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FX’s ‘Archer’ Renewed For Three More Seasons By Angie Han/June 21, 2016 1:30 pm EST If you think about it for even two seconds, it’s incredible that Sterling Archer and his colleagues have survived as long as they have. Never mind the fact that their line of work (espionage, usually, but sometimes private investigation or the illegal drug trade) puts them in danger on a regular basis — these people are often impulsive and foolish and downright incompetent....

How ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Connects To ‘Doctor Strange’ By Angie Han/Oct. 20, 2016 2:00 pm EST For the most part, Marvel’s movies and Marvel’s shows operate independently of one another. Characters rarely move between them, and it’s certainly possible to enjoy one side without paying any attention to the other. Still, they all technically belong to the same continuity, and every once in a while, they like to remind you of that fact....

Is Woody Harrelson Carnage In ‘Venom’? A New Rumor Suggests So By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2018 3:00 pm EST Is Carnage in Venom, the film featuring Tom Hardy as everyone’s favorite lethal protector? There have been rumblings that the character would pop up in the Ruben Fleischer-directed film, and now a new rumor suggests that Woody Harrelson will be playing the character. More on the Woody Harrelson Carnage rumor below....

Jodie Foster Joins Drew Pearce’s Directorial Debut ‘Hotel Artemis’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 29, 2016 2:30 pm EST Elysium was the last movie we saw actress Jodie Foster in. In the three years since Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi action film hit theaters, Foster has directed a few episodes of Orange is the New Black and House of Cards and recently helmed Money Monster. She’s now getting back in front of the camera with screenwriter Drew Pearce (co-writer of Iron Man 3) for his feature directorial debut, Hotel Artemis....

LOL: ‘The Good Place’ Writer Megan Amram Is Trying To Win An Emmy With A Very Meta Web Series By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2018 6:00 am EST The Emmy is a coveted award among television talents both in front of and behind the camera, but there are varying levels of Emmys among the various kinds of media out there. One of the Emmy categories created by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences rewards short-form series, which basically allows any Tom, Dick or Harry to be eligible (though not necessarily deserving) for an Emmy with an iPhone, some basic editing software and a decent internet connection at their disposal....

Netflix Wants 50% Of Their Library To Be Original Programming Within A Few Years By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 21, 2016 3:30 pm EST In a conference call with investors at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, Netflix’s CFO David Wells said they’re in the middle of a “multiyear transition and evolution toward more of our own content,” and their ultimate goal is to have 50% of their library comprised of original programming. Find out more about the Netflix original programming growth after the jump....

New ‘Incredibles 2’ Poster Promises A Super Summer By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 28, 2018 7:30 am EST All your family vacations will pale in comparison to the summer that the Parrs are about to have. Incredibles 2 is gearing up for its highly anticipated summer release, dropping a new poster showing our favorite super family catching some rays. See the new Incredibles 2 poster below. A new Incredibles 2 poster has been making the rounds online....

Somehow, There’s A Tenacious D Movie Sequel In The Works By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2018 3:00 pm EST You might not remember it very well, but the rock duo Tenacious D, comprised of comedians Jack Black and Kyle Gass, released a movie back in 2006. Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny came at the tail end of the band’s popularity that peaked shortly after they got their own short-lived series on HBO....

Read the previous edition of superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Jack Black’s ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Challenge, Marvel’s Phase 4 & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2017 5:00 pm EST Watch the launch trailer for LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2, which is now available for Xbox One, PS4 and more. Henry Cavill revealed some of his favorite DC Comics villains while making publicity rounds for Justice League. Daddy’s School Of Ragnaroth from the set of “The House With A Clock In It’s Walls”...

VOTD: How ‘Rogue One’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/March 3, 2017 5:00 am EST Rogue One: A Star Wars Story won’t arrive on Digital HD until March 24 followed by Blu-ray and DVD on April 4. But the folks over at How It Should Have Ended wanted to get a head start on tackling the first standalone Star Wars spin-off from Disney and Lucasfilm. They waste no time taking jabs at Rogue One, starting with the lack of an opening crawl and how it would have been much easier to just include one than it was for them to make a computer generated Grand Moff Tarkin....

Welcome To The Party, Pal: Notes From A ‘Die Hard’ Tour Of Nakatomi Plaza And 30th Anniversary Screening By Ben Pearson/July 30, 2018 10:00 am EST Die Hard 30th Anniversary Screening After a humorous false start in which the film began with the Spanish audio option selected, and then a second false start involving the wrong audio input altogether, the third time was the charm and the audience cheered during the first audible line of dialogue....

Wes Anderson’s New Movie Confirmed As A Musical Set In 1950s France, Will Star A Recent Oscar Winner By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 19, 2018 2:30 pm EST A Wes Anderson musical always seemed like an inevitability, and now it’s happening. For his next film, Anderson will employ his symmetrical style to a musical set in 1950s France, with plans to begin filming as soon as November. More on the Wes Anderson musical below....

Yep, ‘Dundee’ Is Actually A Commercial For Australian Tourism By Jacob Hall/Jan. 24, 2018 11:00 am EST I’ll be perfectly honest: they had me going for a second. When the first trailer for Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home arrived last week, the internet let out a collective “Whaaaaaa-?” and proceeded to wonder if this Crocodile Dundee sequel, about the long lost American son of Paul Hogan’s iconic Australian hero (played by Danny McBride), was actually real....

‘‘Contract To Kill’ Trailer: Steven Seagal Is Still Trying That Action Hero Thing By Jacob Hall/Nov. 6, 2016 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the best film books I’ve ever read is Vern’s Seagalogy, which takes an astonishing and in-depth look at the films of actor/martial artist/musician/energy drink impresario/Vladamir Putin stooge Steven Seagal. Although Seagal has only directed one film (1994’s fascinating trainwreck On Deadly Ground), the book argues that his personal perspective, life philosophies, and beliefs run through his larger body of work, making him an action movie auteur whose films reflect him as an artist and human being....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Will Feature The Guardians Of The Galaxy, Confirms Vin Diesel By Angie Han/Aug. 19, 2016 3:30 pm EST Marvel Studios likes to keep its cards close to the vest, doling out only the sparest bits of information early on, and then at a very carefully controlled pace. Marvel star Vin Diesel, on the other hand, loves to share. The Guardians of the Galaxy actor is famous for divulging details to fans on social media; in fact, that’s how we learned he was circling the MCU to begin with....

‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ Featurette Scratches The Surface On The Film’s Secrets By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2018 1:00 pm EST It’s clear from the trailers so far that Bad Times at the El Royale is going to be loaded with twists and surprises. A new Bad Times at the El Royale plays the mystery factory up considerably, as the cast and crew vaguely talk about how wild and crazy everything is…without giving anything away....

‘Extinction’ Trailer: Michael Peña Faces An Alien Invasion In Netflix’s Latest Sci-Fi Thriller By Ethan Anderton/July 11, 2018 8:30 am EST Right now, you can catch Michael Peña stealing scenes in the Marvel Studios sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp. But later this month, he’ll be taking the lead in a sci-fi thriller over at Netflix. Extinction follows Michael Peña as a husband and father who finds his sleep interrupted by visions of a deadly alien invasion....

‘First Girl I Loved’ Trailer: Two Girls Navigate Love And Identity In Sundance Coming-Of-Age Drama By Angie Han/Aug. 26, 2016 6:00 am EST Most people got to known Brianna Hildebrand for the very first time through her scene-stealing performance as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool. But if you were at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, you might have seen her a bit earlier. Hildebrand hit the festival with First Girl I Loved, a tender coming-of-age drama directed by Kerem Sanga (The Young Kieslowski)....

‘Happy Anniversary’ Trailer: Ben Schwartz And Noël Wells Fall In And Out Of Love In Netflix Rom-Com By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 16, 2018 4:00 pm EST It’s a phrase on billions of greeting cards, exchanged between millions of couples who may or may not mean it. “Happy anniversary.” Now it’s the title of a Netflix romantic-comedy starring Ben Schwartz and Noël Wells. But the story of a couple who grapple with their relationship on the day of their third anniversary may be more suited to tragicomedy....

‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3 Trailer Paints A Tense, Paranoia-Filled Picture In A Post-Trump World By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 31, 2017 7:00 am EST I’ve frequently wondered what Mr. Robot would look like in a post-Trump world. The nihilistic, anarchist viewpoint of the series seemed overly cynical when it first hit USA Network’s airwaves in the summer of 2015, giving a fantastical update to the grim, solipsistic anger of ’90s male fantasies like Fight Club....