TV, Movies & Home Theatre - Page 30

Imagine a new comedy set in the world of eSports, well, that is just what is going to happen as CBS given out a put pilot order for a series, according to Variety.

Variety says that the currently untitled single-camera series will follow the story of the recently retired pro basketball star who attempts to try and reconnect with his son by purchasing an eSports team franchise. Kapital Entertainment's Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor will executive produce the show alongside Dan Kopelman who will also be the writer.

Dan Kopelman is known for his other CBS comedy series "Me, Myself, and I", and his other accomplishments include "Malcolm in the Middle," "Big Wolf on Campus," "Galavant," and "Rules of Engagement." So if the coming eSports series is anything like the previously mentioned titles, gamers could have an amazingly funny series to enjoy.

Joker continues to be a massive hit in the box office as recent reports have indicated that the controversial movie has already surpassed the $200 million mark in its second weekend.

The DC Film raked in another $8.4 million from domestic theaters on Monday which pushes the 11-day domestic total past $200 million to a precise $201.99 million. Just over the weekend, Joker already set a new record in the box office, earning $55 million and creaming movie projections that expected it to only reach $40 million.

Joker also cracked the opening weekend record with $96 million, previously the record was set by Venom that debuted at $80 million. Joker also broke Venom's October Friday box office record by raking in $39.8 million in its first day in theaters. If you haven't seen Joker yet, I cannot recommend the movie enough. If you are planning on going to see the film, I recommend that you go into it by taking out any previous thought that the movie is about comic book characters. The film is instead about the slow decline of a persons mental health, and how much a persons mentality can take before their mindset becomes that of the Joker.

Disney has been slowly acquiring what feels like every single company in the world, with the gigantic company owning both Marvel Studios and Fox -- and now Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is doing what he does best: trolling.

Reynolds posted a new photo up on his personal Instagram when he visited Marvel Studios, where he said he auditioned for the role of Anthony Stark, before he was escorted from the building. The news could be leading right into Deadpool entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but if Deadpool does, it most likely won't be until we see Phase 5.

Deadpool wasn't included in any of Marvel Studios' recent teases of Phase 4, but if he was it's not like the studio (nor Disney) would allow that news to break before it was ready and all those contracts and NDAs were signed. Reynolds is as I said at the start of the article, doing what he does best... and that is being just like his alter-ego in Deadpool, and trolling the world.

The Matrix 4 will surely be one of the most-hyped movies ever, with returning franchise stars in Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss being joined by How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris.

Variety has the scoop on Harris joining The Matrix 4, with no details on what role he will have in the movie. The Matrix 4 will be directed by the Wachowskis once again, while Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell co-wrote the script with Lana Wachowski (who will be the director of The Matrix 4).

Harris has been in plenty of big movies but nothing like The Matrix franchise, with my favorite role of Harris over the years definitely being Starship Troopers. He also starred in David Fincher's Gone Girl alongside Ben Affleck in an impressive, and creepy role. This news was so awesome I had to go off and make my own meme for it.

Netflix's upcoming Witcher TV series has got both gamers and fans of the book series waiting on the edge of their seats. While both gamers and the book readers are prepared, no one was more prepared then Henry Cavill for the role of Geralt of Rivia.

According to a recent interview with French magazine Premiere, Cavill said that even before the casting for the show begun, he was living and breathing The Witcher universe as truly means something to him. The Reddit translation from the interview reads as follows; "I discovered the games, then I discovered the books, and the universe of The Witcher instantly meant something to me. I often thought about playing Geralt. When the opportunity appeared, I didn't let the chance pass me. I asked my agent to meet Lauren as soon as possible... I didn't even have the need to prepare myself for the role."

You might wonder why Cavill was already prepared for the role, this was because throughout his completion of The Witcher games, he was able to spend a considerable amount of time fleshing out the character Geralt. Cavill says he understands the role "Because I breathe, I live this universe every day. I already got numerous opportunities to think about this character while I was playing the games. My preparation was already made before the casting started." The Witcher TV show is expected to release later this year.

Disney has just announced everything that will hit its new streaming service Disney+ on its launch in the US on November 12, which is going to be a lot -- enough that you could stream 24/7 through to Christmas Day and not run out of things to watch. Disney has a huge Twitter thread (over 300 tweets) with all of the announcements starting with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Check it out:

Disney+ will include everything from the earliest Walt Disney Animation Studios movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs right through to the latest and super-hot Star Wars series 'The Mandalorian'. There will be everything in between including Disney Afternoon classics, Marvel movies (of course), Pixar movies (again, of course), and Disney Channel Original Movies.

Don't expect absolutely everything overnight as there are distribution rights and issues that will stop movies like Iron Man 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming from hitting Disney+ right away. Disney is hard at work on getting the rights to those titles (and many others) so expect there to be a constant flow of new (well, older) content coming to Disney+ as those issues are sorted out and the rights returned to Disney.

While there's no sign of Henry Cavill confirmed as Superman in any future DCEU movies, The Batman has just scored its Catwoman with 'Big Little Lies' star Zoe Kravitz to star as the possible love interest of Batman.

Kravitz joins Robert Pattinson who will play Batman in Matt Reeves' upcoming take on the caped crusader, with pre-production on the movie expected to begin in the summer. Insider sources of Variety add that The Batman could be filming as soon as later this year or early-2020 with the movie to hit theaters on June 25, 2021.

Kravitz stars in Big Little Lies on HBO which is just finishing up its second season, and will be found in 'High Fidelity' which will be on Hulu later this year. The last time we saw Catwoman on screen was in The Dark Knight Rises back in 2012 under the direction of Christopher Nolan, with Anne Hathaway playing the character. Before that, we saw Michelle Pfeiffer in the iconic role back in 1992's 'Batman Returns'.

The first trailer for 'Dolittle' has been released by Universal Pictures, and from it we can see Robert Donwy Jr. discovering that he can in fact talk to animals.

Robert Downy Jr. returns to the big screen in his first film since his departure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers: Infinity War. While Downy played Iron Man in the MCU he will be returning to the big screen as a different type of character, one that can magically talk to animals, Dr. Dolittle. 'Dolittle' is directed by Stephen Gaghan who also co-wrote the film.

Story wise, 'Dolittle' is expected to tell the story of Dr. Dolittle discovering he can speak to animals and how he wants to positively invoke his gift on the world. Throughout his efforts in trying to use his gift for good, he will also be attempting to help a young Queen Victoria, who is played by Jessie Buckley, find a cure for a serious disease. Other actors who are both voice starring and physically starring in the film are; Antonio Banders and Emma Thompson. Voices from Tom Holland, Rami Malek, Octavia Spencer, Kumail Nanjiani, Marion Cotillard and more. 'Dolittle' will be arriving in theaters around the globe on January 17th, 2020.

Apple has just announced its first TV series that it will be producing in-house, securing a new entry in the successful Band of Brothers franchise. Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and Gary Goetzman (and their respective companies) are all continuing their involvement with the new series over at Apple.

The new Band of Brothers TV series will go for over 8 hours and have a budget of over $200 million. It will be based on Donald L. Miller's book 'Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought The Air War Against Nazi Germany'. The new Band of Brothers TV series will be centered around members of the Air Force during World War II.

Until now, HBO had been making the Band of Brothers and The Pacific TV shows securing a huge swath of Emmy awards during the series' run between 2002 and 2010. In total, Band of Brothers and The Pacific were nominated for 43 Emmy's and took home 14 of them.

John Wick is unstoppable at this point, just as he is in the franchise itself, with Lionsgate announcing that Len Wisemen will direct Ballerina -- a female-led spin-off of the hugely popular John Wick franchise.

Ballerina will be a story about a young female assassin, who like John Wick, seeks revenge -- except, she will be seeking revenge against the people who murdered her family. Shay Hatten will be writing the script, with Hatten's previous credits including Army of the Dead for Netflix (in which Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder is behind), as well as John Wick 3: Chapter 3 - Parabellum.

Keanu Reeves will be involved as an executive producer, as well as John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski as a producer, with Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee joining Stahelski as producers on Ballerina. Reeves will be joined by Kaley Smalley as an executive director on Ballerina, who is the head of development for Wideman's own Sketch Films.

The official Red Band trailer has been released for the upcoming sequel to Zombieland, Zombieland: DOUBLE TAP. Somehow Bill Murray is alive?

Zombieland: DOUBLE TAP will bring artistic value back into dismembering zombies in the most glorious ways possible. Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Abigail Breslin, and Emma Stone will be returning as Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock, respectively. The new movie will pit the characters against new and improved zombies while also picking up some new survivors along the way.

In the above trailer we get a little cameo part from Bill Murray, who should be noted, died to a accidental gun shot wound in the chest. Since Murray is died in the first movie, we can assume that this cameo role takes place before the events of the first movie which could mean that this sequel could show off a bit more about how the zombies came about before taking over everything the characters know and love. Zombieland: DOUBLE TAP will be arriving in cinemas October 18th. If you want to check out the original trailer, visit this link here.

Hulu will now let subscribers download shows and movies for offline playback.

Hulu's new offline download feature mirrors Netflix and is now live, but not for everyone. To download right now you'll need an iOS device and a $12 a month ad-free plan. Android support will be added later down the line (but we don't know exactly when).

Only a select number of shows can be downloaded, too. Right now the list includes Hulu Originals and higher-profile titles like Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother, and ER. Subscribers can choose to download shows and films in Standard or High quality for data control.

We finally have the release date for the highly anticipated Rick and Morty season 4 that fans have been so ever patiently waiting for.

A new trailer has been released onto the official Rick and Morty Twitter account showing off glimpses from the 5 new episodes that will be arriving Sunday, November 10th. Rick and Morty fans should grab their lab coats and buckle up for what seems to be some of the craziest adventures yet.

Close to the end of the trailer we hear the narrator say that these 5 new episodes are half the season that fans "deserve". From this comment we can expect that the new season will be 10 episodes in total, with perhaps some bonus ones. Season 4 of Rick and Morty will bless the eyeballs of viewers on Sunday, November 10th at 11:30pm.

I still remember growing up and my Dad was utterly obsessed with Star Trek: The Next Generation (and Voyager, and all of the rest) and now -- the adventures continue with Star Trek: Picard.

Patrick Stewart returns to his iconic role of Jean-Luc Picard, who comes out of retirement to return to the Captain's chair in Star Trek: Picard. The new series has a premiere date finally, with Star Trek: Picard debuting on CBS All Access on January 23, 2020.

Star Trek: Picard enjoys a new NYCC trailer that I've embedded above, so make it so and click it (geddit?).

Joker released a few days ago and enjoyed a huge opening weekend, so much so that the Joaquin Phoenix vehicle is now the record holder for the largest box office opening in October.

The new Joker movie dethroned Venom from 2018, which opened in October with $80.3 million -- and now Joker is the fourth-largest opening of an R-rated movie, ever. The three other movies ahead of it are Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and It -- which all opened with over $100 million.

In overseas markets Joker was also very successful, with the movie opening to $140.5 million across 73 markets outside of the US. The movie has been met with rave reviews with critics and moviegoers alike, but I have been on holiday (until now) and haven't seen it (but can't wait to).

The second season for the family sci-fi drama, Lost in Space has been announced to make a return on Netflix this Christmas.

Above we have the release date trailer that has debuted onto the official Netflix YouTube Channel. The trailer is more of a teaser if anything, and shows that the Robinson's (as per usual) will have a lot of problems on their hands, e.g finding Robot.

The original season for Lost in Space was once Netflix's hallmark show, as it managed to capture 6.3 million US viewers within its first three days of release. That means that the new season should both cater to the old audience who is looking to continue story, as well as brand new viewers. Lost in Space season 2 will arrive exclusively on Netflix on December 24th.

One of the largest fights between comic book fans and in particular, Superman and Flash fans... is who is faster in a race? Now we know -- Superman.

Kal-El and The Flash race in Superman: Up in the Sky #4 (which is on sale now) with DC officially tackling the question of who is faster. This isn't the first time the two heroes have raced each other, as they first battled it out on the track in 1967 in Superman #199, racing twice and tieing in both races. This time? Superman comes out on top.

Since then The Flash has normally been able to out-pace Superman, especially when he pushes himself to his absolute limits. But in the latest race, Superman collects himself and when pushed, demolishes the Flash.

While you might think Avengers: Endgame is done with all of its awards, Disney does not. The company behind Marvel are pushing for the highest grossing movie of all time to slapped with some more awards.

Disney has launched its "For Your Consideration" campaign to bring awarness to what they consider the parts of Avengers: Endgame that are award worthy. This campaign is for February's Academy Awards ceremony, and Disney aren't just stopping at 'Best Picture' they want to get awarded for everything in-between.

Here is a list of the categories that Disney are hoping to get awarded for: Best Picture - Kevin Feige, Best Director - Anthony and Joe Russo, Best Adapted Screenplay -Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, Best Cinematography - Trent Opaloch, Best Film Editing - Jeffrey Ford, Matthew Schmidt, Best Production Design - Charles Wood (Production Designer), Tonja Schurmann (Set Decorator), Best Costume Design - Judianna Makovsky, Best Makeup & Hairstyling - John Blake, Janine Thompson, Brian Sipe, Best Sound Mixing - Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta, John Pritchett, Best Sound Editing - Shannon Mills, Daniel Laurie, Best Visual Editing - Dan Deleeuw, Matt Aitken, Russell Earl, Dan Sudick, Best Original Score - Alan Silvestri.

An actress who played a small part in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy has spoken out about her beliefs towards wanting Gandalf to be played by a women in Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show.

Robyn Malcolm, who played Morwen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers spoke to Stuff.nz about how she believes that its time that women are brought to the front of the big screen. Here is what she had to say, "Those old legends, those old mystical stories, they're so based within a patriarchal landscape. Why not look at the magic of a matrilineal world where the magical powerhouses are women?"

For those that don't know, Ian McKellen played the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and did an impeccable job, earning numerous nominations for best supporting actor. Malcolm continued to express her beliefs that women should be able to assume the roles of initially male characters regardless of Tolkien's extremely detailed source material says. Malcolm said "We've had female Hamlets." "Why not?"

A new report has shown that Tom Holland is the real-life Spider-Man, saving the fouled up deal between Sony and Disney for future Spider-Man movies.

A new report out of The Hollywood Reporter has shined a light on the newly formed deal between Disney and Sony for future Spider-Man movies. According to the report, Disney will get 25% of the box office net gross for the third Spider-Man film scheduled to release in July 2021. Disney will also be paying for 25% of the movie's budget.

Originally, Disney offered Sony 50/50 split and Sony didn't come back with a counter offer for nearly six months. So who saved the day and brought both companies back to the negotiating table? The Hollywood reporter says it was Spider-Man himself, Tom Holland. Holland contacted Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony film boss Tom Rothman encouraging them both to come back to the table to form a deal.