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‘Damnation’ Trailer: A TV Blood War From The Director Of ‘Hell Or High Water’ By Jack Giroux/Sept. 1, 2017 1:00 pm EST Before even watching the trailer for USA’s new drama, Damnation, one name attached to the show already had me sold: David Mackenzie. The director of Hell or High Water, Starred Up, and Perfect Sense directed the pilot of Damnation, which pits brother against brother and the rich against the poor in the 1930s....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Spin-Off Being Explored, Final Season Episode Count To Be Determined By Jacob Hall/Jan. 16, 2017 11:30 am EST Update: Casely Bloys spoke with Entertainment Weekly, where he said that a theoretical Game of Thrones spin-off would probably be a prequel: A prequel feels like it has less pressure on it [than a spin-off]. [Author George R.R. Martin’s history of Westeros] gives you areas in which to say to a writer, “If you were going to do this, then go flesh it out,” and we’ll see what comes back....

‘Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery’ Trailer: Mobile RPG Game Lets You Go To Hogwarts By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 18, 2018 8:30 am EST Your letter from Hogwarts has finally arrived. A new mobile role-playing game, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, will allow players the chance to go back to Hogwarts (and back to witches, and wizards, and magical beasts) and attend school as an avatar who can form friendships, learn spells and, of course, solve mysteries....

‘Preacher’ Season 2 Reveals Premiere Date, Unleashes Hell In First Images By Jacob Hall/March 10, 2017 12:30 pm EST Yesterday, a trio of new actors joined the cast of Preacher and we took a stab at who they could be playing. Today, we learned when the second season of AMC’s comic book adaptation will premiere. The date arrives alongside a batch of new images from the set, which seem to depict one of the comic’s most famous sequences....

‘Ready Player One’ TV Spot Goes Overboard With References By Chris Evangelista/March 8, 2018 4:00 pm EST Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s big nostalgia trip adaptation of Ernest Cline’s pop culture novel, has unleashed a new TV spot. Some people have accused Ready Player One of being little more than a collection of pop culture references, and this spot does very little to dissuade that opinion. Watch the reference-heavy Ready Player One TV spot below....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer: The Journey Of An Unlikely Hero Begins By Ethan Anderton/April 8, 2018 5:46 pm EST Though Han Solo may have perished at the hands of his son in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that’s not stopping Lucasfilm from bringing the character back to the big screen to tell the story of how the scoundrel came to be one of the most notorious smuggler’s in the galaxy....

‘The Vault’ Trailer: James Franco Unlocks The Horror In A Bank Heist Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 28, 2017 2:30 pm EST “Crime does not pay,” the trailer for The Vault ham-fistedly declares. But it’s probably a very accurate description for the heist thriller-turned-horror-movie that is The Vault. In James Franco’s one-millionth project this year (does the guy never sleep?), he stars as a mild-mannered bank manager with a mustache who finds his bank being robbed by two sisters (Taryn Manning and Francesca Eastwood)....

‘The Wall’ Trailer: Aaron Taylor-Johnson And John Cena Are Under Enemy Fire In Doug Liman’s New Thriller By Jack Giroux/Dec. 8, 2016 12:30 pm EST Below, watch The Wall trailer. The Wall trailer calls to mind other single location thrillers, but maybe Liman, a director whose work is often fresh and exciting, will bring something new to the table: The first minute of the trailer builds tension well to the moment where everything goes wrong for Taylor-Johnson and Cena’s characters....

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Casts Liam Garrigan As King Arthur By Angie Han/Aug. 30, 2016 7:30 am EST Of all the places we would have predicted the Transformers franchise would end up, “Arthurian times” was pretty low on that list. But now that Transformers: The Last Knight has committed to going medieval, it’s calling in an assist from the most famous medieval hero of all. Liam Garrigan has just been cast to play King Arthur in the Michael Bay-directed sequel....

A ‘Nancy Drew’ Reboot Series Is Coming To NBC By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 17, 2017 9:00 am EST Break out your magnifying glasses: Nancy Drew is getting remade for TV. Again. The OG intrepid teen girl detective will be the star of a Nancy Drew reboot from NBC, a year after CBS turned down a series order of Drew, a procedural loosely inspired by the mystery novels. The same team behind Drew, Tony Phelan & Joan Rater and producer Dan Jinks, will be reworking the story idea for a brand new NBC TV series....

AMC Still Doesn’t Know How ‘The Walking Dead’ Ends By Jack Giroux/Nov. 11, 2016 6:00 am EST There is currently no end in sight for AMC’s The Walking Dead. Season eight has already been ordered, but earlier this year, AMC’s president said they want to keep the show going as long as Robert Kirkman’s comic still provides enough material. Understandably, AMC has zero interest in ending The Walking Dead at the moment, but they also don’t know what the ending of the show is yet....

Bill Nye Explains The Science Behind ‘Stranger Things’ And Other Popular Netflix Shows By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2017 5:00 am EST In case you haven’t heard, Bill Nye the Science Guy is back with his own new show on Netflix. Bill Nye Saves the World has the scientist hosting a show where he brings in experts and famous guests into his lab to discuss scientific issues that impact our lives. The first season focuses on topics like climate change, alternative medicine, and video games from a scientific point of view as well as refuting myths and anti-scientific claims....

Exclusive: Dan Trachtenberg’s ‘Crime Of The Century’ Eyed As A Big Action Franchise Starter By Ben Pearson/April 5, 2017 9:30 am EST In 2011, Universal acquired a pitch for a sci-fi movie called Crime of the Century from Fast & Furious screenwriter/producer Chris Morgan. He’s producing that film, which is based on an original idea from Dan Trachtenberg (Black Mirror) and writer Daniel Kunka (12 Rounds). Trachtenberg has been on board to direct from the very beginning, long before he made his feature directorial debut last year with 10 Cloverfield Lane....

MoviePass Has Reached One Million Subscribers By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2017 8:00 am EST Just before Christmas, MoviePass subscriptions had reached 1 million paid subscribers, and if the credit given to the service for raising movie theater attendance is any indicator, the service is only going to get bigger. Thank you. #MoviePassMillion pic.twitter.com/pLPTz4f26a — MoviePass (@MoviePass) December 20, 2017 Here’s the statement made by MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe to Deadline:...

POTD: Rian Johnson Shares ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Set Photo With Updated Stormtroopers By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 16, 2017 5:30 am EST Fans are still waiting for their first official look at Star Wars: The Last Jedi in the form of stills from the movie or even the first footage. One rumor has said that our first glimpse at the Star Wars sequel will arrive at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando while there have been rumblings that the first teaser trailer might hit with Beauty and the Beast....

Rian Johnson On ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Story Planning; Pablo Hidalgo On Snoke’s Humanity (Or Lack Thereof) By Jacob Hall/May 30, 2017 10:30 am EST Back in my day, we had to patiently wait for movies to come out before our burning questions could be answered. Nowadays, we just have to pester filmmakers on the Twitter machine if we want to know something! You kids have it easy. Now please get off my lawn....

Robert Downey Jr. Was Paid $10 Million For 8 Minutes Of ‘Spider-Man Homecoming’ And Other Hollywood Salary Info By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2018 4:00 pm EST Robert Downey Jr. only appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming for 8 minutes, but those 8 minutes were enough to net him a $10 million payday. If that seems like a lot to you, just wait till you learn how much money Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is making for an upcoming film called Red Notice....

Steven Soderbergh Will Shoot A Panama Papers Movie Called ‘The Laundromat’ Next By Ben Pearson/April 12, 2018 5:00 pm EST Steven Soderbergh is busier than ever. Within just the past eight months, the director has released an experimental app tied to an HBO miniseries (Mosaic), two feature films (Logan Lucky and Unsane), and he reportedly has another one called High Flying Bird that’s almost finished. But he’s showing no signs of stopping: a new report says the Ocean’s trilogy director will next step behind the camera to direct a Panama Papers movie called The Laundromat....

Superhero Bits: Lois Lane Cast In The Arrowverse, Betting Odds For Superman Replacement & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 14, 2018 6:00 pm EST Who is playing Lois Lane in the upcoming Arrowverse crossover episodes? Want to know how to 3D print your own tiara from Wonder Woman? Is there a credits scene for Venom? What are the betting odds for who will play Superman in place of Henry Cavill? How did Stan Lee stop an actor as Green Goblin from scaring President Carter’s wife and daughter?...

The Morning Watch: Tom Cruise Edition - ‘Mission: Impossible’ Scene Breakdown, Near-Death Stunts & More By Ethan Anderton/July 30, 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, it’s all about Tom Cruise with a breakdown of an incredible stunt sequence from Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and a recap of some of the dangerous stunts that almost killed the actor on camera....