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‘Outlaw Johnny Black’ Trailer Promotes Crowdfunding Campaign For The ‘Black Dynamite’ Sequel By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 9, 2018 6:30 am EST Black Dynamite who? Michael Jai White is now Outlaw Johnny Black, the gun-slinging cowboy about to tear a new satirical hole in the Western movie. The Outlaw Johnny Black is the semi-sequel to the cult comedy classic Black Dynamite, a fantastic and uproariously funny satire of blaxpoitation movies. And now the first Outlaw Johnny Black trailer promises that the movie is coming soon....

‘Passengers’ Clip & Music Video: Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt Get Flirty By Angie Han/Nov. 29, 2016 7:00 am EST Sony has released a couple new bits of marketing for next month’s other big space movie, Morten Tyldum’s Passengers. The sci-fi romance stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt as two people who wake up 90 years early on an interstellar journey. They kill some time by falling madly in love with one another (because even in the future, human beings are powerless to resist the charms of Jennifer Lawrence or Chris Pratt) before realizing they’re screwed because their spaceship is about to fall apart....

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ International Trailer: Trust The Force By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2016 11:45 am EST It’s time to look on the brighter side of the end of 2016 with a new international trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The new tease for the first Star Wars spin-off features a bunch of new footage from the film that follows a band of Rebels tasked with getting the plans to the original Death Star....

‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Almost Featured A Jedi Character By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2017 9:00 am EST It’s been almost a year since Star Wars: Rogue One came out, yet rumors surrounding the film still abound. After a production filled with heavy reshoots, and discussions about drastically different endings, Rogue One became a big blockbuster hit, albeit one that could’ve stood a much better script. Now comes word that the Jedi character Rahm Kota from the Force Unleashed video games might have made an appearance in an earlier draft....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Will Have The Least Wipe Transitions Of Any ‘Star Wars’ Movie By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2017 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are plenty of signature traits you’ll find in a Star Wars movie. There’s some variation of “I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” a varied group of aliens and creatures all over the place, and Stormtroopers who pretty much never hit their mark....

‘Super Troopers 2’ Red Band Trailer: Back And Ballsier Than Ever By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2017 9:36 am EST Get ready for balls to the wall hilarity with the arrival of the Super Troopers 2 red band trailer, promising all the immature, crass cop action you want and deserve. Super Troopers 2 asks you to “shave the date” — you’ll see why soon — for the anticipated sequel to the 2002 cult comedy classic....

‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Honest Trailer: This Is Gonna Be A Tough One, Isn’t It? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2016 7:35 am EST With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hitting some theaters as early as tomorrow night and the early buzz painting quite a positive picture (along with David Chen’s video review and Peter Sciretta’s spoiler-free review), everyone is all about Star Wars this week. That includes the folks over at Honest Trailers who have decided to tackle what many Star Wars fans regard as the greatest film in the saga: The Empire Strikes Back....

‘Transformers’ Bumblebee Spinoff Gets ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Director Travis Knight By Angie Han/March 2, 2017 8:09 pm EST The Transformers movies released so far have been a linear series of sequels, but a little while back we heard they’d be branching out into spinoffs — and now one of those spinoffs is taking a massive, alien-robot-sized step forward. The Bumblebee movie has reportedly found a director in Travis Knight, who last helmed Laika’s Kubo and the Two Strings....

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Trailer 2: ‘‘Yeah, I Fight Like A Girl’’ By Ethan Anderton/March 16, 2017 2:46 pm EST Last weekend brought a new clip from Transformers: The Last Knight, not to mention an extended TV spot giving us a peek at baby Dinobots and showing us just how tough the franchise’s young new star, Isabela Moner, is going to be. Now we get a much better look at the Bayhem that’s in store for us this summer with a brand new Transformers The Last Knight trailer....

An American Lightsaber Training Academy Will Teach You To Wield The Elegant Weapon Like A Jedi By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2016 4:00 am EST If you’re a Star Wars fan, there’s a good chance you’ve had a lightsaber battle with one of your friends. However, it’s unlikely that the fight was nothing compared to what the people from the competitive lightsaber training academy called Ludosport do on a daily basis....

Contest: Win A Piece Of ‘The Endless’ Concept Art By Matt Donato/April 17, 2018 10:00 am EST Those of you paying attention, yes – I’ve been quite busily covering Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s The Endless around these parts. I premiered an exclusive clip that teases an existential “Struggle,” interviewed the duo about their cinematic inspirations, and now comes the most fun reveal yet in the form of a giveaway contest!...

Dan Stevens Reunites With ‘Legion’ Creator For ‘Pale Blue Dot’ By Ben Pearson/May 12, 2018 12:00 pm EST Read on for more about the Dan Stevens Pale Blue Dot role. The movie centers on Portman’s character, a married astronaut who begins an affair with a fellow astronaut after she returns home from a space mission. Stevens will play Portman’s husband, Hamm will play the astronaut she has an affair with, and Beetz plays an astronaut trainee that Hamm begins sleeping with – a development that causes Portman’s character to spiral out of control and lose touch with reality....

Dark Times Lie Ahead: The ‘Harry Potter’ Movies Are Leaving Freeform In 2018 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 29, 2017 4:00 pm EST Say goodbye to your Harry Potter weekends: the Harry Potter movies are leaving Freeform. The network, formerly known as ABC Family, was famous for their unending Harry Potter movie marathons – regardless of the holiday. However, Freeform is ending its deal with the Harry Potter films after NBC Universal acquired the licensing rights to the film starting in 2018....

First Plot Details Of Quentin Tarantino’s New Movie Emerge By Jacob Hall/Nov. 20, 2017 8:00 am EST Charles Manson is dead. The infamous cult leader, whose followers embarked on a murder spree that paralyzed Los Angeles in 1969, died of natural causes yesterday while spending nine consecutive life terms in prison. No one will weep for Manson, a genuine monster, but he remains a figure of fascination and the subject of more than his fair share of movies....

FX Expects ‘Fargo’ to Return In 2019, Announces ‘Atlanta’ Season 2 Title, Greenlights ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spin-Off By Fred Topel/Jan. 5, 2018 11:45 am EST FX CEO John Landraf spoke with the Television Critics Association this morning. During a Q&A session, he confirmed that Fargo creator Noah Hawley is developing a fourth season, which the network expects next year. “It’s not gone,” Landgraf said. “Noah Hawley, who’s become quite a busy bee, not only with Legion but he’s got a pretty substantial career as a novelist and feature career coming up as a writer/director....

Here Are All Of Those ‘Justice League’ Teasers And Posters By Jacob Hall/March 24, 2017 2:30 pm EST First up, here’s the Batman tease, which begins fairly classical (he strikes a cool pose while a storm rages behind him) before reminding us the Zack Snyder is directing this movie (the Batmobile is still covered in machine guns, guys). Next up is the Flash, the Justice League character I’m most curious to see at this point....

Neil Marshall On Going R-Rated With ‘Hellboy: Rise Of The Blood Queen’ By Jack Giroux/June 28, 2017 11:00 am EST Neil Marshall is not one to ever let an R-rating go to waste. From Dog Soldiers to The Descent to Doomsday, the filmmaker knows how to get bloody. He usually works with good old-fashioned practical effects for his blood and carnage – which is his plan for the Hellboy reboot. Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, which starts shooting later this year, he says, is going to rely on practical effects as much as possible....

Netflix Buys Dan Gilroy’s Untitled ‘Nightcrawler’ Reunion By Jack Giroux/June 27, 2017 3:00 pm EST After a bidding war, Netflix won a “heated auction” for the next film from Nightcrawler writer-director, Dan Gilroy. Not only is it going to be the third feature from Gilroy, which makes it exciting enough already, but it’s also a Nightcrawler reunion: Jake Gyllenhaal and Renee Russo are starring in the film. Below, learn more about the Dan Gilroy Netflix project....

Paramount Network Will Not Credit The Weinstein Company on Their Co-Productions [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 15, 2018 2:00 pm EST Paramount Network, the rebrand of Spike TV launching January 18, presented to the Television Critics Association on Monday. In opening announcement, Kevin Kay, President of Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT, said that co-productions of Waco and Yellowtone would not credit The Weinstein Company or Harvey Weinstein. He elaborated on his decision in an executive session....

Robert Englund Says He’s Too Old To Play Freddy Krueger By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 21, 2017 11:00 am EST Today in slightly depressing but inevitable news: Robert Englund, the actor who made dream murderer Freddy Krueger immortal, says he’s too old to ever play the character again. Time marches on for all of us, and it seems age has caught up with Mr. Englund to the point where slipping on his razor glove and tattered Christmas sweater is no longer a possibility....