Hulu(SAN DIEGO) — Here’s a plot twist worthy of the show itself: Veronica Mars season four is now available on Hulu, one week ahead of schedule. The show’s star, Kristen Bell, announced the surprise news at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. During the Veronica Mars panel, Bell declared that she wanted Hulu to release all …
2018 ‘Halloween’ reboot spawning two new sequels
Andrew Eccles/Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Like its unstoppable killer Michael Myers, the Halloween films will live on. On Friday, Universal Pictures announced release dates for two new films in the iconic horror series, following the blockbuster success of 2018’s reboot starring original sole survivor Jamie Lee Curtis. The film, which was directed by David Gordon Green, was made for …
Holy S**t! Watch the potty-mouthed Comic-Con feature for R-rated sequel ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’
Paramount Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Paramount Pictures and director Tim Miller want to make one thing clear to Terminator fans: Like its direct predecessors The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day, the upcoming film Terminator: Dark Fate is R-rated. Want proof? Just watch the film’s behind-the-scenes featurette that was recently revealed at San Diego Comic-Con. The …
Stephen King’s son and ‘N0S4A2’ creator Joe Hill is psyched about ‘It: Chapter 2’
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. (NEW YORK) — To say horror is in bestselling author/producer Joe Hill’s DNA is literally true — he’s the son of Stephen King, after all — but he’s also a massive fan of the genre in his own right. The author, whose adaptation of his book N0S4A2 is now a series …
Me-OUCH: Jordan Peele endorses Twitter user’s troll of ‘CATS’ creepy trailer music from ‘Us’
Universal Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — The first trailer for the big-screen version of CATS debuted Thursday, and reaction has been decidedly mixed. For everyone who loved seeing Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, and Jennifer Hudson turned into furry felines via CGI, there were others who saw the effect as downright creepy. One of those in the “creepy” …
Report: Eddie Murphy could get “massive payday” from Netflix for return to stand-up
Courtesy of Netflix(LOS ANGELES) — In today’s Season 11 premiere of Netflix’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Eddie Murphy takes a ride with Jerry Seinfeld, and tells him that he’s finally returning to the stand-up stage. Murphy, whose stand-up specials Delirious and Raw basically gave birth to the idea of a comic who could be …
‘The Lion King’ roars into theaters Friday
Disney(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide Friday: * The Lion King — Jon Favreau, who directed Disney’s hit live-action 2016 adaptation of The Jungle Book, also directed this highly anticipated live-action remake of the 1994 animated Disney classic. Donald Glover plays Simba, a young lion who must step up and take his place as the rightful …
Memory: “CATS” trailer, featuring Jennifer Hudson, Judi Dench, Idris Elba & Taylor Swift, has arrived
Universal Pictures(LONDON) — “I am a cat now and somehow that was everything.” That’s what Taylor Swift wrote as a caption as she posted the first official trailer for the new movie CATS on Instagram. It’s also posted on Twitter and YouTube. Swift stars in the movie as Bombalurina, but she’s just one of …
Pennywise returns in new trailer for ‘It: Chapter Two’
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Pennywise is back in all of his bloody, pointy-teethed glory in the new trailer for It: Chapter Two. The sequel to the 2017 adaptation of the iconic Stephen King novel picks up 27 years after the events of the first film, which saw the Losers Club of Derry, …
Tom Cruise feels the need for speed, surprises Comic-Con with new ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ trailer
Paramount Pictures(SAN DIEGO) — Top Gun: Maverick is ready for takeoff. Tom Cruise, who’s back in the role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell for the Top Gun sequel, made a surprise appearance at San Diego Comic-Con Thursday and debuted the first trailer for the film. “34 years ago, I made a movie in San Diego and …