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Movie Magic: See How Zack Snyder Created That Aquaman Footage For ‘Justice League’ By Jacob Hall/March 8, 2017 3:00 pm EST About a week ago, director Zack Snyder teased footage from Justice League, offering a tiny glimpse of Jason Momoa’s Aquaman in action. Now, he’s revealed a behind-the-scenes image showing off exactly how the created the illusion of a superhero effortlessly navigating an underwater environment. In case you missed it before, here’s the blurry footage of Arthur Curry, the half-human heir to the throne of Atlantis and the hero tasked with defending the planet’s oceans, gracefully gliding through the water: https://twitter....

New ‘Rambo’ Movie In The Works; Sylvester Stallone Won’t Return By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2016 1:02 pm EST John Rambo is bursting back onto the big screen. Nu Image / Millennium Films is firing up Rambo: New Blood, with Ariel Vromen (Criminal) set to direct and Brooks McLaren on board to write. The catch? This isn’t a Rambo sequel, but rather a Rambo reboot that’s moving ahead without Sylvester Stallone. According to The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, Millennium is treating Rambo “as a character akin to James Bond....

Superhero Bits: Fanmade Logan Credits Scene, Brad Pitt Turned Down Deadpool 2 & More By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2017 5:00 pm EST Are the old versions and new versions of Thor, Iron Man and other Marvel heroes teaming up in the comics? How many times has Wolverine slashed his claws through the whole X-Men franchise? Why did Inglourious Basterds star Brad Pitt turn down playing Cable in Deadpool 2? Want to see a fanmade post-credits scene for Logan featuring Deadpool?...

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman Posters, Hellboy Promo Art, Doomsday Clock Details & More By Ethan Anderton/May 18, 2017 5:00 pm EST Want to see Michael Rooker with Mary Poppins at one of Disney’s theme parks? What can you expect from Agents of SHIELD’s fifth season? Which Fantastic Four villain would James Gunn like to use in Guardians of the Galaxy? What’s in store for DC Comics when the Doomsday Clock storyline arrives this fall?...

That Glasses-Free 3D ‘Avatar’ Story Isn’t Nearly As Definitive As The Internet Would Have You Believe By Ben Pearson/June 28, 2017 11:30 am EST You may have seen a lot of headlines in the past 24 hours about how James Cameron’s long-awaited Avatar 2 will feature glasses-free 3D technology. Cameron’s an innovative filmmaker who has been working on developing brand new tech for underwater motion capture for his ambitious sequels, and his entire career has basically been about pushing boundaries of what’s possible when it comes to filmmaking....

The First Two Cobra Kai Episodes Are Free On YouTube Red – What Are The Critics Saying? By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2018 12:30 pm EST Ready to be transported back to the world of The Karate Kid, but not willing to fork over the cash for a YouTube Red subscription? You’re in luck: the first two Cobra Kai episodes are available to watch now for free on YouTube. It’s a clever marketing ruse by YouTube to get new subscribers, but the Cobra Kai free episodes may actually convince you to buy into a whole new streaming service....

The Lost Boys Television Show: ‘iZombie’ Creator Rob Thomas Pushing For More ‘Peter Pan’ By Jack Giroux/Jan. 9, 2017 3:30 pm EST Veronica Mars and iZombie creator Rob Thomas has an ambitious plan for The Lost Boys series: each season will span a decade. Thomas envisions seven seasons for the anthology series, based on director Joel Schumacher’s 80s classic. Every season of The CW series will take place in a different year and setting, following a new group of vampires....

VOTD: ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’ Podrace Vs. The ‘Ben-Hur’ Chariot Race By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2016 1:30 pm EST George Lucas has been known to take inspiration for his movies from classic films, TV shows, comics and more. The original Star Wars in 1977 took cues from sci-fi serials like Flash Gordon and masterpieces such as Metropolis. Other influences include the films of Akira Kurosawa and much more, and this is a practice that George Lucas brought with him when he made the Star Wars prequels....

VOTD: How An Alternate Cut Of ‘Passengers’ Makes It A Better Movie By Ethan Anderton/April 20, 2017 6:00 am EST Nerdwriter takes a close look at Passengers and imagines how the story would have played out in a much more interesting way if instead of following the movie from the perspective of Chris Pratt’s character Jim, we begin the movie from the viewpoint of Jennifer Lawrence’s character Aurora. It adds an entirely different feel to the first half of the movie....

VOTD: Watch The ‘Rogue One’ Ending Lead Into ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ Uninterrupted By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 2017 6:00 am EST One of the most thrilling moments in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is when you realize the ending of the movie is leading right up to the opening of Star Wars: A New Hope. There was something very exciting about seeing the moments that led to the chase that opened the movie which started it all, helped immensely by that added Darth Vader sequence....

WTF: Lea Thompson Is Pitching A ‘Howard The Duck’ Movie To Marvel Studios By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2018 1:30 pm EST Even if you’ve never seen it, you’ve likely heard tales about how the 1986 Howard the Duck movie is terrible. But that was over 30 years ago and technology has changed considerably since then. The character experienced a brief resurgence in popularity after appearing briefly in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and now Lea Thompson, the Back to the Future actress who starred in the original Howard the Duck, says she’s planning to pitch a new movie version to the team at Marvel Studios....

‘Alpha’ Trailer: Kodi Smit-McPhee Stars In This Prehistoric Survival Tale By Ben Pearson/July 18, 2017 4:00 pm EST Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for a new survival thriller period piece called Alpha (formerly known as The Solutrean) from The Book of Eli co-director Albert Hughes. Set in prehistoric Europe, the film stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Apocalypse) as a young man who’s left for dead after a fall and who endures harsh conditions by teaming up with an injured wolf....

‘American Vandal’ Season 2 Early Buzz: Same Show, Different Setting By Ben Pearson/Aug. 29, 2018 2:00 pm EST American Vandal season 2 reviews have started to arrive, and you can find out what critics are saying about the new episodes below. Does it live up to season 1? The thrust of season 2 involves young documentarians Peter Maldonado (Tyler Alvarez) and Sam Ecklund (Griffin Gluck) driving from San Diego to Seattle to solve a new case: they must uncover the identity of “The Turd Burglar,” a devious prankster who caused a pants-crapping epidemic known as “The Brownout” at a Catholic high school....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Featurette Highlights The Film’s Kinetic Action By Chris Evangelista/June 22, 2018 2:17 pm EST Ant-Man and the Wasp are at it again in yet another new featurette showcasing the upcoming Marvel film. The sequel to Marvel’s light and frothy Ant-Man comes on the heels of all the d0om-and-gloom of Avengers: Infinity War, and might just be what fans need right now. Watch the Ant-Man and the Wasp featurette below....

‘Mary And The Witch’s Flower’ Trailer: Studio Ponoc’s First Movie Follows In The Footsteps Of Ghibli By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 26, 2017 2:00 pm EST Studio Ghibli may have closed its doors (for now), but Studio Ponoc is here to try to live up to its mantle as the premiere animated studio outside of Disney and Pixar. Ponoc already has a lot going for it — the studio was founded by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, an animator on Spirited Away, and the director of acclaimed late-era Ghibli fare like The Secret World of Arrietty and When Marnie Was There....

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Casts Newcomer Cailee Spaeny As Female Lead By Angie Han/Sept. 15, 2016 1:30 pm EST Pacific Rim may be all about robots and monsters, but it still hangs on a human element. In Pacific Rim 2, our species will be represented by John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, and now newcomer Cailee Spaeny, who’s just been cast as the female lead. Steven S. DeKnight (Netflix’s Daredevil) is directing the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 film....

‘Suicide Squad 2’ Might Get Mel Gibson To Direct By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2017 3:35 pm EST Like so many other big stars before him, Mel Gibson is considering going the superhero movie route. But not as an actor — as a director. Warner Bros. reportedly wants Gibson to helm the sequel to Suicide Squad, which, despite the negative reviews from critics and the polarized reactions from fans, earned a healthy chunk of change at the box office last summer....

‘Tresspass Against Us’ Trailer: Michael Fassbender Wants Out Of The Criminal Family Lifestyle By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2016 3:30 pm EST Before you watch Michael Fassbender play a man descended from a long line of assassins, how about watching Michael Fassbender as a man descended from a long line of low-level criminals? The actor recently hit TIFF with Trespass Against Us, which chronicles three generations of a criminal family in the British countryside....

‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ Season 5 Trailer: The Paladins Make A “Deal With The Devil” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 15, 2018 1:30 pm EST The war against the Galra Empire drags on, but things are only getting more tense for the Paladins. The last season of Voltron: Legendary Defender found Team Voltron with an alluring, but dangerous offer from their former enemy. But while the deal finally puts the end of the war in their sights, it may have worse repercussions than they could have anticipated....

‘Westworld’ Season 2 Cast Adds Actors From ‘Get Out’, ‘Vikings’, And ‘Tyrant’ By Ben Pearson/Aug. 10, 2017 5:00 pm EST HBO’s Westworld season 2 cast has just grown by three. But will these new additions be previously-unseen androids in the western-themed park, fodder for the robot uprising, or something else entirely? Read on to find out. Deadline brings word about the show’s three newest players, who have all appeared on other TV shows and movies before....