Baby Driver is an action-comedy starring Ansel Elgort, Jamie Foxx, and Kevin Spacey. It focuses on a young getaway car driver played by Elgort who uses music to help time his driving. A slew of musicians are set to appear, including Flea, Sky Ferreira, and Foxx.

Baby Driver hits theaters June Admittedly, unlike Donald Trump, President Underwood has done more than just slaughter his enemies on Twitter. At the time this felt a ludicrous contrivance. Such brazen nepotism would clearly never be tolerated in the actual Washington. Twelve months and one President Trump later, however, what once seemed like feverish overreaching has acquired a retroactive plausibility. A behind-the-scenes shake up has seen wunderkind showrunner Beau Willimon make way for the duo of Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese.

The newcomers have reconnected with the clean-burning efficiency of seasons one and two, trimming away many of the distracting subplots in which the show had latterly become entangled. As the intrigue resumes, the Underwoods remain locked in a battle to the political death with dashing Republican Presidential candidate Will Conway Joel Kinnaman. Polling day looms and the Underwoods are using fair means and foul mostly foul to undermine their telegenic foe.

Best of all, Frank has rediscovered his habit, largely dropped in the previous series, of monologueing to the viewer. Shut the curtains, mute your phone and prepare to binge. This slickest of political thrillers is back to its pitch black best.

Click here to read the full article at Telegraph. The Trump era has raised questions for TV shows set in Washington, wondering how fictional drama can possibly match the unscripted one in the White House.

That's not to say topics raised or brushed upon by the Netflix drama don't periodically collide with reality, sometimes in uncomfortable ways. Picking up where season four left off, the show finds President Frank Underwood Kevin Spacey and his wife Claire Robin Wright in the waning days of a presidential campaign, leveraging fear of terrorism to bolster their prospects.

There are keen insights over the course of the season all of which was previewed about matters like the toxic nature of partisanship, the influence of dark money and cynicism in how the political class plays to voters' worst impulses. Still, "House of Cards" has always operated on the fringes of absurdity, where murder and blackmail are among the Underwoods' tools of persuasion. That was especially true during Season as Frank rose to the Oval Office by eliminating one impediment after another -- but has persisted even after he had the levers of presidential power at his disposal.

That basic template also characterizes the campaign storyline, which encompasses a bit too much of the episode season. The plot regularly veers into outlandish territory -- starting with Frank having chosen Claire as his running mate -- that, whatever the parallels, shares more with the frothy camp of "Scandal" than reality, even our current one.

That's because for the Underwoods, politics is less about the art of the deal than mastery of the double cross. The show's street cred continues to attract an impressive assortment of supporting players -- including Joel Kinnaman, Neve Campbell, Patricia Clarkson and Campbell Scott -- along with plenty of cameos by news people as themselves, the ultimate symbol of how hip the show is perceived to be.

Frankly, "House of Cards" doesn't consistently reach that level of cool in Season 5, if it ever really did. But Spacey and Wright again deliver such toothsome, showy performances -- owing more to Lord and Lady Macbeth than Bill and Hillary -- that the show remains highly watchable, despite those instances where it bubbles a little too over the top.

The producers also incorporate several nifty smaller moments throughout, such as Frank and Claire watching "Double Indemnity" on the eve of the election. The finale, meanwhile, sets up a reasonably juicy and dramatically fertile scenario for what comes next. As one of the dramas that helped put Netflix on the map, "House of Cards" premiered at a very different moment. Yet however crazy real-life politics have become, the Underwoods' bag of dirty tricks still trumps them.

Click here to read the full article at CNN. Stephen King fans have spent years waiting for The Dark Tower movie. Over the years it's developed in fits and starts -- often built with huge franchise expectations -- but it was only last year that director Nikolaj Arcel officially started principal photography on the blockbuster. Now the movie is just a few months away from release, and while no trailer has officially come out yet, tonight we got our first look at some debut footage.

The annual theater owner convention known as CinemaCon is currently going on in Las Vegas, and it was tonight during Sony Pictures' big studio presentation that the first ever clips and scenes from The Dark Tower were shown. I was one of the lucky people to be sitting in the audience during the event, and I have to say that what I saw did quite the effective job of blowing my hair back.

Set in the woods, the footage began with a panicked and clearly injured Roland Deschain Idris Elba pointing his two guns in random directions -- looking for a target. Though we can't see who is speaking, we hear the voice of The Man In Black Matthew McConaugheywho does his best to make his foe give up, telling him that the war is over and that he can't even save himself let alone anyone else. Finally making eyes on his target, he announces "I don't kill with my gun; I kill with my heart," and fires a shot at the back of The Man In Black, who is walking away from him.

Without any sense of worry, The Man In Black reaches behind him, catches the bullet, and continues, saying "The Tower will fall, Roland.

This showdown is interrupted by our first look at Jake Chambers Tom Taylorwho suddenly wakes up in bed startled to find that his bed is shaking. In a scene with a therapist, Jake is asked about the visions that he sees, and tells the doctor about a shadowy man and the image of a Dark Tower than protects the universe these descriptions accompanied by dark charcoal drawings. The therapist tells him that these are just dreams, but this point is somewhat unwritten by the fact that the entire office begins to quake similar to what was happening in Jake's bedroom.

We then see Jake in the street holding a drawing he's done of a house -- and he seems surprised to discover that the exact same house is standing in front of him. While it's definitely abandoned, the teenager goes in anyway, and as he walks the walls and floor begin to move.

Eventually he discovers what can only be described as a portal, and after leaping out of it finds himself in a desert landscape with a giant ringed planet on the horizon. It's here that Jake runs into Roland, and he immediately recognizes him as "The Gunslinger" -- noting that he's had dreams about his acts of bravery saving a town. As Roland is quick to point out, however, that was no dream.

After some quick shots of glowing-gun action, we hear Roland explain his relationship with The Man In Black who we see walking through the same portal from before, only leaving his world and entering ours. The Gunslinger notes that as long as The Man In Black is out there, "the Tower will fall and hell will follow. One of the big action pieces had Roland charging at the Man In Black and shooting glass that freezes before piercing the villain. As the glass is about to be redirected Roland's way, we watch in slow motion as he tosses two sets of full chambers in the air, catches them in his guns, and fires.

The last scene of the Dark Tower footage featured Jake being nabbed by a freaky looking dude and whisked away during panic in a small village. A woman approaches Roland about the abduction, and the Gunslinger asks for quiet. He takes in the world around him with his eyes closed, listening to the universe. He hears droplets of blood, a wrench hitting a pipe, and finally the sound of Jake's feet being dragged. Roland slowly raises his gun without looking and fires, and while the bullet has to travel through a window and a blanket on a clothes line, it eventually strikes the kidnapper in the head and puts him down dead.

As someone who has never read Stephen King's Dark Tower books, I can't say that I was entirely aware of exactly what was happening at all times during the footage, and it didn't exactly provide a full explanation of the plot -- but I was still impressed by what was presented. Slow motion gun reloading is admittedly a tad played out at this point, but the movie definitely has a special sense of style, and just the power of Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as performers has me enticed by the relationship between Roland Deschain and The Man In Black.

Even though The Dark Tower is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters this summer -- on July 28th to be precise -- we sadly still don't know when official footage is scheduled to finally arrive online. That being said, you can be sure that we will have full coverage of The Dark Tower trailer when it does finally arrive, so be sure to stay tuned in the coming weeks! Click here to read the full article at CinemaBlend. The Gunslinger pursued The Man in Black all the way to Las Vegas, where the first footage of The Dark Tower screened at CinemaCon Monday.

The Dark Tower, an adaptation of Stephen King's popular fantasy series of books, stars Idris Elba as the Gunslinger Roland Deschain, a man on a quest to save Mid-World. Matthew McConaughey stars as the antagonist The Man in Black, while Tom Taylor plays the young boy Jake, who lives in New York but has dreams of Roland's world.

The footage opens with a look at a door frame standing free in the middle of a baron landscape. It then it cuts to Roland in the desert as the famous opening line to King's The Gunslinger, the first volume in the series, is displayed on screen: The footage gives a strong idea of just what The Man in Black is capable of, and it's scarily creepy. Roland and The Man in Black then square off, with Roland telling the villain, "I do not kill with my gun, I kill with my heart.

The footage then cuts to the young boy Jake, who lives in New York but has dreams of Roland and a Dark Tower that must stay standing or else billions will die. Jake's therapist tried to tell him it's a dream, but Jake doesn't believe it. Soon, he is shown exploring an abandoned building, where he discovers a portal that takes him to Roland's world.

Soon, he presents Roland with one of the drawings the boy made of him from his dreams, and Roland explains that as long as The Man in Black is out there, the Tower will fall and Hell will follow.

There are slow-mo shots, including a big fight between the Gunslinger and The Man in Black, as well as an extended look at Roland's prowess with his guns: The Columbia Pictures film is directed by Nikolaj Arcel and produced by Sony, Media Rights Capital, Imagine Entertainment and Weed Road Pictures, with Sony and MRC co-financing. It opens July Click here to read the full article at HollywoodReporter.

Rounding out the impressive cast are Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, and Jamie Foxx. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Sky Ferreira also have parts in the film. Click here to read the full article at Consequenceofsound. Ansel Elgort will receive the CinemaCon Male Star of Tomorrow Award during the CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony taking place on March 30 in Las Vegas.

The movie follows a young getaway driver Elgortwho relies heavily on his personal soundtrack. When he meets the girl of his dreams Lily Jameshe sees a chance to clean up his criminal life, but something gets in the way. The film also stars Kevin Spacey, Jon Bernthal, Eiza Gonzales, Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx. Click here to read the full article at TheWrap. Out of the feature and shorts screened over the course of nine days at the SXSW, here are the films audiences are raving about.

Roosevelt are among the audience award winners from the film festival in Austin, Tex. The full list — including narratives, documentaries, and episodic categories — was revealed on Saturday, after the jury prizes were announced on Tuesday. Read about it on EW. You know that feeling at the end of a kickass movie when you just want to hug someone because you are SO.

Well, get ready for Baby Driver, the first solo writing effort from Edgar Wright, the mad co-creator of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, which debuted in front of exactly the kind of late-night audience that would appreciate the hell out of it at the South by Southwest Film Festival Saturday night.

The world got a sense of what we in that Austin movie theater were experiencing when the trailer started flying across Twitter just after the screening ended, and viewers started sharing their praise. Heat, Point Break, and Reservoir Dogs. Many on Twitter compared Baby Driver to a revved up La La Land with its endless stream of tracks and vibrant cityscapes. A laundromat love scene where every dryer is spinning clothes of a different primary color is particularly arresting.

Adding to the intensity is how real it all looks: To get the shots he needed, Wright would strap himself to the car rather than follow in a pursuit vehicle.

I hit my head on my monitors so many times. Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, and Lily James also have supporting turns in the movie, which was earning the kinds of comparisons to classic films that can really get a buzz machine going just minutes after its debut.

This was not only his first SXSW, but also his first American film festival premiere. But the crowd in the Paramount Theater was ready for him, greeting the action film which verges on the edge of a musical with the kind of enthusiasm that SXSW is often known for.

InWright shot a music video for the band Mint Royale starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh fame, as well as a pre-Shaun of the Dead Nick Frost. In it, Wright says, he essentially filmed the opening of his imagined getaway driver heist film and wound up kicking himself when the video became unexpectedly popular.

Point Break, Heat, and Reservoir Dogs. He also cites the Dustin Hoffman film, Straight Time, as a significant influence. But when asked if his story—which centers on a young man Ansel Elgort who times each getaway ride to the perfect song—drew on the cult favorite Hudson Hawk, Wright laughed off the comparison. When it came to clearing the music rights to the film, Wright said he had no issues, given how eager bands were to be part of the film.

His only snag came in the pursuit of certain hip hop songs who had not, themselves, cleared the right to music they had sampled. In those case, Wright says, he often went back to the source and just used the original song instead of the hip hop or dance remix.

Coming off an embattled filmmaking experience with Marvel Studios on Ant-Man, Wright describes the Baby Driver set as excessively warm and enjoyable. To pass the long hours spent in cars waiting for the roads to clear so they could film a chase, Wright would run lines with Downton Abbey and Cinderella star Lily James, who was rehearsing a production of Romeo and Juliet.

After watching the dailies of co-star Jon Hamm, he would turn to Wright and say incredulously: Onstage at the Paramount Theater, Hamm—who plays the heavy in the film—said he found his own inspiration for the role: Just being an actor in Hollywood will do that to you. Read about it on VanityFair. While the eyes of the country are on Washington, D. With a post on Twitter, the Netflix drama revealed that the DC-set drama will return May We make the terror. Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese serve as co-showrunners on the fifth season of the Beltway drama, replacing Beau Willimon, who stepped down from the series after running it for the first four seasons.

Click here to read the article at Variety. By Kyle BuchananJordan CrucchiolaHunter HarrisNate JonesKevin Lincoln and Abraham Riesman. No matter what happens, you have to applaud the studio for trying a new approach to the increasingly stale art of franchise development.

Baby Driver August 11 No director of his generation choreographs an action sequence with the precision, clarity, and delight of Edgar Wright. This upcoming music-driven film starring Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver is almost certain to have the best car chases of the year, delivered with verve and fun.

Click here to read the article at Vulture. Baby Driver, the new film from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright, stars Ansel Elgort as a getaway driver who attempts to leave the criminal life behind after meeting the girl of his dreams Lily James. So, you have this young getaway driver who has to soundtrack his entire existence, particularly the bank robberies and fast getaways that come afterwards. Then I thought, Oh, yeah, I wrote this!

But while those projects had a thick comedic streak, Wright reveals that Baby Driver is designed to shred nerves more than tickle funny-bones. It gets genuinely tense and threatening. That was actually a fun thing for me — to do dramatic or thriller scenes which just up the ante. Read about it on Entertainment Weekly. Consider it an early Christmas present: Ansel Elgort stars as the titular getaway driver they call Baby.

He suffers from crippling tinnitus that causes a ringing in his ears, and in an effort to drown out the excruciating sound, he listens to music during the getaways.

Even the sound design of something like Spaced stands out, and Wright refined his approach to blending digetic and non-digetic sound in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, building to a culmination with Scott Pilgrim vs. One could go so far as to describe Scott Pilgrim as a musical given that music plays such an integral role in that film—especially the action sequences.

Wright is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today, so any chance to see new material from him is reason to celebrate. That his next film happens to be a unique, music-driven action-thriller makes it that much sweeter. Read about it on Collider. Jackson and Walsh have been developing an adaptation of the Philip Reeve Scholastic book series for quite some time with their VFX protege Christian Rivers King Kong at the helm.

Media Rights Capital is also producing. Currently Mortal Engines stands as the only major studio release on its mid-December date. The news comes after 20th Century Fox announced last night that a James Cameron untitled pic will hit the multiplex on Dec. Unlike this Christmas with Rogue One and next year with Star Wars: Episode VIII on Dec. Instead, the Han Solo anthology is dated for Memorial Day weekend May 25 In the film, two unlikely heroes come together and change the course of the future.

Jackson and Walsh co-wrote the screenplay with their fellow Oscar-winning collaborator, Philippa Boyens, with whom they crafted The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies.

Boyens is also a co-producer on the film. Zane Weiner The Hobbit seriesAmanda Walker The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and Deborah Forte Goosebumps are also producing, while Ken Kamins The Hobbit series will serve as EP. Universal will distribute the film worldwide. Click here to read the article at Deadline. After years of developing the Philip Reeve book series Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have set the project at MRC and Universal, with their Hobbit VFX protege Christian Rivers making his feature directorial debut.

Production will begin next spring in New Zealand. MRC and Universal will co-finance what they hope will spark another potential franchise for Jackson and Walsh, who adapted the script with Philippa Boyens, their writing partner on both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. Scholastic published the first book in and four followed in the sci-fi fantasy series. That was the one they had been fired off years before, following the disappointment of The Frighteners. He followed by creating King Kong: Jackson and Walsh first got involved in Mortal Engines back inwhen it was speculated he might direct.

Instead, he has given that task to Rivers, who has a close year association with Jackson that started with Story Board artist. Rivers won an Oscar in the Best Achievement in Visual Effects category for King Kong.

I wish I could see it tomorrow! Universal will distribute worldwide. Ken Kamins, longtime manager of Jackson, Walsh and Boyens, brought the book to MRC, which now has another big post apocalyptic franchise to go along with its Sony-based adaptation of the Stephen King novel series The Dark Tower.

Zane Weiner, Amanda Walker and Deborah Forte will produce along with Walsh and Jackson, while Kamins will exec produce and Boyens will be co-producer. A fantastical, futuristic world that has to be seen to be believed. Manhattan alumna Olivia Williams and Harry Lloyd Game Of Thrones are set to star opposite J.

Simmons in Counterpart, a spy thriller drama series for Starz from MRC, Anonymous Content and Gilbert Films. This is the first major movement on the series since Simmons came aboard more than a year ago, with active casting now underway as the project gears up for production. Described as an espionage thriller with a metaphysical twist, Counterpart is the story of Howard Silk Simmonsa lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency who discovers that the agency he works for is really guarding a crossing into a parallel dimension.

Through Howard and his counterpart on the other side, the show will navigate themes of identity, what-ifs and lost love. Starz ordered two episode seasons in Her TV credits include Dollhouse and Halcyon. Lloyd is performing John Malkovich-directed The Good Canary at the Rose Theatre Kingston, and recently signed on to star in indie film The Wife opposite Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce.

Simmons also serves as a producer. The movie — starring Idris Elba as the gunslinger Roland Deschain, and Matthew McConaughey as the menacing Man in Black — opens on Feb. Ever since the film project was first proposed, it came packaged with an unusual idea: MRC has committed not just to making a pilot, but producing a full run of between 10 and 13 episodes, depending on how the scripts and story arcs develop.

The Dark Tower show will begin shooting in with plans to premiere it inideally around the time the film becomes available on cable or streaming services.

The darkness of the story rivals that of Game of Thrones, so they will require either a cable or streaming platform MRC also makes House of Cards for Netflix, so they have a history already. But MRC is not going to wait for a partner to come aboard before moving forward. Elba has signed on to appear as older Roland alongside Tom Taylor, 15, who plays Jake Chambers in the film, a boy from present-day New York who harbors a secret, psychic power and is grappling with visions of the tower and the men and other creatures who are trying to reach it.

Yes, ironically, the father of Roland is… King Steven. Even back then, Marten was a ruthless manipulator who, in a gambit to destroy young Roland, manuevers the hot-headed boy into prematurely taking his gunslinger trials against instructor Cort Andrus.

Roland tells his new friends of his first encounter with such a thing, unspooling a tale about being sent by his father on a mission to the Barony of Mejis, a distant seaside kingdom in the same dimension as his homeland of Gilead. As a tribute to King on his 69th anniversary in our world, MRC created this map, overlayed with a quote from the book, which was spoken by Cort to a young Roland. The map demarcates the various towns and landmarks within the territory of Mejis: None of these roles, including the young gunslinger, have been cast yet.

In addition to the source material in the comics, King could also choose to offer them tips on where to take the story in a future season, since he has been presiding over the film project from afar, weighing in on scripts and story changes.

Or, he may sit back and decide to let them run with it on their own. Click here to read the full article at EW. Homecoming has the chance to revitalize the webslinger's big-screen presence, but the company still needs other hit properties to bolster its film wing. With soggy performance for its Ghostbusters reboot likely to thwart aspirations for an extended franchise, attention turns to what might be the company's next hit series. The Dark Tower, a film adaptation based on a book series by Stephen King, is set for a Feb.

If the film comes together and is backed by strong marketing, it could launch the company's next billion-dollar film property. With marketable stars Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba attached in lead roles and a popular book series to draw inspiration and fanfare from, Dark Tower has the potential to be a breakout hit for Sony and pave the way for a successful film franchise. Stephen King adaptations have generally not been huge box office successes, but The Dark Tower series stands out as especially ripe for presence on the big screen and packs the type of action set pieces, humor and world building that have been features of the most successful superhero films in recent years.

On the acting talent side of things, both Elba and McConaughey are in the midst of career upswings, and the film's diverse casting should play to its advantage—as has been the case with recent franchise films including Furious 7 and Suicide Squad. The Dark Tower might also benefit from its release window. Mid-February isn't typically thought of as the ideal time to release a film that's intended to launch a high-profile franchise, but movies are increasingly finding success outside the summer and winter holiday release windows, and recent hits including 50 Shades of Grey and Deadpool have shown that Valentine's Day weekend can be huge for movies.

Outside of its reintroduction of Spider-Man within the same universe as Disney's Marvel movies, Sony appears to be relatively light on obvious blockbuster film properties—even more so now that its distribution rights to the James Bond franchise have expired.

Looking at its announced pictures for the near future, the company is reviving the Bad Boys franchise, with sequels planned to launch in andrebooting Jumanji for a summer release, and developing a Barbie movie based on Mattel's iconic doll line. The company was also aiming to revive its Men in Black series by way of crossover with the 21 Jump Street property, in a mash-up dubbed MIB However, recent comments from prospective star Jonah Hill indicate that the project could be scrapped and the two series kept separate.

Other big upcoming films for Sony include adaptations of video games Uncharted and The Last of Us—series that are very popular on PlayStation titles but video game movies have a troubled history at the box office.

Click here to read the full article at Newsweek. Stephen King authored eight books in the Dark Tower series over the past three decades, and so turning this into a cohesive feature film posed a herculean challenge.

Abrams and Damon Lindelof, but this final iteration kicked off a few years ago when Ron Howard envisioned an ambitious adaptation plan that included three feature films and a television component interspersed between each movie—basically two additional seasons of a limited TV series to fill in the story gaps. This new image is shared by actor Tom Taylor, who fills the role of Jake Chambers, a young boy who aids Roland in his journey.

In this new image, we see the doorway that separates Earth from Mid-World, with Taylor preparing to walk through. Take a closer look at the photo below, along with some high-resolution shots from the film. Traveller, beyond lies Mid-World.

Click here to read the full article at Collider. Bateman also serves as executive producer and director. Rather than the familiar skyscrapers and trading floors, Ozark explores capitalism, family dynamics and survival through the eyes of anything-but-ordinary Americans. The series will premiere worldwide on Netflix in Bill Dubuque The Judge created the series and will executive produce alongside showrunner Chris Mundy Hell on Wheels, Criminal Minds and Bateman. The series is produced by Aggregate in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix.

Following Ozark, Linney will star in The Little Foxes, which will be directed by Daniel Sullivan at Manhattan Theatre Club. Click here to read the full article at Deadline. The drama marks her TV return following her Emmy-winning role on Showtime's 'The Big C. The Big C alum has been tapped to star opposite Jason Bateman in the Netflix drama Ozark, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Grounded in dark reality, the money-centric present-day story revolves around financial planner Marty Bateman and Wendy Bird Linney and their family's sudden relocation from the suburbs of Chicago to a summer resort community in the Missouri Ozarks.

Rather than the familiar skyscrapers and trading floors, Ozark explores capitalism, family dynamics and survival through the eyes of anything but ordinary Americans. Arrested Development grad Bateman will direct, exec produce and star. The series was created by Dubuque The Judgewho is onboard as writer and exec producer alongside Bateman.

Dubuque exec produces alongside showrunner Chris Mundy Hell on Wheels, Criminal Minds. Bateman will also direct on the series, following his two big-screen directorial efforts, Bad Words and The Family Fang, in addition to his TV experience behind the camera.

For Linney, the role marks her first TV series since she scored an Emmy win for Showtime's cancer dramedy The Big C. She will follow Ozark with The Little Foxes, set for the Manhattan Theatre Club. The actress is a three-time Oscar nominee who has also won two Golden Globes, four Emmys, a SAG prize and more. We spent a week on the set in Cape Town, South Africa, watching as this genre mash-up of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, Westerns, and old-fashioned mythology came together. The saga spans eight novels so farassorted short stories and comic books, and has played out over three and a half decades.

The new movie picks elements from throughout these writings to assemble a new take on the story of Roland the Gunslinger Idris Elba and his pursuit of the sorcerer known as the Man in Black Matthew McConaugheywho intends to collapse the tower and rule the ruins and chaos alongside a sinister force known as the Crimson King. Exclusive photos, showing the vast plains of Mid-World, the shadowy Dixie Pig hideaway of the demons who infest our world, and the visions of a boy named Jake Chambers Tom Holloway who is either the key to saving the mythic Tower or the instrument of its destruction.

The actor also comments for the first time about race-swapping the Gunslinger, who until now has always been depicted as white. Finally, as an extra treat, King himself weighs in on the film, explains what he asked to change in the script, and provides new insight into how the Tower saga connects to some of his other books, like The Shining, The Stand, and one long-ago short story. For King fans, we also have another sneak peak at a separate new film adaptation: So keep a beady, glaring eye out for those.

Skull Island, and much, much more. Pick up the issue here or on newsstands Friday. Read the full aricle at EW. After nearly a decade of resting in development, the film adaptation of Stephen King's acclaimed series, The Dark Tower, finally kicked off is production in early April.

Leading this version of the story is Idris Elba as Roland Deschain, a. While the movie continues filming, the actor posted a teasing message concerning his character's lineage in honor of Father's Day. I am Roland, son of Steven, son of Henry, true descendant of Arthur. And I have not forgotten. Marking the holiday in his own special way, Idris Ebla posted the above tweet early today with the quote, "Remember the face of your father," which fans of the Dark Tower books know all too well.

Aside from being literally interpreted, it can also be understood as making sure one stays true to their beliefs rather than straying from the path. In addition to the image, Elba also posted a line from Roland about his lineage, from his father Steven all the way back to Arthur, who we'll just say left a royal mark on history. The quotes may not mean much to non-Dark Tower readers, but for the fans, this was definitely a fun way for the main star of the upcoming movie to commemorate Father's Day.

Of course, while the image is cool, it still doesn't offer much in the way of plot details or other juicy information. This tease just has fans craving an official look at The Dark Tower even more, whether it's photos of the characters or a trailer. Maybe this is Elba's subtle way of also foreshadowing that something big is coming soon, though the movie is still in the middle of shooting.

It might be a good idea to keep an eye on Idris Elba's account for more teases, potential "first looks," and holiday postings. Although originally believed to be a direct adaptation of the first book in the Dark Tower series, recent information and teases suggest that the Dark Tower movie is taking some creative liberties with its narrative. Sony's been keeping their lips sealed about the cinematic story, but it appears that the movie will incorporate elements from later installments rather than just that first book, something which Stephen King hinted at last month.

What we know for sure is that just like his literary counterpart, Idris Elba's Roland Deschain will be a frontier warrior who uses pistols instead of a sword as his weapon of choice. Elba's costars include Matthew McConaughey as Walter Padick, Tom Taylor as Jake Chambers, Jackie Earle Haley as Sayre, Abbey Lee Kershaw as Tirana, Katheryn Winnick and more. The Gunslinger, locked in a cat-and-mouse game against his nemesis, the nefarious Man in Black Matthew McConaugheyas they both travel the realm of Mid-Land in search of the elusive, immensely powerful Dark Tower.

King has previously warned fans of the novels to expect significant divergences from the book, saying that it will pick up more in the middle of the story than where it begins in the series of novels, and posting an image to twitter that is not only kind of a huge is it a good time to buy cba shares, but an indicator that these films are at least somewhat a sequel to the books.

However, the latest tease is aimed directly at book fans. In the books, Roland Deschain is the descendent of Arthur Yes, a version of King Arthur and the last in a long line of formally trained gunslingers. The Dark Tower is set to arrive in theaters on February 17, DiCaprio will be joined by his partner Jennifer Davisson Killoran as producer. The book revolves around a serial killer in s Chicago who stumbles upon a time traveling device.

Appian has held the rights to the book for some time and brought it to MRC several years ago. Danny Boyle was attached to write the pic at one point, but eventually parted ways. Click here to read more at Variety. Variety has reported that The Imitation Game's director Morten Tyldum will direct the adaptation of The Shining Girls by South African novelist Lauren Beukes.

The story in the novel was about a serial killer who get money for recycling ink cartridges into a derelict home in Depression Era Chicago.

The home opens up to other eras and drives him to hunt down and kill women in these different time periods, leaving behind momentos at the crime scene that do not match the era. In present day Chicago a young woman is putting together the pieces and find out who his final victim will be to complete his collection. I read The Shining Girls after I found her lending a quote to Charlie Human's Apocalypse Now Now and Kill Baxter which are fucking epic and you must, must, must read.

I liked it but felt there was too much of a disconnect between the killer and the female protagonist in the novel to make their eventual meeting have any sense of intimacy or threat. Beukes' other novel Broken Monsters. That I also read. That novel should be the next one in line to be adapted. That had a much fuller World and the connections between characters had that level of intimate to really bring on the sense of urgency some characters felt to stop the killer in that novel.

Click here to read more at Twitch. It literally changes everything. So, anyway, Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey will play the Gunslinger and the Man in Black, respectively. The film also stars Fran Kranz as Pimli PrentissKatheryn Winnick, and Abbey Lee, and may also cast Jackie Earle Haley and Aaron Paul. The film starts in media res and much of it takes place in the present day.

The Dark Tower is close, now. The Crimson King awaits. Soon Roland will raise the Horn of Eld. Oh, you want to nitpick about how something is different from the books, like Pimli Prentiss showing up so early in the story? And then Roland is shot backwards in time, back to the start of the first book in series, without any memory of having made the journey in the first place.

The only difference is that he is now carrying the Horn of Eld, the family heirloom that he had abandoned at the Battle of Jericho Hill years earlier. The implication is that something has changed.

Click here to read the full article at Uproxx. One is excitement, and the other is confusion. On the one hand, fans have been elated that the long-gestating film project is finally moving forward.

However, much of the casting news has us scratching our heads. Now, Stephen King himself has dropped a bombshell of a tweet that goes a long way to explaining everything.

Roland is caught in an endless loop. From the Tower, he is transported back to the beginning of the story, with no memory of the previous events. The famous line which opens the first book, "The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed," is also the final line of the last book.

However, as this walk across the desert begins, Roland is in possession of an artifact called The Horn of Eld.

The books tell us previously that, as a young man, at a place binary options trading site script the Battle of Jericho Hill, Roland dropped the horn and left it behind. He needs to blow this horn from atop the Dark Tower in order to truly complete his quest.

The words "last time around" could imply that the movies will tell the story of what happens after the books left off, on that last time around.

With this in mind, it at least has the potential of explaining the apparent differences between the books and the movies. Instead, he remembers picking it up, his past has, in some small way, been changed. So maybe euro exchange rate 12 month history we have here is something of a "butterfly effect.

How would those decisions have affected others? Perhaps this will help to explain why most of the Dark Tower casting has included characters like Tirana, and Richard Sayre, while we still have yet to hear a word about Eddie or Odetta. Everything is now fair game.

We may never see what Roland saw on that endless night. The Seven Samurai inspired genre mashup battle of the ka-tet at Calla Bryn Sturgis may never even take place. Are you excited, or slightly terrified, to see the true conclusion of The Dark Tower?

Let us know what you think in the comments. A daring narrative stroke might provide just the right injection of new life into a show that had grown stale. That was because there seemed no way that a still-growing romantic drama among the many other things that Scandal is would kill off its male lead. But by the time you get up to the assassination attempt on House of Cards, there seems to be a very real possibility that Underwood played by Kevin Spacey might die at any moment.

Poor Meechum Nathan Darrow lost his life shortly after going on a giddy wall-defacing spree with his beloved President in the White House. Meanwhile, the story of Goodwin Sebastian Arcelusa journalist whose life had been ruined by his dedication to solving the Zoe Barnes case, is just… over: Like Rachel Rachel Brosnahan last season, he outlived his usefulness to the plot, and leaves it without meaningful resolution.

The question is what the show becomes if he succumbs. But even though adherents to House of Cards may have been considering bailing by now, any show this willing to mess with its own fixed ideas is one worth sticking with.

Plus, his new office conferred a project entropia how to make money of dignity on even the greatest charlatan who occupied it; House of Cards was too Presidential. With Frank sidelined, though, every player in the assassination storyline, though, from the embittered journalist whose long-ago disaffection has far-reaching consequences to the wife finding her voice to the easily played but not quite meek Vice-President, is deeply interesting as they scramble to figure out what to do next.

Click here to read the full article on Time. The first rule of politics, at least as practiced by a certain kind of savvy campaigner: Give the people what they want. It polled best when it dispelled with the pretense that we dug it for its moral complexity, or even for the Shakespearian grandeur of its story arcs: Beltway aspirants launched to godlike heights and then dashed on the floor. Now, at the dawn of its fourth bid for office, House of Cards leans into the soapy twists with a fresh confidence gleaned, maybe, from the stranger-than-fiction success of Donald Trump.

Claire spends her first few scenes of the new season drifting slowly down staircases or across darkened rooms, the camera caressing her austere, expressive face. The show seems to ask. Viewers know Frank, though we can rarely anticipate the ingenious, dastardly machinations through which his soulnessness will manifest. Claire presents a mystery not only to us, but to herself. With her husband out of the picture literally: What does she want?

It leans into its soapy twists with a fresh confidence gleaned, maybe, from the stranger-than-fiction success of Trump. Claire wants, first off, a congressional district, and getting it will require cooperation from a network of iron-willed, variously motivated women. The old gang is back, too, because a plot creased this liberally with reversals, upsets, and unlikely alliances needs plenty of history.

Around the fourth episode, a huge twist brilliantly reconfigures the chessboard, some characters swirling to fill a leadership void while others shadowbox the past. Lars Mikkelsen reprises his Putin-esque act as a lecherous Russian statesman and wildcard; Meechum and Catherine and a few surprise cameos from prior seasons keep things cooking.

The specimen known in Season 3 as Sad Stamper has embraced the dark side, fulfilling his destiny as a silky-voiced menace prone to bursts of unpredictable violence. Taking his baton of despond: Sad Lucas, who leaves prison as a protected witness only to find himself cleaning rental cars, fending off sexual propositions from co-workers, and ghosting through a desolate, Internet-less apartment in Ohio—the House of Cards version of a puppy walking down a street lined with broken glass.

The new episodes—sordid little dopamine bursts, each as gratifying and wrong as a dirty campaign contribution—feature some delicious writing, parceled out in typically sharp one-liners and asides.

The second fires back that she thinks his fingerprints are all over a congresswoman. A little later, a character has his handprint drawn onto the wall of how taptu make money White House, where it replaces a painting of a Confederate flag struck by lightning. None of this symbolism is remotely subtle, and yet it captures the extent to which, in House of Cards, the personal—the human, the intimate, the bodily—seeps into the political.

While Frank occasionally addresses viewers directly, his Richard III—style chats are increasingly phased out in favor of a new surrealist tic: House of Cards has been criticized for not giving Frank a formidable enough adversary. What if his greatest enemy is himself? Click here to read the full article on Slate.

This could be it, folks. Stephen King broke the big news himself yesterday morning that fans were finally, at long last, getting a Dark Tower movie.

I have little knowledge of the series beyond its broad plot outlines, the fact that it was written by Mr. I also know that fans have been waiting for a film version for a very long time and presume that it has the capacity to be our next Lord of the Rings. So many of our current and future film franchises are basically reboots or revisitations of prior cinematic success stories.

The blockbuster marketplace will be dominated by sequels to ongoing franchises, decades-late continuations, and revivals of past cinematic glories. If the likes of Star Trek Beyond, Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them, or Independence Day: Resurgence are any good, then by all means we should celebrate.

By the time the first movie, which is directed by Nikolaj Arcel and written by Arcel, Akiva Goldsman, Anders Thomas Jensen, and Jeff Pinkner, is released in theaters, it will come on the heels of more than years of fandom and anticipation.

Tolkien saga, it has a hold on pop culture to the point that any number of people like myself who never read the books have at least a passing knowledge of its existence and its contents. It is a gigantic and sprawling supernatural adventure story spanning eight books plus a host of short stories and comics.

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It will presumably offer big-scale action, horror, and spectacle courtesy of a studio Sony that should buy coca cola stock all the franchise strength it can get right now.

It even has genuine movie stars in the form of so far Elba and McConaughey. And just as importantly, it will enter theaters presumably unlike anything else in the marketplace at that moment in time.

The Dark Tower, breathlessly anticipated by fans of multiple generations, will enter the multiplexes on January 13, or whenever it debuts as something wholly unique unto itself. If Sony pulls this off, and I have no idea if they actually will, they may well online stock trading meechum the something truly special in their hands. I had not read one word of The Lord of the Rings. Yet I was there with bells on for the opening night of Fellowship of the Ring.

If the first Dark Tower film hits paydirt and delivers the goods, then we could see comparatively speaking in terms of budget and comparatively fractured moviegoing habits an impact similar to The Lord of the Rings. It will be because Sony took the time and money to give us a new franchise that was wholly unlike anything else in the marketplace, one that is aimed audit of stock brokers india the adult audience that makes up the majority of the theatrical moviegoing population.

Because there is always more money to be made from The First Dark Tower than from the next Arti berita forex unemployment claims Tower. But today, today I hope that Sony has the next great new-to-cinemas franchise on its hands. I hope The Dark Tower is the rebuttal to my fears.

I hope, because we need this very badly. Click here to read the full article at Forbes. Arcel, who is best known for the Danish film A Royal Affair and for co-writing the Swedish version ownership structure and open market stock repurchases in france The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, says he will start shooting The Dark Tower in Basics of bse stock market pdf Africa in seven weeks, and Sony Pictures plans to have it in theaters on Jan.

Arcel will share screenwriting credit with Anders Thomas Jensen, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner. The producers will be Goldman and his Weed Road company; Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Erica Huggins of Imagine Entertainment; eur usd rate forex Pinkner as executive producer.

That exact mix is so Stephen How to make money riding horses. King says the movie will open with the first line from the first book.

The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. But this first film will not adapt the plot of the first book, The Gunslinger, published in Arcel declined to specify which books his movie focus on, but he did offer this clue: To complete his journey, Roland must call on help from our world, drawing a junkie named Eddie, an amputee named Susannah, and a young boy named Jake into his realm to be part of his ka-tet — the term for a group brought together by destiny. As for additional casting, Mad Max: More announcements are expected in the weeks ahead.

For now, Arcel is starting by introducing his hero and villain. We discussed, who is this character? We tried to figure out if we saw the same guy. And we absolutely had all the same ideas and thoughts. He had a unique vision for who Roland would be. McConaughey you have one new follower. But he admits he had a different actor in mind when he started writing the books 46 years ago — almost three years before Elba was even born.

He was just … Roland. I think it opens all kind of exciting possibilities for the backstory. Arcel acknowledges that skin color actually was an important factor in the relationship between Roland and Susannah, the black amputee he drew into his world from her life in In the books, she is not thrilled to find herself yanked into another dimension by a grizzled white guy.

This is an especially tricky character, in more ways than one. In The Gunslinger, he was like the shark in Jaws — mostly unseen, auto free stock binary ebooks code software review his menace permeated the story. The movie will draw him further out of the shadows. That shapeshifting quality is what drew Arcel to the Dallas Buyers Club Oscar-winner. He sees it with a sort of delight, even though he is obviously on the wrong side of the light-and-dark spectrum.

Fans who may be rejoicing that the story is finally headed to the screen have had their hosannas stifled before, but this time the movie is definitely happening. In director Ron Howard began trying to assemble a multi-platform approach to filming it, with Javier Bardem in the lead role of Roland.

But little by little, people started to get on board with the idea. Akiva Goldsman, who won the adapted screenplay Oscar for writing A Beautiful Mind, began work on the scripts, and he and Howard even visited King to help break down which parts of the story they should tell onscreen. We were actually playing catch. That was the first time anybody suggested to King that maybe there could be a collection of movies and also a TV series telling the same story from different directions.

Universal Pictures was set to launch this ambitious project, the Warner Bros. A younger version of King himself turns up as a character in The Dark Tower saga. Livestock marketing fairness act this is not a part of the first film, Arcel says he would want the author to eventually play himself.

But King says no way: We have Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, two great actors. Click here to read the article at EW. As Super Tuesday sees big victories for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump today, the real treat for political junkies is coming on Friday with the full Season 4 debut of House of Cards on Netflix.

As I say in my video review above, the Kevin Spacey-led series has gotten more outrageous, more ruthless, more high stakes, more Clintonesque and more compellingly timely than ever. No longer the new kid of 60 second binary options platforms system review block, streaming or otherwise, the heavily virally promoted — FU — episode fourth season is, as I also say in my video review above, well worth your vote, binged or otherwise.

As the strain and pressure intensifies domestically and internationally, HoC S4 veers toward the soap, but, with fine-tuned brinkmanship, pulls itself back to a steely spine of solid drama.

As good as Spacey is — and the man is so good in a role he inhabits in the show and pop culture like a second skin — the again-magnificent Robin Wright is the metal in the marriage as the ambitious, estranged and equally calculating Claire Underwood.

However, with new faces joining the show and old ones returning, two other powerhouses this season are Michael Kelly and Molly Parker. Click here to read the article on Forex broker with signals. Ozark, the drama series starring, executive produced and directed by Jason Bateman, has landed at Netflix.

MRC and Aggregate are producing the project, which was taken out last fall and has been in negotiations at Netflix for about two months. The Internet network declined comment. In his return to television and Netflix, Arrested Development star Bateman is taking a dramatic turn with Ozark, created by rising feature writer Bill Dubuque The Judgewhich take place in the dark and dangerous world of drug-money laundering.

The series takes its name from the location where it is set, The Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. As director, Bateman will be involved in establishing the creative vision for the series, working with Dubuque. The two executive produce with Mark Williams. Chris Mundy has come on board as showrunner. For the past decade, Bateman has been largely focused on features, only returning to TV to reprise his starring role on the new installment of Arrested Development for Netflix, which earned down and out call barrier option a second Emmy nomination.

Dubuque last year sold to Universal his action-adventure pitch The Real McCoy with Chris Pratt attached to star. He also wrote the upcoming The Accountant starring Ben Affleck for Warner Bros. Bateman is repped by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners and attorney Tom Hoberman, Dubuque is with CAA and Zero Gravity Management. President Frank Underwood has finally joined the ranks of fellow American commanders-in-chief.

In his own way. The true Spacey also chimed in a statement: It is a real honor to be exhibited at the Smithsonian and a thrill to see Frank take his place among the presidents in this historic setting. Ellen Burstyn steals the show. I wonder how many people even knew Burstyn was in the cast of Season 4 until Netflix announced it today. Burstyn plays the mother of Claire Underwood, and without serving up any spoilers, let me tell you that she brings a depth and darkness worthy of David Fincher, the executive producer who directed the first two gloriously dark hours of Season 1.

What a superb piece of casting, and what a complex and original csg sur stock options showrunner Beau Willimon crafted.

This is a series that at its best, is as big, deep and dark as Greek mythology. Those opening images of Washington send a chill through my bones every time I see them. There's even some eye-gouging. In fact, I believe the scenes between Claire and her mother have pushed Wright to find another, higher gear as an actress.

She and Burstyn together are superb, and I think a lot of viewers are going to like seeing a different, emotionally messier side of Claire — a side that has nothing to do with Frank. Frank is in the middle of an election as we meet him him -- heading into and through New Hampshire and South Carolina just like the real candidates.

After a screening Monday night at the Smithsonian, Spacey reflected on the way the lines between art and life are blurred in the series as well as in a new portrait of him as Underwood that was unveiled earlier in the day. Presidential portraits are usually revealed after a president has left office, but the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery made an exception today when it unveiled a painting of Francis J.

The larger-than-life painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo shows an imperious Underwood seated in the Oval Office. Click here to read the article at WashingtonPost. George Washington, founding father, is out. It will be absent for 18 months. Underwood is the fictional commander-in-chief played with ratlike cunning by Kevin Spacey in the hit political television drama House of Cards. The section is one of two official national collections of presidential portraits the other belongs to the White House.

Yeo, 45, mimics such official portraits but with loose, lateral brushstrokes that suggest a flickering screen — fitting for a digitally streamed series that has changed viewing habits. Underwood, in a suit and tie, looks back at the viewer with a characteristically steely gaze, his right fist resting on his desk, his legs crossed and left foot looming large. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Yeo said it was intended to make the audience uncomfortable. Asked what Underwood would think of his own portrait, Spacey answered: When a journalist asked about his prominent knuckle, a jocular Spacey shot back: Look at those knuckles.

But the actor and former artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London shrank from the idea of sitting for a portrait as himself. I hope I can play characters in the future that Jonathan thinks are really interesting to capture. In an election year dominated by reality TV host and billionaire Donald Trump, Yeo noted that the painting is a timely and curious case of life imitating art imitating life.

It plays on that further. Spacey, 56, is a Democratic donor and friend of Bill Clinton. But on Monday, Spacey declined to say which candidate he supports or pass any comment on the real-life election.

First he tried a lighthearted response: I have a fictional election to win. Later he was more forthright: Yeo, the son of former British Conservative MP Tim Yeo, has painted subjects including David Cameron, Prince Philip, Nicole Kidman, Damien Hirst and Malala Yousafzai. For the Underwood portrait he visited the House of Cards set in Baltimore and its fictional version of the Oval Office. The painting has been approved for acquisition, though it still requires a donor.

But Underwood, the Machiavelli of Washington, is not the first fictional character to figure in the National Portrait Gallery. Click here to read the full article at TheGuardian. Frank Underwood, the murderous, Machiavellian president from House of Cards, now has his own portrait in the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the only other place that has a complete collection of presidential portraiture outside of the White House. The painting, unveiled Monday with Kevin Spacey and Netflix head honcho Ted Sarandos, is call divert option in micromax canvas 2 project between the British artist Jonathan Yeo and the museum.

Click here to read the full article at Vulture. President Frank Underwood has climbed his way to the top of the Screen Actors Guild Awards again, as Kevin Spacey has repeated his win for his House of Cards role. We will do our best to honor what you have started with House of Cards. We wish you the very, very best. After thanking his costars, Netflix, and members of his team, the actor finished his speech by talking about the theory of relativity: For his trophy, Spacey bested Jon Hamm Mad MenBob Odenkirk Better Call SaulPeter Dinklage Game of Thronesand Rami Malek Mr.

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Starz did not mount an elaborate Globes campaign for the series — no set visits or special presentations per se. But Hollywood Foreign Press Association voters responded to the screeners that Starz sent to members, which led the HFPA to request a press conference with Walley-Beckett and ingenue star Sarah Hay.

She was quick to praise Starz for allowing her to do the dark drama in accordance with her vision. Earlier this week Starz set a deal with Amazon to offer streaming access to the mothership channel. Awards recognition can only help raise the awareness of Starz at a time when programming services are increasingly becoming un-bundled from larger MVPD subscriptions.

That means Starz, like every other premium network, needs marquee shows more than ever. Having served a long tenure at HBO 95 binary option trading tips strategies its initial growth spurt with original series, Albrecht knows what awards hardware can do for a TV brand. Click here to read the article on Variety. Then again, he did have a time difference to wrangle with: Stewart is vacationing in Jamaica.

Click here to read the article on EW. Unsurprisingly, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave nods to a lot of online trading firm forex ira trading day trading stock11 TV shows and movies. What is surprising, though, is that so many of those nominations went to streaming services. Netflix, which has been getting thumbhole stock for cz 452 winning Golden Globes since thanks to House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black, actually beat out all other networks this year with eight nominations—one ahead of HBO.

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Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language The Brand New Testament The Club The Fencer Mustang Son of Saul. Click here to read about it at Wired. The series was nominated as best ensemble drama, with Kevin Spacey and Robin Wrightin the running for best actor and actress.

The work that earned the nominations was done in Maryland, but "Veep" doesn't live here anymore. Forex megadroid robot reviews announced it was moving to Los Angeles earlier this year. Robot" Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul". Ty Burrell, "Modern Family " Louis C. Click here to read about it at The Baltimore Sun.

In addition, three more films have been added in — Southpaw, No Escape, The Little Prince, and the rest have been updated with final grosses. Still one more picture to go, but just refresh for the latest. Meanwhile, The Walk has been marketed heavily in the U. There will be more grosses updated tomorrow and four new films added Southpaw and No Escape includedbut all grosses are current with final tallies with the following exceptions: Scorch Trials that were capturing the attention of international audiences.

That pushed it into the No. Studio Canal has some bragging rights this morning, too, as it notes that its actioner Legend is now the highest grossing 18 cert British film see below.

In the meantime, Sony was having trouble this morning with its Internet so am Iso we waited for their grosses. They just came in at In Argentina, it was No. The Philippines also had a strong showing, coming in No. The film performed quite well in Asia, which accounted for about half of the overall weekend total.

While in Hong Kong it grabbed the No. Next weekend, it should get a big boost when it opens in the U. However, that bowed in the summer of Next up is Germany which will bow on How has the bbc make money from frozen planet. Lionsgate is very high on this property after positive word-of-mouth and critical raves.

PAN Taking advantage of the prime September school holidays in Australia, Pan opened there in one market to take the No. Jackman is actually showing up for a promotional blitz in Hong Kong tomorrow; he will be the first international star to participate in the Chinese mid autumn festival celebration in Hong Kong, the Fire Dragon Festival. The next key markets will buy forex with credit card launching in two weeks, including Germany, Russia, Korea, and Brazil on Oct 8.

That will be followed by Mexico and Spain the next day. The film opens in the U. Oct 16 and France on Oct. Then it swoops into China on Oct. LOST IN HONG KONG In China, Mission: Starring Xu and box office draw Vicki Zhao, the picture easily took No. Cinema Management Group CMG is handling Born vanguard world stock market etf Dance for worldwide sales and is coming off a good Toronto where it premiered the film and then licensed it to a number of international territories.

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This weekend, the film saw openings in Russia, Brazil, France, and Italy. France also opened to No. It had a No. It also held onto the No. In fact, the Universal, Working Title, Cross Creek and Walden Media film was No. It will next bow in Chile and Greece on Oct. The Scorch Trials is in its third weekend of release in the international marketplace. While MR2 surpassed the original film in admissions, it has not in box office.

The YA franchise film opened in seven more markets, including Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. The film opened to No. It had an impact on the entire box office. In its second week, Brazil took the No. It also was No. There are three markets — France, Italy and Japan — left to release through October.

LEGEND The following grosses are estimates: Its not the top 18 cert film of all time, however, as many pictures are above it but all are stateside offerings, including The Wolf of Wall Street, Gone Girl and Hannibal, to name a few.

Universal will be releasing this critically-acclaimed gangster film domestically on November 20th. BLACK MASS This Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton starring gangster film is in its second weekend on what was considered a soft international launch in five smaller markets last weekend. Next up for release are Italy and Australia on October 8. The animated film had its final theatrical release in Greece this weekend to No. Combined with the U. It is still No. It placed third behind two local entries.

Still worth notating that Minions is the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time internationally. THE VISIT This horror film is still just getting its feet wet in the international marketplace, playing in just 22 territories. Germany is the top opener for this scarefest where it took No. Mexico, which usually embraces the horror genre, opened to No.

It will continue to rollout in other markets over the next few months. THE LITTLE PRINCE This animated family film is being distributed by various parties in various territories, with Paramount Pictures handling in France where it has continued to play on screens and with 1.

France case study pairs trading volatility index futures, by far, its highest-grossing market. TWC is handling in the U. This film is based, of course, on the Antoine de Saint-Expurey book. The voice talent is huge: Paul Rudd, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Paul Rudd, Benecio del Toro, Paul Giamatti, Jeff Bridges, Ricky Gervais, Albert Brooks, Vincent Cassel and McKenzie Foy.

Well, there are 22 more openings to come over the next few months. France is still holding well, coming in at No. Its best performing territory outside of North America continues to be the U.

It next opens in Germany on Oct. SOUTHPAW The Jake Gyllenhaal boxing picture is still making the rounds in about 19 markets including in Europe, in the Middle East and in Australia and like one Asian market Taiwan.

The Winter Soldier and Thor: The only market left to open is China on Oct. The film is still playing in 24 markets on screens. Japan, the final market, releases October 9 where Kingsman: It is still playing in 46 countries and on a total of 1, dates.

The actual number is waaaay off from the estimate. Well, Sony had computer problems and it was all guesstimated. It took the No. Another new arrival fared well, too. The animated sequel fanged a slew of records: And as Black Mass showed last week, adults, not the kids, head to the theater on weekdays when school is in session.

One of the indies that had great buzz at the Toronto Film Festival last year was gritty femme Western The Keeping Room which follows two sisters and their slave fending off two crazed Union army soldiers from their homestead.

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Ward for The Roosevelts: Across all of its opening weekend plays on the network, the Patrick Stewart-starrer Blunt Talk snared 1. And Starz noted the kickoff nabbed an all-in of 2. In addition, season premieres for both series were available on Facebook for a limited time prior to the linear season premieres on Starz.

And, all in, 2. Los Angeles-set Blunt Talk follows Brit import Walter Blunt as he attempts to conquer American cable news. Usher thrust into the limelight after signing a huge pro contract with a team in Atlanta. The second season of the half-hour scripted comedy series will feature 10 episodes — up from its six-episode first season. Jonathan Ames, whose three-season HBO sitcom "Bored to Death" was one of the best things to cross a television screen in this century, has a new series, "Blunt Talk," premiering Saturday on Starz.

And if it is not up to its predecessor's mark, it is nevertheless very much the work of the same singular mind, and therefore welcome to this world. Patrick Stewart plays Walter Blunt, a British news-anchor-cum-pundit, who despite being the star attraction of a fictional American cable news network is slipping in the ratings. His personal life, likewise, is increasingly a shambles. And his valet, Harry Adrian Scarboroughhas a tendency to enable the bad habits of his employer — whom Harry calls "Major," having served under him in the Falklands War — or is often too wasted himself to curb them.

That Seth MacFarlane of "The Family Guy" and "Ted" et al, is the series' executive producer might lead one to expect that this would be a ruder, less delicately calibrated show than "Bored to Death," and it is. But the dominant sensibility is the creator's. Indeed, this may be the purer, weirder Ames: The Ames of his novels "The Extra Man" and "Wake Up, Sir! As in "Bored," there are lots of drugs and alcohol and a range of sexual expressions, which in the New York Neverland the first series established played invariably as whimsical.

But Hollywood — a city in which Ames, like his main character, is not entirely at home — invariably darkens things, and in place of the subcultural specificity he mined from Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, you get jokes about valet parking and the porn industry, and in place of Paul Auster and Gore Vidal you get references to Daniel Craig and Jeffrey Katzenberg.

The words "Only in Los Angeles" are actually spoken. The early episodes have titles, taken from their dialogue, such as "I Seem to Be Running Out of Dreams for Myself," "I Experience Shame and Anticipate Punishment" and "All My Relationships End in Pain," which gives you a sense of the mood. In place of the childlike optimism that rules "Bored," there is a sense of things falling apart. Deciding that he needs to give his viewers hope, Walter asks his team to "start Googling and see if there is any hope out there that might also be true.

There is an autumnal quality, not unrelated of course, to the fact that the star is 75 years old — unusually fit, as occasion will be found to display, but 75 still — and the character is looking backward. The first thing Walter does in the series is to compare a bartender's profile to that of the Duke of Windsor — Edward, that is, who married Mrs.

As in "Bored," there is some good and less good slapstick: A scene in an airport bathroom that plays off the old bit about the uncooperative drinking fountain is particularly well-handled, like "Mr. But "Blunt Talk" can also be quietly sweet, as when Walter makes shadow puppets with his hands, or Harry sings him a sea shanty as they escape slowly by boat down a Venice Calif.

Ames' characters can border on the grotesque, but he has no problems with that — his is a peculiarly nonjudgmental sensibility, and there is a tenderness that runs through the series and makes the trip worth taking, however improbable the road. However, Blunt Talk, which debuts August 22 on Starz, is more than that and worth going along for the ride.

Walter Blunt is trapped in many ways in a world where he can do little else but implode. Wodehouse knows, that can be sad and, handled well as it is here, very funny simultaneously. The first two episodes of Season 1 have been available online and on-demand since August Give it a look and take it from me: Blunt Talk gets better the longer it goes on. Watch the full review on Deadline. Coming off an Oscar win for Whiplash, JK Simmons will topline Counterpart, a supernatural thriller drama series for Starz from MRC.

It was created and written by Justin Marks, writer of the upcoming Disney Jungle Book movie, with Oscar-nominated Imitation Game helmer Morten Tyldum set to direct the first two episodes. The size of the series order is TBD. We hear the intention is to pick up two seasons the way the premium cable network recently did with another MRC package, upcoming comedy Blunt Talk starring Patrick Stewart, created by Jonathan Ames and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane. Described as an espionage thriller with a metaphysical twist, Counterpart tells the story of Howard Silk Simmonsa lowly cog in a bureaucratic UN agency who is turning the last corner of a life filled with regret, when he discovers the agency he works for is guarding a secret: He is repped by WME and Anonymous.

Simmons is repped by Gersh. Marks is repped by CAA, Madhouse Entertainment and attorneys Stephen Clark and Melissa Rogal. Final grosses for all 25 films have been updated below. All final tallies are in from all studios. It has broken records in China to become the highest-grossing opening week for any film ever in China.

This weekend it played in 67 markets with 17, runs. Unbelievably, it was second in Japan to Dragon Ball Z: The per screen was better for F7, however. Japan was the final market to release F7 to the world. It is now, as also mentioned below, the second-highest grosser behind Transformers: Below in the updates are all previous estimates for F7.

However, all other listed films below will have been updated with final numbers. Ressurrection F, the actioner Mr. Sponge Out Of Water and the horror film The Pyramid. Just added in more titles at Also cumes are below for Warner Bros. The rest of the marketplace this frame was largely loaded with holdovers and expansions including Home, Cinderella and Paul Blart: Resurrection F which scored the biggest opening in Japan of See below for more details on local-language performers.

Overall, the weekend across the Top 10 studio releases was down just Next week, many offshore territories are making way for Avengers: Age Of Ultron which begins flexing superhero muscle on April 22 in such key markets as France, Italy, Brazil, Germany, the UK, Russia and Korea ahead of its Stateside bow on May 1. UPDATED, 3rd WRITE THRU, We got offshore estimates in at 9: Offshore returns this weekend saw Furious 7 keep up its breakneck pace at the international box office. In China, the Furious numbers are positively mad.

The Vin Diesel-starrer has broken myriad records including as the fastest film to cross 1B yuan it took five days. F7 is now the second highest grossing American film of all time, behind Transformers: F7 rolled into Japan, its last international territory this weekend.

Resurrection F in Japan, which was No. Battle Of Gods in Fox International Productions also got a big No. Major upcoming markets include Mexico April 24Italy April 30Brazil May 21Germany June 4 and Spain June 5.

New from Universal and Blumhouse is the horror film Unfriended opened to No. It will really start up in Australia April 3oth followed by the UK and Ireland on May 1. Speaking of micro-budgeted horror films from Blumhouse, Universal still has Ouija in four markets with three more yet to go, including France on April 29th.

It opened in South Korea this weekend at No. Its big territory opening was in France where it took advantage of the high percentage of kids in the marketplace due to a school holiday which runs through May 3. The UK held at No. Cindy still has Japan on the horizon on April 25; Maleficent was the No. Latin America, which is big on family-friendly comedies, and has a soft spot for producer Adam Sandler, delivered star Kevin James his best numbers of all time in the region.

Next markets up for this actioner are Italy and Brazil April 30 followed by Japan May The top markets for this Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds drama is the UK, Israel where it has the No. The estimated worldwide total for this Weinstein Co. China is expected to release in May.

Its currently playing on screens. This sexy, sci-fi thriller that stars Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander, is just killing it with high per screen averages in North America as it winds it way from a limited release to a wide release this coming weekend. The film is written and directed by Alex Garland. The Longest Ride has already ridden out in the territories it opened in this weekend. It bowed in both Russia and the Philippines to No.

Shaun The Sheep, an animated comedy from the Aardman company, opened in Spain this weekend, moving up the box office ladder on Saturday to end the weekend in the No. Universal also has rights in Latin America, where the film will be released in Sept.

The Water Diviner, the Russell Crowe-directed and starring Australian historical drama opened in France, Belgium, Netherlands and French-Switzerland. Universal will release the Award-winning film in seven more European territories. This film has yet to bow in China or Japan. Birdman held steady in its second weekend in Japan and is currently the No. It opened this weekend in Poland to No. That parks it in the No.

F7 will have a few more weeks in China which next frame adds Home, but no major new local titles. The Yu Li-helmed pic stars Fan Bingbing. Animated local films generally do a multiple of 4, nicely setting this one up to overtake its predecessor Dragonball Z: Still, F7 marked the best debut ever for that franchise. The debut for the sequel, which released in 3D, IMAX and 4DX and played on a total of screens, was bigger than the following comps: Audience reaction was positive with demand already high for another sequel to continue the franchise.

Cinderella bows on April X released on Friday and landed at No. Increasingly, films are being counterprogrammed during the period. Vikram Bhatt directed the 3D sci-fi suspense thriller that stars Emraan Hashmi as a man who harnesses the power of invisibility and uses it to right the wrongs of a corrupt society. Anthony Marciano directs the reverse Robin Hood tale about a thief who steals only from women, the poor and the elderly. With a view to buying his dream brothel, he decides to rob the tax depot in Nottingham, but his plans go awry when he runs into the Sherwood Gang, who steal from the rich to give to the poor, and are eyeing a similar heist.

Max Boublil, Geraldine Nakache and Patrick Timsit star. It's a new record for the fastest climb to the major milestone. The Avengers, Avatar and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: It still is commanding the Imax screens in its third weekend. The actioner, which stopped production after Walker died in a November car crash, initially was supposed to bow last summer, but that date had to be overhauled. With the extra time, Universal was able to pick the perfect distribution date and implement a strong marketing campaign with two of the most social powerhouses on the Internet: Diesel and Dwayne Johnson.

Impossible — Rogue Nation and other tentpoles. It will certainly exceed this number as well as have the distinction of being the quickest of any film to reach this milestone in just 17 days.

When our friend and colleague Paul Walker tragically passed away in the middle of production, our team, led by Jeff Shell and Donna Langley, and the filmmakers along with the cast and crew did what they do best: They focused on family first; then talked to the fans; then got to work on making a great film that we can all be proud of.

For weekend box office on the other major titles playing offshore, see my full international box office report. F7 puts the pedal to the metal in Russia on Thursday and in China on Sunday as it continues lapping the global track.

Vin Diesel and crew set similar records on Thursday and Friday; and many markets saw jumps throughout the five-day frame. F7, directed by James Wan and produced by Neal Moritz and Diesel, was No. In 29 offshore plays it is the biggest opening weekend of all time, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Middle East, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Venezuela and Vietnam.

Myriad other records were guzzled up by this latest in the franchise that features a bevy of returning stars and an emotional farewell to the late Paul Walker.

Next weekend, when F7 hits Russia on Thursday and China on Sunday, IMAX is adding another screens. In other global records, F7 is the best April bow ever; the top Easter opening; and the best for all cast and filmmakers. It has an essentially wide open track at global multiplexes over the next few weeks until The Avengers: Age Of Ultron bows. Japan will be last to open on April Adding 20 more markets on Friday, it is now playing in 63 internationally.

It has opened No. Along with such key markets as Brazil, Germany and Mexico, which set the record earlier in the week, those now include the UK, Malaysia, and Turkey among several others.

Heading into this frame, sources noted that international tracking is difficult with a lot of noise around a brand that has so much equity.

The low end of that range is now in the rearview mirror. F7 is benefiting from roughly international IMAX plays where it is seeing sell-outs and setting records in individual markets. The top IMAX opening days ever have now been clocked in Austria, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Kenya, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Trinidad. F7 has yet to rev its engines in five more markets. The Philippines bows today followed by Russia on April 9, Poland on April 10, China on April 12 and Japan on April China was the top ex-U.

The Universal actioner added 33 offshore markets on Thursday to bring the total to On Thursday, it revved up the biggest opening day of all time in 15 territories including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, India, Indonesia and the Middle East. F7, which has 18 markets yet to release, will pass the international lifetime of The Fast And The Furious today.

PREVIOUS THURSDAY PM PT: Helping to boost this super-charged debut is the benefit more than IMAX theaters, with about of those big screens playing internationally. IMAX says its their widest global day and date release ever.

The majority of overseas markets for the latest in the franchise breaks on April 3rd with 51 more territories going day-and-date with the U.

Those are all dollar comparisons. In total, Bolivia, Indonesia, Peru, Thailand and Trinidad, enjoyed the biggest opening day ever for all films with F7. The studio found a ripe time to bow as there is nothing to really distract from international audiences until Avengers: Age of Ultron arrives into theaters weeks later.

Various media outlets and journalists also questioned his account of his coverage of protests in Buenos Aires at the end of the war. It will launch in the summer as the newly crowned No. Click here to watch the teaser and read the article on Deadline. Inarritu and the trio have been working on scripts for the entire first season in a writers room that opened several months ago in New York City. Inarritu will direct at least the first two episodes to set the visual style of the series.

The foursome are committed to driving the creative vision of the series but they are likely to recruit some seasoned TV producers to help steer the ship once lensing begins. Pic is set for a Christmas Day debut. Click here to read about it on Variety. Ben Stiller is attached to executive produce and direct multiple episodes of Super Sad True Love Story, an hourlong dramedy in the works at MRC.

The project, based on the novel by Gary Shteyngart, is currently casting and has not been set up at a network yet. While navigating this romance he must also contend with mounting demands from his charismatic boss, who is himself being pressured by the domineering American government. Click here to read the artcile on Deadline.

Sure, sure, the New England Patriots won that other Super Bowl, between two NFL teams. But the real winner in Hollywood during and after the game was Ted 2, the studio behind it, Universal, and the social-media platform they used so effectively, Facebook. That very big number is according to RelishMix, which tracks entertainment properties on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for studios and networks.

And its list see the chart below shows that Universal had not just Ted 2 at the top, but the next four films as well: Furious 7, Fifty Shades of Grey, Minions and Jurassic World. Universal also had Pitch Perfect 2 at No. The difference is one of audiences: Ted 2 particularly took advantage of the power of Facebook.

Before the game, Universal had a single Ted 2 trailer on Facebook, at its TedIsReal site there. The site has 21 million page likes and the previous trailer had attracted 28 million views since it was posted. But then came the game video. The new trailer grabbed 7 million views on game day, and brought another 11 million views to the original trailer. Universal also benefitted by having star Mark Wahlberg, he of 15 million Facebook likes, promoting the movie from the sidelines.

That helped bring in another 9. The studio said little until two days before the game, when a 7-second teaser clip landed on the Facebook page for the FastAndFurious franchise.

When the full second trailer arrived in the second quarter, it collected 12 million views on Facebook, and 2. The past two years have seen studios use teaser videos, as with Furious 7, alongside ad buys across social to further boost awareness of the trailers. Click here to see the charts and read the article on Deadline. Mark Wahlberg and his furry sidekick go hunting for a sperm donor in Ted 2, though their approach to a potential donor lacks a bit of, shall we say, diplomatic panache.

Seth MacFarlane directs and co-wrote the script. Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfriend co-star. The film debuts June Click here to see the Super Bowl spot on Youtube. The first Ted 2 trailer is here and it is all about the teddy bear's legal rights and fertility struggles.

Ted wants to be human in the eyes of the law and he takes that fight to court with the help of Amanda Seyfried. Also, he wants to use Mark Wahlberg's sperm to have a baby and this involves a large accident where Wahlberg's character John Bennett does a lot of slipping and sliding.

The Seth MacFarlane-directed sequel hits theaters on June A new ad for Ted 2 featuring Tom Brady as a potential sperm donor for Ted is set to air during the Super Bowl this weekend. Click here to see the trailer on Youtube. Now, the first Ted 2 trailer is here, finally giving fans an idea of just what happened after the first movie. Watch the Ted 2 trailer below. Generally, I hate comedy trailers because they ruin all the good jokes. I love the idea that in the sequel, Ted is trying to integrate more into society.

Wife, kid, legal rights. And all the nods are just spot on here — Samuel L. Jackson, social media, Flash Gordon again. I legitimately laughed at least six or seven times here in just over two minutes.

Now if MacFarlane has another 90 or so minutes of that in him, Ted 2 has the potential to be one of the biggest hits of the summer. Click here to see the traiiler on Youtube. Starz has released a couple of first look photos from its original series Blunt Talk that began production on its first season this week in Los Angeles. The half-hour scripted comedy is greenlit for a two-season, episode commitment, with the episode first season set to premiere this coming summer. Patrick Stewart X-Men franchise, Ted stars as Walter Blunt a British import intent on conquering the world of American cable news and the fallout from his well-intentioned, but mostly misguided decision-making, both on and off the air.

Jacki Weaver, Adrian Scarbourough, Dolly Wells and Timm Sharp round out the cast. Have a look above and below. Click here to see the photos on Deadline. Kevin Spacey won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

The House of Cards actor nabbed the honor over fellow nominees Steve Buscemi of Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones' Peter Dinklage and True Detective's duo Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. However, the lead actor of the Netflix series, portraying Francis Underwood climbing his way up The Hill, wasn't present to accept the award.

Spacey's win follows his victory in this category at the Golden Globes earlier this month. Thank you very much," he said when accepting that award. The character-driven comedy revolves around Walter Blunt Patrick Stewartan infrequently sober but legendary British import intent on conquering the world of American cable news.

Check it out below. Radio Times critic Jonathan Holmes, says: House of Cards signals the new online era. Originally broadcast on BBC One, rave reviews and the increased profiles of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, now both Hollywood stars, led to the show becoming a worldwide on-demand hit. Ben Preston, Radio Times Editor, says: This list demonstrates the golden age of television we are currently enjoying but also reminds us of some of the classic programmes that are worthy of watching again — and the beauty of on-demand is we can do that where we want and when we want.

Reflecting the changing habits of modern TV viewers Radio Times compiled the list of the Top shows to watch on-demand now, from much-loved classics first broadcast on traditional TV channels to the latest cult viewing produced for the digital age.

All the shows listed in the Top are available on streaming services such as Netflix, 4oD or Amazon Prime Instant Video, on demand services from Sky and other broadcasters, or download stores such as iTunes.

Radio Times 20 Greatest Shows to watch now 1. House of Cards 2. Sex and the City The Thick of It The West Wing The Good Wife Pride and Prejudice Orange Is the New Black House of Cards - Season 3 - Official Trailer - Netflix [HD]. This trailer — featuring Kevin Spacey as the now-President Frank Underwood and his First Lady MacBeth, as played by Robin Wright — hit YouTube about the same time. Check it out and let us know what you think. The threats around the scheming and ambitious couple seem to just get ever bigger and more intense.

The original script, and entertainment and New York theater industry satire, stars Michael Keaton as a washed-up former superhero franchise actor who may or may not have superpowers himself. Accepting the award from presenters Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader, Mexican writer-director Inarritu jokingly started his speech with a few words in the Birdman's signature rasp.

Apologizing for his accented English "Sorry, my English is terrible, my God. It truly was, as he explained, a group effort and "one of the greatest experiences of his life. However, he also noted that the film would be nothing without its star Keaton. The win for Birdman positions it favorably for a best original screenplay Oscar nomination. Inarritu was 1 for 3 on the day, falling to Richard Linklater and The Grand Budapest Hotel in the Best Director, Motion Picture and Best Picture, Comedy or Musical categories, respectively.

Spacey beat out Clive Owen, Liev Schreiber, and James Spader for the prize. He then thanked Netflix, along with showrunner Beau Willimon, the writing staff, and costar Robin Wright. That means so much to me. I wish I could be better.

But this is a great encouragement. Netflix just took to social media to announce that Season 3 of its political drama House Of Cards will debut on February 27,when it will make all 13 episodes available. House Of Cards has become a signature series for Netflix the way Mad Men has been for AMC. It put the streaming service on the original programming map and opened the door to creators and producers.

It has since spawned 23 Emmy noms including Outstanding Drama Series twice and earned Robin Wright a Golden Globe Best Actress nod this year.

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Netflix will once again have a big presence at the Emmys. House of Cards ' leads Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright have been nominated for outstanding lead actor and actress in a drama series as well. A win by Netflix in these categories is far from a sure thing, however: Orange is the New Black 's success also brought about another Emmy first: According to GLAADCox's nomination marks the first time that an openly transgender person has been recognized in any Emmy acting category.

They're impressive figures, but traditional television and subscription networks are still the clear leaders here. The nomination list also tells another story: It's been a big couple years for online shows. Companies like Netflix are putting in the money necessary to get good results, and viewers have noticed.

That online shows are now taking home and regularly seeing praise at awards shows is a big step forward — the web has become a legitimate place for a television show to live. Notably, none of Netflix's top online competitors show up here though: But there are a few other web shows that make appearances, albeit small ones.

Sitting in front of a television for hours at a time used to be frowned upon. Kids were told to go outside and play, adults were encouraged to get off the couch and invest in yoga classes or go on a run. According to the new TiVo Spring Binge-Viewing Survey, which was released today, out of 15, respondents, 91 percent said that binge-watching shows was a common behavior, and 40 percent had binge-watched a show within a week. The idea that TV is something you control and that you can manipulate is a post DVR and over the top vision of how television works.

For the purposes of the survey they define binge-viewing as watching three or more episodes of the same show in a day. So we set out to find out by surveying people. Dramas were the most binge-watched shows, followed by sitcoms, reality shows, and news programs. Only one-third of people surveyed said it had a negative connotation this year, whereas in April 53 percent thought of it as a negative thing. In addition to the awards selected by our staff writers, we also asked a few industry luminaries to weigh in on their favorites.

David Milch wrote about a particularly iconic TV villain. Amy Sherman-Palladino discussed the dialogue of Sherlock.