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Mel Gibson Is Directing A WWII Thriller Called ‘Destroyer’, May Co-Star In ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ By Ben Pearson/April 30, 2018 6:00 pm EST In 2006, actor/director Mel Gibson was arrested for driving under the influence and went on a now-infamous rant using anti-Semitic, racist, and sexist comments. After apologizing and spending the next decade in director’s jail, he made a comeback with 2016’s Oscar-nominated Hacksaw Ridge and has eased his way back into the Hollywood limelight....

Ray Fisher’s Cyborg To Appear In ‘The Flash’ By Angie Han/Aug. 17, 2016 9:00 am EST The upcoming Justice League sees Ezra Miller’s The Flash teaming up with a whole bunch of other DC superheroes. And it looks like at least one of his new pals will be staying by his side for a while. A new report indicates Cyborg a.k.a. Victor Stone, played by Ray Fisher, will make an appearance in Rick Famuyiwa’s The Flash solo movie due out in 2018....

Superhero Bits: Avengers: No Surrender, Mjolnir Candy Apples, Catwoman Rumors & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2017 5:00 pm EST Want to make candy apples shaped like Mjolnir? What is Avengers: No Surrender doing with all of the superhero team members in 2018? What are Iron Fist and Luke Cage doing on the set of the second season of the latter’s Netflix series? Which classic superhero almost had a cameo in Batman vs Two-Face?...

Superhero Bits: Deadpool Vs The Punisher, Spider-Man Suit Upgrades, Moon Knight And More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2017 5:00 pm EST What are the best episodes of Batman: The Animated Series? What’s up with Marvel’s new Deadpool vs The Punisher comic? Which Captain America: Civil War star earned a BAFTA nomination already? Want to learn about the suit upgrades Spidey gets in Spider-Man: Homecoming? How is Suicide Squad similar to Ghostbusters: Answer the Call?...

By Jacob Hall/Feb. 22, 2017 6:54 pm EST The last time we heard anything solid about Fox’s X-Force movie, X-Men franchise mainstay Simon Kinberg was working on the screenplay. Then there were rumblings that this team of mutant heroes, darker and a bit more violent than your typical X-Men team, would be introduced in the third Deadpool movie (never mind that Deadpool 2 doesn’t even exist yet). And now, out of the mist, someone new has arrived to steer the X-Force movie toward port: Joe Carnahan....

The Morning Watch: Stop-Motion ‘Ghostbusters’, Jeff Goldblum Answers Internet Questions & More By Ethan Anderton/March 28, 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, watch a stop-motion recreation of the rooftop face-off from the third act of Ghostbusters....

This ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ Poster Is Steely, Well-Dressed, Probably Lining Up Headshots By Jacob Hall/Sept. 21, 2016 11:30 am EST Here’s my John Wick story. I attended an early morning Fantastic Fest press screening of Chad Stahelski and David Leitch convinced that I was about to watch a B-movie that was one hair away from going straight to DVD. When the credits rolled, I was fairly sure that I had just watched one of the best action movies in years and the rare movie to fully understand how to fully utilize the very specific weapon that is Keanu Reeves....

Will ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Feature A New Love Interest For The Cocky Fighter Pilot? [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 12, 2018 6:31 pm EST Screenwriter Justin Marks appeared on a Television Critics Association panel for his Starz series Counterpart (which we’ll have more about in the coming weeks), but afterwards, we got the chance to ask about the screenplay for Top Gun: Maverick, of which Marks wrote an early draft....

‘Behind Enemy Lines’ Is Becoming A TV Series At FOX By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 28, 2017 2:27 pm EST Back in the early 2000s, Owen Wilson quickly rose to fame thanks to roles in films like Shanghai Noon, Meet the Parents, Zoolander, The Royal Tenenbaums and Behind Enemy Lines. The latter didn’t really help Wilson broaden his career as an action star in addition to being a gifted comedy actor, but now it could serve as the spark of a new TV series at FOX....

‘Lobo’ Movie Puts Director Michael Bay In Its Sights By Jacob Hall/Feb. 8, 2018 1:00 pm EST Michael Bay was always going to get around to directing a superhero movie. It was inevitable. And you know what? Few comic book characters match his specific sensibilities quite like Lobo. A new report says Bay has met with Warner Bros. about bringing the crass, intergalactic bounty hunter to life on the big screen....

‘Logan’ Footage Review: Hugh Jackman’s Last Wolverine Movie Gets Off To A Rousing Start [UPDATED] By Angie Han/Jan. 19, 2017 6:30 am EST Normally, when a studio offers us the chance to preview footage from an upcoming film, we’re treated to a handful of clips. In the case of James Mangold’s Logan, we saw the entire first act — perhaps 30 or 40 minutes of footage. Such a move speaks to 20th Century Fox’s faith in the film, touted as Hugh Jackman’s very last performance of Wolverine after 17 years....

‘Ready Player One’ Trailer Breakdown: Let The Easter Egg Hunt Begin By Jack Giroux/July 25, 2017 10:00 am EST “The virtual world was amazing,” Spielberg told the crowd at Comic-Con. “When I read Ernie’s book, it was the most amazing flash-forward and flashback at the same time, to a decade I was very involved in, the 1980s. There’s a flash forward to a future I think is awaiting all of us, whether we like it or not....

‘Riverdale’ Spin-Off ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’ Coming To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 1, 2017 1:30 pm EST The Sabrina the Teenage Witch spin-off from the CW’s hot Archie show Riverdale is coming to Netflix. Inspired by the comic book series The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, the show will reimagine the the story of Sabrina the Teenage Witch with a darker, more horror-oriented storyline. The series had originally been planned for the CW, but now Netflix has committed to a 20-episode season of show....

Alex Kurtzman Takes Over, Akiva Goldsman Not Returning Alex Kurtzman has been an executive producer on Star Trek: Discovery since the beginning, and he’s even credited as a co-creator of the show. He will be overseeing the writers room after the show takes what is said to be a planned production hiatus after the fifth episode is complete. This is when Kurtzman will get together with the writing staff, regroup, and help everyone move on....

By Ben Pearson/Sept. 6, 2017 4:29 pm EST After a lengthy search, Warner Bros. and DC Films have finally hired a director for Suicide Squad 2: Gavin O’Connor, the man behind movies like The Accountant, Miracle, and Pride and Glory. Find out more about the new Suicide Squad 2 director below. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news about O’Connor directing the antihero sequel, as well as the fact that O’Connor has also been tapped to write the movie’s screenplay....

‘The Goonies 2’ Will Still “Likely” Happen, But In What Form? By Ben Pearson/Nov. 3, 2017 1:00 pm EST The Goonies actor Sean Astin is back in the public eye with his turn as the delightfully normcore Bob Newby in Stranger Things 2, and while he was making the press rounds to promote the show, the inevitable happened: someone asked him about the possibility of The Goonies 2. But instead of shrugging it off, Astin seemed hopeful about the odds of the long-discussed sequel coming to fruition....

‘The Shape Of Water’ And ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Win Big At The PGA Awards By Jacob Hall/Jan. 21, 2018 6:08 am EST The Shape of Water producers Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale took home the award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, beating out heavy hitters like Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Dunkirk, and The Post. Coco took home top honors in the animated film category. TV Awards went to The Handmaid’s Tale, Black Mirror, and The Marvelous Mrs....

‘The Trip To Spain’ Trailer: Roger Moore Impression And Good Food – What Else Could You Want? By Ben Pearson/June 15, 2017 4:30 pm EST While The Trip movies often include a couple of melancholic moments and some pontificating about getting older, the majority of these films are an absolute pleasure to watch. Director Michael Winterbottom has locked in on a simple but effective formula: stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon cruise across various countrysides eating delicious-looking food and incessantly bantering back and forth....

‘Zombieland 2’ Update: The Sequel Is Still In Active Development By Jack Giroux/March 23, 2017 2:00 pm EST They’re more sought after and naturally more expensive to hire. According to the screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick behind the 2009 film and Deadpool, paying them what they’re deserved while staying reasonable is a part of the next steps on the sequel, which makes it sound a little more likely than it has before....

By Jacob Hall/Oct. 30, 2017 1:30 pm EST “Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear....