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‘Red Sparrow’ Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence Is A Deadly Russian Spy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2017 7:00 am EST Silent and stoic, Jennifer Lawrence breezes her way through the Red Sparrow trailer, a story following a prima ballerina who is trained to become one of Russia’s deadliest intelligence officers. Based on the book by Jason Matthews, the big screen adaptation of Red Sparrow helmed by Francis Lawrence looks incredibly brutal and cold, allowing Lawrence, who often plays somewhat overwrought characters, to stretch her acting chops in the type of story we’ve never seen her tackle before....

‘Star Wars’ Box Office Grosses Have Just Paid For Disney’s Lucasfilm Cost By Jacob Hall/Dec. 29, 2017 1:00 pm EST This interesting piece of financial trivia comes to us courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter, who note that this particular milestone will be reached once Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits $940 million at the international box office (which should be aaaaany moment now). Star Wars: The Force Awakens grossed $2,068,223,624 at the international box office back in 2015, not enough to make it the highest grossing film of all time (Titanic and Avatar still have it beat), but enough to make the initial investment feel like a wise move....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ TV Spot Reveals First Real Footage Of Benicio Del Toro’s Character By Jacob Hall/Nov. 20, 2017 3:00 pm EST Disney and Lucasfilm already have your money next month. They know this. You know this. They can afford the luxury of keeping details about Star Wars: The Last Jedi in the dark. It feels like we’re going into Rian Johnson’s new movie mostly blind, which is an odd feeling in 2017....

‘The Orville’ Season 2 Will be at Least 14 Episodes, Feature Even Heavier Sci-Fi [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 4, 2018 2:45 pm EST “I think it’s going to be at least 14,” he said. “If we did 22, they wouldn’t be good. I’d rather do fewer episodes and have them be better content-wise than do 22 and have them be filler.” The first season had 12 episodes. Early episodes surprised critics and viewers expecting another Seth MacFarlane comedy....

‘The Sisters Brothers’ Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal, And Riz Ahmed Go Out West By Chris Evangelista/May 24, 2018 1:30 pm EST A comedy-Western starring Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Riz Ahmed? Sign me the hell up. The Sisters Brothers is an upcoming film that features that fine cast under the direction of Jacques Audiard, and it looks incredible. Watch The Sisters Brothers trailer below....

‘Thoroughbreds’ Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy And Olivia Cooke Are Good Girls Gone Bad By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 11, 2017 3:00 pm EST Two indie It girls are teaming up in the frenzied trailer for Thoroughbreds, a black comedy about wealthy childhood friends with killer instincts. Starring The Witch and Split’s Anya Taylor-Joy and Me and Earl and The Dying Girl’s Olivia Cooke, Thoroughbreds also features a posthumous turn by Anton Yelchin as the local hustler who unwittingly gets dragged into the conniving girls’ schemes....

‘Westworld’ Season 2 Finale Featurette Goes Behind The Scenes To The Valley Beyond, Plus: When To Expect Season 3 By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2018 10:30 am EST Westworld season 2 has come to an end, and it’s likely that people are going to be talking about the season finale for a long time. A new Westworld season 2 finale featurette takes you behind-the-scenes of last night’s episode, offering up some answers to lingering questions....

‘Wonder Woman’ Extended Featurette: The Making Of An Origin Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 30, 2017 11:00 am EST “What is it to be a hero?” Jenkins asks near the beginning of the 13-minute Wonder Woman featurette. “The greatest thing about Wonder Woman is how good, and kind, and loving she is, yet none of that negates any of her power.” Gadot described how she had five months of working on horseback riding, martial arts, and training with a stunt team, but those weren’t the only things that helped her embody the iconic female superhero....

Alec Baldwin Is The New Host Of TCM’s ‘The Essentials’ By Ethan Anderton/April 18, 2017 4:00 pm EST Last month, Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne sadly passed away after spending years dedicated to showcasing must-see classic films and spreading his passion for cinema. Though Osborne had reduced his role at TCM in recent years, the channel’s program The Essentials was left without a host in the wake of his death....

Cool Stuff: ‘Stranger Things’ Creators Get Their Own Funko POP Figures, But We Just Want Steven Spielberg By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2018 12:30 pm EST Another day, another addition to the massive line-up of Funko POP figures, this time with a treat for the most hardcore fans of Netflix’s sci-fi thriller series Stranger Things. Matt & Ross Duffer, better known as The Duffer Brothers, are responsible for creating, writing and producing Stranger Things, not to mention directing several episodes together....

Experience ‘Kingdom Hearts’ In VR As You Wait To Play With Baymax In ‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 10, 2018 2:30 pm EST Kingdom Hearts fans know how to wait. They’ve probably played the waiting game for longer than they’ve played any of the Kingdom Hearts games, so these next few months until the release of Kingdom Hearts 3 should be a piece of cake after we’ve already waited 13 years....

Hulu Live TV Is Coming This Year: What Can We Expect? By Angie Han/Jan. 6, 2017 3:00 pm EST Hulu has long been a favorite of cord-cutters — people looking to wean themselves off traditional cable subscription packages — and now they’re making it more enticing than ever to take that leap. Last year, Hulu announced it would be launching streaming live TV sometime in 2017, and today we’ve got some new details on what that new offering will look like....

Multi-Part Documentaries Like ‘O.J.: Made In America’ No Longer Eligible To Win Oscars By Ben Pearson/April 7, 2017 2:30 pm EST One of the biggest film-related arguments of the past year was whether or not Ezra Edelman’s superlative documentary O.J.: Made in America should have been eligible for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. There were passionate advocates on both sides, and the nearly eight-hour doc ended up winning the Oscar....

New ‘Alien: Covenant’ Images Reveal The Creepy ‘Neomorph’ By Jacob Hall/April 20, 2017 10:00 am EST When I visited the set of Alien: Covenant last year, we toured the film’s creature shop and one thing was very clear: this movie would feature a more traditional Xenomorph and a bunch of creepy, slimy, and hungry new friends. Now, a newly released image from the film reveals one of the new aliens who will menace director Ridley Scott’s ensemble in the new movie: the pale, spindly “Neomorph....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Lea Thompson Pitched A Howard The Duck Reboot, ‘X-Men Dark Phoenix’ Trailer Coming Soon & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 25, 2018 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A new Weird Trailer takes aim at Avengers Infinity War, and even adds Captain Marvel to the proceedings. Former DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson has been harassed off Twitter by angry Zack Snyder fans....

Superhero Bits: Planet Of The Apes Meets Green Lantern, Speed Force, The Defenders Set Photos & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 17, 2016 5:00 pm EST What does Ezra Miller have to say about Speed Force in The Flash? When will the Batman: Arkham Origins online multiplayer servers be shut down? What’s up with this Green Lantern/Planet of the Apes comic crossover? Want to 3D print your own version of Harley Quinn’s gun from Suicide Squad?...

VOTD: This 18-Minute Live-Action ‘Futurama’ Fan Film Is Unsettling And Impressive At The Same Time By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 3, 2017 6:00 am EST Last year, right in the heart of summer, we featured a trailer for an ambitious project that was taking the animated world of Futurama and turning it into a live-action short film, complete with make-up and effects that could fuel your nightmares. The project wasn’t yet done, and there was no indication as to when it would be done....

‘Blade Of The Immortal’ Trailer: Takashi Miike’s 100th Movie Promises Plenty Of Bloody Samurai Action By Jacob Hall/Aug. 30, 2017 9:30 am EST In Hollywood, we call a filmmaker prolific if they make one movie every few years. But Takashi Miike laughs in the face of even the speediest directors – he’s releasing two movies in 2017 alone. And a TV series. And has directed 15 movies since 2011. He’s a machine....

‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy Stretches Her Dramatic Chops In True-Life Forgery Drama By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2018 3:30 pm EST Melissa McCarthy rocketed to fame as the crass and loud-mouthed Megan in 2011’s Bridesmaids, and since then, the actress has perfected her brand of broad comedy to the tune of an $18 million paycheck in 2017. She was the fourth highest-paid actress last year according to Forbes....

‘Deadwood’ Movie Stares Down A Fall 2018 Start Date By Jacob Hall/Nov. 13, 2017 8:00 am EST Here’s another reason to crawl out of bed in the morning. Or at least, an excuse to to stay in bed and try to hibernate for the next year or so. A new report claims that HBO is finally ready to move forward with the long-planned Deadwood movie, with cameras possibly rolling late next year....