If you needed to hire a professional party crasher, somebody to intentionally ruin the vibes,Cillian Murphyis not the first person you’d call. Filmmakers and audiences alike have long fallen for him, thanks largely tohow much he can put you at ease, and he just seems like a chill guy. Even when he’s been an outright villain, like intheDark KnighttrilogyorRed Eye, his ability to maintain a serene composure is a calling card that dupes both the characters and the audience....

Proving that animated films can still “bite,” given the lackluster performance of Pixar’sLightyear, the Warner Bros. animated filmDC League of Super-Petsperforms impressively for an original work of animation in today’s market, earning over $23 million domestically in North America from 4,315 theaters and over $18 million internationally during its projected opening weekend, meeting the estimated $23 million earnings with $2.2 million in revenue from Thursday preview. It also garnered a worldwide earning of $41....

Alreadyrenewed for a second season, Apple TV+’sFoundationalready has come to a close. In a season spanning over a hundred years, we get the first glimpse into the gradual fall of the Galatic Empire (in a future where Earth is merely folklore). Whiletheseriesstrays from the source material and takes liberties with its adaptation, it still looks at the predictive behavior of society, but through a more individual lens, and a mother-daughter and father-son relationship....

In case you haven’t noticed, awards season is in full swing. I’ve been rolling out my early Oscar predictions all week, and today the nominations were announced for the 27th Annual IFP Gotham Awards, which kicks off awards season each year by honoring the very best in independent filmmaking. The Gotham Awards are also where some smaller movies can get a boost in profile right before the bevy of awards ceremonies begin, and somewhat surprisingly today’s Gotham nominations are led by a movie that came out in January:Get Out....

Andrew Rannellsrecently told Collider that his first real on-screen TV appearance wasplaying a headless stripper in a 2002 episode ofSex and the City. But while it wasn’t a pleasant experience for theBlack Mondaystar, it came with a bit of karmic justice: 10 years later, Rannells shot his firstrealTV role on the exact same soundstage in Long Island City, also for an HBO show — the breakout character of Elijah Krantz inGirls....

Reader beware you’re in for a scare! Disney+ has just picked up a new live-actionGoosebumpsseries, based on the series of children’s horror byR.L. Stine, per a report fromVariety. The series, which wasreportedto be in the works back in April 2020, has been given a ten-episode order by the streamer. The brand-new series will reportedly be about a group of high school students who accidentally unleash a number of dangerous supernatural forces and must learn to work together to stop it and save their families, friends, and their town....

From the limitless imagination of master storytellerGuillermo del Toro, the DreamWorks Animation seriesTrollhuntersis a heroic tale that is thrilling for the entire family, as it follows an ordinary teenager named Jim (voiced by the lateAnton Yelchin), who has stumbled upon a mystical amulet and inadvertently discovers an extraordinary secret civilization of trolls beneath his small town of Arcadia. The first human ever to hold the honor, 15-year-old Jim, along with his closest human friends and a few key troll allies, have joined the ancient battle of good and evil that has gone on for centuries and now threatens all of mankind and troll-kind alike....

One ofGuy Ritchie’s most intriguing future projects just added two new stars to its cast. A new report fromDeadlinerevealed thatJoseph FiennesandNatascha McElhonewill play Silas and Cordelia Holmes, the parents of Sherlock, respectively, in the upcomingYoung Sherlockseries. The series was announced several weeks ago when it was revealed thatHero Fiennes Tiffinwould play the young detective, withMatthew Parkhillserving as the writer, showrunner, and executive producer. The series will be based on the line of books titledYoung Sherlock HolmesbyAndy Lane, which are subsidiaries of the original novels by legendary authorArthur Conan Doyle....

According to Belloni, who spoke with unnamed sources, Netflix saved the show after seeing the streaming numbers for the first two seasons when they left Hulu and ended up on the platform. From there, Netflix made a better offer for the final season and has reportedly given the series a 20 episode final season with a budget of $4 to $5 million an episode, including raises for the actors. RELATED:‘Manifest’ Gets More Runway as Netflix Orders 20 New Episodes for Final Season...

If you or someone you know is a cinephile, the Criterion Collection has just announced the perfect Christmas present. While Criterion is a terrific resource for restored versions of older films or pristine presentations of newer films packed with a bounty of bonus features, they’re now going all in on the filmography of legendary filmmakerIngmar Bergman. Releasing on November 20th of this year isIngmar Bergman’s Cinema, a 39-film Blu-ray collection that serves as the most comprehensive collection of Bergman’s work ever released on home video....

Paramount Pictures and MTV Entertainment studios have just dropped the title card and some first look images for the upcomingJackassreunion movie,Jackass Forever. The announcement was madevia the franchise’s Twitter account. The new title card for the movie is featured in the tweet, along with a caption that reads: “We’re back! A bit older and a lot grayer, but definitely not the wiser. Catch the #JackassForever trailer debut online Tuesday, July 20, follow our new Instagram account, and we’ll see y’all on October 22....

FilmmakerJames Grayhas been expanding in scope over the last few years, from the brilliant and haunting period storyThe Immigrantto the adventure-tinged drama ofThe Lost City of Z, but back in February word came that Gray was gearing up to expand his horizons considerably by going full sci-fi. Gray co-wrote a film calledAd AstrawithEthan Rossthat revolves around a slightly autistic engineer whose father left 20 years ago on a one-way mission to Neptune to find signs of extra-terrestrial intelligence....

As we previously reported,Dame Judi Denchhas not seen the filmCats, a film she stars in. We can’t exactly blame her; it’s a film notorious for its baffling what-the-fuckery, a camp classic that confounds the mind with the sheer nonsense and total commitment to mind-melting insanity. I’m going to watch it once a year, is what I’m saying – especially now that I know Dench’s comments on her kitty-cat costume. In an at-home interview withVogue, Dench lit up upon the mention ofCats....