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Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Superboy May Come To ‘Titans’, Deadpool Vs Boba Fett, Deathstroke Movie & More By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2018 6:00 pm EST Spider-Man has some trouble with Iron Man in a new Marvel Funko Presents animated short on YouTube. Producer Geoff Johns teased appearances by Superboy and Lex Luthor in the forthcoming Titans series. Catch up on the entire first season of Krypton in just four minutes before the second season comes to SyFy....

The ‘Den Of Thieves’ Trailer Is Like ‘Heat’ With Gerard Butler By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 26, 2017 5:30 am EST Gerard Butler, who can currently be seen fighting the weather in Geostorm, has yet another film on the horizon. In Den of Thieves, Butler is an unorthodox cop chasing after a team of robbers. It’s sort of like heat, but instead of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, we get Gerard Butler and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson....

The Morning Watch: ‘Oh, Hello’ Comes To ‘Portlandia’, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Retrospective & More By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 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, John Mulaney and Nick Kroll’s characters from their Oh, Hello show on Broadway stop by Portlandia....

The Most Polarizing Movies Of The 21st Century By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 13, 2016 5:30 am EST Because everyone’s opinions on movies are subjective, there will always be disagreements between what people think deserves to be called an outstanding movie or what is just cinematic garbage. More often than not, there’s some kind of general consensus, but every now and then there are movies where the opinions range from one end of the spectrum to the other....

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 43 - The Stranger By David Chen/Dec. 24, 2010 10:31 pm EST A moment forgotten and one unforgettable. Both leave their mark. The x/y axis moves again and another “moment before zero” reveals the Stranger. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

Tom Hardy Will Be Playing Venom Through Motion-Capture By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 24, 2017 2:30 pm EST Tom Hardy has faced the hurdles of acting with masks covering his face and his eyes for many of his most famous roles — so motion-capture technology should be a piece of cake. It’s not much of a surprise that Hardy will be portraying the alien symbiote in Venom in a mo-cap suit, considering the character’s shape-shifting abilities....

Video: How Michael Mann Influenced Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2017 5:30 am EST If you ask me, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a masterwork, not just as a superhero movie but as a film. But like most great filmmakers, Nolan wears his film influences on his sleeves, and it’s very evident in his work. We’ve talked previously about how Nolan’s love for the James Bond franchise has shown up in his films from time to time (For instance, The Dark Knight Rises opening sequence was clearly inspired by 1989’s Licence to Kill)....

‘31’ Trailer: Yep, This Certainly Looks Like A Rob Zombie Movie By Jacob Hall/Aug. 31, 2016 4:30 pm EST I once described the “Love Hurts” sequence from the 2007 remake of Halloween to my wife and she honestly thought I was making it up. I have rarely been so annoyed (or seen an audience so irritated) than after a SXSW screening of Lords of Salem. So it’s some kind of testament to Rob Zombie that I remain interested in him as a filmmaker and have every intention of seeing his newest movie, 31…which looks like something a team of comedians would have cooked up if they were tasked with creating a parody of a Rob Zombie movie....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Character Posters Give Us Our First Look At Michelle Pfeiffer As Janet Van Dyne By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 6, 2018 10:30 am EST The fate of Janet van Dyne remained a mystery for most of 2015’s Ant-Man, with the original Wasp and Hank Pym’s wife presumed dead after being lost in the Quantum Realm. But then Michelle Pfeiffer (Disney’s apparent secret ingredient for a lot of its sequels) was cast in Ant-Man and the Wasp, with the news that she would be playing Janet....

‘Beatriz At Dinner’ Trailer: Miguel Arteta, Mike White, And Salma Hayek Go To Dinner By Jack Giroux/April 17, 2017 4:30 pm EST Director Miguel Arteta and screenwriter Mike White sounds like a dynamite combo. The Good Girl director and Enlightened creator linked up for Beatriz at the Dinner, which stars Salma Hayek and Jon Lithgow. Arteta and White tend to make heartfelt and sincere comedies, so their sensibilities should align nicely with Beatriz at Dinner....

‘Candy Crush’ TV Show Coming To CBS By Angie Han/Oct. 18, 2016 2:30 pm EST CBS is hoping to turn your mobile game addiction into TV ratings gold. The network has just given the greenlight to Candy Crush, based on the video game franchise that everyone was hooked on a couple of years ago. The TV version will be an hourlong live-action game show played on giant interactive boards with some sort of play-along component for fans watching at home....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke Joins ‘Han Solo’ Movie By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2016 3:53 pm EST Breaking news. Disney has announced that Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has been cast in the upcoming untitled Han Solo Star Wars standalone movie. Hit the jump to learn some details about the Emilia Clarke Han Solo casting. Disney broke the news directly via the Star Wars website, announcing that that “Clarke, known for her stirring portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, will join the upcoming untitled Han Solo Star Wars movie....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Will Film Multiple Endings For The Series Finale To Avoid Spoilers By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2017 9:30 am EST As HBO learned through its prolonged dealings with hackers this summer, the internet is dark and full of spoilers. And as the network’s flagship shows nears its end, the frenzy for spoilers of just how Game of Thrones will conclude will soon reach its peak. It’s no wonder that HBO will go above and beyond to prevent as many spoilers from hitting the internet as possible....

‘Incredibles 2’ Animated Short With Jack-Jack And Auntie Edna Mode Is Coming To Home Video By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2018 10:30 am EST Incredibles 2 is one of the biggest hits of the year. The Pixar sequel has raked in over $602.8 million domestically, making it the highest grossing PG movie of all time, and it also landed another $564 million overseas. So it’s going to be a big deal when the movie comes home on digital, Blu-ray and DVD, especially because it will include a new animated short that fans have wanted ever since seeing the movie....

‘Jurassic World 3’ Will Be A “Science Thriller,” According To Colin Trevorrow By Chris Evangelista/April 18, 2018 3:30 pm EST Break out the beakers and Bunsen burners: Jurassic World 3 is going to blind you with science. While Jurassic World 3 is still a long way off from release, director Colin Trevorrow says that we can expect the film to be a “science thriller.” The trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom roared onto the interwebs today, but if you want to look towards the future of the Jurassic franchise, here’s some Jurassic World 3 info....

‘Michael Moore In TrumpLand’ Review: The Case For Hillary Clinton By Angie Han/Oct. 20, 2016 8:00 am EST Or rather, a filmed version of a one-man show. Michael Moore in TrumpLand is essentially a concert film, shot during his performance in Wilmington, Ohio earlier this month. The most surprising thing about it, though, is that despite the title TrumpLand isn’t really about Donald Trump. Rather, it’s an impassioned, if not entirely effective, case for Hillary Clinton....

‘Ozark’ Season 2 Trailer: There Is No Off-Season In Jason Bateman’s Dark Netflix Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 30, 2018 7:30 am EST Ozark returns for a darker second season — figuratively and literally. The blue-tinted Netflix drama starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney checks in with the Byrde family soon after the tense events of season 1, and things have only escalated. Ozark Season 2 Trailer The first season of Ozark followed Marty Byrde (Bateman), his wife Wendy (Linney), and their two children as they flee Chicago to set up a money laundering operation in Missouri in service of a cartel to whom Marty owes a scary amount of money....

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’ May Bring Back Another Franchise Star, But It’s Kind Of A Spoiler By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 18, 2016 9:00 am EST Production on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth film in the multi-billion dollar franchise, has been done for awhile now. But it appears there may be one more addition to the cast that we hadn’t heard about, someone from one of the previous films in the franchise who will be brought back alongside other returning cast members like Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow and Orlando Bloom as Will Turner....

‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ Trailer: The Other ‘Lego Movie’ Spinoff Also Hits Theaters This Year By Angie Han/Feb. 8, 2017 6:07 am EST It took Warner Bros. a while to get out a follow-up to 2014’s The Lego Movie, but now we’re getting two of them in one year. This weekend marks the debut of The Lego Batman Movie, featuring the return of the tiny plastic minifig version of the Dark Knight....

‘The Simpsons’ Showrunner Al Jean Addresses Apu Controversy And Series Milestones [Interview] By Fred Topel/Sept. 26, 2018 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last year, a Simpsons controversy heated up. Hari Kondabolu’s documentary The Problem with Apu aired in November 2017, criticizing the stereotypical nature of the Indian character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. The Simpsons responded in their episode “No Good Read Goes Unpunished.” The response sparked more debate than the documentary originally did, and /Film has been covering it closely....