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Superhero Bits: Joker And Harley Quinn Get Fast Food, Green Lantern Cameo, Batman Board Game & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 27, 2017 5:00 pm EST What kind of Batman board game is Monolith debuting at a Cannes game festival coming up? How did Jerry Seinfeld help convince Hugh Jackman that it was time to be done with Wolverine? Was there a Suicide Squad deleted scene with The Joker and Harley Quinn getting fast food?...

Superhero Bits: Justice League SDCC Panel, Thanos’ Armor, Avengers Assemble New Season Title & More By Ethan Anderton/July 26, 2017 5:00 pm EST Which superhero does Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo want to play? When does Avengers 4 start shooting? What’s the next season of Avengers Assemble called? Why isn’t Thanos wearing his armor in the footage fans have seen from Avengers: Infinity War? Want to watch the whole Justice League panel from San Diego Comic-Con?...

Tom Cruise Will Return For ‘Mission: Impossible 6’ By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2016 11:05 am EST Last month we heard that Tom Cruise was holding up Mission: Impossible 6 over a dispute with studio Paramount Pictures over pay. But today it was revealed that Cruise has signed a deal to return as Ethan Hunt for a sixth mission. Find out the details after the jump. Paramount has apparently been balking at the fees that Cruise and producers Bad Robot and Skydance were asking for, and is trying to convince them to cut them down....

VOTD: How ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 10, 2018 6:00 am EST With over $850 million raked in at the international box office, Thor: Ragnarok was a rousing success for Marvel Studios. Plus, it managed to give new life to a franchise that felt like it was becoming a little tired. Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s free from being poked and prodded by the folks at How It Should Have Ended....

The Cast and Crew of Blade Runner 2049 on the Original Film The second Vice video is more of an appraisal of the original film, with Ford, Ridley Scott, and more talking about how influential Scott’s future-noir was, and how seemingly every sci-fi film made after it stole some elements from it. It’s less about the new film than the old, but it’s a thorough explanation as to what makes the original film such a classic....

‘Cargo’ Trailer: Martin Freeman Vs. The Zombie Apocalypse By Ben Pearson/April 1, 2018 2:00 pm EST Martin Freeman had a quick cameo in Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead, but now he’s headlining his very own zombie movie. We’ve been writing about the Australian film Cargo for years, and this new trailer tells us when we’ll finally get to see Freeman brave a zombie apocalypse in an attempt to save his character’s infant daughter....

‘Coming To America’ Sequel Now Has A Director By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 28, 2017 4:00 pm EST After almost 30 years, an Eddie Murphy classic is about to land itself a sequel. Murphy’s 1988 comedy hit Coming to America is poised for a follow-up with a script rewrite from Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and directorial duties falling to Jonathan Levine. If you’ve been wondering what Prince Akeem Joffer has been up to all these years, you’re about to find out....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Honest Trailer: An Episode Of ‘My Two Dads’ In Spaaaace By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2017 6:30 am EST Next week brings Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD, which means Marvel fans will be watching it over and over again until Thor: Ragnarok hits theaters. Or at least until the first Avengers: Infinity War trailer arrives. But since the movie has been available on Digital HD since last week, Honest Trailers is here to take some jabs at the movie that they describe as an episode of My Two Dads in space, but with maybe too much laughing from our main characters....

‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ Clip: Keanu Reeves Suits Up For Some Ass-Kicking By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 26, 2017 1:30 pm EST We’re about two weeks away from having Keanu Reeves unleashed on the big screen again as everyone’s new favorite assassin, John Wick. After the first film made quite a splash in the action genre back in the fall of 2014, a sequel became a forgone conclusion for Summit Entertainment, and this one looks like it’s going to deliver even more great ass-kicking....

‘Nobody’s Fool’ Trailer: Tiffany Haddish Is Out Of Jail And On The Prowl By Ben Pearson/June 18, 2018 1:30 pm EST Tiffany Haddish is a busy woman. Following her breakout role in last year’s mega-hit comedy Girls Trip, the hilarious actress/comedian parlayed her newfound fame into a leading role on the TBS series The Last O.G., and she’s also appearing in a trio of movies this year, including a new one for Paramount called Nobody’s Fool....

‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Trailer: The Bellas Have Graduated College And Things Aren’t Going So Well By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2017 8:00 am EST Are all you pitches ready for one last round with the Bellas? The first Pitch Perfect 3 trailer arrived online this weekend, giving us a much better idea of what the a capella group featuring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and more are up to for what appears to be their third and final outing together....

‘Pokémon The Movie: The Power Of Us’ Comes To Select U.S. Theaters This Fall By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 1, 2018 4:00 am EST You gotta catch all the showings of Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us when it comes to U.S. theaters this fall. Because there will be limited chances to see this Pokémon feature film Stateside before it disappears from the big screens. The Pokémon Company has announced that the latest Pokémon movie will cross the ocean from Japan to the U....

‘Room 104’ Review: ‘Boris’ Is An Immigrant Story…With A Pantless Santa Claus By Kristin Hunt/Sept. 25, 2017 12:00 pm EST (Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?)Room 104 has hosted ghosts, voyeurs, and Mormons. But until this week, no celebrities. Enter Boris, an internationally famous tennis star who’s having an erratic evening. Through his unlikely friendship with a housekeeper, Boris faces some long buried trauma....

‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Movie Adds A Couple Marvel Supporting Stars To The Cast By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2018 9:30 am EST Sonic the Hedgehog is currently shooting in Vancouver, Canada. This week, we learned Paramount Pictures squared away Ben Schwartz to voice the titular speedy, blue critter made famous by Sega video games. The live-action side of the cast already has Jim Carrey lined up as Dr. Robotnik, James Marsden as a small town cop, and Tika Sumpter in an unknown role....

‘The Wizard Of Oz’ Animated Film Will Retell The Story From Toto’s Perspective By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 16, 2018 5:00 pm EST Ever watched The Wizard of Oz and thought: this could be better if it was told entirely from the perspective of Dorothy’s dog, Toto? Well you’re in luck because Warner Bros. is developing an animated film based on Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz....

‘Venom’ Director Hints Venom Could Crossover With Spider-Man In Future Movies By Chris Evangelista/June 13, 2018 4:30 pm EST Don’t expect to see your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man popping up in Venom when the film hits theaters this October. The film will very much be a Venom-only story. But director Ruben Fleischer doesn’t count-out future Spidey crossovers in Venom sequels to come. We’re 99.9% sure Tom Holland’s Spider-Man isn’t going to have a last-minute cameo appearance in Venom, but that won’t stop people from wildly speculating anyway....

Bond Watch: Christopher Nolan Takes Himself Out Of The Running To Direct James Bond 25 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 19, 2018 11:30 am EST Another day, another James Bond rumor put to bed. This week: Christopher Nolan is not directing the next James Bond movie. Sorry, Nolan fans. The Dunkirk director has “categorically” ruled himself out of directing James Bond 25, according to Digital Spy. On BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Nolan denied that he was in the running to direct the next Bond film:...

Chinese Audiences Are Getting Mad About 3D Gouging By Angie Han/Aug. 26, 2016 2:00 pm EST As the international box office and especially the Chinese box office becomes ever more important to Hollywood’s bottom line, studios and filmmakers have been bending over backward to find ways to pump more money out of overseas audiences. That could mean moving a shoot’s location or teaming with homegrown talents or companies; other times it might take the form of region-specific Easter eggs or additional scenes....

Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988’s Postcard Correspondence 2017 Delivers Affordable Pop Culture Artwork By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 18, 2017 6:00 am EST Do you love the collectible artwork that we feature at /Film but always lament the fact that it’s usually fairly expensive to purchase for display on your wall? If that’s the case, then you might be interested in checking out Gallery 1988’s latest installment of their recurring Postcard Correspondence show....

Could A ‘Trainspotting’ Spin-Off Kickstart The ‘Trainspotting’ Cinematic Universe? By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2017 10:30 am EST We could be getting a third Trainspotting film, though it wouldn’t necessarily be called T3, nor even be directed by Danny Boyle. But the T2: Trainspotting director says there’s potential for a Trainspotting extended universe if volatile, fan-favorite character Begbie (Robert Carlyle) gets a spin-off movie. The Trainspotting movies are based on the novels by Irvine Welsh, whose first novel, Trainspotting, was the basis for Boyle’s 1996 cult hit starring Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Carlyle as a group of friends and heroin addicts....