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The Morning Watch: The Weirdest & Worst ‘Transformers’, Animators React To ‘Akira’ And Dig Into Animation History & More By Ethan Anderton/July 31, 2020 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....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Die Hard’ Is Such A Perfect Movie That It Makes Me Angry By Jacob Hall/June 9, 2020 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Die HardWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: You know, it’s only the greatest action movie of all time.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: Die Hard makes me mad....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Doctor Who’ Is A Compassionate Sci-Fi Series That Doesn’t Really Care About The Sci-Fi Part By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 11, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: Doctor WhoWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: A hyperintellectual alien travels through time and space (though more often than not, to 21st century Britain) in a spaceship shaped like a 1960s British police box, going on wacky misadventures with his/her spunky human companions....

Theme Park Bits: Halloween Foodie Guide, Dark Arts At Hogwarts, And More By Josh Spiegel/Sept. 14, 2019 11:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disneyland’s guide to Halloween food is available. Details of the Disneyland Paris version of Tower of Terror have been revealed. A new Harry Potter show is coming to Universal. And more! Let’s start with some seasonal news. As you can tell by the falling leaves, the pumpkin everything, and the 90-degree weather, it’s the fall....

Theme Park Bits: The Muppets Return, Mickey Ride Sneak Peek, And More By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 21, 2019 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Watch a sneak peek of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. The Muppets are returning to Walt Disney World for a limited time. And more! Walt Disney World fans were pretty depressed when it was announced earlier this year that the Liberty Square section of the Magic Kingdom was losing the live show featuring the Muppets, titled “The Muppets Present…Great Moments in American History”....

Warner Bros. Coronavirus Safety Protocols Includes Anonymous Reporting System To Make Sure Productions Follow Rules By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 20, 2020 3:00 pm EST As major blockbusters like Fantastic Beasts 3 and The Batman get closer to resuming shooting in the U.K., Warner Bros. is implementing more coronavirus safety protocols to protect the cast and crew of its productions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has created an “anonymous reporting mechanism in Europe” for cast and crew to alert senior managers if they see anyone breaking coronavirus safety protocols during production....

Warner Bros. Plans To Release Bigger DC Films To Theaters And Smaller Films To HBO Max, With Potential Max Spin-Offs For All Of Them By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 28, 2020 9:30 am EST Get ready to be inundated with superhero content. With Marvel’s well-oiled machine expanding into TV as part of the shockingly enormous slate of Disney+ originals, Warner Bros. is looking to utilize its own streaming service to ramp up its DC Films strategy through a combination of theatrical releases, HBO Max streaming debuts, and spin-off shows on HBO Max....

‘13 Reasons Why’ Season 3 Trailer: The Netflix Teen Drama Is A Mystery Show Now, We Guess By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 14, 2019 10:30 am EST 13 Reasons Why has long moved past the beloved book it was adapting about the dangers of teen suicide, and has now drifted into entirely different territory: murder mysteries. The teens of Liberty High can’t avoid misfortune, as star football player and season 1 culprit Bryce Walker (Justin Prentice) is found dead under mysterious circumstances....

‘Avenue 5’ Season 2 Is Go For Launch From HBO By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2020 5:00 pm EST Armando Iannucci’s Avenue 5 will continue its journey on HBO for another season. The network just gave the greenlight to Avenue 5 season 2, furthering the misadventures of the problematic space cruise ship. The comedy series stars Hugh Laurie, Zach Woods, Josh Gad, and more, and premiered on HBO last month. More on Avenue 5 season 2 below....

‘Frozen 2’ Trailer: Elsa Lets Her Hair Down To Save Arendelle By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 14, 2019 5:24 am EST Elsa is no longer about concealing and not feeling. The Queen of Arendelle is fully embracing her powers in Frozen 2, Disney’s highly anticipated to its 2013 mega-hit Frozen. Disney has released a new Frozen 2 trailer, which shows Elsa letting her hair down (even more), and showing off never-before-seen ice powers....

‘Gemini Man’ Clip Has Will Smith Insulting Himself By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2019 1:30 pm EST If you’ve ever wanted to see Will Smith bicker with himself, it looks like Gemini Man is going to be the film for you. Ang Lee’s special effects-driven action flick has old man Will Smith fighting young man Will Smith, which means the Will Smiths get to shout insults at each other in between bullets....

‘Jurassic World 3’ Will Be Like ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ According To Chris Pratt By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 20, 2020 7:00 am EST Jurassic World 3 is starting to have quite a loaded cast. In addition to returning Jurassic World series leads Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, Jurassic World 3 is getting the original Jurassic Park gang back together, with Laura Dern, Sam Neill, and Jeff Goldblum set to reprise their roles as Dr....

By Chris Evangelista/March 19, 2020 11:00 am EST Sorry, Minions nation. I know you’ve all got your Minions baseball caps and Minions basketball shorts on, counting down the days until Minions: The Rise of Gru hits theaters and brings a plethora of fresh fart jokes to the world. But sadly, you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer. Yes, all the Minions – like the short one, and the one that looks like a penis, and the one who keeps showing his bare ass – have all been delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus....

‘Soul’ Trailer: ‘Inside Out’ Director Pete Docter Looks Inward Again In Pixar’s Latest By Ben Pearson/March 12, 2020 5:39 am EST Onward may have underperformed at the box office this past weekend, but Disney is already looking ahead to the release of Soul, Pixar’s second original movie of 2020. Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey lead the film’s voice cast, and after a beautiful but vague teaser trailer debuted last November, we now have a better sense of what to expect when this film arrives this summer....

‘The Hunger Games’ Prequel Will Follow A Heroic Young Man Who Eventually Becomes The Evil President Snow By Ben Pearson/Jan. 21, 2020 3:00 pm EST Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games prequel is finally being released this year, and Lionsgate is already poised to turn it into a movie. The original trilogy began with the 74th annual Hunger Games, but this story is set 64 years before that – ten years into the Capitol of Panem’s oppressive rule, which is driven by murderous, nationally televised games where children murder each other....

‘The Northman’: Anya Taylor-Joy Says Robert Eggers’ Viking Film Will Be Something The World “Genuinely Hasn’t Seen Before” By Ben Pearson/Nov. 6, 2020 2:00 pm EST Five years ago, Robert Eggers burst onto the scene with The Witch, a slow-burn horror film that launched the career of actress Anya Taylor-Joy. Now he’s reuniting with The Queen’s Gambit star for The Northman, a Viking revenge movie which has Alexander Skarsgård playing the lead role....

‘The Third Day’: Jude Law, Naomie Harris HBO Drama Series To Have Live Component Where Fans Can Participate In London By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2020 2:30 pm EST HBO is ready to get immersive with The Third Day, a new limited series starring Jude Law and Naomie Harris. The series tells several stand-alone (but also interconnected stories) over six episodes. Viewers will also be given the opportunity to get in on the action via “a major immersive theatre event”, although just what that entails is unclear....

‘The Trip To Greece’ Clip: Steve Coogan And Rob Brydon Hit The Road Again By Ben Pearson/March 19, 2020 4:30 pm EST Since 2010, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have been playing versions of themselves in director Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip franchise, cracking wise and eating their way across some of the world’s most beautiful countries. Now, ten years after their journey commenced, the unlikely series continues with a brand new sequel called The Trip to Greece....

Cool Stuff: ‘The Lion King’, ‘Hercules’ And More Expand Ben Harman’s Disney Dreamland Art Series By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2020 8:30 am EST Throughout this year, artist Ben Harman has been fleshing out his Disney Dreamland art series, bringing to life beautiful images from Disney’s classic animated movies. Each of his prints is like a vertical widescreen image with meticulously recreated architecture, amazing landscapes, astounding skyscapes, and incredible detail. And more are arriving today....

IMAX CEO Calls Potential COVID-19 Vaccine A “Game Changer” For Movie Theaters As AMC Launches Private Rental Program By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 10, 2020 1:00 pm EST Movie theaters are in trouble right now, but there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday, Pfizer Inc. announced its COVID-19 vaccine could be 90 percent effective, and while nothing is written in stone yet, that’s the best news regarding a potential vaccine we’ve heard yet....