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‘La La Land’ Wins Critics Choice Awards And Breaks A Box-Office Record By Jack Giroux/Dec. 12, 2016 4:00 pm EST La La Land is a bittersweet feast for the senses. Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash) original dance musical stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as struggling artists and lovers. Thankfully, their love story is registering with both audiences and critics right out of the gate. The film just had a hugely successful opening weekend and won Best Picture at the 2017 Critics Choice Awards....

‘Norm Macdonald Has A Show’ Trailer: The ‘SNL’ Star Heads To Netflix With A Candid Talk Show By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2018 3:30 pm EST Norm Macdonald has had a long, troubled history on television. From his days spent on Saturday Night Live as the brilliant but frequently misunderstood Weekend Update anchor in the 1990s to his consistently canceled shows like Norm, A Minute with Stan Hooper and Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, the comedian can’t seem to catch a break....

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Teaser Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2016 11:50 am EST Walt Disney Pictures has revealed the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales teaser poster ahead of the first trailer debut which will happen tonight. Hit the jump to find out when the first teaser trailer for the fifth Pirates of the Carribean movie will air, and also get a glimpse at the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales teaser poster in full....

‘Sony’s Mulan Hires ‘Game Of Thrones’ Director By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2016 2:30 pm EST Graves wrote and directed the 1995 romantic thriller The Crude Oasis and directed the 1997 dramatic thriller Casualties before moving over to television. Deadline was the first to report the news. Below you can see a trailer for one of the Game of Thrones episodes Graves directed: It is believed that Sony’s Mulan will arrive after Disney’s version hits theaters in 2018....

‘The Darkest Minds’ Trailer: Your Next YA Obsession Comes From The Producers Of ‘Stranger Things’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 28, 2018 11:30 am EST Just when you thought the young-adult movie genre was just about to fizzle out, in comes The Darkest Minds. It’s everything you want and need in a YA movie: beautiful teens with inexplicably perfect hair, menacing government corporations, and a weird sci-fi twist. And that twist is superpowers....

‘The Oath’: Ike Barinholtz’s Satirical Thriller Will Turn Thanksgiving Into A Nightmare By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 28, 2017 4:30 pm EST Ready for a sudden, anxiety-inducing reminder? Thanksgiving is coming – and it’s coming fast. And we’re talking Thanksgiving 2017 here, folks. Things couldn’t be more tense. Soon, you’ll be sitting around a table with your family, pushing down every urge to avoid a confrontation. Your palms are probably already sweaty just thinking about that, aren’t they?...

‘The Predator’ TV Spot: Can An Ex-Sniper With PTSD And An Unstable Team Save Us? By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2018 2:30 pm EST A new TV spot for The Predator has surfaced, and the marketing campaign is starting to show off the comedy that will be showcased alongside the bloody sci-fi action, courtesy of director Shane Black. Check it out below. ‘The Predator’ TV Spot: Can An Ex-Sniper With PTSD And An Unstable Team Save Us?...

‘The Snowman’ First Look Reveals Michael Fassbender As A Norwegian Detective By Jacob Hall/Feb. 1, 2017 3:00 pm EST Nothing can stop Michael Fassbender. Assassin’s Creed is a box office bomb? He’ll still headline major movies. Steve Jobs becomes one of the most criminally overlooked movies of the past few years? He’ll get an Oscar nomination. X-Men: Apocalypse is an incredible disappointment? He’ll still make each and every one of his scenes sing because he’s pretty darn great at that acting thing....

‘Tour De Pharmacy’ Trailer: What Happens When You Train Super Hard On A Bicycle By Jack Giroux/June 11, 2017 11:00 am EST James Marsden looks right at home as an on-air sports journalist in the 1980s. With the big framed glasses and colorful attire, the actor, who typically shines in comedies, is covering the 1982 Tour De Pharmacy. A dangerous year in cycling, with everybody doping. In HBO’s new sports mockumentary, Andy Samberg, John Cena, Orlando Bloom, and a long list of other familiar faces play athletes competing in the 1982 race – which looks every bit as ridiculous and as fun as 7 Days in Hell....

Cool Stuff: Mondo Debuting New ‘Jurassic Park’ Prints And Dino Tiki Mugs At San Diego Comic-Con By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2018 10:00 am EST San Diego Comic-Con is nearly upon us, and that means it’s almost time for an onslaught of updates and announcements about some of your most anticipated movies and TV shows. But that also means there are tons of goodies that are about to go on sale for rabid collectors to get their hands on, and Mondo has plenty of good stuff to offer....

Kristen Bell Enlists In Musical ‘Fantasy Camp’ For STX Entertainment By Ben Pearson/April 13, 2018 3:30 pm EST Kristen Bell is heading to Fantasy Camp. The actress, who broke out with Veronica Mars and has since gone on to star in films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Bad Moms, will star in STX’s Entertainment’s new musical comedy. Learn more about Bell’s newest starring role below. Fantasy Camp The Hollywood Reporter says Bell has signed on to star in Fantasy Camp, which has a script by rookie screenwriter Sid Karger....

Michael Bay’s ‘Six Underground’ Will Be Netflix’s Most Expensive Original Film Yet By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2018 3:30 pm EST After spending $90 million on David Ayer’s gritty fantasy film Bright, Netflix is upping the ante with Six Underground. Earlier this week, we wrote about how director Michael Bay and star Ryan Reynolds were teaming up with the streaming service for a new action thriller, and now a report says the film’s budget will make it Netflix’s most expensive movie yet....

Netflix Choose Your Own Adventure Shows For Adults Are In The Works By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 5, 2017 1:30 pm EST Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books, where young readers would put themselves into the role of the book’s protagonist and choose what path their character followed? Well, Choose Your Own Adventure isn’t just for kids anymore. Netflix is in the process of producing their own choose-your-own-adventure programs for adults. Are you ready to get interactive with your televised entertainment?...

New ‘Lego Batman Movie’ Image Shows Off Lego Batman’s Many Lego Bat-Vehicles By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2016 10:30 am EST Lego Batman may suffer from a severe shortage of parents, as he’s always so eager to remind us, but he’s got plenty of other stuff in spades. Like sweet, sweet rides. A new The Lego Batman Movie image shows off his vast array of Batmobiles, Bat-boats, Bat-aircrafts, and what have you....

Shawn Levy To Direct Amblin Entertainment’s ‘The Fall’ By Jack Giroux/May 18, 2017 7:30 am EST Director Shawn Levy is once again making another film with Amblin Entertainment. The last time the filmmaker and Steven Spielberg’s production company teamed up, they produced what’s easily Levy’s most entertaining film: Real Steel. Their next collaboration is an alien invasion called The Fall. Below, learn more about the Shawn Levy Amblin project. Amblin locked up Pete Bridges’ script last summer....

The Soul Stone May Be The Avengers’ Biggest Threat In ‘Infinity War’ By Ben Pearson/Feb. 28, 2018 3:30 pm EST The past few Marvel Studios movies haven’t contained any Infinity Stones, but we all know they’ll be comin’ in hot when Avengers: Infinity War drops this summer. We know where all of the powerful ingots are at this point on the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline…all except for the Soul Stone, the final piece of the puzzle....

Tony Todd Almost Voiced Dormammu In ‘Doctor Strange’ By Jacob Hall/Jan. 30, 2017 12:00 pm EST Scott Derrickson’s Doctor Strange has one of the most inventive and clever final showdowns of any superhero movie in recent memory (and we’re going right into spoiler territory here). Rather than exchange blows or magic blasts with Dormammu, the demon who has been lurking behind the scenes for the bulk of the film, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr....

Two New ‘Harry Potter’ Books Are Going To Be Released In October By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 20, 2017 11:00 am EST “Words, in my humble opinion, are the most inexhaustible source of magic we have,” Albus Dumbledore advised Harry Potter in the last Deathly Hallows film. And we’re about to get a little more of that special Harry Potter magic with a whopping two new books to be published by J.K. Rowling this fall....

By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2017 1:30 pm EST UPDATE 2: Now, months later, Variety has added the official confirmation that Michael Dougherty is directing Godzilla 2. Our original article runs below.UPDATE: After we learned yesterday that Godzilla 2 would be scripted by Krampus writers Michael Dougherty and Zach Shields, it turns out that one of them will also be directing. ScreenCrush reports Michael Dougherty will be directing Godzilla 2 as well....

Victoria Mahoney Joins ‘Star Wars Episode 9’ As First Black Female Second Unit Director By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 18, 2018 6:30 am EST Star Wars just hired its first female director — kind of. Victoria Mahoney has been tapped as the Star Wars: Episode 9 second unit director, making her the first black woman to ever hold the position. She’ll be working alongside Episode 9 director J.J. Abrams. The glass ceiling doesn’t seem so far, far away now....