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By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 14, 2017 6:00 am EST Alongside the deal, Disney also announced that Disney CEO Bob Iger would remain in his position through 2021. In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Iger said the deal will give Disney a “much larger international footprint” and enable it to “use cutting-edge technology and we know how important that is in this world.” Re-upping this: it’s not just Disney’s biggest deal....

Dwayne Johnson Unsure If He’s Returning For ‘Fast And Furious 9’ By Chris Evangelista/April 4, 2018 10:30 am EST The Candy Ass Saga continues. The bad blood between Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Vin Diesel is apparently so palpable that there’s a chance Johnson might be done with the main Fast & Furious franchise. Johnson is currently working on the Fast & Furious spin-off co-starring Jason Statham, but when asked if he might return for Furious 9, Johnson says he’s “not quite sure....

Marvel Studios’ 10-Year Legacy Featurette: “We’re Just Going To Continue To Surprise People” By Ben Pearson/April 17, 2018 3:00 pm EST Sometimes you’ll see a trailer describe a movie’s director as a “visionary filmmaker.” That term is rarely applied to a producer, but that’s truly the best description of Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, the mega-producer who built a multi-billion cinematic empire out of his idea to make a series of blockbuster movies that feature interconnected characters and storylines....

Original ‘Fast And Furious’ Director Rob Cohen Wants To Helm Last Film In The Series By Chris Evangelista/March 5, 2018 4:00 pm EST Rob Cohen, the filmmaker who launched the Fast and Furious franchise with 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, hasn’t returned to the series since. But the filmmaker isn’t entirely against the idea of coming back again. In a new interview, Cohen claims that when the day comes for a final Fast and Furious film, he’d like to be the one to direct it....

See The New ‘Power Rangers’ Megazord And Get A Closer Look At The Power Suits By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 8, 2016 10:00 am EST It remains to be seen if the nostalgia will bring the now grown up children of the 1990s and early 2000s into theaters to see the new Power Rangers movie coming next spring, or if Lionsgate is banking on the younger, newer fans of the various television incarnations to drag their parents to theaters....

The Morning Watch: Speeder Bikes Cruise NYC, ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 1, 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, an incredible illusion makes it look like a speeder bike from Return of the Jedi is flying around New York City....

The Name Of Benicio Del Toro’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Character Explained By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2017 10:00 am EST Yesterday, Star Wars fans flocked to all sorts of retailers to get their hands on the first merchandise from Star Wars: The Last Jedi for the Force Friday II celebration across the world. We featured a whole list of the coolest toys you could get in stores yesterday, and one of those toys has revealed an interesting detail about a certain character who has been shrouded in secrecy....

The Stakes And Scope Of ‘Westworld’ Are Going To “Increase Dramatically” By Jack Giroux/June 24, 2017 12:00 pm EST Season two of Westworld begins this July. The next chapter in Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s series won’t pick up exactly where season one left off. There’s going to be a bit of a time jump, but of course, we’ll see the effects of what unfolded in the season one finale. According to Lisa Joy, the stakes and scope are now going to “increase dramatically....

TV Bits: ‘Divorce’, ‘Difficult People’, ‘The X-Files’, ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Casting, And More By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 19, 2017 1:00 pm EST I’ve never seen Divorce, but someone is clearly watching the HBO series, because season 2 is coming. Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church return in the series that “finds Frances (Parker) and her ex-husband, Robert (Thomas Haden Church), dealing with the aftermath of their explosive separation and learning to rebuild their lives....

VOTD: Watch The Evolution Of Keanu Reeves’ Acting Career By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2017 5:30 am EST Keanu Reeves has had a broad range of praise and criticism in his career. He’s been downright awful, surprisingly good, gleefully stupid endlessly charming, creepy as hell and a total badass throughout several roles in his career. While Keanu Reeves might not be the first or even 54th name you think of when you think of the best actors of all time, when we look back at his eclectic career, it’s hard to deny that he’s gotten better over the 30+ years he’s been on screen....

Why The Specific Survivors Of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Are Important To ‘Avengers 4’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 26, 2018 1:30 pm EST Avengers: Infinity War left fans wondering where the Marvel Cinematic Universe could go next, especially given the high body count. But the survivors at the end of the film could give you a hint. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed what the Infinity War survivors could mean for Avengers 4....

‘Arrested Development’ Cast Not Happy With Recut Season 4 By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 8, 2018 1:00 pm EST The new version of the season re-edited the episodes into shorter run times, but in the process expanded the season length to 22 episodes from the original 15-episode run. This has a few of the Arrested Development cast members arguing that they deserve extra compensation. In this case, it’s unfortunate that [Ron Howard voice]: all the footage was found....

‘Collateral Beauty’ Trailer: Will Smith Writes Letters To Time, Love & Death By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2016 8:30 am EST Even though Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will undoubtedly dominate the box office when it hits theaters in December, there’s at least one film that’s bold enough to go up against the franchise spin-off on opening weekend. Collateral Beauty stars Will Smith as a dejected man named Howard who has lost the flare of life he used to have before his daughter died....

By Karen Han/Aug. 14, 2018 8:00 am EST Early on in Crazy Rich Asians, one of the text messages that fly across the screen includes the slang term “lah.” The discourse marker, primarily used in South-East Asia, doesn’t have a specific meaning so much as it’s used to indicate tone or emphasis. The Urban Dictionary definition of the term explains that it’s used by those “who aren’t too shy to let their Asian roots shine with pride....

‘John Wick’ TV Show ‘The Continental’ Could Feature Keanu Reeves [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 12, 2018 12:30 pm EST Starz announced to the Television Critics Association they are developing a TV series based on John Wick. The Continental will be a series about the film’s hotel chain built for assassins. Starz President of Original Programming Carmi Zlotnick said Keanu Reeves will be involved in multiple capacities. “Yes, Keanu is an executive producer,” Zlotnick said....

‘Rogue One’ Character Descriptions Detail Two Badass Aliens & New Stormtroopers By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 25, 2016 1:00 pm EST The release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is just a few months away. But the onslaught of merchandise is much closer with Rogue Friday coming on September 30th next week. A whole slew of new toys, clothes, collectibles and much more will show off plenty of new characters from the first spin-off movie in the Star Wars universe....

‘Saga’ Creators Still Say No Movie, But A Lin-Manuel Miranda Musical? Sure! By Jacob Hall/Jan. 10, 2018 5:00 pm EST For a comic series that will not be adapted into a film or television show at any point in the near future, I sure have written many words about Saga on this film and television website. Perhaps it’s because Saga, written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples, is one of the best comics I’ve ever read....

‘Scary Love’ Trailer: Tommy Wiseau Is A Futuristic Bounty Hunter By Chris Evangelista/March 7, 2018 7:30 am EST The Room’s Tommy Wiseau has a new movie: Scary Love, a futuristic love story lit by neon. While Wiseau didn’t direct the film, he does star, which should instantly put this film on the must-watch lists of many people. Behold the Scary Love trailer below.John Wick and Atomic Blonde made neon-lit landscapes popular again, and now Tommy Wiseau wants in on the action....

‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Final Trailer Coming In October By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2016 11:43 am EST If you’re hungry for more footage from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (and if you’re reading this story, we’re guessing you are), you can look forward to a big fat meal in just a few weeks. Disney reportedly plans to unveil the Rogue One final trailer in October, about two months before the film hits theaters in December....

‘The Accountant’ Was The Most Rented Movie Of 2017 By Chris Evangelista/April 5, 2018 3:30 pm EST Here’s something unexpected: The Accountant, the 2016 action movie where Ben Affleck crunches a lot of numbers and shoots a lot of people, was somehow the most rented movie of 2017. It seems that even in an era where thousands upon thousands of films are available to stream on platforms like Netflix, audiences will still go out of their way to rent a Ben Affleck action flick....