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‘Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets’ Featurette: A Movie A Lifetime In The Making By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 19, 2017 6:00 am EST Every director has their passion project that takes them years to make, but it took Luc Besson 40 years to make his. The Fifth Element director was enamored and inspired by the French comic book Valérian and Laureline since he stumbled on a copy when he was 10 years old, Besson said in a new featurette for his upcoming sci-fi movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets....

‘Westworld’ Showrunners Reveal Which Host First Used Free Will By Ben Pearson/March 27, 2017 3:30 pm EST I found the first season of HBO’s Westworld to be intriguing and full of potential, but for me, it was ultimately more frustrating than satisfying. The concept, production design, and look of the show were all fantastic, but the way it purposefully withheld information as it attempted to preserve its big reveal rubbed me the wrong way....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s Black Friday Deals Include ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’, ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 2017 6:00 am EST Today is Thanksgiving, when families all round the country gather to stuff their faces with delicious food and argue about politics. Then we follow that up with Black Friday, when we forget about all the things were were thankful for so we can run through the aisles of various retails outlets for discounted electronics, appliances and more....

By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2016 5:00 am EST Gallery Nucleus has been host to some pretty cool artwork exhibitions inspired by pop culture. They don’t get featured quite as often as Hero Complex Gallery or Gallery 1988 since they don’t have new pieces available as frequently, but they still have some incredible artwork. A new exhibition opening this weekend is no different with artwork inspired by each of the films of Pixar Animation, from Toy Story to Finding Dory....

DisneyToons Announced An Untitled Aviation Movie Set In The ‘Planes’ & ‘Cars’ Universe By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2017 9:00 am EST Just before the weekend, the D23 Expo brought a slew of announcements and teaser footage shown for the likes of Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 and Frozen 2 (and the short Olaf’s Frozen Adventure) from Walt Disney Animation, as well as Pixar Animation movies like The Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4 on the sequel side of things, this year’s Coco, and an original, untitled suburban fantasy film....

Don’t Get Your Hopes Up For X-Men Or Fantastic Four To Enter The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2016 2:30 pm EST However, Kevin Feige has crushed the dreams of that happening anytime soon in a recent interview. Speaking to Collider, Kevin Feige had this to say about Marvel’s relationship with 20th Century Fox: At this point, trying to fit the X-Men in the Marvel cinematic universe would be pretty difficult without rebooting the characters....

Elektra Will Return In ‘The Defenders’ By Angie Han/Nov. 7, 2016 9:30 am EST So far, most of the Defenders casting announcements have concerned sidekicks and allies that any Netflix-Marvel fan might have reasonably guessed would return. But today’s announcement seems like a more interesting twist. Elodie Yung, who made her debut as Matt Murdock’s former flame Elektra in Daredevil season two, will reprise her role for the superhero team-up series....

First Look: Lumiere And Cogsworth From Disney’s Live-Action ‘Beauty And The Beast’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2016 10:16 am EST So far we haven’t seen much from Disney’s live-action adaptation of Beauty And The Beast, just a teaser trailer teasing some of the iconic locations and our new Beauty. Directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Gods and Monsters) the film stars Emma Watson as the new Beauty and Dan Stevens as the new Beast....

Guillermo Del Toro Makes The Case For Why You Must See ‘Baby Driver’ By Ben Pearson/June 28, 2017 1:30 pm EST Here is the original tweet… 13 Tweets on BABY DRIVER. 1: A long, long time ago (my generation’s youth) a maverick filmmaker named Walter Hill made two promises- — Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT) June 27, 2017 And in the interest of easy reading, here are the rest of the tweets written out in a larger paragraph:...

Henry Cavill Has Shaved Off His Mustache – Long Live Henry Cavill’s Mustache! By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 21, 2018 3:00 pm EST R.I.P. the cause of the greatest and strangest digital effect of our time: Henry Cavill’s mustache. You were gone too soon. Yes, the cause of the weird Superman upper lip is now gone. Shaved off. Cruelly excised. And by none other than Cavill himself. The actor has officially shaved off his beautiful, rugged mustache and now, we have no hope of seeing Superman with glorious facial hair....

Here’s How ‘The Conners’ Might Kill Off Roseanne Barr By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2018 7:30 am EST We already know that by the time the Roseanne spin-off The Conners rolls around in October, Roseanne Barr’s character, Roseanne Conner, will be dead. But how exactly will this show kill of its former star and current alt-right bullhorn? Barr herself may just have revealed how the ABC sitcom plans to write off her character: a drug overdose....

Joe Manganiello Has Written A ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Movie By Jacob Hall/April 7, 2017 11:00 am EST File this one under “Huh.” Joe Manganiello, the actor best known for his work as Richie in the Magic Mike films, wants to make a Dungeons & Dragons movie. But this isn’t just an actor talking. Oh, no. It seems that Manganiello has gone and co-written a complete Dungeons & Dragons screenplay and met with the game’s publisher and has talked about his vision for the movie on a recent podcast....

LOL: Ron Howard Needs To Put Jar Jar Binks In The Han Solo Spin-Off By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2017 5:00 am EST While more concerning details have come out of the woodwork in the wake of Lucasfilm firing directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller from the Han Solo spin-off and replacing them with filmmaker Ron Howard, the internet is having a little fun with the situation. Funny or Die has created a video with an “anonymous” Star Wars fan who thinks that it might be a good idea for Ron Howard to bring Jar Jar Binks back to the Star Wars universe and maybe have him strike up an important relationship with Han Solo....

Netflix Orders Show About Crime-Fighting Sigmund Freud By Chris Evangelista/July 6, 2018 4:30 pm EST Who needs Sherlock Holmes when you can have Sigmund Freud? Netflix just gave the go-ahead to Freud, a German-language series in which a young (presumably sexy) Sigmund Freud teams-up with a psychic to solve mysteries. In the tradition of vampire-hunting Abe Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and crime-solving Edgar Allan Poe in The Raven, here comes Freud, yet another work of fiction that drops a historical figure in the center of adventure....

New ‘Justice League’ Batman Featurette Shows The Evolution Of A New Dark Knight By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 31, 2017 2:30 pm EST A new Justice League video takes us behind the scenes of the highly anticipated DCEU film and gives us an extended look at Ben Affleck’s Batman in all his bulky glory. New footage, and scenes of Jeremy Irons’ extremely droll Alfred abound! When Ben Affleck was first announced as the new Batman, fans were less than enthusiastic....

POTD: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Gives The God Of Thunder A Much Simpler Costume By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2016 10:30 am EST Yesterday was the last day of production on Thor: Ragnarok, and now begins over a year of post-production on the Marvel sequel directed by Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople). A surprise video from the set of the movie down in Australia offered a glimpse of some interesting tidbits, as well as confirmation of a Planet Hulk character being involved....

Stan Lee Hospitalized Last Night, But He’s Already Out And Happy For The Publicity By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 2, 2018 6:00 am EST Last night comic book fans were given a bit of a scare when Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, the creator of X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and much more, was sent to the hospital after experience shortness of breath and an irregular heartbeat. After Lee was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for the comic creator said that Lee “is doing well and feeling good, he is staying there for a few days for some check ups as a safety precaution....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack Tracklist, Batman & Catwoman’s Wedding Date & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 1, 2018 5:00 pm EST Want to watch a Black Panther tie-in commercial directed by Michael B. Jordan? Is the Fortress of Solitude going to pop up on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow? Which of the Young Avengers almost appeared in Black Panther? Will there be a Deadpool 2 TV spot during the Super Bowl this weekend?...

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man: Homecoming Test Scores, Hulk And Wolverine Hybrid & More By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2017 5:00 pm EST How has Spider-Man: Homecoming been testing with audiences? Are you ready to meet Marvel Comics’ new Hulk and Wolverine hybrid? Is Michael Keaton contracted to appear in more films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? How did the films of Hong Kong cinema influence Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? Would you like to see another season of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman?...

The ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Japanese Poster Is Amazing By Jacob Hall/Feb. 7, 2017 10:00 am EST I hope someone has bought the marketing team working on Kong: Skull Island a nice fruit basket or a bottle of champagne because their work has been so weird and so wonderful. Those trailers are nothing short of nutty and the most recent poster deliberately riffed on Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, with King Kong standing in for Marlon Brando....