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Exclusive Interview: Carlton Cuse And Ryan Condal On ‘Colony’, ‘Lost’, ‘Bates Motel’, And ‘The Strain’ Colonypremiered on USA January 14. The new show fromLostproducerCarlon Cuseand showrunnerRyan Condalis about an alien occupation in Los Angeles. The aliens have walled off the city and some of the residents are cooperating with the occupiers. At the end of the pilot, we find out (spoiler alert!) that one of the main characters is working with the resistance....

Geek Deal: Download Screenwriter John August’s The Variant For FREE In May, Brendonwroteabout a 25-page short story distributed online titledThe Variant, written by screenwriter and directorJohn August. At the time August said that the story “was and maybe still is supposed to be part of an anthology of short stories written by well-known screenwriters.” Here is a short synopsis written by Brendon: “At the heart of it,The Variantis a mystery. Our leading character is established as a retired spy, of sorts, who now hides a careful life, hiding himself in a library where he stacks the shelves ad fades away but always watches carefully for danger....

Golden Globes Expands Animated Features To Five Nominations The Hollywood Foreign Press Association have announced that they will expand this year’s number of Golden Globe nominations for Best Animated Feature from three to five. The amended rule now reads: Eligible films must be feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture....

How Daniel Radcliffe And Gary Oldman’s Real-Life Relationship Reflected Harry And Sirius' Dynamic Onscreen Before the Harry Potter trio were superstars themselves, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint were just kids making a few movies … though said movies ended up becoming major blockbuster hits, some of which remain among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. Given that they are the face of one of the world’s most recognizable franchises, it’s hard to imagine the trio getting starstruck, but thanks to the “Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts” reunion special, we now know that they too were blown away by the star power of series....

Interview: Screenwriter Jon Spaihts Discusses The Long Road To ‘Passengers,’ Rooting Exposition In Character, And More Passengerswas partially born out of a movie that was never made. The first script screenwriterJon Spaihtssold was calledShadow 19, originally a Warner Bros. project that madeKeanu Reevesand his producing partner,Stephen Hamel, want to continue working with Spaihts — which ultimately led toPassengers. Spaiht’s script was famously embraced by those who read it, but it went on to spend years and years in development....

Jackass 3.5 Headed To Theaters? Jackass 3-Drocked box office expectations this past weekend bynearly equalingthe total grosses of each of the past twoJackassfilms within three days of its release, and in typical Hollywood fashion, Paramount is looking at other means to capitalize on their investment.JackassfigureheadJohnny Knoxvillealready announced plans of aJackass 3.5release, which was set to hit the web and DVD a month or so afterJackass 3-D’s theatrical run, but now it looks as though Paramount wants to take the left-over footage from the gang’s 3-D outing and repackage it for a theatrical release all its own....

James Spader Is Ultron In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Joss Whedonhas chosen someone few people likely expected to play the main villain inAvengers: Age of Ultron. James Spader, who became a sensation thanks to Steven Soderbergh’s debut featureSex, Lies, and Videotape, and who has played roles in a diverse slate of projects in film (Secretary,Lincoln) and television (Boston Legal,The Practice), will play the character. Official info is below. This will surprise a lot of people, I think....

Joaquin Phoenix In Talks To Play The Incredible Hulk In The Avengers? For a few weeks now, we’ve been hearing rumors that Marvel Studios was set to unveil Edward Norton on stage at Comic-Con later this month, revealing that the actor would return to reprise his role fromThe Incredible Hulkin the superhero team-up movieThe Avengers. But last week Marvelconfirmedthat Norton would not be back for the new film due not to “monetary factors” but the “the need for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members....

Laika’s 10th Anniversary: Celebrate With A Look Back At Stop-Motion Wonder Stop-motion animation is perhaps the most difficult in the entire animation field. Animators have to move their characters and sets by a single frame at a time to film 24 frames in a second. And if you’ve seen movies fromLaikasuch asCoralineandParaNorman, then you know that they don’t hold back when it comes to intricate and meticulously crafted production pieces....

Last Voyage Of The Demeter Release Date Rerouted To Late Summer 2023 “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” is sailing from August 23, 2025 to July 26, 2025, according toDeadline. A late summer spot is typically a more respected date for a release than late January, though there is no official information listed in terms of why the shift is happening. The Universal Pictures and DreamWorks project is based on the chapter from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” entitled “The Captain’s Log,” and will tell us what happened on the merchant ship “Demeter,” which transported a certain very famous vampire from Carpathia to England....

Let’s Grade Each Of Those Rumored ‘Star Wars’ Disney+ Spin-Offs Over the past couple of days, a pair of rumors cropped up claiming that nineStar WarsDisney+ spin-off shows are in early stages of development. We have not been able to verify these rumors, but Disney+ is going to need content andStar Warsis one of the most popular properties around, so it’s not completely unreasonable to think that a few of these ideas may actually be kicking around in the halls of the Mouse House....

Mike Birbiglia And Judd Apatow Are Not Happy With ‘Suicide Squad’s PG-13 Rating Let’s get real for a second here. Yes, there should be a movie rating system that informs audiences of the basic content of a movie, allowing parents and those with certain tastes to make the proper judgment call before they pull the trigger on buying movie tickets. It’s hard to imagine any decent person thinking that MPAA ratings are a bad idea on paper....

Movie Trailer: Rob Reiner’s Coming Of Age Drama ‘Flipped’ Hey,Rob Reinerhas a new movie coming out.Flippedis a very sweet-looking ode to the ’50s and early ’60s and the hormone flood of emerging adulthood. That is, it’s about a boy who thinks he hates a girl until he realizes that she might be the best thing ever. Check out a trailer after the break. This is definitely cute, and there’s a deeply saturated color sense that kinda makes the era look like a time of unimaginable perfection....