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DC Studios started working on a Sgt. Rock movie in November 2024, with Luca Guadagnino as the director and Daniel Craig originally set to star. The film is based on the DC Comics character created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, who first appeared in Our Army at War in 1959.

Sgt. Franklin John Rock is a highly skilled World War II soldier known for his sharpshooting and grenade-throwing abilities. The character recently appeared in the Dcu animated series Creature Commandos, voiced by Maury Sterling.

Soon after the announcement, it’s been rumored that Daniel Craig passed on the role but Peter Safran and James Gunn clarified that Craig was never officially involved. He explained that Craig’s name was considered because he had worked with director Luca Guadagnino on Queer, but no meetings ever took place.

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DC Studios started working on a Sgt. Rock movie in November 2024, with Luca Guadagnino as the director and Daniel Craig originally set to star. The film is based on the DC Comics character created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, who first appeared in Our Army at War in 1959.

Sgt. Franklin John Rock is a highly skilled World War II soldier known for his sharpshooting and grenade-throwing abilities. The character recently appeared in the Dcu animated series Creature Commandos, voiced by Maury Sterling.

Soon after the announcement, it’s been rumored that Daniel Craig passed on the role but Peter Safran and James Gunn clarified that Craig was never officially involved. He explained that Craig’s name was considered because he had worked with director Luca Guadagnino on Queer, but no meetings ever took place. Gunn also noted that Sgt. Rock was never officially announced.

Safran and Gunn didn’t...

It's official: a Teen Titans movie for the DC Universe is in the works. DC Studios co-CEOs Peter Safran and James Gunn confirmed that Ana Nogueira is writing a Teen Titans movie during a recent press event for the studio.

Per Variety, Safran let slip that reports of a Teen Titans movie were true after a reporter asked about the status of Nogueira's screenplay. "The script’s not ready yet. I mean, I think we said that Ana Nogueira is writing it," the DC head said, leading Gunn to remark, "We haven’t said that." The back-and-forth exchange continued with Safran stating, "No, I think it was out there," with Gunn replying, "It’s out there," implying that DC Studios had never officially confirmed the reports until now. "It was something that Ana was really impassioned about, and she turned over an amazing script for us," said Gunn about how the project came to be.

DC Studios has confirmed that a Sgt. Rock movie is in the works for the DC Universe. The confirmation came after studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran were asked about Daniel Craig's departure from the World War II movie.

Per Variety, Gunn and Safran recently held a press event for DC Studios' upcoming film and television slate. When the topic of Craig exiting Sgt. Rock came up; Safran clarified that the James Bond actor "was never attached" to the movie, so he couldn't have dropped out. The DC head went on to explain that the actor had merely been floated as a possible candidate for the role due to having just appeared in Sgt. Rock director Luca Guadagnino's previous film, Queer. "But, you know, we never met with Daniel. He was just an idea," Safran said, with Gunn adding, "Well, we never really even announced Sgt. Rock.

For many, Daniel Craig is the ultimate James Bond—a suave, tough, and incredibly skilled spy who captivated audiences for over a decade. After saying goodbye to the iconic role in 2021, Craig has been exploring a variety of projects, showing off his versatility as an actor. One of his more unexpected choices was the period romantic drama Queer (2024), which took a different turn from his action-packed past. But what really had fans buzzing recently was the news of Craig potentially stepping into the DC Universe.

The British actor was rumored to be joining forces with director Luca Guadagnino and screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes for Sgt. Rock, is an adaptation of the classic DC Comics character. Excitement was through the roof as fans imagined Craig trading in his sleek Bond persona for the rugged war hero.

Daniel Craig in the movie Skyfall | Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing

However, that excitement was short-lived. Craig has...

James Bond actor Daniel Craig was set to make his debut in a DC Studios project, marking a first for the accomplished actor, but that's no longer the case. Now, he will become the latest of several action stars to miss out on playing the iconic DC Comics character Sgt. Rock.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Craig has exited Sgt. Rock, a feature film in development at DC Studios based on the war hero made popular by DC Comics. Craig was set to play Sgt. Rock, and the casting would have reunited him with director Luca Guadagnino, with whom he worked with on the recent movie Queer. The Sgt. Rock film is written by Justin Kuritzkes, who also wrote Guadagnino's Queer and Challengers.

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Die Hard and Predator director John McTiernan explains how Arnold Schwarzenegger's unproduced Sgt. Rock movie was ruined by John Cleese.

DC Studios co-head James Gunn recently delved into the fate of Clayface in Creature Commandos. This comes after Creature Commandos star Indira Varma touched upon the Bride's Dcu future following the Season 1 finale.

Gunn brought this subject up over on Bluesky, professing to an inquiring fan, "The reports of Clayface's death have been greatly exaggerated. He is quite mushy though." Putting the spotlight on Creature Commandos itself, Warner Bros. Animation executive producer Rick Morales and EVP of special programming Peter Giarardi delved into how Creature Commandos balances its characters in October, with Girardi avowing at the time that there's "a lot of humor in this at the same time, and there's a lot of pathos," because one does get glimpses into who each of these characters are, going on to further note that once one does come around, it's very touching "in the same way The Guardians [of the Galaxy] was."

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Creature Commandos not only kicked off the Dcu in spectacular fashion with a new cast of great characters, but it also did an exceptional job establishing a lived-in fictional universe. In addition to the great cast of characters that made up the Creature Commandos, it also introduced teases for plenty of other DC characters on the horizon. Batman, Wonder Woman, and Sgt. Rock were just a few names teased in a seven-episode animated series. Yet, one DC character, or characters, that Creature Commandos teased might be fulfilling a planned DC adaptation that has been in development at Warner Bros. for over a decade. It actually predates the Dcu's predecessor, the Dceu's first entry, Man of Steel. The characters in question are the Metal Men.

The Metal Men might not be DC's most famous team of heroes, but like The Guardians of the Galaxy at Marvel, they certainly have big-screen potential.

In his first foray into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2013's Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn proved that a good soundtrack can be as crucial to a movie as any other element. The film's carefully selected array of '60s and '70s pop hits breathed new life into decades-old songs and provided a crucial piece of character for protagonist Peter Quill. He repeated the trick in the 2017 sequel and the 2023 threequel, proving that a good soundtrack isn't just about providing background music, but can speak to the inner lives of the characters and the world of the film.

Now, over a decade since debuting Peter Quill's "Awesome Mix," Gunn has brought that keen skill for needle drops to his new role as creative head of the Dcu. This is on full display in the Dcu's first official project, Max's animated series Creature Commandos, which features a rich playlist...

The DC Universe's first official release has only increased the pressure on James Gunn's Superman, but the film still has a lot going for it. James Gunn's Superman movie is set for release in July 2025 and marks the true beginning of the Dcu's overarching story. Superman is the first movie in the Dcu's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters and, as such, is looking to kickstart the franchise into an age of cinematic storytelling that has been absent from DC for a long while.

Superman's cast of characters is expected to establish the foundations of the franchise, but it is the film's writer and director that faces the most pressure. Gunn's Superman must achieve all of these elements to be deemed a success, all while performing well enough commercially to warrant the complete restart of the DC Universe. Now, the pressure on the upcoming DC movie has been...

Despite the debut season of Creature Commandos coming to an end, star Maria Bakalova revealed her anxieties about voice acting in the Max series. She portrayed the morally complex Princess Ilana Rostovic, the acting monarch of Pokolistan who Task Force M is sent to protect.

In an appearance on Collider Ladies Night, Bakalova stated:

"Kudos to all the voice actors out there. It's such a hard job to do. You basically only use your voice. We're privileged, to a degree, to be able to use physical appearance, to be able to walk in a different way, to talk in a different way, look at people in a different way with a camera when we're acting on a set. You use your eyes a lot of times, you use your hands a lot of times, you use your smile a lot of times. With voice acting, you basically only use your...

Creature Commandos has been an excellent start for James Gunn's Dcu. Throughout the series, viewers have been given a hint of a fully lived-in DC Universe with a rich history that stretches far beyond the story's events. It draws from real-world history and the rich legacy of DC Comics as a publishing institution, tapping into an important part of the superhero stories that sometimes get overlooked. Creature Commandos Episode 3, "Cheers to the Tin Man," explored the origin of the character G.I. Robot (Sean Gunn), a military android designed to kill Nazis who seemingly struggled following World War II.

The episode showed G.I. Robot's time-serving alongside Sgt. Rock and the boys of Easy Company, possibly setting up Luca Gugagino's Sgt. Rock feature film also shows a superhero fighting in World War II, a significant part of the early dawn of the superhero genre. With Creature Commandos also taking...

Quick Links Was Doctor Phosphorus the First Foe Batman Faced in the Dcu? It Can't Be Robert Pattinson in the Dcu The Dcu Batman Must Be in His Late 40's or Early 50's

There has been much talk about Batman's role in the Dcu recently. It seems like nobody can give a straight answer on whether Matt Reeves's version of Batman, played by Robert Pattinson, will remain in its own universe or folded into the wider Dcu, or if Andy Muschettit's announced Brave and the Bold Batman-led film is still in the works and if it was delayed or not. Creature Commandos provided two brief teases of Batman, one in a vision of the future where he and other Dcu heroes were killed, and another in a flashback for the villain Doctor Phosphorus.

The season finale of Creature Commandos had one line of dialogue that sheds a huge light...

Creature Commandos just wrapped up its first season on Max, marking the (sort of) first official entry in the new Dcu overseen by James Gunn. The seven-episode season offered everything fans could want from a Gunn-penned DC project, with plenty of over-the-top violence, smartass humor, and character development that humanized its inhuman antiheroes. So how did Gunn and the team wrap up the season, and where does the ending leave the characters?

Note: spoilers for Creature Commandos Episode 7, "A Very Funny Monster," below

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*Availability in US Release Date December 5, 2024Cast Indira Varma, Frank Grillo, Sean Gunn, Alan Tudyk, Zoe Chao, David Harbour, Viola Davis, Maria Bakalova, Peter Serafinowicz, Jake Tapper, Tony Cavalero, Anya Chalotra, Flula Borg, Michael Rooker, Robbie Daymond, Keith Ferguson, Piotr Michael, Derek Phillips,...

Editor's Note: The following contains minor spoilers for 'Creature Commandos' Episode 3 "Cheers to the Tin Man."Creature Commandos is proving to be both an incredibly entertaining show and a solid foundation for DC Studios' new slate of projects. The James Gunn-penned series not only introduces viewers to a new set of characters in Task Force M, but it also features connections to other parts of the DC Universe. Creature Commandos builds on the events of The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, while its antagonist Circe (Anya Chalotra) is best known as one of Wonder Woman's fiercest foes. That continues with this week's episode, "Cheers to the Tin Man," which focuses on the origins of G.I. Robot (Sean Gunn). In addition to introducing Will Magnus, the creator of the Metal Men, "Cheers to the Tin Man" also flashes back to G.I. Robot's days in World War II, where...

In this week's episode of Creature Commandos (you can read our full recap here), we learned that G.I. Robot served alongside Sgt. Rock and Easy Company during World War II.

Challengers director Luca Guadagnino is expected to helm a Sgt. Rock movie starring Daniel Craig, though Maury Sterling (Homeland) lends his voice to the character in this animated series. While DC Studios plans to have the same actors take on their respective roles across animation and live-action, that only applies to major parts and leaves the door open to Craig, for example, taking over in a feature.

In a new interview, Creature Commandos showrunner Dean Lorey explained why he wanted Easy Company to make an appearance in the show.

"One of the reasons we wanted to include them is because it's one of G.I. Robot's most favourite memories," he said. "When he's asked who his friends are, it's the boys from Easy Company.

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Creature Commandos episode 3.

Creature Commandos is the premiere show in the Dcu, and by episode 3, it's already introducing strong characters that could be perfect for future projects, with one that would be perfect for Daniel Craig. Back in 2022, the Dceu announced a total overhaul with James Gunn and Peter Safran stepping in to take over and lead the newly formed DC Studios in a whole new direction. As a result, the Dcu was born, and several projects were announced early on, including the upcoming Superman movie, a Batman movie, and Creature Commandos.

Creature Commandos was a standout in the lineup of announced projects, because the characters are considerably more obscure than most other projects that were included in the lineup. However, now that Creature Commandos is available to stream, the show is beginning to build out the DC Universe in detail, with characters and...

The third episode of Creature Commandos reveals G.I. Robot's origin story by taking us back to World War II. Joining Easy Company, he saves the day by gunning down countless Nazis much to the delight of his fellow soldiers.

Sgt. Rock and his men hail G.I. Robot as a hero and it's clear he feels accepted. However, once the war concludes, he's paraded on television and the results...well, given his desperate need to kill Nazis, let's just say he's not exactly suited to being a celebrity!

Unable to become the mascot the U.S. Army wants, G.I. Robot falls into the hands of Metal Men creator Dr. William Magnus (Alan Tudyk). He takes the former soldier apart and mentions adding some upgrades, but seems cold towards G.I. and keen to study him for other endeavours (you can probably guess what those are).

Years later, a deactivated G.

In 2013, writer/director James Ward Byrkit debuted his mind-bending science fiction thriller Coherence, the ultra low-budget film that was shot over the course of five days, and has since gone on to become a beloved cult favorite. Dealing with themes of reality, regret, and free will, its one of those movies that you can watch over and over again, and find something new with each viewing. After more than a decade, a sequel was finally announced back in May, and we caught up with Byrkit to discuss what thats going to look like for the fans who have been eagerly anticipating what comes next.

In an interview with MovieWeb earlier this week, we spoke at length with Byrkit about his phenomenal new series, Shatter Belt, before the conversation turned to Coherence, and the unique way it was filmed. While traditional movies have a script to go off of, such wasnt the case with the 2013 classic,...

The Platform 2's storyline is unique in more ways than one, but viewers looking for something similar still have a wide range of thrillers to choose from. Serving as a prequel to Netflix's The Platform, The Platform 2 unfolds in a vertical prison system like its predecessor. The primary driving force behind the movie's narrative is a floating platform that lowers down from one level of the prison to another, carrying food for the inmates. However, when some prisoners from the upper levels act selfishly and eat way more than they deserve, an intense power struggle ensues in the system.

In many ways, The Platform 2 serves as a solid allegory for both trickle-down economics and the downsides of communism. At the same time, with its character beats, the movie also dabbles with other relatable themes surrounding grief, identity, morality, and acceptance of one's past. While both The Platform...

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It’s What’s Inside is a sci-fi comedy horror film written and directed by Greg Jardin. The Netflix film revolves around a group of college friends who reunite before one of them gets married but the arrival of an uninvited guest with a mysterious suitcase starts to tear the group apart. It’s What’s Inside stars Alycia Debnam-Carey, Gavin Leatherwood, James Morosini, Reina Hardesty, David W. Thompson, Madison Davenport, Nina Bloomgarden, Hailee Keanna Lautenbach, and Brittany O’Grady. So, if you loved the thrilling suspense, compelling characters, and an intensely dramatic story with a tinge of comedy in It’s What’s Inside here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Talk To Me is a supernatural horror thriller film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou from a screenplay...

2013's Coherence ranks as the most popular movie on AVOD following the announcement that a follow-up movie is coming. The sci-fi film was made on a budget of $50,000 and was well-reviewed by critics. It went on to develop a cult following in the years after its release. No plot details have been released about Coherence 2, but it will feature the return of original director James Ward Byrkit.

Coherence tops a new AVOD chart for the month of May. Released in 2013, Coherence marks director James Ward Byrkit's feature film debut and follows a group of friends at a dinner party who start to experience various strange phenomena as a comet passes overhead. The sci-fi mystery film, which earned mostly positive reviews from critics, was made on an estimated budget of $50,000 and went on to earn just under $140,000 at the box office. After developing a cult following, it was recently announced that...

Exclusive: Kiana Madeira (Fear Street trilogy) is making her first leap into producing as executive producer and star of Baby Love, an indie fighter drama marking the feature debut of writer-director Joseph Marconi.

Others set to star include Marielle Scott (Lady Bird), Homeland‘s Maury Sterling and Amy Hargreaves, Blake Lindsley (9-1-1) and Irene Bedard (Avatar: The Last Airbender).

The film centers on Rhiannon “Baby Love” Mitchell (Madeira), an Mma fighter on the brink of self-destruction who battles through underground fight circuits, facing physical and emotional turmoil. When a series of concussions threaten her career, she is forced into an unconventional equine therapy program. Skeptical and defiant, she gradually bonds with the horses and the program’s patients, rediscovering her inner strength and confronting her past. As she heals, she must decide whether to return to the ring or forge a new path.

Lysette Urus (As We Speak) and...

Spoilers ahead for "Coherence."

There are movies often cited as being confusing or mind-melting, like "Inception" or "Memento," which really aren't that complicated. Then there's something like "Primer," which requires detailed diagrams and hours-long YouTube explainers to begin to unravel its web of twists and turns. Sitting happily in the middle is James Ward Byrkit's "Coherence," one of the best sci-fi films of the past decade and a movie that is complex and mild-melting yet not so complex that it's hard to follow.

The film begins with an alluring premise of four couples meeting at a friend's house for dinner on the night a comet is passing by the Earth. While they all have messy relationships to navigate, the comet causes quantum decoherence, creating split realities and allowing the guests' alternate selves to intrude into their reality, and vice-versa. It's a concept that allows for plenty of twists while also allowing for simplicity,...

This post contains spoilers for "Coherence."

One night, during the passing of Miller's comet, reality ends up branching into little dimensions. This inexplicable phenomenon creates various versions of eight friends, whose interconnected lives are altered forever with the haphazard merging of these pocket-realities. Before long, chaos descends: car windows are smashed and ominous notes wind up near the front door, all while the confused group desperately attempts to hold on to their identities. While these events form the core of James Ward Byrkit's mind-bogglingly brilliant "Coherence," the film's ending makes it clear that this is a story about one specific person in the group: Emily (Emily Foxler). After Emily goes through the harrowing experience of wandering through every pocket-reality towards the end, she stumbles upon one where she can finally be happy. However, this chain of actions demands a heavy price.

The catalyst for the confusing events in "Coherence" is a power cut,...

A decade ago, director James Ward Byrkit brought us a surreal, Twilight Zone-ish sci-fi thriller called Coherence (watch it Here), which JoBlo’s own Eric Walkuski gave an 8/10 review you can read at This Link. Now Deadline has revealed that Byrkit and It’s What’s Inside producer Kate Andrews are teaming up to develop a follow-up of some sort to Coherence! As Deadline notes, “Plot details are being kept under lock and key — including whether the new film will be a prequel, sequel, or a different story entirely.”

Byrkit crafted the story for the first film with Alex Manugian, coming up with the following set-up: Eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of events due to the malevolent influence of a passing comet.

Coherence starred Emily Foxler, who now goes by Emily Baldoni (Five Feet Apart), Maury Sterling (Smokin’ Aces), Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Seeking a Friend for the End of the World...

On "Star Trek: Enterprise," the character of Ensign Hoshi Sato, played by actress Linda Park, served as the communications officer on board the titular ship. "Enterprise" takes place a century before the events of the original "Star Trek" series, so the franchise's notorious universal translator hadn't yet been refined, leaving human translators like Hoshi to fill in the gaps. Hoshi had a talent for xenolinguistics, but didn't quite have the constitution for long-range space missions or combat situations. She was young and inexperienced, and had to constantly face her anxieties head-on. As the show progressed, Hoshi came into her own, displaying more and more confidence. 

The problem with characters that can be defined as "young and inexperienced" is that eventually they will have to become adult and experienced. They will then require other character traits to define them ... and TV writers don't always think that far ahead. Many of the...

Exclusive: Director James Ward Byrkit and producer Kate Andrews (It’s What’s Inside) are developing a feature follow-up to Coherence, the sci-fi thriller co-written, directed and executive produced by Byrkit, which has garnered a cult following since its release to critical acclaim in 2013.

Plot details are being kept under lock and key — including whether the new film will be a prequel, sequel, or a different story entirely. Byrkit will be at the helm as director and will also pen the script with his co-story writing partner Alex Manugian from the original film. Andrews will produce under her Boldly Go Productions following the sale of her first film It’s What’s Inside to Netflix for a festival high $17 million at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, on which we were first to report.

Stephen Belden will exec produce the new film under his Death Wish Entertainment banner.

Starring Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon and more,...

The other night, I had a hankering to watch a good high-concept movie I'd never seen before. I saw 2014's "Coherence" on a few lists, and being almost wholly unfamiliar with it, I decided to fire it up and give it a shot. Thankfully, this film gave me exactly what I was looking for.

Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen, Alex Manugian, Lauren Maher, Hugo Armstrong, and eventual "Hustlers" director Lorene Scafaria star in this ultra-low budget brain melter about a group of friends gathering for a dinner party while a comet passes by overhead. When the power goes out, a couple of them trek up the street to a neighboring house with the lights on -- only to discover something that shakes them to their core. I won't get into the specifics here, but the film has an incredible conceit, and director James Ward Byrkit, who shot...

Netflix introduces new limited series, The Beast in Me, starring Claire Danes as withdrawn author hunting for truth. Claire Danes teams up with Howard Gordon in Netflix's The Beast In Me, following their success in Homeland. Netflix enhances its catalog with The Beast In Me, an upcoming thriller series that promises suspense and intrigue.

Netflix has announced a new limited series, The Beast In Me, featuring Claire Danes in the lead role. This is one of the many upcoming limited series aimed to expand the streaming giant's offerings in its catalog.

In The Beast in Me, Danes portrays a withdrawn author grappling with her son's tragic demise. Her passion for writing is reignited when she learns that her new neighbor was once the prime suspect in his wife's vanishing. She resolves to make him the subject of her upcoming book, unwavering in her quest to unravel the truth, regardless of the potential perils.

Wondery is launching a new two-part limited series, The Last City, an immersive “cli-fi” narrative drama. The fictional scripted series is about a futuristic utopia, the ravaged wasteland just beyond its walls, and the people fighting to salvage the planet. It stars Rhea Seehorn, Maury Sterling, Jeannie Tirado, Skye Lourie and Celia Rose Gooding. In the climate-ravaged year of 2072, Pura stands as a miraculous green haven, a geoengineered paradise...

Exclusive: Wondery has lined up its latest drama podcast and it stars Rhea Seehorn.

The Better Call Saul star will feature in The Last City alongside Maury Sterling (Homeland), Jeannie Tirado (Fairy Tale Zero), Skye Lourie (The Pillars of the Earth), and Celia Rose Gooding (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds).

Weaving together elements of the climate crisis, its subsequent mental health consequences, and complicated feelings about the future, The Last City is set in the futuristic, utopian land of Pura and the brewing mystery beneath its perfect exterior.

In the climate-ravaged year of 2072, Pura stands as a miraculous green haven, a geoengineered paradise that protects lucky residents from the global catastrophes of heat domes, fires, floods, and droughts. Demetria Lopez is Pura’s PR fixer, tirelessly promoting the city’s idyllic image. But when she stumbles upon a dark secret that underpins Pura’s existence, she must decide who and...

Exclusive: Writer-director Kyle Hausmann-Stokes has continued rounding out an impressive cast for his debut feature, the dark veteran dramedy My Dead Friend Zoe, bringing Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption), Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs a Marathon) aboard for roles.

The film delving into the lives of military veterans, to highlight both their triumphs and challenges upon returning home, will have the trio starring alongside the previously announced Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales.

Written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez, My Dead Friend Zoe is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, which draws on his personal experience during and after the military, as a Bronze Star combat veteran. The film tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the...

Although it may be more obscure than its predecessor, Smokin' Aces 2 has already happened. Written and directed by Joe Carnahan of The A-Team fame, Smokin' Aces has an ensemble cast including Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Common, Alicia Key, Chris Pine, and Matthew Fox. Set in Lake Tahoe, the movie revolves around a Vegas-based magician named Buddy Israel, who faces the wrath of Mob boss Primo Sparazza when he agrees to turn state's evidence against Sparazza's mob.

From a critical standpoint, Smokin' Aces performed poorly and, as of today, stands at a subpar rotten tomatoes score of 30%. However, the movie's revenue told a different story, given that it earned $57.3 million at the worldwide box office against a budget of $17 million. Even its earnings from DVDs, which mounted up to $35,714,831, were no less impressive considering how they were more than double the movie's budget. Owing to its impressive box office returns,...

Exclusive: Ed Harris (Westworld), Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery) and Natalie Morales (No Hard Feelings) have closed deals to lead My Dead Friend Zoe, a dark dramedy about two generations of veterans, family and friendship, which Kyle Hausmann-Stokes will direct in his feature debut.

The film written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the vet is summoned to the remote lake house of her estranged Vietnam vet grandfather (Harris), she is tasked with providing the one thing he refuses…help.

Pic is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, and both films draw inspiration from his real-life experiences during and after the military. A graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Hausmann-Stokes served five years in...

Chris Pang has joined Hulu’s Interior Chinatown in a pivotal recurring role.

The casting marks a reunion with Interior Chinatown lead Jimmy O. Yang. The two were in Crazy Rich Asians together, where Yang’s Bernard threw Pang’s Colin a bachelor bacchanal aboard a cargo ship in international waters. This time around, Pang plays Older Brother, the charming and talented beloved sibling of protagonist Willis Wu (Yang) whose mysterious disappearance years ago tore the family apart. Now, Willis has an opportunity to investigate his brother’s case when Det. Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet) arrives in the neighborhood with new information.

Interior Chinatown is based on the National Book Award-winning novel of the same name from Charles Yu, who serves as showrunner and is an executive producer on the project alongside Rideback’s Dan Lin, Lindsey Liberatore and Elsie Choi, Participant’s Jeff Skoll, Miura Kite and Dive’s...

Holy hell this year’s SXSW Film Festival really isn’t messing around.

The previous announcement unveiled a stacked horror lineup that includes headiners Evil Dead Rise and opener Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

In addition, they revealed several prominent horror titles that will premiere as part of the Midnighters program, including the Sundance hit Talk to Me and the surprise sequel to Becky, The Wrath of Becky.

It turns out, the programming team isn’t finished!

SXSW announced another wave of film programming today, including an eighth Midnighter.

“Midnighters don’t need to be exclusively horror films, they just need to perk you up and get your blood pumping,” said Peter Hall, Film & TV Festival Programmer. “That’s why this year’s SXSW Midnighters class is a mix of horror, bone-crunching action, and mind-melting genre hybrids. Some of them introduce new, terrifying lore to the canon of suburban horror movies,...

There’s no place like home: After being absent from the Critics’ Choice Awards for eight years, Claire Danes staged a surprising return to the TV drama actress lineup for “Homeland’s” eighth and final season. Now, can she go one step further and parlay her comeback into a farewell victory?

Even though the actress bagged five consecutive drama actress Emmy Award bids (2012-16) for the Showtime series and scored wins for the first two seasons, she’d only shown up twice at Critics’ Choice before this year: in 2012, when she won, and ’13, when she lost to Tatiana Maslany (“Orphan Black”). This makes her return eight years later all the more remarkable, not least because she did not accrue a final Emmy nom.

As of this writing, she sits in sixth place in our combined odds, trailing Emma Corrin (“The Crown”), Laura Linney (“Ozark”), Jurnee Smollett (“Lovecraft Country”), Olivia Colman...

Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin both earned their first Emmy nominations in 1995 — Danes for “My So-Called Life” in Best Drama Actress and Patinkin for “Chicago Hope” in Best Drama Actor — and have since accrued six additional acting bids apiece. They could each collect their eighth career noms for “Homeland’s” eighth and final season, in Best Drama Actress and Best Drama Supporting Actor, respectively. Can they pull it off? Let’s dive into their chances.

Claire Danes

Danes returned to the Emmys 15 years after her inaugural bid for her turn in the 2010 HBO film “Temple Grandin,” winning Best Movie/Mini Actress. Her other five Emmy citations (2012-16) are for her role as Carrie Mathison on “Homeland,” for which she won on her first two tries, making her a three-time Emmy champ. This past decade, she was the only actress to achieve back-to-back victories in her category, and the only one...

Batwoman has spent most of its season playing around with villains primarily specific to Kate Kane and her world. The show often alludes to some of the biggest, most recognizable Batman villains associated with her more famous cousin, but it hasn’t waded into bringing any of them to the screen. And really, most attempts at traditional “villain of the week” stuff would just be overshadowed by the brilliance of Rachel Skarsten’s Alice anyway. But that’s about to change next week when Tommy Elliot goes full Hush.

That’s right, Gabriel Mann is about to return as Tommy Elliot, but this time with a face full of bandages and a trenchcoat. In other words, Tommy Elliot is now Hush. And really, he couldn’t possibly look any cooler than he does here. This is a significant upgrade from the Tommy Elliot we met in Batwoman episode 3, “Down, Down,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Prisoners of War,” the series finale of “Homeland.”

“Homeland” went out on a high note Sunday with a 66-minute final episode that was full of the elements that defined the series.

The episode, entitled “Prisoners of War,” (a nod to the Israeli series from Keshet on which this 20th Century TV one was based) was written by executive producers Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon and directed by executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter. It gave stars Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin a final outing that was worthy of their eight years in the spy trenches as Carrie Mathison and Saul Berenson, the CIA prodigy gone rogue and her faithful mentor, respectively.

“Prisoners of War” began with a glimpse of Carrie riding in the back of a car while the had a vision of her long-lost love, Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis...

In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for Showtime. For this season, the premium network has returning hits “Black Monday” (Don Cheadle), “Kidding” (Jim Carrey), “Homeland” (Claire Danes), “Ray Donovan (Liev Schreiber) and “Shameless” (William H. Macy) plus limited series “The Loudest Voice” (Russell Crowe) as part of their 2020 campaign. Newcomers could include “City on a Hill” (Kevin Bacon) and “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” (Kirsten Dunst).

Below, the list of Showtime lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series. More names might be added by the network on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

“The Affair”

Drama Series

Drama Actor – Dominic West

Drama Actress – Maura Tierney

Drama Supporting Actor – Jadon Sand

Drama Supporting Actress – Anna Paquin, Julia Goldani Telles...

“Homeland” reached another milestone in its final season with the passing of a fan-favorite character who has been with the show since its inception.

Spoiler Alert: The following includes spoilers for “Threnody(s),” episode 8 of the eighth and final season of Showtime’s “Homeland.”

Carrie Mathison has said goodbye to a longtime ally in her quest to battle terrorists and navigate post-9/11 U.S. national security politics on the Showtime political thriller.

In “Threnody(s),” episode eight of “Homeland’s” eighth season, Claire Danes’ intrepid CIA agent has to come to grips with the death of Max Piotrowski, the computer whiz played by Maury Sterling. Max has long been a secret weapon for her missions thanks to his skill at navigating complex computer networks, communications and surveillance systems, as well as his near-blind loyalty to the brilliant and bipolar agent who often goes rogue.

Piotrowski’s death was signaled at the close of episode seven,...

We don't have to wonder if Homeland will be cancelled or renewed for season nine. Showtime has already announced that season eight is the end. But, how many people will tune in for the final episodes? It's been nearly two years since the end of season seven. Will Homeland end with a big bang or a whimper? Stay tuned.

A political thriller drama, the Homeland TV show stars Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Maury Sterling, Linus Roache, Costa Ronin, Nimrat Kaur, and Numan Acar. The series revolves around the ups and downs of Carrie Mathison (Danes), a Central Intelligence Agency officer with bipolar disorder. As the eighth season begins, Carrie is recovering from months of brutal confinement in a Russian gulag. Her body is healing, but her memory remains fractured and that's a problem for Saul (Patinkin). He's now...

The idea that Showtime’s “Homeland” is drawing to an end after eight seasons hasn’t quite sunken in yet for executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter.

“It’s bittersweet,” she admits. “In any career, you only get a few of these where the material is incredible, challenging and provocative.”

But although she is already onto scouting locations for her next project, “The Banker’s Wife,” but she still took time out to reflect on the beginning of the end with Variety.

Last “Homeland” left Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) at the end of the penultimate season, she was in Russia. In the final season, she is finally free after being incarcerated and handed back to her mentor, fellow CIA agent and mentor Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin). But with the last seven months of her life blank in her memory, there is a question of whether or not she can be trusted. It...

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Airing on the Showtime cable channel, the Homeland TV show stars Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Maury Sterling, Linus Roache, Costa Ronin, Nimrat Kaur, and Numan Acar. The series revolves around the ups and downs of Carrie Mathison (Danes), a Central Intelligence Agency officer with bipolar disorder. As the eighth season begins, Carrie is recovering from months of brutal confinement in a Russian gulag. Her body is healing, but her memory remains fractured...

Is it possible for Carrie to find a happy ending in the eighth (and final) season of the Homeland TV show on Showtime? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Homeland is cancelled or renewed for season nine. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the eighth season episodes of Homeland here.

A Showtime political thriller drama, the Homeland TV show stars Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Maury Sterling, Linus Roache, Costa Ronin, Nimrat Kaur, and Numan Acar. The series revolves around the ups and downs of Carrie Mathison (Danes), a Central Intelligence Agency officer with bipolar disorder. As the eighth...

This Sunday, the final season of “Homeland” will finally arrive. Stars Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin, showrunner Alex Gansa, and a lucky hundred or so of the rest of us got to see it Tuesday at the world premiere, which was held at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

The after-party played out at the Lobster Club, a few long city blocks over. For a “Homeland” fan, the evening was about as good as Tuesdays get. For so many former “Homeland” stars, it was a homecoming.

Below are a few of our non-spoilery takeaways from the nice-enough February night in Manhattan.

Also Read: 'Homeland': How Carrie Mathison Spends the Final Season in Nick Brody's Shoes

Hey MoMA? Yeah, Couple of Notes

It’s very expensive to park by you. Honestly, that’s on us though. You seem to have a ton of different entrances on 53rd St.

In today’s TV news roundup, Hulu has released the trailer for “Shrill” Season 2, and Showtime has announced a number of season premiere dates.

Dates

Showtime announced a number of spring and summer season premiere dates. First up is Season 2 of “Black Monday,” which will launch Mar. 15 with series stars Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells and Paul Scheer being joined by guest stars Tuc Watkins, June Diane Raphael, Dulé Hill, Patrick Fabian, Yassir Lester, Ken Marino, Horatio Sanz and Casey Wilson. Watch a trailer below:

“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” will premiere April 26 on the premium cabler. When a grisly murder shocks 1938 Los Angeles, Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) and his partner Lewis Michener (Nathan Lane) become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of the city: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous...

Showtime released a new trailer for the long-awaited final season of “Homeland” at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California, on Monday.

Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin return as counterterrorism specialists for the eighth and final season, which sees Carrie (Danes) suffering some trauma and falling under suspicion from the U.S. government after spending time as a Russian prisoner.

The only person who trusts her is Saul (Patinkin), now National Security Advisor to the newly ascendant President Warner (Beau Bridges), who asks Carrie to walk with him into the lion’s den – one last time.

Also Read: Showtime Boss on 'Homeland' Final Season Delay: 'We'd Rather Have It Good Than Fast'

Along with Danes and Patinkin, the final season stars Maury Sterling, Linus Roache and Costa Ronin, with Nimrat Kaur and Numan Acar also returning from Season 4 in series regular roles. Sam Trammell and Hugh Dancy...