‘Shelly’, A Comedy About An Assassin Befriending Her High School Bully, Will Star Awkwafina And Karen Gillan Jumanji: The Next Levelco-starsAwkwafinaandKaren Gillanare reteaming forShelly, a comedy from directorJude Wengand writersMichael DonegerandLiz Storm. Amazon just picked up the film, which follows an assassin who finds out her next target is her high school bully. Against all odds, the two end up becoming friends, which of course complicates the whole “assassin” thing.The Wrapreports that Amazon will releaseShelly, a new comedy starring Karen Gillan and Awkwafina....

‘Spirited Away’ Special Collector’s Edition Will Be Available For A Limited Time This November If, like me, you have watched your DVD copy ofSpirited Awayso much that the disc is scratched to the point of being unwatchable, you’re in luck.Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning animated classis is getting a long-deserved collector’s edition that will be available in limited supply this November. Studio Ghibli is teaming up with GKIDS and distributor Shout! Factory to issue thisSpirited Awaycollector’s edition, which includes a new 40-page book filled with beautiful art and essays, in addition to hours of special features and the film’s soaring soundtrack composed by longtime Miyazaki collaborator Joe Hisaishi....

‘Submarine’ - The Quirk Of ‘Juno,’ The Whimsy Of Gondry, The Light-Heartedness Of Wes Anderson, The Melancholy Of ‘500 Days Of Summer’ [Sundance Review And Video Blog] Richard Ayoade’sSubmarine, which screened recently at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, probably affected me more than any other film I’ve seen so far. Its humorous depiction of a young man struggling to get through his teenage years was so authentic, heartfelt, and moving that it vividly evoked all the trials, tribulations, and thrills of my own younger years in a way I was not prepared for....

‘The Belko Experiment’ Trailer: Things Get A Little Messy At The Office Greg McLean’s (Wolf Creek) new thriller,The Belko Experiment, turns co-workers into animals. Written byJames Gunn– who is busy with post-production onGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2– the story is a dark, bloody, and violent office comedy. One day, the heads of a non-profit company decide they need 30 employees instead of 80, so they trap their workers, provide them with a deadly ultimatum, and turn them loose on each other....

‘The Conners’ To Air A Live Episode That Incorporates Real-Time Results From New Hampshire Primary Long after this year’s Iowa caucus should have been over and done with, the full results have stillnot yet been officially tallied. But ABC is hoping the same debacle won’t happen during next week’s New Hampshire primary, because today, the network announced that it will be airing a live broadcast ofThe Connerswhich will incorporate the real-time primary results into the episode itself....

‘The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance’: Netflix’s Prequel Series Will Be “Pure Puppetry” Jim Henson’s 1982 fantasy filmThe Dark Crystalhas gone down in history as a master class in puppetry magic. And it’s important to the creative team behind the new Netflix prequel series that they get that aspect right. At New York Comic-Con, directorLouis Leterrierand creative executive producerLisa Henson, Jim Henson’s daughter, promised thatThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistancewill preserve the practical techniques of the ’80s classic and revealed a few more details about the highly anticipated 10-episode series....

‘The Invisibles’ And ‘Survivors’ Club' TV Shows In The Works Based On The Vertigo Comics A pair of Vertigo Comics properties are in development for the small screen. The CW is working to bringLauren Beukes,Dale Halverson, andRyan Kelly’sSurvivors' Clubto life, while Universal Cable Productions is looking to make aThe InvisiblesTV show based on the classic series by authorGrant Morrison. Survivors' Club Deadlinereports that Vertigo’sSurvivor’s Clubis in the works at The CW....

‘The Suicide Squad’ Star Idris Elba Didn’t Know Which Character He’d Be Playing When He Joined The Film It’s easy to go into superhero blockbusters with the assumption that every role has been predetermined and focus-tested from the start, providing little room for real spur-of-the-moment creativity or inspiration on the part of the actual storytellers. Well, starIdris Elbais setting the record straight withJames Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad. His latest quotes mightseemsomewhat alarming on the surface, but instead they paint a refreshing, insightful picture of just how collaborative their process really was....

‘Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets’ Featurette: A Movie A Lifetime In The Making Every director has their passion project that takes them years to make, but it tookLuc Besson40 years to make his. The Fifth Elementdirector was enamored and inspired by the French comic bookValérian andLaurelinesince he stumbled on a copy when he was 10 years old, Besson said in a new featurette for his upcoming sci-fi movieValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets....

Ang Lee To Finally Make ‘The Life Of Pi’…in 3D? The Life of Pi, which depicts a boy, Pi, stranded on a boat with a tiger, hyena, zebra and orangutan for 227 days after a shipwreck, was optioned years ago but has long been stranded in development hell. The simple fact of those characters on screen together is only part of why the movie has taken so long to develop — there are also story aspects that deal with religion, culture and truth....

Barry Goes On The Road In The Best Episode Of The Season There’s nothing like a good cold open. Some cold opens — you know, the opening scene of an episode of TV before the title card — are just brilliantly funny, while others are surprising or terrifying or propulsive. And others are just plain shocking. Enter the cold open of “710N”, the sixth episode of the third season of HBO’s “Barry....

Cool Stuff: Michel Gondry’s New DVD And Other Goodies Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MinddirectorMichel Gondryhas opened up his official websiteMichelgondry.com. Michel is offering a ton of exclusive goodies on the site including:Michel Gondry 2: Movre Videos (Before and After DVD 1): All-new compilation includes nearly three hours of videos and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes content; DVD includes videos from artists like Paul McCartney, Beck, The White Stripes, Radiohead, Bjork and many more....

Danny DeVito Was A Little Too Committed To His Batman Returns Role There are few universal truths in this world: human beings are mortal, the earth revolves around the sun, and Danny DeVito always plays characters wearing trademark hats in Tim Burton films. Before he became the rude gambler in “Mars Attacks!,” the circus ringleader/werewolf Amos Calloway in “Big Fish,” or the circus-running Max Medici in “Dumbo,” he entered the Burton universe as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin in “Batman Returns....