Apple TV+ Like Band of Brothers and The Pacific before it, Masters of the Air helps tell the story of U.S. soldiers during World War II who faced incredible odds while fighting the Axis powers. The latest miniseries from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks debuts Friday on Apple TV+, focusing on the pilots and crew of the 100th Bomb Group. Callum Turner, who stars as Major …
Colman Domingo’s new roles include Nat King Cole, Michael Jackson’s father
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Oscar nominee Colman Domingo has some very interesting projects coming up. Variety reports Colman will star in and direct an upcoming biopic about legendary singer Nat King Cole. The actor revealed his involvement in the project during an appearance on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, sharing, “I’ve been working on it quietly for a few years. It’s something I’m looking forward to …
Mattel announces plans for animated ‘Bob the Builder’ film starring Anthony Ramos
Mattel Films Bob the Builder is set to hit the big screen with a Latin twist. Mattel Films, ShadowMachine and Jennifer Lopez‘s Nuyorican Productions announced plans for a feature-length film starring the animated handyman whose tact and positivity captivated child audiences for over a decade, Mattel announced on Thursday. This comes following Mattel’s first theatrical …
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck back in action for Netflix’s ‘Animals’
CBS/Sonja Flemming Ben Affleck will direct his friend and Air co-star and co-producer Matt Damon in a new project for Netflix. The streaming service says the movie is a kidnapping thriller the pair are backing through their profit-sharing production company Artists Equity, also behind the Golden Globe-nominated Air, which was directed by Affleck. The biopic …
Rick Grimes just “getting home” in new trailer to ‘The Ones Who Live’
AMC/Gene Page AMC has released the final trailer to The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, the spinoff series that will finally reunite Andrew Lincoln‘s Rick Grimes with his sword-wielding love Michonne, played by Danai Gurira. Grimes has been missing from the original Walking Dead series since season 9, when he was presumed dead but …
SAG statement on gun safety defends Alec Baldwin in light of new ‘Rust’ charge
Days after Alec Baldwin was indicted on an involuntary manslaughter charge by a New Mexico grand jury for the deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust, SAG-AFTRA has spoken out in Baldwin’s defense. Hutchins was mortally wounded and director Joel Souza injured when the Colt-style Western revolver Baldwin was pointing at …
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ coming back to IMAX theaters with ‘Dune: Part Two’ peek
Warber Bros. Pictures As they say in Christopher Nolan‘s time-bending film Tenet, “what’s happened happened.” The film, which saw its 2020 theatrical release limited by the pandemic, is returning to IMAX theaters. ABC Audio has confirmed that the reissue of Tenet will include exclusive footage from Oscar winner Denis Villeneuve‘s forthcoming sequel Dune: Part Two …
Jake Gyllenhaal tends to a rowdy bar, fights Conor Mcgregor in hard-hitting ‘Road House’ trailer
Prime Video/Laura Radford Prime Video released the trailer to Road House, the “adrenaline-fueled reimagining” of the 1989 Patrick Swayze cult classic. In the film premiering March 21, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Elwood Dalton, a down on his luck former MMA fighter who takes a job trying to keep the peace as a bouncer at a rowdy …
Harrison Ford’s forgotten ‘Star Wars’ script, other rare items about to hit the auction block
ABC While auctions of Hollywood memorabilia are nothing new, some items about to hit the block have a provenance that’s really unique. When Harrison Ford was in the U.K. shooting the original Star Wars in 1976, he answered an ad in the paper from an older English couple in the Notting Hill section of London, …
Alec Baldwin requests a speedy trial following involuntary manslaughter indictment
Nearly a week after a grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge in the deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of Rust, the actor is demanding a speedy trial. Attorney’s for Baldwin, in a court filing obtained by ABC News, insist a speedy trial would “minimize public vilification and suspicion and to …