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Exclusive ‘Dark/Web’ Photos: A New Series Which Aims To Be ‘Black Mirror’ Meets ‘V/H/S’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 11, 2017 12:00 pm EST Felt Films have given us an exclusive look at their upcoming eight-part sci-fi horror anthology series Dark/Web, which wraps production this month. The new series will explore the dangers of a connected world — the pitch is basically Black Mirror meets V/H/S. One of the episodes is even written and directed by Zelda Williams, the daughter of the great Robin Williams making her directorial debut, in a video game horror story title “Zero” starring Gabriel Luna (Agents of Shield’s new Ghost Rider)....

Hulu Announces ‘March Of The Penguins’ Sequel, ‘Catch-22’ Series With George Clooney & More [TCA 2018] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 15, 2018 5:30 am EST Joel Stillerman, Chief Content Officer at Hulu, opened the steaming service’s Television Critics Association panels with a series of announcements about upcoming new projects, including a March of the Penguins sequel, a Catch-22 series starring George Clooney, and a deal with Blumhouse Television for the anthology horror series we heard about recently....

Kevin Costner To Star In Series From ‘Hell Or High Water’ Screenwriter By Jack Giroux/May 17, 2017 3:30 pm EST Kevin Costner has signed on for his first regular role in a television series. Making the news even better, he’ll play a part written by the screenwriter of Sicario and Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan. Costner, Sheridan, and The Weinstein Company are coming together for ten episodes of Yellowstone for Paramount Network’s new drama....

LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’ Brings A New Innovation That Adds More Life To Characters [Comic-Con 2018] By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2018 10:30 am EST Before San Diego Comic-Con truly kicked off, the folks at LAIKA were treating San Diego to a new exhibition showcasing the incredibly hard work that goes into creating their stop-motion animated films like Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings. Now LAIKA is busy preparing their next movie, Missing Link, and their Comic-Con installation provided us with a fascinating new development of how they’re animating their characters to give them a bit more life....

LOL: Watch Matt Damon Crash Chris Hemsworth’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Interview By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 11, 2017 9:30 am EST Matt Damon has stayed far from the comic book movie genre, but he had his first brush with superheroics after he crashed an interview with the God of Thunder himself.Chris Hemsworth was promoting the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and naturally, Damon had to hop in on an interview with his favorite talk show host....

Luke Skywalker And Cersei Lannister Join Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Trollhunters’ Season 2 By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2017 1:30 pm EST Guillermo del Toro is one of the busiest filmmakers working right now. It seems almost every other day the extremely talented visionary Crimson Peak director announces a new project. He has the excellent The Shape of Water hitting theaters soon (read our review), and he has the second season of his animated series Trollhunters currently in production at Netflix....

Martin Scorsese, Kevin Hart, And More Bid For Rights To That McDonald’s Monopoly Article, Which Was Specifically Crafted For A Movie Adaptation By Ben Pearson/Aug. 10, 2018 1:30 pm EST Last month, The Daily Beast published an article titled “How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions.” The piece instantly went viral, ultimately resulting in the film rights selling to Fox, where Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and the writers of the Deadpool franchise are going to bring it to the big screen....

Marvel’s ‘The Defenders’ Season 2 Probably Isn’t Happening By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2018 9:00 am EST Much like the assembly of The Avengers on the big screen, Marvel Studios established the superheroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist in their own shows on Netflix before putting them together in a shortened season of The Defenders. Unfortunately, the critical and fan reception of this superhero team-up wasn’t nearly as positive as that of their big screen counterparts....

Marvel’s Black Female Iron Man Shall Henceforth Be Known As Ironheart By Angie Han/Aug. 22, 2016 11:30 am EST Last month, Marvel Comics announced a brand-new Iron Man in the form of Riri Williams, a teenage prodigy who reverse-engineered her own suit of high-tech armor in her dorm room at MIT. Now we’ve learned that the new Iron Man will boast a new Iron moniker. As revealed by writer Brian Michael Bendis, Riri Williams will henceforth be known as Ironheart....

Netflix Announces ‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 By Chris Evangelista/March 5, 2018 10:42 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Black Mirror, the misery-inducing sci-fi anthology series that teaches us all about the dangers of technology, just got the go-ahead for yet another season on Netflix. Black Mirror season 5 will bring all-new depressing-yet-entertaining tales of technological terror. Netflix went ahead and announced Black Mirror season 5 via a cryptic new video that’s in line with the overall theme of the hit series....

New ‘Beauty And The Beast’ TV Spot & Poster Wants So Much More Than They’ve Got Planned By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 8, 2017 6:49 pm EST Beauty and the Beast is getting closer and closer with the release just over a couple months away. A bunch of TV spots are hitting the small screen to remind everyone that it’s coming out, but with all the record-breaking trailer views the live-action remake of Disney’s animated classic has racked up, I think it’s safe to say everyone knows about it....

Papyrus Creator Defends His Font After ‘Saturday Night Live’s ‘Avatar’ Takedown Goes Viral By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2017 2:30 pm EST Typography doesn’t sound like it has any latent comedic potential but throw in a wearied Ryan Gosling in a noir-inspired Saturday Night Live digital sketch, and suddenly, you’ve got comedy gold. The hilarious SNL “Papyrus” skit was such a brilliant takedown of the Avatar font that we’ve spotlighted it twice on our site....

By Angie Han/Dec. 15, 2016 10:30 am EST Well, it should come as no surprise that Harley Quinn’s BFF Poison Ivy is believed to be involved in the movie, but what’s more interesting is who’s rumored to play her. According to a new report, Megan Fox might be circling the role. While details on Gotham City Sirens are still sparse, Ayer has hinted that Catwoman could stand alongside Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn as one of the main characters....

Watch An Exclusive ‘Disaster Artist’ Clip From The Blu-Ray Release By Chris Evangelista/March 12, 2018 8:00 am EST The Disaster Artist, James Franco’s humorous look at the making of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, hits Blu-ray this week. In anticipation of the impending Blu release, we have an exclusive Disaster Artist clip featuring Franco and Wiseau seemingly trying to one-up each other with impenetrable accents. Watch the exclusive Disaster Artist clip below....

Watch The First Footage From ‘Fast 8’, Which Has A Brand New Title By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2016 8:30 am EST This weekend will bring another blockbuster trailer debut, this time for the eighth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise. It’s hard to believe that we’ve come this far with Vin Diesel and the rest of the crew, but here we are. So far we’ve been calling the film Fast 8, but the movie has just gotten a brand new title, and it’s both kinda silly, but still pretty cool....

Whoa: ‘Stranger Things’ Inspires One Of The Coolest Corn Mazes Ever By Ethan Anderton/July 26, 2018 6:00 am EST Summer is coming to a close sooner than later, which means we’ll soon be seeing the return of anything and everything with pumpkin spice and Halloween decorations will be all over the seasonal aisles of your favorite stores. But it also means cool things are afoot, like elaborate corn mazes inspired by your favorite supernatural Netflix shows....

‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Featurette Takes You Behind The Scenes Of Netflix’s Miserable New Show By Jacob Hall/Jan. 23, 2017 1:00 pm EST I’ve been watching Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, but I refuse to binge it. Instead, I’ve been taking my sweet time, revisiting Daniel Handler’s books between each episode and reminding myself that the source material is kind of remarkable. As someone who grew reading Roald Dahl and Douglas Adams, the pitch dark comedy, witty prose, and resistance to easy pleasantries sing to me in a special way – they’re the kind of stories that make me wish I had children so I could read these books to them and warp their fragile little minds....

‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Trailer: Ava DuVernay’s Fantasy Film Looks Truly Divine By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 19, 2017 5:27 pm EST Traveling 91 billion light years has never looked so surreal and fantastic. A new trailer for Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the Madeleine L’Engle fantasy classic A Wrinkle in Time has been released by Disney, and it continues the film’s parade of lush visuals and trippy space-time travel. Watch A Wrinkle in Time Trailer...

‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ First Look Photos: Chris Hemsworth Needs An Umbrella By Ben Pearson/May 29, 2018 2:30 pm EST We’re only a few months away from seeing a new Drew Goddard movie, and the film’s first official image has arrived. A batch of Bad Times at The El Royale first look photos are here, and one features star Chris Hemsworth showing off his ripped abs as he stands in the rain....

‘Girls’ Season 6 Trailer: Hannah And Her Friends Return For One Final Season By Angie Han/Jan. 9, 2017 4:00 pm EST Everyone’s gotta grow up sometime, even self-absorbed creative types eking out a living in Brooklyn. Which is why this year marks the sixth and final season of Girls, the show that turned Lena Dunham into a household name and set Adam Driver on the path toward a galaxy far, far away....