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New ‘Rogue One’ Photos Feature Handcuffed Jyn Erso, Dastardly Director Krennic & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 3, 2016 12:00 pm EST This past week brought new looks at the characters, vehicles and more from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the form of a slew of new pieces of merchandise. Lucasfilm teamed up with some fans to feature some of the new offerings in a stop-motion animated short film, and throughout the week new items have been unveiled pretty much everyday since then....

New ‘Venom’ Images And Details: How Tom Hardy Developed Two Different Voices For The Antihero By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 13, 2018 2:30 pm EST Tom Hardy is an Oscar-nominated actor who has already played one of the most famous Batman villains of all time. So why did he sign up to play a Spider-Man villain in a movie that doesn’t even feature Spider-Man? That was the question on many people’s lips when Hardy was first announced to star in Venom, the first film in Sony’s Spider-Man-adjacent cinematic universe....

Stephen King’s ‘Suffer The Little Children’ Gets A Movie Adaptation In The Wake Of ‘It’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 13, 2017 2:30 pm EST Hot on the heels of It’s record-breaking opening weekend at the box office, yet another Stephen King movie adaptation has been given a green light. The author’s 1972 short story Suffer the Little Children is being adapted for the big screen, and you know what that means – yep, more creepy kids are coming to theaters to freak you out....

Superhero Bits: Tony Stark’s Black Eye, Why Will Smith Chose Suicide Squad & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2016 5:00 pm EST Why did Will Smith choose Suicide Squad over Independence Day: Resurgence? Did you know the Suicide Squad soundtrack actually landed five Grammy nominations? Will there be more Nebula toys when Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 arrives? What does Tom Holland think is the scariest scene in Spider-Man: Homecoming?...

The First ‘Rogue One’ Clip Takes You Inside A Rebel Firefight By Jacob Hall/Dec. 1, 2016 7:30 am EST We’re two weeks from the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the marketing machine has entered the “Screw it, let’s some ’em everything!” phase. At this point, to take in every new TV spot and every new promotional video is to risk seeing a little too much…unless that is entirely your goal....

The Morning Watch: Creating Heath Ledger’s Joker, Weta Workshop Costume Tour & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 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, make-up artist John Caglione, Jr....

The Morning Watch: Inside The ‘Luke Cage’ Soundtrack, ‘A Quiet Place’ Opening Scene Analysis & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 31, 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, take a closer look at the intense opening sequence of A Quiet Place that expertly sets the suspenseful stage and provides exposition mostly through visuals....

The Morning Watch: Jimmy Kimmel’s Mean Tweets, ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Honest Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 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.) In this edition, check out a new edition of Jimmy Kimmel’s recurring Mean Tweets segment, featuring Gal Gadot, Michael Keaton, Kumail Nanjiani and more....

The New ‘Shaft’ Movie May Be A Turning Point For Netflix Distribution Models By Ben Pearson/Oct. 2, 2017 12:30 pm EST Deadline reports that a deal is nearly closed between Netflix and New Line for the new Shaft movie (which we previously heard was titled Son of Shaft), and according to the terms, Netflix will pay “more than half of the film’s high $30 million budget, in exchange for international rights and the ability to put the film on its streaming outside the U....

Watch An Alternate Version Of The Delightful ‘Wonder Woman’ Boat Scene By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 15, 2017 1:00 pm EST One of the many reasons why Wonder Woman worked so well was because it was unafraid to make a joke. Gal Gadot wasn’t just an inspiring superhero, but a surprisingly deft comedian, delivering lines like, “My mother sculpted me from clay and I was brought to life by Zeus” with an admirably straight face....

‘Cloverfield’ Fan Film ‘Megan’ Centers On A Never-Before-Seen Character By Ben Pearson/Aug. 3, 2018 6:00 am EST Paramount and Bad Robot’s Cloverfield franchise took a dive in quality with this year’s The Cloverfield Paradox, but the franchise isn’t dead yet. We still don’t know with certainty whether this year’s WWII sci-fi thriller Overlord takes place in the Cloverfield universe, and producer J.J. Abrams has promised that a “proper” sequel is on the way....

‘Creed 2’ Lands Romanian Boxer Florian Munteanu As Ivan Drago’s Son By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 15, 2018 6:46 pm EST Back in November last year, we heard that Creed 2 might be looking for someone to play the son of Ivan Drago, the legendary boxer responsible for killing Apollo Creed in the ring at the beginning of Rocky IV in 1985. At the time, an MMA fighter named Sage Northcutt said that he sent in a tape as an audition for the role, but there had been no real confirmation that the spin-off sequel starring Michael B....

‘Escape Plan 2: Hades’ Trailer: This Time, Sylvester Stallone Breaks Into Prison With Dave Bautista By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 15, 2018 8:30 am EST The sequel you’ve all been waiting for with bated breath is coming. The Escape Plan 2 trailer brings back the things that everyone loved about the first film: Sylvester Stallone, breaking out of insane dystopian-style prisons, and…muscle-y men? Stallone’s last screen buddy Arnold Schwarzenegger is nowhere to be seen, but at least there’s Dave Bautista, stepping up from his frequent appearances as a scene-stealing supporting character....

‘Fast & Furious Live’ Coming Next Year To A City Near You By Jack Giroux/Feb. 7, 2017 4:30 pm EST Below, learn more about Fast & Furious Live, which, sadly, is not a Broadway musical. The tour begins in January 2018. Universal and Brand Events will recreate some of the most famous action scenes from the franchise, which there are many to choose from. To bring the stunts to life, they’ll use “precision performance drivers, blockbuster set design, authentic digital projections and state-of-the-art physical obstacles....

‘I Am Michael’ Trailer: James Franco Plays A Gay Activist Turned Ex-Gay Activist By Angie Han/Dec. 28, 2016 2:30 pm EST Never one to shy away from controversy, James Franco takes on the ex-gay movement in his next release. Directed by Justin Kelly, I Am Michael recounts the true story of Michael Glatze, a prominent gay activist who made headlines when he suddenly announced that he was renouncing his homosexuality, and went on to marry a woman and become a fundamentalist pastor....

‘Inferno’ Featurette: The Adventures Of Robert Langdon Continue By Jack Giroux/Sept. 2, 2016 6:00 am EST Robert Langdon is back. Six years after Angels & Demons, director Ron Howard and Tom Hanks are returning to a character they can’t seem to get enough of. While the previous adaptations of Dan Brown’s novels left much to be desired, these movies make good money at the box-office. There’s an audience for Langdon’s adventures, and that audience will likely be happy to see Hanks back in the role next month....

‘Passengers’ First Look: Jennifer Lawrence & Chris Pratt Make Space Travel Look So Pretty By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2016 1:30 pm EST Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are two of the most popular and good-looking stars working in Hollywood today. Both have major franchises to their name, the admiration of droves of fans, and now all those audiences are going to lose their mind when they see these two fall in love in deep space....

‘Sausage Party’ Director To Helm ‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2016 1:48 pm EST The co-director of Sausage Party has signed on to reboot The Toxic Avenger. No, I’m not talking about Seth Rogen or Evan Goldberg, but Conrad Vernon, who co-directed the R-rated animated film alongside Greg Tiernan (its a common misconception that Goldberg and Rogen directed the film, as they co-wrote the screenplay and produced)....

‘Stranger Things’ Bits: Theories, Easter Eggs, Fan Art, Plans For Season 3, And More By Ben Pearson/Oct. 30, 2017 3:00 pm EST Stranger Things 2 premiered last week, and hardcore fans have already binged through the new season. So for those of you who are all caught up, we’ve waded through waves of internet content to bring you a ton of information, easter eggs, fan theories, art prints, cast interviews, and more....

‘Upgrade’ Red Band Trailer: Logan Marshall-Green Is A Killing Machine By Chris Evangelista/May 24, 2018 2:15 pm EST Logan Marshall-Green is a killing machine, literally, in a new Upgrade red band trailer. The new film from Leigh Whannell has the actor out for vengeance, with a little bionic assistance. Watch the new Upgrade red band trailer (and a green band trailer, too) below. Upgrade Red Band Trailer Mark Wahlberg has been trying to get his Six Billion Dollar Man movie made for years now, but maybe he should just call it quits?...