GUILLERMO DEL TORO

It’s appropriate that at the center of a film called “The Humans” is Richard Jenkins, a character-actor everyman extraordinaire.

The fall movie season -- usually a reliable rhythm and cozy autumn comfort — is this year, like much of the past 18 months, a little disorienting.

The hype for “In the Heights” has brought great expectation to the Latino community in the United States, which has been historically underrepresented or stereotyped on the screen.

This week’s new entertainment releases include the much-anticipated debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights,” a sweaty, vibrant musical about a close-knit Washington Heights neighborhood.

Television producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers will be honored for their wardrobe efforts on hit TV shows like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Bridgerton” at Tuesday's Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Del Toro has gone on the record to reveal that there are no current plans for a "Pacific Rim 3," but fear not as Netflix is picking up the franchise torch with this month's ambitious "Pacific Rim" anime series. Related: The 'Pacific Rim Uprising' robots could use a lesson from real scienceThe global streaming service just launched " Pacific Rim: The Black " on Thursday (March 4) and we have the debut trailer and official poster here for you to enjoy. Image 1 of 2 Netflix is bringing back the giant mechs with "Pacific Rim: The Black" available now. (Image credit: Netflix) Image 2 of 2 Netflix is bringing back the giant mechs with "Pacific Rim: The Black" available now. "Pacific Rim: The Black" season 1 contains seven episodes, all of which are streaming now on Netflix.

The Oscar-winning director has a two-book deal with Harper, beginning with a novelization of “Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood” was released in 2019 and stars Brad Pitt as a television actor and Leonardo DiCaprio as his stunt double. “In the ‘70s movie novelizations were the first adult books I grew up reading," Tarantino said in a statement Tuesday. “I see myself writing film books and starting to write theater, so I’ll still be creative. I just think I’ve given all I have to give to movies.”_____AP Film Writer Jake Coyle contributed to this report.

"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" is a sort of welcome throwback, a horror movie cleverly designed to be more spooky than truly grisly(CNN) - "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" is a sort of welcome throwback, a horror movie cleverly designed to be more spooky than truly grisly. At an advance screening in Los Angeles, del Toro described "Scary Stories" as "a gateway movie," intended to serve as an introduction to the world of horror. Del Toro and his collaborators clearly do, and have intriguingly set this story in 1968, with the tension unfolding against a backdrop of Richard Nixon's election and the Vietnam War. Until then, chalk "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" up as an interesting experiment, one whose success, ultimately, will likely depend on its epilogue. "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" premieres Aug. 9 in the US.

Guillermo del Toro at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Aug. 6, 2019, in Hollywood, California. (CNN) - Guillermo del Toro was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday. Del Toro began his speech by telling his audience there are two things they should know about himthat he's weird, and he's an immigrant. Del Toro has vocally supported immigrants onscreen and off. At a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017, del Toro said anti-immigrant sentiment has been brewing for years.