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‘It’ Reveals A New Look At Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise By Jacob Hall/Aug. 16, 2016 8:30 am EST Director Andy Muschiettii is currently deep into filming his adaptation of Stephen King’s It and he’s been sharing unofficial glimpses of the set (and a few key locations) over on his Instagram page. Today’s new look at the film is anything but unofficial. We saw our first look at Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the chief face of the film’s shapeshifting villain, a few weeks ago....

‘Power Rangers: The Movie’ Honest Trailer: So Forgettable That The TV Show Ignored It By Ethan Anderton/March 22, 2017 6:00 am EST This weekend brings a new big screen version of the Power Rangers to theaters, and the early reviews seem to be mixed. You’ll have to find out yourself if Lionsgate can take the multi-colored teenage superheroes and make them even more popular. But in the meantime, we can take a look at the first theatrical outing for the imported Japanese television show that turned into an American phenomenon....

‘Sin City’ TV Show Coming From Len Wiseman And Former ‘Walking Dead’ Showrunner By Jack Giroux/May 31, 2017 4:00 pm EST Back in 2013, The Weinstein Company expressed interest in bringing the world of Sin City to the small screen. They wanted the show to involve the series’ creator, Frank Miller, and the films’ co-director, Robert Rodriguez. However, they’re not involved in the Sin City show now in development – director Len Wiseman (Underworld) and showrunner Glen Mazzara (The Shield) are behind the reboot....

‘The Clapper’ Trailer: Ed Helms Is An Infomercial Superstar By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 13, 2017 3:00 pm EST Ed Helms hasn’t quite been able to parlay his success on The Office onto the big screen, but perhaps his new film The Clapper will change that. The quirky romantic comedy has Helms playing a professional infomercial audience member who finds himself smitten with a gas station attendant played by Amanda Seyfried. Their romance is challenged, however, when a late night talk show host turns Helms’ world upside down....

‘The Flash’ / ‘Supergirl’ Musical Crossover Episode Of Your Dreams Is Coming To The CW [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/Aug. 11, 2016 1:00 pm EST Among the many big announcements at The CW TCA panel, today was a Flash/Supergirl crossover will be a musical featuring former Glee co-stars Melissa Benoist and Grant Gustin. Find out more about the Flash Supergirl musical crossover episode, after the jump. “Yes, there will be a musical crossover,” Berlanti said....

‘The Purge’ TV Show Trailer: Who Will Survive And What Will Be Left Of Them? By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2018 12:00 pm EST Blumhouse is adapting their popular Purge film series to TV, bringing Purge Night to the small screen. Each episode of USA’s The Purge TV series will focus around the dangerous hours of Purge Night, when all crime is legal in near-future, dystopian America. Watch The Purge TV show trailer below....

‘Transformers’ Spin-Off ‘Bumblebee’ Adds John Cena, Official Synopsis Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 31, 2017 12:06 pm EST It’s John Cena! The WWE superstar and actor with a surprisingly good comedic timing will be joining the Transformers spin-off movie, Bumblebee, in a lead role. He’ll be joining a cast led by Academy Award nominee Hailee Steinfeld and a slew of other young, diverse actors including Jorge Lendeborg, Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos and Gracie Dzienny....

Bruce Campbell Explains Why ‘Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash’ Never Became A Movie By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 11, 2016 11:00 am EST Back in the fall of 2007 a comic book miniseries debuted which pitted Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees and Ash Williams against each other. After that, there were rumblings of possibly seeing a film adaptation of Freddy vs Jason vs Ash, but as the years went on, nothing ever came of those talks....

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Pinocchio’ Recruits ‘Paddington’ Director Paul King By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 21, 2018 8:30 am EST Paddington director Paul King was recently announced to be in negotiations for a new Willy Wonka origin story set up over at Warner Bros. But when you’ve directed the best reviewed movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes, everyone wants a piece of your success, and Disney is locking down King for a project of their own....

First Look At Police Procedural ‘Green Lantern’ Comic From Grant Morrison And Liam Sharp [Comic-Con 2018] By Siddhant Adlakha/July 20, 2018 6:30 am EST DC’s Green Lantern mythos has always been a wellspring for incredible ideas, from alien rings that turn thought to reality, to Geoff Johns’ modern entangling of the visual spectrum with corresponding emotions. The well was arguably poisoned with the 2011 film adaptation, a cookie-cutter Hal Jordan story with an unearned character arc that left audiences feeling sour....

Joaquin Phoenix Won’t Let Heath Ledger’s Iconic Joker Scare Him Away From The Role By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 11, 2018 10:00 am EST In case you forgot, a Joker origin movie directed by The Hangover’s Todd Phillips, written by 8 Mile scribe Scott Silver, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese is happening. Though the movie still sounds like someone threw a bunch of Film Twitter words into an online generator, the Warner Bros....

Read ‘Lady Bird’ Director Greta Gerwig’s Letters To Justin Timberlake And More By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 24, 2017 8:00 am EST Greta Gerwig is on fire right now (not literally, thank heavens). The writer-actress-director’s new film Lady Bird has garnered some of the best reviews of the year, and might be a serious contender come awards season. Gerwig’s coming-of-age drama is set in the early ’00s, and as such, she wanted to fill the film with those sweet jams that you heard incessantly on the radio back in the day....

Rupert Wyatt Will Direct Original Sci-Fi Project ‘Captive State’ By Jack Giroux/Aug. 26, 2016 4:00 pm EST After directing a reboot (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), a remake (The Gambler), and the pilot for another remake (The Exoricist), director Rupert Wyatt is now developing an original project. After The Gambler, Wyatt wanted to start directing his own material again, as he did with his feature debut, The Escapist (co-written by Daniel Hardy)....

Star Wars Bits: Ron Howard Responds To Those ‘Solo’ Rumors, Star Wars (Merch) For San Diego Comic Con, And ‘Solo’ Heads To Home Video By Rosie Knight/July 13, 2018 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tom Kane seems to be somewhat in the know but very hesitant to share.. claims there are at least 9 Star Wars films in various stages of development, some individual character stories yet to be announced, but definitely not Yoda....

Superhero Bits: Aquaman Teaser Rumors, Real Iron Man Laser, Spidey Sense & More By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2017 5:00 pm EST Want to see an Iron Man chest plate with a real working laser? Does Spider-Man have Spidey Sense in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Has a description of an Aquaman teaser that will play at San Diego Comic-Con been revealed? What’s going on with the Spawn movie? What’s Paul Rudd running from on the Avengers: Infinity War set?...

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman Composer, Jessica Jones POP Vinyl, DC Legends Game Launch & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2016 5:00 pm EST How much money do all the DC TV series pull in as revenue for Time Warner? Who is composing the score for Wonder Woman? How much did Doctor Strange rake in from Thursday night preview screenings? Who could the villains in Wonder Woman be? What does The Flash star Kiersey Clemons have to say about losing another director?...

SXSW Favorite ‘Prospect’ Nabs Distribution Under Gunpowder & Sky By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 13, 2018 11:00 am EST Prospect’s prospects are looking bright. The indie sci-fi film starring Pedro Pascal earned raves at South by Southwest, where it quickly became a film festival favorite. And now, Gunpowder & Sky have stepped in to handle the Prospect distribution. Gunpowder & Sky has acquired worldwide rights to Prospect, according to Variety. The relatively new digital content studio launched by Van Toffler and backed by AT&T and Chernin Group has been building an eclectic, auteur-driven catalogue, also buying Sundance hits Hearts Beat Loud and Summer of 84....

The ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Broadway Musical Is Ready For Its Close-Up By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2018 12:30 pm EST Playbill reports that the Something Rotten! team is set to adapt Mrs. Doubtfire to the stage, with four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks set to direct. But there’s nothing rotten about the talent producing this musical — John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick, who are writing the book, and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick, who are writing music and lyrics, were nominated for Tonys for their work on Something Rotten!...

The ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Plot Has Been Revealed By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 23, 2018 7:30 am EST Update: We’ve received word from CBS Films that the synopsis making the rounds is inaccurate. We’ve updated with the correct Scary Stories to Tell the Dark plot below. The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie starts shooting very soon, as director André Øvredal and producer Guillermo del Toro attempt to turn the iconic, traumatizing children’s books into a memorable motion picture....

VOTD: The Evolution Of CGI Faces In Movies By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 20, 2017 6:00 am EST Visual effects in movies have advanced in a spectacular way in the relatively short history of cinema. What once was thought to be impossible to create in post-production has become a mainstay in blockbuster tentpoles. More recently, visual effects companies have become quite skilled in creating human faces entirely with computer generated imagery, and a new video essay shows us how this part of movie magic has evolved in a small window of time....