Dame Maggie Smith Wasn't Exactly Thrilled With Her Downton Abbey Role

Dame Maggie Smith Wasn’t Exactly Thrilled With Her Downton Abbey Role With"Downton Abbey: A New Era"set to open in theaters nationwide soon, fans of the British television series-turned-films are excited to see the tremendous ensemble back on the screen. When you have a cast this talented, people are likely to form attachments with some of their favorite characters, and in the world of"Downton Abbey,“there’s plenty to choose from. There’s certainly a huge following for characters likeDan Stevens' Matthew Crawleyor Jim Carter’s Mr....

July 3, 2025 · 4 min · 815 words · Kyle Ramirez

Damon Wayans Jr. Will Star In Seth Rogen's AI Comedy 'Singularity' For FX

Damon Wayans Jr. Will Star In Seth Rogen’s AI Comedy ‘Singularity’ For FX Damon Wayans Jr.will star in theSingularitypilot from producersSeth RogenandEvan Goldberg. FX won a bidding war for the AI comedy last August, which was around the time Rogen announced the project. The story depicts a future when artificial intelligence has far exceeded human intelligence. Below, learn about the Seth Rogen AI comedy. In the series, society underwent some massive changes after artificial intelligence grew superior to humans....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Frances Hubbard

Disney+ Shows: A List Of Everything Announced For Disney's Streaming Service

Disney+ Shows: A List Of Everything Announced For Disney’s Streaming Service Today, the Walt Disney Company rolled-out their plans for their upcoming streaming serviceDisney+during an Investors Meeting. Now that we finally know more of the details for this service, here’s a round-up of all the original television series announced and rumored for the service. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7: The Clone Wars animation series has been resurrected so that it can get the conclusion that the epic story deserves....

July 3, 2025 · 9 min · 1864 words · Michael Anderson

DreamWorks Sells Out With Kung Fu Panda TV Show

DreamWorks Sells Out With Kung Fu Panda TV Show DreamWorks Animation is not onlydeveloping a sequeltoKung Fu Panda, due out June 3rd 2011, but they are co-producing a television series for Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon has ordered 26 episodes after the success ofThe Penguins of Madagascar. The series premiered on the television network on March 28th, and has become the second-most-watched program among kids 6-12 on television, behind onlySpongebob. No details are known about the new show, only that it will be titledKung Fu Panda: The Series....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Lindsey King

Everything We Learned From The New DC Superhero Movie Preview

Everything We Learned From The New DC Superhero Movie Preview Warner Bros. has justdropped a teaserfor its 2022 DC superhero movie slate, and it packs a massive amount of brand new footage into just 60 seconds. The promo, titled “The World Needs Heroes,” gives us our first look at The Justice Society of America, “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” footage, and a Flash redesign. It also includes an “only in theaters” disclaimer, a significant note to end on since “The Suicide Squad” is the only live-action DC film to release theatrically in the past two years....

July 3, 2025 · 8 min · 1586 words · Patricia Wilson

First Look At 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Deleted Scenes

First Look At ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Deleted Scenes Star Wars: The Last Jediis now playing in theaters everywhere, and if you’ve already seen it multiple times and studied every single frame, here’s some good news: you can now get a brief look at some previously-unseen deleted scenes. A preview ofLast Jedideleted scenes is available to watch below. DirectorRian Johnsonhas previously said that the eventual Blu-ray release forStar Wars: The Last Jediwill contain approximately 20 minutes of deleted scenes....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 858 words · Vanessa Perkins

First Look: Shanghai Disneyland's Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride

First Look: Shanghai Disneyland’s Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride Coming offreportsthat the opening of the Shanghai Disney Resort will be pushed back from late this year to the first half of 2016 (update: Disney head Bob Iger has nowconfirmedthe park will grand open in Spring 2016), Disney has released the first photos of the theme park’s signature attractionPirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure. The new E-ticket ride, located in the park’s Treasure Cove land, will feature “a combination of new technology and innovation and will take guests on a pirate adventure with Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Davy Jones, providing an experience unlike anything else in the world....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Collin Jones

Game Of Thrones' Re-Introduced An Old Weapon – Here's Why Valyrian Steel Is Important To The Endgame

Game Of Thrones' Re-Introduced An Old Weapon – Here’s Why Valyrian Steel Is Important To The Endgame As armies raid castles, dragons burn soldiers, and Cersei Lannister schemes away in King’s Landing, it won’t be long before everyone realizes that two most valuable resources inGame of Thrones' Westeros are Valyrian steel and dragonglass. Those are the only known substances that can kill White Walkers, so when the Night King and his army of the dead arrive, nothing else will matter....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 600 words · Adrian Davis

Halloween Ends Will Be 'Very Different In Tone' From The Other Movies

Halloween Ends Will Be ‘Very Different In Tone’ From The Other Movies “Halloween Kills” is now in theaters and on Peacock, and “Halloween Ends” is due out next year. I’ll try to avoid giving away spoilers in case you haven’t seen “Halloween Kills” yet, but let’s just say that movie leaves a lot of stuff up in the air for the third and supposedly final entry in this new trilogy to address....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 607 words · Kara Blanchard

IMAX VR Is Dead Less Than Two Years After Being Launched

IMAX VR Is Dead Less Than Two Years After Being Launched R.I.P.,IMAX VR– we hardly knew ye. A mere two years after IMAX announced they would be introducing VR, the company has decided to kill off IMAX VR. IMAX has already shuttered four of the seven IMAX VR centers they initially opened, and the remaining three will turn off the lights in 2019. Anyone following all-things-IMAX likely saw the writing on the wall regarding this....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 449 words · Kelly Roberson

Jason Mantzoukas On 'The Long Dumb Road', 'John Wick 3' And 'How Did This Get Made?' [Interview]

Jason Mantzoukas On ‘The Long Dumb Road’, ‘John Wick 3’ And ‘How Did This Get Made?’ [Interview] People who watch lots of movies start to recognize character actors from role to role, especially in comedies, when a funny guy or woman keeps showing up.Jason Mantzoukashas been one of those reliable actors stealing scenes in movies likeBaby Mama, The Dictator, The House, Sleeping with Other Peopleand more. But inThe Long Dumb Road, Mantzoukas finally takes the lead....

July 3, 2025 · 11 min · 2253 words · Andrew Edwards

Lee Daniels's Next Project Will Be A Janis Joplin Biopic Starring Amy Adams

Lee Daniels’s Next Project Will Be A Janis Joplin Biopic Starring Amy Adams Janis Joplinhas yet to get the biopic treatment (well, unless you countJenna Maroney’sJackie Jormp-Jomp), but that’ll change soon ifLee Danielshas anything to do with it. The directorattachedhimself last year to a Joplin drama withAmy Adamsin the lead, and now he says that the film will be his follow-up toLee Daniels' The Butler. That’s not the only project Daniels has in the works, however....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Joseph Harrell

LOL: Conan O'Brien Trains Like 'Wonder Woman' With Gal Gadot, Fails Hilariously

LOL: Conan O’Brien Trains Like ‘Wonder Woman’ With Gal Gadot, Fails Hilariously In one week, we’ll seeGal Gadotreturn to the big screen for her first solo outing asWonder Woman. While the actress certainly makes being a superhero look easy, she had to take on six months of various martial arts, weapon and plain old physical training to get in the right shape for the role in the DC Comics movie. Some of the action she did in reshoots even happened while she was pregnant....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Jeffrey Lindsey