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How Donald Glover “Punched Up” The Jokes In ‘Black Panther’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 21, 2018 7:00 am EST If there was ever a movie that perfectly embodied Black Excellence, it’s Black Panther. From visionary director Ryan Coogler to the insanely talented cast to the diverse crew to even the invisible hands that helped create the box office smash, the film is a landmark moment for blockbuster filmmaking. And now we know that one of those invisible hands belong to Donald Glover, the creator and star of FX’s excellent Atlanta and our new Lando Calrissian....

Kevin Smith Directing Episode Of ‘The Goldbergs’ Dedicated To Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2017 9:30 am EST We already know that the second half of the fourth season of The Goldbergs will feature an episode dedicated entirely to The Karate Kid, but since nostalgia for the 1980s is the show’s modus operandi, that won’t be the only movie from that decade prominently featured later this season. The Goldbergs will have an episode dedicated to the excitement of the release of Batman, the 1989 film directed by Tim Burton that had audiences going crazy to see the Dark Knight on the big screen for the first time in decades....

LOL: ‘Drunk History’ Celebrates Fred Rogers’ Historic Victory For Public Television By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2018 6:00 am EST This year marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of the children’s television program Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. The PBS program debuted in February of 1968 and would run for roughly 30 years, educating several generations of children. But at one time, the legacy of his program was threatened by budget cuts proposed by President Richard Nixon....

Marvel’s ‘The Defenders’ Starts Shooting; Foggy, Hogarth, And Malcolm Confirmed To Return By Angie Han/Nov. 1, 2016 9:00 am EST Shooting on The Defenders is finally underway in New York, as evidenced by the first set photos hitting the web. And to celebrate that fact, Netflix’s Marvel crossover series is adding a few more names to its roster. Yesterday we got official confirmation that Daredevil’s Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) and Luke Cage’s Misty Knight (Simone Missick) would be returning for the crossover series; today brings the news that Daredevil’s Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) and Jessica Jones’ Jeri Hogarth (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Malcolm Ducasse (Eka Darville) will be back as well....

Michelle MacLaren To Direct Chris Pratt’s ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 31, 2018 2:00 pm EST The comic book adaptation Cowboy Ninja Viking was announced back in 2014, but the project has stalled out for a while. Now, the Chris Pratt film has finally found its director: television veteran Michelle MacLaren. This, along with the upcoming Nightingale, will be the acclaimed TV director’s first official foray into feature filmmaking. More on the Cowboy Ninja Viking director below....

New ‘Cobra Kai’ Trailers Introduce Daniel LaRusso And Johnny Lawrence’s Kids, And The New Karate Kid By Chris Evangelista/April 10, 2018 7:30 am EST We’re closer than ever to Cobra Kai, the new YouTube Red series that continues the story started by The Karate Kid. While we all wait for the series to arrive in May, here are three more Cobra Kai trailers. This footage introduces us to the new generation of Karate Kids: Sam, Daniel LaRusso’s daughter, Robby, Johnny Lawrence’s daughter, and the new kid who helps Johnny get Cobra Kai off the ground, Miguel....

New Look At ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ Reveals Gipsy Avenger’s Weapon Upgrades By Ethan Anderton/April 30, 2017 12:00 pm EST Back in February, a piece of promotional art for Pacific Rim: Uprising (formerly known as Maelstrom) revealed three new designs for the jaegers we’ll see battling giant monsters in the sci-fi sequel. One of those jaegers appeared to be an upgraded version of Gipsy Danger, the eventual hero robot of the first Pacific Rim, and now that assumption has been confirmed....

Steve Martin And Martin Short Team Up For A Netflix Comedy Special By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 27, 2018 12:30 pm EST Netflix has been giving comedy specials to anyone and everyone, so much that it’s become a bit of a joke in the comedy world. But it’s still worth paying attention when they give a special to comedians who truly deserve it. Steve Martin and Martin Short have been partners in comedy for decades....

Sylvester Stallone Is Suing Warner Bros. Over Falsifying ‘Demolition Man’ Profit Numbers By Ethan Anderton/April 13, 2017 3:30 pm EST This fall will mark 24 years since the sci-fi action flick Demolition Man hit theaters, but Sylvester Stallone has just filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Pictures for “intentional dishonesty” in their accounting, thereby keeping some of the profits that are owed to the actor and his loan-out company Rogue Marble....

The Morning Watch: ‘Jumanji’ Edition - Visual Effects, Practical Stunts, Gag Reel & More By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 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 special Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle edition, we have several featurettes going behind the scenes of the making of the film, from the visual effects to the surprisingly real stunts....

The Morning Watch: The Economics Of MoviePass, Will Arnett’s Art Studio & More By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 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, a new video essay takes a closer look at the shaky economics of MoviePass that you’ve likely already become concerned about....

VOTD: How ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Should Have Ended Gives Upset Fans What They Want By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 13, 2018 6:00 am EST There were plenty of fans who were disappointed in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, many of them with a myriad of criticisms and questions that went unanswered. There was a lot of outcry from not learning about Supreme Leader Snoke’s background to the revelation of who Rey’s parents were and of course the character of Luke Skywalker....

We Almost Had An ‘American Werewolf In London’ Sequel From John Landis By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 22, 2017 10:00 am EST An American Werewolf in London, one of the best horror-comedies ever made, was cursed with an abysmal sequel in 1997 with An American Werewolf in Paris. Original American Werewolf director John Landis wasn’t involved with that follow-up, but the filmmaker has recently revealed he originally scripted his own sequel to his 1981 classic....

WTF: Live-Action Daphne And Velma Movie Coming From Ashley Tisdale By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 28, 2017 1:30 pm EST Jinkies, here’s a strange idea: a live-action prequel story about how Scooby-Doo’s Daphne and Velma became friends. Sure, why not? A new Daphne and Velma movie will focus on the female members of Mystery, Inc. when they were still teens, before they teamed up with a talking dog, a boring square, and a squeaky-voiced fellow with the munchies....

‘Beyond Skyline’ Trailer: The Sequel To That Awful 2010 Movie Looks Surprisingly Not Awful By Jacob Hall/Aug. 17, 2017 10:00 am EST Do you remember Skyline, the 2010 science fiction movie about people trapped in an apartment during an alien invasion? Of course you don’t. It was awful. Terrible. Probably one of the worst movies given a wide release in theaters that year. But it was also cheap, produced for a modest $10 million budget, allowing it to make enough money to justify a sequel....

‘Crashing’ Trailer: Pete Holmes Hasn’t Seen ‘The Wire’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2016 3:00 pm EST February will bring a new HBO comedy series to air from comedian Pete Holmes, fresh off his recent stand-up comedy special on the cable network. Inspired by his own trials and tribulations in life as an up-and-coming comic who married young only to end up divorced, Crashing follows a comedian not unlike Holmes himself as couch surfs around New York City, staying with friends and trying to figure out just what the hell to do with his life....

‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Sequel Will Explain The First Film’s Horrible Ending By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 20, 2017 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Edge of Tomorrow is easily one of the best sci-fi films of the decade. But unfortunately it’s plagued by low box office numbers and an ending that undercut the rest of the movie. But hopefully the movie’s strong afterlife on home video and the promise of a sequel (whatever terrible name it’s saddled with) will fix both of these things....

‘Fast And Furious’ Spin-Off With Dwayne Johnson And Jason Statham Arrives In 2019; Shane Black Could Direct By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 6, 2017 5:46 am EST The crackling chemistry between Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in Fate of the Furious is finally paying off. The two actors will be getting their own Fast and Furious spin-off centered around their characters, Diplomatic Security Service agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) and former villain Deckard Shaw (Statham)....

‘Frank & Lola’ Trailer: Michael Shannon And Imogen Poots Aren’t Playing Games By Jack Giroux/Oct. 26, 2016 6:00 am EST A psychosexual thriller starring Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots? Where do we line up? Well, this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the first place to get in line for the noir romance. Journalist-turned-director Matthew Ross’ feature directorial debut, which was met with a positive response at Sundance, stars Shannon and Poots as a couple whose relationship begins to take some dark, mysterious turns....

‘Karate Kid’ YouTube Series ‘Cobra Kai’ Is Faithful To The Movie, Not A Comedy [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 13, 2018 12:00 pm EST YouTube Global Head of Original Content Susanne Daniels was on an executive panel for the Television Critics Association, an /Film got the chance to ask her about the upcoming YouTube Red original series Cobra Kai, based on the 1980s classic The Karate Kid. In Cobra Kai, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprise their rival roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence from the original movie....