The Alamo Drafthouse Is Opening A Video Rental Store By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 18, 2017 1:30 pm EST What’s old is new again: Alamo Drafthouse is planning on opening a video rental store in 2018. The store, named Video Vortex, will open at Alamo’s upcoming 11-screen location in Raleigh, N.C., giving film lovers the opportunity to browse row after row of film titles before finally deciding to just rent Titanic again....
Watch New ‘Alien: Covenant’ TV Spots And Prepare For Alien Day 2017 In April By Ethan Anderton/April 3, 2017 8:30 am EST This year brings a new Alien film to the big screen, with Ridley Scott directing yet another installment of the franchise he began back in 1979 (and has had plenty of ups and downs in the years since). Alien: Covenant will hopefully bring the franchise from the slight slump that came with the prequel Prometheus, especially with as many as four more movies potentially in the works....
‘Battle Of The Sexes’ Trailer: Emma Stone & Steve Carell Start A Rivalry That Sparks Progress By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2017 10:01 am EST Fresh off an Academy Award win for Best Actress in La La Land, the talented Emma Stone could end up in the Oscar race again next year as she portrays tennis star Billie Jean King, who finds herself facing off with showboat ex-champ Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) in a highly publicized tennis match that would go down as one of the most famous rivalries in all of sports....
‘Captain Planet’ The Complete Series Coming To Digital Download Next Month By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 2017 5:00 am EST Captain Planet and the Planeteers, which would later go on to be called The New Adventures of Captain Planet, as well as The All New Adventures of Captain Planet (in case you thought some of them were old adventures) will have all six seasons of the animated series available for digital download....
‘Castle Rock’ Is A Stephen King Fan’s Dream Come True By Chris Evangelista/July 12, 2018 11:30 am EST “Take any house in this town…every inch is stained with someone’s sin,” says Dale Lacy, the warden of Shawshank Prison. “People say it wasn’t me – it was this place. And the thing is…they’re right.” That town, that place, is Castle Rock, Maine – a fictional town conjured up by master of horror Stephen King....
‘Deadpool’ Deleted Scene Reveals Another (Unofficial) MCU Connection By Angie Han/Sept. 2, 2016 3:30 pm EST Apparently one of the Deadpool deleted scenes involves The Raft, an offshore prison designed to hold superpowered people. The location was first introduced in the comics about ten years ago, but you might also remember it from Captain America: Civil War just a few months ago. According to ComicBookMovie.com, a Deadpool deleted scene shows the villain Ajax (played by Ed Skrein) being escorted to the entryway of a prison facility clearly labeled as “The Raft....
‘Deadpool 2’ Box Office Tracking Suggests A Bigger Hit Than The First Film By Chris Evangelista/April 26, 2018 2:00 pm EST You probably could’ve guessed this, but Deadpool 2 is going to be a hit. Just how big a hit? Well, let’s just say it’s currently tracking for a big opening weekend. Bigger than the first Deadpool, even. Per Deadline, Deadpool 2’s opening weekend “could reach $150M; at least $100M+ over three-days....
‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Deleted Scenes Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 21, 2017 8:30 am EST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was already bursting at the seams with new allies, new enemies, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, and a whopping five post-credits scenes — so director James Gunn can be forgiven for being a little generous with cuts.Nathan Fillion’s cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, was sadly one of the scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor alongside a scene with tons of Easter eggs, according to Gunn....
‘Once Upon A Time In Venice’ Trailer: Bruce Willis Wants His Dog Back From Jason Momoa By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2017 2:00 pm EST It looks like Bruce Willis is on the verge of following in the footsteps of John Cusack and Nicolas Cage by starring in movies that no one sees or cares about. Did you see The Prince, Vice, Extraction, Precious Cargo or Marauders? Those are all real Bruce Willis movies released in the past few years that almost no one knew existed....
‘Transparent’ Is Coming To An End With Season 5 By Chris Evangelista/May 7, 2018 5:00 pm EST In November 2017, Tambor announced his departure from the show following accusations of sexual misconduct from the actor’s former assistant, actress Van Barnes and Transparent semi-regular Trace Lysette: “Playing Maura Pfefferman on Transparent has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life. What has become clear over the past weeks, however, is that this is no longer the job I signed up for four years ago…I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue....
‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ Clip: Let Vin Diesel Show You What ‘‘Jungle Jibbing’’ Is By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2017 12:00 pm EST As we see more footage of Vin Diesel in action from xXx: Return of Xander Cage, it’s clear that we’re getting a movie that is somehow even more ridiculous than anything from the Fast and Furious franchise. Because Diesel’s character is an extreme athlete turned government operative, this affords the movie a suspension of disbelief so wacky that we’re totally cool with dirtbikes turning into jetskis....
‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ Trailer: Vin Diesel Somehow Breaks A Gun In Half By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2016 2:00 pm EST Earlier this week, the first trailer for The Fate of the Furious delivered some pretty insane developments for the Fast and the Furious franchise by turning Vin Diesel’s character Dom against the crew he calls family. However, that’s still not the craziest thing that Vin Diesel will be doing on the big screen next year....
All The Harry Potter Movies Are Coming To IMAX Theaters For One Week Only By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2016 9:50 am EST Just last week, we learned that Warner Bros. would be hosting a special fan event for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them on October 13th that would offer a sneak preview of the forthcoming Harry Potter spin-off in 18 cities around the world. Also, the events hosted in the United States were slated to feature an exclusive IMAX screening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone....
Apple TV 4K Announced; HD Priced 4K Movies & Free 4K Upgrades For HD Movies By Ben Pearson/Sept. 12, 2017 12:04 pm EST Those prices and the free movie conversion may be a good enough deal to convince current Apple customers to stick with what they have. So it looks like Apple ended up coming out on top in their recent battle with studios over 4K home video pricing. And it doesn’t seem like there’s any bad blood there, either, since Apple has teamed with 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, Universal, Paramount, Sony, and Warner Bros....
Ben Affleck Won’t Star In ‘The Batman’ Says Trolling Brother Casey Affleck By Jack Giroux/Aug. 15, 2017 6:15 pm EST Some rumors have been going around that Ben Affleck’s time as Batman would be over after Justice League. When Affleck was promoting the film at San Diego Comic Con, he denied the claim he wanted out of the role. While not a confirmation that the actor is no longer going to play the Caped Crusader, his brother, Casey Affleck, told a radio show he doesn’t think he’s going to star in director Matt Reeves’ The Batman before seconds later retracting the statement, saying he was just making stuff up....
By Jacob Hall/Dec. 5, 2017 7:00 am EST So we are presented with two stories: one where an irresponsible director with a history of abandoning his sets flakes on a production and leaves a cast, crew and studio in a jam and another where cold-hearted studio brass refused to let a director go home to visit sick family. In either case, the story of Singer’s firing becomes more clear – he didn’t return to work, the crew struggled without him for days, and he was let go....
By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2017 6:00 am EST It’s that time of year when everyone is happy to be scared out of their wits, and Mondo is getting in the spirit by releasing some incredible new collectibles inspired by one of the most iconic horror franchises of all time. A Nightmare on Elm Street is getting an amazing vinyl box set featuring the soundtracks to all seven of the films in the franchise with some stunning artwork designed by Mike Saputo....
Disneyland’s Pixar Pier Gets A Batch Of New Concept Art By Ben Pearson/March 12, 2018 12:30 pm EST Disneyland’s California Adventure already has an area devoted to the Cars franchise and A Bug’s Life, but the park is about to get a fresh injection of Pixar-themed content at the newly-revamped Pixar Pier, which is replacing Paradise Pier. The official Disney Parks Blog has unveiled some new Pixar Pier concept art, including neighborhoods devoted to Toy Story, The Incredibles, and more....
FX Orders ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ Spinoff ‘Mayans MC’ Pilot By Jack Giroux/Dec. 2, 2016 5:00 am EST Creator Kurt Sutter is keeping the Sons of Anarchy brand alive and well. The writer has previously expressed interest in both a prequel and a spin-off to his hit crime series, and the latter started to pick up speed last year when it was announced Sutter was developing a show about the SAMCRO’s Hispanic rivals, Mayans....
Lucasfilm Congratulates Marvel Studios On Their New Box Office Record By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2018 7:30 am EST In case you hadn’t heard, Avengers: Infinity War made a little bit of money at the box office last weekend. The Marvel sequel earned enough to smash the record for the biggest opening weekend of all time, previously set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. In fact, it smashed all sorts of records all over the world....
