Warwick Davis’ ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Character Revealed By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2016 1:30 pm EST More than three decades after he first appeared in Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi, Warwick Davis has returned to the galaxy far, far away for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. But he’s not playing Wicket this time, or even any of his Phantom Menace characters. Instead, he’s portraying someone entirely new....
‘American Horror Story’ Election Story Won’t Feature Trump-Clinton By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2017 3:00 pm EST Last month, showrunner Ryan Murphy revealed that American Horror Story season 7 would “be about the election that we just went through.” That was an American horror story indeed, but it turns out that the American Horror Story election season will not feature characters inspired by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Learn the details, after the jump....
‘Catwoman’ Honest Trailer: A Terribly Written, Ridiculously Acted Pile Of Cat Barf By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2017 5:00 am EST This week brings Wonder Woman to theaters, marking the first time that a major female superhero is getting her own film franchise. Sadly, it’s not the first time a female comic book character was given her own movie though, and Honest Trailers has taken a look back at one such disastrous attempt that also hails from Warner Bros....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7 Photos: Winter Is Here, So Dress Accordingly By Jacob Hall/April 20, 2017 2:00 pm EST The sixth season of Game of Thrones concluded with a massive war about to open up on four fronts, with the living battling the living as the undead waited to make their move. And then, to rub salt in the wound, winter finally arrived. After all, the Stark words always come true, eventually....
‘Hellboy’ Reboot Release Date Set For 2019 By Ben Pearson/Nov. 30, 2017 11:00 am EST Hellboy fans will have to wait more than a year to see Stranger Things star David Harbour’s new iteration of the Beast of the Apocalypse. Lionsgate has just set the Hellboy reboot release date for 2019. Read on for the exact date and a quick recap of everything we know about it so far. Lionsgate Summit Entertainment have just confirmed a January 11, 2019 release date for the Hellboy reboot that’s being directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent, Game of Thrones, Westworld)....
‘Jurassic Park’ 25th Anniversary Celebration Coming To Universal Studios Hollywood By Chris Evangelista/April 7, 2018 10:00 am EST It’s almost time for Jurassic Park’s 25th birthday! We’re all old now! To celebrate the Jurassic Park 25th anniversary, Universal Studios Hollywood is going to throw a dino-sized bash. Hold onto your butts. I remember seeing Jurassic Park in the theater opening weekend – my young mind blown as Steven Spielberg slowly had his cameras craning up, up, up to reveal the towering Brachiosaurus....
‘Riverdale’ Teaser: The Time Has Come For A Reckoning By Jack Giroux/Jan. 16, 2017 4:30 pm EST Below, watch a new Riverdale teaser. Here’s a new Riverdale teaser: It’s Veronica who’s warning a group of cheerleaders of a reckoning at the end of the teaser. Her and Betty’s relationship is maybe the most believable part of the Riverdale pilot, which is overcrowded and very heavy on exposition. Mendes and Reinhart have chemistry and bring a decent amount of levity to the pilot....
‘Snake Outta Compton’ Trailer: That Title Makes Any Description Redundant, Really By Jacob Hall/Oct. 20, 2017 8:30 am EST Look. The title of Snake Outta Compton is either going to wrinkle your nose like you just smelled something rotten or turn the ends of your mouth upwards ever-so-slightly because you can’t help but admire this kind of audacious lunacy. I find myself in the latter camp but won’t deny anyone the chance to take one look at the movie and flee....
‘The Expanse’ Season 2 Teasers: Earth And Mars Are Ready To Rumble By Jack Giroux/Dec. 29, 2016 2:00 pm EST Below, watch The Expanse season two teaser trailers. Season two of The Expanse features 13 hourlong episodes, unlike season two’s 10 episodes. The show is an adaptation of the sci-fi novels from James S.A. Corey, authors Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck’s pen name. Earth, Mars, and The Belt, which has desirable resources (air and water), are still dealing with issues that plague society today....
AMC Considers Charging More Money For Tickets To Big Tent Pole Movies By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2016 11:00 am EST Remember when George Lucas and Steven Spielberg predicted Donald Trump would win the election and the United States would fall into a post-apocalyptic state of hell? Okay, maybe that wasn’t exactly what happened. A few years back, the two legendary filmmakers predicted that some huge megabudget movies would come crashing to the ground causing an implosion of the Hollywood movie industry that would probably result in movie theaters moving to the “Broadway model” with moviegoers being charged more of a huge tentpole film than a smaller dramatic film....
Can You Spot All 84 Movie & TV Easter Eggs In Ape Meets Girl’s ‘Gremlins’ Print? By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2017 6:00 am EST Just over a week ago, we featured a round-up of some fantastic new artwork from Hero Complex Gallery that debuted at New York Comic-Con 2017. One of our favorites was a new piece from Ape Meets Girl (aka Kevin M. Wilson) paying tribute to Joe Dante’s horror comedy Gremlins, and now we can offer you a much closer look at the print to see how much detail went into it for all you movie and TV nerds out there....
Chance The Rapper’s Debut Film ‘Slice’ Is Now Available Online By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 11, 2018 6:30 am EST After more than a year of hype and cryptic, creepy teasers, Slice was dropped online without much fanfare. An A24 horror film directed by first-time feature director Austin Vesely, Slice has ridden the buzz of its mystery for the past year, culminating in its one-night-only world premiere in Chicago on September 10. Then, mere hours after this flashy world premiere, A24 dropped the horror-comedy on digital platforms at midnight last night....
Christopher Nolan Reveals What It Would Take For Him To Direct James Bond By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2017 12:00 pm EST The future of the James Bond franchise is still up in the air. Not only do we not know where the rights for the franchise will end up now that Sony Pictures and MGM are no longer in control of the secret agent on the big screen, but Daniel Craig hasn’t even signed on to return as 007....
Cool Stuff: Anthony Petrie’s ‘Charts 2’ Art Show Maps Out ‘Godzilla’, ‘Ferris Bueller’, ‘Rocky’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2016 5:30 am EST While this weekend brings Mass Hysteria 2 to Gallery 1988 with some outstanding new pieces from 100% Soft, next weekend brings another sophomore show from one of our favorite artists. Anthony Petrie is known for his details maps and charts artwork, and he rounded up a bunch of them for his first art show last year....
By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2016 3:00 pm EST Agent Carter Showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters have sold an hour-long dramatic television series pitch to Disney-owned network ABC, that is “based on the Disney theme park mythology.” As a Disneyland fanatic, this excites me, even though I can’t quite comprehend what this even means. So what do we know about this tv series pitch? Not much. Deadline (via) has reported that the television project is “based on the Disney theme park mythology....
Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Brendan Fraser Joins Doom Patrol, Brent Spiner Drops Out Of Supegirl & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2018 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Brendan Fraser has been cast as Robotman in the forthcoming Doom Patrol series on DC Universe.Bruce Boxleitner is replacing Brent Spiner as the vice president on Supergirl due to a scheduling issue....
The Best Depictions Of Cults In Film And Television By Lindsey Romain/Jan. 24, 2018 3:00 pm EST Tonight, the Paramount Network premieres the first installment in a six-part miniseries about real-life cult leader David Koresh and the tragic siege of his compound in Waco, Texas. Waco stars Taylor Kitsch as Koresh and Michael Shannon as FBI agent Gary Noesner, and will dig into the complexities of Koresh’s spiritual sect, the Branch Davidians, including their strange living conditions, and their leader’s penchant for marrying and sleeping with preteen girls....
Zak Penn Is Working On Another Marvel Movie, But Which One? By Ben Pearson/March 19, 2018 11:58 am EST Screenwriter Zak Penn (The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers) has already logged some serious hours working for Marvel Studios, and in a new interview, he says he’s coming back to write a new Marvel movie. But what could it be? Read the writer’s quotes and let’s see if we can zero in on the newest Zak Penn Marvel project....
‘Blade Runner 2049’ Director (Nicely) Kicked Ridley Scott Off His Set By Ben Pearson/Nov. 28, 2017 11:30 am EST Imagine the pressure of directing a cinematic sequel to one of the most visually iconic science fiction movies of all time, one crafted by a master filmmaker widely considered to be one of the best craftsmen the industry has ever seen. Imagine that very same master filmmaker is executive producing your sequel, and he drops by the set to visit for a day....
‘Colette’ Trailer: Keira Knightley Starts A Literary And Sexual Revolution By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 11, 2018 11:30 am EST Keira Knightley in a period drama! What will they think of next? But Colette may be the period drama queen’s most modern movie yet. In the first Colette trailer, the Oscar-nominated actress stars as the real-life French writer Gabrielle Sidonie Colette who goes on to become a leading literary figure and an early sexual revolutionary....
