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‘Solo’ Novelization Reveals If Chewbacca Has Actually Eaten Humans By Ben Pearson/Sept. 4, 2018 5:00 pm EST Has Chewbacca eaten a human? We know Han Solo’s furry friend fried up some porgs in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but has Chewie ever chowed down on human flesh? It’s a question longtime Star Wars fans may have been mulling over for years, but one that jumped to the forefront of many minds when Solo: A Star Wars Story came out this May....

‘The Romanoffs’ Trailer: The Creator Of ‘Mad Men’ Tells Eight Separate Stories About One Bloodline By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 12, 2018 10:30 am EST Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner brings together an incredible cast to tell eight separate stories about a group of individuals who all think they’re descendants of the Russian royal family. It’s an intriguing premise, and could make for one of the year’s best shows. Watch the new The Romanoffs trailer below....

‘Toy Story 4’ Hires New Writer – Could This Movie Still Come Out Next Year? By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 19, 2018 10:15 am EST Toy Story 4 is scheduled to hit theaters next year, but is that even possible at this point? The highly-anticipated sequel has just now added a writer, and depending on how much has to be written for the film, there’s a strong indication that the film might be delayed....

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Has Lowest Opening Day For The Series; Mark Wahlberg Thinks Bay Might Return By Jack Giroux/June 22, 2017 2:30 pm EST Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight had the lowest grossing opening day for any film in the 10-year-old franchise. The massive sequel, which has received terrible reviews but a fine Cinemascore, is still on track to make $65 million over the next five days. According to box-office analysts, it’ll fall short of expectations....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 26, 2017 2:30 pm EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy…or fills us with indescribable rage. In this edition: why an otherwise very good movie like War For the Planet of the Apes suffers from being indebted to other movies.)War For the Planet of the Apes is a stunning capper to one of the greatest blockbuster trilogies ever....

Belle Has A New Backstory In Bill Condon’s ‘Beauty And The Beast’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 3, 2016 3:00 pm EST Yesterday brought us our first real good look at Bill Condon’s live-action remake of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. A batch of new photos showed off Gaston, Lefou, Maurice, Cogsworth, Lumiere, Plumette, and Mrs. Potts, in addition to a recreation of one of the animated film’s most famous sequences featuring Belle (Emma Watson) and the Beast (Dan Stevens)....

Cable Companies Are Starting To Crack Down On Sharing Streaming Passwords By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 22, 2017 3:00 pm EST Cable TV providers are reportedly cracking down on the “illicit” password-sharing of cable TV and streaming accounts, which has cost them millions of subscribers and billions of dollars in revenue. For many, this could make it decidedly difficult to live as a TV buff in the era of Peak TV and overpriced living conditions....

Cool Stuff: Julian Rentzsch’s Gorgeous Filmmaker Portraits Of Steven Spielberg & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2016 7:30 am EST We feature plenty of collectible artwork here at /Film, but nearly all of them pay tribute to movies and TV, but not the people who make them. That changes today with a series of filmmaker portraits that are positively stunning. Julian Rentzsch has created a series of portraits paying tribute to iconic directors such as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, Christopher Nolan, Stanley Kubrick and more....

Cool Stuff: Luke’s Lightsaber And Dark Helmet’s Big Head Up For Auction By Ethan Anderton/June 12, 2017 6:00 am EST There is plenty of memorabilia out there inspired by the movies that we love. But there’s nothing better than getting your hands on a genuine prop from your favorite motion picture. The only problem is you usually have to empty out your bank account to get something like that into your hands....

FX CEO Expects to Bring Grown-Up Shows to Disney [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 5, 2018 2:45 pm EST “Without knowing anything other than I had a lovely conversation with Mr. Iger, he was extremely kind,” Landgraf said. “He seems to have really wanted FX to be a part of the larger plans and feels like we do something that’s unique. In some ways, that FX and Disney’s brand are so different from each other is a good thing....

Gallery 1988 Had Another ‘Seinfeld’ Art Show And Yada Yada Yada By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 2017 5:00 am EST Gallery 1988 has already played host to “An Art Show About Nothing,” which was actually a tribute to Seinfeld, the NBC sitcom which was famously about nothing. Now they’re back with “Another Art Show About Nothing,” featuring all new artwork inspired by the series created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David....

Get The ‘Home Alone 2’ VIP Treatment At The Plaza Hotel, New York’s Most Exciting Hotel Experience By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 16, 2017 6:00 am EST We’re coming up on the holiday season, which means it will be time for the annual viewing of Home Alone. And while it might not be quite as celebrated, you can probably give Home Alone 2: Lost in New York another watch, especially since this year marks the 25th anniversary of the sequel....

HBO Developing A Film About The Making Of ‘The Godfather’ By Jacob Hall/Feb. 1, 2017 7:30 am EST Just about everyone with a shred of decency and a little bit of good taste agrees that The Godfather is one of the greatest movies of all time. But does that mean everyone with a shred of decency and a little bit of good taste will be interested in a new film about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 gangster classic?...

Jake Johnson Won’t Crack Wise In ‘Jurassic World 2’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 2016 12:00 pm EST Even though production on Jurassic World 2 is slated to begin early next year in order to meet the 2018 summer release date, we still know very little about the sequel, and that includes who will be among the cast. So far the only cast members confirmed for Jurassic World 2 (or Jurassic Park 5 depending on how you want to talk about the franchise) are Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard returning as Owen Grady and Claire Dearing respectively....

Jeffrey Tambor May Not Quit ‘Transparent’ After All By Ben Pearson/Dec. 6, 2017 2:30 pm EST But apparently, that statement was premature because now The New York Times reports that Tambor has not quit the series. Now a spokesman for Tambor has clarified the actor’s employment stance to The New York Times: Tambor has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Maura Pfefferman on Jill Soloway’s comedy/drama series....

Jon Favreau’s ‘The Lion King’ Remake Casts John Oliver In The Perfect Role By Ethan Anderton/July 11, 2017 8:30 am EST In Disney’s original animated hit The Lion King, the future king Simba is followed around by a red-billed hornbill named Zazu. The bird serves as his father Mufasa’s majordomo, or the the chief steward of a household staff, so he’s tasked with keeping an eye on the lion cub who will one day inherit everything the light touches....

Kevin Costner Wants To Direct A 10-Hour Western By Jack Giroux/Dec. 29, 2016 12:30 pm EST If there’s one actor we’d like to see direct far more often, it’s Kevin Costner. It’s been 13 very long years since Costner helmed the terrific Open Range, which followed The Postman, an ambitious and puzzling misfire, and his grand directorial debut, Dances with Wolves. His first film clearly established he’s a real deal filmmaker, not an actor testing the waters, and yet we’ve only seen the actor helm two movies since winning the Academy Award for best director in 1991....

Learn How To Make A Big Kahuna Burger Inspired ‘Pulp Fiction’ [Video] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2017 6:00 am EST There’s no doubt that one of the most iconic scenes in Pulp Fiction is when Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta confront Brett and his friends to retrieve a briefcase with an unknown object inside. In the scene, Jackson takes it upon himself to take a bite out of Brett’s cheeseburger, which he says they got from a place called Big Kahuna Burger, described as a Hawaiian burger joint....

New ‘Double Dare’ Will Reunite Kenan Thomson And Kel Mitchell This Summer By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2018 3:00 pm EST If the return of the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare wasn’t enough of a trip down nostalgia lane for you children of the 1990s, we’ve got some exciting news. The revival of Double Dare started airing on Nickelodeon last night, bringing back all the trivia, physical challenges and family fun you remember....

New ‘It’ Photo: Pennywise Strikes A Sinister Pose By Ben Pearson/Aug. 8, 2017 11:45 am EST After the disappointment of The Dark Tower, Stephen King fans are hoping that Andy Muschietti’s movie adaptation of It washes the sour taste out of our mouths with a heaping helping of horror. Now a new image of Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise the Dancing Clown has surfaced, and it’s our best look yet at the preferred form of the frightening entity....