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A Heist On The Set Of The Crown Boosted Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Props The British monarchy, a Fabergé egg, and a heist. No, this isn’t the plot of the latest prestige royal drama — it’s an actual news account, ripped right from the headlines. Scandal follows the royal family wherever they go, including the world of fiction.Varietyreports that over $200,000 worth of antique props were stolen from the set of “The Crown” while the Netflix series filmed its fifth season in Mexborough, Yorkshire....

A New Phantom Of The Opera Adaptation Will Be Set In The French Quarter My sincerest apologies to anyone who clicked on this headline and assumed there was going to be a new adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, “The Phantom of the Opera,” but this news story is about the 1910 Gaston Leroux French novel of the same name that went on to inspire theUniversal Monsters' 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, thatlaterinspired Andrew Lloyd Webber (heretofore known as ALW)....

Aaron Paul’s Post-‘Breaking Bad’ TV Plans Revealed: He’ll Do Hulu’s ‘The Way’ Aaron Paulmay have teased fans that Jesse Pinkman would be returning to the small screen but now his actual post-Breaking BadTV plan has been revealed. Paul has signed on to produce and star inThe Way, a new Hulu series fromJason Katims, the executive producer ofFriday Night LightsandParenthood. Co-starringMichelle Monaghan,The Waywill debut this Winter and focus on a family “at the center of a controversial movement struggling with relationships, marriage and power, with each episode taking an in-depth look at what it means to choose between the life we live and the life we want....

Adam McKay Talks Mark Wahlberg/Will Ferrell Football Comedy When news broke thatMark WahlbergandWill Ferrellwould soon be beating each other’s heads in on a football field, comedy fans hopefully took notice. The original story was thatThe Other Guysco-stars would starin a Warner Bros. movie calledTurkey Bowlabout rival families who play a very heated game of neighborhood tackle football. Little else was revealed except thatRobert CarlockandScott Silveriwould write the screenplay and that producers Ferrell and partnerAdam McKaywanted it to be a huge, comedy ensemble....

Against The Ice Review: A Beautiful Slow Burn Set In A Frozen Wasteland Some true stories are almost too incredible to be believed, like Denmark’s Arctic Expedition in 1909. Led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen, the team set out to dispute the United State’s claim on Northeast Greenland. If the team could prove that Greenland was one massive piece of land and not two separate ones, as the U.S. believed, then the territory would remain Denmark’s....

Cool Stuff: ‘Cloud Atlas’ Posters And More From LA ‘Young Guns Of Print’ Exhibit Most of the time, art galleries do either group shows with a single theme or one artist’s complete vision. The latest exhibit at theHero Complex Galleryin Los Angeles is a bit of both.The Young Guns of Printfeatures the work of 18 individual up and coming artists, each of whom did two to fifteen pieces on a specific theme....

Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown Taking Over ‘The Lost Symbol’ Screenplay We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Risky Businessis reporting that bestselling authorDan Brownwill be taking over screenwriting duties on the big screen adaptation of his latest book andDa Vinci Codesequel,The Lost Symbol. In February 2010, the studiohiredOscar-nominated scribeSteven Knight, whose credits includeEastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things, who also penned drafts of Martin Scorsese’sShutter IslandandThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader....

Deathlok Comes To ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Are you still watchingAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? There’s a chance the answer is “no,” based on an informal straw poll I’ve just taken with friends I know had been very interested in the series at first. Marvel is trying a few new tricks to bring viewers to (or back to) the show, such as adding Bill Paxton for a multi-episode arc as Agent John Garrett, and Elene Satine will play the Asgardian villain Lorelei....

Doctor Strange Kicks Off The Summer Box Office With A Bigger Than Expected Bang While summer doesn’t officially start until the end of June, for all intents and purposes, the first weekend of May is often seen as the beginning of the summer movie season. And it kicked off with a big, magical bang this past weekend as"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"finally hit theaters. It is not remotely surprising that the movie topped the box office as every other studio got out of its way, offering it a clear path to domination....

Earth Vs. Moon Details Revealed When I was on the set ofZombielanda few months ago, screenwriters/producersPaul WenickandRhett Reesetold me abouta new project they were working on calledEarth vs. Moon. At the time, the screenwriting duo has just turned in a first draft and were waiting to hear back. The project was in the very early stages of development. Burt now we have an update. Our friends atFirstShowinghad a chance to catch up with Wenick and Reese and get an update on their sci-fi project....

Fan Created Goonies Musical While a sequel toThe Gooniesmight not be happening (or is it?), directorRichard Donnerhas been tryingto turn the property into a Broadway Musical.Who knows if that will ever happen, but we might have a preview of what aGooniesmusical might sound like. /Film readerRob Deanhas been writing songs for aGooniesmusical with his friendKeith Doughty, way before it ever became a thought in Donner’s mind. They have sent over a couple music videos based on the sample compositions they have created....

First Look: The Dream Machine, From Paprika Director Satoshi Kon I’m not much of an anime fan. Actually, I actively dislike the bulk of the anime I’ve seen. Movies by Hayao Miyazaki get my attention (there’s an argument to be made that, thanks to different sensibilities when building story and character, Miyazaki’s movies are not anime at all) and so do features bySatoshi Kon. His films are always interesting, even when they don’t work, and since the combo ofMillennium ActressandTokyo GodfathersI’ve perked up every time he gets a new project going....

First Official ‘Fuller House’ Photos Get The Tanner Family Back Together In just over a month, children of the ’90s will get another dose of nostalgia with the debut ofFuller Houseon Netflix. A sequel to the cheesy sitcomFull House, the new series follows the younger generation of the Tanner family in their adult years. D.J. (Candace Cameron Bure) has two kids of her own named JD (Michael Campion) and Max (Elias Harger) while her best friend Kimmy (Andrea Barber) has a daughter named Ramona (Soni Nicole Bringas)....