Burt Reynolds Replaced On ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Cast With Bruce Dern By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 27, 2018 11:26 am EST Burt Reynolds was set to play George Spahn in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but the actor died early this month before he had a chance to shoot any scenes. Now, Bruce Dern, who worked with Tarantino on The Hateful Eight, will take over Reynolds’ part....
/Film’s BlacKkKlansman Contest Here’s what you’ll get from our BlacKkKlansman contest if you win: Copy of Black Klansman, the book written by real life detective Ron Stallworth Digital download of the film’s soundtrack BlacKkKlansman movie poster signed by director Spike Lee, stars John David Washington, Topher Grace and Laura Harrier, and author Ron Stallworth How to Win Our BlacKkKlansman Contest If this prize pack sounds like something you’d like to have sent your way, here’s how you win....
Cool Stuff: ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Comes To Life In A Huge Custom LEGO Set By Ethan Anderton/July 14, 2017 5:30 am EST There’s no better time to be a LEGO collector as the building block company is putting out some of the best sets that they’ve ever created, even taking custom creations built by fans and turning them into real sets. Sadly, there are some sets that we won’t ever see turned into official LEGO sets, but that doesn’t mean we can’t admire the craftsmanship, detail and time that went into making them....
Despite Rumors, David Ayer Says He’s Still Involved With ‘Gotham City Sirens’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2017 4:30 pm EST Spurred on by the success of Wonder Woman, the DC Extended Universe is in the midst of a full-blown creative pivot. But David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, like Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, is a remnant of the earlier era, in which dark and gritty reigned supreme....
Doug Liman Apparently Never Sleeps, Is Now Attached To Direct YA Sci-Fi Film ‘Unearthed’ By Ben Pearson/June 8, 2017 3:00 pm EST I’m a fan of Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman, but we’ve been writing so much about him lately that I’m almost sick of seeing the dude’s name. But when you’re one of Hollywood’s most in-demand filmmakers, “being too prolific” is likely a problem he’s happy to have....
Gal Gadot Filmed ‘Wonder Woman’ Reshoots 5 Months Pregnant Because She’s A Friggin’ Superhero By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 26, 2017 7:30 am EST Gal Gadot came pretty close to actually becoming a real Wonder Woman when she returned to Leavesden Studios outside London to finish some reshoots for Wonder Woman. It was November of last year, and Gadot was five months pregnant with her second child, her baby bump conspicuously showing. But through some movie magic and some plain old female badassery, Gadot filmed the reshoots without a hitch, showing us all up....
Michael Bay Gives A Video Tour Of His Custom RED Camera “The Bayhem” By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2016 2:30 pm EST Michael Bay was the first Hollywood filmmaker to film on the Egyptian Pyramids for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The director was given never-before-seen access to the US military to film large scale war sequences for Pearl Harbor. And Bay was the first to use IMAX’s first digital camera for Transformers: Age of Extinction....
New ‘Cobra Kai’ Teaser Trailer: How Does Daniel LaRusso Fit Into ‘The Karate Kid’ Sequel Series? By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2018 1:30 pm EST It looks like YouTube is going to keep teasing The Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai little by little until they announce the release date. Ralph Macchio returns as Daniel LaRusso, the title character from the 1984 movie, while William Zabka reprises his role as bully Jonny Lawrence....
New ‘The Defenders’ Trailer Features Stan Lee, Teases The Punisher’s Appearance By Ben Pearson/July 20, 2017 2:30 pm EST After years of laying groundwork, Marvel Television and Netflix are finally ready to bring their ground-level superheroes together in The Defenders, which arrives on the streaming service less than a month from now. Now they’ve released a new The Defenders trailer narrated by none other than Marvel’s legendary former editor Stan Lee, and it also gives a quick glimpse at a character who many wondered if we’d be seeing in this limited series at all....
Scott Derrickson Answers Your ‘Doctor Strange’ Questions By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 12, 2016 6:00 am EST Yesterday, director Scott Derrickson appeared on Reddit to answer fan questions about his upcoming film, Doctor Strange. While nothing huge was revealed, I thought a few of his answers were worth sharing, including how the film compares with his previous horror films, the running time of the movie, is he consulting with the Russo brothers on Steven Strange’s appearance in Avengers: Infinity War, details on the film’s soundtrack and more....
Shane Black’s ‘The Predator’ Will Use Practical Effects By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 25, 2017 4:00 pm EST The temptation to rely on CGI is huge these days, but director Shane Black is trying to buck that trend. For his take on The Predator, the fourth installment in the Predator franchise following Predator (1987), Predator 2 (1990), and Predators (2010), he will be revisiting the practical effects that made the first film so iconic....
Superhero Bits: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Charity Screening, ‘Injustice 2’ Legendary Edition & More By Ethan Anderton/March 27, 2018 5:30 pm EST Can you support an Avengers: Infinity War screening helping underprivileged kids to see the movie? Did you notice the 1966 Batman Easter egg in Justice League? Would you like the Black Panther prints you see above? Is there a chance for a Cloak & Dagger and Runaways crossover? Will there be a Superman cameo in Shazam?...
Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Is In Trouble Again By Chris Evangelista/April 4, 2018 2:00 pm EST Terry Gilliam’s long-delayed, constantly troubled The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is in trouble yet again. Will this film ever see the light of day? Probably not! Read about the new Man Who Killed Don Quixote problems below. Few productions have been as plagued with problems as Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote....
The ‘Stranger Things’ Kids Are Making A Lot More Money Than You By Chris Evangelista/March 19, 2018 4:30 pm EST You probably already knew this, but the Stranger Things kids are making some serious bank. And now they’re about to cash-in on the Netflix hit and get some more of that fat cash. Ahead of the third season, Netflix has signed new, lucrative deals with the Stranger Things cast. It’s best not to obsess over how much money big stars make, because the answer will likely put you in a depressive funk as you comb over your credit card debt....
VOTD: How The ‘Saturday Night Live’ Make-Up & Hair Team Pulls Off Miracles Each Week By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2016 5:30 am EST We can’t stress enough how much of a miracle it is that an episode of Saturday Night Live even happens. While plenty will jump at an opportunity to criticize SNL and say it’s not as funny as the last iteration of the cast, that’s just how the cycle of criticism works for this show....
Watch: Meet The New Cast Members Of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 43 By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2017 6:00 am EST The 43rd season of Saturday Night Live is in full swing. We’ve already had three episodes with hosts Ryan Gosling, Gal Gadot and Kumail Nanjiani ushering in some laughs (be sure to check out our reviews of each new episode over here), and there’s plenty more to come throughout the rest of the year....
Watch ‘The Accountant’ Motion Comic Introduce Ben Affleck’s Lethal Math Savant By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2016 5:00 am EST Today brings The Accountant to theaters everywhere, and audiences can decide for themselves if Ben Affleck makes the grade as a genius with numbers, or if he should have just left that to his buddy Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting. But before you go see the movie, if you’d like an introduction to the character of Christian Wolff played by Ben Affleck, a motion comic from DC Comics gives us a little story involving the work that he does for shady criminal organizations....
What Is The Future Of Your Favorite Marvel Characters After ‘Infinity War’? By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 9, 2018 10:30 am EST Avengers: Infinity War threatens to change the Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it. We just don’t know how. We have an inkling though, judging by interviews from stars like Robert Downey Jr., and ominous fan theories scattered throughout the internet. Now, the latest cryptic interview from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige gives a more detailed picture of Marvel characters futures....
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 24, 2018 12:30 pm EST It was one of the biggest mystery box questions that J.J. Abrams left hanging at the end of The Force Awakens: Who are Rey’s parents? The question caught fire on the Reddit threads and internet forums in the two years between Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with fans speculating that Rey was related to everyone from Luke Skywalker, to Han and Leia, and even to Snoke....
‘Atomic Blonde’ First Look: Charlize Theron Goes Full ‘John Wick’ In Cold War-Era Berlin By Jacob Hall/March 8, 2017 1:30 pm EST I remember being a little bummed out that David Leitch and Chad Stahelski parted ways after co-directing John Wick, with the latter going on to tackle the incredible sequel on his own. However, Leitch is doing quite well for himself. He’ll be calling the shots on Deadpool 2 (he directed that teaser trailer that played before Logan), but before that, he’s delivering a thriller starring Charlize Theron as a British spy kicking ass during the Cold War....
