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Showtime’s upcoming political miniseriesThe Comey Rulewill detail a particularly turbulent time in the career of James Comey, the lawyer who went on to become the 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Comey had various run-ins with current president, Donald Trump, who will be played in the series byIn BrugesandMr. Mercedesstar Brendan Gleeson. Infamous for his outspoken nature, Trump is likely to have a defensive reaction to his portrayal inThe Comey Rule, and director Billy Ray can’t wait....

Warner Bros. has revealed our first look atThe Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It. This is set to be the third entry in the main series of horror movies from mastermind James Wan and the seventh overall in The Conjuring universe. Eight for those who countThe Curse of La Llorona, though the studio does not officially count it as part of the franchise. In any event, a new featurette detailing the history of the franchise has revealed new footage of the upcoming sequel....

Tom Clancy’sThe Divisionis coming to Netflix. It’s been announced that the forthcoming movie adaptation of Ubisoft’s best-selling video game franchise has landed at the streaming service, with both Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain attached to star. Director David Leith is also on board to helm the adaptation. The announcement was made by Netflix’s NX Twitter account via the following message. “[Access Granted. Commencing Transmission] Director David Leitch,Jessica Chastain, and Jake Gyllenhaal are bringing Ubisoft’s The Division to Netflix....

While we don’t know much about the firstFlashsolo movie that Warner Bros. is working on, we may now know who the villains are. A new report is claiming that Captain Cold and Golden Glider are set to square off with Barry on the big screen. There are a lot of fans of CW’sThe FlashTV series who are a little upset thatGrant Gustinisn’t playing Barry Allen in the DC Extended Universe movies, and this may give them a little bit more reason to get grumpy, as both of those characters have appeared in the show as significant villains....

Willem Dafoe and his adopted teenage son hunt a pack of mysterious primates, but his headstrong daughter isn’t sure the creatures are an actual threat inThe Legend of Ochi, a dazzling fantasy adventure that hearkens back to classic children’s stories.Writer and director Isaiah Saxon displays tremendous filmmaking acumen in a solidly entertaining feature debut.His amazing settings and surprisingly humorous script are only surpassed by top-notch puppetry, animatronics, and CGI that breathe life into the fascinating Ochi....

In just 10 short years,Timothée Chalamethas built an impressive resume of diverse roles, a feat some actors do not accomplish throughout their entire careers. Inspired into acting by Heath Ledger’s iconic performance as the Joker inThe Dark Knight, the American and French actor cut his teeth early on in Hollywood by doing commercials and small television roles before making his feature film debut in Jason Reitman’sMen, Women & Childrenat the young age of nineteen....

James Wan will officially produce the big screen adaptation of Stephen King’sThe Tommyknockersfor Universal under his Atomic Monster banner. Universal Pictures won the bidding war, which also included Netflix and Sony. While Wan will be producing the project, no writer or director has been announced at this time, but now that a studio is on lock, news should be coming down soon. On an interesting note,Stephen Kinghas previously said thatThe Tommyknockersis an “awful book,” so it will be interesting to see how everything ends up....

Based on the video game series of the same name, a Twisted Metal TV series is now in the works at Playstation Productions. The news was confirmed by Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra in an investor relations presentation on Tuesday, although full details on the series are not clear beyond the fact that it’s happening. “We have a TV show we just agreed to get underway that will be developed from the IP on PlayStation,” Vinciquerra said of the project....

Between actor John Candy and writer/director John Hughes, the two men toed a line of that succinct ’80s comedy that could get a PG then but would be pushing a PG13 if released today. Alongside theirPlanes, Trains and Automobiles,Uncle Buckis a perfect example of that. As the loud, rude, always smoking, and entirely unorthodox Buck, John Candy is the totally wrong candidate to look after his own nieces and nephew after their parents are out of town....

With the likes ofDances With Wolvesbeing nominated for 12 Academy Awards, and winning 7 of those, andUnforgivenreceiving 9 nominations and winning Best Picture and Best Director, the 1990s had some truly remarkableWesternmovies. Among all these critically acclaimed entrants to the genre, many others were left serially underrated by comparison. Whatever your tastes, the ’90s had many great Western movies of all types to choose from. Here’s a look back at some very good westerns released in the ’90s that perhaps didn’t receive as much praise as they ought to have....

CouldAlita: Battle Angel 2still happen? There are no plans for anAlita: Battle Angelsequel, but producer Jon Landau is holding out hope. Moreso, Landau thinks the best option is for fans to speak their minds and let Disney know they want it. But is this truly something Disney would consider doing? Alita: Battle Angelwas produced by 20th Century Fox, with James Cameron producing and Robert Rodriguez in the director’s chair. Ultimately, with the Disney/Fox merger going into effect earlier this year, any sequel plans would be in Disney’s court....

WarnerMedia is officially investigating the toxic and abusive working environment during theJustice Leaguereshoots. Ray Fisher announced the news on social media earlier today. The Cyborg actor praised WarnerMedia and AT&T for interviewing others from the set and taking his allegations seriously. Fisher has been making claims against Joss Whedon, Geoff Johns, and Jon Berg for months now. You can read his announcement below. “After 5 weeks of interviews with various cast/crew, @WarnerMedia has officially launched an independent third-party investigation to get to the heart of thetoxic and abusive work environmentcreated duringJustice Leaguereshoots....

A24 has released the first trailer forWaves. This is the latest from writer/director Trey Edward Shults, who last gave us the atmospheric horror flickIt Comes At Nightin 2017. This looks to be a massive departure for Shults, as this is a straight-up human drama with a cast led by Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us,Black Panther). It’s far too early to say whether or not this is an Oscar contender, but one would have a hard time not believing this will be part of the conversation after watching this initial footage....