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‘The First Purge’ Featurette: “This Could Be A Real Situation” By Ben Pearson/July 3, 2018 3:00 pm EST For the fourth entry in the ongoing The Purge horror franchise, Universal Pictures is taking us back to the very beginning to show how all crime became legal in the United States for one night every year. Check out The First Purge featurette below, which also doubles as a warning for the audience to make sure this doesn’t happen in the real world....

‘The Zen Diaries Of Garry Shandling’ Trailer: Judd Apatow Digs Into The Comedian’s Life And Legacy By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 24, 2018 11:00 am EST Next month will mark two years since we lost comedian Garry Shandling all too soon at the age of 66. But rather than stewing about it this whole time, director Judd Apatow decided to pay tribute to the comedian who brought us fantastic stand-up comedy, The Larry Sanders Show, and a memorable senator turned Hydra agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

‘War On Everyone’ Trailer: Michael Peña & Alexander Skarsgård Are Terrible People By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2016 12:30 pm EST Michael Peña’s only 2016 release was Collateral Beauty. Alexander Skarsgård had Zoolander 2 and Legend of Tarzan. Needless to say, this has not been a great year for them. Thankfully, their 2017 already looks way more promising, thanks to the upcoming release of War on Everyone. Directed by John Michael McDonagh (Calvary, The Guard), this dark comedy stars Peña and Skarsgård as a pair of cops working in New Mexico....

Blumhouse Promises New ‘Halloween’ Movie In 2018, John Carpenter Wants To Score By Ben Pearson/Sept. 12, 2017 4:30 pm EST It’s been years since fans of horror maestro John Carpenter’s Halloween franchise have been truly thrilled with a new entry in the series, and now we know they’ll only have to wait one more year to see if that streak is broken. Producer Jason Blum, the CEO of the budget-conscious and incredibly successful Blumhouse Productions (Get Out, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Purge) has promised that their planned Halloween sequel – the one written by Danny McBride and David Gordon Green and directed by Green – will definitely be released by its planned date in October of 2018....

F. Gary Gray To Direct ‘Men In Black’ Spin-Off To Relaunch The Franchise By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 1, 2018 10:28 am EST Remember when there were discussions of a possible franchise mash-up that would have seen Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill reprise their characters from 21 Jump Street in a Men in Black sequel? Well, Sony Pictures and Amblin Entertainmet want you to neuralize that awesome idea out of your head in favor of a more traditional, box office friendly rehash of the Men in Black franchise....

Gareth Edwards Says Lucasfilm Has A 4K Restoration Of The Original ‘Star Wars’, But When Will We See It? By Jacob Hall/Dec. 26, 2016 11:00 am EST So when I hear the news that Lucasfilm has created a new 4K restoration of the original 1977 Star Wars, I have to pause before celebrating. Which version of the film are we talking about here? The news comes from Little White Lies’ interview with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards, who says that he watched the new print with ILM’s John Knoll, the visual effects supervisor and story writer on Rogue One....

New ‘Bright’ Trailer: Will Smith And Joel Edgerton Will Be Heroes Forever By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 25, 2017 7:02 am EST Will Smith and Joel Edgerton could be heroes for more than one day. The new trailer for Bright has arrived, and it comes with a bunch of new footage of David Ayer’s gritty fantasy thriller Netflix film about two mismatched cops — one a human, one an orc — who stumble upon a greater conspiracy involving fairies and magic wands....

New ‘DuckTales’ Logo And Art Revealed For New Disney XD Series By Jacob Hall/Sept. 20, 2016 12:00 pm EST We first learned that DuckTales was being revived as a new Disney XD series back in early 2015, but it took over a year for our first look at the show to arrive. And that single preview image (sampled on the top of this article) left quite an impression. While some purists and fans of the original animated series may scoff, I instantly fell in love with the new arty style, which looks to blend classic Disney character design with plenty of stylized, modern touches....

New ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Trailer Features One Strange Doctor By Jacob Hall/Aug. 16, 2017 3:51 pm EST The bulk of this new Japanese trailer for Thor: Ragnarok consists of footage we’ve seen before, cut in a different order. However, the opening moments should perk up the ears of Marvel fans, as they tease a meeting between the God of Thunder and the not-quite-Sorcerer Supreme himself, Doctor Strange. Of course, Marvel Cinematic Universe die hards – you know, the ones who stay after the end credits – already knew this meeting was coming....

Redbox To Add 1,500 New DVD Rental Kiosks Across The U.S. In 2017 By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 11, 2017 1:00 pm EST The DVD rental company — which allows you to rent brand new movie releases at $1.50 per day for DVDs (and $2 per day for Blu-ray titles) from kiosks located at your local supermarket or grocery store — is planning a massive expansion in 2017, adding a whopping 1,500 kiosks at strategic locations across the U....

Robert Knepper Will Not Return For ‘iZombie’ Season 5 [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 12, 2018 8:00 am EST In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations and #metoo movement, five women accused actor Robert Knepper of sexual misconduct. Fans of The CW’s iZombie had hoped he would be removed from the show, but The CW conducted an investigation and decided to allow him to finish the upcoming fourth season. CW President Mark Pedowitz told /Film at the Television Critics Association press tour that Knepper would not return to the show after his current arc concludes....

Saudi Arabia To Christen Its First Movie Theater With ‘Black Panther’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 5, 2018 9:30 am EST The first Saudi Arabian movie theater is about to open after a 35-year ban on cinemas in the country. But thankfully, it won’t be playing The Emoji Movie. Saudi Arabia will christen the opening of its first official movie theater in two weeks with screenings of Black Panther, the zeitgeist-y superhero movie that may have just added a new formidable market to its record-setting run....

Scarlett Johansson Is The Highest-Paid Actress Of 2018 By Ben Pearson/Aug. 17, 2018 4:00 pm EST Sound the klaxon: Forbes has crowned its highest-paid actress of 2018. Scarlett Johansson has leap-frogged over La La Land’s Emma Stone (not literally, although that’d be fun to see) to earn the title, pulling in more money than any of us will probably ever see in our lifetimes and more than any other actress in the past year....

Seth Rogen Prepping New FX Comedy Series About The Singularity By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2016 3:30 pm EST Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are gearing up to write and produce a new half-hour comedy television series about the singularity for FX. Rogen let the news slip while appearing on the Nerdist podcast promoting his latest film Sausage Party. When asked about what he will be working on next, Rogen revealed that he is re-teaming with his producing and writing partner Evan Goldberg for another television series for the Fox-owned cable network FX....

Superhero Bits: ‘Supergirl’ And ‘Arrow’ Get Shuffled At The CW, Deadpool Suit First Fitting & More By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2018 5:30 pm EST Did you hear Supergirl and Arrow will air on a new night this fall? Do you think Thanos is hot? Would Paul Feig ever direct a superhero movie? Did Injustice inspire the story Zack Snyder had in mind for Batman v Superman? Want to see the first Deadpool suit Ryan Reynolds worse for his movie’s fitting?...

Superhero Bits: Tyrese Teases Green Lantern Again, Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/May 12, 2017 4:30 pm EST Is Tyrese Gibson actually becoming Green Lantern after all? Want a pair of Wonder Woman 3D glasses? Is Zendaya playing Mary Jane in Spider-Man: Homecoming or what? Want a round-up of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 easter eggs? Which DC Comics movie is now one of the best-selling Blu-rays of all time?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Retrospective, ‘Spy Who Dumped Me’ Featurette & More By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, take look back at the animated live-action hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in honor of the film’s 30th anniversary....

Video Essay: What Makes ‘Black Mirror’ So Dark? By Ben Pearson/Oct. 8, 2017 8:00 am EST Charlie Brooker’s sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror rarely features episodes with happy endings…or any semblance of happiness at all, really. It’s often a relentlessly bleak examination of the worst impulses of humanity, all told under the umbrella of an ominous warning about how our relationship with technology may eventually be the downfall of our society....

VOTD: ‘Back To The Future’ Star Tom Wilson Confronts Being A Pop Culture Icon With His Own Art By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 29, 2016 5:00 am EST In the world of pop culture, there are some actors who are only ever best known for a single role they played in a movie or TV show. No matter how much other work they do, they’ll always be that character in the eyes of the audience....

VOTD: ‘Stranger Things’ Kids Sing ‘Uptown Funk’ Before Emmys, Hand Out Sandwiches During Ceremony By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2016 6:30 am EST The 68th Annual Emmy Awards aired on ABC last night where Game of Thrones and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story took home several big awards, with a variety of other shoes getting some trophies as well. But one show that wasn’t vying for any awards last night was Stranger Things....