Britney Spears will be the focus of an upcoming Lifetime movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the singer will get the biopic treatment in a two-hour film. Entitled Britney, the filmmakers have cast Natasha Bassett (Hail, Caesar!) to portray the titular role. Touted as a "tumultuous true story," it will chronicle the singer's life, whether it be personal or professional. Starting from her humble beginnings in Louisiana, the film will […]
Despite what many would think, that threat doesn't refer to a specific DC storyline. [This story discusses the mid-credit sequence from Suicide Squad. If you don't want to know what happens at the end of the movie, stop reading now.]Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) really likes private meetings in restaurants. Not only does Suicide Squad open with one, where she introduces the members of the team to her federal bosses and […]
'Mother's Day,' 'The Lobster' and 'The Boss' are among the other noteworthy April and May movie releases available for download through Apple's digital store this month, with extras including an alternate ending, gag reel and background features available for 'The Boss.' Those who missed out on or want to re-watch some of April and May's most high-profile movie releases can do so from the comfort of their home in July. […]
All three films began rolling out Thursday evening in advance of the long Fourth of July holiday. Horror offering The Purge: Election Year set off early fireworks at the box office Thursday night, earning $3.6 million and easily scaring off The Legend of Tarzan and Steven Spielberg's The BFG. Blumhouse and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes produced the latest Purge for a modest $10 million. Legend of Tarzan, from Warner Bros, […]
OMG, the Power Rangers are breaking bad. Emmy and Tony Award-winner Bryan Cranston is set to play Zordon in the upcoming Power Rangers movie, the latest incarnation of the 1990s-favorite kid show, headed to theaters on March 24, 2017. And while Zordon, the all-knowing voice of guidance and wisdom to the Power Rangers, is worlds apart from chemistry teacher turned master meth-maker Walter White, Cranston is the guy for the job. He's the guy for every job, really! […]
Independence Day: Resurgence stars Jeff Goldblum,Liam Hemsworth and Joey King attended their sci-fi flick's premiere in Los Angeles Monday night. Also spotted on the event's red carpet were cast members Sela Ward and Charlotte Gainsbourg, and director Roland Emmerich. The eagerly awaited sequel to 1996's Independence Day is set for release Friday. "We always knew they were coming back," a synopsis of the new movie said. "AfterIndependence Day redefined the […]
Off the success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Boyega has been cast in Legendary's Pacific Rim sequel. He will star in the lead role, the son of Idris Elba's character from the original film. The plot for the sequel has been kept under wraps, but the casting of Boyega for the part means that the film will follow the events of the first pic, set in a world […]
She also will executive produce the movie. Oprah Winfrey has signed on for a rare leading role. She will headline HBO Films' forthcoming project The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the pay cabler announced Monday. Based on Rebecca Skloot's nonfiction best-seller of the same name, the biopic tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black woman who died of cervical cancer in 1951. Without her consent, pieces of the […]
Released in two versions, including a three-hour director's cut, this hit Korean thriller is full of double-crosses and plot twists. In “Inside Men,” a smashing political revenge thriller with more double-crossings than “Infernal Affairs,” a prosecutor allies himself with a gangster to topple the corrupt cabal formed by a congressman, a tycoon and a media pundit. South Korean writer-director Woo Min-ho (“The Spies”) has crafted a deliberately paced yarn packed […]
