The Passagepilot greenlit: Is this Fox'sThe Walking Dead?

Justin Cronins post-apocalyptic vampire taleThe Passagejust took a big step toward finally getting a filmed adaptation. Writer Elizabeth Heldens (Camp,Deception) is tackling the script. The logline: The Passagebegins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller and morphs into a post-apocalyptic saga with vampires. Stephen KingsThe Standand FXsThe Strainare other comparisons that come to mind. SoThe Passageis very ambitious material for a broadcast internet and rather dark and violent too. The broadcast networks all famously passed on makingThe Walking Deaddue to skittishness about its hardcore content....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Oscar Maxwell

The Perfectionstars on surrendering to the madness of cellos and violence

you’re free to buy it on stands now, orhere. Is itShowgirlsfor elite cellists? A bloody creature feature? Netflix A breakneck-paced crime-thriller inspired by the gritty carnage of hardcore Korean cinema? Read on for the full (spoiler-free) conversation. And that was the same experience I had while reading the script. Anything heavy is handled in a confusing way, because nothing in life happens that tidily. Its convoluted, confusing, and doesnt make sense until you have some perspective....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Melissa Munoz

The Predator: Keegan-Michael Key says fans will find film to be a 'verypleasantsurprise'

‘It’s not a sequel,’ he adds of the upcoming movie. ‘It certainly lives in the universe of the five films that were made.’ Keegan-Michael Key is about to become prey or is he? Credit: Everett Collection; Desiree Navarro/WireImage But Key says theres more to the story than a carbon copy of the original. More importantly, he says, the film is neither standalone or sequel to the moviesthat have come before....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Laurie Scott

The Present:EW stage review

Rarely, though, do you get a chance to see his forgotten first play,Platonov. Second, and more mysteriously, its just one of those plays that tends to get overlooked. Its a second-tier work that seems to shrink when put under the same spotlight as Chekhovs first-tier ones. Its his Beethovens Symphony No. 2 impressive, but no one walks around humming it. Andrew Upton, the former artistic director of the always-innovative Sydney Theatre Company, is out to change that....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Joseph Harris

The Price Is Right: Drew Carey Celebrates 10 Years as Host With His 10 Favorite Moments

Spin the Big Throwback Wheel… “Very emotional, I felt my life changing,” he tells EW. In fact, the crowd was so welcoming and loud that Carey almost couldn’t talk over the cheers. “It’s pretty fun to give away someone else’s millions!” Monty Brinton/CBS Come On Down, Snoop Dogg! It was bizarre." During One Away, though, he almost showed off something else before realizing his zipper was down. CBS “The cage is open, but the beast is asleep,” Corden assured everyone....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 205 words · Desiree Wagner

The Price: EW stage review

If you press links we provide, we may receive compensation. Me and you and everyone weve ever metknowDeVito, whether fromTaxiorTwinsorBatman ReturnsorIts Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And yet the actor is strangely underappreciated for his extraordinary comic timing, humongous heart, and inimitable presence. Credit: Joan Marcus His unforgettable performance inArthur MillersThe Priceis serious reminder that DeVito belongs in the pantheon of greats. Of those three actors, Shalhoub succeeds most at suggesting a real life behind Millers verbal firecrackers....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 77 words · Eric Norman

The Princess Diariesauthor addresses rumors of a third film

If you hit links we provide, we may receive compensation. But what of another movie? I think we might do it in honor of him,Andrews saidto BuzzFeed. Everett Collection So, who knows? [It] could happen, as we say, Cabot said. As for what the thirdPrincess Diariesfilm would include, Cabot isnt talking. I am not allowed to say, she said with a laugh. I wouldloveto sit and talk about [it], but I cant....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 109 words · Rachael Kim

The Progressive Lady, the Mac Guy, and two Geico pitchmen: Round 2, Day 4 of the Big Shill bracket game

We are that much closer to the goriest of Geico pitchmen battles. Clickhereto see the entire bracket, and tap the jump to vote for your favorite pitchmen in this round. Cmon, its so easy, a caveman can do it! Catchphrase: We work hard so you dont have to. Strength: God-like powers (If cleanliness is next to… ). Weakness: Years of wage-free labor could incite unionization. GECKO Product:GEICO Debut year:1999 Catchphrase:Can an accent be a catchphrase?...

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Lisa Brock

The Promise: EW review

Solemn, sweeping, and achingly sincere,The Promisefeels like a film paved with good intentions: a classic war picture whose worthy message gets swallowed nearly whole by broad strokes storytelling and stock romantic melodrama. Oscar Isaac stars as Michael, an ambitious young apothecary in the last days of the Ottoman Empire who dreams of leaving his small village for medical school in Constantinople. The dowry from his engagement to a local girl he hardly knows (Westworlds Angela Sarafyan) provides the means, and the introduction of his new hosts lovely governess, Ana (Charlotte Le Bon, a Renaissance Madonna in a petticoat), ensures that life there will involve more than monklike studies and bladder dissections....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Fernando Ross

The Pros of Constackles three different fan conventions — see the cover

If you choose links we provide, we may receive compensation. Fan conventions are all about celebrating your interests… so what happens when your friends dont quite share yours? Dad, can you scoot the turkeys over a little? Credit: Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images Were blocking the door. Shut up, I murmured to them, then glanced around to confirm nobody had heard. I was not going to become one of those people who talked to dead animals....

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1218 words · Stacie Mitchell

The Public Theater responds toJulius Caesarcontroversy after NEA diss

Et tu, NEA? He alsoquoted ShakespearesHamlet, saying the purpose of theater is to hold a mirror up to nature. Thats our job, he said. Credit: Joan Marcus/The Public Theater/AP The Public Theater has always been and will remain of, by, and for the people. Thank you for standing with us. Serious question, when does art become political speech & does that change things? The controversy began when conservatives,began decryingthe similarities between Trump and the productions portrayal of Julius Caesar....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Mitchell Braun

The Punisherrecap: 'Kandahar'

Folks, its brutal and bloody. But it also feels real. PREVIOUSLY:The Punisherrecap: Two Dead Men The Kandahar flashbacks are littered throughout this episode. Credit: Nicole Rivelli/Netflix In the present, Frank has Micro tied up naked in a chair in his own little Micro-Cave. Before we get into Franks flashbacks, we get another set of flashbacks. Speaking ofThe Conversation, Micro also ends up seeing something he shouldnt. But in his case, its video of Ahmad Zubairs interrogation and murder....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Jeffrey Hernandez

The Purgedirector's latest project is about the ultimate battle of the sexes

The result is the novelFeral, a just-published collaboration between DeMonaco and authorBrian “B.K.” Evenson, about a disease which turns men into rage-crazed beasts. “Some people who hear the idea are like, ‘Oh, is it a zombie?'” Credit: BlumHouse “No, it’s not zombies at all, this is not the undead. We’re creating a new monster called the Feral not zombies, not wolfmen.” DeMonaco admits to being unnerved by writing a book with an overwhelmingly female cast of characters....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 235 words · Amanda Malone