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Cool Stuff: Hero Complex Gallery’s John McTiernan Art Show Is Full Of ‘Die Hard’, ‘Predator’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 25, 2017 2:00 pm EST For their last show of the year, Hero Complex Gallery decided to pay tribute to the director behind not only one of the best Christmas movies, but one of the best action movies ever made. In fact, director John McTiernan is responsible for several outstanding action thrillers, and many of them were given some outstanding new pieces of pop culture artwork for a show paying tribute to the films of John McTiernan....

Damon Lindelof Is Developing HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ TV Adaptation By Ben Pearson/June 20, 2017 5:57 pm EST Who watches the watchmen? Looks like the answer might be Damon Lindelof. The co-creator of shows like Lost and The Leftovers is reportedly staying in the HBO fold and is currently in talks to develop a TV adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking superhero comic book series for the premium cable channel....

Former Blink-182 Member Tom DeLonge Making Directorial Debut With ‘Strange Times’ By Jack Giroux/Feb. 4, 2017 10:00 am EST Co-founder and former member of Blink-182, Tom DeLonge, is making his feature directorial debut with Strange Times, a movie that sounds right up the author and musician’s alley. DeLonge, who’s a big believer in aliens and “the phenomenon,” is making an R-rated movie about skateboarders looking into the paranormal activity going on in their town....

Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ ‘Metal Gear Solid’ Movie Will Embrace The Video Games’ Weirdness By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2018 12:30 pm EST Vogt-Roberts is currently developing his Metal Gear Solid movie, and though he received a blessing from series creator Hideo Kojima, there are no details as to whether a studio has picked up the film or a tentative release date. But now, shortly after Vogt-Roberts built buzz around the movie by teasing concept art, the Kong: Skull Island director is giving fans an update on what they can expect in his Metal Gear Solid movie....

By Ben Pearson/June 14, 2018 4:30 pm EST Kidman, of course, is a supremely talented actress who has won two Emmys, five Golden Globes, and an Oscar for Best Actress. Later this year we’ll see her in Warner Bros. and DC’s Aquaman, in which she plays Queen Atlanna, the mother of Jason Momoa’s title character. She’s also soon reprising her role as Celeste Wright in the upcoming second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies, following up a staggering performance in the first season as an abused wife who has enough of her abuser and attempts to break away from him....

POTD: Matt Ferguson Gives ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ A Perfect ‘Star Wars’ Tribute By Ethan Anderton/May 3, 2017 6:00 am EST Back in 2014, artist Matt Ferguson created a stunning poster for Guardians of the Galaxy inspired by the original poster art for the release of Star Wars in 1977 (it was one of Germain Lussier’s favorite pieces that year). Sadly, it was a privately commissioned piece of art, so fans weren’t able to get ahold of it to add to their own collection....

Scarlett Johansson To Star In Taika Waititi’s Next Film, ‘Jojo Rabbit’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 29, 2018 1:00 pm EST The World War II-set film is a satirical dramedy about a young nationalistic German boy who creates an imaginary Adolf Hitler to befriend. But his world is turned upside down when he discovers that his mother, to be played by Johansson, is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Here is the synopsis of this strange, wild film, courtesy of The Wrap:...

See A Ton Of Never-Before-Seen Early ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Concept Sketches [Comic-Con 2018] By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2018 6:00 am EST On Thursday afternoon, Lucasfilm presented its 10th Anniversary Celebration of Star Wars: The Clone Wars at San Diego Comic-Con International. The big news revealed at the end of the panel is that Disney is bringing The Clone Wars back from the dead for a 12-episode season on Disney’s upcoming streaming service....

Sony Planning ‘My Favorite Thing Is Monsters’ Movie By Ethan Anderton/March 31, 2017 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Fans of movie monsters, pulp horror and murder mystery will soon have a project that they can look forward to with great anticipation. Sony Pictures has just won the rights to My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, a graphic novel from illustrator and toy sculptor Emil Ferris that weaves B-movie monster iconography with a murder mystery…and Holocaust history?...

Superhero Bits: Supergirl Hidden Suit, Howard The Duck, Chris Pratt Prank Call & More By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2017 5:00 pm EST What’s the new release date for the animated Spider-Man movie? Where did Supergirl supposedly keep her suit hidden in the old Action Comics? Why didn’t Dave Bautista want to read the full script for Avengers: Infinity War? Will we see Howard the Duck pop up again in the MCU?...

Terry Gilliam Flies Too Close To The Sun, Loses Rights To ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 18, 2018 7:30 am EST After decades of behind-the-scenes strife and arduous legal battles, Gilliam had finally crossed the finish line. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote was in the can and had screened to film festival audiences (to admittedly mixed reviews). Gilliam’s passion project, which had first began its notoriously troubled journey to the big screen in 1990, simply awaited a distributor....

Vin Diesel’s ‘Bloodshot’ Casts ‘New Girl’ Star Lamorne Morris By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 3, 2018 4:00 pm EST The actor, who recently appeared in the wildly funny Warner Bros. comedy Game Night, will join a packed cast that includes Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Talulah Riley, Alex Hernandez, and Toby Kebbell. Vin Diesel headlines the superhero flick directed by Dave Wilson from a script by Oscar-nominated Arrival screenwriter Eric Heisserer. Based on the Valiant comic book created in 1992 by Kevin Van Hook, Don Perlin, and Bob Layton, Bloodshot follows mortally wounded soldier Ray Garrison (Diesel), who is resurrected with cutting-edge nanotechnology but suffers memory loss from the process....

Where Was ‘Transparent’ Star Amy Landecker In ‘Doctor Strange’? By Jacob Hall/Nov. 7, 2016 2:03 pm EST The cast of Doctor Strange features one Oscar winner (Tilda Swinton) and three Oscar nominees (Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel McAdams, and Chiwetel Ejiofor). It features two actors so good that they don’t need any stinkin’ Oscar nominations (Mads Mikkelsen and Michael Stuhlbarg). There’s also Scott Adkins, who would probably break an Oscar over his bicep if you asked him nicely....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Screenwriter Explains Thanos’ Grand Plan By Jacob Hall/Feb. 15, 2017 1:00 pm EST Despite being built up as the greatest threat the Marvel universe has ever faced, Thanos has spent the past five years sitting on his space throne, occasionally popping up to get out-smarted by Ronan the Accuser and make vague threats in post-credits sequences. That is looking to change in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War, which will put the big purple menace front-and-center as attempts to do…something....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Set Photo Teases An Ominous Connection To ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 8, 2017 10:30 am EST Those frustrating nightmare visions from Avengers: Age of Ultron may finally pay off in Avengers: Infinity War. The visions implanted by Scarlet Witch in Age of Ultron acted largely as reflections on the various Avengers’ psyches, except for Thor’s. His vision was an explicit move to set up the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it’s one that has yet to come to fruition....

‘Black Lightning’ Trailer: Villains Are About To Get Lit Up By Ben Pearson/May 18, 2017 12:30 pm EST When The CW formed from the ashes of UPN and The WB, who would have thought that the fledgling network would become the go-to channel for live-action superhero television shows? Since Smallville, the network has expanded its roster to include Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl, and now there’s a new hero in town: Black Lightning....

‘Daredevil’ Season 3 Poster: Let There Be Darkness By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 19, 2018 11:30 am EST Did you know that Daredevil is going to be darker than it’s ever been in its highly anticipated third season? If the dimly lit teaser released earlier this month didn’t clue you in, the new Daredevil season 3 poster may just hammer it in for you. Netflix has released a haunting new Daredevil season 3 poster through the official Daredevil Twitter account with a caption that simply read “Job 30:26....

‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald’ Trailer: Dark Times Are Ahead In The Wizarding World By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 13, 2018 9:03 am EST War is coming to the Wizarding World. Things are much more dire in the sequel to the 2016 Harry Potter prequel, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The official trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald drops us off in the middle of Paris, where Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) is preparing for war against his old friend and current foe Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp), the most dangerous Dark wizard in the world....

‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ Augmented Reality Game Coming In 2018 From Pokemon Go Developer By Ben Pearson/Nov. 8, 2017 9:30 am EST It’s been nearly a year and a half since the augmented reality game Pokemon Go took the world by storm, but that game’s developers are now working on something a little more magical. A Harry Potter ARG called Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is in the works from Niantic Labs, Warner Bros....

‘Ibiza’ Trailer: Netflix’s New Comedy About A Work Trip Gone Wild By Chris Evangelista/May 2, 2018 3:30 pm EST Netflix hasn’t released a new original movie in a few seconds, so here’s a trailer for Ibiza, a new comedy about a business trip gone wild. Gillian Jacobs, Vanessa Bayer, and Phoebe Robinson play three friends who head to Barcelona, and get wrapped-up in all sorts of wild and crazy shenanigans. Watch the Ibiza trailer below....