'Not Fade Away' Trailer'Sopranos' Creator David Chase; Plus Early Buzz From NYFF

‘Not Fade Away’ Trailer - The Feature Film Debut Of ‘Sopranos’ Creator David Chase; Plus Early Buzz From NYFF Five years ago,David Chaseended one of the best television shows of all time,The Sopranos. Now he’s rolled that legacy into his first movie.Not Fade Awayis Chase’s feature directorial debut and it’s a semi-autobiographical story about a group of young men in 1960s New Jersey attempting to form a rock band. StarringJohn Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonaldandJames Gandolfini, the film is currently playing theNew York Film Festivalbefore its holiday release, December 21....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Dorothy Gutierrez

'Roundtable' Live Read: Brian K. Vaughan's Unproduced Script To Be Read Aloud In Hollywood

‘Roundtable’ Live Read: Brian K. Vaughan’s Unproduced Script To Be Read Aloud In Hollywood In the summer of 2008, Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic writerBrian K. Vaughan(Lost,Y: The Last Man) sold a high-concept screenplay to DreamWorks calledRoundtable. The movie never went into production, the script sat on a shelf collecting dust, and Vaughan went on to become the showrunner of the CBS TV seriesUnder the Domeand continue his career in comics by writing things like the sci-fi/fantasy epicSaga....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Mariah Donaldson

'Saturday Night Live' Has A Cavalcade Of Guest Stars Join Woody Harrelson For A Solid Season Premiere

‘Saturday Night Live’ Has A Cavalcade Of Guest Stars Join Woody Harrelson For A Solid Season Premiere Saturday Night Liveis back for its 45th season, and the season premiere kicked off in the aftermath of one of the biggest week’s in political news this year (and that’s saying something). ThoughSNLhad pulled back from doing too much political satire last season, mostly because the presidential administration is too funny of a joke itself to effectively parody, they came back with a vengeance by not only bringingAlec Baldwinback as Donald Trump, but several guest stars, as well as hostWoody Harrelson, as key Democratic presidential candidates....

August 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1229 words · Kristopher Parker

'Se7en' Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker Boards David Fincher's '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea'

‘Se7en’ Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker Boards David Fincher’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ Some 16 years after they wowed critics and audiences alike with the serial killer picSe7en, directorDavid Fincheris set to reunite with screenwriterAndrew Kevin Walker. But those hoping for another dark, twisted thriller probably shouldn’t hold their breaths — the project they’ll be collaborating on is Disney’s20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which Fincher has been attached tosince last year....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 331 words · Kara Rivera

'Something Borrowed' Trailer #2 – A Welcome Improvement Over The Last 'Something Borrowed' Trailer

‘Something Borrowed’ Trailer #2 – A Welcome Improvement Over The Last ‘Something Borrowed’ Trailer Warner Bros. has released another trailer for the man-stealing romcomSomething Borrowed, and it’s making me wonder why they didn’t just release this (superior) version to begin with. The film is based onEmily Giffin’s popular novel of the same title, and featuresGinnifer GoodwinandKate Hudsonas a pair of best friends in love with the same man (Colin Egglesfield).John Krasinskialso stars — and we finally get actual context for his role!...

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Robert Anderson

'Star Trek Into Darkness' Would Not Have Been Made In 2D

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Would Not Have Been Made In 2D As powerful as we like to think filmmakers are, they can’t compete with the studios. When a studio puts their foot down on and issue and threatens to not make the movie, even the most successful filmmakers are forced to say “okay.” That seems to be what happened withJ.J. AbramsandStar Trek Into Darkness. Before filming began on the sequel to the 2009 hitStar Trek, we posted multiple articles showing Abrams' aversion to 3D....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 616 words · Dr. Lacey Nelson

'The Bourne Legacy' Review: Light On Action But Still Lots To Like

‘The Bourne Legacy’ Review: Light On Action But Still Lots To Like Even with a two hour-plus run time,The Bourne Legacyfeels short.Tony Gilroy, who wrote the firstBournethree films, directed this extension of the franchise which gives an intricate, chemical context to everything you loved about the first three. However, in its run time, the percentage of actual action is pretty small. When it hits, the action is big, exciting and almost always innovative....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 525 words · Brian Carter

'The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical' Is A Scrappy And Wholly Entertaining Take On The Fantasy Book Series

‘The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical’ Is A Scrappy And Wholly Entertaining Take On The Fantasy Book Series What a time it is to be a musical inspired by Greek myths centering awkward mortal demigods! This year, Broadway offered an invigorating Eurydice and Orpheus take inHadestownand The Public Theater gifted Central Park with a refreshingly scrappy, New York-tailored take on Disney’sHercules. Then along comesThe Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musicalat the Longacre Theater after a national tour run....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 866 words · Alice Green

'The Magicians' Trailer: New SyFy Series Isn't About Card Tricks At All

‘The Magicians’ Trailer: New SyFy Series Isn’t About Card Tricks At All We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Just earlier this month, SyFy gave agreenlight for a TV series adaptationof Lev Grossman’s fantasy trilogyThe Magicians. As of now, 12 episodes have been ordered for the first season, set to premiere in 2016. And now fans of the books can get a sneak peek at what it will look like on the small screen as the first trailer for the series debuted on SyFy....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Michelle Sullivan

'The Social Network' Sequel: Aaron Sorkin Still Wants To Write It, On One Condition

‘The Social Network’ Sequel: Aaron Sorkin Still Wants To Write It, On One Condition The Social Networkis celebrating its10th anniversarythis year, anda lothas changed in the world – and the world of Facebook – since the film’s release. Since then, the social media giant has only gotten worse, becoming a kind of petri dish for insane conspiracy theories and election meddling that has significantly weakened American democracy. And Mark Zuckerberg, portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg as kind of a harmless jerk in the movie, has only grown more reviled for his actions, and inactions....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 676 words · Patricia Barnes

'Triple Threat' Trailer: This Could Be A Martial Arts Movie Fan's Dream

‘Triple Threat’ Trailer: This Could Be A Martial Arts Movie Fan’s Dream If you recognize the namesTony Jaa,Iko Uwais, andTiger Chenwithout looking them up, then your day is about to get a whole lot better: the three martial arts movie stars (who appeared in films likeOng-Bak,The Raid, andMan of Tai Chi, respectively)have teamed upfor a new action movie calledTriple Threat, and the first trailer has arrived. This is theAvengersof modern martial arts films....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Brandon Valencia

'Uncharted: Drake's Fortune' Moves Forward With 'National Treasure' Writers

‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune’ Moves Forward With ‘National Treasure’ Writers The film adaptation of Sony’sUncharted: Drake’s Fortuneis moving ahead with two new writers at the helm.Marianne and Cormac Wibberley, who co-wrote bothNational Treasuremovies, have been tapped to rewrite the film which follows a treasure hunter named Nathan Drake on an epic adventure to find the lost treasure of El Dorado. Neil Burger wasthe latest directorto be attached but, withThursday’s newsthat he’s moved on to another project, he’s now off the video game adventure film....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Mr. Gavin Green

/Answers: Our Favorite Childhood TV Shows

/Answers: Our Favorite Childhood TV Shows Every week in/Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, tying in with the release ofWon’t You Be My Neighbor, we ask,“What are your favorite childhood TV shows?” Ethan Anderton - Doug You won’t find a better coming of age cartoon for kids coming into their teenage years than Nickelodeon’s original iteration ofDoug(not ABC’s version that completely ruined the spirit of the show, not to mention gave the characters unnecessary makeovers)....

August 5, 2025 · 8 min · 1571 words · Hector Harris