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Guillermo Del Toro Prefers ‘Better Call Saul’ To ‘Breaking Bad’, And With Good Reason By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 24, 2018 4:00 pm EST Over the course of four seasons, Better Call Saul has somehow evolved into a better show than its predecessor, Breaking Bad. At least, that’s what I think. But don’t just take my word for it – allow Academy Award winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro to school you on Saul’s brilliance....

James Marsters Says He’d Happily Play Spike Again In The ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Reboot [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Aug. 1, 2018 2:45 pm EST /Film was on the set of Marvel’s Runaways with the Television Critics Association and will have a full report on season two of the Hulu show. But speaking with James Marsters (who plays Chase’s father Victor Stein) after the Runaways panel led to talk of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot announced last month....

Kevin Smith Reveals Wrestler Chris Jericho As The Gator Chaser In ‘Killroy Was Here’ Horror Anthology By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 16, 2018 3:45 pm EST Kevin Smith got his start with a true indie in the form of Clerks, a movie shot for $27,575 that ended up selected by Sundance, made $3 million at the box office, and launched the career the filmmaker has today. For his latest project, the director is going back to those lower budget roots, complete with a student film crew full of nothing but passion for filmmaking....

LOL: Hodor Can’t Handle The Lunch Crowd In A ‘Game Of Thrones’ KFC Commercial By Ethan Anderton/July 5, 2017 5:30 am EST With Game of Thrones being one of the most popular shows on television, it should come as no surprise that it’s finally being exploited to help sell fast food. Over the weekend, the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food chain known just as KFC released a new commercial promoting a special meal deal available in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and they’ve used actor Kristian Nairn, better known as Hodor on Game of Thrones, to help sell it....

Sequel Bits: ‘Alien: Covenant,’ ‘Cars 3,’ ‘Kong: Skull Island,’ ‘Sausage Party’ Sequel, And ‘Split 2,’ By Jack Giroux/March 15, 2017 3:30 pm EST Talk about sensory overload. The new international poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is a little too busy. Unlike the trailer and super bowl spot, though, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is front and center: Prometheus’ David isn’t the only droid played by Michael Fassbender in this May’s Alien: Covenant....

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man Sequel Villain Hints, Red Hulk Becomes Iron Hulk & More By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2018 6:00 pm EST Want another chance at attending the Avengers: Infinity War premiere? What is Red Hulk doing wearing Iron Man armor? Which Black Panther star has a role in Venom? What do we know about the new Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel villain? Which Walking Dead star wants to play Wolverine? What new villain has been added to Luke Cage season 2?...

The Next ‘X-Men’ Movie Looking At Simon Kinberg To Direct By Jacob Hall/Feb. 21, 2017 3:00 pm EST Do you hear that? That’s the sound of the X-Men movie series getting its second wind. While X-Men: Apocalypse was a critical and financial disappointment, Deadpool proved that there was still plenty of life in the mutant superhero world. Logan looks like it will prove this further when it opens in a few weeks (the early reviews have been mostly raves)....

VOTD: A Supercut Of Movies Where Someone Says The Title In The Movie By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2017 5:00 am EST When it comes to the marketing of a movie, a trailer is probably the most important part. It gives the audience an idea of what to expect from the movie by showing off the tone, key sequences and all the talents on board that might get butts in the seats....

We Won’t Get Another ‘Jason Bourne’ Movie Unless It’s Something ‘‘Incredible’’ By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2017 1:00 pm EST Matt Damon isn’t off to a strong start this year with The Great Wall pulling in just over $42 million at the domestic box office so far. At the same time, the movie has been doing huge business internationally, with nearly $279 million from other territories around the world. But if you think that the lack of box office love in the United States will have Matt Damon going back to the well for more Jason Bourne, think again....

William Shatner Shares His (Theoretical) Idea For A ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Role By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 17, 2017 2:30 pm EST A William Shatner Star Trek Discovery cameo is in the works…in William Shatner’s mind. The actor, who originated the role of Captain Kirk on the 1960s Star Trek series and went on to reprise the role in seven more feature films, is eager to return to the character. And if that means defying Kirk’s death in Star Trek: Generations, then so be it....

Ant-Man and the Wasp Concept Art View this post on Instagram Another exploration for the original Wasp for AntMan and the Wasp. Played by Michelle Pfeiffer. At this step we were looking for a possible civilization living in the Quantum realm that’s why this hitech look. – #antmanandthewasp #antman #thewasp #theoriginalwasp #janetvandyne #marvel #michellepfeiffer #marvelstudios #mcu #marvelcinematicuniverse #conceptart #characterdesign #charadesign #digitalart #photoshop #quantumrealm A post shared by Aleksi Briclot (@aleksibriclot) on Sep 16, 2018 at 10:42am PDT Ant-Man and the Wasp concept artist Aleksi Briclot revealed a very different version of the Janet Van Dyne we meet near the end of the film....

‘Becoming Bond’ Trailer: The Crazy Story Of One-Time 007 George Lazenby By Jacob Hall/March 14, 2017 3:00 pm EST Sean Connery played James Bond five times, from Dr. No through You Only Live Twice, before abandoning the role. He would eventually be coaxed back for Diamonds Are Forever. But before that, for a single film, another actor held the role of Agent 007. That actor was George Lazenby, an Australian mechanic with no experience in front of the camera....

‘Captain Marvel’ Casts Gemma Chan As Kree Spy Minn-Erva By Ben Pearson/Feb. 26, 2018 2:29 pm EST Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel has always felt like one of those movies the studio would make eventually, but now that we’re just over a year away from its release, it’s finally starting to feel like a real project. Brie Larson is suiting up as the title character in Marvel’s first movie with a female lead, and now another woman has joined the team....

‘Dunkirk’ IMAX Featurette: You Must See This Movie On The Biggest Screen Possible By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 2017 3:31 pm EST Next week brings Christopher Nolan’s latest film to theaters in the form of Dunkirk, and you have a wide variety of formats in which you’ll be able to see it. But easily the best way to see the movie will be on the largest IMAX screen possible, because the director shot the film with IMAX large format film cameras, creating a massive, rich image that Nolan describes as something akin to virtual reality without the goggles....

‘Dunkirk’ Vs. ‘Darkest Hour’: How Christopher Nolan Succeeds Where Joe Wright Fails By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 6, 2017 11:30 am EST This summer, Christopher Nolan delivered his latest big-budget affair, the relentlessly intense, excellent Dunkirk; Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour, currently in limited release, follows Winston Churchill as he makes the decisions that would kickstart the Dunkirk evacuation. The difference between the two films is stark. In Atonement, Wright spent a few minutes depicting the carnage at Dunkirk in a virtuosic if show-offy single-take shot featuring one of the main characters (James McAvoy) wandering around shell-shocked....

‘Halloween’ Trailer Takes A True Crime Documentary Approach By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 21, 2018 2:09 pm EST A cool new Halloween trailer repurposes John Carpenter’s classic and David Gordon Green’s sequel/reboot as a true crime documentary. This looks like the type of thing you fall asleep watching on the Investigation Discovery channel, and I’m here for it. It also serves as a nice refresher on the story that started the franchise. Watch the Halloween trailer below....

By Jacob Hall/April 20, 2017 11:30 am EST However, the most interesting contender is Annapurna Pictures, Megan Ellison’s company that was founded in 2011 and has distributed movies like The Master, Zero Dark Thirty, Her, Foxcatcher, and Spring Breakers. They dipped their toe into more mainstream waters with last year’s Sausage Party and they apparently liked how it felt. They’re a fair bit more adventurous than your typical studio, throwing their weight behind unique filmmakers and eclectic projects....

‘Krypton’ Trailer: Superman’s Grandparents Get Their Own TV Show [Comic-Con 2017] By Ben Pearson/July 21, 2017 9:15 am EST Fans have been waiting to see the first official glimpse of the new Syfy series Krypton ever since it was first announced back in 2014. A trailer briefly made its way online earlier this year, but was quickly pulled down by the network. So if you weren’t part of the small group who managed to see that early preview, here’s your first look at the new Superman prequel series that follows the Man of Steel’s grandfather as he fights to save his family’s honor on his doomed planet....

‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Trailer: We’ve Got Movie Sign Again! By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 2017 9:30 am EST In the not too distant future, we’ll be getting new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, 14 new episodes of the cult favorite movie mocking TV series were put into production, and Netflix picked them up so as many viewers as possible could see them. Now we finally have a peak at the return of MST3K....

‘Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind’ Trailer: The Late Comedy Icon Gets His Own Documentary By Ethan Anderton/June 8, 2018 8:30 am EST The world lost Robin Williams in 2014 just before trying times when we need him the most. The brilliant, quick-witted comedic mind was a marvel to behold, his mind always moving faster than his body would let him. He was a rocket strapped to a roller skate. And this summer fans will be able to gain more insight into what made him tick....