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WithGuy Ritchie’sWrath of Manopening in theaters this weekend, I recently spoke toLaz Alonsoabout making the action-thriller. Based on the 2004 French action-thrillerLe Convoyeur,Wrath of Manfollows a security guard named H (Jason Statham) who has an ulterior motive when he takes a job working for an armored truck company responsible for moving hundreds of millions of dollars around Los Angeles each week. Unlike the previous Ritchie and Statham films which had funny moments and quirky characters,Wrath of Manhas a more serious tone that will keep you guessing all the way through....

A new Morpheus was always a part of the plan forThe Matrix Resurrections, the film’s co-writerAleksandar HemontoldGizmodo. The character is played byYahya Abdul-Mateen IIin the fourth Matrix film, which Hemon wrote withDavid Mitchelland directorLana Wachowski. Morpheus was originally played byLaurence Fishburnein the original trilogy, which comprisedThe Matrix,The Matrix ReloadedandThe Matrix Revolutions. While Fishburne has said in the past that he simply wasn’t invited, we don’t know what other alternatives were considered for the film....

In today’s news that you definitely need to text your dad immediately,The AmericansstarMatthew Rhyshas been cast as the lead of HBO’sPerry Masonlimited series. A remake of the long-running legal drama starringRaymond Burr, HBO’s update will serve as an origin story of sorts for the title defense attorney as he navigates 1930s Los Angeles as a private investigator. The character is alsoreportedly"haunted by his wartime experiences in France and is suffering the effects of a broken marriage," so this will all be a ton of fun....

Netflix is beginning production on a new WattPad romance adaptation inMy Life With the Walter Boys, a coming-of-age series centering on a young city woman moving to rural Colorado to live with her guardian. The series is based on the story of the same name by novelistAli Novak,which has garnered over 80 million reads since it was first published in 2014. With work underway on the show, Netflix also unveiled the entirety of the cast that’ll bring the small-town love story to life....

With the hit Paramount+ seriesLioness,Taylor Sheridanhas reminded audiences that he can do a lot more than just make a dramatic neo-Western. The filmmaker has successfully ventured into political and military thrillers as well, with theZoe Saldaña-led series proving to be even better this season than the last. But despite the series' improvements, there’s one story that seems to have taken an unfortunate turn. After being hit in the field, Joe McNamara (Saldaña) was at death’s door, and instead of taking the time to heal, she jumped right back into the fire....

Back in 2016,Guillermo del Toro’s DreamWorks animated fantasy seriesTrollhuntersdebuted on Netflix. The show ran for 3 seasons and was revealed to be the first part of a larger, three-show continuum dubbed “Tales from Arcadia.”3 Below, a more science fiction-oriented show that was just as charming, ran for 2 seasons beginning in 2018. And now we have reached the conclusion of the giant “Tales of Arcadia,” the single season, 10-episodeWizards, debuting on August 7th on Netflix....

We’re almost at the end of the month, so you know what that means: the announcements of what’s coming to Netflix the following month. There’s definitely some good stuff on tap for June including13 Going on 30,Arrow: Season 5,Full Metal Jacket,Rounders,The Queen,The Sixth Sense,Young Frankenstein,Zodiac,War on Everyone,It’s Only the End of the World,Moana, andOkja. There’s also the promising first season ofGLOW, the documentaryNobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press, and more....

Everything’s bigger in Texas, and the life changing group fromQueer Eyeare here to prove it with a larger-than-lifetrailerfor the series’ upcoming sixth season. Moving on from locations like Georgia, Kansas City, and Philadelphia, the Fab Five are heading to the Lonestar state to once again bring cheer to those in need. Coming to us just days before its premiere on December 31, the trailer gives us a look at some of the positive vibes the group will be riding into town with....

One of the biggest surprisesStar Warsfans received during theDisney Investor Day 2020was the announcement of a new movie, which is hitting theaters in 2023. The newStar Warsmovie is currently titledStar Wars: Rogue Squadronand will be directed byWonder Woman 1984directorPatty Jenkins. TheRogue Squadronannouncement was one of many shared by Lucasfilm headKathleen Kennedy, who also announced the upcomingThe Mandalorianspinoff showsAhsokaandRangers of the New Republicas well asStar WarsTV showsLando,Andor,The Acolyte,The Bad Batch, andObi-Wan....

Now playing in limited release and expanding into more cities this weekend is the fantastic true-story dramaA Private War. Based on the life of celebrated war correspondentMarie Colvin, the film starsRosamund Pikeas the real-life hero and chronicles the physical and psychological effects of covering war up close. The film does an incredible job of showing her career from a life-changing moment in the jungles of Sri Lanka through the war in Iraq and the Arab Spring in Libya to being under siege in Homs....

Inspired by the celebrated fairy tales byGiambattista Basile,Matteo Garrone’sTale of Talesis an epic tale that weaves the beautiful with the grotesque. In the film, Queen Longtrellis (Salma Hayek) trades her husband’s life to have a long yearned for child, two mysterious sister provoke the passion of the King of Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel), and the King of Highhills’ (Toby Jones) obsession with a giant flea leads to heartbreak for his young daughter....

Spider-Man: No Way Homehas, quite understandably, destroyed the box office. Since opening last week, the highly anticipated return of the web-slinger to theaters has drawn people out of their homes in droves despite the ongoing threat of the pandemic. Estimates had the film grossing a whopping$582.7 millionglobally, which would not only be the most ever for a Sony Pictures film but the third-largest global box office debut ever. Even in the ever-popularTom Hollandtrilogy of Spidey flicks,No Way Hometakes the cake and it’s not particularly close, even with the pandemic and a new variant as a handicap....

Debuting on Netflix this weekend isSpiderhead,a surrealist sci-fi thriller that starsMiles Telleras a prisoner who volunteers as a test subject in a state-of-the-art penitentiary run byChris Hemsworth’s brilliant yet unethical scientist Directed byJoseph Kosinski, who is coming off this summer’s megahit blockbusterTop Gun: Maverick, which also starred Teller;Spiderheadpromises to be a thought-provoking delve into the limits of the human condition that stars a top-shelf cast. Check out the cast and character guide below....