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‘The Irishman’ Will Screen On Broadway Before It Arrives On Netflix After butting-heads with movie theaters, Netflix has decided to get creative withMartin Scorsese’sThe Irishman. Most theater chains demand a specific window between theatrical screenings and streaming release, but Netflix doesn’t give a damn about that. Since Netflix isn’t willing to play ball, many theater chains are refusing to screenThe Irishman. But Netflix wants this film to have an awards season presence, which means it has to play theatricallysomewhere....

‘The King Of Staten Island’ Hits Blu-Ray In August, Watch A Clip About Pete Davidson’s Personal Comedy The King of Staten Islandwas intended to be released in theaters this summer, but Universal Pictures and directorJudd Apatowthought it was better to release the movie on Premium VOD rather than waiting for movie theaters to reopen. Unfortunately, that means what should have beenPete Davidson’s big screen breakthrough only ended up on the small screen....

‘The Office’ Closes After One More Season The Officeof Dunder Mifflin/Sabre is finally closing. ShowrunnerGreg Danielsrevealed that the upcoming ninth season of the hit NBC sitcom will be its last and that the end date will give the producers a chance to tie everything up nicely: Based on the hit BBC show of the same name which launched Ricky Gervais to mega-stardom,The Officeremains one of NBC’s highest rated shows, even sinceSteve Carellleft the show after the seventh season, being replaced byJames Spader....

‘Top Gun 2’ Cast Adds Glen Powell After All Glen Powell, who can currently be seen in Netflix’sSet It Up, was up for the role of Goose Jr. inTop Gun: Maverick. Powell ultimately lost the role toMiles Teller, but as it turns out, the actor will be joining theTop Gun 2cast after all. Sometimes, things work out. Last month, word broke thatseveral actorswere up for the role of Goose’s son inTop Gun: Maverick....

‘Urban Cowboy’ TV Remake Coming From ‘Hustle & Flow’ Director Craig Brewer Urban Cowboywill be the next movie to get a small-screen makeover. Paramount TV and 20th Century Fox TV are firing up a TV remake of the 1980John Travoltamovie about love and drama in a Houston bar.Craig Brewer(Footloose,Hustle and Flow) will write, executive produce, and direct the pilot. More on theUrban CowboyTV remake after the jump. The originalUrban Cowboychronicled the tumultuous relationship between Bud (Travolta) and Sissy (Debra Winger), who meet at a honky-tonk bar in Houston....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Review Round-Up: An Astonishing, Absorbing Sequel Though the release ofWar for the Planet of the Apesis still over two weeks away, 20th Century Fox knows they have a winner on their hands and have unleashed the extremely positive reviews and word of mouth a little early. Last week, the studio held free fan screenings all around the world, as well as the first press screenings, and while we already deliveredour own glowing review of the movie(along with onecompelling observation about a particular shortcoming), there are plenty more voices to be heard....

‘Werewolf: The Beast Among Us’ Trailer: Universal Reboots Their Monsters On Blu-Ray When some moviegoers think of Universal, they think Universal Monsters. The Wolfman, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Creature and more all featured in classic movies at the studio, and have since become Universal trademarks. 2012 is the 100th anniversary of the studio. To celebrate, they’re attempting to reinvent the Monsters brand in the home market, beginning with a reinvention of the Wolfman....

‘You Were Never Really Here’ Director Lynne Ramsay Writing An “Epic Environmental Horror” Film Scottish filmmakerLynne Ramsay, who turned heads earlier this year with the Joaquin Phoenix thrillerYou Were Never Really Here, has revealed a few more details about her next film – and she’s heading into horror territory. Read more about the upcoming Lynne Ramsay horror movie below. In an interview with theBritish Independent Film Awards website(viaVariety), Ramsay – whose movie is up for eight nominations and may even be heading toward an Oscar nom for Phoenix’s hulking, bruised assassin – spilled some more information about what is likely to be her next movie:...

20 Years Ago, ‘Toy Story 2’ Forever Changed How Pixar And Disney Make Sequels Sequels represent a risk in Hollywood, and they’re the kind of risk that the industry just can’t get enough of. Audiences love the original story, so they’re given a second story that offers more of the same in the hopes that those same audiences will buy even more tickets. The 2010s have allowed and enabled studios to find new ways to dredge up the past — sequels are now joined by remakes, revivals, re-imaginings, reboots, and more....

2018 Oscars Winners List: ‘The Shape Of Water’ Wins Best Picture Of The Year The90th Academy Awardsaired Sunday night. It was Hollywood’s biggest night, at least until next year and we’ve got the full list of winners who went home with Oscar gold. In a tight race for Best Picture,The Shape of Watercame home with Best Picture andGuillermo del Torowon Best Director. But the movie didn’t sweep all the categories it was nominated for....

A Mouthful Of Air Trailer: Amanda Seyfried Is Overwhelmed By Sadness In New Slow Burn Drama Sony just unveiled the first trailer for the emotional drama, “A Mouthful of Air.” Starring Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried and “American Horror Story” star Finn Wittrock, the film centers on a young, struggling mother haunted by her internal demons as the birth of her second child approaches. You can watch the full trailer for “A Mouthful of Air” below....

Andrew Lincoln Trades Zombies For Ghosts As Star Of Live-Stream Production Of ‘A Christmas Carol’ Andrew Lincolnis trading zombies for ghosts. In Lincoln’s his first role since he left his 10-year gig onThe Walking Dead, the actor is set to star as Ebenezer Scrooge in the stage production ofA Christmas Carolat the famed Old Vic Theatre in London, which is set to be live-streamed to audiences worldwide. Lincoln has been lying low since his 2018 departure from the hit AMC zombie series, but it turns out the only thing that we needed to bring the actor back from the dead (so to speak) was some Christmas cheer....

Animated Better Call Saul Spin-Off Slippin' Jimmy Reveals Cast The “Breaking Bad” universe just keeps getting bigger. “Better Call Saul” was the first spin-off of “Breaking Bad,” and it took the shyster Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), a supporting character from the world of teacher-turned-meth-kingpin Walter White (Bryan Cranston), and made him into the star of his own well-received show (similar to what “Frasier” once did with a certain “Cheers” character in the sitcom world)....