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George Lucas’ Scrapped ‘Star Wars: Underworld’ TV Series Had Dozens Of Finished Scripts And A Massive Scope By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 26, 2020 7:30 am EST George Lucas’ Star Wars: Underworld series was one of many projects lost during the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm. The long-in-development live-action series was a source of excitement for many Star Wars fans, who gobbled up new rumors, concept art leaks, and reports of scripts being written....

How James McAvoy Injected Some Humanity Into The Inhuman Morpheus In ‘The Sandman’ Audio Drama By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 17, 2020 11:00 am EST Taking on the role of Morpheus in The Sandman is a daunting task for any actor. It’s not just because the character has never been seen beyond the comic book page before, nor because it’s hard for any human actor to try to put themselves into the role of an immortal, anthropomorphic personification of Dreams....

Keanu Reeves Can Now Add Comic Book Writer (And Immortal Warrior) To His Resume By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 17, 2020 1:30 pm EST Keanu Reeves has worn many hats in his career: time traveler, assassin, possible real-life vampire. But Reeves’ latest gig may be one of his coolest. Reeves is becoming a real-life comic book writer, penning a comic book series for Boom! Studios with co-writer Matt Kindt. The limited 12-issue comic book series, titled BRZRKR, premieres this October and features a lead character that looks a lot like Reeves....

Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ May Have Recruited ‘Creed II’ Star Florian Munteanu As A Villain By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 9, 2020 12:30 pm EST Dark Horizons learned of the reported casting through a casting report, but Munteanu’s latest Instagram posts suggest that he has been hanging around Sydney lately. “Another day at the office,” Munteanu writes in his most recent post, which he location tagged for Sydney, Australia. View this post on Instagram...

New ‘Star Wars’ Poster Series From ACME Archives Celebrates The Original Trilogy By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 2, 2020 5:30 pm EST ACME Archives is celebrating the original Star Wars trilogy with a series of three new posters created by artist Devin Schoeffler. The three posters, designed in homage to Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, are available to purchase individually or as a set in a timed release....

New Universal Studios Theme Parks Will Use Facial Recognition Technology By Ben Pearson/Oct. 29, 2019 12:30 pm EST The Universal Beijing Resort is set to open in 2021, and the executives responsible for the park are implementing smart technology to ensure that visitors have “a seamless experience throughout every stage of the guests’ journey”, granting park visitors “unprecedented convenience.” To make that happen, they’ll use facial recognition tech from one of China’s biggest conglomerates that will be applied “from park entry to storage lockers to express-lane access to even payment for merchandise and meals....

Peacock Strikes Licensing Deal For Paramount Titles Like ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Catch Me If You Can,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 1, 2020 4:00 pm EST Peacock is beefing up its library. Paramount movies like The Godfather trilogy, Catch Me If You Can, The Talented Mr. Ripley, American Beauty, and TV shows like Ray Donovan, The Affair, and Charmed are coming to the NBCUniversal streaming service as part of a new content licensing deal with ViacomCBS....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Furie,’ ‘The Orphanage,’ ‘The Grandmaster,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 4, 2019 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) October has arrived and with it, the spooky season. So it’s time to turn to horror, and if not that, the horror within humanity with our latest batch of the best foreign movies and TV streaming now....

Sony Officially Confirms ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Sequel, Announces Release Date By Ben Pearson/Nov. 1, 2019 2:08 pm EST Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was one of /Film’s favorite movies of 2018, a dazzling, inventive, visually stunning, and emotionally resonant piece of superhero storytelling with a powerful message: anyone can wear the mask. A sequel seems like a no-brainer, and though we’ve been hearing whispers of one for the better part of a year now, Sony has finally confirmed that yes, Miles Morales and friends will be back in a new adventure, and they’ve given us a release date to look forward to....

Thank Eywa: ‘Avatar’ Will Be Among The Day One Streaming Titles On Disney+ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 1, 2019 12:30 pm EST Though imagery from Avatar was featured on press releases when Disney officially acquired 20th Century Fox’s film assets, James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi action film has not been listed in any of the announcements about content that will be streaming on the forthcoming Disney+. But that changed today, because Disney is going all-out to make sure you know that Avatar has an exclusive new streaming home, and it will be streaming on Day One of the new service....

VOTD: Tom Holland Returns As Spider-Man To Surprise Jimmy Kimmel’s Son, Suggests ‘Spider-Man 3’ Could Be Delayed By Ethan Anderton/April 22, 2020 10:30 am EST It’s very likely that production on the third installment of the Spider-Man franchise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be delayed, possibly impacting the film’s July 16, 2021 release date next year. That means we’re not entirely sure when we’ll see Tom Holland back in the red and blue tights as your friendly neighborhood webslinger again....

Watch An Exclusive ‘Pain And Glory’ Clip With Director Pedro Almodóvar By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 21, 2020 4:00 pm EST One of the best films of 2019 was Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory, one of the acclaimed director’s most personal films. Antonio Banderas plays a filmmaker very much inspired by Almodóvar himself, who finds himself looking back at his past while reconnecting with people he hasn’t seen in years. It’s a beautiful, poetic film, and it’s hitting Blu-ray today, January 21....

Xfinity Offering 10,000 Free TV Shows And Movies Next Week, Including Select Shows From Hulu, Showtime, And Starz By Ben Pearson/May 8, 2020 1:30 pm EST Comcast is looking to generate some positive feelings from some of its customers by making 10,000 free TV shows and movies free to watch for Xfinity subscribers during Xfinity Watchathon Week, which this year takes place from May 11 through May 17. (That’s this coming week, since keeping track of time has become increasingly difficult during the pandemic....

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Joins The Spring Blockbuster Exodus, Shifts Back To September 2021 By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2021 10:00 am EST With the September 2021 release date, A Quiet Place Part II will be facing the star-studded Murder on the Orient Express sequel Death on the Nile, the animated sequel The Boss Baby: Family Business, and the action comedy The Man From Toronto with Woody Harrelson and Kevin Hart....

‘Avatar 2’ Underwater Scenes Had Sigourney Weaver And The Cast Holding Their Breath Over Six Minutes At A Time By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2020 3:30 pm EST Director James Cameron recently revealed that production on Avatar 2 is 100% complete in both live-action and motion capture filming, and Avatar 3 wasn’t too far behind. If you’re wondering what’s taking so damn long, it might be more than just the extensive post-production process and development of state-of-the-art technology....

‘Be Water’ Trailer: ESPN’s New ‘30 For 30’ Film Chronicles The Iconic Bruce Lee By Ben Pearson/May 28, 2020 12:00 pm EST In the wake of the fantastic Michael Jordan-centric documentary series The Last Dance, which broke viewership records for ESPN, the sports network is hoping that its slate of 30 for 30 documentaries is able to keep audiences’ attention. They’re currently airing Lance, a multi-part look at the life and controversy of cyclist Lance Armstrong, but coming up next month, they’ll tackle a subject that seems likely to attract the attention of folks outside of sports fandom: martial arts legend Bruce Lee....

‘Damsel’: Millie Bobby Brown Will Fight A Dragon In New Netflix Movie By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 11, 2020 2:00 pm EST Millie Bobby Brown is sticking with Netflix. Having just starred in and executive produced the recent Enola Holmes, Brown will now star in and executive produce Damsel, a fantasy flick from 28 Weeks Later helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. The story reportedly has Brown playing a princess who is set to be sacrificed to a dragon....

‘Dick Johnson Is Dead’ Trailer: Kirsten Johnson Blends Fact And Fiction By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 15, 2020 3:30 pm EST Dick Johnson is Dead, the winner of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award for Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling, is headed to Netflix next month, so get your tissues ready because it’s going to make you cry. Acclaimed filmmaker Kirsten Johnson uses her unique eye to focus on her aging father, Dick Johnson, staging elaborate (fake) ways for the man to die all in the hopes of staving off the inevitable....

‘El Camino’: Another ‘Breaking Bad’ Actor Confirms He’ll Appear In The Film By Ben Pearson/Sept. 23, 2019 5:00 pm EST Last night during the Emmy Awards, Netflix debuted a new trailer for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, which marks Breaking Bad creator/writer/director Vince Gilligan’s feature directorial debut. But on the red carpet before the award show began, one of the film’s actors spilled a secret and confirmed that he would be coming back to reprise his role in the upcoming movie....

‘Infinity Train’ Season 2 Review: A Delightful Blend Of Science Fiction And Whimsy By Caroline Cao/Jan. 17, 2020 10:00 am EST Owen Dennis’s animated anthology series Infinity Train stretches as infinite as its possibilities. A new world—or restored—order infuses the adventure aboard the Infinity Train after the events of season one. The rollie spherical droid One-One (Jeremy Crutchley as Glad-One, Dennis as the Sad-One) has reclaimed his rightful place as the Conductor....