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‘Penny Dreadful’ Spin-Off Adds Nathan Lane As A Veteran Cop Tony and Emmy Award winnerNathan Laneis about to take a trip back to 1930s Los Angeles. Lane (The Producers, The Lion King) is the latest actor to joinPenny Dreadful: City of Angels, Showtime’s spin-off that’s being described as a “spiritual descendant” of the original series, which saw public domain characters fromDracula,Frankenstein, andThe Picture of Dorian Grayshare the screen. In this new chapter of the story, the actionmoves from Victorian England to sunny California, during a time of intense political and societal tension....

‘Rambo: Last Stand’ Is Scripted; May Resemble ‘Unforgiven’ In Tone Right after the release ofRambo, the fourth film to featureSylvester Stallone’s iconic Vietnam War veteran character, it seemed like a fifth film was a foregone conclusion. Last year, however, the writer/actor/directorreversed his position, saying ““I think Rambo’s pretty well done. I don’t think there’ll be any more.” It seems like he was concerned about appearances more than the lack of a compelling story....

‘Steven Universe Future’: Growing Up Is No Picnic In “Snow Day” And “Why So Blue” Growing up forSteven Universe(Zach Callison) is no picnic. What happens in “Snow Day” is minuscule but momentous, yet another idyllic day-in-the-life without punching antagonists. 16-year-old Steven is so frazzled and focused on the Little Homeworld school that his childlike spirit has been siphoned away. He is no longer partaking in the child relics ofSteven Universe. He rebuffs Pearl’s (Deedee Magno) attempt to dress him, the Gems whipping up the infamous Together Breakfast, Garnet’s (Estelle)offer of pepperoni pizza (Steven is now vegetarian), and the Crystal Gems' insistence to play tag....

‘The Man In The High Castle’ Season 4 Trailer: The Final Season Is Near The final season ofThe Man in the High Castlearrives on Amazon Prime Video next month, so it’s time to prepare yourself with a new trailer. The alternative history show’s final season promises to be epic, bringing to a close a saga that started back in 2015, which feels like a very, very long time ago at this point....

‘The Mandalorian’ And ‘Falcon & Winter Soldier’ Logos, ‘Lady And The Tramp’ First Look Revealed In Disney+ Presentation Most movie logos and first looks are revealed with some traditional pizazz. But Disney quietly revealed a first look at the logo for the firstStar Warslive-action TV seriesThe Mandalorian, a first look at the upcoming live-actionLady and the Tramp, and confirmation of Marvel’sFalcon & Winter Soldierseries as part of theirDisney+presentation. Check them, and more, out below....

‘Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made’ Director Tom McCarthy On Following ‘Spotlight’ With A Disney Family Movie [Interview] Just when you think you have Oscar-winnerTom McCarthyfigured out, he goes and followsSpotlightwith a film for Disney+ about a kid who thinks of himself as a hard-boiled detective whose best friend is a polar bear.It may surprise you to know that McCarthy’s latest film,Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Madeis delightful. The main character takes himself very seriously and the film has a lot of fun playing around with that while building an entertaining mystery for him to solve....

‘Under The Skin’ Filmmaker Jonathan Glazer Is Directing A Holocaust Drama Here’s a film that will likely turn out to be both brilliant and very hard to watch.Jonathan Glazer, the filmmaker behind the nightmarish masterpieceUnder the Skin, is helming a Holocaust drama. The film has no title yet, but is set to arrive sometime in2020. Jonathan Glazer hasn’t helmed a film since 2013’s stunningUnder the Skin, and that’s far too long a gap for such a great filmmaker....

‘Us’ Movie Explained: Exploring The Biggest Questions And Craziest Twists In Jordan Peele’s Film (Us, the new horror film from Jordan Peele, is in theaters now and it’s the kind of movie that demands a conversation. SoJacob HallandBen Pearsonare here to do that. Let’s unwrap this movie’s mysteries, shall we?)Jacob:So you’ve just seen Jordan Peele’sUs. And you have questions, right? Trust us – we know the feeling. Peele’s follow-up toGet Outis a shotgun blast of ideas smuggled into a crowd-pleasing horror movie....

‘Wolverine 3’ Gets A Title And A Poster Hugh Jackmanpromisedwe’d see a big reveal from the next Wolverine movie this week, and this morning he delivered. The actor has just shared the first official poster for the film, which reveals that the official title is… drumroll please…Logan. Check out theLoganposter below, plus a little peek at the script. Jackman unveiled the firstWolverine 3poster — sorry I meanLoganposter — on Twitter. As you may see from the photo, the promotional campaign has officially begun....

‘You’re Next’ Teaser Posters: Menacing Animal Faces Promise Dire Terror In 2011, one of the hits of TIFF and Fantastic Fest wasAdam Wingard’s home invasion thrillerYou’re Next. The film drew raves at just a couple of festival screenings and was snapped up by LionsGate. But rather than releasing the film quickly, the studio held on to it for a while. After appearing once at Fantastic Fest in September 2011, the film was dormant until just over a week ago, when it played at SXSW....

/Film Interview: Karl Urban, The Star Of ‘Dredd 3D’ Earlier this summer, Lionsgate exhibited extreme confident inPete Travis' comic book filmDredd 3Dwhen they screened it for fans at San Diego Comic-Con. The gamble paid off. Buzz was solid for the film, which is an incredibly tight, focused, hard R-rated, violent throwback to the simple, bad ass action movies of the Eighties.Watch our review here. Karl Urbanplays Dredd, a no-nonsense Judge in a futuristic city called Mega City One....

Akiva Goldsman Developing ‘Rainbow Six’ Movie, Courting Ryan Reynolds To Star Akiva Goldsman, the ever-busy screenwriter/producer/director who has managed to win an Oscar, run theTransformerswriters room,anddirect the legitimately insaneWinter’s Tale, has added a trio of new projects to his plate. But while a film franchise based on the young adultOlogiesseries and an adaption of the comic bookAvengelynewill prove interesting to some parties, one piece of news can’t help but stand out beyond the others....

Battlestar Galactica’s Pilot Sparked A Behind-The-Scenes Battle Before It Even Aired It’s been nearly 20 years since the 2003 reboot of “Battlestar Galactica” propelled the franchise in a wholly different direction. Gone was the light-hearted sci-fi adventure of the original ’70s series, replaced with a darker and more relentless tone. But it worked — the new series was popular enough to overtake the original in the public consciousness. The accolades came after the show started airing, however....