Fox's new Batman origin story "Gotham" premieres Monday night.

One thing that may have fans worried is how much some of their favorite characters may deviate from the source material.

During a recent conference call, showrunner and executive producer Bruno Heller discussed how the "Gotham" crew is adapting the famous Batman characters for television.

"It’s a tricky balance, because obviously you don’t want to simply create a new character," said Heller. "You have to create a character that is that iconic character ... and they have to have their iconic characteristics.  But on the other hand, if we just deliver the character that people have seen before, than we’re failing the audience.  There is so much – the Batman world is such a vast world full of so many great iterations of these characters that you can’t simply take those elements and regurgitate them.  You have to give the audience a fresh look."

Heller expanded specifically on how the Penguin's character was adapted for television.

"For me, with Penguin, it was important to be true to the psychology of that kind of person," added Heller. "This is a sort of graphic novel version of the character, as opposed to a comic book version of the character. In the comic books, he’s … I wouldn’t say he’s more comedic, but he’s not – it’s hard to distil it down to an essence."

"Right now, he’s that hungry, violent, scrabbling character," he added. 

Heller expects there there may be some controversy with the interpretation of some of the characters, but he believes that's a good thing. 

"All I can promise is we work very closely with Geoff Johns [Chief Creative Officer at DC Comics] to make sure we’re not betraying the essence of who these people are, because that would be pointless," said Heller. " We’re never going to sort of change up the characters simply for the shock value of changing them."

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Charlo Greene, the reporter for the CBS affiliate in Anchorage who quit on the 10 o'clock news on Sunday night, explained her decision in a passionate YouTube video.

Greene runs the Alaska Cannabis Club, a resource for Alaskans with medical marijuana cards. She quit her job to focus on ending the prohibition of marijuana, declaring, "F--- it, I quit," before walking off set.

Her YouTube video, titled "Why I Quit," is a call to action. She says she's standing up for what she believes in and will make "advocating for freedom and fairness" her life's work.

"There comes a time in each and every one of our lives where we must choose to continue to spectate or stand up for what's right," she begins.

"To question what they said was wrong, why they were given authority, and where their claims of peril and danger come from. Why are Americans arrested every 37 seconds? Alaskans every 4.3 hours? Why should an aspiring someone lose their ability to earn a higher education to become that someone they were meant to be? And why should you lose the ability to get public assistance in times of struggle and need?"

Here's the video:

She goes after those who want to keep marijuana illegal, saying, "A simple Google search will show prohibitionists don't know how to use Google."

The Alaska Cannabis Club has raised more than $5,000 in support of Ballot Measure 2, an initiative to legalize marijuana in Alaska, since Greene's video went viral.

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Warning: There are spoilers ahead.

In the first few minutes of "Gotham," you see Batman's familiar heart wrenching origin story played out. Martha and Thomas Wayne get gunned in an alleyway by a man in a ski mask. A string of pearls break and fall dramatically to the concrete.

The couple's son Bruce is spared, left screaming in the alleyway left screaming in two pools of blood.

It's a scene played out so many times throughout Batman adaptations that you could picture it with your eyes closed. This one feels no more special than the rest. It's entirely predictable — a series just going through the motions. Thankfully the rest of Batman prequel "Gotham" isn't as predictable; however, it is campy enough to be jarring at moments.

Every few minutes it feels like the show drops references to another future iconic Batman character solely to keep fans interested.

In episode one, we meet not only the future Catwoman, but also the future Penguin, the future Poison Ivy, and the future Riddler. It's fine that these characters are introduced and established, but the manner in which they're introduced will make any Batfan cringe. The show lays it on a little thick so that it's like watching Batman for Dummies.

Edward Nygma's on screen? We better make sure he only speaks in riddles so you get the hint he's the future Riddler. If you're somehow unfamiliar with Catwoman, we'll make sure a young Selina Kyle feeds some alley cats milk out of a saucer.

Not sure if that guy with the umbrella is the future Penguin? Let's have a few characters namedrop the moniker so you get the point.

Yes, that's little Poison Ivy. Every time she appears on screen she pops up behind a plant.

Perhaps the most cheesy moment of the opening episode is when Mayor Aubrey James shows up on a television screen after the Wayne's death blurting out, "The perpetrators of this heinous crime will be punished."

Campiness aside, there are certainly bright spots to the series. 

Ben McKenzie is great as a young, up and coming Detective James Gordon trying to stand up to a corrupt Gotham Police Department. His energy with young Bruce Wayne (David Mazouz) is magnetic. From their first moment on screen to their final scene together near the episode's end, you want to see more of Gordon's relationship with the young Wayne on screen. When Gordon promises he'll find the man who gunned down his parents, you want to believe him.

The only stars who outshine McKenzie are Jada Pinkett Smith and Robin Lord Taylor. Pinkett Smith brings it as a devilishly coy and cunning new villainness, Fish Mooney, with a flair for dramatics and style. Mooney has no problem taking a bat to another without breaking a nail or messing up her hair.

The best part of the episode; however, is the dismantling of Oswald Cobblepot (Taylor) and the rise of his eventual alter ego, The Penguin, which comes in the final 10 minutes. 

The episode brings up the question of whether heroes create villains or society itself creates them as we watch Cobblepot descend slowly into madness after being mistreated by those he hangs around and even our future Commissioner Gordon. It's that lure of finding out how each iconic villain transforms into one of Batman's arch nemeses  which gives us hope for the series. 

"Gotham" marks the third recent live action DC comic adapted to TV along with The CW's "Arrow" and "The Flash." 

The last time a network tried to do some sort of live action Batman origin story we received "Birds of Prey," a 2002 series cancelled after just seven episodes aired on the WB (the predecessor to the CW). Of course, that show didn't star the Dark Knight either. It focused on Batman and Catwoman's daughter.

That's not saying "Gotham" will end up like "Birds of Prey." This show does have Batman, just a young one at that. In some ways, "Gotham" feels similar to the set up of ABC's successful "Once Upon a Time" which showcases the origin stories of fairytale characters and villains. The Batman prequel definitely has promise. Netflix must think so anyway. The streaming unit dished out a reported $1.75 million per episode to secure streaming rights to the show before it even aired on Fox.

However, If DC really wanted to one-up Marvel's Cinematic Universe which will comprise of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", new series "Agent Carter" in the spring, and a future Netflix "Daredevil" series, they would try to connect all of the shows to build a monopoly of potentially successful series on television.

SEE ALSO: Here's how "Gotham is adapting some of Batman's most iconic characters for TV

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It's official: Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn have been cast in HBO's “True Detective” Season 2.

Vince Vaughn will play Frank Semyon, a career criminal in danger of losing his empire when his move into legitimate enterprise is upended by the murder of a business partner.

Colin Farrell will play Ray Velcoro, a compromised detective whose allegiances are torn between his masters in a corrupt police department and the mobster who owns him.

The story will center around three police officers and a career criminal who must navigate a web of conspiracy in the aftermath of a murder.

The eight-episode hour-long drama is set to begin production later this fall in California, with "Fast and Furious 6" director Justin Lin directing the first two episodes. The series is created and written by Nic Pizzolatto.

HBO confirmed the news on Tuesday in a press release.

Who the third lead police officer will be is not yet known, but rumors have been swirling about actresses Rachel McAdams and "Mad Men" star Elisabeth Moss.

"True Detective" Season 1 starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, both of whom were nominated for Emmys for their roles.

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HBO made its "True Detective" season 2 casting official Tuesday announcing that Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn would take over as the show's leads.

Most are familiar with Vaughn as a comedic actor for his roles in films like “Dodgeball” and "Wedding Crashers," so his casting may have some scratching their heads.

However, the move to TV makes sense for Vaughn. Not only have his four latest films failed to crack $100 million worldwide at the box office, but Vaughn is also no stranger to drama. Despite his comedic success, the actor has been in a series of serious films.

If you're not convinced Vaughn is the guy for "True Detective," here are a few of the actor's less-known roles that should have you convinced otherwise.

1. "The Cell" (2000)

"True Detective" wouldn't be Vaughn's first time as a cop. Before the torture porn movies "Saw" and "Hostel," we watched Vaughn get tortured as FBI Agent Peter Novak in "The Cell." 

The clip is slightly NSFW.

2. "Made" (2001)

This clip shows off one of Vaughn's strengths on-screen — his ability to argue and his mastery of enhancing those arguments with a barrage of curse words effortlessly, as this clip from 2001's "Made" displays. On HBO, Vaughn won't have to hold back.

3."Domestic Disturbance" (2001)

If you can’t imagine Vaughn as the tough guy digging into potential suspects, look no further than Vaughn’s role in "Domestic Disturbance," where he played a murderous stepfather only to be discovered by John Travolta. Roger Ebert said Vaughn "plays a creep better than just about anybody else."

Watch Vaughn in a creeptastic clip:

4. "Clay Pigeons" (1998)

If you want to see Vaughn in an even creepier role, look no further than 1998's comedy thriller "Clay Pigeons," in which he played a serial killer with a southern accent.

5. "Into the Wild" (2007)

If you're still worried about Vaughn perfecting an accent, he took on the owner of a harvesting company from South Dakota in Oscar-nominated picture "Into the Wild" in one of the film's best scenes.

SEE ALSO: What season 2 of "True Detective" will be about

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In the comics, the reason Supergirl is named Supergirl is because she was only a teenager when she met and trained with Superman to hone her special powers given to her by Earth’s yellow sun. Basically, her title is meant to be an indication of her young age (and, of course, to differentiate her from any characters named “Superwoman”). 

This makes us wonder why the Supergirl that will be featured in the upcoming CBS series has that name, given that she will be aged up to be 24 when she first hones her powers. 

This under-the-radar bit of info comes to us from The Hollywood Reporter’s story from a few days ago, when it was officially revealed that Supergirl has gotten a series commitment from CBS. In that write-up, the trade included a brief breakdown of the show’s plot, and in doing so revealed that there will be a slight but interesting change made to the titular character’s origin: 

"The hourlong drama… centers on Kara Zor-El, Superman's cousin, who was born on the planet Krypton and escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she has been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be."

For comparison, going back to the original Supergirl’s debut in 1959, the character was introduced as one of the only survivor of Argo City, part of Krypton that managed to stay intact after the planet’s explosion and drifted through space as a result. When the inhabitants begin to die due to exposure to Green Kryptonite, the young Kara Zor-El is sent to Earth by her father, Zor-El, to be brought up by Superman. Living at an orphanage and adopting the name Linda Lee, she begins training with her mentor and by the time she starts attending high school she is allowed to start openly be a superhero. 

So why exactly is this happening? Sure, making Supergirl 24-years-old puts her in the same range as Stephen Amell’s Arrow and Grant Gustin’s Flash, but wouldn’t some more age diversity be kind of a nice thing? And it can’t be a casting thing, because Hollywood has had actors in their 20s (and even 30s) playing teens for decades. The only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that the studio and showrunners Greg Berlanti and Ali Adler want to avoid comparisons to Smallville, but would that really be that hard to do on the creative end? 

It will be interesting to see how this whole situation shakes out, but it may be a while before we get any answers, as we still don’t really know the full details of the timetable for the Supergirl series. Stay tuned for more details as they emerge.

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Norman Reedus is one of the most popular stars from AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead."

He plays the scrappy and resilient crossbow-wielding Daryl Dixon, a character created specifically for the series, that many fans have fallen in love with. (Fans are big on the mantra "If Daryl dies [gets killed off on the show] we riot." 

In a new GQ cover story, the actor shared he wasn't happy as an actor early on in his career before finding a rewarding role on "The Walking Dead" series detailing the many issues that may deter an up-and-coming actor from carrying on in Hollywood.

"I was definitely becoming a little down on it, but I don't know if I was going to give it up. But I wasn't enjoying it as much, to be honest," Reedus told GQ.

"I had been in a few films where I thought we were going in this direction and then, after the editing and the music and it's put together, it was sort of going in a different direction I didn't feel so connected to," Reedus said.

The actor pointed out a few of the issues which deterred him from acting were based around a film's advertising and criticism.

He said advertising on films may revolve around a big star at the moment even if they had one line in the movie.

Via GQ:

There were a few films I had done that the advertising for the film or the promotions for the film ended up being a different animal than the film itself. So you have one character in the film that has one line, but he happens to be in a hit something somewhere, and the posters and the advertising and the publicity become about that. And I was kinda like: This isn't really what I signed up for. Or actors I was working with, we weren't on the same page. I wasn't really in it for the fame or the money or anything like that.

Reedus also noted how the focus on films seemed to be less on the art of acting and more on the look itself.

"When you're acting, you get criticized over your face and your body language and your voice and your haircut—all this weird s---," he added. "And that got larger and larger and larger while the art itself sort of got smaller and smaller and smaller. And I wasn't really satisfied, to be honest."

It wasn't until his role on "The Walking Dead" he felt like he was doing something really rewarding that touched a lot of fans.

Now in season 5, the actor says fans send him so much fan mail that production asked him to stop having it sent to the studio. In New York, he has a room full of items people have made or built for him.

"You know, sometimes you'll get gifts that aren't like crazy fan gifts, but they'll say, 'You know, your character on the show is a fighter, and I related to him in a time in my life when I needed to fight something and be strong.' Sometimes gifts like that make me feel really good about what I'm doing,"says Reedus.

The actor often shares photos of fan tattoos, gifts, and behind-the-scenes set images from the AMC series on social media. 

goodnight everyone. amazing stuff today on set.whoa!(thank you guys for all coming out to say hi to us. the best .) x pic.twitter.com/P4YxuC1fEt

— norman reedus (@wwwbigbaldhead) May 9, 2014

Thanks Patricia and evil J ! pic.twitter.com/qtR8Bs6cHn

— norman reedus (@wwwbigbaldhead) May 7, 2014

"It has nothing to do with interviews or the popularity of the show or anything like that; it has to do with there's a certain part of me that I put into this character, and somehow they tune into whatever I'm feeling that the character's feeling and relate it with their own lives," he adds. That's really a good feeling."

Kids too!! Send in some art !! Bigbaldbook1@gmail.com pic.twitter.com/46Cq75NRJG

— norman reedus (@wwwbigbaldhead) April 28, 2014

Read the full GQ article here.

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We’re only a few short weeks out from the fifth season premiere of AMC juggernaut The Walking Dead, but that doesn’t mean new potential zombie killers – or zombie chow for that matter – aren’t lining up to enter the drama’s post-apocalyptic universe. The latest actor to shamble into The Walking Dead’s undead environs is Tyler James Williams, who has been cast in the mystery role of Noah.

Williams is still probably best known for starring on the long-running sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, but he was more recently a regular on the short-lived Matthew Perry series Go On. As you might have gathered from the phrase “mystery role” above (a description used by THR in its original report), nothing else is currently known about Noah, or to what extent he will figure into the overarching plot of Walking Dead’s fifth season.

It is also unclear exactly which episode Williams will make his debut in, or whether the young thespian has signed on to join the regular cast, be a recurring player, or simply function as a one-off guest star. What we do know is that Williams’ Noah character doesn’t exist in the ongoing Robert Kirkman comic book series that inspired The Walking Dead’s small-screen adaptation, meaning he will be a completely fresh addition to the franchise’s ever-burgeoning canon.

One logical route for The Walking Dead’s creative team to take would be for Noah to be a resident of the seemingly cannibalistic survivors colony known as Terminus, since it’s unlikely that we caught a glimpse of everyone that lives there during Rick and company’s short jaunt through the complex.

Conversely, Noah may just be another traveler trying to make his way in The Walking Dead‘s harsh landscape – one who perhaps comes upon Terminus himself, and is thus united with Rick’s group through circumstance. Then again, Noah may just be a guy Carol and Tyreese meet up with before arriving at Terminus. The creative possibilities are pretty wide open.

A final option to consider is that Noah could be a character that somehow connects the world of The Walking Dead to that of its upcoming companion series. That might seem unlikely on the surface, but we currently have no idea where the spin-off will be set, or when in the timeline of the zombie virus that it will take place. Kirkman has said that he wants the new series to stand on its own merits, but that doesn’t necessarily preempt any type of creative connection between the two projects.

The Walking Dead season five premieres Sunday, October 12th at 9/8c on AMC.

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One of the biggest mysteries left unanswered on AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead" surrounds Beth Greene, the series' ever-optimistic, soft-spoken teen who has a knack for singing to keep up survivor morale. Season 4 of the apocalyptic zombie thriller left us with a cliffhanger after the character was abruptly kidnapped by an unknown captor.

While we wait for her return next season, Business Insider recently spoke with the actress who plays Beth, Emily Kinney, about her passion for singing and how her music and acting careers collided on screen. 

"When I first auditioned for Beth, I didn’t realize she was going to be a singer," says Kinney. "I knew that they knew I could sing because some people had come to my shows between seasons."

The actress tells Business Insider it was then-showrunner Glen Mazzara who mentioned the idea of Beth singing on the series.

"I think it was season 2 where they were like 'Oh Beth likes music.' and 'Beth likes to sing,'" says Kinney. "[Mazzara] called me to talk to me about it. He had said, ‘We really need a moment of quiet and calm so I was thinking …  we want to connect back to who they were when they were at the farmhouse. Maybe you and Maggie would sing. That could become part of who Beth is. She’s very creative.'"

The Nebraskan native attended New York University where she pursued both an acting and music career working in theater off Broadway. In the summer 2008, she made her Broadway debut in "Spring Awakening."

When Kinney joined "The Walking Dead" cast in 2011, she had just put out her first EP "Blue Toothbrush" and was playing gigs in New York City. 

As Beth, she covers several songs in seasons three and four. The first song Kinney sang on the series was "The Parting Glass," an old Scottish and Irish folk song, alongside sister Maggie (Lauren Cohen) at the start of season three.

Many of the songs have been selected for particular reasons on the series. Tom Wait's "Hold on" was featured near the end of season three episode 11, "I Ain't a Judas." 

Kinney says she suggested the inclusion of one of the more recent songs, "Be Good," by Waxahatchee.

"I loved that song so much that I kind of did another arrangement of it for my own album 'Expired Love,'" says Kinney. "I started playing it a lot at shows, too. I love that song."

She released her second EP, "Expired Love," in March in which she wrote seven original songs. Her cover of "Be Good" is one of the most popular tracks on iTunes.

Kinney says fans are sometimes taken aback by the adult themes in her music. What most fans don't realize is that the actress, who plays a teen on "The Walking Dead,"is actually 29 years old. 

"In my music I write about my life and sometimes I get a lot of response on Twitter and Instagram where they seem very taken by my lyrics. ‘How could you have experience about this?’ or ‘Is this appropriate for someone who’s a teenager?’ … because I talk a lot about relationships and sex, drinking, and things that I’ve experienced as an adult."

Fans are often surprised to see Kinney in real life.

"Even going to the airport — It depends on how I dress and stuff but if you’re in more casual clothes — people are always like, ‘Oh, who are you with?’" She jokes, "I'm not a little kid."

She's certainly not. 

Before appearances on Showtime's "The Big C" and then "The Walking Dead," she focused on her music career.

"When I first started doing music I wrote the song and then I would find friends to play with me in my band and then I'd book the show and play the show. It was definitely driven by me. Now I have managers who help me with so much of that," she says.

Now, it's about learning to find the right balance between her singing and acting careers which she says "are nice breaks from each other."

"I love being on set and being in the world of 'The Walking Dead' but then it’s kind of nice to go home and sort of write my own lyrics and process what I’m going through," Kinney says. "Songwriting for me is something where I get to process my own feelings and my own thoughts where maybe acting is a little bit more of inhabiting a script that is already written."

"There are times when you’re between jobs as an actor and that’s the reality of being an artist," she adds. "But, I’d be like, ‘Oh, I still want to be creative. I don’t feel fulfilled.’ Writing my own music and performing it is a way to fill that for me when I’m between jobs acting."

Kinney is currently on tour with a recent gig in New York City. Next, she has two shows coming up in October in Los Angeles, California and Ewing, New Jersey. 

She says her work on "The Walking Dead" has definitely helped expand her fan base, and helped bring both groups of fans together even. 

"I’ve made a lot of connections with new fans that way," says Kinney. "It’s fun because there’s 'Walking Dead' fans and then music fans, too, and then I feel like there’s some 'Walking Dead' fans that became music fans, so that’s real exciting for me because maybe it’s an audience I wouldn’t have reached just doing music."

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If you're not tuning into any of the new fall TV shows, Netflix has released its new list of releases for the month of October.

There are some good ones here.

Now that Vince Vaughn has been cast in "True Detective," you can catch him in one of his old flicks from 2001, "Domestic Disturbance." Before Jennifer Lawrence returns to the big screen in November, get caught up with "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire."

Chelsea Handler's comedy special "Uganda Be Kidding Me" will premiere halfway through the month. The special is part of a reported $10 million contract the comedienne signed with the streaming service earlier this year.

Here's what you should check out on Netflix in October:

TV

"Arrow" season 2 (Available 10/8)
The release date was pushed back until this month, but if you still want to catch up before tuning into season three, here's your chance.

"Sons of Anarchy" season 6 (Available 10/25)
The final season of FX's series is already underway, but now you can relive the last season without paying for the disc set.

Chelsea Handler's "Uganda Be Kidding Me" special (Available 10/10)
It's not technically a show, nor is it a movie, so we'll mention it here. Netflix spent a reported $10 million on Handler so it's worth checking out to see if the comedienne was a wise investment for the streaming site.

Movies

"Domestic Disturbance" (available 10/1)
Vince Vaughn stars one of his early dramatic roles as a husband with a secret identity. 

"Finding Forrester" (available 10/1)
Sean Connery mentors a young writer in this classic which also features a young Anna Paquin.

"Kramer vs Kramer" (available 10/1)
One of two Oscar-winning Dustin Hoffman performances on this list in which he fights Meryl Streep in a custody battle.

"Rescue Dawn" (available 10/1)
Before he was Batman, Christian Bale was fighting for his life in a torture camp in Vietnam.

"Romeo + Juliet" (available 10/1)
Often the cool version kids will substitute for reading the actual Shakespearean play, it's young Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes longing for love on the streets of Verona Beach with guns in place of swords.

"Sleepless in Seattle" (available 10/1)
Tom Hanks. Meg Ryan. What else is there to say?

"Shivers" (available 10/1)
If you're looking for a scare, "Shivers" is the first film from horror master David Cronenberg ("The Fly") described by Netflix as following "bloodthirsty, wormlike parasites" who attack a woman in a bathtub in one moment.

"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (available 10/21) 
This is a must watch if you need a refresher before the sequel, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part I," comes out in November. It's the movie everyone will be talking about this fall.

"Django Unchained" (available 10/25)— If you haven't seen Quentin Tarantino's latest Oscar winner, watch this one for the onscreen tension between Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz. 

"Rain Man" (available 10/31)
Don't get too excited for Dustin Hoffman's Oscar-winning performances yet. You'll have to wait until Halloween for this one. We're sad, too.

Need a bigger selection? Here's the full list of October releases:

Available 10/1

"Annie" (1982)
"Annie: A Royal Adventure" (1995)
"Bad Johnson" (2014)
"Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" (2003)
"Chicken Run" (2000)
"Domestic Disturbance" (2001)
"Ernest Saves Christmas" (1988)
"Finding Forrester" (2000)
"Galaxy Quest" (1999)
"Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series"
"Hit!" (1973)
"Hostages" Season 1
"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" (2001)
"Kramer vs. Kramer" (1979)
"My Father the Hero" (1994)
"Paths of Glory" (1957)
"Please Subscribe: A Documentary About YouTubers" (2013)
"Rescue Dawn" (2006)
"Romeo + Juliet" (1996)
"Shadow of the Vampire" (2000)
"Shane" (1953)
"Sleepless in Seattle" (1993)
"Shivers" (1975)
"The Phantom of the Opera" (1989)
"Team America: World Police" (2004)
"Three Fugitives" (1989)
"Tombstone" (1993)
"The Wedding Planner" (2001)

Available 10/2

"Carrie" (2013)
"Reign" Season 1
"Under the Electric Sky: EDC 2013" (2014)
"The Vampire Diaries" Season 5

Available 10/3

"The Originals" Season 1

Available 10/4

"The Boxcar Children" (2013)

Available 10/6

"Little Man" (2006)

Available 10/7

"Hart of Dixie" Season 3
"In a World ..." (2013)
"Raising Hope" Season 4
"Supernatural" Season 9
"The Following" Season 2

Available 10/8

"Arrow" Season 2
"Jay Mohr: Funny for a Girl"

Available 10/9

"A Long Way Down" (2014)
"The Tomorrow People" Season 1

Available 10/10

"Chelsea Handler: Uganda Be Kidding Me" (2014)

Available 10/11

"Breathe In" (2013)
"Heatstroke" (2013)
"Swelter" (2014)
"Why Stop Now" (2012)

Available 10/14

"Witching and Bitching" (2013)

Available 10/15

"Stay" (2013)
"Tim Minchin and the Heritage Orchestra Live" (2011)

Available 10/16

"Cowgirls n' Angels" (2012)

Available 10/18

"Last Man Standing" Season 3
"Liberal Arts" (2012)

Available 10/21

"Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn"

Available 10/22

"E-Team" (2014)
"The 100" Season 1
"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" (2013)

Available 10/23

"Freakshow" Season 2

Available 10/25

"The Carrie Diaries" Season 2
"Django Unchained" (2012)
"Sons of Anarchy" Season 6

Available 10/28

"Bound by Flesh" (2012)

Available 10/31

"Before I Go to Sleep" (2014)
"Rain Man" (1988)

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There was a time, believe it or not, that no one had ever heard of Sofia Vergara.

Then the 2009-10 TV season arrived. And suddenly she was everywhere: Selling soft drinks, killing people in “Machete,” standing on an actual pedestal at the Emmys, and of course starring on ABC's biggest comedy, “Modern Family.”

Even with viewership down from decades past, TV still has the power to make superstars. And one of the names below could be the next one. Is it Hudson Yang, the child of a Wall Street Journal reporter chosen to star in “Fresh Off the Boat?” The lead character in “Jane the Virgin,” Gina Rodriguez? Alfred Enoch, who plays a law student willing to do almost anything on “How to Get Away With Murder?”

We don't know. It could be none of them. Or all of them. 

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Patina Miller, “Madam Secretary”

Soap opera fans might know Miller as Erica Kane's television producer on “All My Children.”

The actress — who'll appear as Commander Paylor in both “Mockingjay” installments of the “Hunger Games” movie franchise — will play Daisy Grant, press coordinator to Tea Leoni's Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord.

Suraj Sharma, “Homeland”

After anchoring an Oscar-winning film — “Life of Pi” — all by himself, Suraj Sharma is joining the legions of actors who have turned to TV.

He'll play a medical student who crosses paths with Claire Danes‘ Carrie Mathison as Showtime's CIA thriller sends her overseas to Pakistan.

Gina Rodriguez, “Jane the Virgin”

It takes a lead actress of rare charm and presence to get an audience to go along with a storyline as outrageous as this one: After years of holding on to her virginity, Jane is accidentally artificially inseminated.

Rodriguez is funny and empathetic in what could be a star-making performance. The role will finally introduce her to audiences who haven't yet checked her out in 2012 Sundance hit “Filly Brown.”

Chris Pratt opened the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live” by exclaiming that he was so excited to be hosting the show.

"I've always felt such a connection to this show, a lot of that is because when I dropped out of college and moved to Hawaii, I literally lived in a van down by the river," he explained, referencing the famous Chris Farley sketch.

Pratt went on to comment of his recent weight loss, saying, "This summer I was in a little movie called 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' for which I lost 60 pounds. I found this great way to get in shape — it's called the 'Hey fatass, get into shape so you can be in my movie' diet. It actually works really well."

Pratt then picked up a guitar and started singing a song about himself, the weightloss (and gain), and his wife, actress Anna Faris.

"Home's where the heart is and mine's right there," he sang, "It belongs to the hottie in the audience right there. Her name is Anna Faris, she's hosted twice, we had sex... and a baby popped out."

Watch Pratt's full, funny opening monologue and song below:

SEE ALSO: The Incredible Story Of How Chris Pratt Got His Big Break While Living In A Scooby Doo Van In Maui

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Now that AMC has moved The Walking Dead spinoff project to pilot, more information about the potential series has emerged, and that comes in the form of a list of principal characters and some descriptions, which fill in some of the sizable blanks about this project. There are five characters listed, but it's definitely worth noting that there are only three different last names among them. 

We have TVLine to thank for the following list, which breaks down five of the characters populating The Walking Dead companion series pilot...

SEAN CABRERA: A Latino male in his early 40s, Sean is a good man trying to do right by everyone in his life.

CODY CABRERA: Sean’s whip-smart and rebellious teenage son. Known as the angriest kid in town.

NANCY TOMPKINS: A thirtysomething single mom to two kids, Nancy looks like the girl next door, but there’s an edge to her.

NICK TOMPKINS: Nancy’s screwed up teenage son. He’s too old to stay home, too scared to flee

ASHLEY TOMPKINS: Nancy’s mostly level-headed teenage daughter. Her ambition is in direct proportion to her older brother’s failures. She loves her mom but it’s time to get out of Dodge.

ANDREA CHAPMAN: A somewhat wilted flower child, fortysomething Andrea — yep, another Andrea! — has retreated to the outskirts of the city to recover after a horrible marriage.

So there are two families and one "somewhat wilted flower child" among this group. Are there traces of Rick and Carl in that father-son duo? The mention of kids in general comes with a side of foreboding, given the fate of some of the younger characters in The Walking Dead. 

Beyond the general descriptions, their mentioned situations and motivations all seem to center around one location. Talk of "angriest kid in town,""outskirts of the city,""too scared to flee" and "get out of Dodge" implies that these characters are situated somewhere, as opposed to Rick's nomadic group. Of course, if the project does move forward, it's entirely possible that whoever survives the pilot will be on the move eventually. 

Last fall, Robert Kirkman spoke with IGN about the spinoff and how exciting it was to get to start over again. He confirmed that it'll be set in the same world as the characters of The Walking Dead, but said that it would be a "really different location with completely different people." 

And there was also talk of the project being a prequel of sorts, meaning that it would bring the story back to when the zombie apocalypse was just kicking off. That certainly would fall in line with the description we're seeing above, if it's a matter of people deciding whether or not to stay or go. And it would be great to see a different perspective on the start of all this, especially considering Rick was kind of comatose during the start of the outbreak. 

The list of principal characters may be an indication that casting is underway, or will be soon. It'll be very interesting to see who's brought on board to star in this pilot. And hopefully those eventual casting updates will offer us a bit more to go on in terms of the plot. 

SEE ALSO: Actress Emily Kinney Got Her Big Break As A Singer In 'The Walking Dead'

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Last October, Al Jean, the executive producer "The Simpsons," told reporters during a conference call that the writers were "working on a script where a character will pass away."

At the time, Jean said it was a major character and hinted that "the actor playing the character won an Emmy" for the role. Since then, fans have been intensely speculating who would be killed off the show.

After nearly a year of anxious speculation, "The Simpsons" finally said goodbye to someone during Sunday's season 26 premiere.

Despite rumors that Krusty the Clown would be the "Simpsons" character to say farewell, it was a less major character — his father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski — who ended up being sent to “Jewish Heaven." Comedian Jackie Mason, 83, had voiced the Rabbi Krustofski character since 1991 and won an Emmy for it in 1992.

But fans felt the minor character's death was a letdown after a "major death" had previously been teased.

Many took to Twitter Sunday to express their frustration after the episode aired:

#RIP Krusty's Dad, no one cares, let's move on! #TheSimpsons

— TheBrianMo (@TheBrianMo) September 29, 2014

Rabbi Krustovsky (Krusty the Clown's dad) died. He was one of my guesses. Now it happened. I'm underwhelmed. #TheSimpsons

— Michael Oleaga (@EditorMikeO) September 29, 2014

Sooooo Krusty's father the rabbi died. I expected more of a bigger role character. #TheSimpsons

— Rashawn Rezwan (@King_doubleR) September 29, 2014

On Facebook, fan reacton varied:

"Simpsons" EP Al Jean tweeted after the episode:

.@thesimpsons#everysimpsonsever And thx to world wide media for rampant over speculation and blatant misinformation. It worked like a charm!

— Al Jean (@AlJean) September 29, 2014

.@thesimpsons#EverySimpsonsEver Kudos to the many who put together our 3 easy clues and guessed who dies. Also V important: his last word

— Al Jean (@AlJean) September 29, 2014

The rabbi's last word was "Eh," in response to what he thought of Krusty’s comedy.

Jean elaborated to The Hollywood Reporter :

"It was something that we did not plan in any way as a possible event. I had suggested that we do an episode where Krusty's father passes away and the last word he says to Krusty is, 'eh.' I thought it would be funny and sad to deal with that being the last thing your father says to you. The whole thing has been pretty funny in the way that people took something that was not intended to be a brainteaser and completely tied themselves into a knot and then wouldn't believe it when someone told them the truth."

As for the wild fan speculation leading up to the season premiere, Jean told THR:

"I was doing an interview where they asked what episodes we had coming up and I said, 'Well, a character dies and the actor who played the character won an Emmy for that portrait,' and that turned into this huge puzzle. People all over the world were trying and are trying to solve still this mystery."

But Jean assured fans that one "Simpsons" character isn't going anywhere: "I'd lose my job in two seconds if I killed Homer; nothing is happening to him, trust me!"

SEE ALSO: 15 Images From The Upcoming 'Simpsons'-'Family Guy' Crossover

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We know Bill Hader as one of the funniest and most successful cast members in the history of Saturday Night Live. Once upon a time, however, he was just the new guy on the long-running sketch comedy show.

No one including Bill Hader was quite sure whether or not he’d even make it on the show, except apparently, Dan Aykroyd who predicted the young comedian’s entire future. 

The weird prophecy happened after just the third episode Bill Hader was on all the way back in 2005. Apparently noticing his potential, Dan Aykroyd, who was in town and watched the show, took the cast member aside and proceeded to map out how his entire career on Saturday Night Live would go. 

Here’s how Hader told it to FastCoCreate… 

“(Aykroyd) said, ‘Here's what's going to happen: your first couple years, you're going to be on unsteady ground, you're going to think you're gonna be fired at any moment, and the audience will not know you. It’s your job to get the audience to know you and like you. Then the audience will know you, you'll go out to your mark and get a little applause break because they know you, then you can start doing weird things and they'll go with you. You'll do that for a couple years and get to a place where you're just clocking in. You'll get to a place where you come in, do your impression, do your character, play a game show host, do whatever's needed of you, do it really well--you're a pro at it--and then you clock out and go home.’ He said, ‘Once you know you're just clocking in, though, it's time to leave.’ And that's exactly how it went.”

For those of you who don’t follow Saturday Night Live that closely, that is Bill Hader’s career trajectory exactly. He spent his first few years kicking his tires, playing in the background and desperately trying to make his mark. As other people left and he got more comfortable, the writers started looking to him for more. Eventually, he became a star on the show and started giving the world weirdo characters like Stefon. Pretty soon, he was in damn near every sketch each week, playing things like game show hosts, before he finally decided to bail. 

Because of the incredible fame fellow early cast members like Bill Murray, John Belushi and Chevy Chase received, Dan Aykroyd is often overlooked, at least when it comes to conversations about the all-time greats.

That’s a shame too because in many ways he was actually more valuable. Unlike the other three, he was just as brilliant in supporting roles as he was in carrying individual sketches. If a writer needed him to play a straight man whose sole job was to make everyone else look good, he would do that. If the sketch was designed around him, he could do that too. He was selfless in that way, and the entire history of the show doesn’t boast many people like that. It’s not surprising he could peg Hader, however, since, along with Phil Hartman, they’re probably the three best ever at the balancing act. 

SEE ALSO: Chris Pratt Opens SNL Season Premiere With A Funny Song About Himself

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After "Guardians of the Galaxy"killed it at the box office this summer, "Saturday Night Live" used host Chris Pratt to mock the success of Marvel films, joking that they do well no matter what the storyline.

In a parody movie trailer, "SNL" notes how Marvel "can’t fail" and teases a few ridiculous new films, both real and fake.

"Next summer, we're releasing 'Ant-Man,' about a guy who talks to ants! What? Yeah!"

"We don't even need comic books anymore, we made a superhero by pointing at a bunch of different random words in the dictionary."

"You're going to fall in love with Marvel's 'Creatures of the Cosmos' — a pastry chef, a Harlem Globe Trotter, an alien real estate sign spinner, a dude dressed as Grimace, and an office chair."

"And check out this bold move — we took the first four people we found on a city bus and made a movie with them! We dare you not to see... Marvel's 'Bus People.'"

"Get ready for the spin-off, Marvel's 'Pam.' Pam doesn't matter, she will make $3 billion dollars...

"And so will Marvel's 'Fancy Ghosts.'"

"And 'Some Fancy Shopping Carts.'"

"And 'Pam 2: Winter Pam.'"

"And Marvel's 'Star Wars.'"

Watch the full, funny movie trailer below:

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It really is quite surprising just how respected the art of television has become. There was once a time when those who plied their trade on the big screen – whether in front of or behind the camera – avoided working on the small screen like the plague. Going from film to TV was seen as a clear step down and a sign that one’s career was on the decline. That’s certainly not the case today, as critically acclaimed dramas like Breaking Bad, True Detective, House of Cards, Game of Thrones, and Hannibal have served to make the TV world as prestigious a place to work as any Hollywood film set.

With that said, it’s hardly a surprise that yet another powerhouse filmmaker is preparing to carve their niche into the TV drama landscape. David Fincher – director of films like Fight Club and The Social Network – has signed on to helm the entire first season of the upcoming HBO drama Utopia.

For those unaware, Utopia will be a remake of an action-thriller series of the same name that airs on the U.K.’s Channel 4. The plot of both shows concerns a group of people that come into possession of the unpublished sequel to an underground graphic novel called “The Utopia Experiments.” That book is said to have predicted countless disasters, and the sequel may very well do the same. Unfortunately, a shadowy collective known as The Network has reason to ensure that these catastrophes take place as scheduled and will stop at nothing to retrieve the sequel’s manuscript and silence its possessors.

The U.K. version of Utopia has aired two six-episode seasons so far, and has yet to be officially canceled or renewed for a third. HBO, on the other hand, hasn’t announced how many episodes Utopia’s first stateside season will consist of. Utopia marks Fincher’s second creative collaboration with author Gillian Flynn, who penned the novel that Fincher’s forthcoming film Gone Girl is based on.

While Fincher began his career by directing dozens of music videos, his only prior experience working in the TV drama realm is helming the first two episodes of Netflix’s aforementioned House of Cards. Directing the entirety of Utopia season 1 represents a kind of project that the iconoclastic auteur has never  before attempted. The production is expected to consume nearly all of Fincher’s time in 2015, and the director has yet to make up his mind as to what his next film will be afterward.

With Fincher serving as both an executive producer and personally directing every episode, Utopia may end up being audiences’ most direct peek into the man’s complex mind to date. Constructing and visually telling a story over the course of a few hours is one thing. Overseeing the development of a full TV season should present a maverick director like Fincher the chance to spread his creative wings and make sure every detail is exactly the way he envisions it.

That approach seems to be working out well for fellow auteur Steven Soderbergh, who is currently enjoying a successful run on Cinemax’s The Knick. If things go well for Fincher, we may truly have a trend on our hands.

Utopia is slated to begin shooting in 2015, but has no current premiere date.

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One of this fall’s most-anticipated shows, 10-part miniseries “Gracepoint,” brings together two big television names — David Tennant, who has gained a big following for his time on BBC series “Doctor Who,” and Emmy-winning “Breaking Bad” actress Anna Gunn. 

The series is based off of UK hit “Broadchurch,” surrounding the mysterious death of a young boy and the subsequent police investigation that ensues in a small town. The series has received a lot of critical acclaim praising not only Tennant's dark performance as a detective inspector, but also stand out Olivia Colman who plays his colleague Ellie Miller.

Tennant will reprise his leading role in the American version of the show, so it appears Gunn has some big shoes to fill. 

However it was Tennant who said on a recent Fox conference call he was nervous to do the series all over again with another actress. 

“That relationship, as it was in Broadchurch, is very much one of the central structures to Gracepoint. A lot of that is defined by the relationship you can build up as actors,” explains Tennant. “I was very nervous, especially having done this show before, and that relationship worked very well with the wonderful Olivia Colman, who plays Miller in 'Broadchurch.' I was nervous, of course, turning up on day one to meet Anna, because we had so much to do together, that relationship was so important to get right.” 

The American adaptation is two episodes longer than the British version, but the "Broadchurch" veteran didn’t have anything to worry about with the "Breaking Bad" actress. 

“She just turned out to be a proper actress, someone who was committed to getting it right, who was open, who was easy to work with, who you could also have a laugh with, who you could throw anything at her and she would respond,” says Tennant. “That's just the kind of relationship, the kind of professional relationship that you always hope for.”   

“It was a huge relief and then a great joy to work with her throughout the ten episodes,” he added. “Everyone who knows her work knows how talented she is.  I was very chuffed to get to play alongside and also get to know her offset as well.”   

“Gracepoint” premieres on Fox October 2 at 9 p.m. Watch a preview below.

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Season 2 can often times be a make-or-break moment for a television series. Sure, you've been brought back after a good-enough first season, but what have you done for viewers lately?

This fall sees the return of Fox's “Sleepy Hollow,” ABC's “The Goldbergs,” and NBC's “Chicago PD.” Each series still has some proving to do before fans and critics alike fully embrace them. It's a tall order but it's possible, as proven by these 8 TV shows that took off in their sophomore seasons after experiencing a less than perfect first year run.

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NBC's "Hannibal" had critical buzz but low ratings in its first season.

With a classic procedural set up in its first season, “Hannibal” came back ready to take fans deep into Will Graham and Dr. Lecter's relationship. Gone was the weak killer-of-the-week format. It was time to turn “Hannibal” into the drama it needed to be if it wanted to survive on television.

Season 1 was met with some critical buzz but ratings were less than stellar. After getting NBC's stamp of approval with a renewal, “Hannibal's” second season featured deeper story while still offering even more murder.

HBO's "Veep" didn't become as funny until the show's second season.

HBO's political satire became a hit right out of the gate, garnering mostly positive reviews from critics and an Emmy win for Julia Louis-Dreyfus. But many questioned if the first season of “Veep” struck only a single note.

“Meyer was simply too pathetic in that first season,” wrote Slate's David Weigel. VP Selina Meyer was always a bridesmaid, never a president. With the start of the second season though, the Armando Iannucci-helmed series saw Meyer winning for once as she scores major points while stumping for candidates in the midterm elections.

The insult comedy that fans came to love in Season 1 was still readily available in Season 2 but the one-liners went from blue to solid gold in the series’ sophomore season and made “Veep” an easy choice as one of the funniest shows on television.

Showtime's "Ray Donovan" became more realistic in the series’ sophomore season.

The Showtime series’ second season will come to a close Sunday, but “Ray Donovan” fans have already deemed the last 11 episodes as a major improvement from the show's freshman year.

Jon Voight is a powerhouse, giving a performance that will undoubtedly earn him his second Emmy nomination — and he might just win it next year.

“Donovan” also earned its highest ratings in Season 2 with the upcoming finale having the potential to boost that bench mark even higher. The grittiness of the family struggle following Boston's church sex abuse scandal remains in Season 2, but with the heightened realism that was often times lacking in Season 1.

You can never get too attached to any character on AMC’s zombie series “The Walking Dead.” You never know when one of your favorite actors may get killed off. 

Series creator Robert Kirkman has said no character, no matter how popular, is ever safe.

Warning: If you’re not caught up with season 4, there are spoilers ahead. 

Business Insider recently spoke with actress Emily Kinney, who plays the character Beth Greene on the series. Beth lost her father, Hershel (Scott Wilson), not to zombies in season 4, but brutally at the hands of a merciless, vengeful, one-eyed Governor in a shocking season 4 moment.

Hershel acted not only as a mentor to the young survivors, but also as a doctor and farmer as the group helped rebuild their lives during the apocalypse.

That changed when Hershel was abruptly taken prisoner by the show's villainous Governor (David Morrissey) and killed in front of his on-screen family.

Kinney tells Business Insider it was a tough moment on set.  

“The hardest thing about season 4 was losing Scott Wilson, because he became so much of you know a father figure to me and Lauren [Cohen] in real life," Kinney said, "and to not have his energy on set was really, really difficult. Luckily, he came to my birthday party like, "We’ll still see each other."

As revealed on “The Talking Dead,” the companion talk show that airs after “The Walking Dead," the cast and crew will get together after any character’s passing on the series to hold what Kinney describes as “one last party” celebrating the actor’s time on the show. 

Appropriately, these events are called death dinners. 

“[It’s] one time where we can have dinner together and see each other outside the set,” Kinney says. “It’s something we definitely did for Scott. It was really nice.” 

Kinney says losing Scott on the series was a bittersweet moment.  

“It was so hard losing him, but you do realize when someone’s in your life in that way they hopefully … you can pick up anytime and see them again.”  

SEE ALSO: How Emily Kinney got her big singing break while performing on "The Walking Dead"

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