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‘Deep Blue Sea’ Sequel: Details Revealed About The Canceled Follow-Up By Jack Giroux/April 3, 2017 4:00 pm EST Someone at Warner Premiere, the now obsolete company behind Lost Boys: The Tribe and Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective, is responsible for depriving audiences of a Deep Blue Sea sequel. Not just any sequel, but an Aliens-esque sequel involving pirates, Navy Seals, and weaponized sharks. The movie, which Jack Perez (Mega Shark vs....

‘Downsizing’ Teaser: Alexander Payne Invites You To Leisure Land By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 27, 2017 1:00 pm EST Life looks different at five inches tall. As the quirky comedy starring Matt Damon gears up for a wide release after its successful festival circuit, Paramount has released another look at life on the small side for the characters in Alexander Payne’s Downsizing. Downsizing Teaser Paramount touts this clip as “an exclusive look,” but it’s more like another miniature (heh) trailer with some new footage of Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig’s new home, Leisure Land, after they have undergone the “permanent, irreversible” procedure that shrinks them to the side of a box of crackers....

‘DuckTales’ Will Finally Crossover With ‘Darkwing Duck’ On Disney XD By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 8, 2017 4:30 pm EST This weekend brings the premiere of the new DuckTales animated series to Disney XD. It’s a new spin on the fan favorite show from the 1990s featuring the globe-trotting adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his three nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, this time brought to life by the voices of David Tennant, Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan....

‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ Early Box Office Projections Put It Below The Original By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 31, 2018 1:30 pm EST The monster may be bigger in Pacific Rim Uprising, but it appears that the box office for the science-fiction sequel may not. Early box office projections for Pacific Rim Uprising have been released, and the Steven S. DeKnight-helmed sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim is projected to open to lower box office numbers than its 2013 predecessor....

‘Score: A Film Music Documentary’ Trailer Discusses The Power Of Cinematic Soundtracks By Ethan Anderton/May 5, 2017 3:30 pm EST “The score is the heartbeat of the film.” So says James Cameron, an Oscar-winning director who has worked with some of the greatest composers in film history, and he couldn’t be more right. A big part of why we remember the most iconic scenes in cinema is because of the score that plays along with the visuals....

‘Stranger Things’ Theory: What If The Upside Down Isn’t Another Dimension But … The Future? By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 26, 2017 4:30 pm EST We’ve been assuming for so long that the Upside Down in the hit Netflix genre show Stranger Things is just that — an alternate dimension that exists on an opposite plane than we do. But what if it wasn’t? A new theory posits that the Upside Down could be more than just another dimension, but an alternate future....

‘The Meg’ Trailer: It’s Jason Statham Vs. A Giant Shark By Ben Pearson/April 9, 2018 6:04 pm EST Jaws may have set the bar for killer shark movies, but even if nothing comes close to Steven Spielberg’s 1975 smash hit, shark films will never go out of style in Hollywood. Both The Shallows and 47 Meters Down performed well at the box office recently, and now we’re about to see The Meg, which pits a giant prehistoric beast against a cast that includes Jason Statham and Rainn Wilson....

‘Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!’ Launching A 10th Anniversary Tour By Ethan Anderton/March 22, 2017 5:00 am EST It might sound hard to believe, but it’s been 10 years since Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim brought Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! to Adult Swim. To celebrate the milestone anniversary, the duo are heading out on the road for a North American tour this summer with 18 live shows spread out across the country over the span of a month....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Director Matt Reeves “Absolutely” Has Ideas About Where The Story Goes Next By Angie Han/Oct. 11, 2016 11:30 am EST Between Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, we watched Andy Serkis’ Caesar grow from a wide-eyed baby ape raised by humans into the fierce leader of an ape community in the midst of chaos. War for the Planet of the Apes continues that thread, tossing Caesar into the middle of a war he never wanted and pushing his psyche toward ever darker places....

ABC Talks The Future Of Marvel Shows, The Failure Of ‘Inhumans’ [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 8, 2018 12:30 pm EST Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment, spoke with reporters about the future of Marvel on the network after her executive session with the Television Critics Association. Even though both ABC and Marvel are owned by Disney, ABC faces competition for Marvel shows from Netflix, Hulu and other networks. “We continue to be very excited about what they’re doing with S....

By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 19, 2017 6:00 am EST For a few years now, pop culture artist JC Richard has been delivering some stunning prints commemorating some of the most iconic moments from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Previously, he’s tackled Indiana Jones in the map room, as well as retrieving the Ark of the Covenant with his buddy Sallah in the Well of Souls, and now he’s reached back to the very beginning of Indy’s first big screen adventure....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s ‘Jaws’ Screen Prints Perfectly Recreate The Original Poster Painting By Ethan Anderton/July 3, 2018 6:00 am EST Back in 1975, Steven Spielberg’s surprise hit Jaws became the first summer blockbuster. The movie was not only a certified hit that people couldn’t get enough of, but it’s the quintessential summer movie. It’s the reason everyone associates the words “jaws” with the lethal sharks of the sea. And some of the credit for the pop culture phenomenon goes to the art of Roger Kastel, which you’ll be able to get your hands on today....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s New ‘The Goonies’ Prints Will Make Your Day (And Night) By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2017 6:00 am EST Hey, you guys! Mondo has two new prints inspired by Richard Donner’s kid-friendly action adventure classic The Goonies. Artist George Bletsis has delivered two gorgeous prints commemorating the ragtag group of kids who went looking for treasure, get caught up with a dangerous criminal family, and meet a big, special friend in the process....

FX’s TV Series ‘Legion’ Will Connect With Future X-Men Movies By Angie Han/Aug. 25, 2016 11:30 am EST FX’s Legion stars Dan Stevens as David Haller, who in the comics is the son of Charles Xavier. He’s a diagnosed schizophrenic who’s spent much of his life going in and out of psychiatric hospitals. But a strange encounter with a fellow patient raises the possibility that the voices in his head might have been real all along....

Gears Of War Movie In Development From ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Producer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2016 4:28 pm EST Universal Pictures are developing a big screen movie based on Microsoft’s successful Gears of War third-person shooter video game franchise. Hit the jump to learn the details. The announcement was made during a live stream for the upcoming release of Gears of War 4. It was revealed that the film is in development with producers Scott Stuber (Ted, The Kingdom) and Dylan Clark (the new Planet of the Apes movies) at Universal Pictures....

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ Unmutes, Reveals First Look At Adam Driver By Jacob Hall/Oct. 19, 2016 12:32 pm EST After flying under the radar and missing the 2016 film festival scene altogether, Martin Scorsese’s Silence finally announced a release date a few weeks ago. As expected, the latest film from one of our greatest living filmmakers has been positioned as an Oscar contender, hitting theaters in limited release on December 23, 2016....

Neil Gaiman Returns To ‘The Simpsons’ Treehouse Of Horror’ In A ‘Coraline’ Parody By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 22, 2017 7:30 am EST But instead of a cameo from an animated version of the author himself, Gaiman will be voicing a character from a familiar story of his. “Treehouse of Horror” is The Simpsons’ most experimental time of the year, each episode of which contains three shorter vignettes that pay homage to or parody famous horror tropes....

Netflix Won’t Confirm A Theatrical Run For Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 14, 2017 3:00 pm EST The long road to release for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman just became a little more rocky, with Netflix remaining silent on whether the legendary director’s ambitious mob movie will get a theatrical run. Scorsese’s costly film has long bounced around Hollywood on account of its hefty price tag — the director wanted to use de-aging and aging technology to depict Robert de Niro and Al Pacino’s characters at different stages of their lives — resulting in the project landing at Netflix....

New IMAX ‘Cloverfield’ Movie Announced For October 2017, ‘God Particle’ Removed From The Release Calendar By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2016 1:00 pm EST Paramount Pictures has announced that CLOVERFIELD MOVIE (IMAX) will be hitting theaters on October 27th, 2017. At the same time, God Particle which was originally set to hit theaters on February 24th, 2017 has been removed from the schedule. God Particle was believed to be the next film in the Cloverfield anthology film franchise, following off of the success of this year’s 10 Cloverfield Lane....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Chris Pine Doesn’t Get Infinity War, 8-Bit Wonder Woman Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2017 5:00 pm EST LEGO meets DC Super Hero Girls in this trailer for the animated feature Brain Drain from Warner Bros. Animation. Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins pick which parts of Wonder Woman’s costume that they like the most. The third season of The Flash will be available to purchase on Blu-ray and DVD on September 5....