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‘Mythbusters’ Prop Auction Will Benefit Grant Imahara Charity As much as the incredibly long-running and fan-favoriteMythbustersseries sought to entertain us through the power of science, viewers of the show can back me up when I say that the true stars were the hosts:Jamie HynemanandAdam Savage, along with the “build team” surrounding them that would eventually be made up ofKari Byron,Tory Belleci, andGrant Imahara. Look no further than the unanimous outrage that rose up when the show had to scale down in later seasons and remove the latter three altogether....

‘New Mutants’ Casts ‘Game Of Thrones’ And ‘Split’ Stars As Wolfsbane And Magik For the first time in a long time, theX-Menmovies are starting to get us excited again. Even if you ignore the brilliantLegionon FX (and you most certainly should not),LoganandDeadpoolsuggest a wild and exciting path ahead for the mutant superheroes. Hopefully, the upcomingNew Mutantsmovie continues the trend. It certainly helps that two very talented young women have officially joined the cast:Game of ThronesstarMaisie WilliamsandSplit’sAnya Taylor-Joyhave signed up for Josh Boone’s movie, which is due out next year....

‘Numb, At The Edge Of The End’ Trailer: Hayden Christensen Prepares For The Apocalypse If you woke up this morning and thought, “Hey, I wonder whatHayden Christensenhas been up to lately?”, today’s your lucky day. The former Anakin Skywalker has a new movie in post-production calledNumb, at the Edge of the End, and we have the first NSFW trailer for all of you Christensaniacs (that’s what you die-hard Hayden fans call yourselves, right?...

‘Stranger Things 3: The Game’ Trailer: Prepare For An Unforgettable Summer…Indoors Stranger Thingsseason 3 premiering on July 4 already guaranteed that we would be spending some of the brightest days of the summer indoors bingeing the hit Netflix series, but theStranger Thingsvideo game is what’s going to keep us out of the sun. Debuting on the same day as the show’s season 3 premiere,Stranger Things 3: The Gamewill allow fans of the sci-fi/horror series to play as their favorite characters in a shot-for-shot reenactment of the new season....

‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ Trailer: Is The ‘Serial’ Season One Subject Guilty Of Murder? Twenty years ago, a Baltimore high school student named Hae Min Lee was murdered. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, claimed he was innocent of the crime, but he was arrested and given a life sentence. This story came to the world’s attention back in 2014 as the subject of the first season of NPR’s mega-popular podcastSerial, and though it has somewhat faded from the pop culture consciousness five years later, documentarianAmy Bergis putting the spotlight on it again with a four-episode series that provides “new discoveries, as well as groundbreaking revelations that challenge the state’s case” against Syed....

‘Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets’ Video Game Coming From Spil Games A trailer has yet to drop forLuc Besson’sValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. But the sci-fi adventure, based on the French comic book series from writerPierre Christinand illustratorJean-Claude Mézières, debuted footage a few months ago at San Diego Comic-Con. The various environments, the alien designs, and the costumes had Besson’s fingerprints all over them.Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planetslooks like a wacky, lively, and colorful world not unlikeThe Fifth Element, and Spil Games will attempt to bring that world to your phone next summer....

‘Westworld’ Spoiler Review: 10 Questions From “Dissonance Theory” The fourth episode ofWestworld’s first season, titled “Dissonance Theory,” was another barn-burning hour of television filled with so many details and moments worth considering that ten questions simply doesn’t feel like enough. But we have a format, and we’re sticking to it. As with past weeks, the questions raised here are rhetorical and literal, with some having easy answers, some ending in pure speculation, and others merely existing as an excuse to talk about a particular scene or character....

Amazon Studios Wants More Jordan Peele; Jordan Peele Obliges With New First Look Deal Academy Award-winnerJordan Peeleis in high-demand now – everyone wants to work with him, including Amazon. Peele was already working with Amazon on a Lorena Bobbitt docuseries. Now, Amazon Studios has signed a first look television deal with Peele and his production companyMonkeypaw Productions. Busy man Jordan Peele is gearing up to direct hisnext horror movie,Us. He’s also producing the upcomingHBO seriesLovecraft Country....

American Gigolo Teaser: Who Framed Julian Kaye For Murder? Showtime has released a new teaser trailer for their upcoming series “American Gigolo” starring Jon Bernthal. It’s a short teaser, but we do get a sense of this being a continuation of the 1980 movie starring Richard Gere, despite the fact that it’s called a “reimagining.” In the film, Gere’s Julian, a male escort, is accused of murder and sent to prison....

Amy Schumer Is Sony’s Live-Action Barbie Life in plastic is fantastic forAmy Schumer. She’s just been set to playBarbiein Sony’s live-action adaptation of Mattel’s toy line, while the studio continues to look for a director. In addition to starring, Schumer will also rework the script with her sisterKim Caramele. The film is described as a family comedy in a similar vein asSplash,Big, andEnchanted. The Hollywood Reporterbroke news of the Amy Schumer Barbie casting....

Apple TV+ Trailer Touts Steven Spielberg, Sofia Coppola, J.J. Abrams, Ron Howard & More Today brought Apple’s announcement of their new subscription streaming serviceAppleTV+. While the presentation didn’t have much footage to show from the various original program that will be part of the service launching this fall, they had no problem showing off the slate of storytellers that they already have working on shows. The first AppleTV+ trailer features heavy hitting storytellers likeSteven Spielberg, Sofia Coppola, J....

Beanie Bubble: Film About Beanie Craze Starring Zach Galifianakis And Elizabeth Banks Heads To Apple If you lived through the 1990s in the United States, chances are you remember the Beanie Baby craze. While my younger brother and I only ever had these beanbag stuffed toys for playing with, not collecting, there were some prized items that sold for thousands of dollars. As soon as the craze popped up, it died out, leaving many with more stuffed toys than they would ever know what to do with....

Casting Notes: Farmiga And Caan Go To Buffalo; New Gigs For Anne Heche And Jessica Biel Some decent casting notes cropped up in the trade breaks last night, and because I’m just this sort of nice guy I’m about to round up the best for you. First involvesJames CaanandVera Farmiga, who’ve just joinedKeanu ReevesinHenry’s Crime. The film, you may remember, is written byAnvil!directorSacha Gervasi, and will be directed byMalcolm Venville, recently of44-Inch Chest....