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Mjolnir Looks Un-Smashed In An ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Set Photo By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 31, 2017 10:30 am EST Things looked pretty dire for Thor and his hammer Mjolnir during the trailer for Thor: Ragnarok. While I have no doubt that Thor will pull through since actor Chris Hemsworth appears in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War, it didn’t seem that way for Mjolnir, which found itself smashed to pieces by Cate Blanchett’s evil Hela....

Pom Klementieff’s Mantis Joins ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Jacob Hall/Jan. 30, 2017 7:30 am EST At this rate, it is becoming safe to assume that every single character who has ever played a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will have a role in Avengers: Infinity War unless we hear otherwise. The latest character to join the universe-shifting fray is someone we haven’t even met yet: Mantis, a new character played by Pom Klementieff in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Sequel Bits: ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter,’ ‘Transformers: The Last Knight,’ ‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ By Jacob Hall/Aug. 18, 2016 7:00 am EST They want Liam Neeson but Tim doesn’t. https://t.co/CEswy9A3WX — Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) August 13, 2016 This is where I find myself conflicted. I enjoyed Deadpool a great deal, but kinda hate Cable as a character. I think Kyle Chandler is one of the finest and most underrated actors working today, but I’m not sure I want to see him playing a glowering (and dull) superhero....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Black Panther Challenge, Venom Boycott, Deadpool 2’s X-Force Actors & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 9, 2018 5:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Stan Lee’s cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 originally referenced a different Marvel cameo he made. The Black Panther challenge has raised $300,000 for disadvantaged children and their families to see the movie....

Tessa Thompson, Steven Yeun, LaKeith Stanfield To Star In ‘Sorry To Bother You’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 16, 2017 3:00 pm EST You probably didn’t notice back in 2014, but Tessa Thompson and LaKeith Stanfield both starred in Selma. And in the years since, both of their careers have taken off (though arguably, Thompson has been killing it since her Veronica Mars years) with Thompson making waves in Dear White People, Creed, and now the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, and Stanfield stealing the show in Atlanta....

The First Draft Of ‘Rogue One’ Had An Opening Crawl By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 3, 2017 9:00 am EST Aside from being the first live-action feature film set in the Star Wars universe that wasn’t a milestone episode of the sci-fi saga, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story strayed from the tradition of the franchise in another big way. While the film still opened with the text, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” it didn’t feature the signature Star Wars fanfare accompanied by an opening crawl to set the stage....

Those ‘Avatar’ Sequels You’re Not Looking Forward To Will Cost Over $1 Billion To Make By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 26, 2017 3:00 pm EST After eight years of false starts, filming on Avatar 2 finally began this week, with Cameron about to make history as the first director to shoot four films consecutively. Although the filmmaker describes the shoot as one massive production: The sequels will take us back to Pandora, and feature all your favorite characters, like Sam Worthington as Whats-His-Face, and also Zoe Saldana as that character who probably has a name, and even Stephen Lang’s character, General Bad Guy, will be back even though he died in the first one....

Trailer Round-Up: Clive Owen Leads ‘Anon’, Kelly MacDonald Solves A ‘Puzzle’, & More By Ben Pearson/April 22, 2018 11:00 am EST Gather around, movie fans! Come one, come all, to this collection of three new trailers all in one place. Step right up and watch trailers for Anon, Puzzle, and Director’s Cut, and find out which of those is a futuristic sci-fi mystery that poses the question “Who can hack a human being?...

VOTD: Jeff Bridges Appears As ‘‘The Dude’’ For John Goodman’s Walk Of Fame Ceremony By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2017 5:30 am EST This past weekend, audiences were treated to a performance by John Goodman in Kong: Skull Island, and the movie went on to take the top spot at the box office. That’s good news, but the Roseanne star’s weekend got off to a great start before the numbers were in when he was given a place in the Hollywood Walk of Fame....

VOTD: See The Visual Influences Of Steven Spielberg In Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2016 5:00 am EST One of the major reasons that Netflix’s hit sci-fi series Stranger Things works so well is because it feels like a mash-up of several different sci-fi classics from the 1980s. But easily one of the largest influences on the series from The Duffer Brothers is director Steven Spielberg. The visual style of the director of E....

VOTD: Walt Disney Animation Has Plenty Of Character Easter Eggs Just Like Pixar By Ethan Anderton/March 16, 2017 6:00 am EST Any Pixar Animation fan can tell you that the computer animation studio loves to sneak characters from their upcoming movies into the preceding releases that hit theaters. We even featured a video that shows off a kind of Russian nesting doll of Pixar characater Easter eggs. But they’re not the only ones to have some fun with their character library....

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Filmmakers Turned Down A Giant Payday From Netflix To Go Theatrical By Ben Pearson/Aug. 2, 2018 4:30 pm EST Warner Bros. is hoping to shake things up this month with Crazy Rich Asians, the first Asian-American-focused studio movie in more than two decades. But the reason the movie is coming to theaters in the first place is because of a key decision made by author Kevin Kwan, who wrote the book on which the movie is based, and director Jon M....

‘Eighth Grade’ Trailer Introduces Bo Burnham’s Delightfully Awkward Coming Of Age Comedy By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2018 7:00 am EST One of the breakout hits from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January was the coming-of-age comedy Eighth Grade. Marking the directorial debut of YouTube star-turned-professional comedian Bo Burnham, the film throws us right into the middle of the final week of the last year of middle school for Kayla Day (played spectacularly by Elsie Fisher)....

‘Moana’ Deleted Scene Reveals Six Brothers Who Didn’t Make The Cut By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 17, 2017 10:00 am EST In Disney’s hit animated adventure Moana, our title character sets out to sea with little to no experience sailing. Eventually, she learns some tips and tricks thanks to the help of the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson). But in an earlier draft of Moana, the character was actually a little more proficient at sailing, even outdoing her six brothers....

‘Phantom Thread’ 70mm Screenings Are Coming To Select Theaters By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 8, 2017 3:30 pm EST Phantom Thread is being hailed as Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest masterpiece and a worthy send-off to legendary actor Daniel Day-Lewis in his reported final role, so only the biggest screen can do it justice. And audiences will soon be able to experience the film in 70mm glory in select theaters across the nation....

‘Phantom Thread’ Is The Official Title Of Paul Thomas Anderson’s New Film By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 14, 2017 11:00 am EST Paul Thomas Anderson has a new film on the horizon, one that’s remained shrouded in secrecy. Even though the film is set to be released in about two months, it didn’t have an official title. Until now. Anderson’s new film, which will reunite him with Daniel Day-Lewis, is now officially called Phantom Thread....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Clips Put You In The Halloween Spirit By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 20, 2017 1:30 pm EST Stranger Things season 2 is a week away from arriving on Netflix, and the promotional machine is going into overdrive. As fans anxiously wait to return to Hawkins, Indiana, two new promotional looks at Stranger Things 2 have arrived to tease what’s to come. If you’re worried about spoilers, fret not – as has been the tradition with previous Stranger Things promos, these are vague enough to keep you in suspense....

‘The Conjuring 3’ Is Still In Development, Could Begin Filming In 2019 By Ben Pearson/Sept. 11, 2018 9:30 am EST Corin Hardy’s horror film The Nun just earned the biggest opening weekend haul of any movie set in The Conjuring cinematic universe and pushed that franchise into the history books as the biggest R-rated horror franchise of all time, with over $1.1 billion worldwide. That tops long-running franchises like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and more....

‘The Front Runner’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman’s Presidential Campaign Collapses By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 30, 2018 7:00 am EST Gary Hart was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. And then everything went wrong. Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner tracks the rise and fall of Hart, as played by Hugh Jackman. Watch The Front Runner trailer below. The Front Runner Trailer “There was a moment when Gary Hart looked like he was going to be the next president of the United States,” Jason Reitman tells Entertainment Weekly, who debuted the trailer above....

‘The Mummy’ Deleted Scene: Tom Cruise Is Stayin’ Alive By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 7, 2017 4:00 pm EST It’s the movie extra you’ve all been looking forward to: a deleted scene from The Mummy! Just kidding, I know none of you have been looking forward to it. With the coming release of Universal’s failed attempt to launch it’s shared Dark Universe on Blu-ray and DVD, fans of the Tom Cruise vehicle can get a sneak peek at a deleted scene that features the 55-year-old actor in all his shirtless glory....