With Steve Carell’s imminent departure from The Office hanging over NBC, producers have already begun laying the groundwork for a seventh season that acts as a fitting farewell to the Michael Scott character and also secures the future of the show. Inevitably, this means bringing in some new blood and according to EW, the top two actors in consideration to join the Dunder-Miflin team are Danny McBride and Rhys Darby.

Both actors have been asked if they’d be interested in joining the show later in the upcoming season, but not necessarily as Carell’s replacement.

Showrunner Paul Lieberstein insists they “haven’t settled exactly who will take over” and discussions regarding the addition of a new salesman to the Scranton branch seem to indicate that’s the role McBride or Darby would be filling, should one of them choose to sign on.

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If you’re a fan of Lost you’ve probably put-in your order for the Complete Collection on Blu-ray and, if you’re like me, are hopeful for at least one deleted scene featuring a bit of Ben Linus/John Locke banter.

However, should the Lost special features fail to deliver in this particular area of interest, it sounds as if the actors themselves (Michael Emerson & Terry O’Quinn) might have something up their sleeves. The Emmy-award-winning actors are shopping around a new TV project, and while it’s not an extension of the Lost universe, it would see the twosome partnered on screen.

According to the Associated Press, Emerson has confirmed that he and O’Quinn are pitching a “somewhat more lighthearted” show that “acknowledges the age and frailty of the actors involved” -…

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As Star Wars fans know, half the fun of traveling to a galaxy far, far, away is the anticipation of seeing somebody whip out their lightsaber and pop that bad boy up to full length.

Well, those of you with a serious lightsaber fetish can now get your kicks with a handy little video, which (supposedly) collects every scene in the entire Star Wars saga featuring Jedi and Sith igniting their signature weapons. The video is bookened with every scene of a lightsaber being powered down and stowed away.

Now, I used the word “fetish” in half-jest, but in the case of the Star Wars prequels it’s a pretty accurate description – if the video montage below is any indication. There is a pretty serious disparity between the amount of epic lightsaber action…

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Screen Rant’s Vic Holtreman reviews The Other Guys

Disclaimer: I am not huge fan of Anchorman and my favorite Will Ferrel performance is from the film that put him on the map as a theatrical comedic actor: Elf. I know that people find the guy funny but to me, he plays essentially the same role in many of his films – clueless, yet egotistical with over-abundant quantities of self-esteem that would make any under-performing yet cocky high school kid blush.

Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg play detectives Allen Gamble and Terry Hoitz, terribly mismatched police partners who are essentially paper-pushers at their precinct. At the beginning of the film they (and everyone else in the police station) are vastly overshadowed by a pair of super-cops played by Samuel L….

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