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Superhero Bits: X-Men Comics Return, Doctor Strange Diagnoses Avengers Injuries & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2016 5:00 pm EST Which superheroes would Stan Lee most like to have dinner with? Why does author Jonathan Letham call the superhero movie arena “one of the least satisfying film genres” he’s encountered? How is X-Men making a big comeback to comic book shelves next year? Did Logan or Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Tom Hanks’ Mr. Rogers Movie Is “A Story For Our Times,” Says Director Marielle Heller By Ben Pearson/March 20, 2018 2:30 pm EST Earlier this morning, we wrote about the trailer for Won’t You Be My Neighbor, an upcoming documentary about the life of television host and inspirational figure Fred Rogers. But that’s not the only Mr. Rogers movie that’s on the way – Tom Hanks will be stepping into the role of the iconic TV personality in a drama called You Are My Friend....

Video: A ‘TRON’ Update Is Coming To ‘Grand Theft Auto Online’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 8, 2016 4:00 pm EST Today is going to be a long day, as we wait for the 2016 election results to be tabulated, so it’s nice to know that we can go release some stress by taking advantage of a new update for Grand Theft Auto Online today. Some of you out there maybe haven’t played Grand Theft Auto V in awhile, but this update just might get some of you back online for a bit....

‘Christopher Robin’ Trailer: Winnie The Pooh And Friends Are Back To Warm Your Cold Heart By Ethan Anderton/May 25, 2018 7:30 am EST This summer will be full of blockbuster action, but once the season starts to wind down, things will get a little more quiet and charming thanks to the return of a certain silly old bear. Christopher Robin finds Disney doing their own rendition of Hook with the titular human friend of Winnie the Pooh (and all his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood) being all grown up, played by Ewan McGregor and having nearly forgotten about all the good times he had with the honey-loving bear who doesn’t wear any pants....

‘Dean’ Trailer: Take A First Look At Demetri Martin’s Directorial Debut By Jacob Hall/Feb. 15, 2017 2:30 pm EST At a glance, Dean sounds like a parody of what many people imagine modern indie cinema to be: a comedian making his directorial debut casts himself in a more-dramatic-than-usual role to tell the story of a morose guy struggling with grief who has to balance family obligations with a new woman in his life....

‘Detective Pikachu’ Cast Grows More Baffling As Ken Watanabe Joins By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 19, 2018 2:45 pm EST Hey, remember that a Detective Pikachu movie is happening? And remember that Ryan Reynolds is starring as the voice of the talking hardboiled private eye Pikachu? And that this will be the first Pokemon feature film outside of the anime movies that have been released? Well, this baffling movie just got a little more bizarre, with acclaimed serious actor Ken Watanabe joining the cast of Detective Pikachu....

‘Prophet’ Movie, From ‘Deadpool’ Creator Rob Liefeld, In The Works At Studio 8 By Chris Evangelista/July 11, 2018 1:00 pm EST After the success of Deadpool and Deadpool 2, expect Hollywood to look for more and more Rob Liefeld characters to bring to the big screen. The latest: Prophet, a character created by Liefeld in 1992. Prophet began as an extreme riff on Captain America, but recent takes on the character have been more of a surreal sci-fi saga....

‘Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2’ Trailer: The Big Guy Is Back By Ben Pearson/Feb. 28, 2018 5:49 am EST Ralph is back, and this time he’s not content with keeping his wrecking contained to a single arcade. In Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, the lovable video game character (John C. Reilly) and his adorable pint-sized pal Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) are broadening their horizons and heading into the larger world…the world wide web....

‘Ready Player One’ Trailer: Steven Spielberg Invites You To The OASIS [Comic-Con 2017] By Jack Giroux/July 22, 2017 11:51 am EST Next year, Steven Spielberg is going to bring audiences into an epic nerdland with Ready Player One. His adaptation of Ernest Cline’s wildly popular novel will have plenty of references, but hopefully, it’ll have a lot more going for it than a trip down nostalgia lane. Considering Ready Player One is a Steven Spielberg film, we have little reason to believe it won’t be....

‘Star Wars Resistance’ Featurette: Meet The Ace Pilots Of The New Animated Series By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 17, 2018 6:00 am EST We’re just a few weeks away from the debut of the latest entry in the Star Wars universe, a new animated series called Star Wars Resistance. Set during the time period of the latest Star Wars trilogy, the series will introduce to a new set of characters who are fighting with the Resistance against the tyrannical First Order, but you can meet them right now in a new Star Wars Resistance featurette....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Will Be Set In 1985, Other New Details Revealed By Chris Evangelista/March 26, 2018 11:30 am EST The cast and crew behind Netflix’s monster hit Stranger Things have dropped some new Stranger Things season 3 details. You can expect a new year, more character romances, and more of Steve and his glorious hair. We may have to wait a while before we lay eyes on Stranger Things season 3....

‘The Flash’ Hires The Directors Of The Bad ‘Vacation’ Reboot By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2018 3:00 pm EST Well, this is unexpected: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the co-writers of Spider-Man: Homecoming (good!) and the directors of the Vacation reboot (bad!) have just been hired to helm the standalone Flash movie. Both Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa had once been attached to helm the project, which is currently going under the title Flashpoint....

‘What They Had’ Review: Michael Shannon Dominates A Pleasant, If Unremarkable, Debut Feature [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 13, 2018 7:00 am EST Swank stars as Bridget Ertz, a woman who has willed herself into denial about just how far she has drifted apart from all the meaningful connections in her life. She barely acknowledges her husband Eddie, a modest if impassionate man played Josh Lucas who, all too fittingly, exists only as an abstraction until the final act of the film....

Astronauts Will Get To Watch ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ In Space By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 14, 2017 7:30 am EST In a few days, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set to conquer the Earth. And where else can it go next but the stars? Rian Johnson’s entry into the sci-fi saga will live up to its name by traveling far, far away — 220 miles into space, to be exact....

By Jack Giroux/Oct. 5, 2016 9:30 am EST It’s been four years since Ben Affleck’s award-winning Argo hit theaters, but we’ll soon see another Affleck-directed picture. His adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Prohibition-era crime novel Live by Night was last scheduled to open in theaters early next year, but an awards-friendly release date was always speculated and talked about. It’s now confirmed Live by Night will open in select theaters before the year ends....

Concept Art: Kylo Ren Almost Looked Shockingly Different In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 19, 2017 2:30 pm EST Can you imagine Star Wars: The Last Jedi being any different? Actually tons of people can, but the real question here is, can you imagine it looking any different? Let’s be honest, Rian Johnson’s entry into the Star Wars universe is one of its most cinematic and stunning films yet, populated by all kinds of cute creatures, colorful characters, and strange landscapes....

Director And Curmudgeon Terry Gilliam Really Hates Superhero Movies By Chris Evangelista/June 6, 2018 4:00 pm EST If, for some reason, you were hoping Terry Gilliam might helm a superhero movie one day…don’t hold your breath. During an interview with CineNando (via IndieWire), Gilliam was asked how his new film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote fits into a modern movie landscape that seems to be populated with nothing but comic book movies....

Disney Is Shutting Down Direct-To-Video Animation Studio Disneytoon By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 29, 2018 9:30 am EST Disney is shutting down Disneytoon Studios, the longstanding animation division behind Disney’s direct-to-video releases and the Planes franchise. In the wake of John Lasseter’s departure from the Walt Disney Co., the company is shuttering the Glendale-based Disneytoon Studios, Indiewire reported. The closure, which will result in the loss of an estimated 75 animators and staff positions, will take place immediately....

By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 3, 2017 10:00 am EST Audiences heading to South by Southwest will be treated to the premiere of Baby Driver, the latest film from Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World director Edgar Wright. It’s one of my most anticipated films of 2017 (it’s on Jacob Hall’s list too), and I can’t wait to see what Wright has in store for us this time....

Eva Green To Star In Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ By Jack Giroux/March 7, 2017 3:33 pm EST Will Smith recently passed on Dumbo. Tim Burton’s film, which keeps moving closer to production, still doesn’t have any actors attached. While we wait to learn whether Tom Hanks will play the live-action remake’s villain, it’s being reported that Eva Green (Penny Dreadful) is now in talks for one of the lead roles. Below, learn more about the Eva Green Dumbo casting....