCIS: New Orleans" fans. The brand new season 6 is almost here! That means it's time to let you guys know what will be taking place in the premiere episode 1. CBS has already released a new press release for it. So, we will certainly be using it to deliver a nice, little premiere episode 1 spoiler session for you guys. To get things started, we have an official title for episode 1. It is called, "Judgement Call." This particular episode will definitely revolve around the main man Agent Pride, or at least that's all CBS is giving us. They only talk about agent Pride in this press release. So, what will agent Pride be up to when season 6 finally rolls around? It turns out that he will be on vacation at first, but then he's going to have to cut it short due to some drama with Hannah. Hannah is going...

Who is Rita Devereaux on NCIS: New Orleans? The Season 5 premiere left fans wondering as to her identity. Luckily, the answer is relatively simple. Rita on NCIS: New Orleans is played by actress Chelsea Field, who has appeared in films like Masters of the Universe, The Last Boy Scout, and Commando. She also appeared as a guest actress on NCIS as a different character before she appeared as Rita Devereaux on NCIS: New Orleans. However, what many people don’t know is that Chelsea is also the wife of star Scott Bakula, who plays the lead role of Dwayne Pride. Who is Rita […]

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It’s hard not to marvel at Luke Bryan and his team’s skill for uncanny precision. On Monday, his “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” became his 21st Number One on the Country Airplay chart and, though it was obviously weeks in the making, Bryan also celebrated the opening of his new Nashville bar, Luke’s 32 Bridge Food and Drink, with a giant, free street concert in the middle of lower Broadway.

32 Bridge, the latest and possibly largest of the recent “bro bar” trend, now occupies a former bank building on the...

In back-to-back episodes, team members deal with the ghosts of their past, so they can move unfettered into the future.

First, Pride and Rita tentatively start again on NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 Episode 17.

First, Rita is proving to be an able ally for Pride in her position of Ada. She's going to be helpful to him as he attempts to bring down corrupt Mayor Hamilton.

Pride knows Hamilton is dirty, but Rita knows where to look to find the evidence that he needs to prove it. 

Rita is the one who discovers Hamilton has been denying development in the rundown Clearwater neighborhood. Why is the question that she and Pride still need to answer.

Which could get tricky, since Hamilton knows about their past and renewed relationships.

Clearwater is at the heart of this case of the week. The question the team needs to answer is why a decorated Marine...

For NCIS: New Orelans' Scott Bakula, success came at a price.

After spending a decade making a name for himself in the New York City theater scene, the St. Louis-native moved his family – then-wife Krista Neumann and their daughter Chelsy, now 31 – to Los Angeles, where, in 1988, he booked the lead role in NBC's time-traveling series Quantum Leap.

Being a series regular on a network TV show was great, but that also meant he was "hardly ever home for four and a half seasons," the actor admits in the latest issue of People.

Bakula's marriage to Neumann, with whom he also had a son,...

This spring, rev up your engines and get ready to relive the explosive action, daring stunts and high-octane thrills when the 1991 action smash hit Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man arrives for the first time on Blu-ray on May 19, 2015 from Shout! Factory. Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler, Sin City) and Don Johnson (A Boy and His Dog, TV's Miami Vice) star in this genre collision of biker movie, heist thriller and buddy flick that will take you to the hardline of action and adventure! Co-starring Tom Sizemore (Natural Born Killers), Chelsea Field (The Last Boy Scout), Tia Carrere (True Lies) and Vanessa Williams (Shaft), this relentlessly explosive actioner just may prove that "it's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool." When their favorite bar is threatened with closure,...

Home Invasion is a weekly post every Tuesday which shows you what is being released on Blu-Ray & DVD today! We scoured through Amazon to bring you everything you might be interested in. Our Picks of the Week are releases that we are looking forward to checking out, have reviewed and/or were are Picks of the Week on the Dtb Podcast. All descriptions are courtesy of Amazon.com.

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Based on real events the dramatic thriller “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played-information that was not declassified until many years after the event. On November 4 1979 as the Iranian revolution reaches its boiling point militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran taking 52 Americans hostage. But...

In a very short period of time, Scream Factory has become the number one company to watch for cult horror releases. They have new titles planned every month and, in February, we’ll see the release of TerrorVision, The Video Dead, and Prison. We covered the initial announcement and we’re back with details on the presentation, bonus features, and cover artwork:

“Scream Factory™ invites loyal fans and collectors to embark on a journey filled with thrills, chills and 80s high-camp spills when Prison (starring Viggo Mortensen in an early career role) and a double feature presentation of Terrorvision and The Video Dead debut on home entertainment shelves everywhere on February 19, 2013. Prison Collector’s Edition and Terrorvision/ The Video Dead Double Feature are presented in Two Blu-ray + DVD combo packs. Each boasts original theatrical key art, anamorphic widescreen movie presentation and exciting bonus content.

Available for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD,...

Remember Masters of the Universe?

It was the 1987 He-Man movie that never really felt like a He-Man movie. Most of the movie took place on Earth, instead of Eternia. He-Man, played by Dolph Lundgren, preferred to use blasters and rifles instead of his sword. Orko was nonexistent along with He-Man’s true identity of Prince Adam. And, Man-at-Arms and Teela were eating chicken.

Masters of the Universe was a live-action fail. Yet, I oddly still loved the movie as a kid. Why? Because it had the name He-Man attached to it. To be blunt, the movie “sucked,” but I didn’t care. The movie heralded new toys and made me think that one-day, perhaps a live-action GI Joe movie would be made (meaning a good one and not the super suit travesty we got shafted with in 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra). I had big dreams.

Now Masters of the Universe...

Over the last couple of days The Scream Factory's Facebook page has been revealing the artwork for their upcoming Blu-rays of The Nest and Deadly Blessing. In addition, today being Friday, they also announced another new release for us to look forward to: 1988's Prison.

Prison was directed by Renny Harlin and stars Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lane Smith, Kane Hodder, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, and Tom Everett. Look for it sometime in 2013.

Prison Synopsis:

After Charles Forsythe (was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all,...

I had always been interested in checking out Renny Harlin’s early work, however I just had the most difficult time tracking stuff down (Elm St 4 aside). But as luck would have it, during my rummaging for films, I came across Prison (1988) and I picked it up immediately. The only thing I knew about the film, aside from its director, was that it was also an early film for one Viggo Mortensen.

The story is as you might imagine is set in a prison. This prison housed a prisoner Charles Forsyth, who was executed for a crime he did not commit. The prison gets reopened, with a new Warden Eaton Sharpe (Lane Smith), who was a former guard at the prison, and seems to suffer nightmares over the execution. Once reopened, the angry spirit of Charles is released, and bodies start showing up.

Prison (1988) was an entertaining flick, it had an interesting storyline,...

It is time again to get abducted to South Africa's Celludroid Film Festival! In addition to a wide range of exciting sci-fi, anime, and fantasy movies, this year will feature special visiting guest director Richard Stanley (with his movies, documentaries, short films, and new book), and for the first time short film collections will be part of the line-up.

The venue will again be the legendary Labia Theatre, Orange Street, Cape Town; and the event will run across 5-14 July.

From the Press Release:

Expatriate director, esoteric scholar, anthropologist, and author Richard Stanley (aka The Nagloper) will attend Celludroid with some of his classic movies (including Hardware and Dust Devil), his documentaries, and short films. His new book, Shadow of the Grail, will be discussed after the screening of his related doc, The Secret Glory; and he’ll take on the controversy around The Island of Dr. Moreau with a live commentary track.

As The Expendables appears on DVD and Blu-ray, Duncan got to meet with the legendary Dolph Lundgren to discuss his back catalogue of classic action movies...

For those of us growing up in the 80s, Dolph Lundgren needs no introduction. However, since the interview took place, I've talked to several people, mostly in their late teens/early twenties, who haven't heard of him and I've become increasingly aware of the generation gap. It was a subject which came up in the interview itself, so in the interest of inclusion, following the interview portion, there's a very quick rundown of the films that encouraged such loyal geek fandom starting some twenty-five years ago.

At the interview, the man himself was incredibly polite, friendly and laughed at every available opportunity, also apologising at the beginning and end of our time for not being able to stand up to shake hands. (He was wired in to microphones.