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EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Orion Classics has snapped up the worldwide rights to Jim Cummings’ horror thriller The Wolf of Snow Hollow for an October 9 day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release. The pic reps Cummings’ follow-up to his SXSW Grand Jury Award- and Deauville Grand Prix Award-lauded feature Thunder…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. The reminders from the Television Academy are now coming fast and furious. Online voting for the 72nd annual Emmy Awards ends Monday night at 10 p.m. PT. On Thursday, the Academy set loose governors from various branches to guilt you into voting…

There was a distinctly disturbing hookup on Sunday’s midseason return of The Walking Dead and a poignant cameo on the long-overdue season premiere of Better Call Saul. All of which saw AMC's two heaviest hitters back with improved ratings from their last outings. Now, with a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49 and 3.5…

Apple TV+ has released the first trailer for its Amazing Stories, the five-episode reboot/reimagining of Steven Spielberg’s 1980s anthology series that is now on target to hit the Apple streamer March 6. Developed by Universal TV and Amblin Television, Amazing Stories was one of the first original series projects…

When Oscar-nominated actor Robert Forster passed away on Oct. 11, the day his last film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, was released, he left behind one more project he had completed before his death, Apple TV+’s Amazing Stories. Foster stars in an episode of the upcoming reimagining of Steven Spielberg’s 1980s…

Seven years ago, Breaking Bad creator/executive producer Vince Gilligan cast Robert Forster in an episode from the final batch of episodes of his AMC series as the laconic Ed, a man of many trades. The character popped, and years later, Gilligan brought him back in his El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. The film debuted…

In television, the TV series role Robert Forster is probably best known for is in starring turn in David Lynch’s 2017 Twin Peaks revival. It was 25 years in the making. Oscar-nominated Forster, who died Friday at age 78, revealed in 2016 that Lynch had approached him to co-star in the original 1990 Twin Peaks series…

Tim Allen paid tribute Saturday to his former Last Man Standing co-star Robert Forster, who died Friday at age 78. “So very sad at Robert’s passing, he was a gift to me personally and a emotional part of our show. Prayers and condolences to his beautiful wife and family,” Allen tweeted. So very sad at Roberts…

Director Quentin Tarantino, who directed Robert Forster in his Academy Award-nominated role of Max Cherry in Jackie Brown, remember the late actor today as a “straight shooter” and “good man.” "Today the world is left with one less gentlemen,” said Tarantino. “One less square shooter. One less good man. One less…

Actor Robert Forster died on Friday, the day his latest film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, was released on Netflix and in select theaters.  In Vince Gilligan’s sequel to Breaking Bad, Forster reprised a memorable character he’d introduced in a guest stint during the original series’ fifth season. In an emotional…

Hollywood mourned the death of actor Robert Forster today, remembering him as a consummate professional who brought magic to his screen portrayals while retaining a warm, human touch in his everyday interactions. "Our hearts go out to Robert and his family,” Breaking Bad and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie producer…

Robert Forster, an Academy Award nominee for his work as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, died at his Los Angeles home today following a brief battle with brain cancer. His death was confirmed by his family and representatives. Forster appeared in more than 100 films, including his latest, El Camino: A B…