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Exclusive:John Gore Studios and Embankment Filmshave unveiled a first look at Joan Collins and Isabella Rossellini in Mike Newell’s The Bitter End.

Miranda Richardson, star ofThe Last Anniversary and Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire,Game Of Thrones and Frankestein actor Charles Dance, and Elle star Laurent Lafittehave joined the cast, as production gets underway in the UK. It is the first production to shoot at the historic Ealing Studios following its recent expansion and renovation.

The film charts the untold story of the final years of Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee who became the Duchess of Windsor...

Exclusive: Embankment Films and John Gore Studios have unveiled a first look at Joan Collins and Isabella Rossellini in Mike Newell’s The Bitter End.

Laurent Lafitte, Miranda Richardson and Charles Dance have joined the cast, as production gets underway in the UK. It is the first production to shoot at the historic Ealing Studios following its recent expansion and renovation.

The film charts the final years of Wallis Simpson, the American divorcee who became the Duchess of Windsor after marrying King Edward VIII, the British king who chose love over duty.

Collins stars as Simpson alongside Rossellini who plays Suzanne Blum,...

Even the quill-wielding queen of gossip from Harry Potter, Rita Skeeter, couldn’t twist this story into something glamorous. Actress Miranda Richardson, who donned the role of the wicked gossipmonger in the $9.5B franchise, spilled some seriously dark tea about her creepy encounter at Harvey Weinstein’s New York office.

Describing the place as uneasy and reeking of “after-hours s*x,” Miranda Richardson recalled taking a phone call that later made her sanitize her hands like it was cursed. Claiming how she couldn’t wait to flee the room, Richardson implied that Harvey Weinstein’s office felt less like the Ministry of Magic and more like Knockturn Alley.

Miranda Richardson reflected on the uneasy vibe at Harvey Weinstein’s office

Walking into the disgraced Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein’s office wasn’t just awkward—it was full-on Dark Arts-level creepy for Miranda Richardson. Yes, the same actress who gave us the scandal-loving Rita Skeeter,...

Subhash K Jha refocuses the lens on the Aishwarya Rai drama, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, the battered wife Paula keeps justifying her bruises by saying she, as a habit, walks into closed doors and hurts herself.

The battered wife Kiranjit in Jagmohan Mundhra’s Exposed jolting expose on domestic values never gets a chance to walk in or out of that closed London door where she lives with her brutal husband. She chooses her husband’s death over her own exit.

It’s amazing how the true-life Kiranjit Ahluwalia found freedom by setting her brutal husband on fire. In one of the film’s most sensitively delineated dialogues, Kiranjit says to her rather overly benign prison mates, “I’ve never felt freer in my life.”

What sort of trauma would it take for a woman to feel free in prison? Provoked answers the complicated question of domestic disharmony...

The new mystery drama comes from the producers of ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘Nine Perfect Strangers.’

Liane Moriarty’s page-turning mysteries are never too far away from a screen adaptation. The bestselling novelist is following up her previous adaptations of “Big Little Lies,” “Apples Never Fall,” and “Nine Perfect Strangers” with AMC+’s new “The Last Anniversary.” The Australian mystery drama series, based on Moriarty’s 2005 novel of the same name, takes place on a remote island, where three generations of family secrets are housed. The six-episode adaptation of “The Last Anniversary” premieres this Sunday, March 30, exclusively on AMC+ — watch with a subscription to AMC+!

How to watch ‘The Last Anniversary’ When: Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:01 a.m. Et TV: AMC+ Stream: Watch with a 7-day free trial to AMC+ From anywhere: Watch with a subscription to a Vpn. Everything you need to know to watch ‘The Last Anniversary’

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Quick LinksThe Film Isn't About Hollywood or Even Acting, but People Who Loved Rutger HauerLike Tears In Rain Is Not About Blade Runner or Even HollywoodThe Film Doesn't Dwell on Rutger Hauer's Death, but Viewers Still Feel That Loss

Ridley Scott's legendary film Blade Runnerwas a flop when it debuted in 1982, but today it looms large over pop culture. The main reason, arguably, is not Harrison Ford's titular hero, but rather his nemesis, the replicant Roy Batty. A new documentary about Rutger Hauer, who brought Roy to life, evokes his most famous moment with its title: Like Tears in Rain. Despite Hollywood legend, the speech was not improvised, rather Hauer shortened the dialogue and filled it with silent emotion that made Roy Batty the film's most human character.

In 2019, pancreatic cancer claimed Rutger Hauer at age 75, and fans of Blade Runner or his 173 other roles in film...

The AMC Networks April 2025 schedule has been announced and includes the season finale of lauded noir thriller Dark Winds, starring Zahn McLarnon, and the return of AMC+ mystery Black Snow, starring Travis Fimmel and Jana McKinnon.

The lineup also includes new episodes of the Liane Moriarty adaptation The Last Anniversary, starring Teresa Palmer and Miranda Richardson on AMC+, new seasons of popular Acorn TV Originals The Chelsea Detective and Brokenwood Mysteries, and an all-new spring simulcast season on Hidive.

Black Snow Season 2

Shudder celebrates its second favorite time of year, Halfway to Halloween, with a lineup of new original films, including retro thriller Dead Mail, exorcist horror Shadow of God, Irish-language folk horror Féwaka, 825 Forest Road, from the creator of the Hell House LLC franchise, and more.

AMC Networks April 2025 Schedule

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Dark Winds Season 3 (AMC Original Series) – New Episodes Every Sunday Until the Season Finale on April 27 on AMC and AMC+ (9 p.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is known as people's least favorite film in the Harry Potter franchise, but the movie still features some of the most amazing moments in the series. Goblet of Fire particularly stands out for its outstanding acting, great character portrayals (with the big exception of Dumbledore), and several scenes that have become legendary — for good reason. With several new characters, excellent actors like Brendan Gleeson and Miranda Richardson take the franchise to the next level.

Of course, no one denies that Durmstrang and Beauxbatons adaptations are terrible, and the same goes for the direction Michael Gambon took during this film. However, sometimes fans are so blinded by the outrage that they miss out on some truly memorable moments in Goblet of Fire.For example, Moody turning Draco into a ferret is, without a doubt, a perfect moment in the Harry Potter franchise.

Alastor Moody...

Fabulous Films have released Jim Henson’s The Storyteller on DVD.

From the creators of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, this complete collection comprises of all 9 episodes of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller series narrated by John Hurt (The Elephant Man), plus all 4 episodes of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Greek Myths narrated by Michael Gambon (Albus Dumbledore). Featuring both human actors and creations from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, The Storyteller won 2 BAFTA Awards and 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

Jim Henson’s daughter Lisa studied folklore as an undergraduate at Harvard, and suggested to her father that his creature shop could bring the European folk tales to life. It took 2 years for Academy-Award winning writer/director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) to write, and perfect the nine original episodes. The series included the darker, scarier side of these traditional tales with their often bleak endings.

Jim Henson funded the pilot...

Rutger Hauer broke into the Hollywood zeitgeist through his iconic role of Roy Batty in the 1982 blockbuster Blade Runner. The prolific actor had already turned heads, enjoying a long career internationally, thanks to an unmistakable onscreen presence in the Netherlands with projects like the acclaimed Dutch film Turkish Delight. His career ultimately amassed more than 170 films and television productions over 50 years appearing in everything from his Tinseltown debut in Nighthawks, Sin City and Batman Begins to True Blood and Smallville. However, behind the camera the Golden Globe winner who passed away in 2019, remained an enigma. For his goddaughter Sanna Fabery de Jonge, this served as her motivation to bring audiences in a little deeper with the documentary Like Tears in Rain. The film, which makes its U.S. debut on the Viaplay streaming service on March 13, features candid interviews with family, friends and colleagues. Among them Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Verhoeven,...

"A woman has to save herself however she can. A woman has to be resourceful. Always." Indeed. AMC has revealed an official trailer for The Last Anniversary, an original series made in Australia streaming this spring on AMC+ in the US. It is a mystery that touches on family matters, motherhood and those women whose legacy defines the generations that blossom after them. "Every family has their secrets." It's based on Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name - this will be out streaming in the US at the end of March. Sophie inherits a house on Scribbly Gum Island, left to her by her ex-boyfriend's great-aunt Connie, however, the island has many secrets. After the unwelcome reception she receives on arrival, she begins to investigate the mysteries of the island and finds herself drawn into a complex web of long-held family secrets spanning three generations of women, uncovering far more than ever expected.

“The Last Anniversary”, is a new live-action, Australian-produced drama TV series, directed by John Polson, adapting the novel by Samantha Strauss, starring Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson and Danielle Macdonald, airing March 27, 2025 on AMC and AMC+:

“…’Sophie Honeywell’ (Palmer) inherits a house on ‘Scribbly Gum Island’, left to her by her ex-boyfriend's great-aunt ‘Connie’.

“However, this island has many secrets…”

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The AMC+ Original mystery drama, The Last Anniversary, is set to premiere in the US and Canada on Sunday, March 30, with new episodes dropping weekly on Sundays, exclusively on AMC+. The series is based on the #1 New York Times best-selling novel by Liane Moriarty and from the producers of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers.

The captivating six-episode drama stars Teresa Palmer as Sophie Honeywell, a young woman finding herself drawn into a complex web of family secrets after inheriting a house on a remote island.

The Last Anniversary is set on the remote, but beautiful Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets. The one that made it famous — the disappearance of a young couple decades ago — might have made the island a destination for true crime tourists, but when Sophie Honeywell (Palmer) inherits a house on the island, it’s the fresh start she’s craving.

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Prime Video sets premiere date for Étoile

Étoile, the latest venture from legendary TV producers Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, is coming to Prime Video on April 24. The French word for "star," Étoile (pronounced "ey-twal") is an eight-episode dance dramedy that's set in both New York and Paris. The plot follows two ballet companies that swap artists in order to survive. The cast of Étoile includes Luke Kirby, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou de Laâge, Gideon Glick, David Alvarez, Ivan du Pontavice, Taïs Vinolo, David Haig, Simon Callow, and Yanic Truesdale. This is the third show from the Palladinos after The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Gilmore Girls — and all three will be honored at the upcoming PaleyFest.

The Mid-Century Modern trailer introduces three gay besties

Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, the Emmy-winning creators of Will & Grace, are back with a new TV sitcom centered...

AMC+ dropped the first official trailer for The Last Anniversary, an upcoming drama launching on March 30, 2025. Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestseller, the trailer shows A Discovery of Witches‘ Teresa Palmer arriving on a remote island, stirring up a hornet’s nest of feelings among the populace.

Miranda Richardson (Good Omens), Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist), Claude Scott-Mitchell (Hotel Portofino), Helen Thomson (Colin from Accounts), Uli Latukefu (Laid), Susan Prior (The Rover), Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Return to Paradise), and Xavier Samuel (Apple Cider Vinegar). The cast also includes Angela Punch McGregor (Troppo), Charlie Garber (Barons), Leon Ford (Elvis), Nikki Shiels (Prosper), Elizabeth Cullen (Elvis), Josephine Blazier (Audry), and Ines English (The Last Days of the Space Age).

Poster for ‘The Last Anniversary’ (Photo Credit: AMC+)

“The Last Anniversary is set on the remote but beautiful Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets. The one that made it famous — the disappearance...

The legendary Harry Potterfantasy series depicts a world within a world where witches and wizards live in secret among non-magical folk around the globe. All wizards and witches are united by their affinity for magic and their knowledge of wizarding history, but a few are simply more talented or better educated than others. Meanwhile, some wizards never rise above mediocrity.

Then again, certain witches and wizards in Harry Potter have become truly powerful either through innate talent, tireless study, or real-life experience with magical combat. The wizarding world is home to many powerful witches, some even more powerful than Harry Potter himself. Strong female characters are an important representation in any work of literature and film, and Harry Potter features its fair share of powerful witches.

Updated on February 23, 2025, by Andrea Sandoval: The Harry Potter series has some of the most compelling, interesting, and complex female characters in popular culture.

Despite its labor-intensive creation process, stop-motion animation is a woefully underappreciated art. The former backbone of practical effects has faded to near-irrelevancy with the rise of computer animation. Financially, it’s a no-brainer. Why spend a decade animating what can be done in just a few years? However, the artistry behind these films is part of the inherent charm.

Few films showcase that charisma like 2000’s Chicken Run. The classic DreamWorks adventure film is the perfect mix of storytelling, comedy, heart, and art. Its vivid scenes, carefully sculpted from clay, are as intriguing as they are engaging. However, despite its technical and cinematic prowess, Chicken Run never won an Oscar award. In fact, there was no annual Academy Award for animated films in 2000, as the category hadn’t been created yet. That left Chicken Run with only one path to the prestigious awards show, and everyone knew there was no...

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, a four-part drama series starring Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody, Murder on the Orient Express, The Politician) that tells the story of the last woman to be hanged in Britain from her point of view, premiered in the U.S. on streaming service BritBox this week and will hit U.K. streamer Itvx in March.

Produced by ITV Studios’ Silverprint Pictures and based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, the show also features Toby Jones as Ellis’ lawyer, Laurie Davidson as the lover shot and killed by Ellis, Mark Stanley, Joe Armstrong, Arthur Darvill, Juliet Stevenson, Toby Stephens, Amanda Drew and Bessie Carter. The script was written by Kelly Jones, with Angie Daniell producing the series and Lee Haven Jones directing all four episodes.

Silverprint creative director Kate Bartlett and development director Antonia Gordon...

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom after the fatal shooting of her abusive lover. The year was 1955. Thirty years later, Mike Newell’s 1985 movie Dance With a Stranger, starring Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett, told the story. Now, Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody, Murder on the Orient Express, The Politician) portrays Ellis in the new four-part drama series A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, which premieres in the U.S. on streaming service BritBox on Monday and aims to tell Ellis’ story through her eyes.

Produced by ITV Studios’ Silverprint Pictures for Itvx, where it will launch in March, and based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day for a Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, the show also features Toby Jones as Ellis’ lawyer, Laurie Davidson, Mark Stanley, Joe Armstrong, Arthur Darvill, Juliet Stevenson, Toby Stephens, Amanda Drew, and Bessie Carter.

The AMC Networks March 2025 schedule has been announced and includes the return of lauded noir thriller Dark Winds, starring Zahn McLarnon, and the season finale of AMC’s Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, starring Alexandra Daddario.

The lineup also includes the premiere of The Last Anniversary, the new Liane Moriarty adaptation starring Teresa Palmer (A Discovery of Witches) and Miranda Richardson on AMC+ and Sundance Now, and the return of Acorn TV’s Recipes for Love and Murder, starring Maria Doyle Kennedy and Kylie Fisher.

Dark Winds Season 3

There’s also the new murder mystery Blackshore, starring Lisa Dwan (Bloodlands), the new season of We TV’s popular Love After Lockup franchise, and the Shudder Original film The Rule of Jenny Pen, starring Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, AMC Networks is launching the featured collection Women Who Dare, highlighting women-led series and films,...

The late Rutger Hauer’s life is to be explored in the new documentary Like Tears In Rain. More details on its UK release here as well.

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly six years since the world lost Rutger Hauer. The enigmatic actor died at the age of 75, leaving behind a film career of nearly 200 films. Blade Runner grabbed a lot of the headlines, but what about Solider Of Orange and Spetters with Paul Verhoeven, genre joys Surviving The Game, The Hitcher and Split Second, or his later blockbusters, Sin City and The Dark Knight. He happily sold you Guinness, too.

But still, here’s an actor whose behind the scenes story stayed pretty much that throughout his life. The curtain is now being pulled back a little courtesy of a new documentary feature Like Tears In Rain. Wonder where they got that name from.

Sylvester Stallone is one of today's biggest television stars as the titular lead in the hit Paramount+ series, Tulsa King. Looking back, the actor is giving credit to a 25-year-old film of his for helping to prepare him for his Tulsa King role.

On Instagram, Stallone shared a post to acknowledge the 25th anniversary of his 2000 film Get Carter. A remake of Michael Caine's 1971 movie of the same name, Get Carter featured Stallone in the role of a mob enforcer. While the movie flopped at the time of its release, Stallone noted that he considers Get Carter to be one of the best movies he's ever made. He also felt that the film reminds him so much of his new role on Tulsa King that it wouldn't be a stretch to refer to Get Carter as a prequel to the show.

Related Sylvester Stallone's New Action Film Debuts With...

Sylvester Stallone has a very different view on one of his worst received movies, believing it to be his “best” and most “underrated.” Back in 2000, the action hero took the lead in an ill-fated remake of Michael Caine classic Get Carter, but he does not seem to view it with the contempt that the vast majority of both critics and audiences showed it.

Despite delivering an Oscar-winning performance in Rocky, and starring in many other great action films, it is impossible to deny that Stallone has also produced some of the most incredible dross ever to grace cinema screens. His current movie, Alarum, has become his third movie to score a bottom-of-the-shop 0% Rotten Tomatoes score, and while Get Carter was not quite hammered into the ground to that extent, it was not seen through the rose-tinted spectacles that Stallone appears to be wearing.

Stallone’s comments were made in a...

David Tennant and Michael Sheen will return for a final, feature length episode of Good Omens.

Update: The final, 90 minute episode of Good Omens has now begun filming in Scotland. It involves everyone who’s not Neil Gaiman in wrapping the series up.

Gaiman, last week, faced extensive, detailed, further allegations of sexual assault. He has denied the detailed allegations. He is no longer involved in Good Omens.

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The television adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s fantasy series Good Omens has been hugely successful over the last few years, not least due to the chemistry and charisma of leading duo David Tennant and Michael Sheen. The second series, which debuted in August 2023, was reported to be the number one show on Amazon Prime worldwide, and the first season was hardly struggling for acclaim, either.

The show had been commissioned for a third series before...

Despite the drama on his other series, Apple TV+'s The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin, Noel Fielding will return to host The Great British Bake-Off. In a new statement, the actor and host's spokesperson insisted that, despite the rumor mill churning out worry given the cancelation of Dick Turpin, Fielding "will be returning" to host the popular reality series.

Fielding's spokesperson has since issued the following statement (which we first encountered via Deadline):

There has been absolutely no discussion about Noel stepping down from 'Bake Off.' We have been in contact with Channel 4 and Love Productions throughout all the speculation and his ‘stepping down’ has never been part of that dialogue. We can confirm he will be returning to co-host the next series of 'Bake Off.'

Deadline also reported that Love Productions/Channel 4 fully anticipate the actor's return to the tent once production on...

Noel Fielding will return to host this year’s Great British Bake Off, according to his spokeswoman.

Questions had emerged over whether Fielding would present Channel 4’s most popular show following the revelation last week that his Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was being scrapped after Fielding pulled out around three-quarters of the way through the shoot. That show will not be salvaged and reports stated that Fielding had “failed to come to work.”

Fielding’s spokeswoman has since issued a statement saying: “There has been absolutely no discussion about Noel stepping down from Bake Off. We have been in contact with Channel 4 and Love Productions throughout all the speculation and his ‘stepping down’ has never been part of that dialogue. We can confirm he will be returning to co-host the next series of Bake Off.”

Love Productions, which makes Bake Off (titled The Great British Baking Show...

Here’s the second Insider of the year, as things grind back into gear. Jesse Whittock here to take you through the top international TV and film news. I’ll also take this time to send out love to friends, colleagues and counterparts in L.A. impacted by the devastating fires.

‘Dick Turpin’s Demise

Turpin hurtin’: Noel Fielding’s time as the swashbuckling Dick Turpin is over — and the whole adventure has collapsed around him. In an incredibly rare turn of events, Season 2 of Apple TV+ comedy The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin has been shut down around three-quarters of the way through its shoot. Fielding did not return to set after the Christmas break citing ill health, despite producer Big Talk Studios making adjustments to his shooting schedule and support needs. Now, a cast and crew of hundreds are out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.

AppleTV+’s The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was canned after star and writer Noel Fielding reportedly failed to turn up on set after the Christmas break. More details on the story have emerged.

We reported yesterday (16th Jan) that AppleTV+’s The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was axed after Noel Fielding, who starred as the titular highway robber, allegedly didn’t turn up to the shooting of season 2 after the Christmas break.

Deadline has now uncovered more details relating to the cancellation. According to the outlet, Fielding left the UK, potentially for France as reported by The Sun, but failed to return after Christmas, leaving the production in limbo.

AppleTV+ or production company Big Talk haven’t commented on the matter but a rep for Pbj Management said “one of the main cast members who has not been well is not recovered enough to complete the...

The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was Apple TV+’s high jinks vehicle for the very best of British comedy talent, but there’s nothing whimsical about the series coming to a clattering halt this week.

Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts. Filmed footage cannot be fashioned into a scaled-back season and there is no hope of getting the show back on the road, according to three sources familiar with Dick Turpin’s demise.

At the center of this highly unusual situation is Noel Fielding, the comedy’s titular character, who is also known to American viewers as the co-host of The Great British Baking Show. The star, who shot to fame in surrealist noughties comedy The Mighty Boosh, failed to return...

Yet another adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera is in development for Disney+, and the project may now be honing in on its female lead.

According to scooper Mttsh, Rachel Zegler is being eyed to play Christine, the object of the titular Opera Ghost's obsession. Whether this means she's actually in talks for the role or simply someone the studio is interested in is not clear.

Titled Phantom, this YA take on the classic novel by Gaston Leroux will be directed and executive produced by Kenny Ortega, who has led two major Disney franchises with High School Musical and The Descendants.

It doesn't sound like Ortega's version will be changing up the basic premise, with the story focusing on Erik, "a mysterious, disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House. He becomes obsessed with a young soprano, Christine, and manipulates events to make her the star of the opera.

What’s Christmas without “A Christmas Carol”? There’s a reason why Charles Dickens’ classic has been made over and over: It’s always timely to remind people of the real spirit of the season. And to not be a selfish jerk. Here are our favorite versions of “A Christmas Carol,” from various Disney takes to the one everyone agrees is the best adaptation ever.

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12. Spirited (2022)

What if Scrooge (here named Clint Briggs) were a smug CEO who was beyond redemption? Ryan Reynolds brings his ususal snark to this holiday musical, which costars Will Ferrell as the Ghost of Christmas Present, who’s long overdue to retire, and Tracy Morgan as the voice of Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

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11. Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)

Who else but Scrooge McDuck could play mean old Ebenezer Scrooge? Mickey is, of course, underappreciated clerk Bob Cratchit,...

25 years ago, Tim Burton released Sleepy Hollow, his eighth feature, and by far his scariest. A retelling of Washington Irving's classic early American ghost story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" starring Burton's frequent leading man Johnny Depp, it marked a significant shift in the director's evolution, pushing the envelope of onscreen violence both in his movies, and mainstream movies in general. While the beloved director has always used plenty of grotesque and dark imagery in his films, Sleepy Hollow is the closest he's come to making a true horror movie.

Since making his feature debut with Pee Wee's Big Adventure in 1985, Burton has consistently found ways to remake the Hollywood blockbuster in his own image. His third feature, 1989's Batman, was a huge success that helped pave the way for superheroes in the multiplex, while still bearing the recognizable hallmarks of its young director. He cashed in...

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Musicals experienced a massive resurgence in popularity throughout the 2000s, with sensational silver screen productions of hits like Moulin Rouge!, Chicago, Dreamgirls, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street dazzling moviegoers with their unforgettable characters, captivating premises and toe-tapping tunes. In 2004, the great Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed classic musical The Phantom of the Opera was given the Hollywood treatment, with Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, and Patrick Wilson headlining the captivating adaptation.

The visually stunning picture featured phenomenal performances by its talented lead trio and became a major success with audiences, grossing over $154 million and garnering widespread praise for its engrossing interpretation of the timeless tale. While viewers were thrilled by the finished product, critics weren't as...

The Fate: The Winx Saga cast made major characters for season 2. Inspired by the Winx Club animated series, Fate: The Winx Saga stars Abigail Cowen as Bloom, a teenager who discovers she inherited the power of ancient fairies. In Fate: The Winx Saga, Bloom plunges into a realm of fairies and monstrous Burned Ones. There are striking parallels between Fate: The Winx Saga and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter franchise, with Bloom compared to Harry himself. Like Harry, she is a "Chosen One" figure who grew up in the normal world and is introduced to magic when she attends school.

In Bloom's case, Fate: The Winx Saga turns this idea on its head by killing off the Dumbledore figure. Farah Dowling was murdered at the end of Fate: The Winx Saga season 1, and in season 2, her killer takes over the school. It's a bold twist, ensuring the story feels fresh and original rather than derivative.

There is something about the dark fantasy movie genre that just isn't easily replicated. While many a fantasy movie has transported audiences to new and expansive worlds with epic stories of big adventures, historically the genre has also been limited by both technology and budgets that restrain movies from achieving the potential of the stories being told.

The dark fantasy genre, however, often tells smaller scale stories inspired by fairy tales, focusing on eerie atmosphere, stellar creature and set design rather than VFX spectacle. Still, many dark fantasy movies have fantastic special effects that feel as grand and epic as big budget blockbusters. Even in animation, the dark fantasy genre has delivered some of the best and scariest works in the medium.

From the apogee of the genre in the 80s, to modern examples, this list pins down the 10 best dark fantasy movies out there.

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HBO's megahit series "Game of Thrones" was so successful that there's been a nonstop churn of spinoffs in development ever since it ended. Now, though, something different is stirring: a "Game of Thrones" movie. According to the Hollywood Reporter, HBO has been "quietly developing at least one film" set in the historical fantasy world created by author George R.R. Martin. There are currently no writers, directors, or cast members attached to the project(s), nor any specifics about the story, but there's certainly no shortage of source material. 

This isn't the first time the possibility of movies has been floated. Martin said in 2014 that ideas like a big screen conclusion for "Game of Thrones" were being "actively discussed," and showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss wanted to wrap up the series with a movie trilogy.

HBO's parent company is Warner Bros. Discovery, which has become focused on straddling its franchises across film and television.

Tim Burtons horror movies have his unique narrative and visual style, and in his take on the tale of Sleepy Hollow, he broke one of the most controversial horror traditions, but it was for the better. After exploring the genre of sci-fi and comedy with Mars Attacks!, Tim Burton returned to horror in his own style with Sleepy Hollow. Loosely based on the 1820 short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, Sleepy Hollow takes viewers to 1799 and to the title town that has been plagued by a series of brutal and mysterious murders.

In each of the murders, the victims had their heads cut off, and so the insular town elders hire eccentric police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) to investigate the murders. Ichabod teams up with Young Masbath, the son of one of the victims, and Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci), and together discover that the killer...

Harry Potter has almost too many characters to keep track of, so it's no wonder that, while adapting the books, the films had to cut down several roles. While some are removed from the story entirely, others have a reduced role. A prominent example is Rita Skeeter (Miranda Richardson), who is introduced in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as a journalist for the Daily Prophet, who spreads gossip about Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends. Some of what Rita Skeeter writes is true, and some of it is blatant lies, but the biggest issue is her inexplicable ability to know things she shouldn't. Or, at least, inexplicable in the films. The book has an entire subplot that reveals how Rita Skeeter gets her information and what happens to her afterward, including criminal activity, blackmail, and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson).

Neil Gaiman is (mostly) exiting “Good Omens” amid some bad press.

The series creator, showrunner, executive producer, and writer has stepped aside from the show’s third season, which paused its pre-production amid assault allegations against Gaiman, according to Deadline.

Prime Video today has announced that “Good Omens” will return for a feature-length series finale that will be produced without Gaiman’s involvement — though he did help write it.

“While Gaiman has contributed to the writing of the ‘Good Omens’ series finale, he will not be working on the production,” the official press statement reads.

“Good Omens” stars Michael Sheen as an angel and David Tennant as a demon Crowley. Frances McDormand, Jon Hamm, and Miranda Richardson co-star. The series is adapted from Gaiman’s novel “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch,” co-written with Terry Pratchett. Season 3 is produced by Amazon MGM Studios, BBC Studios Productions,...

A major update has been revealed on the third season of Good Omens on Prime Video. The fate of the show had been unclear following controversy involving original author Neil Gaiman.

Per Variety, Season 3 of Good Omens is moving forward, but it will only consist of a single episode. The season premiere/series finale will be an extended episode, however, spanning 90 minutes long. Production is slated to resume in Scotland in early 2025 following the season's filming getting paused. While Gaiman had served as a writer for the episode, he will not be involved with the rest of production, and his credit as an executive producer has also been removed for Season 3.

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Good Omens is getting a final send-off, albeit a truncated one.

The Amazon fantasy drama will end with one 90-minute episode in lieu of a full third season with creator Neil Gaiman exiting after allegations were made against him by a slew of women.

Michael Sheen and David Tennant, play the angel Aziraphale and demon Crowley, respectively, will return for the one-off television movie, which will begin shooting in early 2025 in Scotland, after pre-production was paused due to the allegations.

Gaiman contributed to the writing of the series finale but will not be working on the production and his production company the Blank Corporation is no longer involved. A new writer is expected to finish up the work, although insiders said that deal has not been closed.

This comes after Tortoise Media released a podcast that chronicled accounts of two women, with whom he was in consensual relationships, who accused him of sexual assault.

Alvin Rakoff, the veteran Canadian filmmaker best known for pics like the 1982 feature A Voyage Round My Father starring Laurence Olivier, died in Chiswick, London, October 12 surrounded by his family. He was 97.

Rakoff’s former personal agent confirmed the news with Deadline this morning.

Born on on February 6, 1927, in Toronto Rakoff was the third of seven children. After graduating from the University of Toronto with a psychology degree, Rakoff spent time as a news reporter. His first job as a writer was with the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), which later sponsored Rakoff to visit the UK. Within days of arriving, he sold his first fiction script to the BBC. He was soon invited to join the BBC’s director’s training course and, the following year at the age of twenty-six, Rakoff became the youngest producer/director in the BBC drama department.

As Rakoff once recalled: “I trained at the BBC as a director-producer.

The BBC and Sundance Now are joining The Last Anniversary party.

The Australian dramedy series from Big Little Lies producers Blossom Films and Made Up Stories (Nine Perfect Strangers) has been snatched up by the BBC for the U.K. and by AMC Networks’ streaming service for the U.S. ahead of its premiere Down Under.

Fifth Season, the production and sales outfit owned by South Korean media giant Cj Entertainment, racked up the major territory presales ahead of the international television market MIPCOM Cannes, which kicks off in France later this month and runs through Oct. 24. The show is among the drama series highlights at this year’s market.

Teresa Palmer (The Clearing, The Fall Guy), Miranda Richardson (Good Omens) and Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist) star in The Last Anniversary, alongside Helen Thomson (Colin From Accounts), Susan Prior (Animal Kingdom), Claude Scott-Mitchell (The Dry), Charlie Garber (Barons), Uli Latukefu...

The BBC has picked up Nicole Kidman’s The Last Anniversary, the latest adaptation from Big Little Lies scribe Liane Moriarty.

Deadline revealed casting for The Last Anniversary for Australia’s Binge last year and the series will star Teresa Palmer (The Clearing, A Discovery of Witches, The Fall Guy), Miranda Richardson (Good Omens, Spider) and Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist, Patti Cake$).

Having previously bought Moriarty adaptation Apples Never Fall, the BBC has snapped The Last Anniversary up for iPlayer in a deal with distributor Fifth Season.

Moriarty’s book is set on Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets. The one that made it famous – the disappearance of a young couple decades ago – might have made the island a destination for true crime tourists, but when it comes to secrets, the three generations of women that call Scribbly Gum home, hold far more.

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Earlier this year, A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin traveled to Europe for a few weeks. Among other things, he appeared at Worldcon, where we interviewed him, and visited the set of upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

Martin will likely tell fans about his Knight of the Seven Kingdoms set visit in the near future. For now, he's taken to his blog and talked about a wholly different Game of Thrones spinoff: Blood Moon, the first Game of Thrones prequel that HBO tried to mount before House of the Dragon got off the ground. HBO actually made a pilot for Blood Moon, which starred big names like Naomi Watts and Miranda Richardson. The show was to be set thousands of years before the events of Game of Thrones, long before the Targaryens came west with their dragons, and tell...

In the sprawling landscape of television, few shows have captured global attention and cultural significance like Game of Thrones. With its unprecedented success, HBO saw an opportunity to extend the universe crafted by George R. R. Martin. While that became a reality with the show’s prequel spin-off, House of the Dragon, the production company initially had plans to tackle yet another amazing storyline. However, the plans for that ended up falling through.

George R. R. Martin at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International | Credits: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

In fact, HBO even spent an insane amount of money to shoot the pilot episode. Yet, despite a staggering over $30 million investment, they wound up pulling the plug on the potential prequel that could have given fans a look at the old Westeros and a look at the history of White Walkers.

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Long before he starred as Willy Wonka, Sweeney Todd, or even Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp toplined a horror movie from one of the most acclaimed horror directors of all-time which is coming to streaming next month. Sleepy Hollow, which Depp stars in alongside Christina Ricci, Ian McDiarmid, and Miranda Richardson, will officially begin streaming on Peacock on October 1. The film follows Ichabod Crane (Depp) who is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people, only to discover the murderer is the legendary apparition known as The Headless Horseman. In addition to Depp, Ricci, McDiarmid, and Richardson, Sleepy Hollow also stars Christopher Walken, Michael Gambon, and Casper Van Dien, and the film currently sits at a 70% rating from critics and an 80% score from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

Heads are gonna roll this October! 25 years after its initial release, Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is returning to the big screen and not a moment too soon, as the director is making a bit of a comeback with the recent release and box office success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

Sleepy Hollow is being re-released in theaters on Oct. 13 and Oct. 16, with tickets available via the Paramount Scares website. The re-release is brought to you by Paramount Scares and Fangoria, which is putting Sleepy Hollow under the Scream Greats label just in time for Spooky Season! You can check out the announcement below, which also showcases a brand-new poster for the film's 25th anniversary.

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary on October 13 & 16, 2024.Get your tickets now: https://t.co/zR1Ec176WE pic.twitter.com/x0z2gI1FrF The Horror Calendar (@HorrorCalendar) September 17, 2024 Sleepy Hollow...

Blackadder is one of the most famous and certainly one of the funniest sitcoms to come out of the United Kingdom. It tells the story of the Blackadder clan, all of whom are played by Rowan Atkinson and named "Edmund," and their adventures through history. Unfortunately, none of the Blackadders are remotely nice people, which could be why all their cunning plans tend to fail.

Blackadder got off to a bad start. Its very first season had Blackadder as more of a buffoon, and his sidekick Baldrick (Tony Robinson) as the smart one. But the show was miraculously granted a second season, and this one changed the dynamic up completely. This was one of the wisest choices in the history of sitcoms, and Blackadder was a smash hit from then on.

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Good Omens is currently developing its third and final season. Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the series grew a massive following over its two seasons, but it recently received an unfortunate update.

On Sept. 8, Good Omens production on the final season has been paused. The reports didn't clarify the reason but it might have to do with the allegations against the book's author, Neil Gaiman, who has been very involved in the development of the Prime Video series. Now Deadline reports that Gaiman offered to step back from the series.

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