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Colin Trevorrow’s ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Pitch Moved Daisy Ridley To Tears By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 10, 2018 7:00 am EST Star Wars: Episode 9 has a huge job ahead of it. Picking up the pieces that Star Wars: The Last Jedi left behind is a daunting task for any filmmaker, and for a little while, Colin Trevorrow carried the burden. But for reasons unknown, Trevorrow was dropped from the project after several years of working on the script....

Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Live-Action Remake In Development By Angie Han/March 30, 2015 11:20 am EST Following in the dainty footsteps of Cinderella and Belle, Mulan will be the next Disney princess to undergo a live-action makeover. The legendary Chinese warrior made her Disney debut in a 1998 animated feature. Get all the details on the Mulan live-action movie after the jump. THR writes that Disney has just picked up a Mulan script from Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek “that centers on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the female warrior who was the main character in Disney’s 1998 animated film....

Female-Led Films Top Box Office For The First Time In 59 Years By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2018 4:00 pm EST The last time women lead the highest-performing movies at the box office, Elizabeth Taylor slinked around an eastern Mississippi estate in a skin-tight white négligée. But 59 years later, women rule the box office again. The three top-performing films of 2017, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, and Wonder Woman, were all headlined by female leads, the first time this has happened in cinematic history since 1958....

Jennifer Connelly Will Star In TNT’s ‘Snowpiercer’ TV Series By Jack Giroux/June 9, 2017 2:00 pm EST Jennifer Connelly will star in TNT’s hour-long Snowpiercer pilot, which will be directed by Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange). They previously collaborated on The Day the Earth Stood Still remake. Now, they’re working on a new series based on director Bong Joon-ho’s propulsive sci-fi thriller (adapted from a French graphic novel of the same name)....

Keanu Reeves’ Idea For ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ By Jack Giroux/Feb. 20, 2017 2:30 pm EST After the success of John Wick: Chapter Two, it’s fair to say more than a few people are already anticipating John Wick: Chapter 3. Director Chad Stahelski, writer Derek Kolstad, and Keanu Reeves have expressed the desire to return their glossy and violent world of assassins. They’ve shared ideas for where they’d like to see Mr....

Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’ Series Casts Anson Mount As Black Bolt By Jacob Hall/Feb. 28, 2017 11:31 am EST The tricky thing about Marvel’s Inhumans characters is that their leader, the closest thing these stories have to a main character, is a man of very few words. Mainly because those words can literally tear down cities and turn mountains into rubble. When it come to engaging in conversation, Black Bolt a very selective fellow....

New ‘Wonder’ Trailer Is Here To Make You Cry By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 19, 2017 2:30 pm EST Every now and then, you might need to go see a good tear-jerker. Wonder is here to help you out with that. Adapted from R.J. Palacio’s novel, the film follows a young boy with facial differences who attends public school for the first time after years of homeschooling. The family drama marks the directorial return of The Perks of Being a Wallflower writer and helmer Stephen Chbosky....

Patty Jenkins Admits She Wouldn’t Have Cast Gal Gadot In ‘Wonder Woman’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 9, 2017 10:30 am EST But in 2015, Jenkins signed on to direct Wonder Woman, and she — and the world — were happily proven wrong by Gadot’s performance in this year’s record-shattering, critically beloved superhero blockbuster. Gadot’s casting in 2013 stirred up some backlash among DC Comics fanboys, with some criticizing her lack of acting range and her slim figure, which was unlike the buxom appearance of Wonder Woman in the comics....

Rumor: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Roller Coaster Planned For EPCOT By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2016 8:00 am EST For the last year, we’ve been hearing rumblings about a possible Marvel attraction coming to Walt Disney World. The situation is rather complicated due to Marvel’s contracts with Universal Orlando Resort (more on that later), but initially, insiders heard rumblings that Rock ’n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith could be re-themed into a Marvel coaster....

They’re Giving Jackie Chan An Honorary Oscar And All Is Right With The World By Jacob Hall/Sept. 1, 2016 12:30 pm EST Although they stopped televising them in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Governor Awards remain one of the most gratifying portions of the awards season. Free from the politics that constantly swirl around the main race and the various vicious campaigns within it, the honorary Oscars are just about honoring people who deserve a salute for their contributions to the film industry....

Will ‘American Horror Story’ Season 6 Be Titled ‘The Mist’? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2016 1:00 pm EST Over the past couple months, FX has been releasing a series of teaser trailers for the next season of American Horror Story. However, at the Television Critics Association panels for the cable network last month, FX CEO John Landgraf explained that most of the teasers were merely intentional misdirection, and not all of the teasers point to what the mystery theme and setting for the sixth season of the horror anthology show will actually be....

‘American Assassin’ Red Band Trailer: Dylan O’Brien Is Out For Bloody Revenge By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2017 7:45 am EST Back in April, the first trailer for American Assassin introduced us to Mitch Rapp, the recurring character from Vince Flynn’s series of 15 novels following the counterterrorism operative and all the danger and intrigue he’s gets involved with. He’s basically a carbon copy of Jack Ryan, but seemingly a little more deadly, and a new red band trailer shows us just how dangerous he can be....

‘American Assassin’ Trailer: Michael Keaton Trains Dylan O’Brien To Take Out Terrorists By Ethan Anderton/April 18, 2017 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you watched American Sniper and thought they weren’t patriotic enough in their depiction of Americans taking down terrorism, there’s another overtly American movie on the way, and we know that, because the word American is in the title. America....

‘Bright’ Trailer: Netflix Surprises With Will Smith Fantasy Crime Movie During Academy Awards By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2017 7:00 am EST Netflix’s original content line-up is unmatched. The streaming service has been killing it with their original television releases for a few years now, and we are just beginning to see them dip their toes in the original feature film realm. One of the first big films is Suicide Squad director David Ayer’s crime sci-fi fantasy film Bright, written by Chronicle screenwriter Max Landis and starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramírez, Ike Barinholtz and Brad William Henke....

‘Corduroy’ Movie In The Works At CBS Films By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2016 9:00 am EST With Paddington hitting the big screen not too long ago, and a sequel on the way, it’s time for another beloved bear from literature to get the feature film treatment. Corduroy is one of the most renowned children’s books of all time, having been named the New York Public Library’s 100 Great Children’s Books From the Last 100 Years and Parents Magazine’s All-Time Best Books for Children....

‘Fast And Furious’ Ride Photos Invite You To Join The Family In Orlando By Chris Evangelista/April 8, 2018 12:00 pm EST If you want even more from the turbo-charged universe of the Fast and Furious franchise, you’re in luck. Universal is putting together a huge Fast and Furious ride that will immerse you into the high-octane, family-driven world of the films. Check out some Fast and Furious ride photos below that give you a glimpse of what to expect....

‘I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House’ Trailer: Netflix’s Latest Horror Movie Gets A Creepy Preview By Jacob Hall/Oct. 25, 2016 11:00 am EST If you’re looking for a new horror movie in theaters this Friday, the final Friday before Halloween, you may be out of luck. While last weekend brought us (the surprisingly well-received!) Ouija: Origin of Evil, this weekend isn’t offering much to moviegoers looking for a scare....

‘It’ Director’s Cut Coming In 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2017 4:00 pm EST It, the surprisingly great film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, arrives on Digital HD today, and Blu-ray very soon. Both digital and Blu-ray releases come loaded with several deleted scenes, but if you were hoping for a full-fledged director’s cut of the film, we have some good news: there’s one on the way. Director Andy Muschietti confirmed that we’ll be seeing an It director’s cut some time in 2018....

‘Logan’ VFX Breakdown Reveals How Wolverine’s Bloody Claws Were Created Digitally By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2017 6:00 am EST Since Hugh Jackman doesn’t actually have claws that extend from and retract back into his hand, usually the creation of Wolverine’s signature adamantium claws in the X-Men franchise comes from the prop department. However, for the instances when Wolverine has to jam his claws into somebody, visual effects must be employed to make it look like the mutant has actually stabbed someone rather than just playing pretend....

‘Ocean’s 8’ Box Office Tracking Suggests A $45 Million Opening Weekend By Ben Pearson/May 17, 2018 1:30 pm EST It’s been more than ten years since Ocean’s 13 wrapped up director Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s 11 trilogy, but now The Hunger Games director Gary Ross is reviving the franchise with a new female-led heist movie set in the same universe. The Ocean’s 8 box office tracking projections have arrived, and if they turn out to be accurate, it seems like Warner Bros....