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Daily Podcast: Game Of Thrones Winners And Crazy Fan Theories, Spider-Man, Blade Runner, Star Wars & More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2017 8:00 am EST In The Water Cooler: In the News: In Our Feature Presentation, we discuss Who is Currently ‘Winning’ the Game of Thrones? A Definitive RankingIn the Spoiler Room, The ‘Game of Thrones’ Season Finale May Have Confirmed a Truly Wacky Fan TheoryYou can find all that and more at slashfilm....

David Lowery’s ‘Peter Pan’ Will Be A ‘Rollicking Adventure’ Film With ‘Grounded Emotion’ By Chris Evangelista/March 1, 2018 2:00 pm EST Sooner or later, Disney will get around to remaking all of their animated films as live-action. Their 1953 Peter Pan is one of many animated titles in the process of being remade, and they’ve hired A Ghost Story director David Lowery to get the job done. Producer Jim Whitaker recently provided an update on the live-action Peter Pan....

Guillermo Del Toro On Why He Left ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ By Jack Giroux/April 7, 2017 7:00 am EST Pacific Rim is a big ‘ol popcorn movie that shines with Guillermo del Toro’s personality. After establishing a vibrant near-future in which Jaegers and Kaiju clash with glee, del Toro bowed out of directing the sequel, Pacific Rim: Uprising. For a while, especially when the project struggled to the green light, del Toro was still onboard to direct, but scheduling issues led to his departure....

Hear The Adorable Original Demo Song For Frozen’s “Do You Want To Build A Snowman” By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2016 2:30 pm EST It’s Friday, and the news is getting slower so I thought I’d share something I found that you might enjoy. Frozen songwriter, Kristen Anderson-Lopez took to Twitter today to share the story of how the song “Do You Want To Build A Snowman?” came to be, posting a clip of the original first verse demo she produced with her child....

Here’s Your ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ First Look At Pedro Pascal And His Glorious Hair By Chris Evangelista/July 30, 2018 1:00 pm EST Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins took to Twitter to reveal our first look at Pedro Pascal in the superhero sequel, and he looks…different. Pascal is almost unrecognizable, decked-out in extreme ’80s fashions and extreme ’80s hair. But who is he playing? See the Wonder Woman 1984 first look below....

Idris Elba Will Play The Villain In ‘Fast And Furious’ Spinoff ‘Hobbs And Shaw’ By Ben Pearson/July 5, 2018 10:31 am EST Dwayne Johnson’s special agent Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham’s Deckard Shaw are teaming up in Hobbs and Shaw, Universal’s first Fast & Furious spinoff. When two characters of that caliber join forces, they’re going to need a formidable foe to face off against. Enter Idris Elba, who seems like a perfect addition to this film’s growing cast....

New ‘Justice League’ Image: Wonder Woman, Aquaman, And Cyborg Are Ready For Battle By Angie Han/Feb. 6, 2017 11:30 am EST Unlike a lot of their superhero movie competition, Justice League did not make an appearance in the commercial breaks for Super Bowl LI. But Warner Bros. isn’t leaving DC fans completely high and dry. They’ve just unveiled a brand-new Justice League image that brings together Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) in an interesting and exotic location....

Original ‘Halloween’ Actor Will Play Michael Myers Again By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 20, 2017 2:00 pm EST David Gordon Green’s Halloween reboot/sequel is shaping up nicely. Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis is coming back, and she’s not the only original cast member set to return: Nick Castle, who played killer Michael Myers in John Carpenter’s 1978 classic, is going to slip on that iconic mask once again as he joins the Halloween reboot cast....

Patton Oswalt Has A Pretty Compelling Theory About The Joker’s Origin In ‘The Dark Knight’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2018 4:30 pm EST It’s been a decade since The Dark Knight hit theaters and shattered comic book movie conventions with its dark, psychological crime drama and its iconic villain played by a revelatory Heath Ledger. But as Christopher Nolan’s Batman movie nears its 10th birthday, actor and certified geek Patton Oswalt is bringing the film back into the headlines with a fresh new fan theory about Ledger’s agent of chaos, the Joker....

Rumor: Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor Cut From ‘Justice League’? By Ben Pearson/Aug. 23, 2017 12:00 pm EST Jesse Eisenberg’s manic portrayal of Lex Luthor was one of the most divisive aspects of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but he’s Lex Luthor. Regardless of fan response, one of DC’s most recognizable characters has to appear in a Justice League film…doesn’t he? Well, not necessarily. A new rumor claims that, despite previous confirmation from Warner Bros....

Russos “Consider” Marvel’s TV Heroes For ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 13, 2016 10:00 am EST Everyone involved in Avengers: Infinity War has pretty much dashed all hopes of seeing some of Marvel’s television heroes on the big screen in the upcoming epic crossover event film. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and Marvel television head Jeph Loeb have both cited off the list of reasons why it probably wouldn’t happen, but that doesn’t mean it won’t....

That ‘Taken’ TV Series Gets A Trailer With Guns And Punching And A Slowed-Down Cover Song By Jacob Hall/Dec. 14, 2016 9:30 am EST The chief appeal of the Taken movies wasn’t the action (it was pretty good at best) and it certainly wasn’t any kind of nuanced storytelling. The reason Taken was a hit, the reason the first film is still a damn good movie eight years later, the reason they were able to squeeze two far inferior sequels out of a barebones premise, is Liam Neeson....

Tom McCarthy Will Direct And Produce Netflix Series ‘13 Reasons Why’ By Jack Giroux/Feb. 26, 2016 3:30 pm EST This Sunday Tom McCarthy’s chances of winning an Academy Award are high. Not only is Spotlight probably going to win Best Picture, McCarthy and co-writer Josh Stinger are destined to win Best Original Screenplay for their tautly written drama. It’s a great year for Tom McCarthy, even when you take into account The Cobbler’s toxic reception....

Will Smith Won’t Star In Tim Burton’s Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ [UPDATED] By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2017 8:50 am EST UPDATE 2/10/17: Deadline reports Smith has decided not to join Dumbo after all. Original story follows. A couple of years ago, it was announced that Tim Burton was developing a live-action Dumbo for Walt Disney Pictures. We had not heard anything about the project since that announcement and assumed it had fallen into development heck, but it is apparently still chugging along like the Casey Junior Circus train....

‘Apostle’ Trailer: Dan Stevens Faces A Cult In Gareth Evans’ Netflix Horror Film By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 17, 2018 7:00 am EST The Raid director Gareth Evans shifts from action to horror with Apostle. The upcoming Netflix film finds Dan Stevens going up against a religious cult that has kidnapped his sister. The film will premiere at Fantastic Fest this month before hitting Netflix in October. Watch the Apostle trailer below....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Deleted Scene Has An Important Coded Secret Message By Chris Evangelista/July 27, 2018 12:45 pm EST A few days ago, we brought you word of a deleted Avengers: Infinity War scene that showed the Guardians of the Galaxy spiraling into anger and bickering before realizing Nebula has been sending them almost two dozen warning messages. Now, you can see the scene for yourself, in all its glory. Watch the Infinity War deleted scene below....

‘Bad Santa 2’ Trailer Promises Filthy, F***ed Up Christmas Cheer By Angie Han/Sept. 21, 2016 9:00 am EST The original Bad Santa did such a great job of balancing salty, sour, bitter, and sweet that it almost looked easy. But with the arrival of Bad Santa 2 this fall, we may get a better look at just how difficult it can be to pull off that trick. There’s some key talent returning in front of the camera....

Bad Times at the El Royale Posters I really like the progression of the setting sun, and especially how the amount of light in each poster seems to mirror what we know about the characters so far. Spaeny (Pacific Rim Uprising) plays an impressionable young girl, so she walks through the daylight with a sort of devil-may-care attitude. Hamm plays a vacuum cleaner salesman, a clean-cut guy who appears to be on the correct side of the moral spectrum....

‘Death Note’ Trailer: Adam Wingard Adapts The Popular Manga For Netflix By Jacob Hall/March 22, 2017 9:00 am EST After making terrific horror movies like You’re Next and The Guest, director Adam Wingard was supposed to break out in a big way last year with the very fun Blair Witch, a film that didn’t manage to find its feet at the box office. However, it looks like that big breaking-out just got delayed to 2017, because the trailer for his new Netflix movie, Death Note, has arrived and it looks like something that will turn a lot of heads....

‘Dundee’ Trailer: Did Danny McBride Make A ‘Crocodile Dundee’ Sequel? By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 19, 2018 2:10 pm EST Alright, I’m going to need an explanation here. A trailer has arrived, seemingly out of nowhere, advertising a new Crocodile Dundee sequel featuring Danny McBride as the son of the famous outback hunter. Is this real? Is this a joke? I really don’t know. The world doesn’t make any sense anymore. Keep reading for more info on this (possibly fake?...