Checking in for a stay at the weary old Hotel Cortez? You'll need to get past Lady Gaga's delightfully evil owner, The Countess. In the latest image for FX's upcoming American Horror Story: Hotel (via Entertainment Weekly), the singer-songstress takes center stage as the seductive bloodsucker, who is essentially a vampire in all but name.
Depression is a raw and complex issue that plagues millions of people across the world every day; an invisible demon perched atop shoulders that manages gnaws at happiness from the inside out. It's a crippling condition, and one which will underpin Adam Salky's low-key drama, I Smile Back.
Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow have brought an end to their search for the female lead to topline Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, cherry-picking rising star Olivia Cooke for the coveted part of Art3mis.
On the eve of its premiere at TIFF 2015, Entertainment Weekly has premiered the first clip for James Vanderbilt's newsroom drama Truth, starring Robert Redford as real-life news anchor Dan Rather who got caught in hot water after airing a controversial report about President Bush at the time he was running for reelection.
From The Hunger Games to Harry Potter, Twilight to Summit Entertainment's Divergent franchise, numerous YA franchises have opted to split the final installment in their respective series into two parts, with pessimists and optimists debating over whether the tactic pays homage to the novels on which they are based or, on the other hand, is simply designed to rake in a surplus at the box office.
Part of the beauty of the Toronto International Film Festival - or any festival on the circuit, for that matter - is the vast swathes of movies cramming up the slate; there's practically one to cover every genre. From the character dramas of Jake Gyllenhaal's Demolition to Ridley Scott's sweeping sci-fi adaptation of The Martian, TIFF 2015 boasts a line-up as rich as it is diverse.
One sure-fire sign that the quiet summer lull is drawing to a close in the video game industry is the release of the latest Madden NFL. Indeed as it turns out, EA's sports simulator topped the software pile in the NPD's monthly report for August, while PlayStation 4 continued its streak by becoming the best-selling console for the month.
Neil Gaiman's award-winning fantasy novel American Gods is headed to small screen in 2017, and as development begins to ramp up behind the scenes, Deadline reports that Hannibal alum David Slade has signed on to direct the pilot - and indeed several more episodes - of the adaptation.
Disney's lucrative Pirates franchise may have meandered away from that innate charm that made the original so special in recent years, though newcomer Kaya Scodelario believes the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales represents an opportunity to take the swashbuckling series back to basics.
