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‘Beartown’ Trailer: HBO’s New Series Deals With Sexual Assault By A Star Athlete The Swedish-language drama seriesBeartownpremiered overseas last year, and it’s coming to the United States this month, courtesy of HBO. The show centers on the intersection between power and responsibility in a small town, in which a star junior ice hockey player sexually assaults a woman who turned down his advances. This clearly won’t be a light and breezy viewing experience – instead, this snowy, bleak-looking Nordic drama appears to grapple with some serious and worthwhile topics including consent and culpability....

‘Crimson Peak’ Maze Coming To Universal Halloween Horror Nights [Comic-Con 2015] Guillermo del Toro’sCrimson Peakfeatures an all-star cast and a twisty plot, but one of its biggest draws is the setting — a huge, creaky, creepy Victorian mansion full of rooms that mustn’t be visited, secrets in every nook and cranny, and spirits that creep up from behind. And this fall, audience will get the chance to visit Crimson Peak for themselves, in the form of a new maze at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights....

‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’ Will Be The First “Scary MCU Film” [Comic-Con 2019] Doctor Stephen Strange was dusted by Thanos at the end ofAvengers: Infinity War, but we didn’t need the events ofAvengers: Endgameto know that the master of the mystic arts would be back. Late last year,it was reportedthat directorScott Derricksonwould return forDoctor Strange 2. Naturally, this also meant the return of a (living) Doctor Strange, once again played byBenedict Cumberbatch....

‘Eastbound & Down’ Will End After Upcoming Fourth Season Four strikes and Kenny Powers is finally out. The popular HBO showEastbound & Downis set to start filming its fourth season this week and will premiere on September 29. Then that’s it. Though there was some question after the second and third seasons of theDanny McBride/Jody Hillshow as to what would happen next, HBO has decided the fourth season will be its last....

‘For Madmen Only’: Meet Del Close, The Insane Comic Genius Who Taught Almost Every Comedian You Love [SXSW] You may not know the nameDel Close, but you are undoubtedly familiar with the comedians he taught. Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Stephen Colbert, Rachel Dratch, Mike Myers, Gilda Radner, Bob Odenkirk, Amy Sedaris, Chris Farley and many more all received improvisational comedy training from Del Close, but in a rather unconventional way....

‘Future Man’ Early Buzz: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg’s Time Travel Show Is Raunchy And Fun Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the world’s best video game player is recruited to fight in a battle to save the planet. That’s the plot of an increasing number of movies includingThe Last Starfighter, but now it’s also the plot of a new Hulu series calledFuture Manthat hails from producersSeth RogenandEvan Goldberg....

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Trailer Breakdown: Maybe It’s The Apocalypse This morning, a new trailer forGhostbusters: Afterlifefinally arrived, a year and a half after the first one. Thankfully, it was worth the wait, with a tease that packs the kind of punch the first trailer forStar Wars: The Force Awakensdid, with a little bit ofSuper 8thrown in there for good measure. Since this trailer dives into the story, albeit vaguely, there are plenty of new details to uncover....

‘House Of The Dragon’ Bringing ‘Game Of Thrones’ Composer Ramin Djawadi Back To Westeros For Prequel Series Ramin Djawadi, the Emmy-winning composer of HBO’s mega-hit fantasy seriesGame of Thrones, has booked a return trip to Westeros. Djawadi has signed on to compose the score forHouse of the Dragon, the premium cable channel’s upcoming prequel series that follows members of the Targaryen dynasty and is set 300 years before the events ofGame of Thrones....

‘In Saturn’s Rings’ Trailer: IMAX Doc Offers Mindblowing Views Of Space Remember the days before IMAX became ubiquitous? When the format was more strongly associated with science documentaries at the natural history museum than $250 million tentpoles at the multiplex? It’s not that IMAX isn’t used for the former anymore, of course. It’s just that the latter has now eclipsed the original use. So even thoughIn Saturn’s Ringsisn’t really a throwback, it kinda feels like one to me....

‘Incredibles 2’ Deleted Scene Almost Introduced Frozone’s Wife, Here’s Why It Didn’t It’s a scene that has gone down in the history books, kicked off by one simple line:Honey, where is my super suit?Thus one of the most iconic Pixar scenes was born, in which Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) frantically scrambles for his super suit while his wife (Kimberly Adair Clark) belligerently refuses to tell him in 2004’sThe Incredibles. So when the long-awaited sequel finally rolled around, why did directorBrad Birddeprive us of the greatest good that we ever could have gotten?...

‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Director Todd Strauss-Schulson’s Next Movie Is Comedy ‘Silent Retreat’ Todd Strauss Schulsonis feeling the love for his latest filmIsn’t It Romantic, which saw modest box office success on its Valentine’s Day opening, and the director has already signed onto his next project. Schulson is set to helm the comedySilent Retreatfor Miramax, which he co-wrote withThe Lego Movie 2writerMatthew Fogel. Schulson has lined up his next project afterIsn’t It Romanticafter the Rebel Wilson-starring comedy debuted to modest critical and commercial success yesterday....

‘Jurassic World 2’ Will Probably Bring Back B.D. Wong WhenBryce Dallas HowardandChris Prattreturn forJurassic World 2, they may find themselves joined by another familiar face. ProducerFrank Marshallhas hinted thatB.D. Wongwill be back as Dr. Henry Wu in theJ.A. Bayona-directed sequel, which recently added new starsToby JonesandRafe Spall. CinemaBlendrecently sat down with Marshall and asked whether Wong would resurface in theJurassic Worldsequel. Marshall stopped short of outright confirming anything, but did acknowledge, “When they take off in helicopters, you know they’re probably going to come back....

‘Nomadland’ Dominates 2021 BAFTA Awards, ‘Promising Young Woman’ Wins Best British Film Nomadlandis on the road to the top with its latest awards show success.Chloé Zhao’s Western road drama dominated the 2021 BAFTA Awards, winning the four top prizes including Best Picture on Sunday night. It’s another notch onNomadland’s belt as the film charts a steady course for the Oscars later this month.Nomadlandswept the 2021 British Academy Film Awards at a virtual ceremony Sunday night, which marked a few historic wins....