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In the world of video game development and subsequent live-action adaptations, waiting has become an art form. Todd Howard’s The Elder Scrolls 6 has been teasing fans since 2018, making gamers wonder if the game is more mythical than Skyrim’s dragons.

But just when we thought we’d hit peak anticipation, Nintendo has swooped in with a Zelda movie timeline that might just make Elder Scrolls fans look like they’re experiencing instant gratification.

It will be a while before Link appears on the big screen. | Image Credit: Nintendo

The gaming universe has a new champion of patience, and it’s wearing a green tunic and wielding a Master Sword. Nintendo’s live-action The Legend of Zelda movie is officially confirmed for sometime before 2030—a release window that’s simultaneously exciting and existentially terrifying.

The Zelda Movie: A Decade-Long Odyssey Still a ways off. | Image Credit: Nintendo

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Exclusive: Temple Hill Entertainment, the producers behind box office horror hits Smile and Smile 2, and UK sales outfit Protagonist Pictures, are teaming up on horror Monitor.

Written and directed by Ryan Polly and Matt Black (I Bet You’re Wondering How I Got Here) for their feature debut, the film is based on their short of the same name.

Monitor is produced by Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and John Fischer for Temple Hill, Nostromo Pictures (The Night Manager Season 2 ) is co-producing. Protagonist’s Dave Bishop and George Hamilton serve as executive producers.

In Monitor, when a group of social media moderators refuse to publish a horrifying video, a demonic creature starts following them across every screen in their lives. Feeding off fear, the creature hunts them down one by one and attacks them until it gets what it wants… to be let out beyond the screen.

Looking for something to stream that won’t cost an arm and a leg in subscriptions and rental fees? A slew of shows and films like “Dawson’s Creek” “Licorice Pizza,” “The Amazing Spider-Man” one and two, “Legally Blonde” and more will be arriving on the free streaming service Tubi starting on Nov. 1.

In the spirit of fall and Thanksgiving, Tubi plays with the idea of nostalgia bringing in some oldies but goodies. Among the incoming films are “13 Going on 30,” “The 40 Year-Old Virgin,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “Burlesque” and more. As for originals, Tubi will premiere four new projects — a documentary and three thrillers.

Here are all the new titles coming to Tubi in October:

Tubi Orignal Documentary

“Evil Among Us: Grim Sleeper:” The Grim Sleeper, one of the nation’s most infamous serial killers, remained undetected for decades—until a shocking breakthrough changed everything. (11/6)

Tubi Orignal Thrillers

“The Stepdaughter 2...

Now we can see what Jon Landau was so giddy about as 20th Century Studios releases the first picture of Jeremy Allen White as The Boss. Production is underway on Deliver Me from Nowhere, the eagerly anticipated movie adaptation of Warren Zanes’ fascinating telling of the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 Nebraska album. Slated for theaters in 2025, the film is written and directed by Scott Cooper and stars Jeremy Allen White as the visionary musician as he embarks on an emotional journey to record Nebraska.

“Beginning production on this film is an incredibly humbling and thrilling journey,” said Cooper. “Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ has profoundly shaped my artistic vision. The album’s raw, unvarnished portrayal of life’s trials and resilience resonates deeply with me. Our film aims to capture that same spirit, bringing Warren Zanes’ compelling narrative of Bruce’s life to the screen with authenticity and hope, honoring...

Production is underway on Deliver Me from Nowhere, the movie adaptation of Warren Zanes’ fascinating telling of the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 Nebraska album. 20th Century Studios revealed the first photo from the set today.

Slated for theaters in 2025, the film is written and directed by Scott Cooper and stars Jeremy Allen White as the visionary musician as he embarks on an emotional journey to record Nebraska.

“Beginning production on this film is an incredibly humbling and thrilling journey,” said Cooper. “Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ has profoundly shaped my artistic vision. The album’s raw, unvarnished portrayal of life’s trials and resilience resonates deeply with me.

“Our film aims to capture that same spirit, bringing Warren Zanes’ compelling narrative of Bruce’s life to the screen with authenticity and hope, honoring Bruce’s legacy in a transformative cinematic experience. It has been a great pleasure to collaborate with...

The first look at “The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere” has been revealed as production gets underway.

Directed and written by Scott Cooper, “Deliver Me From Nowhere” adapts Warren Zanes’ book of the same name about the making of Springsteen’s 1982 album “Nebraska.” Filming is taking place primarily in Springsteen’s native New Jersey and New York, with additional production in Los Angeles, and the movie is set to hit theaters next year.

According to a press release, Springsteen’s recording of “Nebraska” “marked a pivotal time in his life, one that he would only openly talk about decades after its release. It’s regarded as a landmark in his musical odyssey and a source of inspiration for a generation of artists and musicians. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom and without The E Street Band,...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of November titles. The Tubi November 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals, some series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi November 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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BritBox Signs UK Programs From Sphere Abacus

Best-of-British streamer BritBox has bought a package of programs from Sphere Abacus, the UK-based sales house making its debut at MIPCOM in its current guise. Package contains Travels With Agatha Christie with Sir David Suchet from Soho Studios and Two Rivers Media. Suchet is currently on the ground with Sphere Abacus in Cannes, as our report earlier today noted. Also acquired by BritBox are Jon and Lucy’s Odd Couples, The Murder of Sandra Rivett, Breaking Dad: Britain’s Unlikeliest Drug Dealer, Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Poirot and Miss Marple (aka Agatha Christie: 100 Years of Suspense), Diana: The Interview That Shook the World and Susan Hill’s The Small Hand: A Ghost Story (1 x 94’) produced by Awesome and Two Rivers Media. BritBox takes rights for the U.S. and Canada.

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Beta Cinema, Constantin Film, Zeitsprung Pictures and UFA Fiction have unveiled the first look photo of “The Physician II,” the sequel to the hit historical epic.

The original film, released in 2013, sold to over 60 territories and became an international box-office hit. In Germany alone, the film earned $42 million at the box office, with 3.6 million admissions.

“The Physician” director Philipp Stölzl once again brings together a stellar ensemble of international stars and rising talents: Tom Payne reprises his role as the passionate physician Rob Cole and shares the screen with Emily Cox (“The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die”), Aidan Gillen, Áine Rose Daly, Owen Teale, and Liam Cunningham.

The shoot took place from August to October 2024 in Hungary, Cologne and Berlin. Constantin Film is releasing the film in German cinemas on Dec. 25, 2025, and Beta Cinema is handling international sales, presenting first materials at the upcoming American Film Market.

The story...

Longtime friends and collaborators, Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, reunite once more in this new biopic, charting the explosive birth of the iconic Saturday Night Live comedy program on the US TV network NBC.

Set in the frantic 90 minutes before the show’s inaugural episode aired, Saturday Night expertly captures the unpredictable, high-stakes nature of live television, weaving in biting humour, personal conflicts, and the birth of a cultural phenomenon.

Reitman and Kenan’s script balances tension and comedy, paying homage to the anarchic energy of SNL’s origins while offering insight into the fragile egos, narcotic excesses and volatile personalities that shaped its creation.

The film opens on October 11, 1975, with a visibly stressed Lorne Michaels, portrayed with nuance and gravitas by The Fabelmans star Gabriel Labelle, entering NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza in preparation for the first show. Outside he is greeted by a stressed out NBC page (Stanger Things...

Performance capture is one of the most exciting new tools available to filmmakers this century. But, if you’re an up and coming cinematic storyteller, how can you use it in your own filmmaking? IndieWire’s Future of Filmmaking Summit, taking place in Los Angeles on November 2 has you covered.

We are honored to welcome the team behind this year’s blockbuster smash, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” for a dynamic panel about the ins-and-outs of performance capture. At the heart of the conversation will be how they used these innovative tools to elicit profound emotion, to create deep connections between the film’s characters and the audience. Roger Ebert always said movies are an empathy machine: The performance capture artistry in “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” showed how true that is.

In attendance from the film will be director Wes Ball, visual effects supervisor Erik Winquist,...

Max’s new thriller “Caddo Lake” weaves a complex and eerie mystery centered around the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl, which reveals a series of disturbing deaths and disappearances tied to the same location. Produced by M. Night Shyamalan, “Caddo Lake” features an intricate cast of characters, each connected in ways that deepen the film’s suspense. This guide will introduce you to the key actors and the roles they play in the unfolding story of Caddo Lake. Caddo Lake Main Cast & Characters: Dylan O’Brien as Paris

Dylan O’Brien stars as Paris, a man haunted by the death of his mother, who died in a car crash after suffering a seizure while Paris was with her. Now working to dredge the lake where his mother died, Paris stumbles upon supernatural elements tied to the water. As the movie progresses, he meets Anna in another timeline and embarks on a mission to return her home.

It's been a busy year for M. Night Shyamalan. This summer, he dropped the wildly entertaining (and wildly silly) concert-set serial killer thriller "Trap," starring Josh Hartnett and Shyamalan's daughter, Saleka. The "Sixth Sense" director has several other projects in the works, but he's also been branching out as a producer, producing Ishana Shyamalan's "The Watchers" earlier this year and "Caddo Lake," co-directed by Logan George and Celine Held, this month. It's the latter film that's been climbing the streaming charts this week, with the latest viewership data from FlixPatrol listing it as the most-watched movie on HBO, home to the streaming site Max.

According to the data site, "Caddo Lake" is the most popular movie on HBO today, outpacing Gary Dauberman's long-anticipated "Salem's Lot" remake and some 2024 theatrical releases, including Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's "Bad Boys: Ride Or Die," Mark Wahlberg's inspirational stray dog flick "Arthur The King,...

There is something quite creepy about getting lost in the woods. The filmmaking duo Celine Held and Logan George add something unique to that trippy and intriguing story. Caddo Lake stars Dylan O’Brien, Eliza Scanlen, and Diana Hopper. The film explores the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl and the lives it affects. To say too much might be a disservice, as there is much to admire here. All the performances are terrific, but Dylan O’Brien and Eliza Scanlen who stand out in this complex and grounded tale. The two are exceptional, and given the impressive script, it offers both much to work with.

I first interviewed Dylan O’Brien during the press tour of one of the Maze Runner features. He was awesome to interview and has only gotten better. Since then, we’ve spoken often (we just interviewed him about his work in Saturday Night), and frankly, we...

Despite being born and spending much of my life on the other side of the Atlantic, I’ve always been a fan of Saturday Night Live. The live format, which not only allows for constant improvisation but also for countless memorable moments of actors breaking character, is immensely appealing, as is the show’s structure – a collection of distinct sketches with musical performances. So naturally, a film based on the pilot episode, specifically the 90 minutes leading up to the broadcast, caught my attention.

Saturday Night is the title of the movie and was also the name of the original show due to a conflict with another late-night program, Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. After that show was canceled, SNL adopted the title it’s known by today, becoming a cultural phenomenon that, despite having its greatest impact in its home country, still crossed borders and reached audiences everywhere. Naturally,...

It was no small feat to get “Saturday Night Live” off the ground at NBC, and as a result, the cast of “Saturday Night” is pretty huge. In many cases, the actors also look eerily similar to the people they’re playing.

Hitting theaters everywhere on Oct. 11 after a limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles, Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” tells the story of the 90 minutes right before the first-ever episode of “SNL.” It’s chaotic and at the time, even Lorne Michaels couldn’t explain what the show was going to be.

Below, you’ll find the cast of “Saturday Night” alongside what their real-life counterparts looked like back then.

Sony/Getty Images Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle)

Lorne Michaels is the creator and, to this day, producer of “Saturday Night Live.” He’s played in “Saturday Night” by Gabriel Labelle, who had his breakout role in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.

M. Night Shyamalan is far from being a unanimous name within the industry, both on the side of studios that choose whether or not to invest in the filmmaker, and among audiences who find themselves either pleasantly surprised or disappointed by his often divisive films. That said, it’s hard to deny his impact on capturing viewers’ attention, even when he only serves as a producer, as is the case with Caddo Lake, written and directed by the duo Celine Held and Logan George (Topside). With an attractive cast led by Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner) and Eliza Scanlen (Little Women), expectations rose even higher with the narrative premise.

Caddo Lake focuses on the mysterious vanishing of an 8-year-old girl and her connection to a series of other past disappearances and interlinked deaths, forever altering the story of a broken family. Part thriller, part mystery, part sci-fi, part family drama…...

Dylan O’Brien is opening up about the safety concerns he had on the set of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure, which resulted in the actor sustaining serious injuries in an accident while filming.

The Saturday Night star looked back at the “life-changing incident” during a recent interview with Men’s Health. In 2016, O’Brien was shooting the third installment in the Maze Runner franchise when he was pulled off the top of a moving vehicle unexpectedly while wearing a harness and hit by another vehicle.

“I’ve approached everything differently, you could say, particularly with regard to standing my ground on set,” he said of how the experience impacted his life. “It’s very commonplace in the culture for young actors to be controlled, and the way they strive to do that is by always being like, ‘Oh, don’t become difficult. Don’t be a pain in the ass.

It’s been almost a decade since Dylan O’Brien nearly died on the set of Maze Runner: The Death Cure after a tragic accident. The actor was reportedly in a harness on top of a moving vehicle when he was unexpectedly pulled off and hit by another vehicle. Production was shut down while O’Brien recovered, and it took an entire year before he was able to return to finish the film. O’Brien spoke about the accident with Men’s Health, revealing that he had raised safety concerns before the accident but was ignored.

“It was a life-changing incident. I’ve approached everything differently, you could say, particularly with regards to standing my ground on set,” he said. “It’s very commonplace in the culture for young actors to be controlled, and the way they strive to do that is by always being like, Oh, don’t become difficult.

Dylan O’Brien was not “respected” and nearly died due to the fact. This was a scary experience for him. However, he has learned from it and shared what he would do differently. He is best known for his starring roles in Teen Wolf and The Maze Runner. Keep reading to find out more.

His Near-Death Experience

Dylan O’Brien plays the lead role in The Maze Runner movie series. The trilogy is based on books. However, they turned them into movies, and they ended up being one of the most popular movie series. Dylan played Thomas in the movies. However, he almost died on the set of The Death Cure. It was reported that during a scene, Dylan was thrown from a vehicle and struck another one. This left him with a concussion, facial injuries, along with many more injuries. They had to take a break from filming and finish up the following year.

Dylan O’Brien is recalling the near-death accident on the set of Maze Runner: The Death Cure and feeling his concerns were not being respected.

In a new interview, O’Brien reflected on filming the dystopian science fiction movie in which he suffered an accident. He says that experience has changed his approach to handling himself on movie sets and how he prioritizes his own safety first.

“It was a life-changing incident. I’ve approached everything differently, you could say, particularly with regards to standing my ground on set,” O’Brien told Men’s Health. “It’s very commonplace in the culture for young actors to be controlled, and the way they strive to do that is by always being like, ‘Oh, don’t become difficult. Don’t be a pain in the ass. Or Are you complaining, are you being difficult?’ Things like that.”

O’Brien noted that he “learned...

M. Night Shyamalan certainly has been busy this year pushing out his signature brand of twisty thrillers. So far in 2024 we have had his daughter’s directorial effort, The Watchers, which he produced; the intriguing modest hit Trap, which stars another daughter and which he directed and produced; and now Caddo Lake, which is being heavily advertised as from “Producer M. Night Shyamalan.” Set for a streaming debut on Max starting Thursday rather than going theatrical like the rest of his feature output, the pic unmistakably fits right into his own filmography, even if he turned over writing and directing reins to the team of Celine Held and Logan George.

Actually this one went into production exactly three years ago under the title The Vanishing at Caddo Lake — while Shyamalan still was working his now-wrapped Apple TV+ series Servant, which happens to be a key credit for his filmmakers here...

Dylan O’Brien is opening up about his career.

The 33-year-old Saturday Night star got candid in a new interview with Men’s Health, out now.

During the conversation, he spoke about his reality TV obsessions, his life-changing Maze Runner set accident, The Flash and Spider-Man casting rumors, and much more.

Click through to find out what he had to say…...

Plot: When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.

Review: When you stick the name M. Night Shyamalan in your marketing, you promise audiences a particular type of film. The trailer for Caddo Lake boasts Shyamalan’s credit as producer, coupled with the October debut on Max, making it seem like Caddo Lake is a dark thriller or horror film when it is anything but. Set in the sprawling wetland on the border between Louisiana and Texas, the real Caddo Lake is a protected body of water that has been important to indigenous peoples since before the United States even existed. With oil discovered in the late 20th Century, the lake took on a different importance, which factors into this mystery with an unexpected twist. With strong leading performances from Dylan O’Brien and Eliza Scanlen,...

Salem's Lot is widely regarded as one of Stephen King's best - and perhaps more importantly, most terrifying - novels, which is why the new adaptation currently streaming on Max simply didn't cut it for the majority of fans and critics.

The movie follows the basic premise, but does not flesh out the main characters enough and is seriously lacking in scares and gore (pretty much every kill takes place off-screen) despite the R rating. It also leaves out some major story elements, including Ben Mears' childhood connection to the Marsten House.

In the book, this haunted house is almost a character in its own right, and is the source of evil in the town of Jerusalem's Lot that attracts Kurt Barlow and Richard Straker in the first place. Ben is left traumatized after sneaking into the house as a child, and returns to "The Lot" to confront his...

The themes of entrapment and the fight for survival in a manufactured environment have become recurrent narrative tropes in 21st-century cinema. While Vincenzo Natali’s “Cube” (1997) put a sci-fi spin on the survival quest of a group of strangers, the Japanese action thriller “Battle Royale” and similar iterations (including the hit Netflix series “Squid Game”) found grim sociopolitical parallels to our contemporary dog-eat-dog world. The winsome young adult stories like “Hunger Games” and “Maze Runner” put a dystopian cloak to the survival game tales. Then there were also richly allegorical dystopian visions in movies like “The Snowpiercer” and “The Platform.” The latter of the two – from Spanish filmmaker Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia – felt like an assortment of familiar sociopolitical elements ensconced within this familiar narrative, but it offered unique twisty visual delights and an ever-deepening metaphor for social inequality.

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Moreover, “The Platform” accidentally became a movie...

“Fortnite” creator Epic Games kicked off its Unreal Fest event Tuesday with the debut of Unreal Engine 5.5 and previews for new features of the massively popular video-game-building tool. Used to produce not only Aaa game titles, but also big-budget VFX-heavy shows like “The Mandalorian” and Tim Miller’s upcoming Amazon animated video game-focused anthology TV series “Secret Level,” Unreal Engine is Epic’s pride and joy and the service is adding more features to make it an attractive production tool for Hollywood.

Top of mind for Epic today was Unreal’s new experimental “MegaLights,” which “enables you to use orders of magnitude more lights than ever before—all movable, dynamic, with realistic area shadows and the ability to light volumetric fog.

“When I started at Epic 10 and a half years ago, there was a big void between the way you would create content for a game versus a movie,” Epic...

Stephen Graham has joined the cast of “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the upcoming movie starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen.

Graham, whose credits include “Peaky Blinders,” “Snatch,” “Gangs of New York” and “This Is England,” will play the Boss’ dad, Douglas “Dutch” Springsteen, Variety hears.

The film, directed by Scott Cooper, is set to begin shooting sometime in the fall.

From 20th Century Studios, “Deliver Me From Nowhere” follows Springsteen during the making of his 1982 album “Nebraska,” a dark, stripped-down record that marked an artistic shift from “Born to Run” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town.”

The cast also includes Paul Walter Hauser as guitar tech Mike Batlan, as well as Odessa Young, who is rumored to play a love interest. Variety reported in May that Jeremy Strong is in talks to portray Jon Landau, Springsteen’s longtime manager.

Graham’s other film roles include “Young Woman and the Sea,...

Streaming service Max is preparing to release one of its most anticipated original movies of the fall with the premiere of “Caddo Lake” on October 10. Led by Dylan O’Brien in his first major starring role since “The Maze Runner” franchise, “Caddo Lake” promises to deliver a suspenseful tale of mystery and intrigue set amongst the eerie backdrop of the titular lake.

Written and directed by filmmaking duo Logan George and Celine Held, “Caddo Lake” centers around a young boy who goes missing on the lake, sparking a series of deaths and disappearances that all seem to connect back to one troubled family. Little is known about the plot specifics, but the film’s gripping first trailer teases unsettling secrets lurking beneath the lake’s murky surface.

With a runtime of just under 90 minutes, “Caddo Lake” aims to pack a tense narrative punch. Joining O’Brien in the ensemble cast are Eliza Scanlen,...

Max has released the trailer and poster for its original film Caddo Lake, which will debut on the streaming service on Thursday, October 10, 2024. The movie comes from writer-directors Celine Held and Logan George and producer M. Night Shyamalan.

When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.

The cast includes Dylan O’Brien, Eliza Scanlen, Diana Hopper, Caroline Falk, and Sam Hennings, with Eric Lange and Lauren Ambrose.

The inspiration for Caddo Lake was sparked after filmmakers Celine Held and Logan George came across a photograph of the real Caddo Lake online, leading to many visits to the cypress forest that rests on the border of Texas and Louisiana. The film was shot in late 2021 and 2022 in and around Karnak, Texas.

The movie was produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan, Kara Durrett and Josh Godfrey.

Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and more have joined Netflix’s feature adaptation of Ruth Ware’s bestselling mystery “The Woman in Cabin 10,” starring Keira Knightley.

Netflix announced that co-stars will include Pearce from “Memento,” Waddingham from “Ted Lasso,” Daniel Ings from “The Gentlemen,” David Morrissey from “Sherwood,” Kaya Scodelario, also from “The Gentlemen” and the “Maze Runner” franchise and Mbatha-Raw from “The Morning Show.” Also joining the ensemble are David Ajala, Art Malik, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Gitte Witt, Christopher Rygh and Pail Kaye.

The film follows a travel journalist (Knightley) who is sent to cover a story on a luxury yacht when she is woken up in the middle of the night by screams. Looking for the source of the trouble, she witnesses a passenger being thrown overboard in her neighboring cabin. The next day her testimony goes unnoticed as everyone in the ship is accounted for and present.

Dylan O’Brien has admitted his audition for ‘Frozen II’ was "really bad".The 33-year-old actor recalled trying out for the 2019 Disney sequel but left the casting director disappointed when she found out that he couldn't sing to the standard required for the part.During an appearance on ‘Late Night with Seth Myers’, O’Brien said: "This poor woman. I remember, actually — this is a specific detail — she asked me, painfully, if I could get to the chorus because she needed to see if I had a certain range. [I was] swimming in the first verse a little bit [and then] went higher ... it was really bad. I knew. She knew. It’s okay."When she said to me, ‘Okay, okay’… She said two ‘okays.’ I’ll never forget it."And then she said, ‘Thank you for coming in. I think we’d probably need a bit of a stronger singer.’ and I was already just nodding,...

What do young adult novel adaptations, post-apocalyptic movies, and films involving shadowy corporations messing around unscrupulously have in common? For one thing, they're all a dime a dozen. For another, they're all aspects of the trilogy of films adapted from "The Maze Runner," a series of novels by author James Dashner.

Like so much YA fiction from the '00s, Dasher's novels gained a passionately loyal fan following, leading to 20th Century Fox becoming interested in developing them for the big screen in the hope that the studio would have its very own "Hunger Games." The parallels between both franchises are certainly there on the surface: preteen-to-older-teen heroes being forced to participate in deadly encounters while fighting the scourge of authoritarianism. However, where "Hunger Games" and its films are far more politically and philosophically-minded, "The Maze Runner" goes in a much more genre flick direction. It's one of the...

Dylan O’Brien is looking back at his audition for Frozen 2, which didn’t necessarily go as planned.

The Saturday Night actor recently made an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers, where the host asked him about his failed audition for the 2019 animated sequel, which saw Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel return as sisters Anna and Elsa, respectively.

O’Brien said he didn’t go into the audition with high hopes of landing the role “because I knew that I probably wasn’t going to get it.” The actor didn’t disclose which character he auditioned for.

“They’re looking for multitalented, multi-hyphenate people who can act and sing,” he told Seth Meyers of the musical film. “And I didn’t check, to be honest, probably either.”

The Teen Wolf alum acknowledged that he “can’t sing,” but decided to audition because he doesn’t “always feel like a real actor.

Writer Steven Knight has revealed he thought “Game of Thrones” was a kids show until he cast one of its actors in his own series.

Knight, who’s perhaps best known for creating Cillian Murphy-starrer “Peaky Blinders,” was speaking at the Royal Television Society conference in London, in conversation with BBC journalist Katie Razzall when he made the admission.

He recalled how his young son was obsessed with “Game of Thrones,” asking for a DVD boxset for Christmas, which Knight was happy to provide having seen it featured dragons. It was only when he came to cast “Game of Thrones” alum Aidan Gillen in “Peaky Blinders” he realized the George R. R. Martin-created series had more adult themes.

When someone suggested Gillen for “Peaky,” they told Knight that he plays the brothel keeper in “Game of Thrones.” Knight responded in shock: “What are you talking about? It’s a kid’s show!

With the release of Uglies on September 13, Netflix brings Scott Westerfeld's beloved dystopian world of beauty-obsessed societies and rebellion to life! Fans of the book series are probably thrilled to finally see Tally's journey on screen. And if you’ve already binged your way through the movie, don’t worry -- we've got you covered with more sci-fi adventures to dive into next!

Netflix is packed with futuristic, high-stakes tales that deliver the same action, rebellion, and thought-provoking themes. From dystopian societies fighting against oppressive systems to stories of personal transformation with technological twists, these movies will satisfy your craving for gripping, otherworldly drama.

Whether you’re drawn to stories where the future of humanity is on the line or tales that challenge the idea that beauty is everything, Uglies fans will find plenty to enjoy in these picks. So, whether you're after more dystopian chaos, thrilling rebellions, or...

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"It's ridiculous, frankly, that a studio head, Emma Watts of Fox at the time, saw my little animated short, which was really all I had done and said, 'Here is $24 million, go make a movie.'" Those are the words of director Wes Ball speaking with DiscussingFilm in 2020. The movie in question is 2014's "The Maze Runner." While the final budget was closer to $34 million, the astonishing point remains the same. Yes, Ball getting to direct the film based on the strength of his short "Ruin" is surprising. Far more surprising? That he made a straight-up YA blockbuster for less than half what it cost to make "The Hunger Games."

Historical context is important here. In 2012, "The Hunger Games" hit it big pulling in $678 million worldwide,...

The golden age of young adult dystopian films is already behind us, but some are still attempting to change that. Take, for instance, Joey King’s new Netflix movie. Based on the novel by Scott Westerfeld, Uglies revolves around a future post-apocalyptic dystopian society where everyone is compelled to look pretty.

Credits: Joey King in Uglies / Netflix

While it sounds like an interesting and relevant story that many can relate to, especially with the beauty standards of today, fans of the novel didn’t feel like it captured the essence of the book.

Fans Despised Netflix Adaptation of Uglies

Joey King is known by many for her stint in Netflix’s The Kissing Booth, and ever since her rise to fame, she became involved in the film industry. In fact, not only did she star in the Uglies adaptation, but she also served as an executive producer. That only reveals...

JoJo is opening up about being invited to one of Taylor Swift‘s house parties and she’s talking about what happened during the intimate event.

The 33-year-old “Leave (Get Out)” singer talked about the experience in her new book Over the Influence: A Memoir, which is being released on September 17.

An excerpt from the book was released by People and it included JoJo recounting the party at Taylor‘s house, how she got invited, and why she thought everyone “felt bad” for her at the event.

You might recall that JoJo went through legal troubles in her music career and she previously talked about her chat with Taylor. Now we know even more about what happened when they hung out!

Keep reading to find out more…

JoJo revealed in the book that her friend Francia Raisa introduced her to Selena Gomez many years ago.

“Sel came to a few of my studio sessions,...

Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for Uglies on Netflix.

Uglies star and producer Joey King first became aware of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies book series when she was 11 years old, and now more than 10 years later, her pitch to adapt the first book into a film to Netflix will yield its result.

Uglies is based in a futuristic society that requires teenagers to get a cosmetic surgery once they turn 16 to make them “pretty,” or devoid of facial flaws with a toned body. Tally Youngblood (King) dreams of the day she can have the operation and get a symmetrical face, until her new friend Shay (Brianne Tsu) runs away to the rumored community known as The Smoke with the mysterious man David (Keith Powers), and Dr. Cable (Laverne Cox) sends her after Shay with the blackmail that she will never get surgery if she doesn’t retrieve her missing friend.

Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for the movie Uglies.

Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies has made it to the big screen at long last.

After its publication in 2005, the first novel of four by the author gathered a big readership as a precursor to YA dystopia stories like The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner and more. The story follows Tally Youngblood, who lives in a society that values face symmetry over anything else. All citizens within the society receive a mandatory surgical operation that makes them “pretty,” evening out their facial flaws and physiques.

Throughout the books, Tally gets an outside perspective on the operation that she once wanted more than anything else, first from a community of rebels who have escaped various cities to live a simpler life in a community they call The Smoke. The Netflix film, directed by McG and adapted by Jacob Forman, Vanessa Taylor...

Plot: In a futuristic world that imposes a cosmetic surgery at 16, Tally is eager for her turn to join the rest of society. But when a friend runs away, Tally embarks on a journey to save her that upends everything she thought she wanted.

Review: After Harry Potter and The Hunger Games were adapted for the big screen, every studio wanted to launch a franchise based on a Young Adult book series. While Twilight was the biggest success, countless other series were met with lukewarm receptions yet still delivered multiple sequels. It has been several years since The Maze Runner, Percy Jackson, and Divergent stopped adding to their intellectual property while countless others failed to get past an initial entry. Based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Scott Westerfeld, Uglies is Netflix’s belated attempt to attract the YA audience with what is intended to be the first in a potential quadrilogy.

An empty and exasperating teen book adaptation, set in a future where beautiful people rule the world, is one of the year’s most pointless films

It’s been a few years since Hollywood’s rush for young adult dystopian franchises, from The Hunger Games to Divergent to The Maze Runner. Which makes Uglies, a new Netflix adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 novel intended to kick off a new trilogy, already feel out of time. The exceedingly derivative film, directed by McG (Netflix’s Babysitter: Killer Queen) clearly tries to evoke its famous precedents, even hiring Divergent screenwriter Vanessa Taylor, along with Jacob Forman and Whit Anderson, for a script that takes broad swipes at the predominant dystopian YA themes: physical and emotional change, staying true to one’s values, remembering who the real enemy is.

Credit to Uglies for this: in the year 2024, plastic surgery and a beauty standard...

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season.

Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024.

Watch the official trailer for Max’s Salem’s Lot below.

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”

Salem’s Lot 2024 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”

In Salem’s Lot 2024, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.

Rosa Salazar can add stage actress to her résumé!

The 39-year-old actress, best known for movies like Alita: Battle Angel and The Maze Runner series, made her professional stage debut over the weekend in the Pasadena Playhouse’s new production of Cyrano de Bergerac.

Rosa walked the carpet at the opening night performance of the play on Sunday (September 8) in Pasadena, a California city in Los Angeles.

Pasadena Playhouse is presenting a modern take on the classic play Cyrano, starring Guardians of the Galaxy actor Chukwudi Iwuji as the title character, Will Hochman as Christian, and Rosa as Roxanne.

The limited engagement, which The Hollywood Reporter is calling a “dazzlingly inventive and entertaining new version,” is playing through September 29. Get your tickets now before its too late!

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season.

Announced today, Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024.

Stay tuned for the official trailer, coming very soon…

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”

Salem’s Lot 2024 is set “circa 1975 (when King’s book was first published).”

In Salem’s Lot 2024, “Haunted by an incident from his childhood, author Ben Mears returns to his hometown of Jerusalem’s Lot in search of inspiration for his next book, only to discover the town is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire and his loyal servant.

The long-awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is finally hitting Max this October, and Entertainment Weekly ran a preview piece today that includes the first clip from the new movie.

The outlet explains, “In EW’s exclusive clip from Salem’s Lot, Ben [Lewis Pullman] and Susan [Makenzie Leigh] join Alfre Woodard as Dr. Cody, who first fears the spread of a blood illness; Jordan Preston Carter as school kid horror expert Mark Petrie; and John Benjamin Hickey as local priest Father Callahan as they investigate the Straker’s mansion to find evidence of a dead body. Bill Camp also stars as Van Helsing-esque school teacher Matthew Burke.”

Check out the clip below and read on for everything you need to know.

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new Salem’S Lot...

Warner Bros. Discovery streaming service Max has revealed a first look at its original film Caddo Lake, which will debut on Thursday, October 10, 2024. The movie comes from producer M. Night Shyamalan and writer-directors Celine Held and Logan George.

When an eight-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes, a series of past deaths and disappearances start to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.

The cast includes Dylan O’Brien, Eliza Scanlen, Diana Hopper, Caroline Falk, and Sam Hennings, with Eric Lange and Lauren Ambrose.

The inspiration for Caddo Lake was sparked after filmmakers Celine Held and Logan George came across a photograph of the real Caddo Lake online, leading to many visits to the cypress forest that rests on the border of Texas and Louisiana. The film was shot in late 2021 and 2022 in and around Karnak, Texas.

The movie was produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan, Kara Durrett and Josh Godfrey.

This year, "Saturday Night Live" wrapped up its 49th season and held on to the title of TV's top-rated comedy for a fifth year running. But back when the show first premiered -- at 11:30pm on October 11, 1975 -- it was shaping up to be a total disaster. As the poster for "Saturday Night," Jason Reitman's upcoming account of that fateful night, neatly summarizes: 

"The writers are inebriated. The set is on fire. The sound system is wrecked. The actors are physically assaulting each other. The crew is in open revolt. They have 90 minutes to figure it all out or the network is pulling the plug."

The first episode of "Saturday Night" did ultimately make it to air, but was a bit of a mixed bag according to reviewers at the time. The movie about the making of that first episode, however, was a massive crowd-pleaser for the audience...

“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” director Wes Ball peeled back the curtain on Wētā FX‘s Oscar-worthy VFX in “Inside the Lens: The Raw Cut,” a full-length, split-screen comparison between the final cut of the film and a version with unfinished VFX. Featuring optional commentary by Ball, editor Dan Zimmerman, and production VFX supervisor Erik Winquist, “The Raw Cut” appears on the supplemental Blu-ray in the 4K Ultra HD set available now.

This VFX deep dive is a first for the “Apes” franchise (which has yet to win the coveted VFX Oscar). Ball (“The Maze Runner”) followed Matt Reeves (“The Batman”) with a post-Caesar (Andy Serkis) reboot, some 300 years later when apes rule the planet. “Kingdom” revolves around chimp teenager Noa (Owen Teague), forced to rescue his Eagle Clan (named for bonding with the majestic bird) from the evil clutches of militant chimp ruler Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand). Along the way,...