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Cool Stuff: Glen Brogan’s First Solo Show Features Batman, Indiana Jones, The Simpsons You may not knowGlen Broganby name, but his art has likely caught your eye. The West Virginia-based artist has been working for venues like Gallery 1988 and Mondo for years, creating pop culture art in a style that simultaneously unique and familiar. His visuals looks like something out of an animated film, popping with the same kind of vibrancy and cartoonish realism that makes animation wonderful....

Cool Stuff: Hallmark Unveils New ‘Solo’ And ‘Star Wars’ Ornaments Way Before Christmas Yes, we know it’s far too early to begin discussing Christmas. Even if you’re one of those people who partakes in the wild Christmas in July sales that inexplicably happen, it’s just not the right time. But when you’re Hallmark and you have an extensive collection of collectible ornaments released at various points throughout the year, you don’t worry about that....

Cool Stuff: Hallmark’s 2020 Disney Animation Ornaments For ‘101 Dalmatians’, ‘Dumbo’, ‘Bambi’ & More It’s Thanksgiving week, which means if you aren’t getting your Christmas tree out, then you’re already behind. If you’re looking to beef up your collection of ornaments inspired by the magical films of Walt Disney Animation Studios, then Hallmark has you covered with several new additions to their Keepsake Ornaments line for 2020. This year, the 2020 Disney Hallmark ornaments includeBeauty and the Beast,Bambi,Dumbo,The Aristocats,Cinderella,Sleeping Beauty,The Little Mermaid,Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,Lady and the Tramp,Pocahontas, and more....

Disaster Movie Guru Roland Emmerich To Helm Historical Epic ‘Maya Lord’ Roland Emmerich, the master of blowing shit up, is tackling a historical epic. Emmerich will helmMaya Lord, a project being compared toDances With Wolves,BraveheartandThe Patriot. So long, exploding buildings. Hello, period costumes! While primarily known for directing big disaster movies likeIndependence Day,2012, andThe Day After Tomorrow, Roland Emmerich does occasionally try new things. Case in point: Emmerich will helmMaya Lord, a new historical epic being described as “in the vein of"Dances With Wolves,Braveheartand the Emmerich-directedThe Patriot....

Disney Developing ‘Hovercar 3D’ Revisiting The Wachowski’sSpeed Raceron DVD, I have wondered if the movie was released a couple years later and filmed in 3D, if it would have been a hit. Well it looks like we might find out, and this time without the hokey characters. Walt Disney Pictures is developingHovercar 3D, based on an online serial which resulted in a popular young-adult book series from the Australian novelistMatthew Reilly....

Final ‘Burnt’ Trailer Plays Up Its Cast, Throws In A ‘Star Wars’ Reference You’ve gotta hand it toBradley Cooper. In five short years, he’s gone from being “that douchey guy fromThe Hangover” to a bona fide A-list movie star and perennial Oscar nominee. He hit a bit of a rough patch this summer with theAlohafiasco, but he’s hoping to bounce back this fall with theJohn Wells-directed dramedyBurnt. The film opens in just a few days, but The Weinstein Co....

Hear An Exclusive Track From ‘The Great’ Score By Nathan Barr The Greatarrives on Hulu today, which gives us an excuse to share with you an exclusive track fromNathan Barr’s score. Barr has composed music forCarnival Row,The Americans, andHollywood, and the music he’s created forThe Greatis full of lush orchestrations with a hint of comical playfulness, which is perfect for the show. The Great Soundtrack The Greatis a satirical series about the rise of Catherine the Great, as played byElle Fanning....

Howie Mandel “Catches” Comedian Stealing Another Comic’s Material During ‘America’s Got Talent’ Taping? I know /Film really isn’t a place to blog about competition reality shows, but I thought this story was interesting enough for a post. For the record, I don’t know if the contestant stole the bit from Frank Nicotero, I’m just presenting my strange experience from the taping last night. Here’s how the events unfolded. Last night I attended a taping ofAmerica’s Got Talentat the Pantages Theater in Hollywood (please don’t judge, I’m a bigHoward Sternfan)....

Indiana Jones 4 DVD And Blu-Ray Details Revealed Paramount has announced the specs for the October 14th release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I much prefer the Blu-ray cover, which uses the original theatrical one-sheet, over the DVD release, which uses the second released poster art.DVD Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulltwo-disc Special Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with THX Certified Dolby Digital English 5....

Jodie Foster Will Star In True Detective Season 4 One of the lead roles has been cast for “True Detective” season 4 at HBO. According toVariety, Academy Award-winnerJodie Foster(“The Mauritanian”) is taking on the gig. Nic Pizzolatto’s crime drama anthology series was reported to be in development a couple of months ago.THRreports that this season will be called “True Detective: Night County.” Here is the synopsis: “When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the six men that operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace....

Kurt Sutter And FX Axe ‘The Bastard Executioner’ Kurt Sutter’sThe Bastard Executionerhas, itself, hit the chopping block. The medieval drama has officially been canceled, after wrapping up its first (and now only) season earlier this month.The Bastard Executionerwasn’t earning much in the way of ratings or critical buzz, so the news doesn’t come as a total shocker. What is surprising is the way Sutter announced its cancelation — via a full-page ad inThe Hollywood Reporter....

Mark Millar Says DC Movies Aren’t Working Because The Characters Aren’t Cinematic Justice Leaguedidn’t stink because it was cobbled together. It stunk because Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and the other superheroes in the DC Comics stable simply aren’t cinematic. At least, that was comics writerMark Millar’s answer when asked about the current state of Warner Bros.' DC movies. Read the full Mark Millar DC movies quote below. Mark Millar DC movies quote In a recent interview withYahoo(viaBleedingCool), Millar was asked what Warner Bros....

Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster In Talks To Join Taylor Kitsch As Navy SEALs In Peter Berg’s ‘Lone Survivor’ In the wake of this weekend’s successful opening of the ‘real Navy SEALs’ movieAct of Valor, expect to see other similar movies go into action. While we wait to hear that Kathryn Bigelow is actually rolling on her movie about the SEAL Team 6 hunt for Osama Bin Laden, we’ve got word of another Naval special-ops adventure....