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‘Gears Of War’ Screenwriter Worked On The ‘Avatar’ Sequels By Jack Giroux/May 4, 2017 5:00 pm EST Over a decade ago, talk of a Gears of War movie started. Ever since its announcement, some notable writers have come and gone from the project. Chris Morgan (The Fast and the Furious franchise), Stuart Beattie (Collateral), and Billy Ray (Shattered Glass) all took cracks at the video game adaptation. With the project alive again, and this time at Universal, a new writer has been tapped to adapt the property: Shane Salerno, who co-wrote the Avatar sequels, Armageddon, and Savages....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Wants A Nebula Solo Movie By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2016 11:30 am EST Nebula made her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy and will be back again for next year’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. But if James Gunn has it his way, we’ll be seeing even more of her in the coming years. The director revealed he’d like to see a Nebula solo film starring Karen Gillan as the blue-skinned badass....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Double Feature And Awesome Mix Ultimate Ticket Available Now By Ethan Anderton/March 27, 2017 8:00 am EST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is just over a month away from getting released, and tickets are already on sale right now. However, if you haven’t picked up your tickets to the earliest possible showing yet, you might want to look into a couple other options that will be at our disposal when the movie hits the big screen at the beginning of May....

‘Homeland’ Season 6 Will Address A Key Brody Question By Jack Giroux/Dec. 30, 2016 7:00 am EST Homeland showrunner Alex Gansa has discussed some of the changes we should expect from season six of the acclaimed drama. Gansa is scaling back the depiction of terrorism, and the upcoming season “exists in a much more psychological way.” Maybe playing a role in the more psychological approach is how the show will handle a question involving, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), her daughter Frannie, and Nick Brody (Damien Lewis)....

‘Sicario’ Sequel Plot Details Revealed; Taylor Sheridan Has Idea For Third Film By Jack Giroux/Jan. 26, 2017 2:30 pm EST Emily Blunt isn’t returning for the Sicario sequel, titled Soldado (translation: soldier). Kate Macer (Blunt) has an arc which is completed by the end of the film, but some people were still understandably disappointed we won’t see this world any longer through her eyes. With director Stefano Sollima’s sequel, writer Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water) wants to ask: Without a chaperone, how bad do Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) and Matt (Josh Brolin) get?...

‘Star Wars: Episode 9,’ ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ ‘Frozen 2’ And More Receive New Release Dates By Jacob Hall/April 25, 2017 11:26 am EST One side effect of announcing a schedule of movies years in advance is that, sometimes, you have to completely shift that schedule to accommodate reality. Today, Disney announced new and changed release dates for a number of its movies, including Star Wars: Episode 9, Indiana Jones 5, Frozen 2, Gigantic, The Lion King, and Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2....

‘Stranger Things’ May Last Through Season 5 By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2017 6:00 am EST The second season of Stranger Things doesn’t arrive on Netflix until October 27, but the sci-fi horror series has already been confirmed to have a third season. Furthermore, Matt & Ross Duffer (aka The Duffer Brothers) have expressed their desire to have the series last four seasons, not wanting to overstay their welcome. But there’s a chance Stranger Things could end up lasting five seasons....

‘Twin Peaks’ Trailer Reveals New Footage Of Familiar Haunts By Ben Pearson/April 28, 2017 2:00 pm EST It’s happening again. For those who’ve seen David Lynch and Mark Frost’s influential television series Twin Peaks, the tagline for Showtime’s anticipated revival of the show carries with it an unnerving sense of dread about what’s going on in the seedy underbelly of the all-American town. But there’s also a sense of excitement at the prospect of seeing familiar characters again after more than 25 years....

‘Wonder Woman’ Bonus Scene: Etta Candy Recruits Steve Trevor’s Crew For A Top-Secret Mission By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 29, 2017 7:00 am EST If there was anything truly wrong about Wonder Woman, it’s that there wasn’t nearly enough Etta Candy. Lucy Davis’ scene-stealing performance as the buoyant and bullish secretary was delightful every time she was on screen, and provided much of the levity for the film. And she’s back in action, this time recruiting Steve Trevor’s band of misfits for a post-war mission in a Wonder Woman bonus scene available exclusively on the superhero movie’s upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release....

2017’s Movie Ticket Sales Were The Lowest In 25 Years By Ben Pearson/Jan. 3, 2018 1:30 pm EST We’re still basking in the rejuvenating cleanse of the new year and looking forward to the future, but folks who work for major movie theater chains have to contend with a statistic today that’s so sobering that it may shock that refreshing new year feeling right out of them. According to Box Office Mojo, movie ticket sales in 2017 were the lowest they’ve been since 1992....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 26, 2017 1:00 pm EST Dear Friend, Meet the cast of Too Old To Die Young..! ❤️👁🔻 pic.twitter.com/X0te3XhceP — Nicolas Winding Refn (@NicolasWR) November 21, 2017 In addition to Teller, the series will feature Backdraft’s William “Billy” Baldwin (who gets the place of honor in the Twitter photo, perched on Refn’s lap), Jena Malone (who worked with Refn in Neon Demon), John Hawkes (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Cristina Rodlo (The Condemned), Augusto Aguilera (the upcoming The Predator), Nell Tiger Free (Game of Thrones), Babs Olusanmokun (The Defenders) and Callie Hernandez (Alien: Covenant)....

Cool Stuff: Rory Kurtz’s ‘The Dark Knight’ Print Is A Mondo Open Edition By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2017 6:00 am EST If you’re one of those fans who loves the artwork of Mondo but laments the fact that the prints are so difficult to get ahold of, then we have good news. Another open edition Mondo print is available, and it’s for one of the most respected and acclaimed comic book movies of all time: The Dark Knight....

Damien Chazelle To Write And Direct Apple Drama That May Or May Not Involve Jazz By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 25, 2018 11:45 am EST Damien Chazelle, the jazz aficionado filmmaker behind Whiplash and La La Land, is going to take a bite out of Apple’s foray into original TV programming with a new series. Chazelle, who also has a series in the works with Netflix, will write and direct a drama that will reunite him with La La Land producers Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger....

Dave Bautista Was Told He Was Too Young For His ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Role By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 16, 2018 3:00 pm EST Towering at 6’ 3" and boasting a thickset neck and torso, Dave Bautista is already an unlikely Hollywood star. The former professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter shot to stardom in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax, the gruff musclehead alien with a heart, and continues to shine in intriguing roles like that of the Replicant Sapper Morton in Blade Runner 2049....

Director Matt Reeves Is Scrapping Ben Affleck’s ‘The Batman’ Script By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 13, 2017 6:30 am EST The Batman has lost an acclaimed director, gained another acclaimed director, reportedly almost lost its star, and now, it’s dropping its original script in favor of a completely new story. Now, this could all be cause for alarm. But director Matt Reeves dropping Ben Affleck’s script to rewrite the story from scratch is something that has been brewing for a long time, and will likely be a good reset for the embattled production....

Give Up Hope: Kevin Feige Confirms No Plans To Make Venom Part Of The MCU By Ben Pearson/June 13, 2017 3:00 pm EST Earlier today, Spider-Man star Tom Holland confirmed that two more Spidey sequels are in the works, and I’m sure speculation has already begun about which villains the ol’ webhead might end up facing off against in the years to come. But there’s one character it seems like fans can safely take off the table: the alien symbiote Venom....

Gold Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Strikes It Rich In Scorsese-Style True Story By Jack Giroux/Sept. 8, 2016 11:00 am EST Gold has attracted no shortage of talent over the years. What was once a Michael Mann and Christian Bale project is now the second directorial effort from Stephen Gaghan, who won an Academy Award for writing Traffic and years later made his directorial debut with Syriana. It’s been 11 years since that intense drama came out, so after over a decade of waiting to make another feature for theaters — he did direct for television — Gaghan is back with Gold, which stars Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramirez, and Bryce Dallas Howard....

It Sounds Like One Surprising Avenger Might Survive ‘Infinity War’ By Ben Pearson/Aug. 17, 2017 2:00 pm EST For years, Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have been speculating about which of their on-screen heroes will survive the upcoming battle with Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and which ones will bite the dust once and for all. The follow-up movie, Avengers 4, has already begun filming, but that movie’s title supposedly isn’t being released until Infinity War comes out because it’s a spoiler for what happens in its predecessor....

Release Date Announced For Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Detective Pikachu’ Live-Action Movie [Updated] By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 12, 2017 6:20 am EST Update: Detective Pikachu will hit theaters on May 10, 2019, according to Legendary Entertainment and Universal Pictures. If you ever wanted Deadpool to provide the voice of a Pokémon character, today is your lucky day. Ryan Reynolds is going to be Detective Pikachu, because this is the age we live in. The live-action Pokémon film adapted from the video game Great Detective Pikachu will have Reynolds providing the voice of the monster detective....

Sarah Palin May Not Even Appear On Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America?’ After All [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Aug. 6, 2018 4:21 pm EST Before the premiere of Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Showtime series Who Is America?, Sarah Palin made press rounds chastising Cohen for taking advantage of her. She said Cohen impersonated a veteran to trick her into being on his show, and she ultimately walked out of the interview when his questions became offensive....