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Halle Berry is heading to the small screen. The Oscar winner has been tapped to star in Steven Spielberg's CBS summer drama Extant and signed a two-year first-look production deal with the series' studio, CBS Television Studio. The project found itself at the center of a heated bidding war between broadcast networks and cable networks, with CBS ultimately proving triumphant by committing to a 13-episode straight-to-series order. Extant has been billed as a futuristic thriller about a female astronaut ( Berry ) trying to reconnect with her family when she returns after a year in outer space. The character's experiences lead to events that ultimately change the course of human history. The casting coup of Berry is as much a commentary on the strength of the spec script as it is on the state of the film business, particularly for actresses over 40. "Halle is the type of award-winning actress you dream of collaborating with for an event project such as Extant,&q

METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER Review By: RAMA Thanks again to RAMA for coming through with this great review. Make sure to LIKE his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter . Though I’m not too gung-ho about concert movies, I have seen a few in my lifetime and METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER is the best one thus far. It’s truly electrifying, even those who aren’t big fans of heavy metal of Metallica band in particular can appreciate how visionary this movie is by director Nimrod Antal. I don’t blame those who may consider the post apocalyptic companion plot featuring Dane DeHaan as a bit weird and relenting, but every ghoulish imagery and illustration in this film capture the essence of what Metallica’s music represents, so it’s no surprise to me that funerals, and electric chairs, and master of puppet come to life in a form of stage theatrics and spectacles in METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER . METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER stars Metallica, one of the most popular, influent

Here is the new trailer for OUT OF THE FURNACE . Directed and co-written by the critically-acclaimed Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), the film boasts an Academy Award winning and nominated cast featuring Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana and Sam Shepard . Russell Baze ( Christian Bale ) works a dead-end job at the local steel mill, as his terminally ill father did before him. When Russell’s brother Rodney ( Casey Affleck ) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so - with nothing left to lose - Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother. Sometimes your battles choose you. Please Leave A Comment-

Runner Runner  Review By: MattInRC Here'e why the Ben Affleck thriller Runner Runner should just keep running. In Runner Runner, Princeton grad student Richie ( Justin Timberlake ) has turned a profitable online gambling career into a disaster, losing his life savings during an online swindle. He flies to Costa Rica filled with data from his tech pals at the university to find the site's owner Ivan Block ( Ben Affleck ), who not only refunds his money, but offers him a job. Soon, Richie is living the high life, analyzing gambling data and wooing clients. But Block's business is a dangerous one, filled with payoffs to a creepy gambling and murder; Richie soon learns that he's part of an elaborate sting operation by the FBI, led by Pain and Gain's Anthony Mackie, who will break any rule to nab Block. As Richie learns that Block plans to pin him for the company's missing profits, he must decide if Block's assistant ( Gemma Arterton ) is dirty as well

Gone are the days when you had to wait until something hit screens to see it. Take, for example, the opening credits to this year’s Treehouse Of Horror episode on The Simpsons . Not content to simply lend his voice or craft a couch gag, Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro has been given free rein to re-imagine the entire opening credits sequence. Cue the horror! Lurking within the nifty new sequence are references to del Toro’s own output (including Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy ) and a load of nods to his favorite horror movies, icons and moments. “The Simpsons titles are so iconic and yet they’ve never been riffed in this vein. I really wanted to land the connections between the show’s set pieces and the titles and some of the most iconic horror movies, and intersperse them with some of my stuff in there for pure joy,” he tells EW . “For example the idea that Ms. Krabappel could be outside the school with Alfred Hitchcock , which is a reference to the sequence in The Bir

Saoirse Ronan was utterly charming in her Empire Podcast interview this week, talking about her latest, How I Live Now, as well as her love of Bridesmaids, how to pronounce her name and a little movie called Star Wars Episode VII , which she recently revealed she'd auditioned for. Below is what she had to say about the experience of going in for J.J. Abrams and co., which may be a touch on the vague side, but does contain a little teasing titbit about lightsabers for any die-hard Star Wars fans to enjoy. “Yeah, I did [audition for Star Wars Episode VII]… I don’t know whether I should have said that now! I mean, everyone did. Everyone has auditioned for it. So many people I know have gone in for the part I’ve gone in for, and guys who’ve gone in for a particular part, so I’d imagine J.J. is probably just scanning the earth to find the people that ne needs.” “But nobody has a clue what it’s about, and nobody’s read the script. So I’ve gone in and read for it, but I have to s

Disney On Ice partners with the East Bay SPCA For Special “ Lilo & Stitch Luau Adopt-A-Thon ” To Help Local Cats & Dogs Find Their Forever Home on Saturday, October 5th WHAT: Join our friends at the East Bay SPCA for their Lilo & Stitch Luau Adopt-A-Thon , in partnership with Disney On Ice presents Passport To Adventure! As Disney fans know, Lilo adopted her BFF, Stitch, at her local shelter and now your family can do the same! Cats, dogs, kittens and puppies will be available for adoption, including dogs from Lilo & Stitch’s home state of Hawaii. “We are excited to partner with Disney on Ice for Lilo & Stitch’s Luau Adopt-A-Thon. We hope that families and children come down to see all of our adoptable animals, have fun, and learn about pets and behavior,” says Laura Fulda, vice president of marketing and development for the East Bay SPCA. Animal lovers of all ages will be able to adopt cats and dogs, participate in dog training demos, watch p

Today we received a new featurette from WE ARE WHAT WE ARE . In WE ARE WHAT WE ARE , a seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank ( Bill Sage , “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous fervor, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, THE MASTER) and Rose ( Julia Garner , MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE, SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years. If you live in the San Francisco area you can watch the film at these locations. Century Centre 9- 845 Market St., 5th Flr. - San Francisco,

Here is the official trailer for the upcoming film I, Frankenstein . 200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind. From the co-writer of the hit supernatural saga, UNDERWORLD , comes the action thriller I, FRANKENSTEIN , written for the screen and directed by Stuart Beattie, screen story by Kevin Grevioux and Stuart Beattie, based on the Darkstorm Studios graphic novel "I, Frankenstein" created by Kevin Grevioux. The story is brought to life by a cast that includes Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, and Aden Young as Victor Frankenstein. Please Leave A Comment-

“ 24: Live Another Day ,” the limited series followup to Fox’s hit Kiefer Sutherland starrer, will lens across the Pond, the network announced. “ Live Another Day ” marks the first production of the franchise to shoot abroad since the 2008 TV movie “ 24: Redemption ,” which was filmed outside Cape Town, South Africa. When fans of the Emmy-winning skein last saw Sutherland’s iconic counter terrorism agent Jack Bauer, he was a fugitive from justice. The limited event series, slated for a summer debut, picks up four years later in the franchise, with Bauer on the fly in the U.K. Fox announced the return of the Jack Bauer franchise as a 12-seg limited series during the network’s upfront in May. Series will take place over 12 hours, instead of “24′s” original daylong format. Fox chief Kevin Reilly sees potential for further iterations of the “24″ franchise, should the limited series perform well on the net next year. “24″ concluded its initial series run on Fox in 2010 after eight se