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Superhero Bits: Canceled Iron Man Comic Cover, Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2016 5:00 pm EST What honor was bestowed upon Wonder Woman for her 75th anniversary today? Why was a variant cover of Invincible Iron Man featuring Riri Williams canceled? Want to see a new photo of Wonder Woman from Justice League? What is the working title for Black Panther? Can we expect to explore the multiverse in the Marvel cinematic universe?...

The Films Of Wes Anderson Honest Trailer: Your Barista’s Favorite Filmmaker Takes Some Jabs By Ethan Anderton/March 21, 2018 6:00 am EST As loyal cinephiles, we love the work of Wes Anderson. While you’d be hard-pressed to say that Wes Anderson has grown as a filmmaker throughout his career, you can’t deny that he has a style all his own that has connected with a particular audience. You can call them hipsters, or you can call them craft beer enthusiasts, or whatever you want, but we’re note going to judge anyone’s love of Wes Anderson....

The Morning Watch: What Made Darth Vader Visually Iconic, How Movie Trailers Manipulate You & More By Ethan Anderton/July 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, explore what made the original Star Wars trilogy villain Darth Vader so visually iconic....

TV Bits: ‘Shameless’, ‘Catherine The Great’, ‘Charmed’, ‘Central Park Five’, ‘Dickinson’, ‘Our Lady, LTD’, ‘The Feed By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 3, 2018 10:00 am EST Shameless is going through some big changes. The Showtime series is gaining two actresses, but also losing one of its leads. First: Variety reports Katey Sagal and Courteney Cox will both join the series. Sagal will play “Ingrid Jones, a crazed psych patient that Frank (William H....

Video: How The ‘Stranger Things’ VFX Team Went Bigger And Stranger For Season 2 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 27, 2018 4:00 pm EST One of the charms of the first season of Stranger Things was how scrappy it was. A genre show that was quietly released by Netflix in July 2016, Stranger Things had a relatively unknown cast (aside from the esteemed Winona Ryder) and a small budget to match. Because of that, it was forced to get creative with what it had, creating an entire alternate dimension and unseen monster that captured our imaginations and took over the pop culture landscape....

VOTD: Final Cut 2017 Reminds Us That A Terrible Year Was Filled With Great Movies By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 31, 2017 12:00 pm EST Tonight brings the end of 2017, and it couldn’t come soon enough. This year has been a nightmare for a variety of reasons, whether it’s because of hurricanes, mass shootings, or the disaster that’s currently living in the White House. Thankfully, we got some relief from this year thanks to the movies....

VOTD: How ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2018 6:00 am EST Since Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is now home for you to watch maybe a few times before you forget about it entirely, it’s time to think about how the movie really should have ended. In this case, that’s much more important than usual since the ending to the sequel to the reboot of Jurassic Park is totally bonkers and takes the franchise in a totally new and weird direction....

Watch: ‘Blade Runner Black Out 2022’ Anime Short Film Is Stunning By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 26, 2017 10:31 am EST The third and last prequel short leading up to Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 is out, and it’s a gorgeous testament to the boundless possibilities of anime. Directed by Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop director Shinichiro Watanabe, the short — in addition to the other two previously released shorts focusing on different time periods — helps fill in the gaps between Ridley Scott’s original Blade Runner and its sequel which takes place 30 years later....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 9, 2018 3:30 pm EST Good news for Castle fans – Absentia stars Stana Katic in the lead role as an FBI agent who returns to her life after going missing while in pursuit of a serial killer. Assumed dead, she is found six years later with no memory of her kidnapping — and a slew of murders that are somehow connected to her. Absentia Trailer Absentia is a promising series with a dark, moody, and tense trailer....

‘Big Hero 6’ Contains A ‘Zootopia’ Easter Egg Only The Most Hardcore Fans Could Have Noticed By Ben Pearson/April 6, 2017 1:00 pm EST We know Walt Disney Animation is fond of dropping easter eggs into their own films as a way to give shout-outs to other projects in the company’s past or ones currently in development. Even though these references are often hidden in the background, most eagle-eyed fans can pick them out if they look hard enough....

‘Black Panther’ Clip: The Chase Is On! By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2018 11:30 am EST Chadwick Boseman stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and he brought with him one killer Black Panther clip. The exciting film clip shows off a visually stunning chase sequence from the upcoming Marvel movie. Watch the Black Panther clip below.Black Panther is less than a month away from hitting theaters, which means you can expect the promotion for the film to kick into overdrive....

‘Deadpool 2’ Reshoots Apparently Added More Domino And Cable By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 14, 2018 8:30 am EST Reports of late reshoots surfaced this week, just two months before Deadpool 2’s release date. But while the reshoots follow muddled reports about poorly received initial test screenings, it seems that the Deadpool 2 reshoots are simply adding scenes with two new fan-favorite characters. Zazie Beets’ Domino and Josh Brolin’s Cable reportedly stole the scenes at test screenings for Deadpool 2, according to Collider....

‘Fast And Furious’ Writer Chris Morgan Teases Han Seoul-Oh’s Possible Return By Ben Pearson/April 5, 2017 11:00 am EST One of the biggest fan-favorite characters in the entire Fast & Furious franchise is Han Seoul-Oh, played by actor Sung Kang. The character died in Tokyo Drift, but he was such a hit with fans that writer Chris Morgan decided to alter the entire series’ timeline in order to incorporate him into more movies in the saga....

What Does This Mean for the DCEU? Despite some silver linings, this is not the financial and creative pivot that Warner Bros. foresaw Justice League to be. Unlike the surprise success of Wonder Woman, which far outshot its low box office predictions to become the highest-grossing DCEU movie, Justice League has undeniably disappointed. And with Warner Bros. relying heavily on box office numbers to guide their approach to the DCEU, this could put into jeopardy the superhero universe’s future....

‘Justice League Dark’ Trailer: The New R-Rated DC Animated Movie By Jack Giroux/Nov. 15, 2016 2:40 pm EST Years ago we heard Warner Bros. was interested in making a Justice League Dark movie. Director Guillermo del Toro spent a few years developing the comic book film, but it ultimately ended up in the capable hands of Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). That movie appears closer to happening than ever, but before we see Constantine, Swamp Thing, Deadman, Zatanna, and Etrigan the Demon in Liman’s film, which Warner Bros....

‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 Trailer: Luke Cage Might Have Just Met His Match By Chris Evangelista/May 7, 2018 8:00 am EST The first full Luke Cage season 2 trailer is here to get you pumped. Mike Colter returns as the super-strong, bulletproof hero, who this time finds himself up against an enemy who might actually be able to match his strength. Watch the Luke Cage season 2 trailer below. Holy hell, this is a good trailer....

‘Narcos’ Writers To Rewrite Elizabeth Banks’ ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Reboot By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2017 10:00 am EST It’s been 14 years since the world witnessed Charlie’s Angels operatives on the big screen in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, but in 2015, Pitch Perfect 2 director Elizabeth Banks nabbed the director’s chair for a film reboot at Sony Pictures. Last year, Banks hired Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn to pen the screenplay, but a new report indicates that Banks – who is also producing – has signed a new duo of writers to take a run at it....

Picnic At Hanging Rock Trailer This looks promising, but I’m still cautious. Here’s my biggest concern with this: the novel, and Weir’s film, are deliberately vague. There are no real answers, which makes the story all the more haunting. But modern audiences demand answers; they want things explained to them – they treat stories like this as things to be solved, like a puzzle. I don’t know if this new take on the story tacks on a needless conclusion to appeal to modern audiences, but I certainly hope not....

‘Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Cast Announced, Includes First Black April O’Neil By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 2, 2017 3:00 pm EST Those turtles in a half-shell are back for the animated Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a new 2D animated series that will follow everyone’s favorite pizza-loving sewer monsters. The official voice cast for Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was recently announced, along with a brief rundown of what to expect from the new Turtles series....

‘Solo’ Sequels Will Probably Happen If ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Is A Hit By Chris Evangelista/May 5, 2018 1:00 pm EST Ron Howard has confirmed something you probably could’ve guessed for yourself: if Solo: A Star Wars Story breaks the bank at the box office, get ready for some Solo sequels. Star Alden Ehrenreich previously confirmed he signed for multiple Star Wars films when he took the lead in Solo....