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‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Trailer: Yep, This Is Another Michael Bay-Directed ‘Transformers’ Movie By Jacob Hall/April 12, 2017 6:38 am EST To be fair, this new one does feature Transformers fighting alongside medieval knights in flashbacks, so at least it has that going for it. So here it is: the new Transformers: The Last Knight trailer, a motion picture where Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Hopkins get to chat about robots that turn into cars....

‘Valerian’ Sequel Is Still Possible, Here Is What Needs To Happen By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 19, 2017 11:00 am EST Did you see Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets? Don’t lie, you absolutely did not. No one did. But despite that, director Luc Besson still wants to make a Valerian sequel and claims it could happen.Before Valerian opened to lackluster box office, Besson was talking about multiple sequels, saying that he had “finished the number 2 already and I’m writing the number 3....

‘Westworld’ Episode 9 Photos Tease ‘‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’’ By Jacob Hall/Nov. 25, 2016 10:00 am EST Ever since the days of The Sopranos, HBO’s show have tended to treat the penultimate episode of each season as the main event, the chapter that brings every storyline to a climax or pays off some kind of major plot point. This trend has only gotten more noticeable in the age of Game of Thrones, where second-to-last episodes tend to completely shatter the show’s world, leaving the season finale to pick up the pieces and lay the groundwork for what lies ahead....

Actor And Director Xavier Dolan Joins The ‘It: Chapter 2’ Cast By Chris Evangelista/June 21, 2018 12:30 pm EST I was definitely not expecting this. Filmmaker and actor Xavier Dolan has joined the cast of It: Chapter 2. Dolan, who is friends with It 2 star Jessica Chastain, had previously proclaimed the first It to be his “favorite film this century.” Now, he’s got a role in the sequel. Deadline is reporting that Xavier Dolan, an actor and filmmaker behind films like Mommy, Tom at the Farm, and It’s Only the End of the World, has joined the cast of It: Chapter 2....

Danny DeVito And Tim Burton Might Join Forces Again For ‘Dumbo’ By Jack Giroux/March 9, 2017 3:00 pm EST Tim Burton may reunite with his Batman Returns star, Danny DeVito, for Disney’s live-action Dumbo. DeVito is currently in negotiations to join the film, and Burton regular Eva Green (Penny Dreadful) is close to signing up as well. The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star might play Medici, the owner of a small circus....

How Jon Favreau And Disney Will Approach ‘The Lion King’ In Live-Action By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 24, 2017 7:30 am EST Jon Favreau has a lot to live up to with his The Lion King remake. The 1994 original is one of the crown jewels of the Disney Renaissance of the late ’80s and ’90s and one of the most successful Disney animated movies of all time. And Favreau is aware of that pressure to adapt a popular story still fresh in people’s minds — it was one of the pitfalls that Beauty and the Beast had to navigate with Bill Condon’s 2017 adaptation....

Keep Your Eyes Peeled: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Has Another Obscure Easter Egg By Ben Pearson/April 27, 2017 7:30 am EST Marvel Studios is no stranger to slipping easter eggs into its movies, and the first Guardians of the Galaxy was overflowing with them. In fact, it had so many that even now, three years after it was in theaters, the most hardcore fans still haven’t spotted all of them....

Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai’ Will Get A U.S. Release This November By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 11, 2018 10:00 am EST While the world has been scrambling to name any promising anime director as the next Hayao Miyazaki (while the man himself diligently ignores all the hoopla with another un-retirement), Mamoru Hosoda has quietly proved to be a visionary filmmaker in his own right. With a career spanning wildly inventive films like The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars, Hosoda has not delivered a bad film yet....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 24, 2017 2:00 pm EST Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic superhero comic Watchmen is currently in the process of being developed as an HBO series. Lost and The Leftovers’ Damon Lindelof has been working behind-the-scenes on the series for over a month now. Lindelof recently spoke about the project, and gave his reasoning behind the new Watchman TV show adaptation. Zack Snyder turned the highly influential comic series Watchmen into a big screen extravaganza in 2009, with mixed results....

No, Andrew Garfield Cannot Answer Your Lingering ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Questions By Jacob Hall/Oct. 28, 2016 9:40 am EST Only a few years after release, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 have already begun to recede into the background. When someone gets around to writing that book about the history of modern superhero movies, they will probably feel more like footnotes that inform the existence of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man than anything else....

Phil Lord And Chris Miller Are Producing New Animated Movie About Artificial Intelligence Run Amok By Ben Pearson/May 22, 2018 3:30 pm EST As Solo prepares to soar into theaters this week, that film’s executive producers (and original directors) Phil Lord and Chris Miller have lined up a new project over at Sony Pictures Animation. The pair will return to their Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs studio to produce The Mitchells vs....

Purple Mike Wazowski? ‘Toys In The Hood?’ See Some Of Pixar’s Wildest Scrapped Ideas By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 1, 2018 9:00 am EST Every movie has its early drafts, some of which never see the light of day. But the rise of concept art books and juicy “How Did This Get Made”-style oral histories have left nary a stone unturned in the vast movie development landscape. Pixar boasts some of the most critically acclaimed and universally beloved animated films of the past 20 years, largely in part thanks to the animation studio’s meticulous attention to detail and story....

Superhero Bits: Logan Ending Shot Differently, Ant-Man’s Axed Cars Cameo & More By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2017 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How hard of a time is Brie Larson having keeping secrets about the Marvel Cinematic Universe? What character would Disney have used in Ant-Man instead of Thomas the Tank Engine? What story would X-23 creator tell if she got a feature film spin-off?...

The ‘Halloween’ Reboot Casts Judy Greer As Jamie Lee Curtis’ Daughter By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2017 6:30 am EST It’s officially Halloween season, so how about some Halloween news? The Blumhouse-produced reboot/sequel to John Carpenter’s iconic slasher film Halloween is current in pre-production and rumored to begin filming very soon. Recently, original Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis was confirmed to be returning for the new film, and now another potential cast member has been announced: Judy Greer....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Leaving Netflix In December 2017 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 2017 11:00 am EST While you’re huddled up with your family for a few days for Thanksgiving, there are plenty of movies and TV shows available on Netflix that you might want to go out of your way to watch before they disappear from the streaming service. Below, we’ve rounded up a list of the best TV shows and movies leaving Netflix in December 2017, so you better figure out which ones you can round up the family to watch this weekend....

The Morning Watch: Batman Tries To Join The MCU On ‘Conan’, TV Comedy Actress Roundtable & More By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 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, Conan kicks off a Comic-Con run of episodes by having Batman try to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Watch Every ‘Power Rangers’ Episode Ever In A Massive 17-Day Marathon By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2017 5:00 am EST All the hype this week will belong to Beauty and the Beast, which is on track to be a box office giant. But after that, it will be time for the Power Rangers to show what they’re made of for their first big screen adventure in 20 years. Leading up to the release of Power Rangers, there will be a massive 10-day marathon of every single episode of every iteration of Power Rangers ever released....

Watch The Extended ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Credits Scene With Adolescent Groot By Jack Giroux/Aug. 15, 2017 3:30 pm EST People sure did love Baby Groot (Vin Diesel), and for good reasons. Just look at him. There’s something immediately endearing about him. Even his childlike eyes go a long way to make him adorable. Adolescent Groot, not Teen Groot, is a little less adorable and more irritable. In a fun post-credits sequence, Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) gave him a talking to about his messy room, but in a longer version of the scene, he also tries desperately to convince Adolescent Groot of his coolness....

‘Alex Strangelove’ Trailer: Netflix Gets In On The ‘Love, Simon’ Love With Its Own Gay Teen Comedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 9, 2018 4:30 pm EST Did you love Love, Simon but don’t have enough money in your bank account to see it for the fifth time in theaters? For those itching for their next teen comedy fix, Netflix has the answer. And better yet, Netflix has a sweet, raunchy gay coming-of-age comedy that has more than a few similarities to Love, Simon: Alex Strangelove....

‘American Gods’ Featurette: It’s Time To Go A Little Mad By Jack Giroux/April 20, 2017 11:00 am EST Starz is about ready to serve up a far stranger war story than we’re accustomed to seeing. The old gods and the new gods will soon duke it out in Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) and Michael Green’s (Heroes) adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel, American Gods. Before Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle) sets out on his journey with Mr....