Courtesy Apple/Penguin Random House Martin Scorsese is once again working with Leonardo DiCaprio for another based-on-real-life project for Apple, this one called The Wager. ABC Audio has confirmed that the pair, who recently wrapped work on the theater-and-Apple TV+-bound Killers of the Flower Moon, will once again team up, this time for the drama set …
Elijah Wood producing reboot of ‘Max Headroom’ for AMC
L-R Frewer, Amanda Pays — ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images With reboots of Full House and Roseanne spin-off The Conners on the air now, another Reagan-era series is returning to TV. Max Headroom was perhaps more famous for actor Matt Frewer‘s intentionally glitchy computer characters gracing Coke commercials back in the …
In Brief: ‘A Different World’ star Mary Alice dead; ‘Creed III’ moves, and more
Actress Mary Alice, best known for portraying Leticia “Lettie” Bostic on NBC’s A Different World and Effie Williams in the 1976 original version of Sparkle, died Wednesday at her home in Manhattan, a spokesperson for the NYPD confirms to People. She was 85. A cause of death was not given. Alice also played The Oracle …
Jason Momoa teases Ben Affleck return as Batman for ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic Despite the fact that Robert Pattinson is currently playing the cinematic Batman, Ben Affleck might not be retiring his Batsuit just yet. Jason Momoa teased Affleck’s return as Batman for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the sequel to 2018’s Aquaman. “REUNITED bruce and arthur,” Momoa shared Thursday on Instagram, along with a photo …
Katie Holmes reveals the influences behind her new film, ‘Alone Together’
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival The pandemic-era love story Alone Together has officially hit theaters. Written, directed by and staring Katie Holmes, it follows June, a food critic who leaves New York City to quarantine during the pandemic, and who finds love in an unexpected place. It’s Holmes’ first feature film wearing all three …
Krysten Ritter to star in, produce ‘Orphan Black’ spin-off, ‘Echoes’
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic AMC has tapped Jessica Jones vet Krysten Ritter to produce and star in the spin-off to the Emmy-winning drama Orphan Black called Orphan Black: Echoes. For Ritter, the 10-episode series is a return to the network, for which she starred on Breaking Bad. AMC teases, “Set in the near future, Orphan Black: Echoes takes …
‘Better Call Saul’ actor Bob Odenkirk grateful for support one year after heart attack
AMC/Greg Lewis Actor Bob Odenkirk is reflecting on the past year after having a heart attack on the set of his hit show Better Call Saul in 2021. Odenkirk tweeted Thursday, saying he is appreciative of the support that has come his way. “A Thank You to you, whoever you are,” Odenkirk tweeted. “A year …
The official teaser trailer to ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ is out now
Netflix The official teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro‘s Pinocchio has arrived. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro‘s version of the classic Carlo Collodi novel reimagines the famous story of the wooden marionette, Pinocchio, voiced by Gregory Mann, brought to life by a grieving woodcarver, Geppetto (David Bradley) in stop-motion form. The teaser trailer begins …
Mike Judge “hoping” the music videos return to original ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ shows
Paramount+ The return of Beavis and Butt-Head on Paramount+ will come with remastered version of 200 original shows from the one-time MTV phenomenon. However, for B&B fans, some even better news: the videos may be back. DVD releases of the animated hit deleted the show’s bread and butter, the two teenaged dopes making fun of …
Universal reveals explosive teaser to Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
Universal Pictures In an ongoing live loop of the teaser, Universal Pictures revealed on Thursday the first footage of Christopher Nolan‘s star-studded historical drama Oppenheimer. Frequent Nolan player Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. As an atomic fire swirls through the frame, a voice-over says, “The force from which …