In the vein of 1980s Cold War-era detective TV series,Comrade Detectiveis a gritty, action-packed and blood-soaked story that finds Romanian Detectives Gregor Anghel (played byFlorin Piersic Jr.and dubbed byChanning Tatum, who is also an executive producer) and Iosef Baciu (played byCorneliu Uliciand dubbed byJoseph Gordon-Levitt) investigating the murder of a fellow officer, which leads to the unraveling of a subversive plot to destroy their country. During this phone interview with Collider, actors and friends Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt joked about this rather unusual project, what inspired this idea, hearing their voices coming out of these Romanian actors, and why they almost felt bad dubbing over their great performances....

By now – pretty much everyone has seenCoco, Pixar’s latest family classic that makes even hardened cynics shed a tear or two. So much of the success of the film depends on how authentic it feels to Mexican tradition. The music – from the score to the songs – capture a culture ill represented by Hollywood cinema as of yet. For composerMichael Giacchino(The Incredibles, Rogue One) and songwriterGermaine Franco(Kung Fu Panda 3), it was critical that the music ofCoconever felt like your typical Disney or studio approved sounds, that the music had a unique feel of its own....

For composerLorne Balfe, action movies are in his blood. The man behind the scores for films likeMission: Impossible – Fallout,Ghost in the Shell, andThe LEGO Batman Moviegrew up on a steady diet of action cinema, revealing that while he wishes he could say “a black and white Italian film” first inspired him to want to work in the movies, it was actually movies likeBad Boys,Crimson Tide, andThe Rock. It’s no surprise, then, that when producerJerry Bruckheimerand directorAng Leewere looking for a composer for the long-in-the-works actionerGemini Man, they turned to Balfe....

If watching more anime is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, then first of all, you’ve made a good decision, and secondly, I like you and we can be friends. Crunchyroll has you covered this winter with a new batch of anime titles for audiences of all kinds, and fans who are looking for all sorts of genres. Available this January are: Now whether those titles are familiar to you or not, you can check out video previews for each series below, along with their synopses and posters....

Emma Thompsonis making great use of her voice and standing in Hollywood to call out a troubling development. Last week, news broke that the Oscar-winning writer and actress hadquietly exited her voice rolein Skydance Animation’sLuck. She had reportedly already been through a few recording sessions when Skydance Animation hired ousted Disney/Pixar headJohn Lasseterto run its studio, despite allegations of sexual misconduct from Lasseter’s long tenure at the Mouse House. As a result of Lasseter’s hiring, Thompson opted to leave the project, and now she’s penned a letter to the producers at Skydance explaining her decision....

Fast and the Furiousfans are getting a whole new look at the action coming in the franchise’s upcoming ninth installment. A new featurette forF9has dropped and is aptly titled “CAR-nage,” which is 60 seconds of high-octane footage from theVin Diesel-led film. The new video has nothing to do with the story we’ll see inF9and strictly pertains to the incredible car stunts that’ll pan out on the big screen. There’s quite a bit of behind-the-scenes action as well, as we see cameras capturing explosions and crazy stunts, with just a smidge of dialogue from theFastfamily along the way....

Universal Pictures has released the firstHobbs & Shawtrailer for the upcomingFast & Furiousspinoff. The film, of course, is the long-awaited spinoff starringDwayne Johnson’s Hobbs character, but following the positive reaction to Hobbs’ chemistry withJason Statham’s Shaw inFate of the Furious, Universal opted to double up for the spinoff and put the pedal to the metal. Officially titledFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, the film finds the titular characters forced to team up in what’s been described asa buddy cop moviewith a tone reminiscent ofLethal WeaponandTango & Cash....

In the Peacock original seriesPitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, Bumper Allen (Adam Devine) is back and in Berlin. Several years after we last saw him in the first two installments of the film franchise, Bumper is stuck in a rut and looking to revive his music career when he gets a phone call from Pieter Krämer (Flula Borg), convincing him to get on a plane and go all in, so far from home....

If you knowGeorge A. Romerofor something, it’s probably his zombie movies. The word “zombie” had existed before Romero started directing feature films, but he kind of codified the monster as it’s now understood, with his films differing from earlier ones like 1932’sWhite Zombieand 1943’sI Walked with a Zombie, which had more to do with voodoo magic than walking corpses. Of course, nowadays, zombies are sometimes created because of a viral outbreak (see28 Days LaterandThe Last of Us), but thosecreatures are still seen as zombies....

From Spice Girl, songwriter and authorGeri Halliwell-Horner, the fantasy adventure novelRosie Frost & the Falcon Queenfollows the suddenly orphaned teen as she’s sent to Bloodstone Island. While navigating the mysterious school and the mean kids who don’t want her there, Rosie discovers that believing in herself is far more powerful than she had ever realized. During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Halliwell-Horner talked about weaving real history into fantasy, wanting to create this story as a trilogy (she’s currently working on Book 2), the gratitude she felt holding the first copy of the book that she received, why it took so many years to create this world, what led to her restructuring the story, her husband’s reaction after reading it, drawing from personal pieces of her own life, whether she already knows the ending to Rosie’s story, how she came to write songs to accompany the book (all books contain a QR code with access to the original songs), and her desire to see this world adapted for film or TV....

The nominees have been announced for the 20th annual Golden Trailer Awards, which acknowledge the work of film marketers and companies that create movie trailers, commercials and posters worldwide. Evelyn Watters, executive director of the Golden Trailer Awards, announced the 2019 nominees Thursday along with the show’s executive producerMonica Brady. The event will take place on Wednesday, May 29 at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles....

Benedict Cumberbatchhas a wicked new role. He’s voicing Satan in Amazon’s upcoming seriesGood Omens, following a late request from author, Executive Producer and showrunnerNeil Gaiman.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaugstar swept in following the producer’s last-minute need to find someone who could – as Gaiman put it on Wednesday’s Television Critics Association winter tour panel – giveFrances McDormand, who voices God, “a run for her money.” “Ben was just one of those lovely things of going, ‘we need somebody this good to make this scene work....

Mobile game developer Jam City salutes the second anniversary of award-winningHarry Potter: Hogwarts Mysteryby revealing players have cumulatively logged over 35 billion minutes of game play since its launch in April 2018! With that, spellbound fans who participate in iconic rites of passage at Hogwarts, have played 50 million Quidditch matches, cast 2 billion spells and have taken over 2 million OWL exams. Licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and published under the Portkey Games label,Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mysteryquickly soared to the top of the charts becoming the #1 most downloaded mobile game in over 40 countries, including U....