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This is Day 109 of the WGA strike and Day 36 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

The WGA and SAG-AFTRA teamed up for its first bicoastal picket in Los Angeles and New York on Friday, and Latino Hollywood showed up in droves.

At Warner Bros. in Los Angeles, more than 2,000 actors, writers and supporters hit the sidewalks as temperatures hit the high-80s. Salsa and Bachata music blasted through the speakers near Gates 2 and 3 as patient strike captains including Vida star Chelsea Rendon, kept everyone moving safely. One captain was overheard saying, “You have to keep moving, but you don’t have to stop dancing!” And so they did.

On the scene outside of Warner Bros today...

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day is the paranormal horror film The Last Possession. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article

The Last Possession had its initial release very recently; it just reached the Terror Films Channel, VOD, and Digital back in March. Directed by Dan Riddle from a screenplay by Greg Shouse, the film tells the following story: Out of options after a foreclosure, Kent Peroni is forced to move his wife, Stephanie, nine-year old son, Jack, and six-year-old daughter, Gabby into the home where his estranged father committed suicide years ago. Once there, the young family begins to notice strange events around the house,...

Stars: Stephen Brodie, Cassie Shea Watson, Lourelle Jensen, Sawyer Bell, Tom Proctor, Patricia Rae | Written by Greg Shouse | Directed by Dan Riddle

As The Last Possession opens financial problems have forced Kent Peroni, his wife Stephanie and their two kids Jack and Gabby (Lourelle Jensen) to move into the house Kent’s father Roger left him. Roger was a violent drunk up until the day he killed himself and going back there is the last thing Kent wants.

It doesn’t help that they’ve barely moved in when an earthquake rattles the area and opens up a strange hole in the backyard. It doesn’t take long before more strange things start happening and Gabby is seeing her grandfather’s ghost.

Writer Greg Shouse and director Dan Riddle (Technically Crazy) start The Last Possession off like a typical haunted house film. A family under stress, a house full of bad memories,...

Exclusive: Management and production company Stride Management has added DaVida Chanel Smith as a new manager.

Smith’s clients include Annie Ilonzeh; Daniel Kyri (Chicago Fire); Natasha Marc; Patricia Rae (All Rise); Rachel True; Rickey Eugene Brown (Untitled Lakers Project) and John Kassir (Tales From The Crypt).

“DaVida represents so much of what we look to embody here at Stride. She’s a special representative who has impeccable taste for emerging and established artists, a fierce desire to champion their unique voices across multiple verticals, and her unconquerable optimism lifts everyone lucky enough to be around her. We are proud to have her here at Stride.” said Matt Shelton, Stride Founding Partner.

Smith becomes the 10th manager at the boutique company. She is a member of Women in Film, Diverse Representation and the Television Academy.

Shout! Factory, a leading multi- platform entertainment company, has acquired the North American rights to Bloodsucking Bastards, a vampire comedy-horror feature directed by Brian James O'Connell and penned by the comedy troupe Dr. God from an original script by Ryan Mitts. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory's founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, and the producers of the film, Fortress Features founders Brett Forbes and Patrick Rizzotti, and Maybe This Year (Mty) Productions founder Brandon Evans. In this picture deal, Shout! Factory secured exclusive North American rights to Bloodsucking Bastards, including theatrical, home entertainment, digital distribution and broadcast for cross-platform releases in the U.S. and Canada. Here's what Jordan Fields, Associate Vice President of Acquisitions.

"Dr. God has made a gem of a horror comedy that fans will be quoting for years to come. It has the broad appeal of a mainstream hit, but the...

An Office Space meets Shaun of the Dead action-packed vampire comedy, Bloodsucking Bastards stars Fran Kranz as Evan Sanders, a dutiful and overworked employee stuck at a soul-killing corporation with his beautiful co-worker and girlfriend Amanda (Emma Fitzpatrick) and his slacker best friend Tim (Joey Kern). Evan's world begins to crumble when Amanda dumps him and his boss Ted (Joel Murray) hands his coveted promotion to his nemesis Max (Pedro Pascal).

When his officemates start going through disturbing changes and bodies begin to pile up, Evan must find a way to stop the evil brewing amidst the cubicles and water coolers, win back Amanda, and rescue his workplace pals before his life and career go from dead-end...To just dead.

Bloodsucking Bastards will serve as the opening night film for this year's Slamdance festival, which coincides with Sundance in Park City. We have the first trailer and poster for you,...

Fortress Features (The Collector, The Collection, The Hunted ) is in pre-production on the indie flick Bloodsucking Bastards, directed by Brian James O’Connell, and the first casting news has arrived.

Fran Kranz (pictured, The Cabin in the Woods) stars alongside Pedro Pascal and Yvette Yates. Joel Murray, Joey Kern, Patricia Rae, Emma Fitzpatrick, and Parvesh Cheena co-star.

According to the Tracking Board, the horror comedy was pitched as “The Office” meets Shaun of the Dead.

Synopsis:

A down-on-his-luck cubicle worker must deal with the horrible reality that everyone in his office is turning into vampires.

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For his last film Matthew Spradlin combined The Breakfast Club with a slasher in Bad Kids Go to Hell. The cool thing? It actually worked! On tap right now is the trailer premiere for his latest project, a short called The Social Contract! Dig it!

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Integrated Arts & Media and Emr Media have finally unleashed the highly anticipated first trailer to support their latest production, The Social Contract, directed by Matthew Spradlin (Bad Kids Go to Hell), written by award-winning writer Carlito Rodriguez (The Tony Story), and starring Dominican Republic actress Katherine Castro (El Gallo).

The drama thriller, co-starring Patricia Rae (The Big Wedding), Phillip DeVona (Ride Along), Hector Hank (The Iceman), and the youngest cast member at six years old, child actor Alexander James Rodriguez (All Stars), The Social Contract is a fast-paced action thriller following "The Woman’s" (Katherine Castro) dark and violent past until...

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 13, 2013

Price: DVD $19.98, Blu-ray $24.99

Studio: Lionsgate

Susan Sarandon (ctr.) comes between Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro--for a moment--in The Big Wedding.

Robert De Niro (Limitless) and Diane Keaton (Morning Glow) star in the romantic comedy The Big Wedding, which received awful reviews from the critics, but certainly doesn’t lack in the big-name co-star department.

When the long-divorced Don (De Niro) and Ellie (Keaton) are forced to reunite to play the happy couple for their adopted son’s (Ben Barnes, The Words) wedding weekend, anything can happen. After learning his biological mother (Patricia Rae) is unexpectedly flying halfway across the world for the event, the duo must work together to convince her they are still happily married, much to the amusement of their adult children and friends.

Written and directed by Justin Zackham (The Bucket List), the R-rated movie co-stars Susan Sarandon (Arbitrage), Robin Williams...

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

At some weddings, more than a handful of guests forcibly feign joy at their friend or family member’s matrimony, aware that any outpouring of adverse sentiment – however justifiable – would paint them as a blasphemously selfish anomaly within an aura of exultation. Those with a grudge to bear assume a mask to layer over any underlying misgivings or tensions, thus avoiding any unwelcome disputes. Movie weddings, however, rarely go off without a hitch. There are always secrets to be told, never untold. It’s only fitting, then, that those with the most skeletons in The Big Wedding are central to the wedding aisle, and whose voices carry to the farthest pew.

Being that this star-studded remake of the 2006 French film Mon frère se marie has added an adjective to its original title of The Wedding, it’s evident that director Justin Zackham believes the idiom that bigger is indeed better.

Director: Justin Zackham; Screenwriter: Justin Zackham; Starring: Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon; Running time: 89 mins; Certificate: 15

Despite an A-List line-up, The Big Wedding feels small in many ways. One can only assume there was a big fat paycheck involved for the likes of Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon and Diane Keaton to negotiate a script with such lack of ambition, laughs and insight. But then, the runtime does force them to drag out a story that could have been ripped from a sitcom.

The desperation is evident early on when Ellie (Keaton) lets herself into the home of ex-husband Don (De Niro) and is forced to endure the spectacle of his head disappearing up the skirt of his second wife Bebe (Sarandon). To make the situation ickier, it gradually becomes apparent that Bebe was once Ellie's best friend, but they've somehow managed to stay on amicable terms.

The Great Gatsby has the glitz and The Big Wedding a banquet hall full of stars, but only one film has People's critic jazzed. Here's what to see, what to skip and what to seek out this weekend at the movies. See This:•The Great Gatsby:Oh look, a disco ball exploded all over the Jazz Age! Of course director Baz Luhrmann's take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic is an overstuffed, overblown mess (in 3-D, no less), but what are you gonna do - not be part of the conversation surrounding the buzziest movie of the weekend? Besides,...

The Big Wedding

Starring Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Amanda Seyfried, and Robin Williams

Directed by Justin Zackham

Rated R

When you have a film with a talented group led by Robert De Niro you should expect something better than so-so. That’s not the case with The Big Wedding. The film has the appeal of a Nora Ephron film and the polish of a Lifetime movie. The characters aren’t likeable or even relatable and every one of their arcs is met with clichés. I didn’t have a terrible time with it but it’s not the film you should see in theaters, only on TV when it’s playing on TNT. Also, it's a waste of talent.

Don (De Niro) is the father of three children, Lyla (Katherine Heigl), Jared (Topher Grace) and Alejandro (Ben Barnes) who was adopted from Colombia.

The title of The Big Wedding refers to the impending marriage between Alejandro (Ben Barnes), a well-to-do Harvard graduate, and Missy (Amanda Seyfried), who is his longtime friend and a young woman who comes from a wealthy, white collar background. Alejandro realizes that, in order to secure the blessing of his biological mother (Patricia Rae) – a traditional Catholic from Colombia who is literally named Madonna – he will have to fib a little about the lifestyle of his adopted parents.

Problem is, Alejandro’s adopted dad Donald (Robert De Niro) and mom Ellie (Diane Keaton) got divorced over a decade ago, and Don has since lived with his girlfriend – and Ellie’s former best friend – Bebe (Susan Sarandon). So, in an effort to keep everything running smoothly, Bebe willingly volunteers to remove herself from the picture and let ...

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The Big Wedding

Directed by: Justin Zackham

Cast: Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Topher Grace, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes, Patricia Rae

Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: April 26, 2013

Plot: A former married couple (De Niro and Keaton) must pretend they are still together to impress their adopted son’s (Barnes) biological mother (Rae) when she comes into town for his wedding.

Who’S It For? Look at the names featured in this movie. “My, what a guest list!” The problem with this roster is that liking these actors is actually not a good reason to slap down dinero for De Niro et al. If you have affection for the likes of De Niro, Keaton, and Sarandon, this will be a painful experience (and some people do like movie pain). So, The Big Wedding: sadists only.

Expectations: The more people laughing on a poster,...

The trailer for writer/director Justin Zackham's The Big Wedding is now online and you can check it out in the player below! The ensemble comedy stars Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Ben Barnes, Christine Ebersole, David Rasche, Patricia Rae and Ana Ayora and follows a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world...

Check out the second poster for The Big Wedding, starring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Christine Ebersole, David Rasche, Patricia Rae and Ana Ayora. Lionsgate distributes the Two Ton Films and Millennium Films production directed and written by Justin Zackham, which opens on April 26th. The Big Wedding is an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the...

Check out the second poster for The Big Wedding, starring Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Christine Ebersole, David Rasche, Patricia Rae and Ana Ayora. Lionsgate distributes the Two Ton Films and Millennium Films production directed and written by Justin Zackham, which opens on April 26th. The Big Wedding is an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the...

When you have a cast list that boasts Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Amanda Seyfried, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes and more, you might reasonably expect something fairly funny and interesting. But then you remember that they’ve all got a dodgy movie or two on their collective CVs. So you'll have to make up your own mind about the trailer for The Big Wedding, which is online over at Apple.A knockabout family comedy / drama / farce, the film finds Amanda Seyfried’s Missy O’Connor all set to marry Alenjandro Griffin (Ben Barnes), a Colombian adopted by Don (De Niro) and Ellie (Keaton) when he was young. But Don and Ellie have long been divorced, and Don now lives with Bebe McBride (Sarandon), Ellie’s former best friend (former for obvious reasons).Then Alenjandro’s birth mother (Patricia Rae) arrives for the nuptials. Apparently...

Detachment Trailer. Tony Kaye‘s Detachment (2011) movie trailer stars Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks, Bryan Cranston, Lucy Liu, and Renée Felice Smith. Detachment‘s plot synopsis: “A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students as seen through the eyes of a substitute teacher.”

Can you say Mr. Holland’s Opus meets Dangerous Minds meets Boston Public?

Detachment also stars James Caan, Blythe Danner, Marcia Gay Harden, William Petersen, Tim Blake Nelson, Doug E. Doug, Josh Pais, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Sami Gayle, and Patricia Rae.

Watch the Detachment movie trailer and leave your thoughts on it in the comments section below. For more Detachment photos, videos, and information, visit our Detachment Page. Detachment will be released in Us theaters through Tribeca Film on March 16, 2012.

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Kyle Bornheimer has joined the ensemble cast of the Two Ton Films and Millennium Films comedy "Big Wedding."According to Variety, Lionsgate will open the film on Oct. 19, 2012.The cast includes Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Patricia Rae and Christa Campbell.Justin Zackham will direct from his own script.Zackham, who wrote the script for Rob Reiner's "The Bucket List," is producing through his Two Ton Films with partner Clay Pecorin, along with Richard Salvatore and Harry Ufland. Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort and Trevor Short will executive produce.The film centers on a long-divorced couple (De Niro and Keaton) that pretend to be married for the sake of their adopted son's...

Lionsgate has purchased domestic and U.K. distribution rights to the Two Ton Films and Millennium Films comedy "Big Wedding."According to Variety, the film will open domestically on Oct. 19, 2012.The ensemble cast includes Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes, Patricia Rae and Christa Campbell.Justin Zackham will direct from his own script.Zackham, who wrote the script for Rob Reiner's "The Bucket List," is producing through his Two Ton Films with partner Clay Pecorin, along with Richard Salvatore and Harry Ufland. Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort and Trevor Short will executive produce.The film centers on a long-divorced couple (De Niro and Keaton) that pretend to be married for the sake of their...

Christa Campbell has joined the cast of the Two Ton Films and Millennium Films comedy with the working title of "The Wedding."According to Variety, the film was previously titled "Gently Down the Stream."The ensemble cast includes Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Ben Barnes and Patricia Rae.Justin Zackham will direct from his own script.Zackham, who wrote the script for Rob Reiner's "The Bucket List," is producing through his Two Ton Films with partner Clay Pecorin, along with Richard Salvatore and Harry Ufland. Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort and Trevor Short will executive produce.The film centers on a long-divorced couple (De Niro and Keaton) that pretend to be married for the sake of...

Robin Williams is in talks to join the cast of the Two Ton Films and Millennium Films comedy with the working title of "The Wedding."According to Variety, the film was previously titled "Gently Down the Stream."The cast includes Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes and Patricia Rae.Justin Zackham will direct from his own script.Zackham, who wrote the script for Rob Reiner's "The Bucket List," is producing through his Two Ton Films with partner Clay Pecorin, along with Richard Salvatore and Harry Ufland. Avi Lerner, Danny Dimbort and Trevor Short will executive produce.The film centers on a long-divorced couple (De Niro and Keaton) that pretend to be married for the sake of their adopted...

Gently Down the Stream may cast Robin Williams with Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried. Robin Williams is currently in negotiations to join Justin Zackham's comedy as Father Monaghan, reports Variety. The indie film also includes Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes and Patricia Rae in the film which marks the directorial debut of writer Zackham (The Bucket List). In Gently Down the Stream, De Niro and Keaton play a couple who have been divorced for a while and now, for the sake of their adopted son's wedding as well as his very religious biological mother, pretend they are still married. They soon realize that acting the part isn't easy as issues from their past, present and future come apart for all to witness.

Gently Down the Stream may cast Robin Williams with Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried. Robin Williams is currently in negotiations to join Justin Zackham's comedy as Father Monaghan, reports Variety. The indie film also includes Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes and Patricia Rae in the film which marks the directorial debut of writer Zackham (The Bucket List). In Gently Down the Stream, De Niro and Keaton play a couple who have been divorced for a while and now, for the sake of their adopted son's wedding as well as his very religious biological mother, pretend they are still married. They soon realize that acting the part isn't easy as issues from their past, present and future come apart for all to witness.

Gently Down the Stream may cast Robin Williams with Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Amanda Seyfried. Robin Williams is currently in negotiations to join Justin Zackham's comedy as Father Monaghan, reports Variety. The indie film also includes Susan Sarandon, Ben Barnes and Patricia Rae in the film which marks the directorial debut of writer Zackham (The Bucket List). In Gently Down the Stream, De Niro and Keaton play a couple who have been divorced for a while and now, for the sake of their adopted son's wedding as well as his very religious biological mother, pretend they are still married. They soon realize that acting the part isn't easy as issues from their past, present and future come apart for all to witness.

We have couple of casting bits to bring you this Friday afternoon. First up, Robin Williams has joined writer/director Justin Zackham's (writer, The Bucket List) wedding comedy Gently Down the Stream. Williams brings another star to an already stellar cast that includes Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, and Katherine Heigl. Per Variety, the Oscar-winning actor will play the role of Father Monaghan in the pic that tells the story of a long-divorced couple (De Niro and Keaton) who pretend that they're still married for the sake of their adopted son's upcoming wedding. Rounding out the Gently Down the Stream cast are Susan Sarandon, Patricia Rae, and Ben Barnes. Production on the film is expected to begin this July. Speaking of Ben Barnes, The Chronicles of Narnia actor has signed on to star alongside Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore in the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures fantasy project The Seventh Son.

Amanda Brooks and Patricia Rae will star in Taking Charge, a feature that is intended as the first of a slate of projects from newly formed Vine Entertainment. Vine founder and CEO Gino Cabanas plans to use private capital to produce a series of low-budget features in various genres. "The Vine intends to challenge many of Hollywood's preconceived notions about indie outfits," Cabanas said. "The strength of our financing places us in a strong position to nurture the careers of talented writers, producers and directors as well as shepherd their projects from start to finish." Charge is scheduled to shoot next month in Arizona under the direction of Dick Fisher, who was the cinematographer, editor and one of the producers of The Brothers McMullen. The drama is described as a cautionary tale of a spoiled girl who takes matters into her own hands after she is cut off by her billionaire father. Brooks plays the girl, while Rae plays a paramedic. Brooks, repped by Paradigm, is filming the Walt Disney Co.'s Jodie Foster starrer Flightplan. Rae is repped by Brady, Brennan and Rich.