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- HBO Cancels Duplass Brothers Comedy 'Togetherness'
- Kim Dickens Teases 'High Seas' Season 2 of 'Fear the Walking Dead'
- Joe Manganiello Calls 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday' a 'Once in a Lifetime Project'
- Get a First Look at Negan in 'The Walking Dead' Season Finale Promo
- 'Batman v Superman' Soars to $27.7 Million in Thursday Previews
- Gal Gadot Facts: 14 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the New Wonder Woman
- Paul McCartney Joins 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'
- Sophie Turner Doesn't Want Sansa to Survive 'Game of Thrones'
- Every Batman Movie, Ranked
- 15 Sequels That Took Effing Forever to Get Made
| HBO Cancels Duplass Brothers Comedy 'Togetherness' Posted:  HBO is not feeling that "Togetherness." The network has decided to consciously uncouple with the comedy created by Jay and Mark Duplass and Steve Zissis, and the season 2 finale on April 10 will serve as the series finale."Although we have decided not to proceed with another season of 'Togetherness,' we look forward to continuing our strong creative collaboration with the talented Jay and Mark Duplass," HBO said in a statement. Mark Duplass and Zissis also starred in the dramedy, along with Melanie Lynskey and Amanda Peet. Mark Duplass reacted to the cancellation on Twitter: — Mark Duplass (@MarkDuplass) March 25, 2016 The show was a critical hit, earning excellent reviews, but never scored big ratings. Episodes averaged around 330,000 viewers on live and same-day viewings. That puts it far below fellow HBO comedies like "Silicon Valley," which averages around 1.8 million viewers. As the statement indicated, this isn't the end of HBO's relationship with the Duplass brothers. They are in the middle of a two-year overall deal with the network, and executive-produce the freshman animated comedy "Animals." Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kim Dickens Teases 'High Seas' Season 2 of 'Fear the Walking Dead' Posted:  With the second season of the blockbuster hit -- boasting the top-rated cable series premiere of all time -- prequel/spinoff series "Fear the Walking Dead" about to return on April 10, and a special edition home video release of the first season hitting stores this week, star Kim Dickens has every reason to be feeling pretty fearless.But the actress -- whose impressive TV resume includes stints on modern classics including "Lost," "Deadwood," "Friday Night Lights," "Sons of Anarchy" and "House of Cards," as well as films like "Gone Girl" and "The Blind Side" -- admits there were a few phobias for her to shake as the show got off the ground, including getting over some very intense audition scenes and experiencing some disturbing apocalyptic nightmares early in production. But, like her character Madison, Dickens is moving forward in one piece, reflecting on her first season experiences and even offering a carefully worded hint or two about what's ahead without getting in trouble with the creators. Moviefone: What did you learn about this show through your experience making it and later seeing the reaction to it? Kim Dickens: What did I learn? That it was a very challenging show to shoot, in a good way. I mean, it was all very high stakes, very high emotional stakes. There's a lot of action. It just required a lot of me, but I love that. I embraced it. It was exciting for me. I remember I was so grateful that we had the sort of audience that was earned by "The Walking Dead" looking our way -- I'm so grateful to have that opportunity. I'm very proud of the fact that we were able to keep that audience for this the whole first season. I learned that you can't be warned about that. Because you just have to show up and do the best work you can. I learned that once it aired because I didn't really think about the attention it was going to have. I didn't think about, "Oh, the audience has a lot of pressure on us." "The audience from 'The Walking Dead' has expectations," etc. I didn't let that get to me. I just showed up and did my job to the best of my ability. When it was about a week before we were going to air, I started to have shortness of breath and heart palpitations, which I'm not prone to. Like, "Wow, what's going on?" I couldn't escape the pressure of it. It was funny to me, in a way. But I definitely learned that once the audience attention happened. Now that you've had some time to walk around in Madison's shoes, what are the characteristics about her that you find that you really like, and what do you think are the Achilles heels? Well, I like how she's pretty fearless. I like how she makes really tough decisions quickly. I personally can't do that. I love how ferocious she is about protecting her children. I don't have children. I love that motivation for every one of her scenes, for every breath she takes, it is for those kids. I love that. Her Achilles heel? Probably, maybe, the drug addict son. Maybe what she will do for him. Was there any point during the shooting of Season 1 where you found you really needed to rise to the occasion as an actress? When I auditioned for the job and I camera tested for it, I found that the scenes we camera tested were so challenging for me. They were so emotional. There was so much story I had to relay. The scenes actually didn't make it into the show. They were little down, in a way, but they were for audition purposes. It was so emotional and so physical and all these things that I left the camera test thinking, "You know what? It's fine if I don't get it. It's going to be a really, really grueling, challenging job." And I think it was scary in a way. I felt like I had a lot of those moments in the first season that I had to have my A-game all the time. There hasn't been that one of the main leads of the show that had that much responsibility. I can't think of a specific time only because there were so many of those times, pretty much on a daily basis. The first season for sure. What have you found really compelling or fascinating about the world in which this show is set? It was a completely new genre for me to be in and roll around in creatively, so I had to challenge my brain in a way. Everything is about grounding this very heightened experience, and grounding it in heart and soul and reality. So that's been good for me. I've been doing this professionally maybe 23 years, and for something to come along that was exciting and different and unique and makes me work in a different way, now I'm surprised that's even happened. It's really been something I've embraced and enjoyed. The genre itself I've never worked in or really followed, but I find it fascinating -- how the license you have in storytelling and how you use the metaphors -- the zombies are metaphors for our society's anxieties and fears of not being able to take care of themselves, or not being protected by their government or not being safe from an epidemic. Those sort of primal fears, you're able to explore that. And that's been pretty fascinating. As sfar as the zombie and gore element of the show, was there any "ick" factor that you had to get over? I think the walking around off-set is what's kind of alarming, when you see somebody and you're like, "Whoa!" Yeah, It didn't bother me so much. I did have, in the first season when we first began, a few nightmares, but not specific zombie nightmares. You can tell it was like a weird apocalyptic [dream] -- my body, my psyche trying to work it out, whatever I was doing for my day job at that point. We left everybody in a pretty juicy place at the end of the season. Can you give us a little tease as to what we can expect in Season 2? Well, we're going to be on the high seas, let's put it that way. It takes off pretty quickly. The second season starts very closely on the heels of the end of the first season. There's not a big time jump. You're going to catch us right there and it kind of takes off. It really does catch fire. Is there a member of the cast that you get to have some more interaction with in Season 2? Yeah, I do, but I don't think I can say! It's still kind of a spoiler, isn't it? If I give anything away like that they're going to hunt me down and I don't know what they're going to do. The story branches out for us all. All the characters you knew at the end of Season 1 are thrown into this yacht together on the open water. That alone -- some of us strangers, some from the family are thrown together -- creates tensions and anxieties and you're trapped out there. It's not like we're all used to being on the water and seafarers and such. No, we're running for our lives and trying to find a safe place to go. It's going to make for a very interesting dynamic. It's a bit of a tinder box, if you will. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Joe Manganiello Calls 'Pee-wee's Big Holiday' a 'Once in a Lifetime Project' Posted:  Pee-wee Herman never did things small, so is it any wonder that his new best friend came in Size Joe Manganiello?In "Pee-wee's Big Holiday," the "True Blood" and "Magic Mike" star plays a version of himself via the skewed funhouse-mirror world Pee-wee inhabits. After a chance encounter where he finds himself bonding with his new friend, Manganiello invites the otherwise sheltered Pee-Wee to his birthday party on the opposite coast, launching the epic cross-country journey that fills up the Netflix original film. Manganiello joined Moviefone to reveal the secret behind his involvement with the movie, which wasn't just a clever Hollywood cameo. Not only has the actor been a super-fan of Pee-wee since his youth, the character's creator/alter ego Paul Reubens was also a personal friend -- close enough to have attended the star's recent wedding to Sofia Vergara. Moviefone: You're exactly the right age for Pee-wee Herman to be a pretty influential part of your youth. Tell me about your memories of Pee-wee when you were a kid. Joe Manganiello: I mean, the first memory is probably seeing "Big Adventure" in the theater in 1985, I guess. Then seeing every episode of "Playhouse" and imitating the characters and knowing every single line of "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" backwards and forwards -- and "Big Top Pee-wee." I mean, it just goes on and on. I loved Pee-wee. Then of course, that was my introduction to Tim Burton as well, who was probably my favorite director growing up. So when this project came about, how did you get involved being the fan that you were? Paul and I were friends. I walked up to Paul at an HBO Emmy party and introduced myself and told him what a huge fan I was. We had this great talk, and the Tim Burton art exhibit was up at the LACMA, the L.A. museum. So I called Paul and we went out to the art exhibit, and we hung out afterwards and just became friends. Maybe two years later, Paul called me up and said, "Hey, I've been writing Pee-wee's comeback for years, and I'm going to call you at some point. Maybe next year, maybe a couple years later, and we're going to get this thing going, and I'm going to send you the script and I want you to do it." He said, "Now forget that I called because there's nothing going on right now." About a year later, he called me up and said, "Hey, we've got it. We're going to do it at Netflix with Judd Apatow. Will you do it?" I said, "Of course." Getting to know Paul outside of the Pee-wee context -- that has to be a pretty cool and slightly surreal thing, to get to be buddies with an icon from your youth. It is surreal. Paul was at my wedding, and he was like the biggest hit of my wedding. Because I'd introduce people and say, "Hey, such-and-such, this is Paul." And they go, "Oh, hi Paul..." And as soon as the hands touched to shake hands, they'd realize Paul means Pee-wee Herman. I would just watch friend and family member after friend and family member lose their mind meeting Pee-wee Herman. He's one of the nicest, most genuine, most generous, kind-hearted people I've ever met. He's just a really, really great, great person. I don't know how I could ever possibly repay him for asking me to be a part of this once in a lifetime project. I got to come along for the ride and bring Pee-wee back to prominence. It's nuts. It won't compute. What was the fun of making this for you as an actor? Well, I think the real fun of it, or the interesting challenge of it for me, was that I had to enter into Pee-wee's world. I wasn't just a character drifting through. I wind up as Pee-wee's best friend. So the example I give is when Pee-wee falls in the well, it doesn't say "man trapped in well." It says "boy trapped in well." So if you reverse-engineer that, it means that our friendship is on a boy level. So I think that that was the key really to the performance, or understanding my character. That when I get upset that he's not at my party, it's the way a ten-year-old would be upset. I think that's kind of the fountainhead from which everything flows -- that my character has to be seen through the filter of a ten-year-old.  What did you learn about the behind-the-scenes philosophy of Pee-wee that Paul has? The thing that I love so much is the physicality of Pee-wee. Even just simple things like the way his hands move, the way he walks, the way he tries to sneak around, the way he runs, hilarious. For me, it's so synonymous with that character. For me, getting to hang out and watch that every day and just watch the ease and simplicity that Paul flips in and out of character, it was really fun. When you get to the set, you just don't know. "Is he going to be Pee-wee all day? Do I call him Pee-wee? Do I call him Paul?" No, it's just Paul. It's amazing. It's just this loose jacket he puts on and becomes Pee-wee in the snap of a finger. Given how Pee-Wee translates for both adults and little kids, are you excited to encounter kids who don't know your more adult-oriented work, but now know you from this project? Yeah, because I do charity work at Pittsburg Children's Hospital, and the kids have no idea who I am. Which is fine -- that's not why I'm doing it, you know what I mean? But it'd be really nice if the kids were excited that I was there. But they're too young to have seen anything that I've done, really. So I'm excited to now be known as Pee-wee's best friend. Putting on the Pee-wee-style suit yourself had to be kind of a great day. Yeah, that was a trip, man. I was freaking out. I couldn't believe it. Was there a whole process to working out a version of the suit that fit your frame? It's bespoke. It's tailored. It's made for me. Was Pee-wee a part of your wife Sofia [Vergara's] experience growing up or was that not available to her? No, Pee-Wee Herman was popular in Colombia. That's cool -- so she got to enjoy the ride with you. Yeah. She knew what was going on! Tell me where you are now in the things that you want to do in the business. There had been a phase of my career that, through no fault of anyone, I wound up in a very odd place in my career. A place that was very unfamiliar to me and somewhat -- I wound up on the end of this branch that I didn't know existed, and I never thought that I would be "that guy." Better or worse. Whatever. When Paul sent me this script, and I had said no to a lot of big studio stuff and took this movie with him on Netflix, I said, "This is my 'Cry-Baby' [the 1990 John Waters film that helped launch Johnnny Depp's film career], in many ways." I think that for the past few years of my career, people think I'm someone I'm not. And that's fine, because that's kind of the magic of this business, if you're doing it right. But the fact is, this was like the big palate cleanser for me. I was going to go off and do a really weird, oddball movie with one of my biggest influences as a comic actor, and that's probably something that people might find surprising. Paul and Pee-wee Herman were humongous influences on me. So to be able to go off and do that with somebody who means so much to me, that just felt right to me. I guess it's like there's no substitute for genuine passion. I was just so damned passionate about helping him make his comeback. I know you and I have talked before that it seems natural for you in this day and age in Hollywood to find a superhero project. Are you any closer to landing on the one that will be right for you? I mean, it's nothing that I would want to talk about at this present time. I mean, there's one...I had a conversation about one recently that I actually brought up to a studio. We're talking about that. But for me, once again, it's like, I don't want to do the average run-of-the-mill deal. I want to make something lasting. I want to make something epic. I want to make something inventive, preferably. I think I know the one that I want to do, and I told the studio I want to do that. I know they're working on it. So we'll see. You've had so much fun creatively -- and launched your own side projects -- with the "Magic Mike" franchise. Do you want to stay involved on an even more creative level, depending on who Channing [Tatum] wants to turn to to keep his vision going? Are you talking about in terms of another "Magic Mike" movie? Would you want to do another one? I don't know, man! I mean, I don't know. I'm going to be 40 this year, so if that's going to happen, it needs to f--king hurry up! I hear you. Save the workout for the superhero project if it comes to pass. Yeah, we'll see! This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Get a First Look at Negan in 'The Walking Dead' Season Finale Promo Posted:
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| 'Batman v Superman' Soars to $27.7 Million in Thursday Previews Posted:  In the battle of box office heavyweights, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" came out swinging, posting an impressive $27.7 million in Thursday box office receipts.That total makes "BvS" the seventh-biggest Thursday night earner of all time, narrowly besting comic rival Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron," which pulled in $27.6 million in Thursday preview numbers last year. ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens" still holds firm to the all-time Thursday night record, though, pulling in $57 million on that night last December.) In terms of more obscure box office goals, "Dawn of Justice" is now the reigning champ of Easter Weekend preview screenings, bumping off previous title-holder "Furious 7," which made $15.8 million in 2015. That flick went on to have a lucrative $147.1 million opening weekend, making "Dawn of Justice's" prospects for a big final total come Easter Sunday evening even better. Right now, prognosticators are predicting an opening weekend sum of around $160 million for "BvS," and that's even with the not-so-super reviews hounding the flick. But like its predecessor, "Man of Steel," it seems that the film may be bulletproof when it comes to critics, and experts say it should wind up with a sizable pile of cash when all is said and done. [via: The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gal Gadot Facts: 14 Things You (Probably) Don't Know About the New Wonder Woman Posted: Isreali actress Gal Gadot is about to make her Wonder Woman debut in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice." While she's been making movies since 2009, we really don't know much about our new hero. So, before you catch "Batman v Superman," here are 15 things you probably don't know about our new Diana Prince.  [Source: IMDB, Glamour] This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Paul McCartney Joins 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' Posted:  Here's an odd bit of casting news: According to a new report, Paul McCartney has joined "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" in a secretive role.Deadline has the scoop that the former Beatle will shoot a special scene for the fifth entry in the lucrative "Pirates" franchise, though the details of his part are being kept under wraps. While principal photography for "Dead Men Tell No Tales" has already wrapped, Deadline reports that McCartney's mysterious role will be filmed "not [as] a re-shoot, but rather an extra scene," which is being described as "an extra big set-piece." The flick isn't due in theaters for over a year, so filmmakers have plenty of time to edit this new part into the rest of the finished footage, according to the trade. We're not sure what could possibly have been written for Sir Paul that would encourage him to take on a high-profile acting role, especially in a film as action-heavy as "Pirates." While McCartney has popped up in cameo roles -- usually as himself -- from time to time over the years (including a bunch of appearances on "Saturday Night Live," and a bit on a live episode of "30 Rock" in 2012), he hasn't done much acting since his time in the Fab Four, when he starred in the Beatles flicks "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" back in the '60s. Then again, McCartney's musical contemporary, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, has already made his mark on the "Pirates" franchise (playing the father of Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow), so maybe Sir Paul wanted to follow in his fellow rocker's footsteps. Whatever his reasons, we're extremely curious, and we bet Disney is depending on that curiosity to draw fans into this fifth outing of the venerable action franchise. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" is set for release on May 26, 2017. [via: Deadline] Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sophie Turner Doesn't Want Sansa to Survive 'Game of Thrones' Posted:
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| Posted: When "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" opens this month, actor Ben Affleck will become the latest in a long line of actors to portray the Dark Knight on the big screen. We've seen all sorts of takes on Batman over the years, from live-action to animated -- some fared well, movie-wise. Others? Not so much. We don't know how the new Batman will stack up to this legacy, but we can judge the Batman movies we have seen. We've ranked all nine theatrically-released Batman films from worst to best. Spoilers: "Batman & Robin" didn't win first place.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 15 Sequels That Took Effing Forever to Get Made Posted: Waiting a decade -- or more -- to make a sequel isn't exactly a widely practiced business model in Hollywood. Lately, the longest you have to wait is two or three years before the next installment in whatever potential or established franchise hits theaters. In the last few of years, however, waiting a decade (or more) for a follow-up isn't such a crazy proposition. (Um, hello, "Mad Max: Fury Road.") To celebrate the release of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2", one of Hollywood's longest-gestating sequels, we present the widest gaps between two movies of the same franchise, along with whether or not they were worth the wait. (Spoiler alert: A lot of them are not.)  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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