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War of the Worlds, the 2005 blockbuster from Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is getting a 4K Blu-ray release on May 19th I think time has been kind to this film- I loved it when it was released that summer, but I feel like I was in the minority As an actor, I am[...]

The musical is based on The Jaws Log, by Carl Gottlieb, which told the story of the making of the 1975 Steven Spielberg classic Everyone knows that Bruce, the mechanical shark that played in the film, didn;t like to work all the time This will go deeper than that, it will be cool to see[...]

Namely, Steven Spielberg Diesel had this to say about it in a recent interview with The National: Editorial credit: s_bukley / Shutterstock.com "I saw him recently, and he had said to me, 'When I wrote the role for you in Saving Private Ryan, I was obviously employing the actor, but I was also secretly championing the director in[...]

Having grown up in a video store in the 90’s during the era of VHS and theatrical release posters and before the intro of DVDs and Blu-ray discs, I binged

It looks like Indiana Jones 5 is going to be missing one of its classic components when it rolls into theaters. According to Variety director Steve

With Apple TV+ ready to launch the return of Steven Spielberg's anthology series Amazing Stories! on Friday, March 6, the streaming service is giving us a look at the five stories coming to life this season with an official trailer. Intended to take viewers to worlds of wonder through the lens of today's most imaginative filmmakers, directors,[...]

The only common thread among them is Lucas, Ford, writer Philip Kaufman, and director Steven Spielberg. The Indiana Jones franchise grossed a combined $1.961 billion worldwide at the box office despite mixed reception of Crystal Skull Jonathan Kasdan, son of Lawrence Kasdan who co-write Raiders, is co-writing the fifth film of the franchise with David Koepp,[...]

It also teased their son Mutt Williams (Shia LaBeouf) would succeed the protagonist Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr's (Ford) place. Created by George Lucas, Steven Spielberg returns as franchise director to helm the fifth film Crystal Skull co-writer David Koepp is expected to return to pen the script with Jonathan Kasdan In an interview with the Today[...]

Taking advantage of its time at this year's Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press event, Apple TV+ offered up new details on the return of Steven Spielberg's anthology series Amazing Stories! Set to premiere five episodes on Friday, March 6, the series is intended to take the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens[...]

The movie, being produced by Graham King, who worked with McCarten on Rhapsody, Stacey Snider, and Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment Spielberg tried to get the movie off the ground for years on his own but Barry Gibb, the final surviving member of the band, was reticent to sign on. The Bee Gees were formed in 1958 and were comprised of brothers Robin,[...]

Designed for the smart phone user, Quibi offers programming in 7-10 minutes episodes (or "chapters") with each "season" consisting of around 10-12 "chapters." For anyone wondering what the caliber of content would be for the service, consider this list of just some of the names set to produce and/or star in: Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del[...]

While CBS' popular Michael Weatherly-starring legal drama Bull appears to be coming back for a fourth season, the show will be doing so minus Steven Spielberg and Amblin Television – who are stepping away from the series in light of sexual harassment allegations against Weatherly by then-co-star Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and[...]

Sounds like most of the cast has been assembled for Steven Spielberg's next big picture- a new feature film adaptation of movie musical classic West Side Story. Corey StollPhoto by lev radin / Shutterstock.com Just yesterday, it was revealed that Corey Stoll (Midnight In Paris, The Strain) will be playing Lieutenant Schrank, the New York City detective charged with[...]

Steven Spielberg's upcoming West Side Story retelling has rounded out the cast after a reported 30 thousand auditions with an unknown in the lead role of Maria. According to multiple outlets (Deadline, Variety, THR), 17-year old high school student Rachel Zegler will be playing the lead of Maria alongside Ansel Elgort as Tony. Zelger commented on the news to Deadline, and[...]

Appears there's a renewed appreciation for Rod Serling's work, with SYFY developing a re-imagining of the writer/director's anthology series Night Gallery.

His 2004 Hamilton bio served as the source material for Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical Hamilton, with his 2017 Grant bio being developed for the big screen by Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio. In light of the WHCA's decision, there is no word yet if Samantha Bee (TBS's Full Frontal with Samantha Bee) will host another edition of Not The[...]

She hasn't seen the movies yet, but she's super excited about dinosaurs because….well, ever since filming the movie, I was gifted with a beautiful hand painted raptor sculpture by Stan Winston and Steven Spielberg afterward, which they gave to each of the main cast It's about 4 feet long and maybe 2 feet high, a[...]

The Halo series will be produced by Microsoft/343 Industries, along with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television (though Spielberg is not listed as an executive producer). "Halo is our most ambitious series ever, and we expect audiences who have been anticipating it for years to be thoroughly rewarded," said David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime "In the[...]

35 years ago today, Twilight Zone Movie opened in the theaters.  The 1983 feature film was directed by Steven Spielberg, George Miller, Joe Dante, and John Landis, and took it's cues from the 1959-1964 television series created by Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone. The film, in reality, is a retelling by four directors of 4 iconic stories from the original tv series[...]

Warner Bros. has let us know what goodies there will be on the "Ready Player One" 4K and Blu-ray release coming in July.

Steven Spielberg has his sights set on a DC Comics title, and surprising no one, it's Blackhawk The 1941 comic centers on a team of World War II fighter pilots (a subject we know Steven has a passion for) led by the mysterious Blackhawk. Created by Chuck Cuidera along with creative input from  Bob Powell and Will Eisner, the character originally[...]

This may persuade you to see it again on the big screen while you still can: https://t.co/1lA1HiTBvb — Ernie Cline (@erniecline) April 16, 2018 Specifically, Cline mentions the Porkchop Express, Jack Burton's (Kurt Russell) truck from John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China, and also the sound of the Batmobile tiles screeching the 1960's Batman theme song as it[...]

Trigger warning for those who are sensitive about violence against female victims. Then we wrap it up with a conversation about Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One from the novel by Ernest Cline — the book, the movie, the success and the backlash. Listen here: http://audio.voxnest.com/stream/6f142deca77f468b96afa07d21684af0/traffic.libsyn.com/castleofhorror/frenzy_rev.mp3 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiCLV2_zBhgVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: FRENZY (dir[...]

An interview with 'Ready Player One' screenwriter Zak Penn, talking about that one scene in the film and NOT rebooting 'The Matrix'.

There are some adaptive changes I really like — characters, plot devices, timeline things – but I keep scratching my head to find RP1, other than The Shining sequence (which I asked Penn about in our interview, and will be up later today). Steven Spielberg and Ernie Cline talk "Ready Player One" on stage at SDCC 2017photo by Bill[...]

Developed by three-time Oscar winner Steven Spielberg (Ready Player One) through Amblin Television, the project is created for series television by Oscar-winning Schindler's List writer Steven Zaillian; with Zaillian's script based on blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo's (Roman Holiday) half-century old script Bardem is set to executive produce alongside The Americans' Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. "We are so pleased[...]

Moderated by Access Hollywood's Scott Mantz (who did NOT bring up La La Land once, surprisingly), some new stories about the production emerged, including a pal of Steven Spielberg showing up on set. Apparently George Lucas visited, and he wouldn't stop giving Steven a bad time about shooting digital[...]

But is it inspiring enough? Don't expect to hear any callbacks to notable works, however, as director Steven Spielberg said of the score: "While all sorts of culturally iconic references populate Ready Player One, the score that Alan Silvestri composed is completely and intoxicatingly original It's bound together by multiple themes that identify plot and character and is infused[...]

He's delightful. Steven Spielberg joined the cast at the World Premiere of @readyplayerone at #SXSW 2018! pic.twitter.com/ibMSKhtyG9 — SXSW (@sxsw) March 12, 2018 There was also this great photo moment of Ernie, Sheridan, and Mendelsohn leaning on Cline's DeLorean outside the theater where the screening is taking place in Austin. Co-stars Olivia Cooke and Tye Sheridan join Steven Spielberg, Ernest[...]

And in the hands of Steven Spielberg—inarguably one of our greatest directors—we know the film is going to be a special cinematic event for our attendees." The festival, which kicked off officially on Friday, has been the sight of some pretty notable secret screenings in the past (like Baby Driver, and Atomic Blonde) and the sheer size of  the PR1 presence[...]