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‘Game of Thrones’ New Video: Long Story Short

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Rebecca Murray
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Game of Thrones behind the scenes
Charles Dance in 'Game of Thrones' (Photo by Macall B. Polay / HBO)

Who is Jon Snow’s real mother? What did George R.R. Martin think about his novels becoming a series on HBO? And how did two writers who had never done TV before convince the network to take a chance on a series with dragons, direwolves, White Walkers, and other fantastical creatures?

This new behind-the-scenes video from Game of Thrones, narrated by Charles Dance, takes a look back at the journey taken by executive producers and writers David Benioff and Dan Weiss to transform Martin’s popular book series into a show the network – and audiences – could get behind.

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Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie’ Marks a ‘Nine to Five’ Reunion

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Rebecca Murray
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Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin star in Grace and Frankie
Jane Fonda (Photo © Richard Chavez)

Netflix is hosting a Nine to Five reunion of sorts with the new comedy series Grace and Frankie. Nine to Five‘ers Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin headline the new original series from Marta Kauffman (Friends) and Howard J Morris (Sullivan & Son).

According to Netflix, Grace and Frankie‘s first season will consist of 13 half-hour episodes. Netflix is eyeing a 2015 debut of the series executive produced by Tomlin, Fonda, Marta Kaufman, Howard J. Morris, Paula Weinstein, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Marcy Ross.

“Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin are among the funniest and most formidable actresses ever and it’s an incredible privilege to give them the opportunity to run riot on Netflix,” stated Ted Sarandos, Netflix Chief Content Officer. “The show created for them by Marta and Howard is warm, very funny and anything but wholesome. We can’t wait.”

“Netflix is redefining the way we produce and consume television and it’s a true privilege to be in business with Ted and his amazing team,” added David Ellison of Skydance. “Working with the wonderfully talented Marta, Jane, Lily, Howard and their producer Paula Weinstein is a dream come true, and the story they have crafted is both hilarious and heartfelt.”

The Plot: The single-camera comedy focuses on nemeses Grace (Fonda) and Frankie (Tomlin) facing the last chapter of their lives, though not in the way they expected. When their husbands announce they are in love with each other and plan to get married, the women find their lives both turned upside down and to their dismay, permanently intertwined. Eventually, to their surprise, they find they have each other.




First Look: ‘The Giver’ Trailer Starring Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep

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Rebecca Murray
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Lois Lowry’s bestselling, award-winning novel The Giver comes to the big screen with Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Katie Holmes, Jeff Bridges, Alexander Skarsgard, and Odeya Rush in starring roles. The Weinstein Company’s set an August 15, 2014 release date and has just unveiled this official trailer setting up the story and the key players.

The Plot: “The haunting story of The Giver centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.”

‘Vikings’ Season 2 Episode 4 Clips and Details

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Rebecca Murray
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Vikings Season 2 Episode 4 Clips and Photo
Travis Fimmel, Alexander Ludwig and Katheryn Winnick in 'Vikings'

If you’re keeping up with History’s Vikings, you’ll know we’re up to episode four of the new season. So what can you expect when “Eye for an Eye” airs on March 20th at 10pm ET/PT? Here’s the brief synopsis as well as a few clips from the upcoming episode.

The Plot: A meeting between two great men may pave the way for future compromise as Ragnar and Ecbert come face to face. Jarl Borg now rules Kattegat and with an iron fist and Rollo must now become the leader his people need in Ragnar’s absence.

Chris Martin Joins The Voice as a Key Adviser

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Rebecca Murray
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Chris Martin Joins The Voice
Chris Martin (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)
There’s a shift in format and an addition to the key members of The Voice staff. NBC’s mixed things up a bit and brought in Chris Martin (from Coldplay) to play the role of ‘key adviser.’ Martin was tasked with mentoring all of the artists remaining on each of the four teams – Team Blake, Team Adam, Team Shakira, and Team Usher – during The Battles: Round Two.
 
According to NBC’s announcement, Martin mentored the performers on their “vocal techniques, stage presence and the importance of tailoring songs to fit their persona and strengths.” Meanwhile, the team members will continue to strive to impress their coaches and to remain in the competition in order to make it to the Playoff Rounds.
 
The Battles: Round Two kick off on Monday, March 31st and will feature every artist on a team (including the new team members added via ‘the steal’) against each other as they perform an agreed-upon song.
 
The Voice live shows start on April 21 with the top 12 artists competing for votes.


Source: NBC
 
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Mike Vogel, Katharine McPhee and JoBeth Williams Star in In My Dreams

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Rebecca Murray
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Mike Vogel (Under the Dome, Bates Motel), Katharine McPhee (Smash), and JoBeth Williams star in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie In My Dreams coming to the ABC TV Network on April 20, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT. Directed by Kenny Leon (A Raisin in the Sun, Steel Magnolias), the cast also includes Joe Massingill, Rachel Skarsten, Antonio Cupo, and Jessalyn Wanlim.
 
The Plot: Nick (Vogel) and Natalie (McPhee) are the perfect couple, but there are a couple of things blocking their path to romantic bliss. First, they’ve never actually met, except in their dreams. Second, they have precisely seven days to turn those sweet dreams into a blissful reality.
 
“There’s an old wives’ tale involving the Hayward Fountain in our mythical town,” said Vogel, describing how Nick and Natalie meet. “If you make a wish, then toss a coin in the fountain, you’ll meet the man or woman of your dreams, and you’ll have the most fantastic dreams for seven nights. But if the dream couple haven’t actually met in the real world before that time limit expires – well, it’s all over. So it’s really a race against time.”


In My Dreams star Vogel also revealed it was the mother and son dynamic that initially drew him to the film. “Nick’s Mom is a meddler, but she’s not mean-spirited. Her heart’s in the right place. She means well, she really does. She just can’t help herself!”
 
Source: ABC
 
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Fox Searchlight Sets a Release Date for Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2

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Rebecca Murray
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel PosterFox Searchlight will be letting audiences check into The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 on March 6, 2015. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel sequel is directed by John Madden (who also directed the original film) from a script by Ol Parker, with Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin producing.
 
The cast is led by Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and Bill Nighy, and includes Dev Patel, Penelope Wilton, Diana Hardcastle, Tamsin Greig, Tena Desae, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup, Lillete Dubey, David Strathairn, and Richard Gere.
 
The Plot:
 
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2 is the expansionist dream of Sonny (Patel) and it’s making more claims on his time than he has available, considering his imminent marriage to the love of his life, Sunaina (Desae). Sonny has his eye on a promising property now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for fresh arrivals Guy (Gere) and Lavinia (Greig).


Evelyn and Douglas (Dench and Nighy) have now joined the Jaipur workforce and are wondering where their regular dates for Chilla pancakes will lead, while Norman and Carol (Pickup and Hardcastle) are negotiating the tricky waters of an exclusive relationship, as Madge (Imrie) juggles two eligible and very wealthy suitors. Perhaps the only one who may know the answers is the newly installed co-manager of the hotel, Muriel (Smith), the keeper of everyone’s secrets. As the demands of a traditional Indian wedding threaten to engulf them all, an unexpected way forward presents itself.

Source: Fox Searchlight
 
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‘Godzilla’ Stomps Around in a New Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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A tail here, a chest there, and a roar at the end… This new international trailer for Godzilla shows off more of the devastation and a little bit more of the actual creature, too. Directed by Gareth Edwards, this reboot of the Godzilla franchise stars Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, Juliette Binoche and Sally Hawkins.


Godzilla opens in theaters on May 16, 2014.

The Plot:

An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

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Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart Team Up for Get Hard

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Rebecca Murray
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Will Ferrell - Photo © Richard Chavez
Go ahead and chuckle away…but that’s the title. Will Ferrell and Kevin Hardy really are teaming up for a comedy movie and it really is called Get Hard. The comedy marks screenwriter Etan Cohen’s (Tropic Thunder) first film as director and he worked on the script along with Jay Martel and Ian Roberts. Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy are producing and Kevin Messick and Ravi Mehta are on board as executive producers.
 
The cast of Get Hard also includes Craig T. Nelson, Alison Brie, and Tip “T.I.” Harris.
 
Filming is currently underway in New Orleans. Warner Bros Pictures is eyeing a March 27, 2015 theatrical release.
 
The Plot:
 
When millionaire hedge fund manager James King (Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order. Desperate, he turns to Darnell Lewis (Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars. But despite James’ one-percenter assumptions, Darnell is a hard-working small business owner who has never received a parking ticket, let alone been to prison. Together, the two men do whatever it takes for James to ‘get hard’ and, in the process, discover how wrong they were about a lot of things – including each other.


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Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton are Cool Vampires in ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’

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Rebecca Murray
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Sony Pictures Classics is offering a new look at the R-rated sexy vampire film Only Lovers Left Alive with a new poster, trailer, and photos featuring the film’s stars Tilda Swinton as Eve and Tom Hiddleston as Adam, “devastatingly cool vampires,” as well as the launch of a new website. Directed by Jim Jarmusch, Only Lovers Left Alive premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and is currently sitting at an 84% positive rating on RottenTomatoes.

The Irish Times’ critic suggests, “See it and try to think ‘vampire’ in the future without conjuring Tom and Tilda,” while the Daily Telegraph says, “The best reason to see this film is Swinton and Hiddleston’s achingly sexy double-act as two old, cold souls in still-hot bodies, steadfastly keeping the spark alive even as the world around them slowly snuffs itself out.”

The rest of us must wait to find out what the fuss is about until April 11th when it arrives in limited release.

The Plot:

Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover.

Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?

– Check out 18 photos from Only Lovers Left Alive featuring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, and Anton Yelchin

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Poster for 'Only Lovers Left Alive'




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