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John Ridley To Write And Direct Blumhouse Superhero Movie ‘The American Way’ By Chris Evangelista/April 16, 2018 3:30 pm EST Having conquered horror, Blumhouse now wants to get in on the superhero game. 12 Years a Slave writer John Ridley will write and direct the Blumhouse superhero movie The American Way, inspired by the comic book series of the same name. What’s next for Blumhouse? How about a superhero movie? Deadline reports that the production company has hired John Ridley to write and direct The American Way, a superhero film adapted from Ridley’s own comic book series (with illustrator George Jeanty) The American Way: Those Above And Those Below....

New ‘Harry Potter’ LEGO Sets Are Coming, Starting With The Great Hall Of Hogwarts By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 18, 2018 11:00 am EST It’s been years since any Harry Potter themed LEGO sets were manufactured. There were a variety of sets available when the original film franchise was at the height of its popularity, but ever since the original franchise came to an end in 2011, the creation of any new sets has been stagnant....

New ‘Incredibles 2’ Images Go Behind-The-Scenes Of Pixar’s Super Sequel By Chris Evangelista/April 17, 2018 11:00 am EST Some super new Incredibles 2 images are here, showcasing a behind-the-scenes look at Pixar’s highly anticipated sequel. Below you’ll see some progressions from sketch to final rendering, storyboards, and concept art. Are you excited for Incredibles 2 yet? Fans have been waiting for the Pixar sequel for 14 years, and now, the wait is about to pay off....

Rumor: ‘The Batman’ Director Has A Back-Up Batman In Mind If Ben Affleck Bails By Ben Pearson/Nov. 16, 2017 11:14 am EST We’re only a few hours from the official release of Justice League, but some attention has jumped ahead to director Matt Reeves’ planned take on The Dark Knight with his solo movie The Batman. Ben Affleck, the most recent actor to don the cape and cowl, just said he’s looking for “a graceful and cool way to segue out of” the role....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Finn Jones Reacts To Iron Fist Reviews, New Suit For The Tick & More By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2017 5:00 pm EST Marvel fans think this post on the Daredevil Facebook page could be a tease for a Punisher announcement tomorrow. WWE wrestling star Cody Rhodes will be coming back to Arrow this season as as the villainous Derek Sampson....

Superhero Bits: Ghost Rider Origins, Kevin Feige’s Hot Toys Figure, Doctor Strange Magic Trick & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 17, 2016 5:00 pm EST When will we learn the origin of Ghost Rider on Agents of SHIELD? Want to see Kevin Feige’s one of a kind Hot Toys figure of himself? What easter egg was originally planned for Doctor Strange but ended up taken out? Who is Ben Affleck’s son’s favorite superhero?...

Superhero Bits: Marvel Secret Shoot, How Strong Is DCEU’s Batman, MCU Worldwide Box Office To Date & More By Ethan Anderton/May 2, 2017 5:00 pm EST What secret Marvel shoot were Robert Downey Jr., Tom Holland and Jon Favreau recently taking part in? Are you interested in a new Blu-ray box set of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies? How much money have all the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies earned at the worldwide box office so far?...

Superhero Bits: Thor: Ragnarok Production Almost Over, Wolverine Ice Sculpture & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 26, 2016 5:00 pm EST Who are the 50 best villains from the DC Comics TV series? What’s the one thing Thor screenwriter Ashley Miller wishes he could change from the first movie? Did you see the ice sculpture Hugh Jackman showed off to Ryan Reynolds for the Deadpool star’s birthday? How much longer is Thor: Ragnarok shooting?...

The ‘Family Matters’ House Is Being Demolished, But It’s Not Steve Urkel’s Fault By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2017 6:00 am EST It’s a rare condition in this day and age to read any good news on the newspaper page. Sadly, we have to add some more bad news to the pile for any fans of the popular ABC sitcom Family Matters. Though Family Matters was shot on soundstage, the series was set in Chicago, so the opening credits featured real establishing shots of the Windy City skyline and a house in which the Winslow family lived....

The Morning Watch: ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Cut Like ‘The Last Jedi’, ‘The Prestige’ Video Essay By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2017 5:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, see a trailer for The Empire Strikes Back cut in the style of the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi....

VOTD: How ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2017 6:00 am EST Since Spider-Man: Homecoming is now officially available on home video, it’s time for the wisecracking movie fans over at How It Should Have Ended to put their spin on the latest iteration of everyone’s favorite neighborhood webslinger. This time, they let the fans take a crack at writing some of the jokes. That means that the usual cleverness isn’t quite as amusing this time around, but there are plenty of intriguing observations, including the aforethought that Tony Stark had to put a parachute inside Spider-Man’s new suit, but not in War Machine’s suit....

When Will We See The First ‘Star Wars: Episode 8’ Trailer? Kathleen Kennedy Responds By Angie Han/Dec. 15, 2016 3:00 pm EST Our wait is finally over. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story finally opens tonight in the U.S., paying off literally years of rumors, hype, reporting, and marketing. But we Star Wars fans are kind of a greedy bunch, aren’t we? We can never get enough. Sure, Rogue One is here at long last — but what about the next Star Wars movie, Episode 8?...

‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Season 2 Teaser Reveals A March Premiere Date, Olaf’s New Looks By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2018 8:30 am EST The most unfortunate thing about Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events adaptation is the painfully long hiatus that the series has had since its first season premiered in January 2017. But fret not, Baudelaire fans. The undaunted child genius heroes are back for season 2, more than year later....

‘Atomic Blonde’ Trailer: Charlize Theron Goes To Berlin, Kills Everyone By Jacob Hall/April 11, 2017 8:04 am EST Enter Atomic Blonde, the new film from David Leitch, which finds Theron playing a spy sent on a deadly mission to Berlin during the Cold War, where she has to, you know, kill everyone. I saw Atomic Blonde at its world premiere at SXSW and I had a great time with it. This is the kind of action movie that values style over substance, but the style is so slick and so entertaining and pulled off with such bravura by the cast and crew that it’s hard to complain....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ TV Spots & IMAX Featurette: It’s Time To Put On Your Mean Faces By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2018 2:00 pm EST Avengers: Infinity War will be hitting theaters in a little over a month after Marvel Studios decided to bump up the release date by a week, shaking up the April release calendar. That means we’re heading into the home stretch for the movie’s marketing, so plenty of footage will be revealed in new TV spots playing all over the small screen, especially during the final week of March Madness, and we’ve got a couple of them for you to check out....

‘Black Widow’ Movie Reportedly Being Planned For 2020 Release Date By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 22, 2018 4:30 pm EST The long-awaited Black Widow solo movie may be coming to theaters sooner than we expected. A new report suggests that the female-led Marvel Cinematic Universe film could come only two years after it was announced to be in development. Which is completely fine by me. A report from The Daily Mail claims that a script for the Black Widow solo movie is already in the works, with Marvel targeting a 2020 release date....

‘Creed 2’ Will Return Sylvester Stallone To The Director’s Chair By Jacob Hall/Oct. 9, 2017 6:36 pm EST We live in the age of legacy sequels, movies that dust off a dormant franchise and often allow the old cast to hand off the torch to a new generation. Some of these have been magnificent: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mad Max: Fury Road, Blade Runner 2049, and, of course, Creed, which spun the Rocky series in an enthralling new direction....

‘Deep Blue Sea 2’ Trailer Unleashes Remote Control Sharks By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 29, 2018 4:00 pm EST Remember Deep Blue Sea? The 1999 movie starring Samuel L. Jackson and some super-smart sharks? Well, there is now a Deep Blue Sea 2, with even more super-smart shark action to sink your jaws into, courtesy of Syfy. If you think this is a joke, check out the Deep Blue Sea 2 trailer below....

‘Iron Fist’ Trailer: There’s A New Marvel Superhero In Town By Angie Han/Oct. 8, 2016 4:32 pm EST All caught up on Daredevil and Jessica Jones and Luke Cage? Ready for the next building block of Netflix’s Marvel universe? Netflix has just unveiled the first proper trailer for Iron Fist, starring Finn Jones as Danny Rand. 15 years ago, Danny was involved in a plane crash and presumed dead. But when he resurfaces in New York, his friends and enemies discover that not only is he very much alive, he wields the awesome power of the Iron Fist....

‘Murder On The Orient Express’ Cast: Daisy Ridley, Judi Dench, Michael Peña & More Hop On Board By Angie Han/Sept. 29, 2016 1:30 pm EST Well, we won’t know for sure until the new film opens in theaters, but it does seem to be off to a great start in terms of star power. Branagh himself is leading the Agatha Christie adaptation as detective Hercule Poirot, and yesterday we learned Johnny Depp and Michelle Pfeiffer had also hopped on board....