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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Will Be The Final Marvel Studios Movie To Stream On Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 8, 2018 11:00 am EST As Disney grows to be an even bigger industry behemoth following its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the House of Mouse prepares its assault on the biggest streaming giant: Netflix. And the battle is beginning sooner than we thought. Ahead of Disney’s launch of its own streaming service, it’s pulling all of its Marvel Studios films from Netflix....

‘Batgirl’ Movie: Female Writers Throw Their Hats Into The Ring By Ben Pearson/Feb. 23, 2018 1:30 pm EST Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that Joss Whedon is leaving Warner Bros. and DC Comics’ Batgirl movie, two acclaimed female writers are looking to fill the now-vacated writing slot. Roxane Gay and Hope Larson separately chimed in on Twitter that they’re ready to dive in and take over should DC come calling, and here’s the weird part: a DC executive actually responded to one of them....

‘Beetlejuice’ Musical Sets Its Pre-Broadway Premiere, Just In Time For Halloween By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 28, 2018 9:30 am EST Your millennium has just been made. The long-awaited Beetlejuice musical has just set its pre-Broadway premiere in Washington, D.C. And it’s just in time for Halloween. It’s the 30th anniversary of Beetlejuice this month, so what better time to announce the debut of its long-in-the-making musical? Yes, it’s been 30 years since Michael Keaton’s sleazy ghost first barged into our lives, popularizing pinstripe suits and Harry Belafonte songs....

‘Blade Runner 3’: Ridley Scott Already Has An Idea For A ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Sequel By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 8, 2018 8:30 am EST Ridley Scott may have taken a hands-off approach to Denis Villeneuve’s ambitious critical darling Blade Runner 2049, but it appears that he wants to tackle another sequel to his seminal sci-fi classic Blade Runner. The 80-year-old director keeps piling up potential projects, with news that he’s in talks with Disney to adapt the Merlin Saga and now his somewhat nonchalant statement that he’s considering a return to the Blade Runner franchise....

‘Dunkirk’ Trailer: Christopher Nolan Takes Us To World War II By Jacob Hall/May 5, 2017 9:01 am EST In a summer filled with superheroes, director Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk looks to be offering a more dramatic, sobering respite fro the tights and capes. Of course, this is a dramatic, sobering respite that is also massive in scope, a war movie that looks as practical and down-to-earth as the kinds of epics Hollywood used to release decades ago....

‘Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery’ Trailer: The Role-Playing Mobile Game Looks Absolutely Magical By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 1, 2018 4:30 pm EST Soon, you will have to make the choice between what is right and what is easy. Just kidding, your time at Hogwarts won’t be quite so dire as that. The Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery role-playing video game allows you to become a student at the wizarding school, but without the life-or-death stakes of Harry Potter....

‘Jurassic World 2’ Will Toss Geraldine Chaplin Into The Maw Of A T-Rex By Jacob Hall/March 6, 2017 11:00 am EST We still don’t know the title of the upcoming sequel to Jurassic World, but we do know that the film’s casting game continues to be on-point. The latest addition to the cast shouldn’t surprise anyone familiar with the work of director J.A. Bayona: Geraldine Chaplin, who has appeared in all three of his previous movies, has joined the human buffet line....

‘Morgan’ Videos: She’s Feeling Much Better Now By Jack Giroux/Aug. 24, 2016 2:30 pm EST Below, check out some Morgan videos. The Ridley Scott-produced horror-thriller stars Kate Mara (The Martian) and Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch). The film, which was written by Seth W. Owen, is about the creation of the world’s most advanced artificial being, and it’s corporate risk-management consultant Lee Weathers’s (Mara) decision whether to terminate the potentially dangerous titular character....

‘Robin Hood’ First Look: Yes, It’s Time For Another ‘Robin Hood’ Movie By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 8, 2017 11:15 am EST Ready for another Robin Hood movie? It’s been about seven years since the last one, so I suppose it’s time for Robin to break out his bow and arrow again and give the Sheriff of Nottingham a run for his money. The gritty new take on Robin Hood features Kingsman star Taron Egerton as the legendary outlaw who robs from the rich and gives to the poor....

Snatched Trailers And here’s the red-band version, which is NSFW for language but doesn’t really show excessive nudity or violence or anything like that. Hawn and Schumer sound like a pairing with lots of comedic potential, but I’m not quite sure the first Snatched trailers live up to that promise. They don’t look bad, but there aren’t a lot of laugh-out-loud moments. I also wonder if the film might turn out to be more bittersweet than the promos make it look, seeing as Levine seems to enjoy mixing some sadness into his comedies like 50/50 and The Night Before....

‘The Beach Bum’ Trailer: Harmony Korine Brings Matthew McConaughey Back To His Stoner Roots By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 7, 2018 7:30 am EST Matthew McConaughey has been so adamant on proving himself a very serious actor nowadays that it’s easy to forget that he first slouched onto our screens as a smooth-talking burnout in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused. And just when we were ready to write off McConaughey’s surfer dude typecast forever, he teams up with Harmony Korine in a chaotic movie about a drugged out surfer dude, The Beach Bum....

‘The Night Manager’ Season 2 In The Works By Jack Giroux/March 7, 2017 2:30 pm EST The BBC possibly isn’t finished with John le Carre’s The Night Manager. Director Susanne Bier turned le Carre’s thriller into a riveting six-part miniseries, which American audiences saw on AMC, but she may return to the world of arms dealing with the second season of the hit drama. Bier confirmed scripts are being written for a follow-up season right now....

‘Valerian’ Trailer: ‘Fifth Element’ Director Luc Besson Returns To Sci-Fi In A Fantastic Way By Jack Giroux/Nov. 10, 2016 7:15 am EST Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ presentation at San Diego Comic-Con went great. Hall H may not have been full and many in attendance weren’t familiar with the property — a French comic book series written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières — but the concept art and clips raised our expectations for Luc Besson’s sci-fi adventure....

‘Wonderstruck’ Trailer: Director Todd Haynes Crafts A Whirlwind Journey Of Discovery By Ben Pearson/Sept. 20, 2017 8:30 am EST Wonderstruck trailer Looking at Haynes’ filmography, I’m just now realizing that I’ve only seen his romantic drama Carol and his lush HBO adaptation of Mildred Pierce, so I can’t make any sort of sweeping statements about how Wonderstruck might fit into his larger body of work. David Erhlich at Indiewire calls it “a soul-stirring and fiercely uncynical film,” and that seems to be representative of critics’ opinions about the movie thus far: it’s currently sitting at a 73% on Rotten Tomatoes....

Classic Nickelodeon Shows Coming To Streaming Through VRV By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2018 11:30 am EST The dream of the ’90s is alive on NickSplat. The Nickelodeon streaming channel available on VRV is now offering a whole slew of classic shows from the 1990s, including Clarissa Explains It All, Kenan & Kel, Are You Afraid of the Dark? and many more. Fans of nostalgia and baggy clothes take note! NickSplat, a channel on the streaming service VRV, is gearing up to offer 30 classic Nickelodeon shows for your viewing pleasure....

Daily Podcast: The Worst Movies We’ve Seen This Year, Death Note 2, Top Gun 2, The Happytime Murders, Wonder Woman & More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2018 5:30 pm EST In The Mail Bag: Yesterday we asked you to write in to suggest which filmmakers you’d like to see as Funko POP figures. First up Peter asks Brad: What directors would you like to see as Pop figures? In The News:...

David Letterman’s Netflix Show Arrives Later This Month, Barack Obama Is The First Guest By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2018 10:00 am EST It’s been two and a half years since David Letterman left behind The Late Show at CBS for a little bit of a retirement. But as any comedian will tell you, staying out of the spotlight isn’t easy. So we weren’t surprised to learn last summer that David Letterman was putting together an original series for Netflix....

First Look: Aquaman Goes Underwater In ‘Justice League’ By Angie Han/March 2, 2017 11:00 am EST The first Justice League trailer showed Aquaman strutting around on land, tussling with Batman and trying his best to stay hydrated. But he really belongs to the sea, and now we’ve got our first halfway decent look at the underwater kingdom he calls home. Director Zack Snyder has shared a brief snippet of footage showing Jason Momoa swimming around underwater, offering a much better idea of what he’ll look like in action....

Is This One Of The Worst Crops Ever For Best Animated Feature At The Oscars? By Ben Pearson/Nov. 10, 2017 3:00 pm EST The Hollywood Reporter has the full list, which includes the following films: Birdboy: The Forgotten Children The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie Cars 3 Cinderella the Cat Coco Despicable Me 3 The Emoji Movie Ethel & Ernest Ferdinand The Girl without Hands...

Lee Daniels In Talks To Remake ‘Terms Of Endearment’ With Oprah Winfrey By Jack Giroux/Feb. 11, 2017 11:00 am EST The director behind The Butler and The Paperboy, Lee Daniels, might remake James L. Brooks’ beautiful 1983 film, Terms of Endearment. Brooks’ made his directorial debut with his adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s novel, which won Best Picture, Best Director, and more at the Academy Awards. It’s a masterful, honest tearjerker Paramount is eying Daniels and Oprah Winfrey to remake....