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- 'The Walking Dead' Season 6 Finale Director Responds to Fan Outrage, Reveals Easter Eggs
- 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Honest Trailer Dings It for Copying 'A New Hope'
- Jake Gyllenhaal & Jean-Marc Vallee Break Down 'Demolition' in This Exclusive Sneak Peek
- The 'Wonder Woman' and 'Jungle Book: Origins' Release Dates Just Changed
- 'Sherlock' Season 4 Starts Filming, See the Brief Teaser
- You Have to See Gary Oldman in This Soap Opera Based on Justin Bieber Lyrics
- Amy Schumer Lashes Out at Glamour for Putting Her in 'Plus Size' Issue
- Meet Adorable Piper, Whose Pixar Short Will Premiere Before 'Finding Dory'
- 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Stars Ming-Na Wen & Chloe Bennet on Diversity, Marvel, and Strong Female Characters
- 'The Walking Dead' Season 7 Teases on Negan, Heath, The Kingdom, Kill Clues
- Quiz: Which 'Fuller House' Leading Lady Are You?
| 'The Walking Dead' Season 6 Finale Director Responds to Fan Outrage, Reveals Easter Eggs Posted:  After that bold, fan-freakout-inducing cliffhanger that closed out the sixth season of "The Walking Dead," you know there's no way Greg Nicotero, the series' co-executive producer, effects supervisor, and director of the episode in question, is going to offer even a hint as to which of Rick's band of survivors ended up on the fatal end of Negan's barbed-wired Louisville Slugger.But Nicotero was perfectly willing to offer a little insight as to how the show ended up at a moment that left the fan faithful looking at several months of nail-biting ahead before the doomed member of the Grimes group is revealed and his thoughts on the explosive fan reaction to the scene. He also plants a very persuasive seed of doubt for when the cast appears in shots taken during the production of the upcoming season -- meaning don't start your process of elimination when shots from the set of Season 7 show up online... Moviefone: Tell me how you came to the decision, creatively, to end the season in such a spectacular fashion. Greg Nicotero: Well, thank you for saying "spectacular fashion," because so many people are so angry about it. I appreciate you saying that! [Laughs] With the comic book, we had a great blueprint. The blueprint gets darker and darker as the comic book progresses. So we weren't very shy about lining up where we were going to land: it's whichever comic book panel we stopped on and started on. I'm proud of the story that we told, of our actors and the performances that they gave. Still today, I was getting texts from Josh [McDermitt] and from Steven [Yeun]. Josh told me that his wife screamed at the television because she didn't know. She thought, "It wasn't you, was it?" It's just amazing. Did the reaction line up with what you thought? Or was there a little more outrage than you expected? Well, I don't know if I would have expected quite so much outrage. But people are passionate about it. Listen, if the next morning everybody woke up and went, "Oh yeah...," just had their coffee and went on with their day, then we would have done something wrong. I'm not saying we did it on purpose, but people care and people are passionate about it. They want to feel something. So how are you going to deal with letting your cast members be in public in any way, shape, or form, where they're going to be getting grilled? How are you going to release images and footage for next season without giving away at least part the secret? The minute you see somebody not on their knees in front of Negan, you may have an inkling. But listen, sometimes the show has flashbacks and sometimes the show jumps the timeline a little bit. I mean, this season, the first episode jumped the timeline a bunch of times. So we could potentially shoot footage that would have taken place before that. Is there any kind of fun Easter egg that you guys put in the finale that the fans should look for on the second or third viewing? Maybe something subtle about one of the walkers? Oh, there's an interesting thing: the walker that Carol fought near the dumpster, I hired two twins because we did the before and after. Because Carol grabs the hair and pulls it, stretches the face off. It was the two girls that play harp at the conventions, these two blonde girls. And Ashton Kutcher's sister [Tausha Kutcher] was a zombie in the scene where we had the Red Rover walkers.  "The Walking Dead" Season 7 premieres October 11th.This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Honest Trailer Dings It for Copying 'A New Hope' Posted:  "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" pulled off the seemingly impossible feat of pleasing (most) fans while raking in tons (and tons) of money. But it's not immune to some criticism, so of course, the folks at Screen Junkies had to take on the movie with their latest Honest Trailer.The trailer is particularly snarky about how "The Force Awakens" turned out well, only by "shamelessly remaking 'A New Hope.'" There's the "desert orphan finding a cute droid with top-secret information," who escapes on the Millennium Falcon, gets advice from a tiny alien, and watches her mentor get killed by a man in black. OK, OK, so there are some similarities ... The trailer also pokes fun at Rey being good at everything from languages to piloting to mechanics to light-saber duels. But the best part is that the Screen Junkies bring back the old voice of the Honest Trailers to duke it out with the new voice. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jake Gyllenhaal & Jean-Marc Vallee Break Down 'Demolition' in This Exclusive Sneak Peek Posted: The new movie "Demolition" centers around Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal), a man who's grieving the sudden death of his wife in a car accident, and his difficult struggle to put his life back together in the aftermath. The flick follows the logic that in order "to repair the human heart, you have to take everything apart, and figure out what's important," and that propels Davis's personal journey as he attempts to right his emotional ship. In this behind-the-scenes sneak peek of "Demolition," premiering today exclusively on Moviefone, Gyllenhaal and director Jean-Marc Vallée discuss the film's unique approach to grief and loss. One of the ways in which the flick does so is through its sense of heightened reality, in which Davis is continually haunted by very real visions of his deceased partner. According to the actor, "Demolition"'s handling of the delicate subject is "not like it is in [other] movies," and that it doesn't follow "conventional rules" of filmmaking. Vallée agrees, noting that he was immediately drawn to screenwriter Bryan Sipe's unusual script. "It's gonna take twists and turns in ways you'd never expect," Gyllenhaal adds. "Demolition" also stars Chris Cooper, Naomi Watts, and Judah Lewis. It's set for a limited release on April 8.  Photo credit: Fox SearchlightThis posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The 'Wonder Woman' and 'Jungle Book: Origins' Release Dates Just Changed Posted:
What will take the place of "Jungle Book"? As Deadline reported, "Untitled WB Event Film" is slated for that old October 6, 2017 spot, and a pair of "Untitled DC Films" are set for October 5, 2018, and November 1, 2019. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Sherlock' Season 4 Starts Filming, See the Brief Teaser Posted:  The game is on! "Sherlock" Season 4 is now filming in the U.K., after a loooooong absence, apart from the Victorian special. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are back as modern-day Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, with co-creator/writer/actor Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes) announcing the good news on Twitter via a brief but dramatic and foggy little video:
Nice. According to Deadline, the three-part Season 4 could premiere on January 1, 2017, but there's no official date yet. Cumberbatch, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are all excited to return to work, with the actor saying he's "genuinely thrilled to be back filming Sherlock with all the cast and crew. I can't wait for everyone to see season four. But you will have to wait... though not for long... And it will be worth it." Moffat and Gatiss added, "Sherlock series four — here we go again! Whatever else we do, wherever we all go, all roads lead back to Baker Street — and it always feels like coming home. Ghosts of the past are rising in the lives of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson bringing adventure, romance and terror in their wake." Amanda Abbington is returning as John Watson's wife Mary, and they'll be preparing for the arrival of their first child. We should also prepare for more from Moriarty (Andrew Scott). As Gatiss previously teased to Entertainment Weekly of Season 4, "All I can say is, this is a major, life-changing series for the regulars. The repercussions of Moriarty's apparent return are far-reaching. It's very big stuff." Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| You Have to See Gary Oldman in This Soap Opera Based on Justin Bieber Lyrics Posted:  Gary Oldman may never get the Oscar he so richly deserves -- and it is too late now to say sorry that Leo got one first! -- but Oldman should at least get an Emmy nomination for joining this fake Justin Bieber soap opera."The Late Late Show with James Corden" just returned to the world of the deeply absurd, giving fans a five-minute soap opera scene starring Salma Hayek Pinault, Ray Romano, James Corden, and Gary Oldman, with the entire script coming from Justin Bieber songs. (Except for when Romano says some One Direction lyrics.) It's glorious. Salma Hayek is the real star, with her character in a dramatic love square with Romano (also excellent), Corden, and Oldman. Oldman's role is too small, but it's just great to see such a serious thespian really emoting to Justin Bieber lyrics, and dismissing Hayek with the cruel JB cut, "My momma don't like you -- and she likes EVERYONE." Here it is: If you want more, check out Julianne Moore and John Stamos in this Taylor Swift soap opera. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Amy Schumer Lashes Out at Glamour for Putting Her in 'Plus Size' Issue Posted:
Yes. But however people feel about the term "plus size" or Amy' inclusion, she returned to social media to thank fans for (some of) their feedback:
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| Meet Adorable Piper, Whose Pixar Short Will Premiere Before 'Finding Dory' Posted:
Read more of the creation story at EW. Do you think there's any chance they'll create a plush version of Piper for kids ... or adults who never grew up? Some of us are still waiting for a seagull stuffed animal who says "Mine" when you squeeze it. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted:  For a generation of young women watching television today, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Melinda May and Daisy Johnson will linger in their minds as idealistic -- but not idealized -- versions of what a woman can be: powerful, capable, clever, altruistic, athletic, diverse, and even a little flawed.And Ming-Na Wen and Chloe Bennet, the actresses who play two of the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." leading ladies, admit they are acutely aware of just how important their characters are when it comes to both female representation and diversity on TV: Wen was born in Portuguese Macau and lived in Hong Kong before moving to the U.S. as a child; Bennet's father is Chinese American, her mother is Caucasian and she periodically lived in Chicago, Beijing, and Shanghai during her youth. During a visit to WonderCon in Los Angeles, the actresses joined Moviefone for a frank, forthright discussion about the superheroic significance of their characters, playing their roles as fully dimensional women rather than masculinized action-babe stereotypes, and the continuing challenges of finding great roles for Asian American women in Hollywood. Moviefone: Whenever you guys get in front of the fans at an event like WonderCon, what's the fun of it? Is there any fear of it? Ming-Na Wen: I think the fans fear us. They should. [Laughs] Chloe Bennet: I would fear us. Just kidding. It's really cool because we shoot for 10 months out of the year, and we're in this bubble of Marvel land and this universe that I feel like I spend more time in than I do in my real life. So it's fun to kind of stick your head out of that and go, "Oh, people are watching what we do every day." And that's a little intimidating because you realize that we shoot so many days of the year, and you're not going to have good days that year, but that will end up on camera, and you will be seen by these people. I don't know. It's a little intimidating, but it's fun. It's fun to see the people watching the show. Wen: I think for me, it's just such a joyful experience. There's really nothing like Marvel fans, and "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." fans are incredible. They range in such a wide range of ages and diversity. Bennet: In every sense of the way. Ethnically diverse... Wen: What I love most of all is when the kids are coming up and the moms and dads are saying how much the characters inspire them. Especially the strong female characters that are on our show. Bennet: I have a soft spot for younger girls. Especially younger -- well, obviously, Asian girls for me. When I was a kid I didn't think that I could be on TV without being blonde and that kind of thing. And to see young girls be like, "I feel like I can do that too!" now, it's cool to have that. That's the kind of thing I wanted to get into. First of all, this is a great time for women to get action-oriented roles, and you were right at the beginning of the movement. Tell me what that's meant to you to be there, after it was mostly ladies like Lynda Carter, Lucy Lawless, and Carrie Fisher for a long time... Wen: I grew up with Sigourney Weaver as well. I mean, a lot of strong female characters were out there, but they were so sparse that they really stood out, whether it was a Princess Leia or whether it was Wonder Woman, like you said. I just think that right now it is incredible. It seems almost like the female strong characters have become more popular than some of the male characters, and that's extraordinary -- and we don't have to be in these revealing outfits. It's just about who they are and what they can do and what they're capable of as opposed to what they look like, really. Bennet: For such a long time, I feel like strength was portrayed as a masculine thing. That's still something I've struggled with on the show, making sure strength comes from my vulnerability and my sensitivity and my traits as a woman, rather than catering to the socially accepted version of strength meaning, "I don't show emotion." There's so many times they're like, "We want you to be stronger," then they specified being a little bit more masculine. To me, that's not necessarily, that's not the only version of what being strong means. So it's been really fun to play a wide range of what strength means and what it means in terms of being a woman. It's just really cool. We're on the right side of history right now. We're in a group of superheroes and women and 90 percent of the stunts done on our show are done by the women. And Ming is incredible. Wen: Oh, so are you. Bennet: It's insane. It's insane. Wen: I'm just glad my body holds up and I can still move. Bennet: Like, more than holds up. It's amazing.  Let's talk more about the diversity angle. Chloe, you mentioned how much it means to you to be on TV when you never thought you might have.Wen: I was on TV though! Bennet: You really were. "Mulan" straight up was... Wen: "Mulan" is a gift from Disney for sure. Bennet: "ER" and "Mulan." I'm from Chicago. My mom's a doctor who worked at Cook County Hospital. Wen: I know, that's so cool. Bennet: So that's crazy. And "Mulan" and "The Lion King" were the only Disney movies I ever saw, so you really were a huge inspiration growing up, even if I didn't know it. But there were still not a lot of people like me on TV. I remember looking at my dad and thinking, "Oh, my friends' dads don't look like this. The dads on TV don't look like this. What does that mean about me? There's no way. I'm from Chicago -- I'm going to be able to go and pursue this." So now having young girls of any ethnicity really come up and say, "I heard your family is diverse and you're half Chinese..." Wen: And I know that you don't want to talk about it -- maybe you do -- but I just feel that you have a double whammy situation, too, because you are a mix. So she has the struggle of whether not looking Asian enough for a part, or not looking caucasian enough. And it's just so crazy to me because we are in America for crying out loud, where that is what it's about! It's about mixing races. It's about diversity in that respect. Bennet: There're so many roles that I don't get. Wen: The fact that there's still this sort of pigeon-holing of what you're supposed to look like to represent a certain race to me is just so archaic, it drives me insane. Bennet: That's what's so great about the show, though. People were cast because of who they were, and not because of what they looked like or what ethnicity they were. I mean, Agent May was originally Agent Rice, right? Wen: Which is ironic. Bennet: Clearly, she wasn't meant to be Asian because that would have been way too obvious. Wen: In fact, once I auditioned and got cast for the part, one of our executive producers, Maurissa Tancharoen, immediately was like, "OK, we need to change the name now because Agent Rice just might not fit very well." Bennet: But that colorblind casting is what I think our show does so well. Wen: I'm proud of it. Bennet: There were so many different people of all ethnicities. I loved it. It made me want the part even more because if that's the type of casting that was happening, people behind the show knew what they were doing, obviously. Wen: Right. Bennet: It's cool, but it is a struggle. I cannot tell you how many times I've heard, "Well, she's not white enough to be the lead, but she's not Asian enough to be the best friend." Wen: That thinking just needs to stop; it really does. Bennet: How about "I'm right for the part," and that should be what it's about. It really is -- it's frustrating. And to think that that's still an issue... Wen: It's interesting too, because that's what I love about Marvel. It does reflect on our society right now and the humanity issues going on. Right now, our characters are dealing with the Inhumans and the bad guys, the Hydra, and delegating whether Inhumans have these rights or those rights, rather than accepting them. The people that don't understand them feel completely threatened by them. Bennet: It feels very relevant. And there's not just two of you. There's Elizabeth [Henstrridge], Adrianne [Palicki], your showrunner Maurissa, guest stars -- all strong women in front of and behind the camera. What's it meant to have that sort of sisterhood of S.H.I.E.L.D., and not just have it be a mostly-boy's club? Wen: The token girlfriend. Bennet: It's definitely not a boy's club. It's definitely a show about strong characters... Wen: But equality. Bennet: ...whether male or female. We have a really strong group of male characters. The vulnerability lies in things that are really relatable, rather than needing someone to ... but there is that element of people. I think there's a couple moments Daisy feels like she needs to be rescued, and that's an issue she has. She has a deep-rooted issue: "I don't need to be rescued, and I keep messing up and this has happened." Wen: But what's so great about Skye turning into Daisy's character that I love so much is about this young girl who's kind of lost and who's independent in her own way, and yet as she becomes more accepted into a family environment like S.H.I.E.L.D., and yet even through all her changes and confusion, she's becoming a leader as well. She's fighting through all that adversity and all the challenges and finding herself. I mean, that couldn't be any more of a better role model. I have a teenage daughter right now. I see her going through that. Definitely, she can't start an earthquake -- thank goodness! But you see this struggle, and yet you see her overcoming. I think that's the correlation of these strong female characters -- that no matter what challenge is being dealt to them, they do find a way on their own, with or without a man. They're incredibly resilient to just have the inner confidence to survive and come through. 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| 'The Walking Dead' Season 7 Teases on Negan, Heath, The Kingdom, Kill Clues Posted:  Now what? Fans are still digesting (and complaining about) "The Walking Dead" Season 6 finale, but showrunner Scott M. Gimple and Negan himself, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, teased some things ahead in Season 7 and beyond.NEGAN *Minor comic book spoilers referenced ahead* For anyone worried that they'll drag this out even more, Gimple said the Season 7 premiere will pick up right from the end of Season 6, and we will see who Negan killed. However, he said in a conference call with reporters (via TVLine) that he didn't think you could study the final sequence and find clues on who Negan killed, so stop analyzing those shadows. "I believe there's no way," Gimple said. "There are a couple of things in there that might help people possibly limit the amount of people who are vulnerable, [but] I truly don't think there's a way to puzzle it out definitively." Carl and Rick don't seem "vulnerable" to be victims, since Negan said if anyone in the lineup moved he'd take out Carl's other eye and make Rick eat it. Negan is known in the comic book for being against rape, but he does kill a woman at one point, and he almost killed Maggie in the Season 6 finale, so it may not be fair to eliminate the women as options. But fans seem to think it will be a guy, whether it's the same guy from the comic or not. And since Robert Kirkman said the character is "very beloved to everyone," that may narrow it down even further. In terms of Negan's future as a character, Gimple told TVLine Season 7 will feature "stories from his perspective" but probably not a major origin story piece. "The guy you see is the guy he is. There won't be this [big] 'behind the mask' reveal." Jeffrey Dean Morgan teased a lot of Negan ahead, even beyond Season 7. "You're going to see Negan do some stuff in the next year or two that's not going to be very nice." OK, but does that mean after two years he'll get a bit nicer or that will be the end of his role on the show?  THE KINGDOM In the comic book, there's another survivor community called The Kingdom, and it looked like those guys that Morgan met at the end of the Season 6 finale could be from The Kingdom. A fan asked TVLine about that, and Gimple hedged his response: "Those guys may or may not have been from The Kingdom. And we may or may not see The Kingdom. But if we do see the Kingdom, it'll be a big reveal and another new world to inhabit and explore." However, he did say in his conference call that, in the first eight episodes of Season 7, "the world is going to open up even more. We're going to have a wide variety of locales and a wide variety of tone. I'm very excited for all the different stories that are going to be told, and there are going to be a lot of different stories told... There's probably going to be the biggest variety of stories we've had yet." Sounds like the Kingdom, and maybe also The Saviors's base, The Sanctuary?  HEATH Remember Heath and Tara? They went out on their supply run mission, which was meant to be for two weeks, and we haven't heard from them yet. Tara doesn't even know that Denise is dead, never mind that someone else just got smashed. We're expecting to see Alanna Masterson's Tara again, but what about Corey Hawkins as Heath? He just landed a starring role in the "24" reboot, so does that mean he's out? Gimple said we "will absolutely see Heath again," adding, "We're hoping to have him in a certain episode [next season]." But just one, maybe? "The Walking Dead" Season 7 hasn't officially started filming yet, but it will premiere at some point in October 2016. Want more stuff like this? Like us on Facebook. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Quiz: Which 'Fuller House' Leading Lady Are You? Posted:  Are you more DJ, Steph, or Kimmy?Find out which "Fuller House" leading lady is your spirit animal. No matter what the result is, you win. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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