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The Morning Watch: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Edition - Easter Eggs, Anatomy Of A Scene & More By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2018 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, check out a round-up of Easter eggs you might have missed Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom....

This ‘Deadpool 2’ Theory Suggests A Secret Relationship Between Two Main Characters By Ben Pearson/May 18, 2018 4:30 pm EST Are two characters in Deadpool 2 involved in a secret relationship? A wacky new theory has laid out all the evidence, and when you pair that with some information we know about the making of the sequel, it’s starting to sound pretty convincing. Discover this odd (but plausible!) Deadpool 2 theory below....

‘A Quiet Place’ Super Bowl TV Spot: John Krasinski And Emily Blunt Are Being Hunted By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 4, 2018 3:56 pm EST John Krasinski gets in front of and behind the lens for the taut thriller A Quiet Place. The eerie horror film stars Krasinski and real-life wife Emily Blunt as the heads of a family who are besieged my monsters that hunt via sound. After a moody first trailer was released in November, a new TV spot has dropped during today’s Super Bowl, upping the stakes and the suspense....

‘It’ Director Andy Muschietti Shares Images From The Set By Jacob Hall/Aug. 15, 2016 4:00 pm EST A tip of the hat to Birth Movies Death, who first brought these posts to our attention. First up is this storyboard featuring Bill Denbrough (Jaeden Lieberher), the leader of the group known as the “Losers’ Club” and the closest thing the It ensemble has to a proper lead, making a paper boat for his younger brother, George....

‘Jurassic World: Evolution’ Video Game Lets You Build Your Own Ill-Advised Dinosaur Theme Park By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2017 10:00 am EST Ever since Jurassic Park arrived in 1993, people have wanted to see a theme park with real dinosaurs, despite the fact that it would likely go catastrophically wrong at some point. There’s just something about the possibility of seeing dinosaurs in real life that makes people throw caution to the wind....

‘LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Answers A Big Unanswered Question From The Movie By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2016 10:00 am EST There are still a number of mysteries left over from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. What has Luke Skywalker been doing this whole time in exile? How did Maz Kanata get his lightsaber? Who are Rey’s parents? How much does the First Order spend on fixing stuff Kylo Ren has broken in fits of rage?...

‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’ Images Provide Our Best Look Yet At The Delayed Sequel By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2017 4:30 pm EST Maze Runner: The Death Cure has had a troubled production, to put it mildly. The third and final film in the Maze Runner series was originally set to be released earlier this year, but a near-fatal accident befell the film’s star and put production on hold. Now Mazer Runner: The Death Cure is set for an early 2018 release, and this new batch of photos gives us our best look yet....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Is “Allowed To Have A Lot More Fun,” Says Donald Glover By Ben Pearson/Feb. 22, 2018 12:00 pm EST If the previous Star Wars movies weren’t fun enough for you, wait until you get a load of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Actor Donald Glover (who should be getting his own Lando Calrissian spin-off any second now) implies that the upcoming spin-off could be the most fun Star Wars movie yet, largely because the story is free from the burden of expectation....

‘The Addams Family’ Animated Movie Casts Oscar Isaac As Gomez, Will Arrive Fall 2019 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2017 12:00 pm EST Right now you can see Oscar Isaac taking on the First Order as Resistance pilot Poe Dameron in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But soon the actor will be getting animated for a role that many fans have been wanting to see him tackle for a little while now....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Gets A ‘Jurassic Park’ Reunion As Sam Neill Joins The Cast By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 25, 2016 9:00 am EST The cast of Thor: Ragnarok is already off-the-charts outstanding. Not only are Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston returning as Thor and Loki respectively, but Sir Anthony Hopkins is back as Odin (as we’ve never seen him before), Mark Ruffalo has a sizeable role as Hulk, Tessa Thompson joins the franchise as Valkyrie, and Karl Urban has the role of Skurge....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Cut A Reference To Jason Clarke’s Malcolm By Jack Giroux/July 14, 2017 4:00 pm EST Over the three new Planet of the Apes movies, the apes having continued to work their way to the center stage. While Rise of the Planet of the Apes had its humans mostly at the forefront with Caesar, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes made most of the humans more side characters, and War for the Planet of the Apes does the same....

Cool Stuff: Funko’s ‘DuckTales’, ‘Darkwing Duck’, ‘TaleSpin’ & ‘Chip ‘N’ Dale’s Rescue Rangers’ Action Figures By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 30, 2017 6:00 am EST Funko has been churning out endless amounts of their POP Vinyl figures for pretty much every facet of pop culture, but they’ve also been expanding their toys and collectibles to less stylized action figures. For their latest endeavor, they’re reaching back into some of Disney’s most beloved animated shows from the 1990s....

Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988’s Crazy For Cult 11 Celebrates ‘Gremlins’, ‘Ferris Bueller’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 20, 2017 6:00 am EST Gallery 1988 has delivered another round of incredible pop culture artwork with Crazy 4 Cult 11, the latest iteration of the recurring exhibition of artwork paying tribute to some of our favorite movies. This time we have a collection that includes pieces honoring movies like Gremlins, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Big Lebowski, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Poltergeist, Blade Runner, Beetlejuice, Back to the Future, and even The Room....

Is Rose Tico In Star Wars: Episode IX? Kelly Marie Tran Doesn’t Know By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 5, 2017 3:00 pm EST It may seem hard to believe, but Star Wars: The Last Jedi is only a little over a week away from release. Which means only one thing: time to start thinking about Episode IX! While it’s safe to assume The Last Jedi characters Rey, Finn, Poe and Kylo Ren will find their way into Episode IX, what of brand-new characters like Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Tico?...

J.R.R. Tolkien’s New Book ‘The Fall Of Gondolin’ Arrives This Summer By Ben Pearson/April 10, 2018 12:00 pm EST Entertainment Weekly reports that a new J.R.R. Tolkien book called The Fall of Gondolin will debut this summer, and, like all of the author’s posthumous works, the book will be edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is publishing the book, and their description of it is very basic: “The final work of J....

More Female Directors Marvel has a bad track record with female directors. No currently released Marvel movie had a woman in the director’s chair (Thor: The Dark World came close, with Patty Jenkins originally lined-up to helm before departing). The first official female MCU director will be Anna Boden, who is co-directing Captain Marvel with Ryan Fleck. Feige said he wants to improve that. “I cannot promise that all 20 Marvel movies will have female directors but a heck of a lot of them will,” he told the conference....

Kristen Stewart Reveals How The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Reboot Will Be Different From Previous Versions By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 24, 2018 4:00 pm EST Elizabeth Banks is set to helm a Charlie’s Angels reboot, and now we have an idea of what her approach to the material will be. According to star Kristen Stewart, we can expect the new Charlie’s Angels to be grounded, and much different than the previous Charlie’s Angels films starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu....

Marvel Is Skipping Hall H At Comic-Con This Year By Chris Evangelista/April 23, 2018 11:30 am EST Sorry, San Diego Comic-Con attendees: if you were hoping for that sweet, sweet Marvel Hall H action this year, you’re out of luck. The superhero movie studio is skipping SDCC in 2018, and may not announce any more new movies until after Avengers 4 hits theaters. Marvel always tends to throw a big blow-out presentation in Hall H at SDCC....

Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’ Casts ‘Game Of Thrones’ Villain Iwan Rheon By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2017 11:34 am EST Marvel’s Inhumans TV series has found the first member of its royal family in the far-off lands of Westeros. Iwan Rheon, last seen inspiring a thousand thinkpieces as sadistic Ramsay Bolton on Game of Thrones, will be joining the ABC drama set to debut this fall. Click through for more details, including which character he’s playing....

Pixar’s Experimental Short Division Reveals First Images For ‘Smash And Grab’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 23, 2017 7:30 am EST Pixar and Neill Blomkamp seem to have the same, exciting idea — when you’re in a creative rut, turn to the thing that helped you break onto the scene in the first place: short films. We learned in May that Pixar would be getting in touch with their roots by launching an experimental short film division....