Fremantle has expanded its scripted department. The American Gods producer has hired Nyanza Shaw and Jerry Jacobs.
Shaw joins as EVP, Scripted Business and Legal Affairs, and Jerry Jacobs joins as EVP, Scripted Productions.
In her new role, Shaw will oversee all dealmaking pertaining to the development, production, and financing of Fremantle’s scripted series and new media content produced for the U.S., her purview spanning business strategy, IP acquisition, and production financing, along with production business and legal affairs.
Jacobs will oversee all aspects of production for Fremantle’s slate of scripted entertainment, including the hiring of key production staff, the sourcing of production locations, and the setting and maintaining of overall project budgets.
Shaw comes to Fremantle with more than 20 years of experience in entertainment, business, media, technology, and intellectual property matters. She formerly owned the firm Shaw Esquire and served as its managing attorney, developing relationships with various distributors,...
Shaw joins as EVP, Scripted Business and Legal Affairs, and Jerry Jacobs joins as EVP, Scripted Productions.
In her new role, Shaw will oversee all dealmaking pertaining to the development, production, and financing of Fremantle’s scripted series and new media content produced for the U.S., her purview spanning business strategy, IP acquisition, and production financing, along with production business and legal affairs.
Jacobs will oversee all aspects of production for Fremantle’s slate of scripted entertainment, including the hiring of key production staff, the sourcing of production locations, and the setting and maintaining of overall project budgets.
Shaw comes to Fremantle with more than 20 years of experience in entertainment, business, media, technology, and intellectual property matters. She formerly owned the firm Shaw Esquire and served as its managing attorney, developing relationships with various distributors,...
- 10/7/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Olivia’s father was like a dog with a bone on Thursday’s Scandal fall finale — or, rather, a dog without a bone.
RelatedGrey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Htgawm Midseason Premiere Date Announced
Within the first 15 minutes of the episode, it was revealed — over yet another tense father-daughter dinner — that Rowan kidnapped Quinn in the hopes of swapping her for his stupid dinosaur skeleton. He even repeated his iconic/ludicrous “I want my bones!” line to Olivia, albeit with slightly less energy this time. They were in a restaurant, after all.
Despite assuring her he’s “not bluffing,” Olivia put...
RelatedGrey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Htgawm Midseason Premiere Date Announced
Within the first 15 minutes of the episode, it was revealed — over yet another tense father-daughter dinner — that Rowan kidnapped Quinn in the hopes of swapping her for his stupid dinosaur skeleton. He even repeated his iconic/ludicrous “I want my bones!” line to Olivia, albeit with slightly less energy this time. They were in a restaurant, after all.
Despite assuring her he’s “not bluffing,” Olivia put...
- 11/17/2017
- TVLine.com
In the on again, off again, drama that is the Batfleck saga, new rumors have surfaced of new younger Batman to take up the mantle going forward with Matt Reeves’ The Batman.
Ben Affleck has been hot and cold about whether or not he would continue to play The Dark Knight in the Dceu. Speaking with USA Today, Affleck confirmed he is looking for a way to gracefully exit as Batman. A cool way to take his character out of the Dceu. Which is on par for the course that has been Batfleck. However the verbiage lays out that he is contemplating The Batman which is set to be directed by Reeves’ but other sources have revealed that Reeves’ might have someone else in mind.
John Campea, formally of Collider Video, spoke about the situation on his podcast The John Campea Show, that he has heard from sources that Jake Gyllenhaal...
Ben Affleck has been hot and cold about whether or not he would continue to play The Dark Knight in the Dceu. Speaking with USA Today, Affleck confirmed he is looking for a way to gracefully exit as Batman. A cool way to take his character out of the Dceu. Which is on par for the course that has been Batfleck. However the verbiage lays out that he is contemplating The Batman which is set to be directed by Reeves’ but other sources have revealed that Reeves’ might have someone else in mind.
John Campea, formally of Collider Video, spoke about the situation on his podcast The John Campea Show, that he has heard from sources that Jake Gyllenhaal...
- 11/16/2017
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (B.C.)
- Cinelinx
Spoiler Alert!! Do not read if you haven't watched Thursday's season seven premiere of Scandal!
This is Olivia Pope's world, and we're all just living in it.
Scandal started its final season with a bang on Thursday night -- in more ways than one.
Within the first five minutes of the premiere, Olivia was back in bed with Jake Ballard, but despite their second round in the sheets, our favorite White House Chief of Staff made it clear that the romantic relationship was just for the sake of convenience.
Related: 'Scandal' Star Katie Lowes Welcomes Son -- See the First Pic of Her 'Baby Gladiator!'
Instead, Olivia had other things on her mind, like shutting down reporters on TV (more on that later) and walking through the White House likes she owns the place (because she kind of does).
Olivia was definitely on a power trip, and the minute someone tried to tell her...
This is Olivia Pope's world, and we're all just living in it.
Scandal started its final season with a bang on Thursday night -- in more ways than one.
Within the first five minutes of the premiere, Olivia was back in bed with Jake Ballard, but despite their second round in the sheets, our favorite White House Chief of Staff made it clear that the romantic relationship was just for the sake of convenience.
Related: 'Scandal' Star Katie Lowes Welcomes Son -- See the First Pic of Her 'Baby Gladiator!'
Instead, Olivia had other things on her mind, like shutting down reporters on TV (more on that later) and walking through the White House likes she owns the place (because she kind of does).
Olivia was definitely on a power trip, and the minute someone tried to tell her...
- 10/6/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Waterfall_1_067_V5 – The next generation cast of the Avatar sequels at Disney’s new Pandora – The World of Avatar located in Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. L-r: Britain Dalton (Lo’ak of the Sully Family), Filip Geljo (Aonung of the Metkayina Clan), Jamie Flatters (Neteyam of the Sully Family), Bailey Bass (Tsireya of the Metkayina Clan), Trinity Bliss (Tuktirey of the Sully Family), Jack Champion (Javier “Spider” Socorro), and Duane Evans Jr (Rotxo of the Metkayina Clan). Photo Credit: Sheryl Nields.
20th Century Fox has revealed the newest cast members of the Avatar Sequels who recently explored Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom for inspiration.
Concurrent production began in Manhattan Beach, CA on Monday, September 25th on the four sequels, the first of which will be released December 18, 2020.
The next generation cast of the Avatar...
20th Century Fox has revealed the newest cast members of the Avatar Sequels who recently explored Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom for inspiration.
Concurrent production began in Manhattan Beach, CA on Monday, September 25th on the four sequels, the first of which will be released December 18, 2020.
The next generation cast of the Avatar...
- 9/27/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: Since Episode 5 of The Flash is called “Girls Night Out,” is there a chance the girls will actually speak to each other? And might they do so at a party in anticipation of a certain wedding? —Tatiana
Ausiello: Thanks for your question, Tats. (Btw, nice work on that Orphan Black finale.) Here’s what Flash Ep Todd Helbing had to say about Ep 5: “It’s really fun. The girls [including a visiting Felicity Smoak] go and have a night out in Central City alone,...
Question: Since Episode 5 of The Flash is called “Girls Night Out,” is there a chance the girls will actually speak to each other? And might they do so at a party in anticipation of a certain wedding? —Tatiana
Ausiello: Thanks for your question, Tats. (Btw, nice work on that Orphan Black finale.) Here’s what Flash Ep Todd Helbing had to say about Ep 5: “It’s really fun. The girls [including a visiting Felicity Smoak] go and have a night out in Central City alone,...
- 8/23/2017
- TVLine.com
Bitten alum Laura Vandervoort will sink her teeth into the role of a high-end attorney, on Season 2 of At&T Audience Network’s Ice.
TVLine has learned that among the edgy drama’s Season 2 cast changes, Vandervoort will recur as Tessa Pryor, a legal eagle who arrives at court to represent veteran diamond dealer Freddy Green (played by Jeremy Sisto). Tessa is described as confident, self-assured, and sharp as a tack, “a real firebrand.”
RelatedMr. Mercedes: Are You Driven to Watch More of the Stephen King Adaptation?
Also new to the cast is Jocelyn Hudon (The Strain), who...
TVLine has learned that among the edgy drama’s Season 2 cast changes, Vandervoort will recur as Tessa Pryor, a legal eagle who arrives at court to represent veteran diamond dealer Freddy Green (played by Jeremy Sisto). Tessa is described as confident, self-assured, and sharp as a tack, “a real firebrand.”
RelatedMr. Mercedes: Are You Driven to Watch More of the Stephen King Adaptation?
Also new to the cast is Jocelyn Hudon (The Strain), who...
- 8/21/2017
- TVLine.com
The long-awaited Adaptation of Stephen King's Magnum Opus topped the weekend box office. The Dark Tower barely edged out Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk pulling in more than $19M dollars. That's great news for fans of the movie, but for true Stephen King fans that number 19 might raise a few eyebrows.
That's because the number 19 is important to The Dark Tower series, especially in the last three books. In the books Roland Deschain and his group start seeing the number everywhere: names that have 19 letters, numbers whose digits add up and total 19, and branches that spell out the numbers, etc.
These instances are pointed out on the Dark Tower Wiki:
Eddie Dean flys in Delta flight 910 to New York. 9 + 10 add up to 19.Alice is told to tell Nort nineteen to find out what is on the other side after death.When Jake Chambers visits Calvin Tower's bookstore, The Manhattan Restaurant of the Mind,...
That's because the number 19 is important to The Dark Tower series, especially in the last three books. In the books Roland Deschain and his group start seeing the number everywhere: names that have 19 letters, numbers whose digits add up and total 19, and branches that spell out the numbers, etc.
These instances are pointed out on the Dark Tower Wiki:
Eddie Dean flys in Delta flight 910 to New York. 9 + 10 add up to 19.Alice is told to tell Nort nineteen to find out what is on the other side after death.When Jake Chambers visits Calvin Tower's bookstore, The Manhattan Restaurant of the Mind,...
- 8/7/2017
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
Adult Swim has released the theme song to Adventure Time: Elements and it features Jake and Finn returning to the land of Ooo, but it's a lot weirder than it was before, and that making Ooo any weirder doesn't seem like an easy task.
There are more strange and mysterious adventures that await Jake and Finn, the Ice King and Betty as they explore what’s become of their home while they were away on their ocean expedition in Islands. This evolved Ooo is full of new strange new characters and landscapes.
Adventure Time: Elements is a mini-series will launch with a special episode set to air on April 21st. The from April 24th to April 27th the network will release two-episode batches each night. All of this is leading up to the shown conclusion, which is coming next year. Enjoy all of this while it lasts!
There are more strange and mysterious adventures that await Jake and Finn, the Ice King and Betty as they explore what’s become of their home while they were away on their ocean expedition in Islands. This evolved Ooo is full of new strange new characters and landscapes.
Adventure Time: Elements is a mini-series will launch with a special episode set to air on April 21st. The from April 24th to April 27th the network will release two-episode batches each night. All of this is leading up to the shown conclusion, which is coming next year. Enjoy all of this while it lasts!
- 4/4/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Gavin Jasper Apr 3, 2017
As the Undertaker announces his retirement, we look back at his Wrestlemania record...
This article is from Den Of Geek Us.
WrestleMania XXX was an eventful show. It calmed the fears of those afraid that it would crash the WWE Network and cause major damage to the company's latest venture. Cesaro broke away from his tag team and broke out by winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Trophy. Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and the Rock hung out in the ring and had a blast. Mr. T and Roddy Piper buried the hatchet. Daniel Bryan went through an endless supply of punishment before being defeating Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista.
That was a big moment and a major story, but the thing people will be talking about for a long time is the end of Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar. For the first time ever, Undertaker lost at...
As the Undertaker announces his retirement, we look back at his Wrestlemania record...
This article is from Den Of Geek Us.
WrestleMania XXX was an eventful show. It calmed the fears of those afraid that it would crash the WWE Network and cause major damage to the company's latest venture. Cesaro broke away from his tag team and broke out by winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Trophy. Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and the Rock hung out in the ring and had a blast. Mr. T and Roddy Piper buried the hatchet. Daniel Bryan went through an endless supply of punishment before being defeating Triple H, Randy Orton, and Batista.
That was a big moment and a major story, but the thing people will be talking about for a long time is the end of Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar. For the first time ever, Undertaker lost at...
- 4/2/2017
- Den of Geek
“Adventure Time” has a long way to go, but in many ways, it already ended. In early February 2017, just a few months after Cartoon Network notified the team behind its most surprising breakout hit that the show was canceled, the cast finished their last round of voice work. The final episodes were written, and the saga of Finn and Jake in the magical, post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo came to a close as the cast and crew scattered to new projects. The fruits of their labor will gradually unfurl on Cartoon Network until 2018 — although the timing remains uncertain. Fans must wait for the slow march to the finale, but the creative team is moving on.
“It was bittersweet,” said head writer Kent Osborne, recalling the last day of recording. “A lot of shows don’t last this long, but this felt different because it was just so popular.”
“Adventure Time” was...
“It was bittersweet,” said head writer Kent Osborne, recalling the last day of recording. “A lot of shows don’t last this long, but this felt different because it was just so popular.”
“Adventure Time” was...
- 2/24/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan. Courtesy of the filmmaker.It’s rare to come across such a humble yet cogent body of work as that of Manfred Kirchheimer. His career stretches across six decades but it would be a mistake to reduce his films to mere historical records, for they can enclose enthralling stories of ordinary New Yorkers or celebrate the beauty of urban structures all while confronting head-on layered questions on class, race and identity. Throughout the years, his subjects have fluctuated from workers pushing carts through New York’s Garment District, the docking of a transatlantic ocean liner or a community of Jewish émigrés in the Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights. As modest as his filmography might seem, one shouldn’t oversee its substantial contribution to American documentary and independent cinema.During a recent conversation, Kirchheimer told me he had recently retired as a teacher at the...
- 2/9/2017
- MUBI
Roan has only been the king for nine days and people are already trying to kill him.
The 100 Season 4 Episode 2 found several of our characters dealing with the harsh realities of being a leader – Clarke, Bellamy, and Roan all had to make tough, if not virtually impossible, choices.
View Slideshow: The 100 Photos from "Heavy Lies the Crown"
This was a stronger installment than The 100 Season 4 Premiere, largely thanks to how well-balanced the action was between Arkadia and Polis.
The show occasionally struggles with making the Sky People drama and the larger grounder political drama equally compelling. But the two plots worked in tandem to great effect during "Heavy Lies the Crown."
Let's start with the Polis portions, which were more self-contained and less sprawling.
The hour opened by introducing us to a brand new character named Ilian. The young grounder (of the Trishanakru clan) seems poised to become an important figure.
The 100 Season 4 Episode 2 found several of our characters dealing with the harsh realities of being a leader – Clarke, Bellamy, and Roan all had to make tough, if not virtually impossible, choices.
View Slideshow: The 100 Photos from "Heavy Lies the Crown"
This was a stronger installment than The 100 Season 4 Premiere, largely thanks to how well-balanced the action was between Arkadia and Polis.
The show occasionally struggles with making the Sky People drama and the larger grounder political drama equally compelling. But the two plots worked in tandem to great effect during "Heavy Lies the Crown."
Let's start with the Polis portions, which were more self-contained and less sprawling.
The hour opened by introducing us to a brand new character named Ilian. The young grounder (of the Trishanakru clan) seems poised to become an important figure.
- 2/9/2017
- by Caralynn Lippo
- TVfanatic
The end of the world is nigh – again! – and tensions are rising on The 100 Season 4 Episode 1.
... not that tensions were ever particularly low on this show to begin with.
The premiere picked up mere moments after the jaw-dropping events of The 100 Season 3 Finale. This made for an action packed (and super plot-heavy) installment.
“Echoes” does a lot of the heavy lifting of laying the ground work for this season.
It establishes what I assume will be the two major through-lines: (1) the fight for who will control Polis and the coalition of the clans and (2) the larger scale struggle to save, well, all of humanity from imminent destruction (and to keep it all a secret in the meantime).
The former will have to try hard to impress me. Already, it’s very similar to the political intrigue we dealt with during the first half of The 100 Season 3, the initial Polis arc...
... not that tensions were ever particularly low on this show to begin with.
The premiere picked up mere moments after the jaw-dropping events of The 100 Season 3 Finale. This made for an action packed (and super plot-heavy) installment.
“Echoes” does a lot of the heavy lifting of laying the ground work for this season.
It establishes what I assume will be the two major through-lines: (1) the fight for who will control Polis and the coalition of the clans and (2) the larger scale struggle to save, well, all of humanity from imminent destruction (and to keep it all a secret in the meantime).
The former will have to try hard to impress me. Already, it’s very similar to the political intrigue we dealt with during the first half of The 100 Season 3, the initial Polis arc...
- 2/2/2017
- by Caralynn Lippo
- TVfanatic
Jake Paul has always been competitive.
“Growing up, I played football and was always one of the best on the team,” the social media and Disney Channel star, 19, says of his childhood in Cleveland.
“I wanted to go into the NFL, so when I was 10, my dad got my brother and me a video camera so we could record our games and watch them back.”
His dad never thought that gift would set Jake and his older brother, fellow Vine star Logan Paul, 21, on a path that would change their lives forever.
Jake was just 16 years old when he and...
“Growing up, I played football and was always one of the best on the team,” the social media and Disney Channel star, 19, says of his childhood in Cleveland.
“I wanted to go into the NFL, so when I was 10, my dad got my brother and me a video camera so we could record our games and watch them back.”
His dad never thought that gift would set Jake and his older brother, fellow Vine star Logan Paul, 21, on a path that would change their lives forever.
Jake was just 16 years old when he and...
- 12/20/2016
- by Patrick Gomez
- PEOPLE.com
Welcome back, fellow Librarians fans, and welcome to Season 3! The season got off to a quick start with The Librarians Season 3 Episode 1, "And the Rise of Chaos," featuring a couple new villains. Well, one new villain and a whole group of strangely incompetent government nitwits.
Yes, indeedy-do! Apparently, no one informed the Men in Black anything about what the Library under the Metropolitan Library in New York was actually doing! (Communication, people. It's important stuff!)
So let's dive right in and take a look at the season's new villains. First up, let's look at the mooks known as the Department of Statistical Anomalies.
Their whole purpose in existence appears to be to get in the way of our heroes and to cause problems. Certainly, neither of the two featured representatives of the organization seems to exhibit any sort of genuine desire to, you know, do good and protect people.
Honestly,...
Yes, indeedy-do! Apparently, no one informed the Men in Black anything about what the Library under the Metropolitan Library in New York was actually doing! (Communication, people. It's important stuff!)
So let's dive right in and take a look at the season's new villains. First up, let's look at the mooks known as the Department of Statistical Anomalies.
Their whole purpose in existence appears to be to get in the way of our heroes and to cause problems. Certainly, neither of the two featured representatives of the organization seems to exhibit any sort of genuine desire to, you know, do good and protect people.
Honestly,...
- 11/21/2016
- by Kathleen Wiedel
- TVfanatic
[Editor’s Note: The following is what IndieWire TV Critic Ben Travers claims to be an interview he conducted with Vanilla Ice — an “expert on ice,” according to Mr. Travers — about the new At&T Original Series, “Ice.” Despite his insistence, it’s quite clear that the below back-and-forth is not an interview (no recording or even transcript could be provided upon request), but simply a staged conversation using lyrics from “Ice, Ice, Baby” to introduce key points about the TV show, “Ice.” We apologize for his behavior, as well as to Mr. Ice, if he happens to read this. But it’s been a long week, so we’re just gonna go with it.]
All right, stop.
Yes, please. Let me stop you right here. If all you need to know about “Ice” is whether or not it’s worth your time, I can safely assure you it’s not.
Collaborate and listen.
Collaborate? Like, who’s working together on “Ice”? Well, that’s really the only reason anyone is aware “Ice” exists. The At&T Original Series airing on DirecTV’s Audience Network is directed and produced by Antoine Fuqua, and he’s easily the biggest name here. The main acting talent consists of Cam Gigandet, who hasn’t aged a day (or discovered any depth of emotion) since he killed Marissa 10 years ago on “The O.C.”, and Jeremy Sisto, who’s back to playing the black sheep brother you want to love but know you can’t.
Ice is back with a brand new invention.
I have to disagree with you there.
All right, stop.
Yes, please. Let me stop you right here. If all you need to know about “Ice” is whether or not it’s worth your time, I can safely assure you it’s not.
Collaborate and listen.
Collaborate? Like, who’s working together on “Ice”? Well, that’s really the only reason anyone is aware “Ice” exists. The At&T Original Series airing on DirecTV’s Audience Network is directed and produced by Antoine Fuqua, and he’s easily the biggest name here. The main acting talent consists of Cam Gigandet, who hasn’t aged a day (or discovered any depth of emotion) since he killed Marissa 10 years ago on “The O.C.”, and Jeremy Sisto, who’s back to playing the black sheep brother you want to love but know you can’t.
Ice is back with a brand new invention.
I have to disagree with you there.
- 11/17/2016
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Is it just me, or is Secrets and Lies‘ Detective Andrea Cornell in serious danger of becoming interesting?
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Set exactly two years after the death of Cornell’s former partner, Sunday’s episode peeled back an unexpected layer of Juliette Lewis’ stoic character, thanks largely to a troubling visit from her ex-husband Ethan. Within 30 seconds of his arrival at the precinct, Cornell was making a damn scene, screaming at him (“Stop shrinking me!”) in front of her co-workers.
Ethan also forced Cornell...
RelatedPost Mortem: Notorious Boss Talks Sarah’s Killer Reveal, What’s Next for Jake and Julia
Set exactly two years after the death of Cornell’s former partner, Sunday’s episode peeled back an unexpected layer of Juliette Lewis’ stoic character, thanks largely to a troubling visit from her ex-husband Ethan. Within 30 seconds of his arrival at the precinct, Cornell was making a damn scene, screaming at him (“Stop shrinking me!”) in front of her co-workers.
Ethan also forced Cornell...
- 11/7/2016
- TVLine.com
Continuing a proud television tradition that dates back decades, tonight’s episodes of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “New Girl” will feature one another’s characters in a crossover event. The two comedies, which air back-to-back on Fox, have just released a behind-the-scenes preview. Watch it below.
Read More: Why ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s’ Chelsea Peretti Wanted to Do Stand-Up for Dogs on Netflix
Zooey Deschanel will first appear on “Jake Meets Jess,” tonight’s episode of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”; immediately after, on “New Girl’s” “Jess Takes Manhattan,” Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Joe LoTruglio and Chelsea Peretti will make guest appearances. Deschanel’s character finds herself at the precinct while visiting New York, and is enlisted by Samberg to find a suspect after having a “fateful encounter” with Gina (Peretti) and Captain Holt (Braugher).
Read More: Review: ‘New Girl’ Season 5 Is As Good As Ever, But Is It Time For the Cast to Move On?...
Read More: Why ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s’ Chelsea Peretti Wanted to Do Stand-Up for Dogs on Netflix
Zooey Deschanel will first appear on “Jake Meets Jess,” tonight’s episode of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”; immediately after, on “New Girl’s” “Jess Takes Manhattan,” Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Joe LoTruglio and Chelsea Peretti will make guest appearances. Deschanel’s character finds herself at the precinct while visiting New York, and is enlisted by Samberg to find a suspect after having a “fateful encounter” with Gina (Peretti) and Captain Holt (Braugher).
Read More: Review: ‘New Girl’ Season 5 Is As Good As Ever, But Is It Time For the Cast to Move On?...
- 10/11/2016
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
It's the end of the line for Finn and Jake. The Adventure Time TV show has been effectively cancelled. Cartoon Network announced the long-running animated series will end in 2018, Deadline reports. There are still plenty of adventures to be had, though. In addition to the ninth and final season of Adventure Time, expect specials and mini-series.Created by Pendleton Ward, the cartoon follows a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and his dog, Jake (John Dimaggio). Tom Kenny voices Ice King. Hynden Walch voices Princess Bubblegum. Adventure Time is executive produced by Adam Muto and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Season nine is currently in production.Read More…...
- 9/29/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There has never been a show quite like “Adventure Time,” which can be silly, wise and utterly mesmerizing within the confines of a few unpredictable minutes. The news that it will end its run in 2018, after eight years and nine seasons, may come as a shock to anyone invested in its unique pleasures. “Adventure Time” wasn’t just a well-honed animated program with equal appeal to viewers of all ages; that zany attitude delivered warm tidbits of life advice and an emotional purity with the concision of great folk music, and the same lasting power. It was the kind of perfectly conceived formula that suggested immortality. Even with the end in sight, its legacy is secure.
RelatedWhy ‘Adventure Time,’ Now In Its Fifth Season, Is More Groundbreaking Than You May Realize
This may sound like hyperbole for a consumer-facing program about the exploits of a goofy adolescent named Finn and...
RelatedWhy ‘Adventure Time,’ Now In Its Fifth Season, Is More Groundbreaking Than You May Realize
This may sound like hyperbole for a consumer-facing program about the exploits of a goofy adolescent named Finn and...
- 9/29/2016
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Antoine Fuqua’s just released his western “The Magnificent Seven,” which dominated the box office taking in a solid $35 million in its opening weekend. Now, the director is ready to release his upcoming drama series, “Ice,” for At&T’s Audience network.
“Each diamond has lived a life. Persevered. Suffered,” says Jeremy Sisto in the first teaser trailer. “Each one tells us a story, and that story, no matter how many times it’s told, can outlive us all.”
Read More: ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Director Antoine Fuqua On How His Western Remake Reflects The World Today
The 10-episode series centers around the Green family, half brothers Jake (Cam Gigandet) and Freddy (Sisto), their father (Raymond J. Barry) and uncle Cam (Ray Winstone), as they navigate the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business. Judith Shekoni, Konstantin Lavysh and Donald Sutherland also co-star.
The show is written and executive produced by Robert Munic,...
“Each diamond has lived a life. Persevered. Suffered,” says Jeremy Sisto in the first teaser trailer. “Each one tells us a story, and that story, no matter how many times it’s told, can outlive us all.”
Read More: ‘The Magnificent Seven’ Director Antoine Fuqua On How His Western Remake Reflects The World Today
The 10-episode series centers around the Green family, half brothers Jake (Cam Gigandet) and Freddy (Sisto), their father (Raymond J. Barry) and uncle Cam (Ray Winstone), as they navigate the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business. Judith Shekoni, Konstantin Lavysh and Donald Sutherland also co-star.
The show is written and executive produced by Robert Munic,...
- 9/26/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
The first trailer for director Antoine Fuqua’s look at the underground diamond trade series has landed online. The 10-episode series “Ice” will stars Cam Gigandet and Jeremy Sisto as half-brothers who are brought together by their father and uncle who run Gg diamond business. After the unpredictable and unhinged Freddy kills a prominent diamond dealer, it’s up to Jake to bail […]...
- 9/26/2016
- by Rachel West
- ET Canada
An intense friendship is beautifully captured in this intimate gem about Brooklyn gentrification
Ira Sachs, best known for his intimate, humane New York stories, has a fascination with tales of transition, both in the city setting and in the relationships that unfold there. In his last film, Love Is Strange, the spiralling costs of the Manhattan housing market force a gay couple out of their shared home. Now in Little Men, the forces of gentrification are at play again, this time in a rising Brooklyn neighbourhood and this time mirrored in the friendship of a pair of adolescent boys.
Sensitive, artistic introvert Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz) and garrulous aspiring actor Tony Calvelli (Michael Barbieri) are themselves at a point of transition: poised on the brink of adulthood, they still – just – retain the gangly uncertainty of children role-playing as grownups. Even the score, a recurring motif of climbing notes, echoes the sense of moving forward,...
Ira Sachs, best known for his intimate, humane New York stories, has a fascination with tales of transition, both in the city setting and in the relationships that unfold there. In his last film, Love Is Strange, the spiralling costs of the Manhattan housing market force a gay couple out of their shared home. Now in Little Men, the forces of gentrification are at play again, this time in a rising Brooklyn neighbourhood and this time mirrored in the friendship of a pair of adolescent boys.
Sensitive, artistic introvert Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz) and garrulous aspiring actor Tony Calvelli (Michael Barbieri) are themselves at a point of transition: poised on the brink of adulthood, they still – just – retain the gangly uncertainty of children role-playing as grownups. Even the score, a recurring motif of climbing notes, echoes the sense of moving forward,...
- 9/25/2016
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
“The Simpsons” has one of the most memorable opening sequences on television, and the famous “couch gag” bits have grown in complexity since the initial days, when Bart was simply squeezed off the couch like an exploding bottle cap. Now, for the all-new Season 28 premiere of “The Simpsons,” the entire opening sequence is a gag mirroring the renowned younger series “Adventure Time”.
Read More: Must-watch: Eric Goldberg’s Disney-inspired “Simpsons” Couch Gag
“Adventure Time”, much like the imaginary middle-class world of Springfield, has a memorable world of its own, and its opening sequence roams through the mythical Land of Ooo from the radioactive leftovers of the Bad Lands to Finn’s tree fort in the Grass Lands. In the new couch gag for premiere episode “Monty Burns’ Fleeing Circus,” the Simpsons explore their version of the radioactive Bad Lands filled with barrels of toxic waste, multi-eyed squirrels and poor Ralph hanging from a tire swing.
Read More: Must-watch: Eric Goldberg’s Disney-inspired “Simpsons” Couch Gag
“Adventure Time”, much like the imaginary middle-class world of Springfield, has a memorable world of its own, and its opening sequence roams through the mythical Land of Ooo from the radioactive leftovers of the Bad Lands to Finn’s tree fort in the Grass Lands. In the new couch gag for premiere episode “Monty Burns’ Fleeing Circus,” the Simpsons explore their version of the radioactive Bad Lands filled with barrels of toxic waste, multi-eyed squirrels and poor Ralph hanging from a tire swing.
- 9/22/2016
- by Zipporah Smith
- Indiewire
You might not recognize the name, but Adventure Time is casting one of the longest shadows over the world of animation right now.
The show, which racked up its 12th Emmy nomination this year, already has six wins under its belt, largely without being paid much attention to by most mainstream media. But its backstory is a wonderful example of grassroots success in a crowded field.
Created by Pendleton Ward as a tribute to both the animation classics of his youth (it's one of the only cartoons to still be animated by hand) and the expansive world of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game,...
The show, which racked up its 12th Emmy nomination this year, already has six wins under its belt, largely without being paid much attention to by most mainstream media. But its backstory is a wonderful example of grassroots success in a crowded field.
Created by Pendleton Ward as a tribute to both the animation classics of his youth (it's one of the only cartoons to still be animated by hand) and the expansive world of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game,...
- 9/14/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- People.com - TV Watch
You might not recognize the name, but Adventure Time is casting one of the longest shadows over the world of animation right now. The show, which racked up its 12th Emmy nomination this year, already has six wins under its belt, largely without being paid much attention to by most mainstream media. But its backstory is a wonderful example of grassroots success in a crowded field. Created by Pendleton Ward as a tribute to both the animation classics of his youth (it's one of the only cartoons to still be animated by hand) and the expansive world of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game,...
- 9/14/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – Deep down, because of our profound connection to what makes us human, we attempt to interpret the doing of the right thing. But in a society of property, somebody lives on it and somebody is run off it. This theme, combined with an adolescent friendship, emerge in “Little Men.”
Rating: 4.5/5.0
This film is the seventh directed by Ira Sachs, who has such a delicate touch with his human stories. The way he brings these characters to life – with co-writer Mauricio Zacharias – is different than any contemporary director. He has a realization on how human beings tick, what thrills and disappoints them, and he is able to guide them through that arc in often symbolic stories. “Little Men” seems like a simple tale of impending gentrification in Brooklyn, but it really becomes a struggle between father and son, each going through profound life transitions. The films of Ira Sachs generate...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
This film is the seventh directed by Ira Sachs, who has such a delicate touch with his human stories. The way he brings these characters to life – with co-writer Mauricio Zacharias – is different than any contemporary director. He has a realization on how human beings tick, what thrills and disappoints them, and he is able to guide them through that arc in often symbolic stories. “Little Men” seems like a simple tale of impending gentrification in Brooklyn, but it really becomes a struggle between father and son, each going through profound life transitions. The films of Ira Sachs generate...
- 9/6/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
New York City has been the home base and preferred story setting for many talented film makers, from Woody Allen to Noah Baumbach to Spike Lee. Each has given audiences a unique look at this very familiar metropolis. With this new release, another writer/director joins that roster: Ira Sachs. His last film, the charming, heart-breaking family drama Love Is Strange took us all around the area, and included a major source of conflict and anxiety for those residents, in general, real estate. Characters mulled over many real life concerns of the NYC populace, rent control, leases, tenant rights, landlords. Sach’s new film also delves into this, but it’s also a family drama, this time about two very different families. Real estate connects them initially, but a friendship further joins them. Don’t be misled by the literary title. This is not another adaptation of Louisa May Alcott...
- 9/2/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Warning: The following contains spoilers for Monday’s The Fosters finale
Not one, not two, but three of the Fosters kids found their lives hanging in the balance during Monday’s summer finale.
The eventful season ender took a perilous turn when Mariana decided to mix Jesus’ Adhd medicine with alcohol after learning boyfriend Mat may be going to school in Boston. Not in her right mind, the teen thought she saw her ex, Nick, coming after her and ran off. In reality, he was under house arrest, but broke his anklet when he learned she was in danger. Jesus...
Not one, not two, but three of the Fosters kids found their lives hanging in the balance during Monday’s summer finale.
The eventful season ender took a perilous turn when Mariana decided to mix Jesus’ Adhd medicine with alcohol after learning boyfriend Mat may be going to school in Boston. Not in her right mind, the teen thought she saw her ex, Nick, coming after her and ran off. In reality, he was under house arrest, but broke his anklet when he learned she was in danger. Jesus...
- 8/30/2016
- TVLine.com
Want to see two young actors give breakthrough performances? Then watch in Little Men, an intimate gem of a film directed by Ira Sachs, which means they're in the best of caring hands. What Sachs (The Delta, Forty Shades of Blue) and cowriter Mauricio Zacharias, who collaborated with the filmmaker on the gay-themed dramas Keep the Lights On and Love Is Strange, conjure up here is a serious pleasure, filled with messily human characters whose thoughts and feelings don't necessarily emerge from the words they speak. You have to lean in and pay attention.
- 8/4/2016
- Rollingstone.com
A hallmark of theater fans getting older is an increased willingness to sympathize with Benny, the landlord in the musical Rent whose bohemian non-tenants resent him for trying to charge them money. In a way, Ira Sachs’ Little Men attempts to update and lend nuance to this conflict for the vastly more gentrified New York City of 2016, where hardly anyone can afford bohemia and even struggling artists need a steady paycheck. Brian Jardine (Greg Kinnear) is a New York actor, but his psychotherapist wife, Kathy (Jennifer Ehle), carries the family financially, while 13-year-old son Jake (Theo Taplitz) aspires to attend Laguardia High School as a budding artist.
When Brian’s father dies, the Manhattan-based family inherits his Brooklyn apartment, along with the storefront downstairs occupied by dressmaker Leonor (Paulina García). Her son Tony (Michael Barbieri) befriends the quieter, more sensitive Jake more or less on sight. It’s a...
When Brian’s father dies, the Manhattan-based family inherits his Brooklyn apartment, along with the storefront downstairs occupied by dressmaker Leonor (Paulina García). Her son Tony (Michael Barbieri) befriends the quieter, more sensitive Jake more or less on sight. It’s a...
- 8/4/2016
- by Jesse Hassenger
- avclub.com
Ira Sach’s “Little Men” follows Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz), a 13-year-old who lives with his parents (Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Ehle) in Manhattan. When Jake’s grandfather dies, the family moves into his Brooklyn apartment where they find dressmaker Leonor (Paulina Garcia) who owns a shop in the building with her son Tony (Michael Barbieri). Jake and Tony become quick friends but when Jake’s parents try to raise the rent on Leonor, tensions run high and the kids are brought into uncomfortable adult conflicts faster than they anticipated.
Read More: Ira Sachs: How a Daring Independent Filmmaker Went Family-Friendly With ‘Little Men’
The film has garnered widespread positive reviews for its humanistic approach, powerful performances, and emotionally resonant writing, but one of “Little Men’s” most striking elements is its score. Composed by Dickon Hinchliffe, a founding member of the English band the Tindersticks, the score’s...
Read More: Ira Sachs: How a Daring Independent Filmmaker Went Family-Friendly With ‘Little Men’
The film has garnered widespread positive reviews for its humanistic approach, powerful performances, and emotionally resonant writing, but one of “Little Men’s” most striking elements is its score. Composed by Dickon Hinchliffe, a founding member of the English band the Tindersticks, the score’s...
- 8/3/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
The hardest part about growing up – as a child – is having no control. Our lives are dictated by unpreventable outlying forces (mainly parents), and we often must seek different forms of comfort when life shifts unexpectedly (for the billionth time). That’s the touching theme of Ira Sachs’ Little Men, a pint-sized story about grown-up issues. Sachs sympathizes with the unfortunate losers of skyrocketing rents and borough gentrification, yet the film’s biggest shockwaves are felt by his two underage first-time feature stars – both of whom do a wonderful job just rolling with life’s punches.
Theo Taplitz stars as Jake Jardine, a Manhattan transplant trying to establish a new beginning in Brooklyn. Michael Barbieri plays his unexpected best friend and tour guide, Tony Calvelli. The two boys immediately hit it off, but there’s one problem – Jake’s dad (Brian, played by Greg Kinnear) is in the process of...
Theo Taplitz stars as Jake Jardine, a Manhattan transplant trying to establish a new beginning in Brooklyn. Michael Barbieri plays his unexpected best friend and tour guide, Tony Calvelli. The two boys immediately hit it off, but there’s one problem – Jake’s dad (Brian, played by Greg Kinnear) is in the process of...
- 8/1/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
When Greg Kinnear is not making goofy, self-deprecating guest appearances on “BoJack Horseman,” he’s also starring in indie dramas about New York City, young friendships, and family turmoil, like Ira Sach’s new film “Little Men.”
Read More: Growing Up at Sundance, Being Rejected from Film School and More Highlights from Ira Sachs’ Masterclass
The movie follows 13-year-old Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz), an aspiring artist living in Manhattan with his struggling actor father Brian (Kinnear) and psychotherapist mother Kathy (Jennifer Ehle). When Jake’s grandfather dies, the family moves back into his Brooklyn home where Jake quickly befriends Tony (Michael Barbieri), the son of Chilean dressmaker and single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia) who owns a shop in the building. Though the kids become close friends, the adults are at each other’s throats when Brian and Kathy ask Leonor to sign a steeper lease on the store, an untenable...
Read More: Growing Up at Sundance, Being Rejected from Film School and More Highlights from Ira Sachs’ Masterclass
The movie follows 13-year-old Jake Jardine (Theo Taplitz), an aspiring artist living in Manhattan with his struggling actor father Brian (Kinnear) and psychotherapist mother Kathy (Jennifer Ehle). When Jake’s grandfather dies, the family moves back into his Brooklyn home where Jake quickly befriends Tony (Michael Barbieri), the son of Chilean dressmaker and single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia) who owns a shop in the building. Though the kids become close friends, the adults are at each other’s throats when Brian and Kathy ask Leonor to sign a steeper lease on the store, an untenable...
- 7/27/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Taking a glance over his filmography, it’s quick to surmise Brian De Palma’s lack of interest in the words “Inspired By” or “Based on a True Story.” His attraction to images leans so heavily towards their natural falsity rather than some kind of prosaic yet still wholly phony verisimilitude. But one of the few exceptions lends a tragic weight that few of his films have.
The true story in question is what’s commonly referred to as Incident on Hill 192: in 1966, an American army squad in the Vietnam War kidnapped a young village girl, then subsequently gang-raped and murdered her. Journalist Daniel Lang brought this to further public attention with a 1969 article in The New Yorker entitled Casualties of War, of which De Palma’s film would share the name.
It caught the attention of screenwriter David Rabe and then De Palma, who had, since the late ’70s,...
The true story in question is what’s commonly referred to as Incident on Hill 192: in 1966, an American army squad in the Vietnam War kidnapped a young village girl, then subsequently gang-raped and murdered her. Journalist Daniel Lang brought this to further public attention with a 1969 article in The New Yorker entitled Casualties of War, of which De Palma’s film would share the name.
It caught the attention of screenwriter David Rabe and then De Palma, who had, since the late ’70s,...
- 6/17/2016
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
Most actors, especially when pushed, will admit that one of the toughest parts of the job is delivering exposition. And this year, television’s Mvp of doling out key plot points to the audience is unquestionably Chris Cooper, the veteran character actor anchoring the narrative of Hulu’s “11.22.63.”
Read More: Review: Hulu’s ‘11.22.63’ Brings Us Some Great Grand Storytelling
As diner owner Al, Cooper only spent two weeks on the set of the limited series based on Stephen King’s 2011 novel. But those two weeks were exclusively devoted to filming an intensive series of scenes between him and James Franco. Franco plays Jake, the young man who Al tasks with the quest to save JFK via a mysterious time portal in the back of his diner — and over the course of the series, it’s Al’s advice to which Jake constantly returns.
Earlier this year, IndieWire sat down with both Cooper and showrunner/executive producer Bridget Carpenter to discuss the evolution of “11.22.63.” And when IndieWire pointed out just how much of Cooper’s dialogue was exposition, especially in the show’s earlier episodes, Carpenter laughed.
“Yes, that’s totally true,” she said. “He was like, ‘Really Bridget?’ Believe me, he was well aware of that. He was like, ‘I’m the mouthpiece for everything.’ And I’m like, ‘I know. You’re the one who knows everything.'”
But Carpenter chose not to see exposition as a dirty word, especially given the quality of the actor behind it. “Who do you want to have expose [the plot] more than Chris Cooper? So, I was like, ‘That’ll be okay. He can talk for a while.’ He was amazing — he was really, really gracious about it. Because those scenes are harder to play than other scenes, because you have to be present and emotional and I’m telling you these things we want the audience to know.”
For Cooper and Franco, those two weeks on set were almost like being in a play — especially since Franco was pretty much the only cast member Cooper had any direct involvement with, and they were basically limited to two specific locations.
“James and I worked pretty solely together, out of the diner and out of my JFK room at my home. It’s kind of where most of the scenes happen between he and I,” Cooper said. “I went in the day before with Kevin [MacDonald], the director, who wanted to show me the set — we wanted to discuss how to move around it. It was such a brilliant set. Within five minutes, it told you where to move. It told you the different areas you could work.”
And according to Carpenter, those two weeks on set with Cooper and Franco were truly memorable: “[Those days] are days that I don’t think anybody on the crew or the set would ever forget. Chris Cooper would start to talk and you could hear a pin drop.”
What did those scenes give Carpenter as showrunner? “[They get] two great actors to get to look into each other’s eyes. That’s really special. And It’s really amazing to get to be with actors who are at the very height of their game. And it’s not nothing to them. They’re not shrugging and going on. It’s electric.”
One of “11.22.63’s” most memorable moments, on a performance level, comes during one of Al and Jake’s earliest scenes — when Al tells Jake in the first episode, “I need you to go back there and prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.” You couldn’t ask for a more blatant example of exposition, so focused and simple that in the hands of a weaker actor, it could be impossible to sell.
And Carpenter agreed about the line’s necessity. “We’re giving you the thesis of the series right here. Here’s the thesis. Focus up.”
“But you care,” she added, “because it’s Chris Cooper.”
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Read More: Review: Hulu’s ‘11.22.63’ Brings Us Some Great Grand Storytelling
As diner owner Al, Cooper only spent two weeks on the set of the limited series based on Stephen King’s 2011 novel. But those two weeks were exclusively devoted to filming an intensive series of scenes between him and James Franco. Franco plays Jake, the young man who Al tasks with the quest to save JFK via a mysterious time portal in the back of his diner — and over the course of the series, it’s Al’s advice to which Jake constantly returns.
Earlier this year, IndieWire sat down with both Cooper and showrunner/executive producer Bridget Carpenter to discuss the evolution of “11.22.63.” And when IndieWire pointed out just how much of Cooper’s dialogue was exposition, especially in the show’s earlier episodes, Carpenter laughed.
“Yes, that’s totally true,” she said. “He was like, ‘Really Bridget?’ Believe me, he was well aware of that. He was like, ‘I’m the mouthpiece for everything.’ And I’m like, ‘I know. You’re the one who knows everything.'”
But Carpenter chose not to see exposition as a dirty word, especially given the quality of the actor behind it. “Who do you want to have expose [the plot] more than Chris Cooper? So, I was like, ‘That’ll be okay. He can talk for a while.’ He was amazing — he was really, really gracious about it. Because those scenes are harder to play than other scenes, because you have to be present and emotional and I’m telling you these things we want the audience to know.”
For Cooper and Franco, those two weeks on set were almost like being in a play — especially since Franco was pretty much the only cast member Cooper had any direct involvement with, and they were basically limited to two specific locations.
“James and I worked pretty solely together, out of the diner and out of my JFK room at my home. It’s kind of where most of the scenes happen between he and I,” Cooper said. “I went in the day before with Kevin [MacDonald], the director, who wanted to show me the set — we wanted to discuss how to move around it. It was such a brilliant set. Within five minutes, it told you where to move. It told you the different areas you could work.”
And according to Carpenter, those two weeks on set with Cooper and Franco were truly memorable: “[Those days] are days that I don’t think anybody on the crew or the set would ever forget. Chris Cooper would start to talk and you could hear a pin drop.”
What did those scenes give Carpenter as showrunner? “[They get] two great actors to get to look into each other’s eyes. That’s really special. And It’s really amazing to get to be with actors who are at the very height of their game. And it’s not nothing to them. They’re not shrugging and going on. It’s electric.”
One of “11.22.63’s” most memorable moments, on a performance level, comes during one of Al and Jake’s earliest scenes — when Al tells Jake in the first episode, “I need you to go back there and prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.” You couldn’t ask for a more blatant example of exposition, so focused and simple that in the hands of a weaker actor, it could be impossible to sell.
And Carpenter agreed about the line’s necessity. “We’re giving you the thesis of the series right here. Here’s the thesis. Focus up.”
“But you care,” she added, “because it’s Chris Cooper.”
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- 6/16/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Console fans of Xcom who felt left out in the cold by the sequel's PC only release last year can now rest easy, as Firaxis has revealed console ports of the strategy title will be arriving this September. Come inside to check out all the details and a new trailer.
Due to hardware limitations, most of my gaming is done on consoles. As such, I watched PC gamers the world over enjoying Xcom 2 with a great deal of sadness and frustration. Strategy titles have long been my bread and butter in gaming, with Xcom Enemy Unknown/Within being among one of my favorites. So imagine my joy and surprise this morning when 2K and Firaxis announced Xcom 2 is arriving on PS4 and Xbox One on September 6, 2016.
2K announced today that Xcom® 2 is coming to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One on September 6, 2016 in North America and September 9, 2016 internationally for $59.99. Additionally,...
Due to hardware limitations, most of my gaming is done on consoles. As such, I watched PC gamers the world over enjoying Xcom 2 with a great deal of sadness and frustration. Strategy titles have long been my bread and butter in gaming, with Xcom Enemy Unknown/Within being among one of my favorites. So imagine my joy and surprise this morning when 2K and Firaxis announced Xcom 2 is arriving on PS4 and Xbox One on September 6, 2016.
2K announced today that Xcom® 2 is coming to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One on September 6, 2016 in North America and September 9, 2016 internationally for $59.99. Additionally,...
- 6/7/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the Quantico season finale.
Quantico on Sunday wrapped its season-long mystery — who was really behind the Manhattan bombings? — tighter than a Nat’s henley left too long in the clothes dryer.
As revealed last week, Liam was the driving force behind the carnage originally blamed on Agent Alex Parrish… but he wasn’t the only one. So after we watched a quick rewind of Liam’s whereabouts while pulling the whole shebang together (set to a pretty great orchestral arrangement of Peter Gabriel’s “Digging in the Dirt”), we witnessed Alex & Co. realize that...
Quantico on Sunday wrapped its season-long mystery — who was really behind the Manhattan bombings? — tighter than a Nat’s henley left too long in the clothes dryer.
As revealed last week, Liam was the driving force behind the carnage originally blamed on Agent Alex Parrish… but he wasn’t the only one. So after we watched a quick rewind of Liam’s whereabouts while pulling the whole shebang together (set to a pretty great orchestral arrangement of Peter Gabriel’s “Digging in the Dirt”), we witnessed Alex & Co. realize that...
- 5/16/2016
- TVLine.com
"Our parents are involved in a business matter..." Magnolia Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for Ira Sachs' Little Men, a film about two boys growing up in New York City. I was a huge fan of Ira Sachs' previous film, Love is Strange, and while I didn't love this one as much as that film - I still suggest seeing it. Greg Kinnear stars as the father of one of the two boys, who are played by Michael Barbieri and Theo Taplitz; the full cast also features Jennifer Ehle, Alfred Molina, Talia Balsam and Paulina Garcia. This is a rather wonderful trailer that really does a great job of setting up the story and hopefully grabbing the attention of a few curious cinephiles. But then again, it's worth watching any of Ira Sachs' films. Enjoy. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Ira Sachs' Little Men,...
- 5/13/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After delivering one of the finest dramas of its respective year with Love is Strange, writer-director Ira Sachs is back with Little Men. Premiering to much acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, it centers on the relationship of two boys and how it becomes complicated when their parents get into a business disagreement. Ahead of a release this August, Magnolia Pictures has now unveiled the first trailer and poster.
We said in our review “Little Men could have been so much more if its perspective leaned towards the opposite direction. Why a story dealing heavily with gentrification and unfair leasing practice devotes more time to the gentrifiers than the displaced is a mystery to me. It might be more “challenging” in terms of audience sympathy, but it’s not as though the movie does all that much to make them sympathetic. Greg Kinnear’s Brian may be...
We said in our review “Little Men could have been so much more if its perspective leaned towards the opposite direction. Why a story dealing heavily with gentrification and unfair leasing practice devotes more time to the gentrifiers than the displaced is a mystery to me. It might be more “challenging” in terms of audience sympathy, but it’s not as though the movie does all that much to make them sympathetic. Greg Kinnear’s Brian may be...
- 5/13/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
To keep ourselves entertained, we like to spin the box office charts so it's not just "copy/paste" from week to week. So let's look at the box office top ten through the lens of current movies with female leads. Melissa McCarthy (in a photo finish for #1 with superheroes) and Helen Mirren keep proving their box office consistency over and over again, don't they? We're also happy to see Sally Field doing so well in what could have been a blink and you'll miss it VOD movie. Field's already outperformed last year's senior female sleeper indie hits Grandma and I'll See You In My Dreams.
But the 10 female names below make up such an odd odd sorority you must admit...
Top Ten Female Lead Movies This Weekend
01 The Boss (Melissa McCarthy) $23.4 New Melissa McCarthy
03 Zootopia (Ginnifer Goodwin) $14.3 (cum. $296)
04 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (Nia Vardalos) $6.4 (cum. $46.7)
06 Miracles From Heaven (Jennifer Garner) $4.8 (cum.
But the 10 female names below make up such an odd odd sorority you must admit...
Top Ten Female Lead Movies This Weekend
01 The Boss (Melissa McCarthy) $23.4 New Melissa McCarthy
03 Zootopia (Ginnifer Goodwin) $14.3 (cum. $296)
04 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (Nia Vardalos) $6.4 (cum. $46.7)
06 Miracles From Heaven (Jennifer Garner) $4.8 (cum.
- 4/10/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
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Who needs dialogue? Sylvester Stallone has a rare skill in conveying meaning via a series of rather unusual noises...
Most actors need a fancy script to help them get their character’s message across – the written word an important tool in their performer’s kit. A lot of run-of-the-mill ‘talky’ actors just stick with that; your Robert De Niros, your Leonardo Dicaprios – not 2016 Best Supporting Actor Oscar (should have won) nominee Sylvester Stallone. He can communicate a character’s inner anguish or joy in a myriad of quick and effective noises: he doesn’t need anything as mundane as words. Don’t believe us?
Rambo III, 81 minutes in – what’s tougher than Ptsd?
The stakes were high in the original Rambo film, First Blood. So high that every outing for the bandana’ed Vietnam veteran since has had to up the violence to more and more preposterously...
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Who needs dialogue? Sylvester Stallone has a rare skill in conveying meaning via a series of rather unusual noises...
Most actors need a fancy script to help them get their character’s message across – the written word an important tool in their performer’s kit. A lot of run-of-the-mill ‘talky’ actors just stick with that; your Robert De Niros, your Leonardo Dicaprios – not 2016 Best Supporting Actor Oscar (should have won) nominee Sylvester Stallone. He can communicate a character’s inner anguish or joy in a myriad of quick and effective noises: he doesn’t need anything as mundane as words. Don’t believe us?
Rambo III, 81 minutes in – what’s tougher than Ptsd?
The stakes were high in the original Rambo film, First Blood. So high that every outing for the bandana’ed Vietnam veteran since has had to up the violence to more and more preposterously...
- 3/30/2016
- Den of Geek
The Adventure Time Lego playset concept that popped up on Lego Ideas last month got 10,000 supporters and has officially been approved by the company. The playset idea was created by aBetterMonkey and Lego officially announced that they’ll be bringing it to life. This will be an awesome Adventure Time collectible, and if you’re a fan of the series, you’ll want to get your hands on this. Here’s the description:
Characters of cult cartoon Adventure Time got the Lego treatment in the form of brick-built figures. Sturdy builds with basic poseability were the goal to make this a toy set rather than a display model. The small scale used helped make the parts count low at 640 bricks for fifteen characters with accessories.
The characters included in the set are Finn with his sword, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, Lady Rainicorn, Marceline with her axe-bass, Bmo with joysticks, the Ice King with ice lightings,...
Characters of cult cartoon Adventure Time got the Lego treatment in the form of brick-built figures. Sturdy builds with basic poseability were the goal to make this a toy set rather than a display model. The small scale used helped make the parts count low at 640 bricks for fifteen characters with accessories.
The characters included in the set are Finn with his sword, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, Lady Rainicorn, Marceline with her axe-bass, Bmo with joysticks, the Ice King with ice lightings,...
- 3/15/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It happens. Filler episodes just happen. Regarding of a plethora of developments, that out of context would be game changers (new First Girlfriend, a future president in the making, and Jake having a secret girlfriend), the way all the pieces were laid out in the episode, the plot did not advance. In fact, “Wild Card” felt like the most Olivia-less installment in the whole series, since our beloved protagonist didn’t truly engage in a whole lot of action. The episode kicked off with Fitz and Lillian making out in a limo only to be interrupted by Abby, who basically wanted
Scandal: Candidates and Love prospects on the Bill...
Scandal: Candidates and Love prospects on the Bill...
- 2/26/2016
- by Virginia Podesta
- TVovermind.com
Recently, ABC dropped the new,official synopsis/description for their upcoming "Scandal" episode 12 of season 5. The episode is entitled, "Wild Card," and it turns out that we're going to see some very interesting and drama-filled stuff go down as two, new mastermind plots get set up by Cyrus and Elizabeth North! We're also going to see Jake get the 3rd degree from Olivia about just what the hell does he intend to do, and more! In the new, 12th episode press release: While Fitz is preoccupied with his own interests, Cyrus will start to construct his next master plan, and Elizabeth North is going to use David to mastermind a plan of her own. In the meantime, Olivia is going to continue to question what exactly Jake is planning in his new role as head of the Nsa. The episode was written by Mark Fish, and it was directed by Allison Liddi Brown.
- 2/18/2016
- by Megan
- OnTheFlix
There are many romantic movies out there about people hoping to find their soulmates or significant others, but How To Be Single looks to break that trend as it features a variety of characters who manage to find fulfillment in different ways.
Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) stars as Alice, a recent college graduate who has just broken up with her longtime boyfriend and moves to Manhattan to explore what it’s like to be on her own. She has her loving, career-minded sister Meg (Leslie Mann) to depend on for support as well as her best friend and party animal Robin (Rebel Wilson), who is determined to show how to be single successfully in New York.
In addition, we also get to meet other characters like Lucy (Alison Brie), who is obsessed with online dating, bartender Tom (Anders Holm), who has long since turned the one-night stand into an art form,...
Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) stars as Alice, a recent college graduate who has just broken up with her longtime boyfriend and moves to Manhattan to explore what it’s like to be on her own. She has her loving, career-minded sister Meg (Leslie Mann) to depend on for support as well as her best friend and party animal Robin (Rebel Wilson), who is determined to show how to be single successfully in New York.
In addition, we also get to meet other characters like Lucy (Alison Brie), who is obsessed with online dating, bartender Tom (Anders Holm), who has long since turned the one-night stand into an art form,...
- 2/11/2016
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Our countdown of the top 100 films of the 21st Century (so far) concludes here with the top 25.
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The first decade and a half of the 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the landscape of film. The advancement and sophistication of computers has made realistic computer generated effects a mainstay in both big-budget and small-budget films. The internet and streaming technologies have given big Hollywood new competition in films produced independently and by non-traditional means. We went from purchasing films on yards of tape to plastic disks, and now we can simply upload them to the cloud. Advertisements for films have reached a higher, more ruthless level where generating hype through trailers and teasers is crucial for a film’s commercial success. Movie attendance has fluctuated along with the economy, but that hasn...
Click here for Part 1! (#100-76)
Click here for Part 2! (#75-51)
Click here for Part 3! (#50-26)
The first decade and a half of the 21st century has brought a lot of changes to the landscape of film. The advancement and sophistication of computers has made realistic computer generated effects a mainstay in both big-budget and small-budget films. The internet and streaming technologies have given big Hollywood new competition in films produced independently and by non-traditional means. We went from purchasing films on yards of tape to plastic disks, and now we can simply upload them to the cloud. Advertisements for films have reached a higher, more ruthless level where generating hype through trailers and teasers is crucial for a film’s commercial success. Movie attendance has fluctuated along with the economy, but that hasn...
- 1/27/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (G.S. Perno)
- Cinelinx
Two years ago, veteran indie filmmaker Ira Sachs delivered his best movie to date, “Love Is Strange,” a muted New York drama that starts with a joyful gay wedding and then builds into a profound study of family obligations and generations in transition. Sachs’ latest, “Little Men,” is as modest as its title, and lacks the quiet majesty of its predecessor. But it covers a lot of the same ground, using NYC as the backdrop for a simple story, about a small personal crisis that represents something much larger. Read More: The 30 Most Anticipated Films Of The 2016 Sundance Film Festival While “Love Is Strange” is focused on the old, “Little Men” skews young. Theo Taplitz plays Jake Jardine, a sweet-natured, artistic junior-high student who moves from Manhattan to Brooklyn with his psychotherapist mother Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) and stage-actor father Brian (Greg Kinnear), after the latter’s dad dies and wills Brian his brownstone.
- 1/26/2016
- by Noel Murray
- The Playlist
Mongrel International has taken international sales rights to Ira Sachs' Sundance premiere "Little Men." Starring Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina Garcia and newcomers Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbierim, the film will also be screening at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. Marking Sachs' sixth feature film to date, and third with writing partner Mauricio Zacharias, "Little Men" tells the story of 13-year-old Jake and his tumultuous move away from his familiar Manhattan home to the new and unknown Brooklyn. Here, he grows to understand what freedom is and gains a fledging friendship that is threatened after his parents hike up the leasing rent of his friend's mother's salon. "I am joyful to be reunited with Ira as I sold his very first film (on 16mm!) 'The Delta,' and later I worked on sales for 'Forty Shades of Blue,'" said Mongrel International President Charlotte Mickie in a statement.
- 1/22/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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