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Impeachment: American Crime Story Let Monica Lewinsky Weigh In On Every Scene The latest 10-episode installment of Ryan Murphy’s “American Crime Story” focuses on Monica Lewinsky and her relationship with President Bill Clinton (and the subsequent impeachment trial that stemmed from it). The project had fits and starts while getting off the ground, in part because Murphy thought it would be “kind of gross” to develop the FX series if the real-life Lewinsky wasn’t on board....

Netflix Animated Anthology ‘Love, Death & Robots’ Coming From David Fincher And ‘Deadpool’ Director Tim Miller David FincherandTim Milleraren’t exactly names I associate with each other, but both filmmakers are now involved with the upcoming Netflix animated anthologyLove, Death & Robots. The series will feature a variety of genres, with 5 to 15 minute episodes presented in 2D animation, photoreal CGI, and more. Different teams of filmmakers from all over the globe will have a hand in creating the series....

Rob Marshall Sounds Uncertain About Pirates 4, Script Not Yet Written Rob Marshallis out stumping forNine, which means that he’s going to be fielding a lot of questions about the fourthPirates of the Caribbeanfilm. SubtitledOn Stranger Tides, the film has been announced by Disney, and in mid-November Marshallsaid he was doing the film. Now, it sounds like he’s not so certain.ComingSoontalked to the director, who said of the film: That summer date is a few months later than we’d last heard, as producerJerry Bruckheimersaid at Comic Con last year that he wanted to be shooting by April or May....

‘Nailed It!’ Season 4 Trailer: Distract Yourself From The Scary Real World With Some Terrible Baking In case you hadn’t noticed, everything is very…intense right now. Even people who aren’t traditionally prone to stress are likely feeling the pressure as our daily lives become a constant stream of news about quarantines, shut-downs, and viruses. We could all use a light-hearted distraction, and thankfully, a new season ofNailed It!is coming to give us just that....

David Fincher Reveals Why He Passed On Directing ‘Star Wars’, Gives ‘World War Z 2’ Update David Fincherhas seemingly given more interviews in the last week than he has for almost his entire career. The acclaimed filmmaker is out promoting his new Netflix seriesMindhunter, and in the course of the promotion he’s given insight into various facets of his career, both past and future. Fincher recently revealed why he turned downStar Wars, gave details on what happened to his HBO seriesUtopia, and offered an update onWorld War Z 2....

John David Washington Is ‘Born To Be Murdered’ In Thriller Acquired By Netflix John David Washingtonis having a killer year. After becoming the breakout star of Spike Lee’sBlaKkKlansmanin 2018, Washington nabbed a role in the Christopher Nolan tentpoleTenet, which hit theaters (to somewhat divisive results both critically and commercially) this year. And now Washington is continuing that killing streak with a thriller produced byLuca Guadagnino,Born to Be Murdered,which has just been picked up by Netflix....

Paramount Recalls Saving Private Ryan Blu-Ray Discs Were you excited last week to finally getSaving Private Ryanon Blu-ray? Were you less excited to see that the disc seemed to be exhibiting an audio sync problem, causing the sound of shells and explosions to be heard before they actually hit? Well, the problem wasn’t your player. It’s the disc, and Paramount is now recalling the entire first-run batch. This supposedly affects every disc, so if you haveSaving Private Ryanon Blu-ray right now, you’ve got a bad one....

The Ice Age Adventures Of Buck Wild Trailer: Disney+ Takes Us Back To The Lost World Our friends from the “Ice Age” movies are back and facing new challenges in “The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild,” the newest film in the long-running franchise. Crash and Eddie off on their own this time, and it’s up to the rest of the gang to attempt to rescue them in this entry, which is heading directly to Disney+ later this month....

This Week In DVD: Street Kings, Dexter, House, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, and Fry’s.DEXTER (SEASON 2) Finally. It’s here. No more plugging my ears and screaming “La la la la la!...

TV Bits: ‘Mad Men’ Season Five Moves Forward; HBO Develops Dick Cheney Mini-Series; New ‘Falling Skies’ Promo Video The fifth season ofMad Menhas had a difficult birthing process. Series creatorMatthew Weinerlast signed a contract with AMC and LionsGate two years ago, and the show’s massive success since then led him to ask for much more favorable terms before signing to make a fifth season. AMC and LionsGate naturally have tried to negotiate, and the deal has been taking a lot of time to come together....

BBC Offers Diversionary Photo Of Peter Capaldi On ‘Doctor Who’ Set It’s been a big year forDoctor Whofans, as the turnover fromMatt SmithtoPeter Capaldiwas finessed by an anniversary special that dove into some previously unseen bits of the character’s history, complete with the return of a fan-favorite actor and the debut of a new part of the Doctor’s history. Now we’ve got a new image of Capaldi in costume, posed and distributed to celebrate the show’s start of production with the actor in the lead role....

FX’s ‘Y: The Last Man’ TV Series Finds A New Showrunner FX has been developing a TV adaptation ofBrian K. VaughanandPia Guerra’s acclaimed comic seriesY: The Last Manfor years, going as far as to commission a pilot that was picked up to series earlier this year. That seemed like great news, but the stumbles for this property continued: a few months ago, the serieslostshowrunnersAida Mashaka CroalandMichael Greendue to “creative differences;” thankfully, FX decided to continue moving forward with it anyway....

Jonah Hill Joins The Five-Timers Club In An Energetic But Clumsy ‘Saturday Night Live’ With his directorial debutMid90sin theaters now,Jonah Hillheaded toSaturday Night Liveto host the late night sketch comedy show for a fifth time. That meant it was time for him to join the famed Five-Timers Club, but as you’ll see below, the exclusive club has changed in the years since the #MeToo movement came along. Otherwise, the Jonah Hill hostedSaturday Night Livebrought some big laughs with a lot of energy, though it was all amidst a lot of flubs, some of which brought about more laughs....