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David Lynch Is No Longer Directing Movies By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 9, 2017 12:00 pm EST Lynch confirmed that his last feature film will be 2006’s Inland Empire, which starred Laura Dern as an actress who loses grip with reality after she starts to inhabit her characters. Though he’s now back to working in television with the upcoming revival of his cult classic Twin Peaks, it’s yet to be seen whether Lynch will make a permanent move to television like many other influential mid-budget filmmakers....

Here’s How The Han Solo Movie Is ‘‘Completely Different’’ From ‘Rogue One’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2017 8:30 am EST Like a certain black-vested smuggler, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story may have shot first, but that doesn’t mean it will set the standard for the many Star Wars anthology films that will follow it. In fact, Rogue One director Gareth Edwards says the much-anticipated Han Solo prequel will take chances he never could....

How MoviePass Is Trying To Get 1.5 Million People To See ‘I, Tonya’ By Ben Pearson/Jan. 10, 2018 5:30 pm EST MoviePass, the subscription service that allows members to see one movie per day in participating theaters for a monthly fee, has officially entered the next phase in their plan for world domination. The service made headlines earlier this week by reaching an impressive 1.5 million subscribers (with 500,000 of those coming in the last month alone), and now that they have a larger consumer base to work with, they’re starting to incorporate advertising into their business model....

James Gunn And Greg Mclean’s ‘The Belko Experiment’ Is A Bloody Good Time [TIFF Review] By Angie Han/Sept. 12, 2016 3:30 pm EST James Gunn has been tied up with Marvel movies for the past couple of years, but somewhere in there, he found the time to write and produce The Belko Experiment. Greg McLean, the Aussie filmmaker behind the nasty Wolf Creek films, takes the helm, and the result is a simple, entertaining horror-thriller that doesn’t take itself too seriously....

James Gunn Teases ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ For 2020 Release, Thanks Fans For Support By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2017 2:00 pm EST Even though the official numbers won’t be in until Monday morning, the estimates for the opening weekend for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in the United States is around $145 million. That’s quite an improvement over the original’s $94.3 million opening weekend in 2014, giving it the largest jump in opening weekend box office for a sequel, coming in only behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier....

Laura Dern’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Character Could Be LGBTQ By Jacob Hall/Sept. 4, 2017 2:00 pm EST Major movie and geek franchises have the bad habit of trying to have their cake and eat it too when it comes to including LGBTQ characters in their worlds. J.K. Rowling revealed that Albus Dumbledore is gay…but never within the actual pages of the Harry Potter novels. Power Rangers patted itself on the back for including an LGBTQ character…only to completely drop the ball within the context of the movie....

Natalie Portman Is “Done” With The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Angie Han/Aug. 17, 2016 2:00 pm EST Natalie Portman has been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the early days, first appearing in 2011’s Thor to woo the Norse God as astrophysicist Jane Foster and returning for 2013’s Thor: The Dark World. But she’s sitting out next year’s Thor: Ragnarok, with Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie stepping up as the new female lead, and it doesn’t sound like Portman will be returning for Avengers: Infinity War either....

Original ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Anime Returning To Theaters In February By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 10, 2017 5:00 am EST In about two and a half months, audiences will have a chance to see the live-action adaptation of the iconic anime Ghost in the Shell. The movie has been at the center of some controversy since it has placed Scarlett Johansson in the lead role as a cyborg character who was Japanese in the original manga, adding to the ongoing list of whitewashing that many have grown tired of in recent years....

Superhero Bits: New Iron Man Armor, Captain Britain Talks, Agent Venom Hopes & More By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2017 5:00 pm EST What are a bunch of Spider-Man cosplayers doing on a plane? Will Marisa Tomei appear as Aunt May in Avengers: Infinity War? Want to see what it might be like if Spawn and Ghost Rider faced each other on the big screen? Want to see Iron Man’s new armor in Avengers: Infinity War?...

The Morning Watch: Andie MacDowell Got A Raw Deal In The 1990s, Netflix Is A Joke & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 20, 2017 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.)...

Universal And Illumination’s ‘Sing’ Holding Free Sneak Previews Over Thanksgiving Weekend By Angie Han/Nov. 15, 2016 3:30 pm EST The animation studio behind Minions and Secret Life of Pets clearly expect to rake in the dough with their next big feature, which combines anthropomorphic animals with an American Idol-style singing competition. They’re so confident, in fact, that they’re going to let the first audiences see it for free. Universal has announced free preview screenings of Sing to take place Thanksgiving weekend, in AMC theaters across the country....

YouTube To Release A Whopping 50 Original Shows In 2019 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 22, 2018 3:00 pm EST YouTube is kicking its original content game into high gear, with plans to release a whopping 50 original TV shows in 2019. YouTube Premium, the website’s advertising-free premium service, will release 50 TV shows in 2019, YouTube’s head of originals EMEA, Luke Hyams, announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival, according to The Hollywood Reporter....

‘6 Below: Miracle On The Mountain’ Trailer: Josh Hartnett Fights To Survive By Jack Giroux/Aug. 22, 2017 4:00 pm EST Josh Hartnett recently did some of, if not the best work of his career with Penny Dreadful. Since the short-lived Showtime series wrapped up, he’s shot a few films yet to come out, including 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain. The snowy survival tale comes from director Scott Waugh, the stuntman-turned-director who helmed Act of Valor and Need for Speed....

‘A United Kingdom’ Trailer: David Oyelowo And Rosamund Pike Strike Up A World-Changing Romance By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2016 11:00 am EST A United Kingdom is like a trifecta of talents who seem like they should be much bigger than they are. In the lead roles it has Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo, who gave two of the best performances of 2014, and behind the camera it’s got Amma Asante, who delivered the smart period drama Belle that same year....

‘Adventure Time’ Is Ending In 2018 By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2016 9:30 am EST If you’ve been fond of grabbing your friends and going to distant lands with Jake the dog and Finn the human over the past six years, we have some bad but inevitable news. Cartoon Network has announced that Adventure Time will be ending after the ninth season of the animated series concludes in 2018. The delightfully weird show has become a favorite among kids and adults alike, and it’s easily one of the best animated series ever made....

‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Trailer: Your New Favorite Zombie Christmas Musical By Ben Pearson/Sept. 5, 2018 10:30 am EST You’ve seen zombie comedies before, but have you ever seen a zombie comedy that’s also a musical? How about a Scottish one that’s set during the Christmas season? Anna and the Apocalypse checks all of those boxes, but aside from its fun genre mash-ups, it’s also a film that slowly introduces its horror aspect and gets the audience to invest in its characters along the way....

‘Aquaman’ Director James Wan Says His Underwater Scenes Will Look Different Than ‘Justice League’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 22, 2017 1:00 pm EST Your mileage may vary on whether you enjoyed Jason Momoa’s cinematic interpretation of Aquaman in Warner Bros.’ Justice League, but even if you dug his portrayal, it’s not controversial to say that his limited time underwater in that film was a bit underwhelming. But don’t let that scare you off from the character’s upcoming solo movie: director James Wan has revealed that his Aquaman underwater scenes are going to be different than the air bubble approach we saw in Zack Snyder’s movie....

‘Bad Boys For Life’ Will Have Multiple Villains By Jack Giroux/Nov. 4, 2016 1:00 pm EST “What becomes of Bad Boys when they’re not boys anymore?” is a question writer-director Joe Carnahan (The Grey) wants to ask with Bad Boys for Life. Carnahan’s sequel was originally scheduled to open in theaters next summer, but Sony pushed the release date back, giving the director more time to polish the script. Carnahan is still hard at work on the script, and thankfully he’s still sharing details about it....

‘House Of Cards’ Final Season Poster Gives Robin Wright All The Power, Reveals November Premiere Date By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2018 7:28 am EST Just last month, Netflix celebrated Independence Day with a little teaser for the final season of House of Cards. Following the firing of Kevin Spacey for sexual misconduct, Robin Wright is now taking power as the President of the United States, and a new poster puts her in the powerful position that her husband Frank Underwood once held, literally and figuratively....

‘Kill Switch’ Trailer: Dan Stevens Gets A Serious Downgrade By Ben Pearson/May 5, 2017 6:30 am EST Cinephiles and Downton Abbey fans already knew Dan Stevens’ name before this year, but the 34-year-old actor has become downright inescapable in recent months, with roles in Beauty and the Beast, the FX series Legion, and Nacho Vigalondo’s indie film Colossal. But it looks like his hot streak might hit a bit of a speed bump with Kill Switch, a futuristic new sci-fi thriller that’s based on a short film that went viral a few years ago....