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With No Director In Sight, ‘Bond 25’ Might Not Hit Its Targeted Release Date By Ben Pearson/Aug. 23, 2018 12:08 pm EST These are tumultuous times for the James Bond franchise. The twenty-fifth movie in the long-running spy saga just lost director Danny Boyle, reportedly because of a casting dispute he had with star Daniel Craig about who would play the film’s villain. But it sounds like there were more troubles brewing beyond that disagreement, and a new report indicates that the Bond 25 release date might end up being pushed back because of behind-the-scenes issues....

Your Animated Spider-Man Is ‘Dope’ Star Shameik Moore By Ethan Anderton/April 13, 2017 12:00 pm EST We already met a new Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Captain America: Civil War, with Tom Holland suited up as the webslinger. But Sony Pictures also wants to give fans a version of the wallcrawler that they’ve wanted to see on the big screen for a long time. An animated Spider-Man movie has been in development at Sony Pictures for a little while now, and this version of the Marvel superhero will focus on Miles Morales, a popular incarnation of the webhead who was introduced to fans in 2011 and whose secret identity is a half-black, half-Latino high schooler....

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Takes The Ultimate Trip To IMAX This Month By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 2, 2018 11:00 am EST 2001: A Space Odyssey has had quite the year, returning to theaters via an “unrestored” print supervised by Christopher Nolan, and headed to 4K Blu-ray for the first time ever. Now, the film will make one last ultimate trip – to IMAX.Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi classic will screen in select IMAX theaters this month, giving audiences the chance to witness it on the biggest screen possible....

‘Black Panther’ Could Open With A $120 Million Weekend By Ben Pearson/Jan. 25, 2018 12:30 pm EST If you told me 10 years ago that the 18th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe would still be met with a fever pitch of excitement, I’m not sure I’d have believed you. Then again, I probably wouldn’t have guessed that it’d take Marvel Studios so long to make Black Panther, the studio’s first superhero movie that features not only a black leading man, but a primarily black cast (that also happens to be one of the best casts they’ve ever assembled)....

‘Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina’ Trailer: Something Wicked This Way Comes By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 13, 2018 7:05 am EST Sabrina the Teenage Witch gets a dark update in Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Kiernan Shipka stars as Sabrina Spellman, a half-human, half-witch who has to make a very important decision on her 16th birthday. The series was conjured up by Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and was at one point considered to be a Riverdale spin-off for the CW....

‘Diablo’ Series In The Works At Netflix From ‘Hellboy’ Reboot Writer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 21, 2018 10:30 am EST Hollywood may have a spotty record with video game movies, but that doesn’t mean it won’t stop trying. The next video game franchise to get the screen treatment is Diablo, the popular role-playing dungeon crawler video game series from Blizzard. But you won’t see this hack-and-slash video game on the big screen — it’s being developed as a Netflix animated series....

‘Flight Of The Conchords’ Teaser Announces Live Special Coming To HBO In October By Ethan Anderton/July 25, 2018 2:30 pm EST It’s finally business time again. You might remember back in January when news broke that Flight of the Conchords would be coming back to HBO. The titular New Zealand folk music and comedy duo portrayed by Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie have been on tour, and part of that tour was going to include a live concert special that would air on the cable network in May....

‘GLOW’ Featurette: Watch The Netflix Series Stars Do Their Own Wrestling By Ben Pearson/June 25, 2017 12:00 pm EST Netflix is bordering on belligerent with the amount of content the streaming service has been offering to its subscribers lately, and if you’re looking to stay on top of it all, you should wipe your weekend plans because today marks the release of yet another full season of television. The 1980s-set series GLOW, which is loosely based on the real-life low-budget wrestling show “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,” hit the streaming service earlier today and has earned some great reviews thus far....

By Jack Giroux/March 2, 2017 1:30 pm EST Below, learn more about the new Matthew Weiner show. Weiner shared plenty of new details about the show, starting with the fact that he’s collaborating with some of his co-workers from his Mad Men days. Some of that drama’s executive producers, Semi Chellas and Andre and Maria Jacquemetton, are involved in The Romanoffs, while Mad Men producer, Blake McCormick, is acting as Weiner’s producing partner on The Romanoffs....

‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’ Trailer Is Here To Go Again By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 21, 2017 4:50 am EST Well, here we go again, I guess. The sequel to Mamma Mia!, appropriately titled Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, just dropped its first trailer for your viewing pleasure. Really, what more movie news do you need today? This should literally be the only movie news you need. Feel free to knock off early....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Casts Emily Mortimer As Jane Banks By Angie Han/Oct. 6, 2016 12:11 pm EST Who knew the Banks kids from the original Mary Poppins would turn out so well? Emily Mortimer has just been cast in Mary Poppins Returns as the grown-up Jane Banks, joining Ben Whishaw as her brother Michael Banks. The Disney sequel stars Emily Blunt as the ageless magical nanny, Lin-Manuel Miranda as her buddy, and Meryl Streep as her cousin....

‘Star Wars Resistance’ Has Landed Elijah Wood As A Guest Star By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 25, 2018 10:37 am EST That small (or maybe large?) cross-section of Star Wars Resistance fans and Lord of the Rings fans are about to get a whole lot happier. The Disney Channel animated series has just revealed that Elijah Wood will be guest starring in an upcoming episode of Star Wars Resistance, joining his fellow Lord of the Rings co-star Dominic Monaghan, who was recently announced to appear in Star Wars Episode 9, in the Star Wars universe....

‘The Rock’ Sequel: Michael Bay Wanted To Send Goodspeed And Mason On The Run By Jack Giroux/June 20, 2017 2:00 pm EST Michael Bay directed three Transformers movies about Sam Witwicky, and two about Cade Yaeger, but only one about maybe his most likable action heroes, Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) and John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery). Over 20 years after The Rock opened in theaters, sadly Bay isn’t attempting to reunite Cage and a retired Connery, but he did have an idea for how to get them back together....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 22, 2017 10:00 am EST Two years ago, we learned that a Xena: Warrior Princess revival was in the works, which would explore a subtextual relationship between Xena and her companion Gabrielle that was rapidly becoming text in the original series. In fact, writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach had said last year that he planned to fully explore the relationship between the two female heroes. But a few months after Grillo-Marxuach departed the project, NBC has canned the modern-day update of the Chakram-wielding female warrior....

Check Out Chicago’s ‘Stranger Things’ Pop-Up Bar Before It Closes This Month By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 21, 2017 6:00 am EST We’ve got roughly a month and a week before we can binge watch the entire second season of Stranger Things on Netflix. Fans are chomping at the bits to see more from the new season, especially since we haven’t seen any new footage since the first trailer debuted at San Diego Comic-Con back in July....

Dante’s Concerto: What’s So Special About The ‘Coco’ Pet Sidekick? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2017 12:30 pm EST What’s a Pixar movie without a lovable sidekick? Up had Dug and Kevin, Inside Out had Bing Bong, and Ratatouille had — arguably — Linguini. Of course, these sidekicks serve as more than just comic relief or witty one-liner machines. Pixar has been consistent in its generous handling of all of its characters, with some of these sidekicks receiving more of an emotional arc than other animated protagonists....

By Jacob Hall/Aug. 19, 2016 3:00 pm EST We place the great artists on pedestals. We like to look at the finished work, whether it be a painting or an album or a movie, and discuss the intentions of the creator. The author, the sculptor, and the film director are often enigmas in the eyes of those who take in they work. How they achieve the end results, their actual process, is so often a mystery to those outside of their cast and crew....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Thinks ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Had A “Perfect Ending” By Angie Han/Aug. 30, 2016 11:30 am EST The Dark Knight Rises is arguably the weakest installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, but star Joseph Gordon-Levitt thinks there’s one thing the movie got very, very right. In a recent interview, the actor praised the last act of the movie, calling it the “perfect ending.” As fans will recall, The Dark Knight Rises concludes with Bruce Wayne faking his death and running off to Europe with Selina Kyle, where they get to live out the rest of their lives soaking in the Italian sunshine and sipping fine espresso....

Max Landis Reveals Details About His Shelved ‘Space Mountain’ Movie Script By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 26, 2017 9:30 am EST With the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, it’s a wonder that Disney hasn’t forced movie adaptations of every single one of their theme park rides into existence. On the other hand, 2015’s Tomorrowland (not to mention 2003’s The Haunted Mansion) was a sign that not every theme park adaptation is a guaranteed hit, so it’s unsurprising that Disney would tread cautiously....

More ‘Logan’ Characters Revealed: Who’ll Appear In Hugh Jackman’s Final Wolverine Movie? By Angie Han/Oct. 11, 2016 10:00 am EST According to TheWrap, Sienna Novikov will play Laura a.k.a. X-23, the little girl whose hand can be seen in the Logan poster, and Richard E. Grant is playing Dr. Zander Rice, a mad scientist type. Both characters originated in the comics. Logan is set in the year 2024, when mutant births are in severe decline for reasons unknown....