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Superhero Bits: Kevin Feige’s Spider-Man Promise, Cheetah Candidate Emerges For Wonder Woman 2 & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2017 5:00 pm EST Will Zack Snyder fans have more of an influence with a petition website for his cut of Justice League? What promise did Kevin Feige follow through on with Spider-Man: Homecoming? Which Emmy-winning actress is interested in playing Cheetah in Wonder Woman 2? Want to see a new Black Panther TV spot?...

The ‘Transformers’ Movies Broke Industrial Light & Magic’s Computers By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 5, 2016 9:30 am EST Even though the Transformers franchise brings in some big-name talent to star in each and every movie, it’s the Transformers themselves and the insane action involving them that people are coming to see. Seeing the Transformers come to life on the big screen wouldn’t be possible without the impressive visual effects work done by countless people behind the scenes....

The Morning Watch: ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ VFX Reel, ‘Skyscraper’ 1990 Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 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 an Avengers: Age of Ultron VFX breakdown which shows off some of the impressive digital effects done in post-production....

The Morning Watch: Making The New ‘Power Rangers’ Suits, ‘Ready Player One’ Discussion & More By Ethan Anderton/March 29, 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, find out how Weta Workshop carefully crafted the Power Rangers suits from the recent big screen adaptation....

Watch: ‘Born Sexy Yesterday’ Video Essay Examines A Troubling Sci-Fi Trope By Ethan Anderton/May 5, 2017 6:00 am EST Every film genre has tropes, recurring themes or elements that sometimes help define the kind of movie we’re watching. They can be portals in the sky, training montages, the final girl, or as a new video essay called Born Sexy Yesterday explains, a naive but mature, sexualized female character with the mind of a child....

‘American Honey’ Trailer: Shia LaBeouf Will Dream, Baby, Dream By Angie Han/Aug. 17, 2016 11:30 am EST Andrea Arnold may be a British director, but her latest feature, American Honey, is about as all-American as they come. And to emphasize that point, she’s getting a little assist from that most American of musicians, Bruce Springsteen. The Boss’ “Dream Baby Dream” soundtracks the latest American Honey trailer, along with some voiceover reminding you that American Honey has gotten some really, really good reviews on the festival circuit....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Blu-Ray, Digital HD Release Dates Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 10, 2018 1:30 pm EST Ant-Man and the Wasp is coming to Blu-ray and Digital HD — and no, they will be regular-sized. Marvel Studios has revealed the Blu-ray and Digital HD release dates for the Ant-Man sequel, along with a slew of special features and bonus material. The comic book movie will be hitting shelves in October, three months after it played in theaters....

‘Aquaman’ Will Be A Quest Story In The Spirit Of ‘Indiana Jones’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2016 11:00 am EST It’s been over a year since filmmaker James Wan officially signed on to direct Aquaman, but we still don’t know much about the DC standalone film. Wan is keeping the details very close to the vest but has recently revealed that Jason Momoa’s upcoming DC film Aquaman will be a quest story in the spirit of an Indiana Jones film....

‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ Honest Trailer: The Joke Is On Us By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 31, 2016 5:30 am EST This summer brought the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke, one of the most iconic storylines from the Batman comics. Since the Warner Bros. Animation project was given an R-rating, fans were expecting Batman: The Killing Joke to be the ultimate adaptation of the twisted tale that gives The Joker a most sinister backstory....

‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Has Been Hit Over The Head With A Lawsuit Claiming Copyright Infringement By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 29, 2018 5:30 am EST AMC has been hit with yet another lawsuit over its massively popular The Walking Dead franchise. But this time, it’s the spin-off Fear the Walking Dead engaging in the legal battle. Dead Ahead author Mel Smith has accused Fear the Walking Dead of copyright infringement after its season 2 arc tread too closely to his book’s premise of a zombie apocalypse at sea....

‘Goosebumps 2’ And ‘Alpha’ Get New Release Dates By Jacob Hall/Dec. 29, 2017 3:00 pm EST Everyone break out your calendars and red pens – Sony is shuffling their release dates. Goosebumps 2, which has faced its fair share of speed bumps throughout development, and Alpha, a historical adventure movie about a caveman and his wolf buddy that has jumped around the schedule a few times now, both have new release dates....

‘Johnny English Strikes Again’ Trailer: Rowan Atkinson Is Doing What He Does Best By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2018 8:00 am EST You’ve never met a man like Johnny English before. Well, that’s not technically true, you’ve met him two times before, in 2003’s Johnny English and 2011’s Johnny English Reborn. But every time, the bumbling British spy played by Rowan Atkinson keeps surprising you with how wild his antics get. So when Johnny English Strikes Again, you better be prepared for even a crazier, wackier ride....

‘La La Land’ Trailer: Emma Stone Auditions With A Wistful New Song By Angie Han/Aug. 23, 2016 7:30 am EST The first trailer for Damien Chazelle’s La La Land treated us to the musical stylings of Ryan Gosling, as he sang the poignant ballad “City of Stars.” The new one puts Emma Stone in the spotlight, as she performs the equally wistful “Audition.” Stone and Gosling play a couple of striving artists — she an actress, he a musician — who meet and fall for each other in Los Angeles....

‘Ouija: Origin Of Evil’ TV Spot: Can Director Mike Flanagan Make A Good Sequel To A Bad Movie? By Jacob Hall/Sept. 1, 2016 5:30 am EST I recently caught up with 2014’s Ouija and I was simply bowled over by its badness. My standards are low enough that I enjoyed the (underrated?) but poorly received Annabelle that same year, so that probably says something about the languid, overly lit, predictable, and just plain not scary Ouija....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Cast Adds Numan Acar, Could He Be Playing The Chameleon? By Chris Evangelista/July 17, 2018 1:04 pm EST Welcome, one and all, to the Spider-Man: Far From Home speculation zone! Numan Acar, an actor who has appeared on Homeland and will later be seen in Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake, has just joined the Far From Home cast, which means we are legally required to speculate what possibly famous Spider-Man character he might be playing....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 2 May Not Debut Until 2019 By Ben Pearson/Sept. 25, 2017 3:00 pm EST After a troubled production period that featured multiple delays and the exit of longtime Trek fan Bryan Fuller as its original showrunner (he was apparently pushed out by CBS after he failed to deliver scripts on time), the long-awaited Star Trek: Discovery finally beamed onto televisions last night in its premiere episode. You can read two reviews here on /Film – one from a seasoned Trek veteran, and another from someone without that level of expertise when it comes to the sci-fi franchise – but the general reaction to the show has been positive so far....

‘T2 Trainspotting’ Trailer: Danny Boyle Rounds Up The Gang For Another Drug-Fueled Adventure By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2016 6:01 am EST Twenty years after Trainspotting, the gang’s reuniting for T2: Trainspotting. Specifically, Renton (Ewan McGregor), Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and Begbie (Robert Carlyle), all rounded up by director Danny Boyle for another drug-fueled adventure. Watch the first full-length T2 Trainspotting trailer below. T2 Trainspotting Trailer It’ll be tough for Boyle to top his own work, but the T2: Trainspotting trailer looks, at least, like a promising start....

‘The Assassination Of Gianni Versace’ Red Band Trailer Reveals The Latest ‘American Crime Story’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2018 12:30 pm EST You don’t often see a red band trailer for a TV show, but The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story clearly has no intention of being your average, run-of-the-mill television series. The Assassination of Gianni Versace red band trailer offers a new, unflinching look at the dark new season of American Crime Story, set to premiere January 17 on FX....

‘The Meg’ Overperforms At The Box Office, Opens Larger Than ‘Ready Player One’ And ‘Rampage’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2018 11:00 am EST As the blockbuster summer of 2018 comes to an end, it appears audiences were hungry for Jason Statham and a giant prehistoric shark to give them some last minute thrills. The Meg surprised box office experts by having a much larger opening weekend than projected. As of Wednesday last week, analysts were predicting The Meg would only rake in about $20 million domestically....

‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’: Shawn Levy And James Wan Team For Netflix Slasher Movie By Chris Evangelista/March 16, 2018 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A “coming-of-age slasher movie” sounds exactly like the type of film I want to see, and getting James Wan involved in the project is a big plus. Wan has crafted some excellent horror films – The Conjuring, Insidious, and, my personal favorite, Dead Silence....