"The Mummy" dates back to the 1932 classic starring Boris Karloff, part of the original Universal Monsters franchise. The original spawned four additional installments into the 1940s. The final two starring Lon Chaney, Jr.

In the 1959, Hammer Film Productions, a British company, released the first in its series of "The Mummy," starring Christopher Lee and saw three additional films into the 1970s.

In 1999, Hollywood decided on a massive reboot loosely based on the original 1932 film. "The Mummy" starred Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz and grossed over $400 million. Two sequels were produced in 2001 and 2008 as well as the 2002 spin-off series "The Scorpion King" starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. "The Mummy" trilogy grossed over $1.4 billion.

Now "The Mummy" is back with a 2017 spin and stars Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe. "The Mummy" will be released on June 9, 2017.

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The folks behind the Indiana Jones-esque blockbuster third-person action "Uncharted" series are veterans of video game creation. The studio, Naughty Dog, goes all the way back to the first PlayStation console, having created the beloved "Crash Bandicoot" series.

Beyond those two (massive) game franchises, Naughty Dog is also responsible for the incredible, genre-pushing PlayStation game "The Last of Us." 

It's a game about the post-apocalypse, where you avoid zombie-like humans and discover that the real monsters are other human survivors. More seriously, it's the one about the emotional journey across the US starring Joel and Ellie:

"The Last of Us" is widely regarded as one of the best video games of the past decade, if not one of the best games ever made. It shows what can be done with the medium, blending interactivity with moral choice and artful storytelling. 

The game was already re-mastered once, moving the game from PlayStation 3 to the more widely-owned PlayStation 4. If you haven't already played it, do yourself a favor and play it. 

And maybe make a plan to do that sooner than later, because this past weekend Sony announced "The Last of Us: Part II" for the PlayStation 4.

The trailer debuted during Sony's annual "PlayStation Experience" fan event, this year held at Anaheim Convention Center. It was introduced as a "one more thing" during the event's introductory presentation. 

"There's one more special unveil we have for you tonight," Sony Interactive Entertainment chairman Shawn Layden said to attendees. "The game is in 'super early' development, but the team behind it wanted to share this with you guys today. This is from their updated engine, running on PS4. All I'm gonna say is thank you for coming, please enjoy."

As the trailer opens, it shows a beautiful forest. As the forest gives way to dilapidated cars and long-abandoned houses, a "Fireflies" symbol is shown on a stop sign (a militia group from the first game).

But the real focus here isn't the gorgeous woods — it's the guitar-playing lady who sings a beautiful and terrifying song.

That's Ellie, the teenage girl from the first game who's apparently become a guitar-playing lady. Joel from the first game also makes a momentary appearance, hinting at a return for the duo as protagonists in "Part II." 

There's no release date or window for the game — it's in "super early" development, remember? — but we'd guess holiday 2017 or spring 2018 as a potential launch window. Regardless of guesses, there's one certainty here: "The Last of Us: Part II" is going to be a PlayStation 4 exclusive.

Check out the full debut right here:

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Season one of "Westworld" has finally come to an end, and while one of the biggest reveals didn't come as that much of a surprise, there were plenty of other moments to get excited about. The hour and a half finale had lots of references to previous scenes and Easter eggs you may not have noticed.  These violent delights certainly had violent ends. 

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IMDb has released the top 10 stars visited on the site in 2016, and the list is a mix of obvious names and rising stars.

Out of the more than 250 million monthly unique visitors the site says it gets, "Suicide Squad" star Margot Robbie tops the list of people with the most pageviews.

Robbie also starred in "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" and "The Legend of Tarzan" this year.

Check out the most popular stars on IMDb in 2016 below: 

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10. Leonardo DiCaprio

Though he didn't have a movie out this year, the Oscar winner was still a hot name on the site this year.

9. Haley Bennett

Bennett was a breakout star this year, starring in "The Magnificent Seven" and "The Girl on the Train."

8. Daisy Ridley

Though between "Star Wars" movies, Ridley was still high on the search results.

After a period of buzz and mystery, former Bloomberg and Verge editor Josh Topolsky's new media venture, The Outline, has finally launched.

A reference point for The Outline pre-launch had been The New Yorker for millennials, or the digital age, which Topolsky had said "in some ways makes sense, and in a million ways doesn’t." But The Outline definitely has a commitment to reaching high-brow readers.

The content of the site will be a mix of deep, reported stories and "smart aggregation," Topolsky told The Wall Street Journal. What does that mean? One way is having a key quote from another publication's article, on top of a big picture, with a link out.

That all seems more or less what you might get from many aspiring new media publications.

But The Outline's presentation is more of a departure. Its website feels like a mixture between a print magazine and Snapchat's Discover section. It isn't a list of headlines, and there's a lot of "swiping" on mobile, versus scrolling, which Topolsky said is by design.

“You won’t see a feed on The Outline,” he told The Journal. “This is about the swipe not the scroll.”

Also, like Snapchat, it can feel initially overwhelming. The psychedelic design isn't intuitive, and you'll have to tinker around a bit to figure it out (again, like Snapchat).

As to advertising, The Outline again takes a nod from both magazines and Snapchat. On phones, it will feature full-screen ads the company wants "to look art directed.” Videos are filmed in three different aspect ratios, ensuring the right look whether you visit from your phone, computer, or tablet.

Head over to the site for a look at The Outline's day one content, including looks at a vigilante app, what happens when you transition genders and then decide to go back, and a community of YouTube scratch-off lotto enthusiasts.

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Netflix has finally answered the longtime demands for an "offline" mode.

The streaming service now allows users to download and watch a number of streaming titles wherever and whenever they want, without internet access. The list of titles includes both Netflix Originals like "Stranger Things" and a number of classic movies, including "Pulp Fiction."

You can search the titles available for offline viewing from the main menu on your Netflix app by choosing "Available for Download."

Here's a sampling of the best movies and TV shows you can download on Netflix now:

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"Stranger Things"

"Black Mirror"

"No Country for Old Men"

The father of the "Star Wars" franchise, George Lucas, has seen "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," and he likes it.

During a press conference on Sunday with the director and cast of the first standalone "Star Wars" movie, "Rogue One" director Gareth Edwards said that he has talked with Lucas after the "Star Wars" creator saw the new film.

“Two days ago we got to show George the movie, and we all had a phone call and I got to speak with him yesterday," Edwards said. "I don’t want to put words into his mouth, but I can honestly say that I can die happy now. He really liked the movie. It meant a lot. To be honest, and no offense to anyone here, it was the most important review to me. You know, you guys are important too, but he’s kind of God... I will take that conversation to my grave. His opinion means the world to me.”

Lucas gave the same reaction last year leading up to the huge release of "The Force Awakens." A few weeks later, however, he told Charlie Rose that he was disappointed that Disney wanted to "make something for the fans" with more of a remakequel, rather than an original story.

Perhaps Lucas was more fond of "Rogue One" because of its supposed one-and-done quality. As Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has said, there won't be a sequel to the movie and it's doubtful you'll see the characters show up in other movies.

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Variety reports that comedian and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the 2017 Academy Awards.

Kimmel, host of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has hosted the Emmy Awards in the past, though never the Oscars. 

The 89th Academy Awards will air on ABC on February 26, 2017.

Given the shared network between the Oscars and Kimmel, and his comedy and hosting chops, the pick isn't much of a surprise.

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Netflix famously keeps its viewing numbers under lock and key, but there is one company that believes it has broken through the combination.

SymphonyAM has an app that listens to sounds from users' televisions and takes that data to extrapolate viewership. As of March, the company boasts about 20,000 users.

The chart below shows how the most popular Netflix originals shows' ratings stack up against each other. The data looks at viewership for their respective premiere dates plus the three following days with adults under 50 years 0ld — the demographic most popular with advertisers. Though it should be noted Netflix relies on a subscription model, not advertising, and this is purely for the sake of comparison.

It's also important to point out that Netflix has called thedata "remarkably inaccurate," though it hasn't furnished its own set of numbers yet.

SymphonyAMc recently took into account the premieres of Netflix's latest shows, the "Gilmore Girls" revival and the reportedly very expensive "The Crown."

From "Gilmore Girls" and "The Crown" to "Stranger Things," here's how many people are watching your favorite Netflix shows according to SymphonyAM:

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Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. wants to create video game-like 3D characters through facial and performance capture, according to nearly a dozen recently posted job listings.

The fast-growing company is looking to hire people with expertise in 3D character animation and game design, including a 3D lighting artist and someone who can "digitally sculpt 3D characters." Building these characters from the ground up will "play an important role in shaping how Snapchat tells visual stories," according to another job description.

The listings hint at secretive Snap's ongoing ambition to be an industry leader in computer vision and augmented reality, which currently powers Snapchat's camera "lenses" and moveable emojis.

They also indicate that Snap is exploring other ways of blending the physical world with the virtual.

A job description for a performance capture specialist says that whoever fills the role will "develop internal and external tools to support the creation of new Snapchat experiences." Performance capture is commonly used by video game and movie makers to create virtual characters based on human actors. 

Yet another open role seeks someone who can model "3D characters, clothing, accessories, and props."

A Snap spokesperson wasn't immediately able to respond to Business Insider's questions about the new job listings.

3D Bitmojis?

Beyond its 3D selfie lenses, Snap signaled its interest in creating virtual characters when it acquired Bitstrips, the Canadian startup behind the hugely successful Bitmoji app, for a reported $100 million earlier this year. 

Snapchat users can now send Bitmojis of themselves in messages and the app's paid geofilters. Creating 3D characters could allow Snapchat to eventually let its more than 150 million users interact with more realistic, animated versions of themselves.

The Los Angeles-based startup has been steadily hiring VR and AR experts from its tech competitors and Hollywood too.

This summer it acquired the small team behind an app named Seene, which let users create 3D selfies using computer vision technology. The core team behind its newly released Spectacles camera glasses was working on numerous Google Glass-like augmented reality projects years ago.

More recently, Snapchat added rear camera "World Lenses," which overlay 3D effects over all of your surroundings instead of just your face.

Exactly how Snap plans to use 3D characters remains to be seen, but the company clearly plans on being an industry leader in VR and AR for the foreseeable future.

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"The Last Guardian" is a game that shouldn't exist.

Not because it isn't good. On the contrary, it's an incredible game — the master work of a unique genius in director Fumito Ueda. 

"The Last Guardian" shouldn't exist because the PlayStation 4 exclusive has been in development, in some form or another, since 2007. Most video games take around two to three years to make, even blockbusters like "Destiny." That's because games are incredibly expensive to make, and exclusive games are especially risky — returns can only be made from sales on a single game console, rather than several. 

Yet, here we are: "The Last Guardian" arrives on Tuesday, December 6 on the PlayStation 4 — a late entry in a year filled with fantastic games.

So, what is "The Last Guardian"? Here's everything you should know:

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In "The Last Guardian," you play as a young boy.

Little backstory is given for the boy (not even a name!), but there are occasional flashes of exposition. We know he lived in a village and he woke up in this mysterious place.

Oh and also there's a massive cat-bird-dragon animal. It's called "Trico."

"Full House" creator Jeff Franklin made headlines recently when he revealed that he had purchased the actual Tanner family home, the front of which has been seen in both the original series and its Netflix spin-off.

"I went a little nuts one day and decided that would be a fun house for me to own," he told Business Insider.

The four-bedroom, four-bathroom, 2,500-square-foot San Francisco house went on sale in May for the first time in about a decade for $4.15 million. The time was right for Franklin, and he nabbed it for around $4 million.

"Coincidentally, ‘Fuller House’ is now on the air," he said. "There’s some benefit to the show to be able to go back there and shoot there and maybe we’ll have the cast come up, shoot some scenes outside of the house. I don’t know yet. We’re still waiting for a season-three pickup. It would be good for the show and it’s just fun for me to own that house."

Franklin hadn't been allowed to film the property since "Full House" premiered in 1987. Back then, the production paid about $500 to shoot various shots for use on the show. They weren't welcomed back years later when they wanted to shoot again, because the then-owner had become annoyed by the many "Full House" fans who visited it. Franklin estimates about 250 fans visit the location every day.

"Everyone had been watching the same shot of the outside of the house for 30 years now," Franklin said. "So it would be nice to get some new footage shot in 4K."

For now, Franklin has some work to do on the house. He needs to seismically retrofit it for safety in the earthquake-prone area.

"It’s going to be under construction for a while," he said. "We’re going to make sure it doesn’t fall down on anyone."

But the show creator sees several ways buying the house will pay off, including a potential tax write-off.

"I don’t think it’s going to be a big money-maker for me, for sure. So yeah, it will be some kind of a write-off I hope," Franklin responded when we asked if he could write off the purchase for his taxes. "But it’s more sentimental than anything. Both of these shows have just become a big part of my life. It just felt like the right thing to own it."

"Fuller House" returns for its second season December 9 on Netflix.

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The fall television season is wrapping up, which makes for a good time to look back on the shows people were talking about around the water cooler.

Ratings don't always reflect the entire picture of how fans engage with a show, but it becomes a pretty important factor when networks are making renewal decisions.

For example, a few of the highest-rated new shows on TV right now are HBO's "Westworld," NBC's "This Is Us," CBS's "Kevin Can Wait," and Fox's "Lethal Weapon," yet only two of those programs are on this list of 10 shows people are most buzzing about. Conversely, several shows that aren't ruling in the ratings are getting people talking.

To find out which new TV shows are creating the most buzz, technology and marketing platform Amobee analyzed real-time content consumption across the internet, video, social, and mobile between September 1 and December 4 to determine which shows were generating the most engagement.

Here are the 10 most-talked about new TV shows of the season:

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10. "Notorious" (ABC)

"Notorious" follows Jake (Daniel Sunjata), a charismatic defense attorney, and Julia (Piper Perabo), a powerhouse television producer, who work together when high-profile incidents are breaking.

Despite the buzz, its ratings weren't high. ABC decided not to order a full season of the drama.

9. "Exorcist" (Fox)

In this TV adaptation of the film franchise, Geena Davis plays a mom whose daughter has returned from college exhibiting very dark behavior, so she searches out her local priest to help.

While "The Exorcist" is Fox's lowest-rated new series, there's still hope for a second season.

8. "Conviction" (ABC)

Haley Atwell isn't having much luck with TV dramas. She jumped from canceled "Agent Carter" to playing an attorney for the falsely accused on ABC's "Conviction."

But the judgment came down in March and it wasn't in Atwell's favor: ABC canceled the show.

No matter what movies Netflix has on its service, subscribers spend about a third of their time watching films on Netflix, according to the company's content boss Ted Sarandos.

On Monday at the UBS Global Media and Communications conference in New York, Sarandos was asked about the perceived sparseness of Netflix's movie offerings. "No matter what, we end up with about 1/3 of our watching being movies," he responded.

Sarandos cited two contrasting examples: the US and Canada. In Canada, Netflix has five major movie studio output deals, while in the US, it basically has none, with the exception of the just-starting Disney one. And yet in both places, Netflix sees about 1/3 of its viewing being movies.

Research earlier this year showed that Netflix's selection of IMDb's 200 highest-rated movies had gone down in the past two years by a substantial amount, as had its total catalog of movies. And given what Sarandos revealed Monday about the viewing habits of Netflix subscribers, that decision makes total sense. Why would you pay a bunch of money for blockbuster movie deals if it's not going to make people watch more Netflix?

The future of movies

Sarandos went on to say that Netflix needs to find a way to really differentiate itself in the movie business.

If you take a film that that does well at the box office, and get it 7-10 months later on your streaming service, that's not going to create a ton of value, he explained. "If you were passionate [about the movie], you've already seen it," he said. Netflix is "happy to have" some of those movies, but the audience isn't particularly passionate (hence the "1/3 no matter" what pattern).

But there are ways Netflix can elevate its movie strategy.

An exception Sarandos pointed to was Disney, which puts out movies people like to watch over and over again, he said. The new Disney deal is a chance for Netflix to shine. He also mentioned Netflix's original film strategy, which is still in its early stages. He said he wanted Netflix to put out original movies people would go to see in theaters, and pointed to the new Will Smith vehicle "Bright" as a big test. That's a movie you'll be able to see on Netflix the day it comes out.

The bottom line: Netflix still seems to be experimenting with how to make a winning movie strategy that fits the company's goals and bottom line. And if you're a movie buff who has felt like Netflix hasn't exactly been catering to your interests in the past few years, you're not imagining things.

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"Westworld" ended its first season breaking both series and network ratings records.

Sunday's season finale attracted more than 2.2. million viewers to its 9 p.m. airing, according to Deadline. That represents a 7% increase over last week's episode and the largest audience of the season.

When the viewership for repeat airings, HBO Now, and HBO Go are added, the night's total rises to 3.6 million viewers, another series high.

On top of that, the season averages 12 million viewers across all platforms. That's the largest audience ever for an HBO original series' freshman season, including the first seasons for “Game of Thrones” and “True Detective."

HBO renewed the sci-fi drama for a second season back in November. HBO has yet to announce a return date.

"Westworld" revolves around an amusement park populated by human-like robots that provide its wealthy visitors countless adventures in a Wild West setting. But the robots are beginning to malfunction and that causes some major havoc for the humans who enjoy the park and those who run it.

Created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, "Westworld" stars Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, and Jimmi Simpson.

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Amazon has been one of the most aggressive spenders in the video content business over the past few years.

And according to Macquarie Research's Ben Schachter, the e-commerce giant could be spending "well-over" $3 billion a year on video streaming content.

"Amazon’s exclusive and original video strategy is still evolving...we believe it is currently investing well over $3 billion annually for original and licensed content," Schachter wrote in a note published Monday.

The last time Amazon disclosed its investment amount on video content was back in 2014, when it said it spent $1.3 billion. This year, it said it's doubling its spending on video content in the second half of the year, compared with last year, but didn't disclose the exact dollar amount.

The investments have led to a number of breakthrough original shows, including "Transparent" and "Mozart in the Jungle," which collected the Emmy's and Golden Globe Awards last year. Just last week, Amazon hit another major milestone when "Manchester by the Sea" was named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review — the first big film award for Amazon (to be clear, Amazon didn't produce the film, but bought its domestic distribution rights.)

Schachter writes "Manchester by the Sea" could even land Amazon Studios' first nomination for an Academy Award Best Picture this year. And if that happens, expect Amazon to heavily promote the film as exclusive content on Prime Video, in order to attract more users to its Prime membership program (which includes free two-day shipping, and access to a bunch of free video and music content):

"The bottom line is that Amazon is almost certainly going to highlight the critical reception of 'Manchester by the Sea' as a way to focus attention on its video efforts and the associated benefits to Prime members. Prime Video has quickly evolved into a meaningful part of the Amazon ecosystem and management believes is, in part, responsible for the rapid expansion of Prime members."

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Katie Holmes has gone through many phases in her career. We first fell for her as the pretty girl next door on the late-'90s series "Dawson's Creek." Then she suddenly became one of the most recognized faces in the world thanks to her marriage to Tom Cruise in the early 2000s (they divorced in 2012). Now she's forging a new chapter as a filmmaker.

After two short films — a 2014 AOL original on women who inspire her and the 2015 ESPN "30 for 30" "Eternal Princess" on Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci — Holmes, 37, has made an impressive feature debut with "All We Had" (opening in theaters and on VOD on Friday). Based on the Annie Weatherwax novel of the same name, it stars Holmes as Rita, a down-and-out mom who leaves the man she's with to start a new life with her daughter, Ruthie (Stefania LaVie Owen). 

Business Insider talked to Holmes about the challenges of making her first feature film, if she has any regrets about walking away from the Christopher Nolan-directed Batman franchise, and why she dedicated "All We Had" to her daughter, Suri.

Jason Guerrasio: When did you catch the directing bug?

Katie Holmes: I think it was around the time of doing those shorts. [Producer] Christine Vachon, I had a meeting with her, and she mentioned the short, this AOL short, and asked if I wanted to do one. Once I had an idea of what to do and how to do it and actually did it, I was like, "Oh, I can do that. That wasn't so bad." And then the next step was the "30 for 30," and again that boosted my confidence enough to decide I'm going to do a feature narrative. And I was supported by my agency, and [producer] Jane Rosenthal has been an exceptional friend, and she produced "All We Had," she encouraged me to do the "30 for 30." So it was having people around me saying, "Go for it." So here I am.

Guerrasio: When reading "All We Had," did you get caught up with the story and characters or were you trying to figure out if this was a story you could direct?

Holmes: Well, when I read scripts and when I read books, it's more of an emotional response and I was really drawn to these characters. The book was written from Ruthie's perspective and I felt that there was a beautiful story to be told and one that was valuable and also one that was a size that I could do as my first.

Guerrasio: It was a story where you didn't feel you'd be overwhelmed.

Holmes: Right. It didn't have a lot of locations. And I felt I really wanted to play Rita because she's a person that is often judged and overlooked and I felt she was really strong and resilient and kind of funny and she really loves that little girl and I felt it was nice to celebrate that.

Guerrasio: Did you have to star in the movie to get the financing to make it, or would it have been possible if you were just behind the camera?

Holmes: I don't know because I always wanted to play her. I never even thought about it.

Guerrasio: So was it hard directing and acting? Did you need someone you could turn to so when you were through acting in a scene you could figure out how it looked?

Holmes: It was a process. You go in thinking you have to do this all by yourself, and what I learned was no, when you hire great people, they do so much for you. I started working on how I would direct this a year before we started shooting and I was prepping, acting, and directing sort of at the same time. I knew that I didn't want to hold people up on set. I didn't want it to be all about how did I do, I had to be giving to the other actors. So I kind of involved everyone in my acting and directing prep before the traditional four-week prep. I had my cinematographer, Brett Pawlak, and my production designer, Michael Fitzgerald, and my wardrobe designer, Brenda Abbandandolo, they were my key teammates. We were constantly watching movies, sending photos that inspired us, shooting certain test footage, so by the time I got to location scouting, we were all very clear about the story we were trying to tell, so the decisions came from a very grounded place and a place of clam and not panic.   

Guerrasio: So you wanted to be a well-oiled machine by the time you got to production.

Holmes: Right. And we didn't have the time to watch playback all the time so I depended on my team, and Jane was there and was whispering in my ear, "Do that again," or "You got it." Then it was really fun because you trust everybody. There was even a point where I grabbed the camera and shot a scene.

Guerrasio: You've worked with so many directors. Was there one you emulated the most?

Holmes: Working on "Pieces of April" with Peter Hedges at a young age was really very powerful. It was a different kind of work. We shot that in 10 days and Peter was right there with us, right next to the camera. It was very grounded and I really liked working that way. I liked the way he directed us. And also Simon McBurney on "All My Sons" on Broadway — we had an eight-week rehearsal period and I really enjoyed the way that he prepared us to go onstage. It was different than anything I've done and it was a different way of being directed, so I tried to take my different experiences of these directors and give those to my actors.

Guerrasio: When you are on the set just to act — for example you recently did Steven Soderbergh's "Logan Lucky" — do you see it with different eyes having now directed? Would you watch Soderbergh to see how he did things?

Holmes: Steven is so generous and when I sat down to meet him for "Logan Lucky" he answered so many questions about directing, so when I was on set I tried not to bug him too much. [Laughs] "Why did you put the camera there?" But he was very open to my questions and definitely being on his set was really thrilling because he's such a master. I was paying attention to where he had the camera and his shots. I was blown away.

Guerrasio: You starred in "Batman Begins," which kind of predated the onslaught of comic-book movies we have now. Does that kind of movie interest you to direct? Would you want to direct something of that size one day?

Holmes: I think that I'm always open to any kind of project. It would be something that I would really have to work very hard to understand how to make something of that size. I remember when we were doing "Batman Begins" and to watch Chris Nolan go from "Memento" to "Batman" and take that leap from such a smaller size to a big movie, that's inspiring. But those movies are their own type of art and you have to really understand it and really know that world and I would have to take a long time to figure that out. [Laughs] Because my brain doesn't naturally go there.

Guerrasio: Any regrets not continuing with the Rachel Dawes character in the Batman franchise?

Holmes: You know, I really enjoyed working on the first one and I wish I could have worked with Chris Nolan again and I hope to work with him again. It was a decision that I made at that time and it was right for me at that moment, so I don't have any regrets. I think that Maggie did a wonderful job. But I really hope that I get to work with Chris some day.

Guerrasio: Any role that you've gone after and didn't get that still sticks with you?

Holmes: Burns! That really burns you?

Guerrasio: Yeah.

Holmes: [Laugh] Every role that you don't get burns you for a while. I'm not going to lie. Because you want it. But over time you sort of realize, okay, whatever. You get over it. There's not one that sticks out, no. And I think now I'm just excited to continue directing and find stories that inspire me and bring those to the screen.

Guerrasio: You're going to direct an episode of "The Kennedys: After Camelot," in which you also play Jacqueline Kennedy. What about beyond that?

Holmes: I optioned a book called "Rare Objects" by Kathleen Tessaro and I'm adapting it right now. It takes place in the 1930s and it's about two women and that's what I'm working on right now to direct.

Guerrasio: Are you doing the screenwriting adaptation yourself?

Holmes: For now I am.

Guerrasio: At the end of "All We Had," you give a special thanks to your daughter with the words, "Dreams come true." What did you mean by that?

Holmes: She's my daughter, she's very, very special to me, and this project took a lot of time and because it's my first feature I wanted her to know that she's so special to me. I thought that as she gets old that will mean more to her, that she's always the most important, and I wanted to give her a special thanks because she means everything to me.

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There's good news and bad news for fans wondering about when HBO's "Westworld" will return.

The good news is there's plenty of time to catch up with the just-ended first season or watch it again, because the bad news is that the show won't be back until 2018.

Show creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy announced the news on Monday.

"We won't be on the air until 2018," Nolan told Variety. "We started that conversation with the network when we were shooting episode two and we realized the complexity of trying to write and produce the show at the same time. We both work in the movie business, as well. And in the movie business, the best that you can possibly hope for with a film franchise is to turn around another installment in two or three years. So really on that schedule, we're doing great."

Nolan and Joy said they were working on scripts and outlines for the show's sophomore season. Fans can understand the level of complexity involved in writing the show after watching its first season, which featured multiple timelines, two actors playing the same character, and one actor playing two characters, all alongside a complicated storyline.

"It's an ambitious project, and HBO has encouraged us to take the time and resources that we need to work on each stage of that," Nolan said.

"I love television," he continued. "One of the fun things about television is that sometimes you find yourself in this place where you have to wear all these hats at once. You have to write, shoot, and cut simultaneously. We wanted to in the second season spend some more time writing, then switch gears into production, then cut. So we're not going to follow the annual year-on-year tradition of television. Television's changing. And the ambition of the project is such that we're going to take our time to get the second season right."

This isn't the first time "Westworld" took some liberties with time. It was approved in 2013, with HBO setting a 2015 premiere. At some point the network made changes to the pilot, and the premiere moved to 2016. Then in January, HBO announced that the show was going to halt production to allow Nolan and Joy some time to catch up on writing the season's last four episodes. That pushed the premiere date later to October.

It has appeared to be time well spent. The show had the most watched first season of any HBO original series, including "Game of Thrones" and "True Detective." It has also garnered early awards attention from the Critics' Choice Television Awards and the Writers Guild of America TV awards.

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Amazon's original series "The Man in the High Castle" has quickly become known for its provocative marketing. 

Last year, advertisements for the first season of the show — which depicts a world in which the Allies lost World War II — included seats in New York City subway cars on its shuttle line between Times Square and Grand Central covered in the US flag with a German imperial eagle and iron crosses on one side and Japanese rising-sun flags on the other.  

Amazon puled the ads due to public outrage over the Nazi-inspired imagery.

Now for season two, Amazon has ads of the Statue of Liberty giving the Nazi salute (also known as the Hitler salute). A giant billboard of Lady Liberty giving the salute is now up in Times Square, Gothamist reports.

People on Twitter can't help but compare the ad to the current political landscape, in which there have been reports of Nazi supporters celebrating the victory of President-elect Donald Trump.

The ad also showed up on IMDb. Some people have been outraged by the advertising.

An Amazon spokesperson issued the following statement to Business Insider about the ads:

“Season two of The Man in the High Castle, based on Philip K. Dick’s acclaimed novel, continues the journey into an imaginary, fictional world that explores the 'what ifs' of an alternate history in which America lost World War II. Season two debuts December 16 and if you're interested to see what an alternate world could look like if history had gone another way, you should watch the show.”

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