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The Morning Watch: The Hacking Of ‘Ocean’s 8’, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ 16-Bit Train Heist & More By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 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....

Tim Miller Clears Up Rumors About Leaving ‘Deadpool 2’ By Jack Giroux/Dec. 10, 2016 12:00 pm EST Below, Tim Miller talks Deadpool 2 to clear up some of the misinformation out there. A part of Deadpool’s charm is that it’s a smaller-scale, character-driven comic book movie without any huge city blocks getting demolished. With the sequel, Miller wanted to stay faithful to the spirit of the first movie in that regard, but the rumor was he wanted to make a big, stylized sequel that cost three times as much as the first film....

Watch: The Lonely Island’s Oscars Song Was Too Expensive And Star-Studded For The Ceremony By Ethan Anderton/March 5, 2018 12:30 pm EST As expected, the 90th Academy Awards went long last night, even with Jimmy Kimmel offering a sweet jetski to the Oscar winner who gave the shortest acceptance speech. But the ceremony was almost a little bit longer thanks to The Lonely Island, and it would have been worth the extra time....

Will The Skywalker Saga Extend Past ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’? By Ben Pearson/April 14, 2017 2:30 pm EST While the development of new Star Wars films remains shrouded in mystery, fans are certain of at least two things: Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi and Colin Trevorrow’s Episode IX will continue the tale of the Skywalker saga, and anything with “A Star Wars Story” in the title is considered a standalone spinoff film....

YouTube Is Considering More Than 10 Episodes For ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 2 [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/July 27, 2018 12:30 pm EST Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Original Content for YouTube, returned to the Television Critics Association after a breakthrough season that saw the renewals of Cobra Kai, Impulse and Step Up: High Water. /Film asked Daniels about the second season of Cobra Kai during her executive sessions, and we may have incepted her to increase the episode order by asking if there would be more than 10 in season two....

‘Assassination Nation’ Trailer: Ultraviolent Feminist Thriller Teases A “Trigger Warning” By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 27, 2018 10:00 am EST NEON is certainly making a name for itself as a distributor of edgy indie movies, often with a feminist bent. And the studio’s newest film, Assassination Nation, looks like it checks all those boxes. NEON and GOZIE AGBO have released the first red band teaser trailer for the Sundance breakout film, which follows a group of four high school girls who band together after their small town of Salem, Massachusetts descends into madness and violence after an anonymous hacker targets the private lives of all the residents....

‘Baby Driver’ Featurette: Ansel Elgort Is A Young Mozart In A Go-Kart By Ethan Anderton/May 9, 2017 1:30 pm EST It’s been four years since we’ve gotten a new movie from director Edgar Wright, and that’s just too long. Thankfully, TriStar Pictures will whet the appetites of those who loved movies such as Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs the World, because Wright’s latest film is getting a prime summer release after getting rave reviews at the SXSW Film Festival back in March....

‘Baby Driver’ Honest Trailer: When You’re Too Much Of A Hipster To Like ‘Fast And Furious’ By Ethan Anderton/April 18, 2018 6:00 am EST With nearly $227 million worldwide, Baby Driver easily became Edgar Wright’s most successful film. With a stellar soundtrack that gets your foot tapping and keeps the entire movie on a mesmerizing rhythm, it’s an exercise in expertly using sound to tell a lively story. But that doesn’t mean the Honest Trailer can’t effectively poke fun at the synchronous crime thriller starring Ansel Elgort, especially when it comes to the presence of disgraced Kevin Spacey in a villainous role....

‘Black Lightning’ TV Series Coming From Greg Berlanti And ‘Being Mary Jane’ Creator Mara Brock Akil By Angie Han/Sept. 1, 2016 11:30 am EST If Greg Berlanti has a superpower, it’s launching superhero shows. In just the past four years he’s helped create Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl. One assumes he’ll reach his limits someday, just like any superhero, but today is not that day. His next new television project is Black Lightning, based on one of DC Comics’ first major African-American superheroes....

‘Death Wish’ Adds Vincent D’Onofrio And Dean Norris, Corners The “Awesome Stocky Character Actor” Market By Jacob Hall/Aug. 26, 2016 1:00 pm EST I’m still not sure if Bruce Willis is the right man to star in a remake of Death Wish. Hell, I’m still not sure if Death Wish is a movie that needs to be remade at all. And yet, I’m interested what a director like Eli Roth, a filmmaker with a penchant for getting really ugly, does with material this inherently dark and toxic....

‘Death Wish’ First Look: Bruce Willis Looks Like Bruce Willis In The New Bruce Willis Movie By Jack Giroux/Aug. 2, 2017 4:30 pm EST With the Death Wish remake, director Eli Roth wants to bring back the Bruce Willis we love. The Bruce Willis we want to pay to see on a Friday night in a theater, not catch in a new straight-to-VOD crime movie. Nothing against those movies or jobs for Willis, but not often enough do we see Willis in an action movie or thriller that lets his talents shine....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7 Trailer: Four Rulers Prepare For War By Jacob Hall/March 30, 2017 11:00 am EST Because HBO knows that they have a genuine phenomenon in Game of Thrones, they can get away with teaser trailers like this: 90 seconds of wholly original, beautifully shot footage…that also clearly won’t be part of the final show and was just put together to lavishly remind you that Game of Thrones is pretty, pretty great....

‘Holmes And Watson’ Has Life Again With Will Ferrell And John C. Reilly By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 16, 2016 3:30 pm EST Even though there have been rumblings of a Step Brothers sequel, it’s safe to say that project is probably just a pipe dream at this point. However, that doesn’t mean we won’t have another team-up of Talladega Nights stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in the near future....

‘In Dubious Battle’ Trailer: James Franco Does John Steinbeck By Angie Han/Aug. 30, 2016 9:00 am EST Having previously adapted William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy for the big screen, James Franco has set his sights on another great American author. His latest film is In Dubious Battle, based on John Steinbeck’s novel of the same title about fruit pickers going on strike in Depression-era California. In addition to directing, Franco also stars alongside Nat Wolff, Robert Duvall, Vincent D’Onofrio, Selena Gomez, and more....

‘Mile 22’ Trailer: “Failure Is Not An Option” For Mark Wahlberg In This Action Thriller By Ben Pearson/June 28, 2018 10:30 am EST Remember 16 Blocks, the 2006 film in which a cop (Bruce Willis) had to drag a testifying witness (Mos Def) to safety over that distance? Well, a new action movie is here to put that film to shame. 16 blocks? Pfft. How about 22 miles, motherf*cker? Lone Survivor director Peter Berg re-teams with his favorite lead actor Mark Wahlberg for Mile 22, an action thriller that sees Wahlberg and his CIA squad trying to transport a foreign agent (The Raid star Iko Uwais) across the mean streets of Bogata, Colombia....

‘Smallfoot’ Trailer: Channing Tatum Goes On A Quest For The Mythical Human By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2018 12:45 pm EST The yetis in Warner Bros.’ upcoming CG-animated film Smallfoot thought humans were a myth. Well, they were…myth-taken. The close community of yetis who live atop a towering mountain are thrown into chaos when Migo (Channing Tatum) sees the mythical human being, or “Smallfoot,” for the first time. But when no one believes him, Migo takes it upon himself to prove that they exist....

‘Spider-Man Homecoming’ Might Feature A Familiar ‘Avengers’ Location By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2016 9:30 am EST Other than Peter Parker’s high school, we don’t have much of an idea where Spider-Man: Homecoming will take us. Director Jon Watts has said that the film will take place on the bottom floor of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but that doesn’t mean we’ll get a glimpse of the top level as well. Could we see Spider-man visit Avengers HQ in the new film?...

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Is Turning Carrie Fisher’s Dog Into An Alien By Ben Pearson/Dec. 6, 2017 1:00 pm EST During the press junket for Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in 2015, actress Carrie Fisher brought along her trusty canine pet and therapy dog Gary Fisher, and the little guy became something of an internet sensation. The French bulldog appeared on red carpets, did the talk show interview circuit, and stayed by Carrie’s side at all times, his constantly-lolled tongue providing joy to all who laid eyes upon him....

‘The Batman’ Delayed As The Script Is Rewritten From Scratch By Jacob Hall/March 15, 2017 9:30 am EST UPDATE: This story has been updated with additional sources. There are two ways to look at all of the noise surrounding The Batman, Ben Affleck’s upcoming solo adventure as the Caped Crusader. One narrative is that Warner Bros. has no idea what to do with their DC comic book properties. The other is that The Batman is hitting speed bumps because everyone involved is actively working to get this one right and want to avoid disappointing fans who were let down by Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad....

‘The Mechanism’ Trailer: Netflix Gets Another ‘Narcos’-Style Crime Drama By Ben Pearson/Jan. 18, 2018 11:30 am EST Director Jose Padilha may not be a household name yet, but action movie junkies will recognize him as the filmmaker behind Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, and Netflix aficionados may recall that he a director and producer of the streaming service’s true life cartel show, Narcos. Now Netflix has teamed with Padilha for an intense new crime drama in the vein of Narcos called The Mechanism, which tells a fictionalized version of “the biggest corruption story of all time....