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Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Avengers 1,000,000 BC, Bizarro Joins Injustice 2, Young Jean Grey In Dark Phoenix & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 2017 5:00 pm EST Check out some gameplay footage of the Bizarro skin for Superman now available for users to equip in Injustice 2. FOX has moved up the fourth season premiere of the DC series Gotham by one week to Thursday, September 21st....

Superhero Bits: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Come To Injustice 2, Deadpool 2 Fan Club & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 7, 2018 5:00 pm EST How did Chadwick Boseman land the part of Black Panther? Did you catch the Thanos references in the Deadpool 2 trailer? Are you ready to play as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Injustice 2? Did you hear the plan to sabotage Black Panther on Rotten Tomatoes was supposedly fake?...

The ‘Deadwood’ Movie Script Is Ready, Says Ian McShane By Jacob Hall/April 19, 2017 11:30 am EST When Deadwood, one of the greatest television shows of all time, was cut down in its prime following a spectacular third season and a melancholy finale, fans took comfort in the knowledge that a series of TV movies were apparently on the way to tie up loose ends and give the series a proper send-off....

VOTD: Are These The 10 Best Opening Credits Sequences In Movies? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2016 6:30 am EST For some movies, the opening credits are just a mundane way to remind the audience who is in the movie and give credit to a handful of the key crew members who helped make it. But for others, the opening credits not only deliver that information, but they do so in a stylish way that sets the tone for the story that’s about to unfold, even providing integral pieces that set the stage for what’s to come....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ TV Spot Begins Rightfully Selling This Movie As ‘Black Panther 2’ By Jacob Hall/April 7, 2018 10:49 am EST Avengers: Infinity War may be the latest team-up of every single major hero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (except Hawkeye; sorry, Hawkeye), but this new TV spot knows who and what everyone wants to see. With Black Panther still going strong at the box office, and poised to pass Titanic to become the third highest grossing movie in domestic history, the folks at Disney’s marketing department have cut a new extended TV spot selling this movie as Black Panther 2....

‘Black Panther’ Post-Credits Scene Was Originally Much Longer By Chris Evangelista/April 16, 2018 3:00 pm EST If you crave longer post-credits scenes in your Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, you almost got your wish with Black Panther. In a new interview, an Avengers star reveals that one Black Panther post-credits scene was originally much longer than what ended up in the final film. As is always the case when we’re discussing post-credits scenes, beware of spoilers....

By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2018 4:30 pm EST Britannia trailer There’s a lot to unpack here. Dancing! Guitar riffs! Slow motion blood! Fire! This is obviously a big production, but the trailer is so damn busy that it’s hard to get a read on what the show is going to really be like. Here’s the official Britannia synopsis. Britannia begins in 43AD as the Roman Army, determined and terrified in equal measure, returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia, a mysterious land ruled by warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the mysterious forces of the Underworld....

‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ Pulled Off Universal’s Calendar One Month Before Production Was Set To Start By Jacob Hall/Aug. 7, 2018 1:30 pm EST The movie business can be fickle, especially when you’re dealing with a movie that a studio hopes can launch a new franchise. Cowboy Ninja Viking, a comic book adaptation starring Chris Pratt as an assassin who channels three deadly personas, was supposed to enter production next month. But Universal has pulled the film from its schedule and delayed it indefinitely....

‘Death Note’ Remake Promises Nudity, Swearing, And “A Ton Of Violence” By Angie Han/Sept. 16, 2016 5:00 pm EST Now that he’s successfully resurrected the Blair Witch franchise, filmmaker Adam Wingard is preparing to tackle another beloved genre property. His next movie is Death Note, a live-action adaptation of the hit manga series (and subsequent anime adaptation). But according to Wingard, this one will be less Blair Witch than The Guest, at least in terms of tone....

By Jack Giroux/Aug. 22, 2017 7:30 am EST Netflix has renewed director Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and writer Francesca Delbanco’s comedy series, Friends from College, for a second season. Stoller and Delbanco’s show wasn’t reviewed kindly by most critics, but with a season 2 on the way, the sad comedy must’ve found its audience. The Netflix program features an excellent cast as a very flawed group of friends. They scored a lot of laughs and some empathy during season one, which is a surprisingly pleasant watch as it’s not always about the most pleasant subjects....

‘Ghostbusters’ And ‘Ace Ventura’ Actress Alice Drummond Has Passed Away At 88 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2016 11:00 am EST Following the sad news that arrived Thanksgiving weekend with the deaths of The Brady Bunch matriarch Florence Henderson and Barney Miller star Ron Glass, another actress has left this world. You may not know Alice Drummond by name, but you’ve undoubtedly seen the character actress in key roles in some very popular movies, including playing the librarian from the opening scene of Ghostbusters and Ray Finkle’s cuckoo mother in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Hits Home Video In August As Disney’s First 4K Ultra HD Release By Ethan Anderton/July 11, 2017 10:00 am EST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is still playing in theaters everywhere right now, and if you’re like me, you’ve taken advantage of that a few times by now. But soon, you won’t have to pay the high ticket prices to enjoy the Marvel Studios sequel over and over again....

‘Leatherface’ Trailer: Two French Directors Walk Into A Texas Chainsaw Massacre… By Jacob Hall/Aug. 7, 2017 3:30 pm EST When I wrote about the red band trailer for Leatherface, I went long about how a prequel to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre sounds like a lousy idea, but also how I’m hungry for another horror movie from the talented and twisted team of Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury. Now, a new trailer has arrived and it’s a bit more traditional and a bit more plot-oriented and it probably won’t change any minds....

Logan Trailer While Logan is technically part of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise, it’s got a vibe all its own. Aside from the fact that its leading man has adamantium claws, Logan looks like a Western that’d sit comfortably on the shelf next to other contemporary classics of the genre, like Mangold’s own 3:10 to Yuma. And Logan deftly builds on the fact that we’ve been following Wolverine’s journey for close to two decades now....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Producer Alex Kurtzman Explains Delay, Teases Celebrity Cameos By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 9, 2017 1:30 pm EST Star Trek: Discovery is premiering this fall — finally. The newest Star Trek live-action TV series was announced to air on the CBS All Access streaming service back in November 2015 and had trouble getting off the ground, as showrunners Bryan Fuller left the project during a troubled development. But with a teaser trailer generating hype for the show, and a star-studded diverse cast including Chinese superstar Michelle Yeoh and The Walking Dead star Sonequa Martin-Green, it seems like Star Trek: Discovery can finally boldly go forward....

‘Stratton’ Trailer: Dominic Cooper Blasts His Way Through An Anti-Terrorism Thriller By Ben Pearson/Aug. 2, 2017 3:30 pm EST Dominic Cooper has been doing excellent work in the greatly-improved second season of AMC’s TV adaptation of the Preacher comic series, but the former Howard Stark actor has another adaptation lined up – and this one’s on the big screen. He plays an MI6 agent in Stratton, an action thriller from Con Air director Simon West that’s based on a popular series of novels, and a trailer for the film has arrived....

‘The Light Between Oceans’ Is Beautiful, Effective Melodrama [Video Review] By David Chen/Sept. 2, 2016 10:00 am EST Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine blew me away when it debuted at Sundance in 2011, with its evocative style and its powerful performances. Thus, I was excited to learn Cianfrance would be applying his skills to a period drama starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander in The Light Between Oceans. Oceans is grander on every level — in its setting, its scope, its ambition, and the emotional heights of its performances....

‘The Office’ Reboot Is “a Great Idea” Says Jenna Fischer [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 8, 2018 3:30 pm EST With shows like Will & Grace, Roseanne and Full House being rebooted as new series with original cast members, there has been talk of The Office returning. Jenna Fischer, who played Pam Beesly on the NBC show, was on a Television Critics Association panel for her new ABC show Splitting Up Together....

‘Wizard Of Lies’ Trailer: Robert De Niro Looks Like He Finally Cares Again By Ben Pearson/April 14, 2017 8:30 am EST Quick: name the most recent film in which Robert De Niro delivered a dynamite performance. Silver Linings Playbook? Maybe the original Meet the Parents? We don’t have to go as far back as 1998’s Ronin, do we? Yikes. Answering that question is far tougher than it used to be because De Niro has appeared in a ton of not-so-great films over the past fifteen years, leading some to attempt to pinpoint the exact year he seemed to stopped caring about his career....

Daily Podcast: Favorite Spielberg Movies, The Post First Reactions, Scooby Doo & House Of Cards By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 28, 2017 4:30 pm EST On the November 28, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest news, including the first reactions to Steven Spielberg’s new film The Post, a live-action Scooby Doo spin-off movie, a House of Cards update, and in The Mail Bag we’ll be talking about our favorite Steven Spielberg movies....