The CW announced season three of Beauty and the Beast starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan will kick off on May 21, 2015 at 8pm ET/PT. And in addition to revealing season three’s premiere date, the network confirmed the series will return for a fourth season in 2015-2016.
Season three will consist of 13 new episodes.
Details on Beauty and the Beast season three’s plot, courtesy of The CW:
“As season three begins, Cat (Kristin Kreuk) and Vincent (Jay Ryan) are able to focus on their love, finally free from Muirfield, manhunts and beasts. However, that love will be tested as new and more dangerous threats await. When they learn that innocent victims are being used to test the boundaries of the impossible, Cat and Vincent will uncover a deeper conspiracy, one which Vincent can fight only by turning to the beast he carries within.
But unleashing the beast will risk Vincent’s life – along with his and Cat’s love – as they struggle to build a normal life together.”
NBC’s three and a half hour Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special kicked off with Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake teaming up for a musical look back at the show’s four decades. According to NBC, more than 23.1 million viewers tuned in to watch the 40th anniversary special making it the network’s highest-rated primetime entertainment show (not including the post-Super Bowl programs) since May 18, 2006 when Will & Grace aired its final episode.
NBC also reported that the SNL 40th Anniversary Special was the network’s top-rated special in a decade.
The CW’s upcoming updead series iZombie is showing off a new poster featuring series star Rose McIver. The new show, based on DC Entertainment’s iZombie created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, is set to premiere on March 17, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT.
The cast also includes Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley, and David Anders.
The Plot:
Olivia “Liv” Moore was a rosy-cheeked, disciplined, over-achieving medical resident who had her life path completely mapped out…until the night she attended a party that unexpectedly turned into a zombie-feeding frenzy. Now as one of the newly undead, Liv is doing her best to blend in and look as human as possible. Her appearance passes for “Goth,” with shockingly pale skin and nearly white hair, and her demeanor has gone from exuberant to exhausted.
The change in Liv is baffling to her former fiancé, Major, her mother, Eva, and her best friend and roommate, Peyton, who still has the high-energy, Type-A personality that Liv has completely abandoned. Despite her post-traumatic ennui, Liv has devised a clever way to resist her baser urges to devour fresh human brains – she’s taken a job in the Seattle coroner’s office. In this appropriately dead-end job, Liv can secretly snack on the brains of the many Jane and John Doe corpses that make a final stop in the morgue.
Despite carefully covering her tracks, Liv’s brilliant but eccentric boss, Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti, discovers her secret and is surprisingly excited about the scientific possibilities. Dr. Ravi even helps Liv in her search for Blaine, the zombie responsible for her current undead status.
Even with her boss’ enthusiasm, Liv remains resigned to an eternity as a zombie without hope or purpose – until she realizes that with every brain she consumes, she retains a portion of that person’s memories. Liv suddenly begins to experience disturbing and often violent visions from the point of view of the murder victims. Much to the surprise of Dr. Ravi and homicide detective Clive Babineaux, Liv often has detailed knowledge of crime scenes and motives that she can’t easily explain.
Posing as a psychic, she works with Detective Babineaux to investigate these crimes and discover who is responsible. It’s not the same as being alive again, but at least she can find purpose in her undead existence by helping Clive solve the murders of those who are indeed fully dead.
American Sniper continues to draw in audiences and over the Valentine’s Day weekend the action drama surpassed $300 million at the domestic box office. According to Warner Bros Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, American Sniper‘s the biggest grossing war movie in Hollywood history and the second biggest R-rated drama of all time.
Warner Bros also announced American Sniper is now the seventh release (franchise or non-franchise) to reach the $300 million mark in the studio’s history and the very first non-franchise film to surpass that milestone.
“This is another extraordinary benchmark for an extraordinary film. Rarely does a film come along that strikes such an emotional and thought-provoking chord with such a wide audience. Congratulations to Clint Eastwood and everyone involved in American Sniper on the film’s huge success, both at the box office and in the hearts and minds of people everywhere,” stated Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller lead the cast of the Clint Eastwood-directed drama based on the true story of American military’s most lethal sniper, Chris Kyle. The film is based on a book by Kyle, Jim DeFelice, and Scott McEwen and was adapted for the screen by Jason Hall.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson star in ‘True Detective’ (Photo by Michele K. Short/CIA)
Among the big winners at this year’s Writers Guild of America awards were True Detective, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Imitation Game, with the Imitation Game and Grand Budapest Hotel wins further muddying the Oscar race. The 2015 ceremonies took place on February 14th in both LA and New York. Lisa Kudrow handled the task of hosting the WGA West Coast event while Larry Wilmore tackled the hosting gig on the East Coast.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Imitation Game, Written by Graham Moore; Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges; The Weinstein Company
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Written by Brian Knappenberger; FilmBuff
DRAMA SERIES
True Detective, Written by Nic Pizzolatto; HBO
COMEDY SERIES
Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.; FX
NEW SERIES
True Detective, Written by Nic Pizzolatto; HBO
EPISODIC DRAMA
“The Last Call” (The Good Wife), Written by Robert King & Michelle King; CBS
EPISODIC COMEDY
“So Did the Fat Lady” (Louie), Written by Louis C.K.; FX
LONG FORM ORIGINAL
Deliverance Creek, Written by Melissa Carter; Lifetime
LONG FORM ADAPTED
Olive Kitteridge, Teleplay by Jane Anderson, Based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout; HBO
SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ORIGINAL
“Episode 113: Rachel” (High Maintenance), Written by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair; helpingyoumaintain.com
ANIMATION
“Brick Like Me” (The Simpsons), Written by Brian Kelley; Fox
COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO
71st Annual Golden Globe Awards, Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material by Alex Baze, Dave Boone, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Jon Macks, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Mike Shoemaker; NBC
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Hollywood Game Night, Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter; NBC
DAYTIME DRAMA
General Hospital, Written by Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC
CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – EPISODIC & SPECIALS
“Haunted Heartthrob” (Haunted Hathaways), Written by Bob Smiley; Nickelodeon
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS
“United States of Secrets: The Program (Part One)” (Frontline); PBS; Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
TV NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Nelson Mandela: A Man Who Changed the World” (World News with Diane Sawyer), Written by Dave Bloch, Lisa Ferri, Diane Sawyer; ABC News
TV NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Nowhere to Go” (60 Minutes), Written by Oriana Zill de Granados, Scott Pelley, Michael Rey; CBS
RADIO DOCUMENTARY
“Three Shots Rang Out: The JFK Assassination 50 Years Later,” Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC News Radio
RADIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“World News This Week,” Written by Andrew Evans; ABC News Radio
RADIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Civil Rights at 50,” Written by Jane Tillman Irving; WCBS Radio
ON-AIR PROMOTION (TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA OR RADIO)
“How I Met Your Mother,” Written by Dan Greenberger; CBS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VIDEOGAME WRITING
The Last of Us: Left Behind, Written by Neil Druckmann; Sony Computer Entertainment
The Hot Tub Time Machine sequel’s unveiled a special “Rules and Regulations” poster for the comedy film hitting theaters on February 20, 2015. Hot Tub Time Machine cast members Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke are back for more bizarre time machine adventures, with Adam Scott joining the featured cast for the sequel.
The Hot Tub Time Machines 2 Plot: When Lou (Corddry) finds himself in trouble, Nick (Robinson) and Jacob (Duke) fire up the hot tub time machine in an attempt to get back to the past. But they inadvertently land in the future with Adam Jr. (Scott). Now they have to alter the future in order to save the past… which is really the present, in the sequel from the same team that brought you the original cult hit.
The first real look at writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming supernatural mystery Crimson Peak has arrived with a trailer featuring clips of the gothic tale’s stars Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, and Jim Beaver, along with a poster and three new photos. The new trailer proclaims Crimson Peak is del Toro’s “ultimate masterpiece” and, hopefully, the horror story can live up to that declaration.
“Between darkness and desire, mystery and madness, lies the peak of fear”
Universal Pictures and Legendary Pictures are releasing Crimson Peak in theaters on October 16, 2015.
The Plot:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers.
Watch the trailer:
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Russell Crowe directs and stars as Joshua Connor in the drama ‘The Water Diviner,’ a presentation of RatPac Entertainment and Seven Network Australia in Association with Megiste Films, DC Tour, EJM Productions, Axphon; released domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Warner Bros Pictures unveiled a new trailer for the dramatic film The Water Diviner directed by first time feature film helmer Russell Crowe. Crowe also co-stars in the film with Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas, James Fraser, Ryan Corr, Jacqueline McKenzie, Olga Kurylenko, Dylan Georgiades, and Yilmaz Erdogan. Writers Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios co-wrote and executive produced the movie along with James Packer, Brett Ratner, Kerry Stokes, Tim Worner, Angus Ross and John Collee.
The Water Diviner opens in theaters on April 24, 2015.
The Plot:
Crowe stars in the film as Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his three missing sons, last known to have fought against the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli. Arriving in Istanbul, he is thrust into a vastly different world, where he encounters others who have suffered their own losses in the conflict: Ayshe (Kurylenko), a strikingly beautiful but guarded hotelier raising a child alone; her young, spirited son, Orhan (Georgiades), who finds a friend in Connor; and Major Hasan (Erdoğan), a Turkish officer who fought against Connor’s boys and who may be this father’s only hope. With seemingly insurmountable obstacles in his path, Connor must travel across the battle-scarred Turkish landscape to find the truth…and his own peace.
The upcoming fifth film of the Mission Impossible franchise will be released in the IMAX format, as just announced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Bad Robot, and IMAX Corporation. Mission Impossible 5 is being directed by Christopher McQuarrie and has Tom Cruise back in the lead role. The cast also includes returning MI players Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames.
Alec Baldwin, Rebecca Ferguson and Sean Harris are joining the MI franchise in the fifth film.
According to the studio, Mission Impossible 5 is being digitally re-mastered into the IMAX format and will be released in theaters on July 31, 2015.
“IMAX is so important in giving the audience the best experience of the film we have made. I am very happy to have this partnership on the next ‘MISSION,’” said Cruise.
“After the innovative way we worked with our longtime partners Paramount Pictures, Skydance Productions, Bad Robot and Tom Cruise on the record-setting ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL,’ we are beyond thrilled to once again offer audiences The IMAX Experience® of the latest installment of this action-packed franchise,” said Greg Foster, Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. and CEO of IMAX Entertainment. “This film was literally made for IMAX and summer moviegoing.”
Cruise, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing the film with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, and Jake Myers executive producing.
SOFIA VERGARA as Daniella Riva and REESE WITHERSPOON as Cooper in the comedy “HOT PURSUIT,” a New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) release, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM.
Reese Witherspoon plays a cop who has to protect the widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug boss in Hot Pursuit, an action comedy from director Anna Fletcher (The Proposal) working from a script that’s credited to four writers: David Feeney, John Quaintance, Dana Fox, and Katherine Silberman. The cast of the MGM and New Line Cinema release also includes John Carroll Lynch and Rob Kazinsky.
