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Harvey Weinstein Wanted To Fire Peter Jackson And Hire Quentin Tarantino For ‘Lord Of The Rings’ By Chris Evangelista/May 3, 2018 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A new book detailing Peter Jackson’s epic quest to bring The Lord of the Rings to the big screen has revealed that, at one point, producer Harvey Weinstein threatened to fire Jackson and replace the filmmaker with Quentin Tarantino....

How Jeff Bridges’ Obadiah Stane Became The Main ‘Iron Man’ Villain By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 19, 2017 1:30 pm EST Iron Man kicked off Marvel’s current period of blockbuster movie domination, and it couldn’t have been done without the chemistry between Robert Downey Jr.’s reformed genius superhero Tony Stark and his mentor-turned-foe Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges). Though the third act of the film arguably leaves much to be desired, it’s hard to imagine Iron Man without Bridges....

Kate McKinnon & Mila Kunis Find Danger In ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ By Ethan Anderton/March 20, 2017 5:30 am EST For cast members of Saturday Night Live, the summer between seasons is when they take the time to make the movies that they don’t have time to shoot during regular TV season. One of the most in-demand cast members on the comedy scene right now is Kate McKinnon, and we have word on at least one project that will keep her busy while SNL is on hiatus for a few months this summer....

Lee Daniels Is Working On A Musical About His Own Life Similar To Fellini’s ‘8 1/2’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 30, 2016 2:30 pm EST With four feature films and a TV series under his belt, Lee Daniels has created a rather successful career as a director, writer, and producer. But has he achieved enough and lived a compelling enough life to merit an autobiographical musical? The filmmaker seems to think so because he’s currently in talks to make the project happen....

Mike Myers Still Wants To Make A Dr. Evil Movie For ‘Austin Powers 4’ By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2018 2:00 pm EST It’s been 21 years since Mike Myers introduced us to Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. The spy comedy spoof launched a franchise that continued with Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember. While many felt the franchise had overstayed its welcome by the end of that third movie, there has always been chatter about a potential Austin Powers 4....

Netflix Bits: Kate McKinnon Cast In ‘Magic School Bus’, ‘Love’ Renewed, ‘Grace & Frankie’ Sets Return Date By Angie Han/Feb. 8, 2017 3:00 pm EST Netflix’s big day of announcements just keeps on going. You can watch a bunch of their newly released teasers here and here. Now, let’s talk about the third-season premiere date for Grace and Frankie; the third-season renewal for Judd Apatow’s Love and the second-season renewal for Travelers; the first-look photos for 13 Reasons Why; and the pitch-perfect casting of Kate McKinnon as Mrs....

Netflix’s Nurse Ratched Series Will Include Jack Nicholson’s ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ Character By Fred Topel/Jan. 6, 2018 11:00 am EST Ryan Murphy was on a Television Critics Association panel for his latest FX series American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace. But after the panel he spoke with reporters further about one of his other shows. One in the works at Netflix is Ratched, a series following the character Nurse Ratched (played by Louise Fletcher) from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and some new details about the series have been revealed....

New ‘Incredibles 2’ Clip Enters Another Dimension (And Features Cookies) By Chris Evangelista/June 5, 2018 1:45 pm EST Incredibles 2! It’s definitely a film that’s coming out this summer! The marketing machine for the latest Pixar sequel has been sightly muted, possibly in the interest of protecting spoilers. But a newly debuted Incredibles 2 clip sheds some light on the film. Incredibles 2 Clip Are you excited for Incredibles 2? Fans have been hungry for a sequel ever since Brad Bird’s superhero comedy hit theaters in 2004....

Odd ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ Trailer Now Improved With Better Closing Music Cue By Ethan Anderton/June 2, 2017 1:30 pm EST Yesterday brought the teaser trailer for the star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery Murder on the Orient Express. The trailer walked us through the title train, labeling each of the cast members as they appeared, including Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Josh Gad, Daisy Ridley, Penelope Cruz, Olivia Colman, Leslie Odom Jr, Willem Dafoe, Tom Bateman, Derek Jacobi....

Pixar Has Never Been Just John Lasseter – Here’s How The Studio Can Move Forward By Josh Spiegel/June 13, 2018 11:00 am EST This week marks the release of Pixar Animation Studios’ twentieth computer-animated feature film, Incredibles 2. Over the past 23 years, Pixar has risen from rebellious upstart in the industry to the dominant force that other animation studios can only hope to follow. In 1995, making a computer-animated feature film was a folly on the same level as Walt Disney deciding to make a hand-drawn animated feature back in the 1930s....

Rupert Grint Will Star In Crackle’s ‘Snatch’ TV Show By Jack Giroux/Aug. 22, 2016 4:00 pm EST Back in April, it was announced Crackle was developing a 10-episode television adaptation of Guy Ritchie’s Snatch. The actor to lead the crime series is Rupert Grint, who’s most famously known for having played in Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise. Grint is also executive producing Snatch, which will co-star Dougray Scott (Taken 3) and Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl)....

The Morning Watch: Donald Glover Edition - Lando Hits Up ‘SNL’, Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ & More By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 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....

This ‘Sausage Party’ Alternate Ending Was Just A Little Too Weird To Exist By Jacob Hall/Nov. 3, 2016 4:00 pm EST It’s hard to believe that the final twenty minutes of Sausage Party actually exist. Up until that point, Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan’s R-rated talking food comedy is ambitious and weird and uneven, often hitting scenes of genuine brilliance and occasionally getting bogged down in material that doesn’t quite work....

Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible 6’ Stunt Will ‘‘Top Anything That’s Come Before’’ By Jacob Hall/March 20, 2017 2:20 pm EST UPDATE: Director Christopher McQuarrie has clarified this story just a bit: The Mission: Impossible movies don’t need city-leveling CGI set pieces or characters created entirely through motion capture. They already have the greatest special effect of all time. That special effect is called Tom Cruise. Ageless, fearless, and seemingly built in a laboratory to withstand stunts that would have (sane) actors calling for their doubles, Cruise has upped the ante with each Mission: Impossible movie, finding new and exciting ways to risk his life for the sake of our “Oohs” and “Aahs....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2017 6:30 am EST We’re less than two months away from the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and for the most part, everyone involved with the production has remained tight-lipped about spoilers. But that rascal Adam Driver may have just let slip a big clue about Rey and her secretive parentage. Driver, you scamp! Stormtroppers from Disney are probably speeding toward your house right now to give you a stern talking to....

Your Silly Fan Theory Confirmed: Peter Parker Was In ‘Iron Man 2’ By Jacob Hall/June 26, 2017 11:30 am EST Back in 2010, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still an ambitious experiment somehow surviving the dire Iron Man 2 and Spider-Man was caught in a limbo between Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man. Despite their shared origins, these two franchises were never going to intersect. Sony owned Spidey and Marvel Studios was its own thing....

A United Kingdom Trailer A United Kingdom had its world premiere in Toronto a few months ago, to mostly positive reviews. The Guardian approvingly noted that “it is Asante’s talent for making the personal political – and vice versa – that is the real story here. Similarly, Empire was pleased to see that Asante “finds personal moments amid the political storms and emphasizes Ruth’s less headline-grabbing struggles in her new home....

By Jacob Hall/May 11, 2017 1:30 pm EST The Powers That Be over at Starz have heard our prayers: two weeks into its beautiful, bewitching, and sometimes baffling first season, American Gods has been renewed for season 2. This is great news not only for fans of the book, who were bound to enjoy this brilliant riff on Neil Gaiman’s work, but also for the more casual viewers who may have been nervous about giving themselves over to a show this dense and strange....

‘Dark Night’ Trailer: A Film Loosely Based On The 2012 Movie Theater Massacre By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 10, 2017 1:30 pm EST Almost five years ago, what should have been an escape to the movies for a group of people in Aurora, Colorado turned into a nightmare when a gunman opened fire in a theater showing The Dark Knight Rises. He killed 12 people and injured more, leaving a scar on the suburban community....

‘Deadpool 2’ Is Not Casting Three ‘X-Force’ Characters [UPDATED] By Ben Pearson/May 10, 2017 12:30 pm EST Again, wrong. https://t.co/vPsGH7EOzm — Rhett Reese (@RhettReese) May 10, 2017 According to ComicBook.com, Feral, Shatterstar, and Sunspot will be introduced in Deadpool 2. Let’s go through those one by one. Feral is, as you might expect from her name, a mutant with a cat-like appearance. Her abilities are also feline in nature: she has enhanced agility, superhuman senses, sharp claws and fangs, a healing factor, super speed, and a prehensile tail....