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Live-Action ‘Doom Patrol’ Series Coming To DC Universe Digital Service By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2018 2:30 pm EST DC’s new digital service DC Universe continues to grow. The service has just announced a new live-action Doom Patrol series from the increasingly busy Greg Berlanti. Doom Patrol Series Greg Berlanti has to be one of the busiest people working in television, and he’s apparently fine adding even more onto his already heavy workload....

Michael Giacchino Returns For ‘Incredibles 2’, But Will He Reteam With Matt Reeves For ‘The Batman’? By Ben Pearson/May 5, 2017 1:30 pm EST Good news, Pixar fans: the studio’s favorite composer, Michael Giacchino, is coming back to provide the score for Brad Bird’s highly-anticipated sequel The Incredibles 2. Meanwhile, the intriguing possibility has also arisen that Giacchino (Star Trek, Up, Ratatouille) might reteam with his War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves and score The Batman....

New ‘Doctor Who’ First Look: Here’s Jodie Whittaker As The New Doctor By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 9, 2017 7:30 am EST The first female Doctor in Doctor Who history is about to make her big debut, and we now have the first official look at the character. Jodie Whittaker will be taking over for Peter Capaldi as the new incarnation of the Time Lord, and while fans were treated to a brief glimpse of the character in an announcement teaser, the first real look at the character and her costume has just been released....

New ‘Star Wars’ Posters Reveal A Key Character We Haven’t Seen Before By Jacob Hall/Feb. 2, 2017 11:30 am EST While the decision to gut most of the Star Wars expanded universe decreased the scope of this beloved galaxy for a few years, Lucasfilm has done a fine job of filling in those new blank spaces. New movies, television shows, novels, and comics set across the series’ timeline have been coming out at a steady pace, answering (and re-answering) the kind of questions that have fans have had fans talking for decades....

Oliver Stone Makes The Jump To Scripted Television With ‘Guantanamo’ By Ben Pearson/May 22, 2017 1:30 pm EST Over the past few years, more and more high-profile film directors have been fleeing the uncertain world of cinema in favor of longform television shows. David Fincher, Cary Fukunaga, Steven Soderbergh, Woody Allen, David O. Russell, the Wachowskis, Baz Luhrman, Jonathan Nolan…pretty soon, it’s going to be difficult to name a filmmaker who hasn’t made the jump to the small screen....

The Morning Watch: Jeff Goldblum Explains Ragnarok, Batman Vs Elmer Fudd & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 11, 2017 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, Jeff Goldblum tries to explain the meaning of Ragnarok in the title of Marvel Studios’ upcoming sequel Thor: Ragnarok....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 19, 2017 2:30 pm EST Felicity Jones will take her battles from the cosmos to the courtroom in a biopic about Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Rogue One: A Star Wars story actress is set to don the robes of the notorious feminist icon in the biographical film On the Basis of Sex, taking over the role from Natalie Portman, who was originally set to play Ginsburg....

VOTD: How ‘Logan’ Should Have Ended (As If It Could Have Been Better) By Ethan Anderton/April 14, 2017 5:00 am EST Under normal circumstances, the folks who put together the ongoing web series How It Should Have Ended offers an amusing, welcome perspective on how a popular blockbuster should have ended. Sometimes it’s based on walking through a major plot hole, other times it just points out something that doesn’t make sense....

By Ben Pearson/Jan. 6, 2018 9:00 am EST Now there’s one more way to keep the film at the forefront of your mind: watching a new music video from musician Sufjan Stevens, who provided multiple songs to the movie’s soundtrack. Check out the full video for the airy and relaxing “Mystery of Love,” which contains some clips from the movie that haven’t appeared in any of its trailers so far....

We’re Not Sure If This ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Poster Is A Joke, But Tickets Are Now On Sale By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2018 7:30 am EST Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is only a few weeks away from release, and that means it’s time to go pick up your tickets for opening weekend if you just can’t wait to see how humans totally mishandle this dinosaur situation all over again....

‘Altered Carbon’ Trailer: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Series Looks Expensive And Silly By Jacob Hall/Jan. 11, 2018 9:00 am EST One thing becomes immediately clear seconds into the new Altered Carbon trailer: Netflix put a lot of money into this series. It looks lavish and detailed, comparable to Game of Thrones and Westworld in terms of sheer scale (the pilot even boasts Thrones veteran Miguel Sapochnik as director). It also looks very silly, not helped by a miserable song choice that wants to sell this high-concept science fiction world to people who wouldn’t be caught dead with their nose in a sci-fi novel....

‘Annihilation’ Director Alex Garland’s Next Project Is A TV Series Like ‘Ex Machina’ Or ‘Never Let Me Go’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 9, 2018 12:00 pm EST Alex Garland only has two feature films under his belt as a director, but he’s quickly become one of the most exciting science-fiction filmmakers working today. And with early buzz for his upcoming film Annihilation suggesting that his directorial debut Ex Machina was no fluke, all eyes are on what Garland will do next....

‘Black Panther’ Trailer: Marvel Studios Takes Us To Wakanda By Jacob Hall/Oct. 16, 2017 6:31 am EST The new Black Panther trailer is here and, like the first preview for the movie, it looks like something that fits cleanly into the Marvel mold while also showcasing the unique talents of director Ryan Coogler (Creed). In other words: it looks pretty awesome. And unapologetic about being a Black Panther movie. The new trailer is light on plot while being heavy on action, style, and a genuine sense of cool....

‘Get Out’ Review: Jordan Peele’s Directorial Debut Is A Clever And Funny Thriller By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2017 11:30 am EST The midnight secret screening at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival was probably the worst kept secret in the festival’s history: It was the premiere of Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out, a Blumhouse-produced horror movie that takes on the monster of racism in modern times. Imagine Meet The Parents mixed with The Stepford Wives....

‘Goosebumps 2’ Adds Wendi McLendon-Covey, Chris Parnell & More By Ethan Anderton/March 7, 2018 5:30 am EST Yes, there’s still a Goosebumps sequel in the works. The film, which was at one point supposed to be called Goosebumps: Horrorland, is still slated to hit theaters this fall on October 12, 2018. But the film hasn’t started production yet. Columbia Pictures has just added three more cast members to the movie, which doesn’t seem to be bringing back any stars from the first film....

‘Gypsy’ Trailer: Naomi Watts Stars In Netflix’s Salacious New Drama By Ben Pearson/June 8, 2017 1:30 pm EST Oscar nominee Naomi Watts is one of approximately 200 characters to appear in David Lynch’s Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, but very soon she’ll step back into the spotlight and lead her own mysterious drama. Netflix has unveiled the first full trailer for Gypsy, in which Watts plays a therapist who crosses the line with her patients and gives in to her desires, throwing her family life into utter chaos....

‘Lizzie’ Trailer: Chloë Sevigny And Kristen Stewart Deconstruct The Story Of Lizzie Borden By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 3, 2018 6:30 am EST The story of Lizzie Borden is re-imagined with a twist in Lizzie, a film from The Boy and Channel Zero director Craig William Macneill. Chloë Sevigny plays the infamous woman who was accused of hacking her father and step-mother to death with an axe, and Kristen Stewart plays the family maid, Bridget Sullivan....

‘New Girl’ Will Jump Ahead Three Years For A Shortened Final Season By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2017 1:30 pm EST Amidst all the renewals and cancellations that television networks have announced over the past week, one show surprisingly remained on the bubble. New Girl has been one of FOX’s hit comedies ever since it debuted back in 2011. Though the series was initially thought to be a shoo-in to get renewed for a seventh season, the fate of the show recently took a turn for the worse and it came close to cancellation....

‘Sleepless’ Trailer: Jamie Foxx’s Latest Action Thriller Is ‘The Departed’ Meets ‘Taken’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2016 10:30 am EST The last time Jamie Foxx got into action mode it was as an electric Smurf in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Now it looks like he’s made a potentially better choice to get back into tough guy mode with a new action thriller called Sleepless. This one appears to be full of double crossing since it features Foxx playing an undercover detective named Vincent Downs, posing as a corrupt cop, who gets the raw end of a bad deal when his son is kidnapped by one of the gangsters (Scoot McNairy) Downs has been working with....

‘Star Wars’ Comic Shows The First Delightful Meeting Between Rose And Poe Dameron By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 2, 2018 3:00 pm EST When we first meet Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran) in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, she is immediately established as the movie’s everywoman — a spunky Resistance underling who believes in fighting for the cause above all else, except for perhaps the occasional fangirl moment when she meets her heroes....