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It's been a while since we've seen Owen Wilson in a television series. Was Loki on Disney+ his last live-action role in a TV show? We believe so. More recently, he lent his voice to the podcast series Tom Slick: Mystery Hunter and the animated show Lego Pixar: BrickToons. But now, he’s set to make his return to television in a brand-new golf comedy series for Apple TV+. It’s called Stick, and we shared all there is to know about it right below.

In March 2024, it was revealed that Wilson had joined an upcoming comedy series for Apple TV+ as both the star and executive producer. That series was later given the title Stick. Jason Keller, who is best known for co-writing the script for Ford v Ferrari, created the sports comedy and also serves as showrunner and executive producer. Other executive producers are Ben Silverman for Propagate Content,...

Apple TV+ today revealed a first-look at Stick, a new golf comedy series starring and executive produced by Owen Wilson and created by Jason Keller. The 10-episode season will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with three episodes on Wednesday, June 4, followed by one new episode every Wednesday, through July 23.

In Stick, Owen Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce hedges his bets, and future, entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom named Santi (Peter Dager). Stick is a heartfelt, feel-good comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it has never been shown before.

In addition to Wilson and Dager, the ensemble cast includes Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay, Judy Greer and Timothy Olyphant,...

Apple TV+ today revealed a first look at Stick, a new golf comedy series starring and executive-produced by Owen Wilson and created by Jason Keller. The 10-episode season will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with three episodes on Wednesday, June 4, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through July 23.

In Stick, Owen Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After the collapse of his marriage and getting fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store, Pryce hedges his bets, and future, entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom named Santi (Peter Dager).

Stick is a heartfelt, feel-good comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it has never been shown before. In addition to Wilson and Dager, the ensemble cast includes Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay, Judy Greer and Timothy Olyphant,...

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You’re Cordially Invited is a romantic comedy film written and directed by Nicholas Stoller. The Prime Video film follows Margot, a woman planning her sister’s wedding and Jim, an overattentive father planning his daughter’s wedding. However, when the venue is mistakenly double booked, both Margot and Jim get into various misadventures. You’re Cordially Invited stars Will Ferrell, Reese Witherspoon, Geraldine Viswanathan, Meredith Hagner, Stony Blyden, Leanne Morgan, and Rory Scovel. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, a bit of romance, and compelling characters in You’re Cordially Invited, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Bride Wars is a romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick from a screenplay co-written by Greg DePaul, Casey Wilson, and June Diane Raphael. The 2009 film follows Emma Allan and Olivia “Liv” Lerner,...

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Juror #2 is a legal thriller drama film directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Jonathan Abrams. The 2024 film follows Justin Kemp, an ordinary member who is called upon to serve as a jury member in a murder case. However, when he realizes that the suspect is not really the murderer, he tries to sway the jury without telling anyone the truth without anyone finding out the truth, because if it comes out, it will destroy his life. Juror #2 stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso, Zoey Deutch, and Cedric Yarbrough. So, if you loved the thrilling courtroom drama, intense twists, and compelling characters in Juror #2, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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12 Angry Men is a legal thriller drama film directed by Sidney Lumet...

Exclusive: Primetime Emmy nominee Alan Tudyk has signed with Artists First.

The multi-hyphenate continues to be repped by Gersh Agency and UTA for voice over.

Tudyk recently reprised his Rogue One: A Star Wars Story role of K2SO in the second season of Disney+’s Andor.

The Juilliard School alum is also voicing Doctor Phosphorus in Max’s upcoming DC animated series, Creature Commandos. Tudyk also plays Hei Hei in Disney Animation’s upcoming Moana 2.

Most recently he starred as the lead title role on the Amblin/SyFy series Resident Alien from David Dobkin and Chris Sheridan, which was Syfy’s highest-rated new drama in more than eight years with the premiere pulling in nearly 10 million viewers.

Tudyk starred in the role of Mr. Darling in David Lowery’s Peter Pan for Disney opposite Jude Law, Jim Gaffigan, and Yara Shahidi.

When it comes to Disney, Tudyk’s...

For nearly two decades, a film adaptation of the hit 1960s spy series "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." seemed perpetually on the brink of getting made. Warner Bros. nearly enticed Quentin Tarantino to take it on in the mid-1990s as his hotly anticipated follow-up to "Pulp Fiction," but he chose to make "Jackie Brown" instead. Directors like Matthew Vaughn and David Dobkin circled the project. A-listers Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Christian Bale and Ryan Reynolds (among many others) eyed the film at one point or another. Steven Soderbergh came very close to helming a version starring George Clooney as Napoleon Solo (the role originated by Robert Vaughn), but he backed out over budget issues. The film was a go in 2013 with Guy Ritchie directing Tom Cruise and Armie Hammer as, respectively, Solo and Illya Kuryakin (played by David McCallum on the show), but Cruise stuck with Ethan Hunt and the "Mission: Impossible" franchise.

Will Ferrell's iconic cameo as Chazz Reinhold in Wedding Crashers was a last-minute addition that almost didn't happen. Test audiences went wild for Ferrell's surprise appearance, laughing hysterically before even knowing it was him. Director David Dobkin had to beg the studio not to include Ferrell's cameo in the marketing to maintain the element of surprise.

Will Ferrell briefly appears in Wedding Crashers in one of the greatest comedy movie cameos ever, but his scene almost didn't happen. Wedding Crashers stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, two friends who make a game out of going uninvited to weddings to sleep with the single women there, lying about their backgrounds and histories until they both accidentally fall in love. A hilarious and R-rated bromance, Wedding Crashers is filled with likable characters who the audience can't help but cheer for even through their less savory moments.

Robert Downey Jr.'s career in the past decade and a half has been defined by his role as Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man, in the MCU. His 2014 movie, The Judge, is his best modern movie prior to his Oscar-winning role in Oppenheimer. While not received favorably by critics, The Judge showcases Downey's dramatic acting chops and considerable range.

A Robert Downey Jr. movie from 2014, The Judge, is currently available on Netflix, and it features the actor's best modern non-mcu performance before 2023's Oppenheimer. Thanks to his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Downey is one of the most recognizable stars on the planet. He made his debut in the franchise back in 2008, and the role of Iron Man has come to define his career. However, the actor has an impressive resume outside of the MCU, including a scene-stealing turn in a legal...

Exclusive: A little over a month after Season 3 of Resident Alien wrapped its run on Syfy, the future of the quirky sci-fi comedy-drama is up in the air. And there is some intrigue over where the series starring Alan Tudyk would continue should it get a fourth season.

I hear there are talks about Resident Alien moving from Syfy to NBCU cable sibling USA Network, which currently doesn’t have scripted originals besides Chucky, which it shares with Syfy. According to sources, a return to Syfy appears unlikely, so USA is Resident Alien‘s only feasible destination within NBCU, whose UCP division produces the adaptation of the comic book by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse.

But a potential Season 4 pickup by USA would come with a major budget reduction, as much as $500,000 an episode, which will be challenging, I hear.

Budgets in basic cable always have been modest. They now...

The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, subtly references Duvall's feature film debut in To Kill A Mockingbird. Both The Judge and To Kill A Mockingbird share themes of corruption and murder, creating ethical dilemmas for the characters. Despite mixed reviews, The Judge gained popularity on Netflix for its powerful legal drama and strong cast performances.

Robert Duvall's role in The Judge includes a major callback to his feature film debut that was released more than 6 decades ago. Directed by David Dobkin, The Judge is a powerful legal drama that gained popularity on Netflix in May 2024 after originally being released in 2014. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, earning just a 48 Metascore and a 49% on Rotten Tomatoes, The Judge has strong ratings among audiences.

Duvall, the celebrated actor who starred in The Godfather (1971), The Godfather Part II (1974), Network (1976), and Apocalypse Now (1979), leads the cast of The Judge alongside...

When a hotshot lawyer returns to his hometown to attend his mother’s funeral, he ends up staying indefinitely after his father, a criminal court judge, is charged with the murder of a former defendant. The 2014 legal drama The Judge, directed by David Dobkin, stars Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, and Billy Bob Thornton. For his supporting role as Judge Joseph Palmer, Duvall earned Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

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Hank (Downey Jr.) is a down-and-out defense lawyer and soon-to-be divorcé who’s just found out his mom passed away. So he heads to his hometown of Carlinville, Indiana, for the funeral and some tense moments with his estranged father, criminal court judge Joseph Palmer (Duvall) — aka The Judge. By the time Hank’s bursting at the seams to head back to his life...

After a decade and change playing superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe sandbox, Robert Downey Jr. wants to remind everyone there's more to him than Tony Stark. In the years since permanently (?) retiring his MCU alter ego in "Avengers: Endgame," the actor has lined up an ambitious slate of projects. Between getting an Oscar for his supporting role in Christopher Nolan's Best Picture-winning "Oppenheimer" and pulling a Peter Sellers by tackling multiple colorful characters in Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar's "The Sympathizer" miniseries, it's fair to say Rdj the character actor is officially back.

As chance would have it, we're now 10 years removed from the last time Downey tried (but failed) to renew his acting bonafides with "The Judge." Directed by David Dobkin, the 2014 drama stars Downey as Hank Palmer, a big-shot lawyer from Chicago who returns to his podunk hometown in Indiana to attend his mother's funeral.

Hank from The Judge channels Sherlock Holmes' deduction skills in a bar scene, reminiscent of Downey Jr.'s previous role. Both Hank and Sherlock exhibit confidence and blunt honesty, despite their differing professions and personalities. Despite similarities, Hank in The Judge shows more emotion and a stronger family bond compared to the cold, calculating Sherlock Holmes.

Despite being from different genres and having completely different stories, The Judge repeated a Robert Downey Jr. trick from a franchise released 15 years ago. Robert Downey Jr. has explored a variety of genres in his career as an actor, and in 2014, he starred in the legal drama The Judge. Directed by David Dobkin, The Judge stars Robert Downey Jr. as Hank Palmer, a successful lawyer living in Chicago. When his mother dies, Hank returns to his hometown and reunites with his brothers and his estranged father, Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall).

Joseph Palmer is the judge of Carlinvilles criminal court,...

Top-tier actors like Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, and Vera Farmiga shine in The Judge, praised for their powerful performances. The movie focuses on Hank's personal growth and relationship with his father, navigating complex emotions and family dynamics. Supporting cast like Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, and Dax Shepard effectively elevate the narrative.

The Judge features an impressive cast of experienced actors. The 2014 drama follows Hank Palmer (played by Robert Downey Jr.), a hardened defense attorney who abandoned his small-town Indiana roots and defends wealthy, often guilty clients in civil and criminal court. Despite his financial success, however, Hank's relentless work ethic and lack of empathy have strained his relationships. He is estranged from his stern father, Joseph Palmer, a revered local judge, and is facing an impending divorce from his wife. Following his mother's sudden death, Hank reluctantly returns to his hometown for the funeral, intending to leave promptly afterward.

Kit Harington revealed his King Arthur film didn't happen due to a packed filming schedule, but he's glad he had time to dedicate to Game of Thrones. The movie King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was eventually made, but was cancelled along with its planned sequels. King Arthur movies struggle, but TV shows, like The Winter King, may be the character's future.

Kit Harington has opened up about his scrapped King Arthur movie, revealing why he's glad the film wasn't made and how much it would have impacted his shooting schedule at the time. Harington is best known for his role as Jon Snow in Games of Thrones, having portrayed the major character throughout every season of the fantasy series. However, around the time he was filming, he was also in talks to star as King Arthur in a trilogy directed by David Dobkin.

Speaking with The Playlist on their podcast The Discourse,...

Exclusive: D. Smith, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed documentary Kokomo City, which won the Next Audience and Innovator Awards at Sundance 2022, has partnered with Media Res and Brandon Sharp’s Agenda on her next docu project, Blvd, which is said to ask Dr. King the question: Was it just a dream?

Infused with visual poetry, and applying the same innovative techniques and signature style established in Smith’s debut, the genre-bending Blvd aims to show audiences what really connects and divides people from each other and the rest of the country. The film shines a light on Black communities with the aim to tell not just a neighborhood story or a history lesson, but a story about all of who Black people are, here and now.

“Blvd is a raw real reflection of where we are,” Smith told Deadline. “The best way to encourage Black people is to remind them who we are.

“You’re not even a person till you’re 30,” says a friend to Solène Marchand (Anne Hathaway), a single woman celebrating her 40th birthday. “Then you spend the next 10 years figuring out what kind of person you want to be.” In The Idea of You, adapted from the Robinne Lee romance novel that was ostensibly based on fan fiction about erstwhile One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles, age is only a problem insomuch as other people make it one, rooting its romantic complications in the somehow still revolutionary idea that people (and women specifically) grow and bloom throughout every phase of life.

Solène is a Los Angeles art gallery owner still nursing wounds from her not-so-recent divorce while doing her best to amicably co-parent her teenage daughter, Izzy (Ella Rubin), with her ex-husband, Daniel (Reid Scott), whose cheating ways led to their separation. When Daniel has a sudden work emergency, Solène...

Keir O'Donnell, who played Todd in the original Wedding Crashers, has heard rumors of a potential sequel and expressed enthusiasm about returning to the role. Director David Dobkin has been discussing the possibility of Wedding Crashers 2 for the past decade, but the project has yet to officially move forward. Owen Wilson, one of the original film's stars, has been cautious but optimistic about the sequel, citing the desire to live up to the success of the first film and the busy schedules of the ensemble cast as potential obstacles.

After years of talks about a follow-up, Keir O'Donnell has an intriguing update on the potential Wedding Crashers 2. O'Donnell starred in the 2005 comedy as Todd, the awkward and artistic brother of Rachel McAdams' Claire and Isla Fisher's Gloria, and son to Christopher Walken's William and Jane Seymour's Kathleen. Led by Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, the original...

'Wedding Crashers 2' has been "pretty close" to happening with Isla Fisher still hoping for a sequel.The 47-year-old actress - who starred alongside Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams in the influential 2005 comedy - admitted discussions have happened regarded a potential follow-up, and she'd love to see Wilson and Vaughn back John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey.She told E! News: "There have been conversations where we were pretty close. "Vince and Owen have such an incredible chemistry and you just feel it from the screen."It's palpable and it's its own hilarious beast, so I want to see them on camera again doing what they do best."Meanwhile, she would be delighted to reprise her own role as obsessive girlfriend Gloria, particularly given the joy she had playing her in the first place.She added: "She's such a fun character. It's also so rare, as a woman,...

Candy Cane Lane is a fantasy-comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin, from a screenplay by Kelly Younger. The Prime Video film revolves around Chris Carver, who makes a deal with a mysterious stranger to win the annual contest of who has the best-decorated home for Christmas in their neighborhood but what he doesn’t know is that the mysterious stranger is an evil Elf named Pepper, and she is about to make him a glass Christmas figurine. To save their father and Christmas the Carver family tries to stop Pepper from unleashing misery on everyone. Candy Cane Lane stars Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Ken Marino, and Nick Offerman. So, if you loved the Prime Video film here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Will Ferrell) selects one...

If you followed indie film in the 90s, Vince Vaughn was at the center of a legendary tale. As the story goes, in order to get permission to use the theme from Jaws in the film Swingers, Doug Liman screened the film for Steven Spielberg’s approval. Not only did Stevie Boy allow them to use the scary shark tune but the legendary director knew he had to work with whoever was playing Trent Walker. And, he did just that when he cast Vince Vaughn in his Jurassic Park sequel, The Lost World. Spielberg instantly knew that Vince Vaughn was superstar material and he was correctomundo. Over the last nearly 30 years, he has given us some of the best comedic performances mixed in with some bone chilling anti-heroes. But it seems in the past few years Vaughn has slowed down his output to focus on smaller roles in more meaningful projects.

Vince Vaughn appeared to have a ball while referencing some of the popular films from his oeuvre during an appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay.

The actor and longtime sports fan was the Week 4 guest picker Saturday on the cable television program that previews the day’s NCAA college football matchups. During the episode, which filmed from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, Vaughn made it clear that he is a big supporter of the school’s Fighting Irish, who are set to play the Ohio State Buckeyes later Saturday in a high-profile game between two nationally ranked teams.

“This is like picking kids for me,” Vaughn explained. “My dad’s from [Ohio]. My sister, born in Columbus. My niece goes to Ohio State. And you can’t talk about football without talking about the great state of Ohio.”

He continued, “The Buckeyes are for real, always. You can never doubt them.

Whether it’s the questionable FX, the lead star’s very controversial dalliances, or just audiences being burned one too many times by Comic Book Films, there’s one movie that is all anyone can talk about. And look, I get it. There was a lot of craziness that went on during this production and had more people come and go due to creative differences than any movie we’ve covered on the show.

Warning you guys and gals right now, if you haven’t seen The Flash, you’re going to want to turn back now, because this is where things get Super spoilery.

Warner Brothers tried getting a Flash movie off the ground in the late 80’s with comic writer Jeph Loeb being brought in to write the screenplay. Unfortunately nothing ever came of the property until 2004 when David S Goyer signed on to write,direct and produce a new Flash.

Clint Howard – son of Rance, brother of Ron, uncle of Bryce, etc. – has been acting since he was a child, and over the decades has racked up over 250 credits, from Star Trek and The Andy Griffith Show to The Wraith, Carnosaur, Ticks, Little Nicky, Apollo 13, a couple Silent Night, Deadly Night sequels, Rob Zombie’s Halloween, 3 from Hell, and Solo: A Star Wars Story. You’ve almost certainly seen him around. His most recent credit was in the Nicolas Cage film The Old Way… and one of his most popular roles came in the 1995 horror comedy Ice Cream Man (watch it Here). Ice Cream Man has developed a strong cult following in the years since its release, and Howard is aiming to bring the audience more killer ice cream man action. He took to Instagram to reveal that he recently got some collaborators together for a reading of the Ice Cream Man sequel script!

Maroon 5 has shared the video for their latest single, “Middle Ground.” The reflective, slightly overwrought track marks the rock band’s first release since 2021.

“Sisters and brothers are picking sides / and both of our mothers are terrified,” singer Adam Levine croons on the track. “And I’m crying out to an empty sky / tell me, if I hit the ground / and I fall down to my knees, would you hear the sound / am I crazy to think that we, could make it out / am I crazier to believe, there’s a middle ground.

Maroon 5 is debuting their new single with an electric live performance.

The band announced their new single “Middle Ground” today, marking the first release from Grammy Award-winning band since 2021.

Read More: Behati Prinsloo Shares First Picture Of Her And Adam Levine’s Baby As Maroon 5 Kick Off Vegas Residency

While the single will be released on May 19, the musicians are also celebrating the release with a live performance on the season 23 finale of “The Voice”.

Frontman Adam Levine has served as a judge on the hit competition show since season 1 of the show in 2011.

At the same time as the performance, the band will also release the music video for the track, directed by David Dobkin.

Read More: Adam Levine And Behati Prinsloo Bring Red Carpet Pda Back Following Maroon 5 Frontman’s Dm Scandal

The band teases the song will be unlike their previous music, evoking a soft vulnerability with...

The Dceu’s The Flash has seen several delays due to creative differences, but the quest to get a Flash movie made traces back to 2004. A founding member of the Justice League both in the comics and in the Dceu, Barry Allen has yet to receive a solo live-action film. Before the Dceu, Warner Bros. tried three different versions of a Flash movie, all of which were developed amidst very different contexts.

Originally cast as Barry Allen in 2015 for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ezra Miller has so far only appeared as the Flash in cameos throughout the Dceu and in Justice League. The Dceu’s The Flash was initially supposed to be released in March 2018, but successive directors’ departures led to multiple delays and many different versions of the story. The Flash is now set to be released in June 2023, with a script written by Christina Hodson and...

While Jackie Chan has always been an affable and comedic performer, even going back to his early martial arts films from the 1970s, something curious happened when he broke into the Hollywood mainstream in the late 1990s. Producers looked at Chan's playful, heroic, somewhat goofy charm and shifted it into overdrive. Chan's American films, as a result, tended to be incredibly broad, full of silly mugging, "culture clash" humor, and a general lack of stakes. Chan's first major American hit was Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" in 1998, a serviceable but largely unremarkable police comedy wherein Chan played opposite Chris Tucker. That film was such a runaway success (it made over 244 million worldwide) that a pattern was immediately set for Chan. Pair him with an unlikely co-star, put him in generic action scenarios, and watch the money roll in. 

The next few years saw such pieces of mainstream fluff as Kevin Donovan...

At the beginning of James Gunn's "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special," Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) is approached by a band of space aliens who claim to have been practicing on a set of new-fangled Earth instruments they had recently been gifted. They also know, in a vague sense, that it's the time of year that Earthlings typically celebrate an oblique holiday called Christmas and they have decided to write a song in honor of it. The aliens, however, only have a vague idea of how Christmas operates and get a lot of the details incorrect. Their tune is called "I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime is Here)."

The credits reveal the alien band to be named Bzermikitokolok and the Knowheremen, with Bzermikitokolok played by Rhett Miller, Kortobookalia played by Murray Hammond, Sliyavastajoo played by Ken Bethea, and Phloko played by Philip Peeples. Fans of 1990s Texas-based...

Exclusive: Former ICM political strategist Brandon Sharp has launched Agenda, a management and production company that will be dedicated to advancing inclusive entertainment and media projects. The company will work with TV and film writers, actors, directors, musicians, authors, artists, public intellectuals, playwrights, and business founders from predominately untapped communities to realize their projects on more equitable grounds.

“Representation for representation’s sake is not enough,” said Sharp. “The strides we’ve made for people of color in front of and behind the camera are significant, but the business side of media and entertainment remains largely unchallenged. The people who stand to profit the most from the boon in ‘diverse’ content are not the originators of that content, and that has to change.”

Agenda represents and produces alongside more than 20 creatives, including Linda Johnson Rice, heir to Ebony and Jet Magazine’s Johnson Publishing Company; Rashad Robinson (What’s Costing...

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned is a Western directed by Paul Leyden, starring Jeffrey Donovan and Penelope Mitchell.

A blend of the wild west with a more mystical supernatural dimension.

Premise

When Sheriff Roy Pulsipher finds himself in the afterlife, he joins a special police force and returns to Earth to save humanity from the undead.

R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned About the Movie

A rather banal production that might have an audience. It is difficult to foresee.

Bordering the B movie category, this is a feature that will neither be remembered nor leave a mark. The characters are unconvincing, the gimmicks are bad, but at the same time it is harmless entertainment.

Enjoy.

Sequel of R.I.P.D. (2013)

Director: Robert Schwentke

Writers: Peter M. Lenkov,David Dobkin,Phil Hay

Cast: Jeff Bridges,Ryan Reynolds,Kevin Bacon

Plot: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead...

Exclusive: Paradigm has signed Pasaca Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based media finance and production company behind the TIFF 2022 family drama, Prisoner’s Daughter.

Pasaca’s first feature follows a a dying convict (Brian Cox) as he tries to reconnect with his daughter (Kate Beckinsale) and the grandson (Christopher Convery) he’s never known, with his violent past then coming back to haunt them all. Also starring Jon Huertas, Ernie Hudson and Tyson Ritter, the film from director Catherine Hardwicke world premieres tonight at Roy Thomson Hall, as a Gala Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival. Pasaca co-financed the pic alongside Capstone Studios.

Led by CEO Jason Duan and Executive Producer Wen-Chia Chang, Pasaca Entertainment’s aim is to reinvent traditional genres and support underrepresented groups in entertainment. It plans to become a global content provider and studio with services including single project or slate development and production, with an eye toward company and library acquisitions,...

Nine years ago, Universal released a supernatural action comedy called R.I.P.D.: Rest in Peace Department, which didn’t do much at the box office despite starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges. Made on a budget somewhere in the 150 million range, R.I.P.D. only earned 78.3 million worldwide. It was considered a bomb… but that hasn’t stopped Universal from making a direct-to-video sequel. Made completely under the radar, the sequel is called R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned – and it has already been screened for the ratings board at the Motion Picture Association, earning a PG-13 rating for “sequences of violence, language, disturbing images and some crude/sexual references“.

According to IMDb, R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned was directed by Paul Leyden (Chick Fight) from a screenplay he wrote with Andrew Klein. Since the film was made in secrecy, a plot...

Few movies have been both as eagerly anticipated and as deeply troubled as "The Flash." Despite being one of DC's most popular superheroes, bringing the Scarlet Speedster to the big screen for a solo adventure has proven to be a major challenge -- and that's saying the very least of it. The attempts date way back to the '80s, when superstar comic book writer Jeph Loeb was developing a script for a film that would have focused on the character. Yet, at every turn, something has gone wrong and prevented an adaptation from seeing the light of day.

As it stands, Warner Bros. has a completed movie that stars Ezra Miller in the lead role as Barry Allen, with Andy Muschietti ("It") in the director's chair. To seal the deal, Michael Keaton is reprising his role as Batman. But Miller has had a string of concerning and highly public...

Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions has signed a three-year first-look deal with 20th Century Studios for feature-length films for consideration in theatrical and streaming, the studio announced Wednesday.

“We are thrilled to be working with Jessica, Will, and the rest of the team at Gloria Sanchez,” Steve Asbell, president of 20th Century Studios, said in a statement. “They bring an incredible depth of experience making smart, hilarious films and their passion for fresh filmmaking voices aligns perfectly with our vision here at 20th.”

“We’re beyond excited to have found a home in 20th Century Studios and to be working with an incredible team who fundamentally believes in what we’re doing at Gloria Sanchez,” Ferrell and Elbaum added. “They share our creative vision and we can’t wait to work together to bring fresh stories to screens big and small. We’re already planning a...

20th Century Studios has signed a three-year first-look deal with Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions for feature-length movies in the theatrical and streaming space.

“We are thrilled to be working with Jessica, Will, and the rest of the team at Gloria Sanchez. They bring an incredible depth of experience making smart, hilarious films and their passion for fresh filmmaking voices aligns perfectly with our vision here at 20th,” 20th Century Studios president Steve Asbell said Wednesday.

Said Elbaum and Ferrell: “We’re beyond excited to have found a home in 20th Century Studios and to be working with an incredible team who fundamentally believes in what we’re doing at Gloria Sanchez. They share our creative vision and we can’t wait to work together to bring fresh stories to screens big and small. We’re already planning a six-month company retreat in the Cayman Islands.

It seems Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn aren’t quite ready to renew their vows.

Despite several reports that Wilson, Vaughn, Isla Fisher and Rachel McAdams are all on board to make a sequel to the 2005 hit comedy “Wedding Crashers” for HBO Max and will start up production this summer, Wilson tells Variety that progress on a sequel is still very much in the early planning stages.

“Some people are saying that you guys are going to be going in August, and that’s not right,” Wilson told Variety in an interview about his upcoming Marvel Studios series “Loki” for Disney Plus.

Instead, Wilson says that director David Dobkin “has been working on something,” and that he has been “talking with Vince” — but progress on the project has not progressed much farther than that.

This is far from the first time there’s been talk of a “Wedding Crashers” sequel.

While no news has been made official, there seem to be some hints that Wedding Crashers 2 is actually slated to start production this August in Puerto Rico. The news comes from a newly revealed production listing. The production listing states that Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Isla Fisher, and Rachel McAdams are slated to return while the original director, David Dobkin, is also…...

Maroon 5 have announced that they’ll be releasing their latest studio album, Jordi, on June 11th via 222/Interscope.

The album is named after the band’s late manager Jordan Feldstein, who died in 2017 from a heart attack. Maroon 5 has made several tributes to Feldstein in subsequent years, including the standalone single “Memories” in 2019. “Memories” will be featured on Jordi, along with the band’s latest single “Beautiful Mistakes” featuring Megan Thee Stallion. The album is available for pre-order as of Thursday.

On June 4th, a week before the album’s release day,...

Iceland’s big bid for an Academy Award this year is the show-stopping, soaring ballad “Husavik (My Hometown)” from the Netflix movie “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.” Written by Fat Max Gsus, Rickard Göransson, and Savan Kotecha, the track is up for Best Original Song at the Oscars, and Swedish pop star Molly Sandén got the chance to belt it out during a glorious pre-taped performance that took place in the real town of Husavik. While the performance aired during the Academy Awards pre-show, you can watch it below.

In the lead-up to the Academy Awards, Icelanders have rallied behind the song from the spoofy comedy starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams. Husavik, a town of just about 2,300 people, began staging a grassroots Oscar campaign earlier this year.

“It’s such a beautiful song about our town,” Örlygur Örlygsson, a local entrepreneur spearheading the campaign, told the Associated Press.

Usually, the Oscar nominations for Best Original Song are pretty predictable: There’s almost always a Disney torch song, a pop star trying to break the mold, and a tune by Diane Warren, who has been nominated 12 times now with no wins so far. But this year, among songs by H.E.R., Leslie Odom Jr., and, of course, Diane Warren, there’s a surprise contender: “Húsavík (My Hometown),” a schmaltzy Europop parody sung in faux-Icelandic accents by Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams in the Netflix comedy, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.

George C Wolfe’s Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at The Paris Theatre Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Netflix is going all out, promoting the 17 films that have a total of 36 Oscar nominations this weekend, by screening them to the public at The Paris Theatre in New York. David Fincher’s Mank, George C Wolfe’s Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy, Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces Of A Woman (Actress Vanessa Kirby), Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger (Adapted Screenplay Ramin Bahrani) Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods (Original Score Terence Blanchard), George Clooney’s The Midnight Sky (Visual Effects), David Dobkin's Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga (Original Song), and Edoardo Ponti’s [film]The...

The Swedish Mafia is coming to the Oscars. No, we don’t mean the euro house supergroup Swedish House Mafia, we’re talking about songwriters and producers, Rickard Göransson, Savan Kotecha and Fat Max Gsus. The trio is part of a group of Swedish or Swedish-adjacent musicians who have collaborated on some of the biggest pop hits over the past decade. Now, they are slightly unexpected nominees in the Best Original Song category for “Husavik (My Hometown)” from the Netflix comedy “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.”

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The trio’s credits include Ariana Grande’s “God is a Woman,” The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face,” Britney Spears “I Wanna Go” and Demi Lovato’s “Cool For The Summer,” among many others, but the opportunity to write for the David Dobkin film...

“Resident Alien” has been renewed for Season 2 at Syfy.

The news comes ahead of the first season finale, which is set to air on March 31. Based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name by Peter Hogan and Stephen Parkhouse, “Resident Alien’ follows Harry (Alan Tudyk), an alien that crash lands on Earth and passes himself off as a small-town human doctor. Arriving with a secret mission to kill all humans, Harry starts off living a simple life, but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world.

“With ‘Resident Alien,’ everything just came together in perfect harmony – a script by Chris Sheridan that leapt off the page, a lead performance by Alan Tudyk, whose nuance between comedy and menace was pitch perfect, and a team of producers, cast and crew who were all striving to do something great,...

Welcome (back) to Earth: Syfy has renewed “Resident Alien” for a second season.

Based on the Dark Horse comic from Peter Hogan and Stephen Parkhouse, “Resident Alien” follows Harry, an alien played by Alan Tudyk, who crash lands on Earth and passes himself off as a small-town human doctor, according to the drama’s logline. Arriving with a secret mission to kill all humans, Harry starts off living a simple life … but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does so, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

We have the same questions, Harry.

“Resident Alien” was the most-watched new cable drama of 2020 and Syfy...

Ahead of the Season 1 finale, Syfy has renewed its hit dramedy Resident Alien starring Alan Tudyk for a second season.

Resident Alien is about to wrap its first season as the most-watched new cable drama in the last year in total viewers and No. 2 in the adults 18-49 demographic. It’s also Syfy’s highest-rated new drama in more than six years in total viewers and earns the second-biggest time-shifting gain for any cable drama in the last year in total viewers, according to Nielsen.

The January 27 series premiere has drawn 9.3 million viewers across all platforms and NBCUniversal networks. The cross-platform launch strategy to leverage the power of NBCU’s entertainment portfolio was emphasized by Frances Berwick, Chairman, Entertainment Networks, when she first took the job last fall. In Live+3, the following week’s episode saw an increase of 581,000 viewers, the biggest jump for a cable drama launch since 2014, according to the network and Nielsen.

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Updated: Mar. 4, 2021

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When the Will Ferrell-Rachel McAdams comedy “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga” hit Netflix last year, it garnered a lot of fans. Among those are the residents of Húsavík, the small fishing village in Iceland with 2,300 residents, where the film is set. And they couldn’t be more thrilled that the song from the film, also called “Húsavík,” has made the shortlist for the Oscars. An ode to town itself and the universal love for hometowns, it features lyrics like, “Where the northern lights burst out in colors / And the magic nights surpass all others.”

Now the town has created their own campaign for the song here and produced a video extolling the virtues of “the most beautiful town in the world.” Resident Óskar Óskarsson (actor Sigurður Illugason) takes us through the town, even stopping to make an offering for the elves, and shows how excited...

When it comes to comic songs at the Oscars, writing a tune with a satirical edge has generally not been the key to the Academy music branch’s heart. For the most part, the only ostensibly funny numbers to get nominated are from family films, like “Man or Muppet,” a rare winner, from 2011’s “The Muppets.” Narrowing it down to musical wit aimed at adults, in films populated entirely by humans, the contenders have been fewer, although there have been famous examples, like “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” two years ago or, infamously, “Blame Canada” in 1999.

Rare as the phenom is, 2020 brought some superior satirical numbers that stand a decent chance of being nominated, including “Husavik (My Hometown),” the song sung by Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrell’s Icelandic characters in “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.” The closest...