‘High School Musical’ Star Ashley Tisdale To Star In ‘Scary Movie 5’ After fourScary Movies, it seems like Anna Farishas been replacedby another funny blonde actress.Ashley Tisdale, best known for Disney’sHigh School Musicalseries, has been tapped to star in the latest edition of the franchise,Scary Movie 5, which will be directedMalcolm Leeand co-written and produced byDavid Zucker. Zucker wrote and directed the last two installments, but issplitting duties with Leethis time around....

‘John Wick’ Review: Fierce Action In A Unique And Curious Crime Underworld Ninety percent of action movies are derivative. Carbon copies of better movies that came before them. They can be enjoyable, but are often forgettable. Then there’s the other ten percent. Those movies are something special. They originate and innovate, and rise about the rest by being different and surprising. However, by definition, even the best of the best employ many of the same beats....

‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Sequel Hitting Theaters In Winter 2019 You knew it was coming. It was inevitable. AnotherJumanjisequel is on its way.Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, both a sequel and a reboot of the originalJumanji, was a massive hit for Sony, and they can’t say no to a good thing. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungleracked up good reviews and even better box office – it grossed more than $956 million worldwide – so it was only a matter of time before Sony went ahead and gave it a sequel....

‘New Mutants’ Director Josh Boone Says His Original Cut Is The One Being Released This Year The strange saga ofThe New Mutantsmovie continues!Josh Boone’s horror-infusedX-Menspin-off has been shuffled from one release date to the next, with reports of massive reshoots and other behind-the-scenes tomfoolery rumored. The movie is now set to open this year, and there’s even a new trailer on the way next week. But that’s not all. According to Boone himself, the version that’s finally being released is his original cut....

‘Peaky Blinders’ Season 6 Will End The Series, But A Movie Will Conclude The Story The British crime drama seriesPeaky Blindersis coming back for a sixth season, but unfortunately for fans, it will be the last run of episodes for the show from BBC and Netflix. However, there is a bit of a silver lining in the show’s conclusion, because creator and writerSteven Knightsays the story will “continue in another form....

‘Poltergeist’ First Look Images Pay Homage To The Original; Trailer Out Thursday Any time a classic gets remade, fans of the original tense up in fear that the new version will somehow “ruin” the original. Well, the jury’s still out onGil KenanandSam Raimi’s re-do ofPoltergeist, but the first images, at least, look plenty creepy. Get yourPoltergeistfirst look after the jump, plus details on the trailer release. USA Todaydebuted thePoltergeistfirst look pics....

‘Shiva Baby’ Review: A Filmmaking Debut That Is Lox, Stock And Barrel [TIFF 2020] Emma Seligman’sShiva Babyis a caustic comedy about attending a traditional post-burial brunch, taking the tropes of Jewish family life in directions that feel much like a beautifully realized horror film as well as an eloquent and often hilarious look at a hapless millennial navigating parental and cultural expectation.We meet Danielle (Rachel Sennott) in flagrante delicto, grinding noisily against the curly haired Max (Danny Deferrari)....

‘Star Wars Episode 9’: Rian Johnson Takes Himself Out Of The Running (For Now) WhenJurassic Worlddirector Colin Trevorrow parted ways withStar Wars: Episode 9, it left a vacant director’s chair for one of Lucasfilm’s biggest and most important movies yet. Weoffered our own suggestionsof who should take over, and one of our choices wasRian Johnson, the director of this year’sStar Wars:The Last Jediand thereported frontrunnerfor theEpisode 9directing job. But in a new press conference, Johnson implied that he won’t be directing that follow-up after all....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ To Open In IMAX 3D; Spidey To Swing By NYC Ball Drop Spidey isn’t just returning to the big screen next year, he’s returning to the biggest screens in the world. Sony announced today thatThe Amazing Spider-Man 2will be released internationally in IMAX 3D next year, just as the previous film was. But before he lands on screens around the world, he’s got plans to swing by his hometown....

‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ Delayed Indefinitely By Sony Warner Bros.' indefinite delay ofTenetis leaving a trail of broken hearts, one of which is Sony’sThe Broken Hearts Gallery. The Selena Gomez-executive produced romantic-comedy has been pulled from Sony’s release schedule, with no new date announced, in the wake ofTenet’s delay. The delay ofTenethas caused ripple effects not onlyamong Warner Bros.' release slatebut to the schedules of other studios as well. Shortly after Warner Bros....

‘The Hobbit’ Footage Edited Into One Eight-Minute Trailer Why shouldCloud Atlasbe the only Warner Bros. film to get a giant-sized trailer?Peter Jackson’sThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, as the first of an unexpected trilogy of films adaptingJ.R.R. Tolkien’s novelThe Hobbit, is the beginning of what might be a mini-epic from the director. As such, it deserves a long trailer. Warner Bros. hasn’t provided one, but that doesn’t have to be a problem....

‘The School For Good And Evil’ Enrolls Charlize Theron And Kerry Washington In Key Roles The School for Good and Evilwill soon be in session at Netflix. The streaming service is turning the young adult fantasy novel series bySoman Chainaniinto a Netflix movie (presumably a franchise if all goes well), and directorPaul Feighas found two big name actresses to take key educational roles.Charlize TheronandKerry Washingtonhave joinedThe School for Good and Evilcast, each playing “two looming figures at the mysterious house of education....

‘White Bird: A Wonder Story’ Will Be A “Creative Companion” To ‘Wonder’ Wonder, the Stephen Chbosky-directed 2017 movie based on the novel of the same name byR. J. Palacio, is getting a sequel. Well, okay, it’s notreallya sequel. Instead, Lionsgate has dubbed the new film – calledWhite Bird: A Wonder Story– a “creative companion” to the film. It’s once again based on something written by R. J. Palacio, but tells a completely new story....