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‘The Walking Dead’ Gets a Companion Series and Shows Off New Photos

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Rebecca Murray
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The Walking Dead Gets a Companion Series and Season 5 Photos

If you can’t get enough of The Walking Dead, then you should enthusiastically embrace this news from AMC (or at the very least smile). The network’s given a green light to the pilot episode of a Walking Dead companion series which will go into production later this year. The Walking Dead‘s Robert Kirkman, Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert are executive producing and Sons of Anarchy‘s Dave Erickson co-wrote and co-created the pilot. Erickson is also on board as the showrunner on the new series.

“Almost from the beginning of The Walking Dead on AMC, fans have been curious about what is going on in the zombie apocalypse in other parts of the world. In fact, beyond requests for zombie cameos, it’s the question I get asked the most,” said AMC President Charlie Collier. “Obviously, we all take our stewardship of the original franchise incredibly seriously and we, along with Robert, Gale, David and now Dave, are all proceeding with extreme care in order to ensure that we are offering fans something truly compelling, engaging and distinct. We’re thrilled to be taking this next step with these remarkable partners.”

“There are many corners of The Walking Dead universe that remain unseen in the shadows. Being given the opportunity to shine a light into those corners and see what lurks out there is an absolute thrill. I know the fans are anxious to hear what Dave and I have been cooking up for this new version of The Walking Dead, and I’m happy to be one step closer to sharing it with them,” said Kirkman.

AMC’s also revealed a set of photos from the upcoming fifth season of the zombie apocalypse series and if you want to go into the new season completely unaware of what’s in store, then I suggest you forgo looking at this collection of 22 photos from the new season. For the rest of you Walking Dead fans who don’t believe photos could possibly spoil season five, check out our gallery of stills featuring Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chad Coleman, Melissa McBride, Sonequa Martin-Green, and Michael Cudlitz. And zombies…lots of zombies.

– The Walking Dead Season 5 Photo Gallery


-By Rebecca Murray

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First Look: ‘Revenge’ Season 4 Posters

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Rebecca Murray
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Revenge Season 4 Posters

ABC previously released a poster for season four of Revenge featuring just the sky and the wording “What goes around comes around.” It was mildly interesting but forgettable. However, that was just the first of a series of three teaser posters for the upcoming fourth season of the drama series, which is set to debut on September 28, 2014.

Poster number two featured Emily Thorne (played by Emily VanCamp) looking back over her shoulder as though expecting someone to attack from behind. And poster number three shows precisely who it is Emily was watching out for – Victoria Grayson (played by Madeleine Stowe).

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Drop Everything and Watch This Video from ‘The Drop’

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Rebecca Murray
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The Drop Rocco the Dog Featurette
Tom Hardy in ‘The Drop’ (Photo © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

Tom Hardy is a dog lover both in real life and on the screen in the upcoming dramatic film, The Drop, coming to theaters on September 12, 2014. And it’s Hardy’s young canine co-star who’s the focus of this new behind-the-scenes video featuring The Drop‘s cast and crew.

Everyone on the set apparently fell in love with the puppies who played Rocco the dog, and in this video, they discuss what it was like on the set and why the puppy played an important role in the story being told onscreen.

The Drop is based on the short story “Animal Rescue” by Dennis Lehane and is the final film of beloved actor James Gandolfini. Lehane adapted his own story for the screen, and Michaël R. Roskam directs a cast that includes Hardy, Gandolfini, Noomi Rapace, and Matthias Schoenaerts.

The Plot:

The Drop follows lonely bartender Bob Saginowski (Tom Hardy) through a covert scheme of funneling cash to local gangsters – “money drops” in the underworld of Brooklyn bars. Under the heavy hand of his employer and cousin Marv (James Gandolfini), Bob finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood’s past.

Interesting tidbit: The first time I interviewed Tom Hardy was for his film Warrior and during the interview with Hardy and his co-star Joel Edgerton, Hardy talked about the painful loss of his Bulldog, Max. At the end of our interview, Hardy talked about how much he misses his companion and best friend who had passed three months earlier. In fact, at the time of the Warrior promotional tour, Max’s ashes were sitting on the couch at Hardy’s home, a place where Max loved hanging out.




Silas Weir Mitchell Interview on ‘Grimm’ Season Four

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Rebecca Murray
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Silas Weir Mitchell Grimm Season 4 Interview
Silas Weir Mitchell as Monroe and Bree Turner as Rosalee in ‘Grimm’ (Photo by: Scott Green/NBC)

Silas Weir Mitchell says Grimm fans should prepare for a much darker fourth season of the NBC drama. “Everything that began happening at the end…he doesn’t have his powers and that’s a big deal. He’s got the girl who’s going to take care of him and be his eyes. I think it’s going to get really tough for Monroe. I think it’s been too easy for Monroe, thus far. Last season was all peaches and cream, let’s all get married and be in love and smoochy fun times. I think it’s going to get pretty dark,” explained Mitchell during the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con.

As for expanding the family now that Monroe and Rosalee are married, Monroe doesn’t know whether his character will become a dad anytime soon. “I don’t know. I really don’t know. I don’t really want to know too far in advance because in life, you don’t know too far in advance,” said Mitchell. “It’s kind of fun to, like, you have the foundation, you know who you are, you know the framework, just like life. It’s one of the fun things about episodic TV. You get the episode, and you’re like, ‘This is a little peek into the near future.'”

Check out the rest of our interview with Silas Weir Mitchell on season four of Grimm which debuts on October 24, 2014.




‘Tusk’ Debuts a New Clip with Justin Long

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Rebecca Murray
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“Just call the cops…I don’t want to die in Canada!,” begs Justin Long in this clip from the upcoming horror movie Tusk. Writer/director Kevin Smith released the clip via Twitter because that’s where the film was greenlit, and the first look at this footage comes just a day prior to its world premiere on September 6, 2014 at the Toronto Film Festival.

A24 has set a September 19, 2014 theatrical release date for Tusk starring Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Parks and Genesis Rodriguez.

The Plot:

A chilling horror tale about the perils of storytelling, Tusk follows a brash American podcaster as he braves the Canadian wilds to interview an old man with an incredible past—only to discover the man’s dark secret involves a walrus.

– Exclusive interview with Tusk director Kevin Smith


-By Rebecca Murray

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RADiUS Picks Up ‘The Last 5 Years’ Starring Anna Kendrick

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Rebecca Murray
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The Last Five Years with Anna Kendrick Goes to RADiUS
A scene from The Last Five Years (Photo Courtesy of RADiUS)

Richard LaGravenese’s feature film adaptation of the off-Broadway musical The Last 5 Years has been acquired by RADiUS at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it will have its world premiere on September 7th. The film stars Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect) and Jeremy Jordan (Smash) and was adapted for the screen from Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown’s musical by LaGravenese. RADiUS is targeting a Valentine’s Day 2015 theatrical release.

“For the romantic of heart, The Last 5 Years is a love story that delivers across the board,” said RADiUS co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, announcing the acquisition. “Richard has done an extraordinary job with Jason Robert Brown’s music and lyrics. Anna Kendrick continues to impress – what a voice! and, Jeremy Jordan is bound for stardom. Those familiar with the show will be thrilled with the faithful adaptation and audiences everywhere are in for a real treat.”

“The Last 5 Years has been one of the greatest creative experiences I’ve ever had. Working in the independent film world with such extraordinary talent gave me the freedom to make the movie I wanted. And now to have RADiUS as our distributor is really a lucky break. RADiUS is at the forefront of reinventing film distribution for today’s audiences,” added writer/producer/director LaGravenese.

“What started as the tiniest spark of an idea fifteen years has now blossomed into this miracle of a movie that gets so deeply and honestly into the souls of the characters I created,” said Brown. “I couldn’t be happier with what Richard, Anna and Jeremy have brought to life, and I couldn’t be happier that it’s found a home at exactly the right company.”

The Plot:

The Last 5 Years is a musical chronicling a love affair and marriage taking place over a five year period. Jamie Wellerstein (Jordan) is a young, talented, up-and-coming novelist who falls in love with Cathy Hiatt (Kendrick), a struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through song. All of Cathy’s songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair, while Jamie’s songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their marriage. They meet in the center when Jamie proposes.

‘Once Upon a Time’ Has a New Teaser for Season Four

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Rebecca Murray
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Once Upon a Time Season 4 Teaser Trailer
Scott Michael Foster and Georgina Haig in ‘Once Upon a Time’ (Photo by: ABC/Katie Yu)

“The battle of good versus evil takes an icy turn” as winter comes early to Storybrooke this fall on Once Upon a Time. Frozen characters join our favorite fairy tale characters for season four of the popular ABC series, and their presence is sure to stir things up in the not-so-sleepy little town.

Check out the just-released teaser trailer featuring new footage of Elsa, Anna, and Sven as well as Hook, Emma, and Regina:

– Once Upon a Time season four premieres on September 28, 2014 at 8:00pm ET/PT.


-By Rebecca Murray

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Meghan Trainor, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots Perform “All About That Bass”

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Rebecca Murray
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Jimmy Fallon, Meghan Trainor and The Roots Perform All About That Bass
Host Jimmy Fallon and singer Meghan Trainor sing “All About that Bass” with The Roots (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC)

Oh yeah, this is one video you’ll watch over and over again. Jimmy Fallon and The Roots continued their Music Room videos by teaming up with “All About That Bass” singer/songwriter Meghan Trainor to deliver her catchy summer hit while accompanied by classroom instruments.

Jimmy Fallon – wood block, bass drum, Casio keyboard
Meghan Trainor – vocals, triangle
Questlove – hand clappers
Mark Kelley – kazoo
Kamal Gray – xylophone
James Poyser – melodica
Captain Kirk – ukulele
Frank Knuckles – bongos
Tuba Gooding Jr. – kazoo, apple shaker, banana shaker
Black Thought — tambourine

Idina Menzel is Releasing a Holiday Album

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Rebecca Murray
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Idina Menzel Releases Holiday Wishes

Idina Menzel (aka ‘Adele Dazeem’, per John Travolta) is set to release a holiday album on October 14, 2014. The new album, titled Holiday Wishes, will feature classic holiday tunes including “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas.” More details including the complete track list and the list of artists who collaborated with Menzel on the project are expected soon.

Grammy winner Walter Afanasieff produced the album and Warner Bros. Records is releasing it in plenty of time for holiday shopping.

Idina Menzel’s Career [Courtesy of Warner Bros Records]:

Menzel’s career has traversed stage, film, television, and music. She was most recently heard as Elsa in Disney’s global box office smash Frozen, in which she sings the film’s Oscar-winning song “Let It Go.” After Menzel’s performance of the multi-platinum song at the 86th annual Academy Awards, she made history as the first person with both a Billboard Top 10 hit and a Tony Award for acting.

Menzel earned her first Tony nomination as Maureen in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent, and won the award for her performance as Elphaba in Wicked. Other notable roles include Rachel Berry’s mother, Shelby Corcoran, on the hit television show Glee as well as starring opposite Susan Sarandon and Amy Adams in Disney’s Enchanted. Menzel starred in her own PBS special, Barefoot at the Symphony, with an accompanying live album of the same name, and her highly successful international concert tour recently included a sold-out performance at Radio City Music Hall. In addition to cast albums, Menzel’s prolific recording career includes the solo albums I Stand, Here and Still I Can’t Be Still.

Menzel can currently be seen on Broadway as Elizabeth in the original production If/Then, for which she earned critical acclaim and her third Tony nomination, and performed “Always Starting Over” from the musical at this year’s Tony Awards.


-By Rebecca Murray

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NFL Players Read Mean Tweets

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Rebecca Murray
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These must be the fairly tame versions of insulting tweets to NFL players, because football fans are so passionate you’d expect more threats of bodily harm and NSFW language to be contained in those 140 characters. Among the players (both former and current) that Jimmy Kimmel recruited to read mean tweets about themselves were Terrell Owens, Dwight Freeney, DeSean Jackson, Dez Bryant, and Michael Strahan.


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