The first trailer for the movie Burnt has arrived featuring Bradley Cooper as a chef obsessed with creating the perfect dining experience. Although the trailer leans toward the dramatic, the film’s actually described as a comedy (you definitely won’t get that vibe from the trailer).
Directed by John Wells (Shameless, August: Osage County), the cast also includes Sienna Miller, Omar Sy, Daniel Brühl, Matthew Rhys, Uma Thurman and Emma Thompson.
The Weinstein Company’s releasing Burnt on October 23, 2015.
The Plot:
Chef Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) had it all – and lost it. A two-star Michelin rockstar with the bad habits to match, the former enfant terrible of the Paris restaurant scene did everything different every time out, and only ever cared about the thrill of creating explosions of taste. To land his own kitchen and that third elusive Michelin star though, he’ll need the best of the best on his side, including the beautiful Helene (Sienna Miller).
Burnt is a remarkably funny and emotional story about the love of food, the love between two people, and the power of second chances.
Corey Stoll as Ephraim Goodweather in ‘The Strain’ Season 2 Episode 5 (Photo by Michael Gibson / Copyright 2015, FX Networks)
Corey Stoll can currently be seen on the big screen in Marvel’s Ant-Man and on television playing Dr. Ephraim Goodweather in the second season of FX’s horror series, The Strain. As vampires wreak havoc on New Yorkers, Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) have been working on finding a biological agent to kill the infected.
During a conference call to talk about the current season airing on Sunday nights at 10pm ET/PT, Stoll talked about the change in how Eph is approaching wiping out vampires this season and the dramatic change in appearance that took place in episode five.
Corey Stoll The Strain Season Two Q&A:
In the season two premiere, Eph told Fet that he’s not a very good vampire killer so he’s going to go back to what he knows. What’s driving him at this point? Is it really vengeance against the Master and all of the vampires or is it really just to try and redeem himself in the eyes of the CDC and the people that put him out to pasture because they thought he wasn’t valid in what he was trying to tell them?
Corey Stoll: “I think it’s really both. I think obviously it’s personal now that Kelly has turned and is actively trying to turn Zach, but I think just his personality is such, too, that he’s won at everything pretty much in his life up till now. Now he’s in a situation where he’s lost more in the last week than he has in his entire life. So he’s always been a very alpha guy and very Type A. He’s been knocked down numerous pegs and is admitting such but he still can’t let go on either front, so it’s personal but it’s also professional.”
The majority of your roles are more reality-based than this scenario on The Strain. How has it been as an actor for you to operate in this world, especially one created by Guillermo del Toro where anything can really happen?
Corey Stoll: “It’s an interesting challenge and it’s one where I think Carlton [Cuse] and I at the beginning of season two felt the need to sort of adjust a little bit because so much of what the show is about is about the tone and the look and the style and the feel of it which is unique. There are other vampire shows and other vampire movies out there, but Guillermo brings something unique and so trying to find that right balance to be in the same show I think it’s a pretty good challenge with this show where the stakes are incredibly high but it’s not the same world that we live in, and there’s also a real, sort of a wicked sense of humor that runs throughout the whole thing.
I think in this season there’s a lot of conversations between Carlton and myself about how to have me participate in that sense of humor because I think the danger is often to fall into melodrama. It’s sort of about being in that same world where these stakes are incredibly high, but you have to sort of keep one part of your tongue in your cheek a little bit.”
When Eph threw his former boss off a train, did he not have a choice or did he make the choice to kill him?
Corey Stoll: “No, he didn’t. He didn’t. It was really an [instinctive] move to not get hit and before he knew what was happening, he had killed him. Now it was in his best interest probably to kill him but it’s still obviously a very big deal. It’s his first human kill. No, he did not intend to kill him.”
Now that he crossed that line will this open up a door to a darker Eph, a guy who’s willing to do more and cross the line a little bit more easily?
Corey Stoll: “Yeah, I think you can say that. The first time he killed anybody intentionally he was being attacked and that was sort of purely defensive. As the first season went on, he became more inured to killing to the point where he doesn’t really sort of flinch killing people who are completely turned.
Then he crossed the line, again, at the beginning of this season experimenting on freshly turned people. And then this is another one, and then sort of the ratchet that keeps pushing him past these lines that he never thought he would cross. But yeah, it definitely from that point on to the rest of the season, he is in a different place, morally.”
There was a lot made of “Wig Gate.” Are you kind of relieved that it’s behind you now and were surprised at all the attention it got while it did?
Corey Stoll: “Yes, I’m relieved and I spoke about this at the TCAs that it was, just from the sense that it was a distraction for the audience, it’s unfortunate. And there’s an unfortunate bargain that every actor has to make…they don’t have to make, but often make is that the more you work, the more recognizable you are. That can be helpful in getting you more work but it’s detrimental to your job as an actor because you’re less able to disappear into the role.
I can see why someone like Johnny Depp has gotten so enamored of really intense hair and makeup for his roles because when you get that famous it can sort of be the only way to really do your job, just sort of become somebody else. So that’s an unfortunate thing that people’s ability to see past the image, it was limited here. So, yeah, it’s a relief to have that not be an issue in this particular project.”
Eph’s drinking has increased. Can we expect to see that affecting how he handles the whole situation? Will that play a big role?
Corey Stoll: “Yeah, definitely. He does not sober up the rest of the season. He was never the best fighter in the world. But, no, he’s a little easier and a little bit more handicapped.”
Can you talk about the makeup on the show and has anything ever really grossed you out?
Corey Stoll: “There were a few things in the beginning in the first season, there was like a bashed-in head and a couple bashed-in heads and the autopsy. In this season there seems to be a little bit of, at least from my feelings, this is my exposure to it, a little bit of a break from that.
Just in terms of my exposure to the makeup, it’s an amazing thing to see on a daily basis. You come in at 6am in the morning on a Monday and the makeup people have been there for hours already churning out this army of vampires who all have their own unique level of transformation and different degrees of turning into vampires. It’s really an incredible level of artistry and industry.”
This season Eph has been a bit removed from the actual fighting. Do you expect him to fight more over the remainder of the season and do you miss doing all the fight scenes at all?
Corey Stoll: “In terms of in total between the two seasons, it’s about the same. In the first bunch of episodes Eph is taking a much more…he’s using biochemistry to fight the Strigoi. Especially like that fight scene that I had with Barnes was actually one of the more – I think a lot of it was actually cut, but it was one of the more involved fights that I’ve had in either season. Definitely moving forward there’s more fighting.”
The Hallmark Channel announced production is now underway in Toronto on Good Witch‘s second season with Catherine Bell, Bailee Madison, and James Denton in starring roles. The network’s #1 original series will kick off season two in October with a two-hour special sneak peek preview.
“We can’t wait to bring Cassie Nightingale’s magical journey back in a second season of this series, which cast an undeniable spell on our viewers,” stated Michelle Vicary, EVP, Programming and Publicity, Crown Media Family Networks. “Catherine Bell, James Denton and Bailee Madison return for one of Hallmark Channel’s most beloved franchises and we are so excited to premiere a special sneak peek of Cassie’s newest adventures in the Fall–the perfect time of year for the Good Witch to make her return!”
Good Witch the series is based on Hallmark Channel’s highest-rated original movie franchise. The series is executive produced by Orly Adelson, Jonathan Eskenas, Frank Siracusa, Craig Pryce, and Sue Tenney.
The Season One Plot:
Good Witch captivated audiences in its first season as the bewitching Cassie Nightingale (Bell), everyone’s favorite raven-haired enchantress, used her intuitive magical touch to keep viewers guessing. In her small town of Middleton, Cassie continues to conjure up her special brand of magic but even she can’t predict the excitement that will brew in her life with her enchanting daughter Grace (Madison) and handsome next-door neighbor, Dr. Sam Radford (Denton) by her side. One thing is certain: Cassie takes on all the fun and romance one day – or one spell – at a time.
Disney’s returning to the world of one of their most popular animated films with The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, a spin-off of The Lion King. A new animated movie will air on Disney Channel in November and will center around Kion, Simba and Nala’s second son. Following the primetime movie, The Lion Guard television series will premiere in 2016 on Disney Channels and Disney Junior channels.
Disney’s tapped Rob Lowe to provide the voice of Simba. Gabrielle Union will voice Nala and Max Charles will handle the role of Kion. James Earl Jones reprises his role as Mufasa, and Ernie Sabella is set to return as Pumbaa. The voice cast also includes Joshua Rush as Bunga the honey badger, Atticus Shaffer as Ono the egret, Diamond White as Fuli the cheetah, and Dusan Brown as Beshte the hippo.
Howy Parkins directs and Christopher Willis composed the music. Beau Black is The Lion Guard‘s singer/songwriter.
The Plot:
Set in the African Savanna, The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar follows Kion as he assembles the members of the Lion Guard. While traditionally, the Lion Guard has been comprised of lions known to be the fiercest, bravest, fastest, strongest and keenest of sight in the Pride Lands, Kion breaks tradition by instead calling upon some of his friends who he believes best exemplify these heroic qualities. Throughout the movie and the series, the diverse team of young animals will learn how to utilize each of their unique abilities to solve problems and accomplish tasks to maintain balance within the Circle of Life, while also introducing young viewers to the vast array of animals that populate the prodigious African landscape.
The new season of Doctor Who premieres on September 19, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT and today BBC America’s showing off a trailer for the upcoming season. Peter Capaldi returns as the Doctor and Jenna Coleman’s back as Clara, with Michelle Gomez reprising her role as Missy. Also along for the ride this season is Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), a huge Doctor Who fan who nabbed a guest starring role. Additional confirmed guest stars include Reece Shearsmith, Rebecca Front, Rufus Hound, Paul Kaye, Elaine Tan, Neet Mohan, Bethany Black, Paul Courtenay Hyu, Joivan Wade, and Sophie Stone.
Doctor Who will kick off the new season with a two-parter: “The Magician’s Apprentice” and “The Witch’s Familiar.” Showrunner Steven Moffat wrote the episodes and Hettie Macdonald directed the two-parter.
The Plot: “In Peter Capaldi’s second season at the helm of the TARDIS, the series sees the Doctor and Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) going on a journey that takes them to deadly alien planets, creepy underwater bases, Viking villages, a global Zygon uprising, and through hidden alien dens, to the very end of time itself.
Meeting monsters old and new, the Doctor will come face to face with Missy (Michelle Gomez), a city of Daleks, deadly mercenaries called the Mire, terrifying ghosts and more.”
Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams in ‘I Saw the Light’ (Photo by Alan Markfield, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)
Sony Pictures Classics released the first official photo of Tom Hiddleston as Country Western star Hank Williams. Hiddleston is playing Williams in I Saw the Light, based on Colin Escott’s Hank Williams: The Biography. Marc Abraham wrote and directs the movie, with Elizabeth Olsen, Cherry Jones, Bradley Whitford, Maddie Hasson, and Wren Schmidt co-starring.
I Saw the Light opens in limited release on November 27, 2015. A wide release will follow.
The Plot:
I Saw the Light, the story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life.
Check out Tom Hiddleston performing at the Wheatland Music Festival:
Helen Mirren and Bryan Cranston in ‘Trumbo’ (Photo Courtesy of Bleecker Street)
Is Trumbo going to be in the running for Oscar glory? The launch of Trumbo‘s official trailer proves the dramatic film based on true events has not only the star power to put it on Oscar voters’ radar and the setting to make it get noticed by Hollywood, but also a storyline to grab the attention of audiences. And, the first trailer does a terrific job of showcasing Bryan Cranston’s performance as blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo. Directed by Jay Roach, the cast also includes Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Louis C.K., David James Elliott, Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Alan Tudyk, Michael Stuhlbarg and Helen Mirren.
Bleecker Street is releasing Trumbo in theaters on November 6, 2015.
The Plot:
The successful career of 1940s screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Cranston) comes to a crushing end when he and other Hollywood figures are blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo tells the story of his fight against the U.S. government and studio bosses in a war over words and freedom, which entangled everyone in Hollywood from Hedda Hopper (Mirren) and John Wayne to Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.
Quentin Tarantino and The Weinstein Company released a The Hateful Eight teaser trailer featuring lots of snow, a little gunfire, and a hangman (Kurt Russell) out to make Jennifer Jason Leigh the latest fugitive brought to justice. The teaser trailer gives away far more than you’d expect from a first look at a Tarantino film, with pretty much all the main characters introduced in this two-and-a-half-minute video.
The Hateful Eight opens in select theaters on December 25, 2015 followed by a wide release on January 8, 2016.
In The Hateful Eight, set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as “The Hangman,” will bring Domergue to justice.
Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a Southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie’s Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie’s, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demian Bichir), who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern).
As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all…
Flo Rida and Robin Thicke (Photos by Frank MIcelotta / FOX)
Grammy winner Flo Rida and Grammy nominee Robin Thicke have been confirmed to perform on Fox’s Teen Choice 2015 awards set for August 16, 2015. The awards show also just added pop artist Rachel Platten to the lineup as well as Scream Queens stars Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, and Keke Palmer to the list of celebrities scheduled to present during the live broadcast hosted by Ludacris, Gina Rodriguez and Josh Peck.
Flo Rida will sing “I Don’t Like It, I Love It” with a special appearance by Robin Thicke, and Rachel Platten will perform “Fight Song.” Empire‘s Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray, 5 Seconds of Summer, and Little Mix will also be taking the stage to perform.
NBA star Stephen Curry, Nina Dobrev, Janel Parrish, Lucy Hale, Skylar Astin, Terry Crews, Rita Ora, John Stamos, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyrese Gibson, and Jordana Brewster are set to appear on the show. Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, Cat Deeley, Vin Diesel, Chloe Grace Moretz, Fifth Harmony, Sarah Hyland, Bella Thorne, Scott Eastwood and R5 were previously announced to take part in Teen Choice 2015.
Leah Pipes at Comic-Con 2015 (Photo by Richard Chavez)
Leah Pipes is ready to sink her teeth into what she believes will be the best season yet of The CW’s The Originals. Pipes and her The Originals co-stars participated in a Q&A with fans during the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, and they also sat down for roundtable interviews to further discuss the third season of the popular series.
During our interview, Pipes praised the show’s writers and writer/executive producer Michael Narducci for the growth in her character over the previous two seasons and, in particular, how Cami will be evolving in season three.
“It’s really cool. I love the writers so much, and so anything they do I’m a huge fan of. But this season especially, I just feel like I get to shine in a way that, you know, you can’t shine when you’re in mourning, so Cami was in mourning last season but now she’s found her strength again in a really big way and it’s cool,” explained Pipes. “She’s really finding her place in New Orleans and in the world.”
Pipes says this season is heading an exciting direction. “The first three episodes I’m so excited about and I just feel like this is… You know, Cami, the first season she went through a lot of traumatic stuff. She lost her family, she lost everyone, and she told Marcel, ‘Once my uncle dies, I’m going to be alone.’ And then in season two she attaches herself to the Mikaelson family in a big way because of the loss of her own family. Obviously, she wants to see this family stay intact. And now I think season three she realizes very much, ‘Okay, the healing process is a healing process. I need to move on. I need to set boundaries from the Mikaelson family, from especially Klaus.’ And within those boundaries she sort of finds her own place in New Orleans,” explained Pipes.
The third season of The Originals will find new villains who, according to Pipes, will wind up making Klaus look like the good guy. “It’s these mysterious vampires and Cami gets involved, of course, because Cami always manages to get involved,” said Pipes, laughing. “She has gotten her degree and she’s been pulled into some weird things that have been happening around the Quarter. She kind of becomes like a forensic psychologist.”
But although she’s found her way, Pipes believes Cami will continue to try to get Klaus to see the error of his ways. “I was just talking to Michael [Narducci] who’s our brilliant executive producer and he said, ‘I think Cami goes to bed at night trying to figure out how she can help save Klaus. By helping to save Klaus, she actually saves the lives of so many people he would go after.’ I think he sees in her a darkness. She saw her twin brother – a mirror of her – slip into that darkness and so for her she’s just wondering when she’s going to slip into that darkness because she feels like it’s in her.
I think he sees that darkness in her, even if she doesn’t quite understand it herself,” said Pipes. “But I think we’re going to potentially see that darkness from her this season, and we’re going to see Cami and Klaus’ relationship develop in the complicated relationship that it is. I don’t know if…she’s admitted feelings but it’s not a cut-and-dry ‘this is a romance’ story. It’s much more complicated and nuanced than that, which I personally prefer.”
Asked about the darkness within Cami, Pipes said, “I think there’s some things that will bring out a darkness in her. And honestly, I don’t know this; it was just mentioned. The writers are so funny. They’re like, ‘We might see a dark side.’ I’m like, ‘Really? That’s so exciting.’ And then maybe it never happens and I’m totally wrong,” said Pipes, laughing. “But I do think she has a dark side. I do. The reason she’s so drawn to Klaus is because she herself has a dark side and she sees herself in him. I think she sees herself in the scary parts that she doesn’t like about him. She sees the scary parts of herself that she doesn’t like about herself potentially. So it’s a whole new side of Cami this season.”
