TV and Movie News (page 501)

Netflix Takes a Run at EDM World with XOXO
August 22, 2016 @ 10:11 am PST    XOXO, We Are Your Friends, The Good Wife, Modern Family, Whitney, Say Anything...     EG    
After Zac Efron's DJ drama We Are Your Friends bombed in theaters last summer, you'd think another movie about dance-music DJs would be a hard sell. Netflix, however, is willing to give the genre another try.

Britney Spears to Headline MTV Video Music Awards
August 22, 2016 @ 9:48 am PST    MTV Video Music Awards     EG    
The MTV Video Music Awards air this week, and there's no ongoing, raging celeb war to bring drama to the stage. Viewers will have to settle for a performance by a long-standing VMA favorite instead.

Weekend Box Office: 'Ben-Hur' Bombs Big, 'Suicide Squad' Repeats
August 21, 2016 @ 10:00 am PST    Suicide Squad, Ben-Hur, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Exodus: Gods and Kings, Sausage Party, Pete's Dragon, War Dogs, Kubo and the Two Strings, Don't Breathe, Mechanic: Resurrection, Hands of Stone     EG    
The top movie for the weekend was the same movie that's been on top for the previous two weeks, but the bigger story for the weekend was the catastrophic failure of the week's most expensive new movie.

Original Batman, Robin and Catwoman Return for New Movie
August 19, 2016 @ 8:45 am PST    Batman, Wonder Woman, Justice League Part One     EG    
We've endured many different Batmen and Catwomen over the years, but none have been better than Adam West and Julie Newmar. Throw in Burt Ward, and you've got an unbeatable super team.

Trouble on DC TV?: 'Powerless' Loses Its Showrunner
August 19, 2016 @ 7:59 am PST    Arrow, Justice League Part One, The Flash, Supergirl, Suicide Squad, The Avengers, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice     EG    
The success of DC Comics series on TV has been a mixed bag so far, and NBC's first foray into the DCEU is off to a shaky start as the creator of Powerless exits the series.

J.J. Abrams to Direct Man of Steel 2? Probably Not
August 18, 2016 @ 6:55 am PST    Man of Steel, Ant-Man, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad     EG    
Warner Bros. would probably love to have the director of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens step in to rescue its DC Comics franchise. But would Abrams take the job?

Is Her Show Over? Amy Schumer Starts Rumors Amid Controversy
August 18, 2016 @ 6:26 am PST    Inside Amy Schumer     EG    
Amy Schumer was trying to sidestep a social media battle, but she just fueled the fire by posting a cryptically worded tweet that makes it sound as if she's walking away from her Comedy Central series.

No Second Chances: Summer Movies Have Hard Time Sustaining Success
August 17, 2016 @ 7:09 am PST    Suicide Squad, Zootopia, The Jungle Book, Finding Dory, Deadpool, Captain America: Civil War, The Secret Life Of Pets, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ride Along 2, The Revenant, The Boss, The Angry Birds Movie, X-Men: Apocalypse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, The Conjuring 2, Star Trek Beyond, Jason Bourne, Kung Fu Panda 3     EG    
This week, Suicide Squad goes for a third consecutive week at the top of the box-office chart, an accomplishment that has eluded even the biggest, most financially successful comic book movies of the year.

New Movies August 19: 'Ben-Hur' Takes On 'War Dogs'
August 17, 2016 @ 6:33 am PST    War Dogs, Ben-Hur, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Sausage Party, Kubo and the Two Strings, Suicide Squad, Pete's Dragon     EG    
The end of summer is just around the corner, and this weekend, Hollywood marks the occasion by sending in its second-string summer movies.

'The Voice' Coming to Snapchat
August 16, 2016 @ 12:57 pm PST    The Voice, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, E! News, Saturday Night Live     EG    
The youngsters love Snapchat, and NBC wants the youngsters to love The Voice, so it's only logical that the network would love the idea of producing mini episodes of the series exclusively for the social media platform.