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Delayed ‘Slender Man’ Movie Being Shopped To Other Studios By Chris Evangelista/May 31, 2018 2:30 pm EST Hey, remember that Slender Man movie? The one that was supposed to come out in May, but got pushed back to August? It looks like the producers are quietly shopping it around Hollywood, unhappy with Sony’s current plans for the film. Slender Man, the film based on the popular Creepypasta character, was supposed to unleash its jump-scares upon audiences on May 18, 2018....

Disney Already Plotting ‘Star Wars’ For “2021 And Beyond,” Bob Iger Talks ‘Rogue One’ Expectations By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2016 11:00 am EST While appearing at a New York Goldman Sachs conference today, Disney CEO Bob Iger warned that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will not be doing bonkers Star Wars: The Force Awakens-level box office and revealed that he had a meeting with Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy this week plotting out Star Wars for 2021 and beyond....

Fanmade ‘Blade Runner’ VR Project Walks Through Rick Deckard’s Apartment [Video] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 4, 2017 5:00 am EST Perhaps the most fascinating prospect about the advancement of virtual reality in recent years is that it will allow us to explore some of the fictional worlds that we love so much. While this may not be as easy with some of the older films we love, new movies are creating VR experiences that go hand-in-hand with the stories that we’ll see told on the big screen....

Hulu Renews ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ For Season 3 After Hitting 20 Million Subscribers By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2018 7:30 am EST Praise be, The Handmaid’s Tale is coming back for another season. Hulu has greenlit The Handmaid’s Tale season 3, renewing the soul-crushing, Emmy-winning series just after the streaming service hit a whopping 20 million U.S. subscribers. The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 made a record-breaking premiere last week, drawing in double the audience numbers of the season 1 opener, according to Deadline....

Kevin Feige Still Believes ‘Blade’ Will Return One Day By Jack Giroux/June 27, 2017 4:00 pm EST There’s been chatter and rumors now and then about bringing back the vampire-hunting “Daywalker,” Blade. The character was revived for a short-lived television series, but it’s been almost 13 years since we last saw the stylish vamp killer on the big screen. A Netflix series similar to Daredevil and Jessica Jones was rumored after the character rights returned to Marvel, but nothing came of it....

LOL: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Supecuts Show Decades Of The Cast Breaking Character By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 30, 2016 5:00 am EST Some people wonder why Saturday Night Live is still a program that is put together in just a week when the comedy that comes from the show can be so hit or miss. For superfans of the show like myself, that’s actually one of the most exciting aspects of the show....

LOL: This ‘Rick And Morty’ And ‘Alien’ Crossover Needs To Be A Whole Movie By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2017 6:00 am EST Alien: Covenant is coming to theaters this week, bringing xenomorphs and new creatures to the big screen who will feast on unsuspecting space explorers. The early buzz on the movie was fairly mixed with critics having varying opinions on how the movie balances the horror and suspense of Alien with the intellectual, expository side of Prometheus....

So, What’s The Hold-Up On An Obi-Wan Kenobi Spin-Off Movie? By Jacob Hall/Nov. 28, 2016 1:00 pm EST A Star Wars spin-off movie focusing on Obi-Wan Kenobi in the years between the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy sounds like a license to print money and make everyone happy. The fans want it. Ewan McGregor wants to do it. So why not pull the trigger and make it happen? Well, the latest story circling around the internet is that Lucasfilm isn’t sitting on an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie because they don’t want to do it, but for…other reasons....

Superhero Bits: Thanos Has A Saxophone, Homer Simpson Throws Shade At DC & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 24, 2018 6:00 pm EST Is the Spider-Man video game a little too pro-police and pro-surveillance? Why is the organization Genital Autonomy of America upset with a new Batman comic? Did you know Thanos has a saxophone? What insult did Homer Simpson throw at DC on an episode with Gal Gadot? Will Spider-Man: Far From Home introduce a new suit?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Skyscraper’ Scene Breakdown, ‘Hocus Pocus’ Retrospective & More By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, director Rawson Marshall Thurber breaks down a sequence from Skyscraper that isn’t the cornerstone crane jump....

The Morning Watch: A Good Dog Recreates ‘The Office’, Jay Leno’s Garage Goes ‘Back To The Future’ & More By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

Tony Gilroy’s Big Paycheck For ‘Rogue One’ Reshoots Included Fixing The Ending By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 30, 2016 10:00 am EST Over the summer, one of the big topics of conversation for Star Wars fans were the reshoots for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. An initial report indicated that Rogue One reshoots needed to be completed after Disney was unhappy with the first cut of the film, and a follow-up said that as much as 40% of the film was going to be completely redone....

VOTD: Learn The Differences Between ‘Die Hard’ And The Book That Inspired It By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 26, 2016 4:00 am EST If you had a Christmas that was worth a damn this past weekend, then you probably watched Die Hard, one of the best Christmas movies. You can feel free to debate that in the comments if you disagree that it’s in fact a Christmas movie, but that’s not why we’re here....

VOTD: This Is Why Whitewashing In Movies Like ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Is A Problem By Ethan Anderton/March 31, 2017 6:00 am EST The issue of whitewashing in Hollywood is a frustrating one, and the latest culprit in the struggle of non-white actors to have lead roles in major franchises is Ghost in the Shell. Scarlett Johansson has the lead role in the American adaptation of the Japanese manga turned anime, a story which originally featured a female Japanese protagonist at its center....

Warner Bros. Adds Two Mystery DC Films To Their Schedule By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 18, 2017 1:30 pm EST Warner Bros. has played things a little closer to the chest with their DC Films slate lately, only confirming the release dates for this November’s Justice League and 2018’s Aquaman. Even with the stunning success of Wonder Woman at the box office this summer, the studio has been cautious about announcing a release date for its sequel, presumably waiting until a deal with director Patty Jenkins has solidified....

Watch The Teaser For Michael Jordan’s 10-Part Documentary Series From Netflix And ESPN By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2018 2:15 pm EST With LeBron James continuing to dominate the court during the NBA Finals, the debate about whether or not he’s better than basketball icon Michael Jordan continues to rage on. Next year, a new documentary series might have some new insights to keep the argument going strong. Netflix and ESPN Films have announced a joint production called The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary series looking at the life, career and legacy of Chicago Bulls point guard Michael Jordan, believed by many to be the greatest professional basketball player of all time....

‘Frozen’ And ‘Coco’ Songwriter Robert Lopez Earned A Double EGOT At The 2018 Oscars By Ethan Anderton/March 5, 2018 8:30 am EST Though you may not know Robert Lopez by name, you certainly know his work. Teamed with his wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he’s responsible for infecting your kids with the tune “Let It Go” and all of the other original songs from Disney’s hit animated musical Frozen. Last night Lopez added more acclaim to his career by making awards history after winning yet another Oscar....

‘Han Solo’ Updates: Bob Iger Won’t Confirm Delay, Lawrence Kasdan Spotted Near Set By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 26, 2017 7:30 am EST The untitled Han Solo movie went through massive upheaval last week, losing its two directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller three weeks before the end of production and gaining a new director in Ron Howard a day later. But despite fan apprehension surrounding this entire project, the people at Disney and Lucasfilm seem to be working around the clock to ensure that the film will be salvaged and assure fans that it will be a Star Wars movie worth seeing....

‘Hellboy’ Creator Says The New Movie Won’t Be Like A Superhero Film By Ben Pearson/June 6, 2018 2:00 pm EST Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, is far more involved with the upcoming Lionsgate reboot than he was in Guillermo del Toro’s previous Hellboy movies. Mignola is co-writing this script with Andrew Cosby and Christopher Golden, and in a new interview, he doubles down on the idea of the movie leaning more into the horror genre than ever before and says that the reboot won’t be like the superhero movies that are currently dominating the pop culture landscape....

‘Hotel Artemis’ Red Band Trailer: This Hospital For Criminals Has Bullets, Blood & Bad Words By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2018 11:00 am EST Hey, did you forget that there’s a new action thriller coming out that takes place in a criminal for hospitals and stars Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto, Charlie Day, and Dave Bautista? If you did, this is your official, bloody reminder....