Trainwreck the R-rated raunchy film directed by Judd Apatow and starring Amy Schumer brought in $1.8M Thursday night. The film is on 2,363 screens.
According to Deadline, Ted 2 on a Thursday brought in $2.6 million on 2,647 screens.
The Revenant is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. THE REVENANT is directed and co-written by renowned filmmaker, Academy Award® winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, Babel).
The Revenant will be in theaters on Christmas Day.
Fox just aired The X-Files teaser during “Wayward Pines” and now you can see it below. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny return for 6 episodes as agent Mulder and Scully. The series is set to air in January 2016. How excited are you?
Entertainment Weekly got the scoop today when they released set photos from X-Men: Apocalypse. Fanboys went wild as they got first glimpse of Olivia Munn as Psylocke. Alexandra Shipp looks pretty good as 80s mohawk Storm.
X-Men: Apocalypse is directed by Bryan Singer and stars Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Nicholas Hoult, Oscar Isaac (Apocalypse), Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Lana Condor (Jubilee), Olivia Munn, and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
The film is set in 1980s and we will see younger versions of previously-seen characters.
X-Men: Apocalypse opens in theaters on May 27, 2016.
Go to the 8:56 mark of this interview below to hear Oscar Isaac talk about his portrayal of Apocalypse.
HBO received 126 Primetime Emmy® nominations, the most of any network for the 15th year in a row, for the upcoming 67th Primetime Emmy Awards®, which were announced today in Los Angeles.
“Game of Thrones” led all nominees with 24 nominations, while “Olive Kitteridge” received 13 nominations, and “Bessie” received 12 nominations.
HBO’s Emmy® nominations this year include:
Other HBO nominees include “Alan Alda and the Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass,” “Beyonce and Jay Z On the Run,” “Bill Maher: Live from D.C.,” “The Comeback,” “Getting On,” “The Newsroom,” “Sinatra: All or Nothing at All,” “True Blood” and “Vice.”
In addition, the CINEMAX series “The Knick” received five nominations, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (Steven Soderbergh).
Source: HBO Media
Monkeys Fighting Robots caught up with actors Michael Peña and David Dastmalchian of Ant-Man to talk about the new Marvel film and how director Peyton Reed put it all together.
Dastmalchian and Peña play Kurt and Luis, two members of Scott Lang’s (Paul Rudd) crew who help out their buddy after he becomes Ant-Man.
Much to Reed’s chagrin, we do find out who was the biggest nerd on set. Paul Rudd lost out because he still uses a Super Nintendo.
About Ant-Man:
Scott Lang must leave his criminal past behind if he hopes to take down Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) and the unbridled power of the Yellowjacket suit! With the help of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), and the Ant-Man suit, Lang must embrace his inner hero to pull off a heist that could save the world. See why heroes don’t get any bigger than Ant-Man in the video above.
Marvel’s Ant-Man will be in theaters on July 17, 2015.
According to @realmichaelpena, @Dastmalchian was the biggest nerd on the set of @AntMan. @MrPeytonReed was close second. Podcast coming soon
— Matthew Sardo (@MatthewSardo) July 16, 2015
What?!? How did @Dastmalchian beat me?? https://t.co/FEf3Yr0Qfh
— Peyton Reed (@MrPeytonReed) July 16, 2015
sorry @MrPeytonReed – my geek 👑 is bigger than yours. #ProudGeek #Antourage https://t.co/9yIE7zzuPq
— David Dastmalchian (@Dastmalchian) July 16, 2015
With a little help from director Judd Apatow, Amy Schumer at last brings her brand of comedy, the brand that’s made her sketch comedy TV series on Comedy Central’s “Inside Amy Schumer”, to the big screen with Trainwreck, her first lead role in a film. Fans of Schumer’s prior comedy work on TV and on stage will no doubt love Trainwreck, as it her movie and her voice through and through, but more importantly, if you weren’t a fan of Schumer’s or not familiar with her work going into this movie, you most likely will be one coming out. It’s uproariously funny while also honest and realistic in its treatment of relationships, both romantic and familial, as well as the trials and expectations faced by single women today in their personal and professional lives. More often than not, it looks and feels true as it’s making you laugh out loud and occasionally cringe, something that so few comedies outside of what Apatow produces time and again actually manage to do.
Schumer plays Amy, an on-the-rise writer for an “edgy” men’s magazine, living what she considers to be the ideal life for a big city girl: great job, great apartment, great social life relatively free of any significant commitments. She, along with her younger sister Kim (Brie Larson), had one life lesson above all drilled into their heads as kids by their cad of a dad, Gordon (Colin Quinn): “Monogamy is unrealistic.” While Kim basically ignored that advice and as an adult loves being a wife and a mother, Amy wholeheartedly embraced the message once she was old enough to understand it, and thus her nightly routine is a seemingly endless string of drunken one-night-stands and morning walks-of-shame; or more accurately, it’s her routine when she’s not out with the guy she’s seeing steadily, Steven (John Cena), who’s blissfully unaware of her extracurricular activities, among other things.
See where the title of the movie comes from?
Right around the same time that Steven gets wise to Amy’s wandering eye and puts an end to their relationship, she gets assigned by her rather terrifying editor Dianna (Tilda Swinton) a story she couldn’t be less interested in, a profile of Dr. Aaron Connors (Bill Hader), a New York surgeon and sports medicine specialist who routinely works with professional athletes to get them back in the game after career-threatening injuries. Turns out, however, that while she knows nothing about sports and she finds what Aaron does retch-inducing when she has the opportunity to observe him at work, she actually hits it off with him once they spend some time together off the clock. When much to Aaron’s surprise she goes home with him after dinner and a few drinks, she’s absolutely floored when he calls her the next day (on purpose!) and asks to spend time with her again. Despite her best efforts to avoid it, Aaron’s awkward but earnest persistence wins her over, and suddenly there she is, being someone’s actual girlfriend — and not cheating on them behind their back, either.
While Kim couldn’t be more thrilled that Amy might be settling down, and Aaron’s close friends, among them former patient LeBron James (playing himself), are glad to see the good doctor finding happiness, Amy finds herself both elated and terrified. After all, this is what dear old Dad told her never to do back in the day and continues to preach, given the opportunity. Could Gordon have been wrong? Or is this thing just doomed to fail like it seemingly does with everyone else, the way she’s always believed relationships fail and are thus not worth the time and effort? As Amy and Aaron’s relationship starts to hit some speed bumps, that question comes to the forefront and puts her lifelong commitment to non-commitment to the ultimate test.
To put together the script for Trainwreck, Schumer drew inspiration from her own life and personal experiences, and thus much of what audiences get in the film feels authentic, albeit pushed to an often hilarious extreme. While this does in a way provide Schumer with an opportunity to basically play herself in her own story, she does show considerable emotional range as the story goes to some unexpected places and Amy the character comes to terms with what she’s feeling for Aaron as well as some other significant life challenges and heartbreaks. It speaks very highly of her talents both as a writer and a performer that she can both craft and deliver depictions of such personal material in a way that still resonates, still feels universal. It’s that feeling of authenticity, that feeling that we all know someone like this, as the tagline of the film insists, someone either not self-aware enough to know how self-destructive their social and relationship patterns are OR who know and just don’t care or avoid dealing with it because it takes more effort than they want to put in, that is behind the true appeal and strength of the film. You’re either going to see yourself or someone you know in Amy and what she’s doing, and more than likely you’re going to love her for it.
But audiences may just love Trainwreck for the work the supporting players put in here as much as they do for Schumer. Hader proves to be a perfect blend of earnest charm and goofiness playing opposite Schumer — his take on Aaron makes him the last guy you might assume would catch Amy’s eye if you knew her in real life, which makes the pairing all the more fun to watch come together. But it’s the professional athletes who deserve major props for the comic work they turn in here: LeBron James proves he can do more in front of the camera than just clever commercials, while John Cena (yes, the current WWE champ, that one!), who’s done plenty of direct-to-video action work but not a whole lot of comedy, completely owns some of the film’s funniest moments in the early going as the sweet-but-sort-of-confused Steven. Watch for one very awkward sex scene where Amy tries to encourage Steven to kick things up a notch with cringeworthy results, or in a separate scene when the two get called out for talking too loudly in a movie and things escalate quickly:
“Hey, Mark Wahlberg! Shut up!”
“Mark Wahlberg? Mark Wahlberg’s like 150 lbs! I look like Mark Wahlberg ate Mark Wahlberg!”
Is a bit predictable? Sure it is, but by the time things get around to their predictable conclusion (yes, this is an Apatow film, so it tends to run a little longer than it needs to get the point across — see This is 40), everything and everyone in Trainwreck has most likely charmed you and made you laugh to the point where you’re not going to care. That is, as long as you like your comedy R-rated and raunchy — if you don’t, then by all means, steer clear. Simply put, Trainwreck is very much that friend or relative that has no filter when it comes to what they talk about or the stories they tell. If you love that person dearly and love being around them for the craziness that inevitably ensues, you should be all in for this movie.
If you avoid that person at every opportunity because they’ll never fail to embarrass you, then look elsewhere for entertainment this weekend, like maybe the Disney Channel.
Trainwreck
Starring Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Vanessa Bayer, Mike Birbiglia, Ezra Miller, Dave Attell with Tilda Swinton and LeBron James. Directed by Judd Apatow.
Running Time: 125 minutes
Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use.
Uzo Aduba and Cat Deeley announced the Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards Thursday morning at the SilverScreen Theater at L.A.’s Pacific Design Center.
The Emmys will be hosted by Andy Samberg and air live from L.A.’s Nokia Theatre on Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. on Fox.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul, AMC
Downton Abbey, PBS
Game of Thrones, HBO
Homeland, Showtime
House of Cards, Netflix
Mad Men, AMC
Orange Is the New Black, Netflix
Outstanding Comedy Series
Louis, FX
Modern Family, ABC
Parks and Recreation, NBC
Silicon Valley, HBO
Transparent, Amazon
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Veep, HBO
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Kyle Chandler, Bloodline
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent
William H. Macy, Shameless
Louis C.K., Louie
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Taraji P. Henson, Empire
Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black
Robin Wright, House of Cards
Viola Davis, How to Get Away With Murder
Claire Danes, Homeland
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Lisa Kudrow, The Comeback
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Lily Tomlin, Grace and Frankie
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Jim Carter, Downton Abbey
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Michael Kelly, House of Cards
Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Keegan-Michael Key, Key & Peele
Adam Driver, Girls
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Tony Hale, Veep
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Emilia Clarke, Game of Thrones
Lena Headey, Game of Thrones
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Niecy Nash, Getting On
Gaby Hoffmann, Transparent
Allison Janney, Mom
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Limited Series
American Crime, ABC
American Horror Story: Freak Show, FX
The Honorable Woman, Sundance
Olive Kitteridge, HBO
Wolf Hall, PBS
Outstanding Television Movie
“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, Acorn
Bessie, HBO
Grace of Monaco, Lifetime
Hello Ladies: The Movie, HBO
Killing Jesus, National Geographic
Nightingale, HBO
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
David Oyelowo, Nightingale
Richard Jenkins, Olive Kitteridge
Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall
Timothy Hutton, American Crime
Adrien Brody, Houdini
Ricky Gervais, Derek: The Final Chapter
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Queen Latifah, Bessie
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Honorable Woman
Felicity Huffman, American Crime
Emma Thompson, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie
Richard Cabral, American Crime
Denise O’Hare, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Finn Wittrock, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Michael Kenneth Williams, Bessie
Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge
Damian Lewis, Wolf Hall
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie
Regina King, American Crime
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Angela Bassett, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Mo’Nique, Bessie
Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Freak Show
Zoe Kazan, Olive Kitteridge
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, HBO
The Late Show With David Letterman, CBS
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, NBC
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Drunk History, Comedy Central
Inside Amy Schumer, Comedy Central
Key & Peele, Comedy Central
Portlandia, IFC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Outstanding Reality Competition Series
The Amazing Race, CBS
Dancing With the Stars, ABC
Project Runway, Lifetime
So You Think You Can Dance, Fox
Top Chef, Bravo
The Voice, NBC
Outstanding Structured Reality Program
Antiques Roadshow, PBS
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Food Network
MythBusters, Discovery
Property Brothers, HGTV
Shark Tank, ABC
Undercover Boss, CBS
Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
Alaska: The Last Frontier, Discovery
Deadliest Catch, Discovery
Intervention, A&E
Million Dollar Listing New York, Bravo
Naked & Afraid, Discovery Channel
Wahlburgers, A&E
Outstanding Reality Host
Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night
Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars
Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway
Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance
Anthony Bourdain, The Taste
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
Paul Giamatti, Inside Amy Schumer
Bill Hader, Saturday Night Live
Louis C.K., Saturday Night Live
Mel Brooks, The Comedians
Bradley Whitford, Transparent
Jon Hamm, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
Gaby Hoffmann, Girls
Pamela Adlon, Louie
Elizabeth Banks, Modern Family
Joan Cusack, Shameless
Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory
Tina Fey, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series
F. Murray Abraham, Homeland
Reg E. Cathey, House of Cards
Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex
Pablo Schreiber, Orange Is the New Black
Alan Alda, The Blacklist
Michael J. Fox, The Good Wife
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones
Rachel Brosnahan, House of Cards
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder
Allison Janney, Masters of Sex
Khandi Alexander, Scandal
Margot Martindale, The Americans
Outstanding Variety Special
Bill Maher: Live From D.C., HBO
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store, LouisCK.net
Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen, HBO
The Kennedy Center Honors, CBS
The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, NBC
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek To Cheek LIVE!, PBS
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Louis C.K., Louie, “Sleepover”
Mike Judge, Silicon Valley, “Sand Hill Shuffle”
Phil Lord and Chris Miller, The Last Man on Earth, “Alive in Tucson (Pilot)”
Jill Soloway, Transparent, “Best New Girl”
Armando Iannucci, Veep, “Testimony”
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik, Episodes, “Episode 409”
Louis C.K., Louie, “Bobbie’s House”
Alec Berg, Silicon Valley, “Two Days of the Condor”
Will Forte, The Last Man on Earth, “Alive in Tucson (Pilot)”
Jill Soloway, Transparent, “Pilot”
Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, Veep, “Election Night”
Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
Tim Van Patten, Boardwalk Empire, “Eldorado”
Jeremy Podeswa, Game of Thrones, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken”
David Nutter, Game of Thrones, “Mother’s Mercy”
Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland, “From A to B and Back Again”
Steven Soderbergh, The Knick, “Method and Madness”
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Gordon Smith, Better Caul Saul, “Five-O”
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Game of Thrones, “Mother’s Mercy”
Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner, Mad Men, “Lost Horizon”
Matthew Weiner, Mad Men, “Person to Person”
Joshua Brand, The Americans, “Do Mail Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?”
Today, Home Box Office is adding Android and Amazon devices to its internet only service, HBO NOWSM, providing audiences with instant access to all of HBO—addictive series, unforgettable movies, thought-provoking documentaries, thrilling sports programs and entertaining comedy and music specials. Consumers only need the internet to access HBO NOW which is available on Android phones and tablets as well as Amazon Fire Tablets starting today. HBO NOW is also soon to be Google Cast-enabled and available soon on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick.
New customers can download the app on their Android tablet and phone or on their Amazon Fire Tablets to begin a 30-day introductory free trial of HBO NOW by signing up through Google Play and the Amazon Appstore. HBO NOW continues to expand its distribution by adding Google and Amazon to already existing partners – Apple and Cablevision. HBO NOW is available on any Android OS 4.1+ phone or tablet and Fire Tablets as well as iPhone, iPad and Apple TV for a monthly subscription of $14.99. Upon registering, subscribers can also watch their favorite HBO programming on their computer at HBONOW.com.
Source: HBO Media
Expression and art form merge between Marvel Comics and the world of hip-hop with a unique line of HIP-HOP Variants covers inspired by some of the most iconic and well received hip-hop and rap albums of all time.
Accompanying each all-new #1 from Marvel Comics coming this fall, fans will get the chance to purchase their own Marvel Comics variant cover featuring their favorite Marvel characters paying homage to some of the most well-known and vocal musical artists over the past couple of years.
“For years, Marvel Comics and Hip-Hop culture have been engaged in an ongoing dialog,” says Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. “Beginning this October, we will shine a spotlight on the seamless relationship between those two unique forces in when we unveil the first of more than fifty variant covers, each of which pays tribute to an iconic album cover from the past 30 years that shaped pop-culture over the past three decades.”
Look for Marvel’s HIP-HOP Variants to grace the covers of these exciting Marvel comics beginning in the month of October:
· Amazing Spider-Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mike Del Mundo
· Angela: Queen of Hel #1 – HIP-HOP Variant by Annie Wu
· The Astonishing Ant-Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mark Brooks
· Contest of Champions #1 – HIP-HOP Variant by Denys Cowan
· Doctor Strange #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Juan Doe
· Extraordinary X-Men #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Sanford Greene
· Guardians of the Galaxy #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Shawn Crystal
· Invincible Iron Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Brian Stelfreeze
· The Mighty Thor #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mike Deodato
· Sam Wilson, Captain America #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mahmud Asrar
· Spider-Gwen #1 – HIP-HOP Variant by Humberto Ramos
· The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Phil Noto
· Uncanny Inhumans #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Damian Scott
· Uncanny Avengers #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Jason Pearson
Look for these additional HIP-HOP Variants coming later this fall:
· All-New All-Different Avengers #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Jim Cheung
· All-New Wolverine #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Keron Grant
· Carnage #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Ariel Olivetti
· Howard the Duck #1- HIP-HOP Variant Juan Doe
· Ms. Marvel #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Jenny Frisson
· Old Man Logan #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Tim Bradstreet
· Spider-Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Adi Granov
· Spider-Man/Deadpool #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Dave Johnson
· Squadron Supreme #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mike Del Mundo
· Star-Lord #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Tradd Moore
· The Totally Awesome Hulk #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mahmud Asrar
· Web Warriors #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Damian Scott
Source: Marvel Comics Media