FX announced that its acclaimed Coen Brothers-inspired anthology series Fargo will return for a fourth season starring Chris Rock. Production on Noah Hawley’s dark comedy begins in 2019, with Rock on board to star as a 1950s mob boss. “I’m a fan of Fargo and I can’t wait to work …
Read More »See James Baldwin in Barry Jenkins' Emotional 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Trailer
A couple is torn apart by an unspeakable injustice in the powerful first trailerIf Beale Street Could Talk. The movie is based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name and the trailer arrives on the late author’s birthday. Directed byMoonlight directorBarry Jenkins,If Beale Street Could Talk tells the …
Read More »'Venom': See Tom Hardy Threaten Victims as Alien Symbiote in New Trailer
Tom Hardy‘s Eddie Brock may be battling the alien symbiote inside himself, but that doesn’t mean he’s lost his sense of humor in the new trailer for Marvel‘s Venom. Brock is a reporter who uncovers some dark work being done by Life Foundation. “I find myself questioning something the government …
Read More »Han Solo's 'Return of the Jedi' Blaster Sells for $550,000 at Auction
The blaster Harrison Ford’s Han Solo wielded in the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi sold for $550,000 at a Las Vegas auction Saturday. The prop weapon was the top-selling item in a Hollywood-themed lot offered by Julian’s Auctions. The auction house added that Ripley’s Believe It or Not …
Read More »Justin Bieber to Voice Cupid in New Animated Movie
Justin Bieber will voice Cupid, the winged god of love, in a new animated movie he’s developing and executive producing with Mythos Studios, Variety reports. The as-yet-untitled film marks one of the first projects from Mythos, which Bieber’s longtime manager Scooter Braun recently co-founded with Marvel Studios founding chairmanDavid Maisel. …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein to Turn Himself in to Police
Harvey Weinstein is expected to turn himself in to authorities in New York Friday following a lengthy investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct, The New York Times reports. While it is not yet clear what specific charges Weinstein will face, he will reportedly be charged in connection to at least …
Read More »HBO Announces 'The Case Against Adnan Syed' Docuseries
HBO will explore the murder case against Adnan Syed, whose conviction in the 1999 killing of Hae Min Lee was the focus of the hit podcast Serial, in an upcoming four-hour documentary series. In production since 2015, The Case Against Adnan Syed “closely re-examines the events leading up to Hae …
Read More »'Westworld' Recap: Do the Strand
A hallmark of great art is showing you something you never imagined needing to see until you actually see it. No one is claiming thatWestworld is the second coming of the Sistine Chapel, but the HBO hit has flashes of greatness from time to time – and there’s a scene …
Read More »How Leon Vitali Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Stanley Kubrick's Rage
“There’s a saying: When the shit hits the fan, it’s never evenly distributed.” Leon Vitali is describing what a bad day on a Stanley Kubrick set was like. And he knows better than any man alive. Not long after he was cast as Lord Bullingdon in the 1975 period piece …
Read More »'Legion' Is the Most Mindblowing Show on TV Right Now
We should start with the nightclub dance-off, which is as good a place as any to start with Legion. David Haller – the FX show’s lead, played by former Downton Abbey actor and candidate for one of the most pleasurably WTF career U-turns, Dan Stevens – is a mutant. As …
Read More »