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Atlanta and Better Things renewed by FX
FX has renewed the acclaimed new comedy series Atlanta and Better Things, it was announced today by Nick Grad and Eric Schrier, Presidents of Original Programming, FX Networks and FX Productions. The network has ordered 10 episodes for the second season of each series.
Grad and Schrier stated, “It’s really gratifying to launch two new comedies that have received overwhelming critical acclaim right out of the gate and that are emblematic of FX&

Kate Beckinsale will headline Marc Webb’s The Only Living Boy in New York
The cast of director Marc Webb‘s The Only Living Boy in New York is expanding today as The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Underworld franchise star Kate Beckinsale has signed on for a leading role. She joins a lineup that also includes Callum Turner (Green Room, Victor Frankenstein), Kiersey Clemons (Transparent, Dope) and Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water, The Little Prince).
Original

"Hey, what happened to my kiss?" Paramount has debuted a new trailer for Robert Zemeckis' latest, titled Allied, a WWII romantic thriller about the relationship between a French Resistance fighter and a British Intelligence officer. Brad Pitt stars as an officer stationed in North Africa in 1942, who falls for a resistance fighter named Marianne Beausejour. They reunite in London but the war still stands in the way. Marion Cotillard also stars, along with Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Goode, Raffey Cas

Holy crap, yes!! So this is what Neill Blomkamp has been up to! Ever since Ridley Scott's new Alien movie put Blomkamp's new Alien movie on hold, we've been wondering what he has been working on and if he's been developing another original project. One of his next projects has been revealed. Blomkamp is rebooting the BMW Films series, bringing back Clive Owen, and the first teaser has debuted online (following an Instagram photo Blomkamp posted with Jon Bernthal). Many years ago, BMW put togeth

Everything You Need to Know About Syfy’s Halcyon
Syfy is getting ready to launch Halcyon, a groundbreaking new VR series. Here is what you need to know about the unique visual experience.
The Format
Halcyon is a 15-part series: ten traditional short-form episodes, available online and five episodes viewable only in virtual reality. Don’t worry: If you don’t have a VR headset, recaps of the VR episodes will be available online and on TV.
The Plot
In 2040, virtual reality is as

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard get married in new Allied TV spot
Paramount Pictures and New Regency have released a new TV spot for the upcoming World War II romantic thriller Allied, starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. Check it out the 60-second spot below!
Allied follows Max Vatan (Pitt) and Marianne Beausejour (Cotillard), two assassins who fall in love during a mission in Casablanca in 1942 to kill a German ambassador. A future together, how

Well this is something - an indie film about making an indie film. Shooting Clerks is a fictional feature biopic made by Christopher Downie retelling the story of Kevin Smith making his breakout debut film Clerks in 1994. The film stars Mark Frost as Kevin Smith, Chris Bain as Jason Mewes (who has appeared in other films made by Downie about Mewes), Kit Alexander as Brian O'Halloran, and Tom Sullivan as Jeff Anderson. The cast list also includes a cameo by the real Kevin Smith as Larkin Eve. As

Toby Stephens & Maxwell Jenkins join Netflix’s Lost in Space remake
Deadline brings word that Black Sails actor Toby Stephens has signed to lead Netflix‘s upcoming reboot of Lost in Space as astrophysicist/expedition commander John Robinson, previously played by Guy Williams on the original series and William Hurt in the 1998 movie. Meanwhile, young thesp Maxwell Jenkins (Sense8) has been set to play the iconic role of Will Robinson (as in “Danger, Will Robi

Cooking with Link video for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo has released a new teaser video for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild showing off how players can cook and create their own meals in the game. Check out the cooking with Link video in the player below!
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, more than 100 Shrines of Trials dot the landscape, waiting for players to discover and explore them in any order they want. As players work their way through the traps an

New Line’s Fist Fight movie hits theaters February 17, 2017
A first look at New Line‘s upcoming Fist Fight movie is now online in the form of three stills that debuted at USA Today. Check them out in the gallery viewer and the bottom of this page and check back soon for the first Fist Fight movie trailer.
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Ice Cube and Charlie Day headline the Fist Fight movie, a comedy directed by Rich

Revered British actor Sir Derek Jacobi to play Sherlock Holmes in new adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles
Hot on the bloody heels of their Dracula adaptation starring horror icon Tony Todd as The Count, Canadian audio drama collective Bleak December have just announced that British stage and screen legend Sir Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius, Gladiator, The King’s Speech) will be donning the familiar deerstalker and pipe in a new audio adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Sherlock

"I have to defend him without knowing all the facts." Lionsgate has revealed the trailer for a film titled The Whole Truth, a legal thriller starring Keanu Reeves as a defense attorney in a murder case. His job is to build a defense to keep his friend's son out of jail, even though it seems his conviction for murder is pretty clear. The film also stars Renée Zellweger, Gabriel Basso, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jim Belushi, Sean Bridgers and Christopher Berry. Maybe I'm just a sucker for anything K

"They must prepare for the final battle…" Ready for this badass movie already? If you want to see more footage from this movie while we wait for a US release, there's another new trailer to watch. Hitting theaters next year is a Russian "superhero" movie called Guardians, also known as Zashchitniki (Защитники) in Russian. We featured an impressive full-length trailer for this last month, but this new trailer looks like it's just a tea

The Flash season 3 poster teases new destinies, new dangers
The CW has released the first The Flash Season 3 poster, which you can check out in the gallery below! Titled “Flashpoint,” the season three premiere is described as follows:
“Barry is living his dream life – his parents are alive, he’s asked Iris West on a date and he can finally be a normal guy as Central City has another speedster, Kid Flash, running around saving the city. When Barry starts forget

American Horror Story: Roanoke Premiere Among Most-Watched In FX History
FX Networks has announced that the premiere episode of the sixth and newest installment American Horror Story: Roanoke ranks among the top telecasts of the franchise in all key demos, a remarkable achievement for a show in its sixth year. To date, the combined linear and non-linear audience for the debut episode stands at 10.9 million Total Viewers.
On a Live+3 basis, the premiere telecast (Wednesday, September 14, 10-11 P

Skylanders Academy premiere set for October 28
Netflix has announced that the upcoming animated kids series Skylanders Academy is set to premiere its first season on the streaming site on October 28. The show has already been renewed for a second season as well which will debut in late 2017.
Based on Activision Blizzard’s record-breaking video game franchise, the show follows the heroic adventures of Spyro, Eruptor, Stealth Elf, Jet-Vac and Pop Fizz as they travel the vast Skylands univer

Jared Leto to star in Andy Warhol biopic for Terrence Winter
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Academy Award winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club, Suicide Squad) is set to portray art world icon Andy Warhol in a biopic penned by acclaimed, Emmy-winning writer Terrence Winter (“Boardwalk Empire,” The Wolf of Wall Street).
Andy Warhol became famous for launching the Pop Art movement in the 1960’s, and his New York studio known as The Factory spawned other famous artists, fil

X-Men Apocalypse Gag Reel: Laugh It Up Fuzzball 
Ahead of the film’s official Blu-ray release on October 4, the X-Men Apocalypse gag reel has made its way online and features over eight minutes of bloopers from the set of the film. Check it out in the player below and click here to pre-order your copy of X-Men: Apocalypse on Blu-ray!
Also included on the home media release are:
-Deleted/Extended Scenes with Optional Introductions by Bryan Singer
-Wrap Party Video
-Hour long docu

Neighbors 2, TMNT: Out of the Shadows, Free State of Jones, Beauty and the Beast and more come home September 20
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s look at all the top titles arriving this week on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. Check out the gallery viewer below for a look at the major new releases, catalogue films and television collections hitting shelves and/or VOD beginning Tuesday, September 20, 2016.
September 20 kicks off with a number of recent big s

Bruce Wayne confronts the Court of Owls in Gotham episode 3.02 promo
Following the season three premiere of Gotham, FOX has released the first promo for episode 3.02 of the series which you can check out in the player below. Titled “Burn the Witch,” the episode is officially described as follows:
“Fish Mooney (guest star Jada Pinkett Smith) takes matters into her own hands to locate Hugo Strange (guest star BD Wong), forcing Gordon to reluctantly team up with journalist Valeri

 
The Soska Sisters-hosted horror game show Hellevator returns for another round in October
Chasing its first go around last year, GSN’s hit horror game show Hellevator will return to the scare waves for a second season on Friday, October 7th at 9pm. The show will once more be lorded over by Canadian-based cult horror filmmaking siblings Jen and Sylvia Soska (American Mary, See No Evil 2), who act as the puppet-masters, pulling the strings and controlling the game behind the scenes..

Keanu Reeves in The Whole Truth Trailer and Poster
Keanu Reeves is on the case as defense attorney Richard Ramsay in the new trailer and poster for Lionsgate Premiere‘s The Whole Truth! Co-starring Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gabriel Basso and Jim Belushi, the chilling crime thriller arrives in theaters and on-demand on October 21. Check out The Whole Truth trailer below, along with the poster in the gallery!
Defense attorney Richard Ramsay (Keanu Reeves) takes on a personal

Clive Owen Returns as The Driver in BMW Films’ The Escape
BMW of North America announced today the return of BMW Films with The Escape, a short film from Academy Award nominated director Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) featuring original BMW Films star and Oscar-nominated actor Clive Owen (Closer, Children of Men), who reprises his role as The Driver. Presented as an homage to the 15th anniversary of the original BMW Film series, The Escape also stars Dakota Fanning (War of the World

Marvel’s Luke Cage behind-the-scenes featurette debuts
Marvel and Netflix have released a featurette for Marvel’s Luke Cage going behind the scenes of the upcoming Netflix original series. Check out the Luke Cage behind-the-scenes featurette below!
After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. But he is soon pulled out of

J-horror mash-up Sadako Vs. Kayako is a goofy but entertaining oddity
It’s pointless to carp about the very existence of the “team up” genre movie because, well, everyone does. And yet fans still flock to these sorts of films. This writer has never quite embraced the idiocy of pitting one franchise’s protagonist/antagonist against another, blending two self contained cinematic universes with only money on the mind. Alien Vs. Predator, Freddy Vs. Jason, Batman Vs. Superma

Spider-Man set photos feature the webslinger and a mystery redhead
Production continues on Spider-Man: Homecoming and Just Jared (via CBM) has some new photos of a stunt being filmed where the webslinger is suspended from a helicopter while carrying a redheaded woman. Could it be Zendaya’s Mary Jane Watson? Check out the photos and video below and let us know what you think in the comments!
Directed by Jon Watts, the Spider-Man: Homecoming cast includes Tom Holland, Marisa Tomei

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o discusses her role in Disney’s inspirational docudrama Queen of Katwe
Vanity Fair and Mississippi Masala director Mira Nair’s moving and inspiring docudrama Queen of Katwe tells a universal story of characters rising from nothing and achieving greatness despite the rough hand fate has dealt them. The fact-based film (an adaption of the biographical Tim Crothers book) casts newcomer Madina Nalwanga as Phiona Mutesi, a girl from Uganda&r