Author: Mary Anne Butler

There are some days news of a film is just so good, we can’t wait to tell you about it. Like this particular indie film coming from director Barry Levinson- “Francis and The Godfather.” Chronicling the oftentimes chaotic making-of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece film “The Godfather,” this tale looks to shed more light on just how difficult the situation was. Oscar Isaac has been tapped to play Coppola, which means he’ll be keeping the Duke Leto Atreides beard from “Dune,” right? Jake Gyllenhaal will play former Paramount executive and producer Robert Evans, who passed away in 2019. Evans brought Coppola to…

Yet-another Stephen King adaptation is on the way, and it’s one we haven’t gotten a new take on in awhile. The last time we saw “Firestarter,” it was the original 1984 film starring Drew Barrymore as Charlene “Charlie” McGee.Just a little bit ago, word came from the usual suspects that Zac Efron has been tapped to play Charlie’s father, Andy McGee. “Firestarter,” coming from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse, will be directed by Keith Thomas (“The Vigil”) from a script by Scott Teems (“Halloween Kills”). Jason Blum of Blumhouse and Akiva Goldsman are producing. Martha De Laurentiis in on board to…

We are delighted to report that “Borat: Gift of Pornographic Monkey to Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence to Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation of Kazakhstan” has found a home at Amazon, and will premiere right before Election Day 2020 in the USA.The sequel, directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, secretly filmed earlier this year, and completed production just a month ago. This news comes from Deadline.

If you’re someone who grew up in the 90s, chances are you wanted (or managed to get) Power Rangers action figures for birthdays or holidays. The “Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers” toys followed in the footsteps of such hot ticket items as Cabbage Patch Dolls, Beanie Babies, and Furbys (right around the same time, actually). We have distinct memories of people lining up at places like KayBee Toys and Toys R Us to try and find these zord-drivin’ figures.Luckily for you fans, Hasbro is bringing one of the classic Power Ranger action figure releases back for a limited time to WalMart…

It’s almost spooky season, and that means Blumhouse FINALLY released a trailer for their upcoming revisit of 90’s Gothy witchy classic, “The Craft.” Originally announced as a “reboot,” “The Craft: Legacy” definitely looks more like a sequel than anything else. Zoe Lister-Jones directs this new take for Blumhouse, starring Cailee Spaeny, Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna, Nicholas Galitzine, with Michelle Monaghan and David Duchovny.”The Craft: Legacy” will release on PVOD on October 28th, 2020. Prices are 48-hour rental period at a suggested retail price of $19.99, and for premium digital purchase at a suggested retail price of $24.99. Details are expected to be…

This [literally] just in-Walt Disney Studios is definitely moving forward with a second live-action (yeah, we know, their words, not ours) “The Lion King” film. This time, Oscar winner Barry Jenkins (“Moonlight,” “If Beale Street Could Talk”) will be directing instead of Jon Favreau. “Helping my sister raise two young boys during the ’90s, I grew up with these characters,” Jenkins said in a statement about the news. “Having the opportunity to work with Disney on expanding this magnificent tale of friendship, love and legacy while furthering my work chronicling the lives and souls of folk within the African diaspora…

We can’t get over this incredibly detailed Rancor prop replica coming from Regal Robot. Seriously. She’s just beautiful and disgusting and spectacular. And- with a super limited release of only 83 pieces signed by the legendary Phil Tippett, she’ll go fast. Perhaps you’ll best remember the creature from 1983’s “Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi” chained in the basement of Jabba’s Palace on Tatooine. Poor Oola. Here’s what Regal Robot has to say: Regal Robot is proud to unveil this FIRST LOOK at our incredible Rancor Prop Replica!  This extremely limited edition of just 83 pieces was created with…

From the voice of “Guardians of the Galaxy” character Groot to Dom Toretto in the “Fast and Furious” franchise….we’re not sure how we feel about the notion of Vin Diesel recording dance tracks, but that’s exactly what he’s done.Diesel stopped by “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to debut the single, “Feel Like I Do.”No, sadly, this isn’t a Peter Frampton cover. You can watch the performance here.

So what if the stars align and we get a sequel for “Ready Player One” (the movie)?! We know that Ernie Cline’s sequel novel, “Ready Player Two,” is due out in November of 2020, so….wouldn’t a Warner Bros. Pictures followup film make sense? “Ready Player One” star Tye Sheridan hopes so. “I’ve had people asking me questions about, you know, a Ready Player Two. You know, ‘Is there going to be sequel?’ And I think everybody’s well aware that Ernie Cline is releasing a Ready Player Two, the novel. You know, but people keep asking me and I would love to have…

Just over this past weekend, Hasbro held their first official PulseCon (virtually), as a way to showcase all the upcoming releases the Hasbro Pulse line has in store. One of the standouts- of which there were MANY, don’t worry- was this incredible electronic version of Thor’s Stormbreaker axe from “Avengers: Endgame.” MARVEL LEGENDS SERIES AVENGERS: ENDGAME MARVEL’S STORMBREAKER ELECTRONIC AXE GEAR UP LIKE THOR: When fans and collectors wield Marvel’s Stormbreaker Electronic Axe, they can imagine the adventures of the Asgardian Thor, son of OdinELECTRONIC BATTLE AXE WITH SOUND FX: Fans and collectors alike can imagine charging into battle with…