‘American Gigolo’ TV Series Will Star Jon Bernthal And Re-Imagine The Original Film Breaking news:Jon Bernthalis a gigolo. AnAmerican Gigolo, that is. Bernthal, a very good actor who should really be a bigger star by now, is set to star in a Showtime series based on the 1980 Richard Gere movieAmerican Gigolo. Bernthal will play a guy recently released from prison who hopes to get his life back on track. And, if we’re to take the title literally, he’ll become a gigolo at some point....

‘Avatar 4’ And ‘5’ Already Filming, Loses Papyrus Font, Sigourney Weaver Talks About Shooting Underwater We’re almost a decade removed from the record-breaking box office success ofJames Cameron’sAvatar, and we’re still years away from seeing if the long-gestatingAvatar 2will reignite audiences' interest in the fictional world of Pandora. It’ll be even longer than that before we seeAvatar 4and5, but despite Cameron’s assertion that those planned sequels aren’t sure bets, production is apparently already underway....

‘Back To The Future’ Video Game Screenshots Revealed As you know by now,Telltale Gamesis about to release a series of new episodic video games based off theBack to the Futurefranchise. Series Co-creator/co-writer/co-producerBob Galeis grandfathering the five-episode game series withChristopher Lloydreprising his role as Doc Brown in the games, providing his likeness and recording a bunch of new dialogue. Michael J Fox was unavailable so newcomerA.J. LoCasciois voicing Marty McFly. The first game (which is released next month on PC and Mac, later on for PS3 and iPad) will follow the further adventures of Marty McFly, and take place six months after the end ofBack to the Future Part III....

‘Dark Knight Trilogy Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray’ Out September 24 Last week, images of this set leaked andwe asked the question"Is ThisThe ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy Ultimate Collectors Edition Blu-rayBox Set?" The answer turns out to be…kind of. The official set, seen above, has now been revealed and it shares many features with last week’s images along with a few treats all its own. (Which suggests either those images were an international or preliminary version of the set)....

‘Deadpool’ Sequel Already In The Works At 20th Century Fox After years of waiting,Deadpoolis finally opening in theaters, andso far most critics agreethe wait was worth it. The Marvel character was once looked upon as an underdog, struggling to get his own movie made, but now the 20th Century Fox project, afterplenty of clever marketing, is tracking to open big this weekend. Feeling confident, the studio already has aDeadpoolsequel in the works....

‘Friday Night Lights’ Characters To Drop In To ‘Parenthood’ Web Series [Video] It’s pretty clear at this point that theFriday Night Lightsmovie sequel isn’t happening. EvenPeter Berg, who’s been pushing the idea for years now, seems to have given up. But that doesn’t necessarily mean we’ve seen the last of the Dillonites. NBC revealed today thatFNLcharacters Landry Clarke (Jesse Plemons) and Billy Riggins (Derek Phillips) are slated to appear in an upcomingParenthoodweb series....

‘Gatz’: A ‘Great Gatsby’ Origin Series Featuring A Young, Hot, Mixed-Race Gatsby Is Coming To YouTube Premium You know those “The Great Gatsbyparties” that everyone throws that are only vaguely inspired by 1920s fashion and completely missF. Scott Fitzgerald’s whole message on decadence and the fallacy of the American dream? The upcoming YouTube Premium series,Gatz, is that, but worse. ThisGreat Gatsbyorigin series is being developed at YouTube Premium, which will reimagine the tragic figure in the Fitzgerald classic novel as a mixed-race man, based on some academic theories that posit that Jay Gatsby was mixed race....

‘Godzilla Vs Kong’ Posters: The Titans Are Ready For The Ultimate Battle Godzilla vs. Kongis just a few short weeks away from stomping into theaters and tearing into HBO Max. As the hype train continues to speed onward, Warner Bros. Pictures has released a handful of newGodzilla vs. Kongposters, including a couple flashy international one-sheets. The titans are clearly ready for battle. Godzilla vs. Kong Posters First up, let’s start with the weakest poster of the bunch....

‘John Wick’ Writer And Sterling K. Brown Team For ‘Coyote Blue’ Action Thriller At Amazon Amazon Studios has won the rights to the developing action thriller,Coyote Blue. The movie will be penned byJohn WickscreenwriterDerek Kolstadand will starThis Is UsactorSterling K. Brown. An Everyman With A “Lethal Set of Skills” While the project is still in the pitch phase,Varietydescribes the film as follows: “The story revolves around an everyman (Brown) who’s hunted by a ruthless criminal syndicate for his mysterious cargo, and now must navigate the treacherous terrain of Route 66 while unleashing his lethal set of skills in a fight for survival....

‘Night Of The Kings’ Review: Neon’s Latest Acquisition Title Is A Thrilling Ode To Storytelling’s Power [TIFF 2020] Champions of art love to pontificate about its importance, especially during times like a pandemic. But that rhetoric might ring a little hollow right now. However, it’s not an exaggeration to say that humans as a species are hardwired for storytelling. There’s science to back up the capability to narrativize our experience as necessity, not merely a luxury....

‘Saved By The Bell’ Trailer: This Reboot Is Taking The ‘21 Jump Street’ Approach I rolled my eyes hard when I first heard the news that 1980s/1990s stapleSaved by the Bellwas coming back with new episodes on Peacock. Did wereallyneed another nostalgia-driven rehash of a show from another generation? But after watching this new trailer, I’m surprised to find that I’ve warmed considerably to the concept. The reason? The trailer seems to indicate that the meta approach seen in the first teaser is not merely a couple of cute, winky jokes sprinkled throughout the series, but an actual exploration of earlySaved by the Belland its characters as seen from a more modern, inclusive perspective....

‘Survivor’ Production Delayed Due To Coronavirus As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim victims across the world, COVID-19 is affecting not justfilm productions,release dates,festivals, andin-studio television audiences, but reality TV shows as well. EvenSurvivor, one of the genre’s most popular entries, is not immune. A new report says production on the next two seasons has been delayed, with host and executive producerJeff Probstwriting a letter to the crew to inform them about the delays....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3’ Probably Isn’t Going To Happen Even though the reboot ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesin 2014 was a success at the box officewith over $493 million worldwide,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadowsdid not perform nearly as well, making less than half that withonly $245 million worldwide. ProducerAndrew Formrecently sat down for a chat to talk about the disappointing box office reception and what might have went wrong, not to mention predicting thatTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3probably isn’t in the cards....