Author: Mary Anne Butler

Dane Cook, comedian, actor, fan- has organized a live read that’ll no doubt have fans of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” excited. Announced just this morning, Cook has brought together Sean Penn, Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey, Henry Golding, and ShiaLaBeouf to take part in a live event to benefit. There will even be a special introduction from the film’s director by Amy Heckerling and writter by Cameron Crowe. The “Feelin’ Alive” live read will benefit the emergency relief nonprofit CORE, the humanitarian organization co-founded by Penn and CEO Ann Lee. CORE is currently entrenched in the COVID-19 battle, providing testing and relief services…

We are so so thrilled to report that we ARE getting a “Star Wars” holiday special on Disney+, and it’ll be brick-tacular! Celebrate Life Day with your favorite minifigs from that galaxy far, far away this holiday season only on Disney+. Star Wars.com says: It’s the most wonderful time of the year on Kashyyyk, and LEGO Star Wars fans are invited to journey back to Chewbacca’s homeworld for a Wookiee-sized celebration of the galaxy’s most cheerful and magical holiday — Life Day!This November, The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, — which premieres on Life Day, November 17, 2020 on Disney+, — will reunite Rey,…

If you are a fan of Blumhouse and their brand of modern horror, do we have some good news for you! Amazon has partnered with Jason Blum’s production company to bring us 8 brand new films over the next year, with the first 4 hitting this October! Welcome to the Blumhouse This poster is for the first 4 films, which we’ve got some details for: “The Lie” When their teenaged daughter confesses to impulsively killing her best friend, two desperate parents attempt to cover up the horrific crime, leading them into a complicated web of lies and deception.” The Lie stars Mireille…

This just in- amid WarnerMedia’s HUGE restructuring, more possible news that parent company AT&T is looking to unload parts of the media empire that aren’t quite cutting it under their business model.A report from The Information states that AT&T is courting Sony to possibly purchase CrunchyRoll for upwards of $1.5 billion. The outlet says three people close to the situation have confirmed this to them. They also say that Sony reportedly “balked at” the $1.5 billion price for the anime streaming service.  At present, there has been no statements from any of the companies involved. We’ll keep you updated.

What a crazy ride it’s been for Marvel Television Studios’ key series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Launching the secondary storytelling arm of Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson at the helm was a brilliant decision, and one we’re sad to see coming to an end. Originally announced back in October of 2012, the tv offshoot of the “Avengers” films has enjoyed 7 wonderful seasons on ABC, which culminates in the series finale that airs tonight, Wednesday August 12th, 2020. We wanted to share some of the images, videos and memories the cast and…

We are so pleased to report that a brand-new animated series based on “Harriet The Spy” is headed to Apple TV+, with some of our favorite actors involved.Announced just a little bit ago, Emmy nominee Beanie Feldstein will be voicing the titular character Harriett, and will be joined by Jane Lynch and Lacey Chabert. Lynch will be playing the Harriet’s nanny Ole Golly, and Chabert will be the school’s popular girl Marion Hawthorne. Will McRobb, who co-created “The Adventures of Pete & Pete,” will write the animated series, which is based on Louise Fitzhugh’s original 1964 children’s book about the…

“Avatar The Last Airbender” Original Creative Team Leave Netflix Live-Action Show. DiMartino and Konietzko have exited the project, citing creative differences.

We are SO EXCITED to share the news that AMC has officially announced a second season of filmmaker and horror auteur Eli Roth’s fabulous documentary series “History of Horror,” and it’s coming THIS year. Fans will be treated to a second season consisting of 6 episodes, wherein “monsters, evil children, witches, body horror, houses of hell and ‘Eli’s Terrifying Twelve'” will be covered by host Roth himself, as well as several notable guests. Roth teased a bit in a statement released when the news broke: “What’s most exciting about this show is that the fans get to understand these films…

We say “finally,” and that’s because way back in 2018 during a San Diego Comic Con panel about of all things “The Orville,” we were privy to a bit of information about a revisit of “Clive Barker’s Books of Blood.” At the time, the information came DIRECTLY from Brannon Braga, who was kind enough to tell us (well, namely me due to our previous interviews) that a brand new project was coming from the dripping bloody pages of Clive Barker.It was a news tip I handed to my then-outlet Bleeding Cool, and we were the first to report on it.…

Coming as no surprise, New York Comic Con is the latest of the annual pop culture gatherings to scrap their in-person event for a virtual experience. Announced just a little bit ago, the convention that invades New York’s Javits Convention Center has officially made the call to cancel this year’s in-person event. ReedPOP, parent company who also helm several other notable fan conventions across the globe, is reportedly teaming up with YouTube to bring panels and the like to fans virtually. During a chat with ComicBook.com back in April during the early days of the pandemic, ReedPOP VP and Event…