AMC Had A Slew Of Ideas For Mad Men Spinoffs — Here’s Why They Wouldn’t Work In the age of reboots, spinoffs, and remakes, it’s hard not to imagine exploring more of the “Mad Men” world — especially with the success of other AMC properties such as “Better Call Saul” and several “Walking Dead” series. After the release of “Mad Men” season 4, creator Matthew Weiner underwent intense contract renegotiations. AMC proposed the idea of a spinoff, ideally for Peggy and Sally....

Amy Schumer Turned Down ‘The Daily Show,’ But Why? Earlier this year, we learned thatJon Stewart would be leavingComedy Central’s long-running news satire programThe Daily Show. Comedy Central ran the gamut of talented comedians to replace Stewart on the show, including names likeChris RockandAmy Poehler, before they picked correspondentTrevor Noahto take the gig. However, one name that we didn’t hear about officially as a candidate wasAmy Schumer, the comedienne who has skyrocketed to fame over the past few years thanks to her stellar sketch comedy showInside Amy Schumer....

And…Why Not?: Jan De Bont To Direct Point Break 2: Indo “This sequel is, like, so Hollywood.” Surreal. It’s beginning to feel like I’m the windshield and Hollywood’s remakes and sequels are the insects.Jan de Bont(yes,Speed,Speed 2: Cruise Control) will direct a sequel to 1991’sKeanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze/Gary Busey starrerPoint BreakentitledPoint Break: Indo. Yes, it’s a theatrical sequel fromRGMandEssential Entertainment.IESBreports that Reeves and Swayze havemost likelybeen asked to return. Bodhi lives! This wise-ass guy from my middle school cafeteria days owes me $5....

Anya Taylor-Joy Loved The Misery Of Making The Northman We know when director Robert Eggers sets out to make a movie, he doesn’t mess around. With “The Witch” and “The Lighthouse,” he put as much focus on the setting as he did the actors. This isn’t a director who sits comfortably on a soundstage shooting everything against greenscreen and hoping audiences won’t notice a difference. That works for many filmmakers, don’t get me wrong, and making a stage-bound movie is still hard work no matter how you slice it, but being on location has an extra added layer of challenge....

Baby Yoda Is Coming Soon To Build-A-Bear Workshops We’ve already gotten a taste of the first wave of merchandise that will bringThe Mandalorian’s beloved Baby Yoda to our shelves. But yet another opportunity for fans to him home has arrived, and this one will have you feeling like a kid again. The Build-a-Bear Workshopannounced that Baby Yoda will soon be one of theStar Warscharacters available for purchase as a plush toy....

Box Office Tracking: Yes Man Over Seven Pounds; The Wrestler Could Make $310,000 On 4 Screens In Just 5 Days The weekend box office battle boils down to Jim Carrey vs. Will Smith. This is a match-up between the former “World’s Biggest Box Office Star” and the reigning champ, and I am giving a slight advantage to the challenger. Either Yes Man (Warner Bros) or Seven Pounds (Sony) could score the weekend-before-Christmas win, but I am predicting a victory for Carrey....

Breaking Bad Recap: Episode 4 “Green Light” Ups The Ante With Dreamy Blue Eyes And Cloudy Blue Meth /Film will be recapping and discussing each episode of the third season ofBreaking Bad. Aspoiler warningapplies after the jumpfor the recaps and for the comments section. Meth heads welcome. For previous recaps, clickhere. In previous recaps, I have discussed the slower pace and subdued tone of season three, and several Slash readers have noticed the slight change as well....

Cool Stuff: ‘Aliens’ Pulse Rifle Prop Replica Lets You Take On Xenomorphs Yourself Following Ridley Scott’s acclaimed sci-fi horror sensationAlien, directorJames Cameronhad the difficult task of following it up and somehow raising the stakes and upping the ante. As we all know, he was successful with the simply titledAliens, and the sequel brought an ample amount of incredible action thanks to an unit of US Colonial Marines trying to ascertain what happened to a space colonyon the moon LV-426....

Dave Franco Making Directorial Debut With Horror Movie ‘The Rental’, Starring Alison Brie And Dan Stevens Dave Francois ready to jump into directing withThe Rental, a horror movie he co-wrote withJoe Swanberg(Drinking Buddies).Alison Brie(who is also Franco’s wife) andDan Stevenswill star in the story of a vacation gone terribly wrong. There’s not much more information on the film beyond that, but the fact that Franco wants to kick off his directorial career with a horror movie is promising....

Disney To Reboot Fox’s ‘Home Alone,’ ‘Night At The Museum,’ And More For Disney+ With its acquisition of 21st Century Fox,Disneyhas thousands of titles in its arsenal to pad out its upcoming streaming platform Disney+. But rather than simply offer an archive of classic titles stretching back decades, the House of Mouse is going to slap the Disney brand on 20th Century Fox’s most family-friendly hits with reboots and “reimaginings” of titles such asHome Alone, Night at the Museum, and more....

Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Casts Jim Gaffigan As Mr. Smee Yo ho, yo ho, it’s a pirate’s life forJim Gaffigan. TheTeslaactor has signed on Disney’s live-actionPeter Pan & Wendyas Mr. Smee, the loyal shipmate to the villainous Captain Hook, to be played byJude Law. And look, he’s already got the perfect hair for the part (hidden beneath that very real hat). The Wrapreports that Jim Gaffigan has closed a deal to play Captain Hook’s reliable sidekick and first mate, Mr....

Don Hahn’s Waking Sleeping Beauty To Premiere At TIFF The Toronto International Film Festival has added five new documentaries to the line-up, includingAhead of Time, Once Upon a Time Proletarian, Stolen,andThe Sunshine Boy. Read more about those films onindiewire. But the film I’m really looking forward to isWaking Sleeping Beauty, the directorial debut of Oscar-nominated Disney producerDon Hahn(The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast). Here is the official plot synopsis: This isn’t a fairy tale, but rather the true story of how the Disney animation team went from stagnation in the mid-1980s to a startling rebirth with a staggering output of hits – Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and more – over a ten year period....

Exclusive ‘John Wick’ Clip: Keanu Reeves And Adrianne Palicki Work Out A Fight Scene There’s some killer action in theKeanu ReevesfilmJohn Wick, in which Reeves plays a former assassin who gets back into his old mode after everything else in his life is torn away. At one point, the character ends up in a sort of safe haven for killers, where he runs across a killer named Perkins. Trouble is, Perkins, played byAdrianne Palicki, knows other people want Wick dead....