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‘The Front Runner’ Will Be The First Movie To Open On Election Day By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 6, 2018 3:30 pm EST The Front Runner is taking its name to heart. The Jason Reitman biopic starring Hugh Jackman as Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart will open in theaters this November 6, making The Front Runner the first film to open on a U.S. Election Day. Originally slated to hit theaters on Wednesday, November 7, Columbia Pictures moved up The Front Runner release date to November 6, 2018 to capitalize on the political fervor around an actual election day....

‘The Hate U Give’ Trailer: A Police Shooting Drives A Teenager To Activism In The Empowering YA Novel Adaptation By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2018 6:30 am EST The Hate U Give trailer starts off like a fairly ordinary teen movie: Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) is a high school student who likes playing basketball with her rich, white prep school friends during the week, and partying with her friends from the poor, mostly black, neighborhood on the weekends....

‘True Detective’ Season 3 Trailer: Mahershala Ali Hunts The Past By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 27, 2018 6:30 am EST The long-awaited trailer for True Detective season 3 is here. And it looks like it’s set to bring back the signature weirdness that catapulted the HBO crime drama into the pop culture stratosphere in the first season. Now with Oscar winner Mahershala Ali leading the latest season of detective anthology series, it seems that True Detective could redeem itself from its polarizing secondseason....

‘Who Is America?’: Episode 2 Teaser, Premiere Ratings, Clips, And A Viral Website By Ben Pearson/July 17, 2018 4:30 pm EST Comedian and professional provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy series Who is America? penetrated the pop culture zeitgeist with its surprise premiere this past weekend. But the numbers are in, and it turns out the ratings are smaller than expected. Find out how many people actually tuned in, see some clips from the premiere, a teaser for the second episode, and learn about a viral website from one of Cohen’s new characters that’s been operational for months....

Christopher Nolan Was Tempted To Shoot ‘Dunkirk’ Without A Script By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2017 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Christopher Nolan is no stranger to dialogue-heavy movies, mostly because his films like Inception and Interstellar require plenty of exposition in order for the audience to fully understand the complex sci-fi concepts at work. But when it comes to his World War II drama Dunkirk, the filmmaker relied on significantly less dialogue, instead letting tension and suspense fill the screen as the action sequences unfolded....

Here’s Your First Look At Disney’s ‘Rocketeer’ Animated Series By Chris Evangelista/June 14, 2018 3:00 pm EST Disney is reviving the ’90s adventure film The Rocketeer as a new animated series, and we now have our first look at the show. It’s a bit underwhelming as far as first looks go, but it’ll do for now. See the Rocketeer animated series image below. In 1991, Disney released The Rocketeer, an exciting, old-school adventure flick about a pilot who gets ahold of a jet pack and turns into a kind of superhero....

Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Adds Forest Whitaker, Daniel Kaluuya, And Florence Kasumba By Angie Han/Oct. 7, 2016 3:34 pm EST Forest Whitaker is making the leap from one massive Disney franchise to another. The Rogue One star has just signed on for Black Panther, Marvel’s upcoming superhero pic starring Chadwick Boseman as the Wakandan prince T’Challa. Also just added are Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Florence Kasumba (Captain America: Civil War).Michael B....

Merry Christmas! Paul Thomas Anderson’s New Movie Arrives This Holiday Season By Ethan Anderton/March 30, 2017 2:00 pm EST Last month, we got word that Paul Thomas Anderson had begun shooting his latest movie, a fashion drama set in 1950s London that will reteam the director with his There Will Be Blood star Daniel Day-Lewis. The details we have on the movie are still pretty sparse, but the good news is we know when we’ll get to see it since the release date was announced this week at CinemaCon....

Netflix Has Rescued ‘Lucifer’ After Fox’s Cancellation By Ben Pearson/June 15, 2018 2:44 pm EST Based on a DC comic, Lucifer “focuses on Lucifer Morningstar, the Devil, who is bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell. He resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for Los Angeles, where he ends up running his nightclub ‘Lux’. He becomes involved in a murder case with Detective Chloe Decker, and is subsequently invited to be a consultant to the LAPD....

Sequel Bits: ‘Glass,’ ‘Top Gun 2,’ ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising,’ ‘Creed 2,’ ‘Super Troopers 2,’ And More By Jack Giroux/Aug. 10, 2017 6:30 am EST Just recently M. Night Shyamalan was watching one Samuel L. Jackson classic, Pulp Fiction, to get inspired for Glass. Jackson and Shyamalan have collaborated one time only with Unbreakable, but that’ll change next month when they return to their world of broken heroes and villains. Jackson revealed to Collider he begins rehearsals on September 18 and starts shooting a week later on September 25....

Spidey Makes Iron Man’s Guest List In New ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ TV Spot By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2017 4:30 pm EST Hot on the heels of this morning’s new trailers for Spider-Man: Homecoming (and our subsequent breakdown), Disney and Marvel Studios have released a new TV spot that ties the movie to the NBA Finals. And if there’s one takeaway so far from all of this film’s marketing, it’s that they really, really want everyone to know that Robert Downey Jr....

Steven Spielberg’s Movies Have Now Made $10 Billion At The Box Office By Chris Evangelista/April 18, 2018 5:30 am EST Have you ever heard of this Steven Spielberg guy? He seems like an unknown, but as it turns out, with the box office success of Ready Player One, Mr. Spielberg is now the first director in film history whose movies have topped $10 Billion at the worldwide box office. More on that sweet, sweet Spielberg box office below....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Obadiah Stane Almost Survived Iron Man, Deadpool 2 Set Photos & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2017 5:00 pm EST Take a look at the various DC Comics action figures coming when Justice League hits theaters later this year. Entertainment Weekly got details on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow character Zari Adrianna Tomaz, aka Isis.Saving the Human Race star Hartley Sawyer has landed a role as The Elongated Man on The Flash season four....

Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad Extended Cut Running Time, Ancient One Spin-Off & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 24, 2016 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What kind of cameo would Adam West like to make in a future Batman movie? Can Tilda Swinton convince Kevin Feige to make a spin-off for The Ancient One? How does Andrew Garfield feel about Tom Holland as the new Spider-Man?...

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman Vs Wolverine, Powerless Premiere Date, Defenders Set Photos & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2016 5:00 pm EST Which Saturday Night Live star wants to join the Deadpool franchise? Can Wonder Woman beat Wolverine in a fight? What other Marvel character would Rosario Dawson be interested in playing? How many comic book movies are in development that aren’t Marvel or DC? Which Daredevil star wants a role in Guardians of the Galaxy 3?...

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 9, 2018 8:30 am EST Gilliam and Branco engaged in a heated legal battle in Paris District Court, which finally ruled its verdict today (via The Hollywood Reporter): The Man Who Killed Don Quixote can premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. So there’s one silver lining for Gilliam! The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (finally!) makes its world premiere as the closing night film at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2018....

VOTD: Learn How Pixar Animation Changes Their Movies For International Audiences By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 21, 2017 5:00 am EST Hollywood movies are screened all over the world, but since most movies that come out of the entertainment capital of the United States are in English, they have to be dubbed or subtitled in various languages. However, those aren’t the only changes that are made to movies when they screen around the world....

Watch All Seven ‘Star Wars’ Fan Film Award Winners, From Live-Action To Animation By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 16, 2016 4:00 pm EST There are Star Wars fan films all over the internet. While an overwhelming amount of them aren’t great, you can’t deny the passion of these fans and their dedication to creating a story set within the universe they love. There are so many Star Wars fan films from these dedicated lovers of the sci-fi saga that there are awards given out by Lucasfilm every single year....

Which Actor Has Died The Most On Screen? It’s Surprisingly Not Sean Bean By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 26, 2016 6:00 am EST Dying on screen can be an honor for an actor or actress. Lord of the Rings star Sean Bean has even become known for the frequency with which he has died on film throughout his career. However, one does not simply assume that he is the actor who has died the most in film and television....

‘DuckTales’ Reboot Trailer: Yes, The Classic Theme Song Is Back (Woo-Oo!) By Ethan Anderton/March 2, 2017 11:30 am EST Since anything and everything that children from decades past are nostalgic about is getting rebooted in some form, the fact that DuckTales is getting a revival on Disney XD comes as no surprise. What does come as a bit of a surprise is that it actually doesn’t look half-bad. The DuckTales reboot trailer has just arrived from Disney XD, and they must like what they’re seeing from the first season, because the House of Mouse has already renewed the series for a second season....