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Pinewood Atlanta Studios, Home Of Marvel Productions Like ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ Rebrands As Trilith By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 8, 2020 10:30 am EST Pinewood Atlanta Studios is getting a new name. The production facility which has become the home of many Marvel Studios productions like Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Ant-Man, has rebranded itself as Trilith Studios, a nod to the British roots of Pinewood Studios, which opened its first location in the United Kingdom....

Rumor: HBO’s ‘Parasite’ TV Series Might Star Mark Ruffalo By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 10, 2020 11:00 am EST Mark Ruffalo is rumored to be in consideration for the Parasite TV series headed to HBO. This news is very, very early, and HBO has no comment on the matter. But a report indicates that Ruffalo is being sought after to lead the series. This immediately raises several questions. Who is Ruffalo playing? And does this mean the series is re-casting the story with American actors?...

Superhero Bits: Free Comic Book Summer Is Coming, Rare ‘Batman Forever’ Photo Comes To Light & More By Ethan Anderton/June 19, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see a photo of Tommy Lee Jones in Arkham Asylum as Two-Face from Batman Forever? Are you ready for Free Comic Book Day to become Free Comic Book Summer? Will you give Fantastic Four another shot on Disney+? Want to see Todd McFarlane’s early sketches of The Incredible Hulk?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3 VFX Breakdown, What You Need To Know Before ‘WandaVision’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2021 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 Morning Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 1 Easter Eggs, Breaking Down Kung Fu Fights & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 30, 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. In this edition, look back at every Star Wars Easter eggs from the first season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian....

The Morning Watch: Animators React To ‘Frozen II’, How Fake Weather Is Made In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 1, 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. In this edition, see how animators react to scenes from Frozen II, Beauty and the Beast and more while they get a breakdown of how certain sequences from these movies were pulled off....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Flight Attendant’ Is Fun, Addictive TV By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 30, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The TV Show: The Flight AttendantWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Kaley Cuoco is a frequently drunk flight attendant who wakes up in a bed next to a dead man....

You Need To Watch ‘Stoker’ Before Seeing Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ By Kalyn Corrigan/Nov. 25, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Knives In, a series about the movies to watch before Rian Johnson’s Knives Out arrives in theaters.)Put on your murder-solving hat, because /Film has given me jurisdiction to dive deep into one film a day in preparation for the release of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, which hits theaters this week (read our review here)....

‘Adopt A Highway’ Trailer: Ethan Hawke Takes Care Of An Abandoned Baby By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 21, 2019 3:00 pm EST Ethan Hawke and a baby are the only things you need to sell a movie. But Adopt a Highway, Logan Marshall-Green’s quietly moving directorial debut, goes the extra mile and gives us Ethan Hawke with a very scraggly beard, and a baby. Watch the Adopt a Highway trailer below. Adopt a Highway Trailer...

‘Antebellum’ Trailer: Janelle Monáe Finds Herself Trapped In A Horrifying Reality By Chris Evangelista/June 24, 2020 12:00 pm EST Antebellum was already on my must-see list, but after watching this new – and final trailer – I’m even more intrigued. There’s a lot we still don’t know about the horror pic from writer-directors Gerard Bush andChristopher Renz, but all the imagery released so far has been stunning, and this trailer is no exception....

‘Back To The Future’ Trilogy Cast And Filmmakers Reunite For Josh Gad’s ‘Reunited Apart’ Web Series By Ethan Anderton/May 11, 2020 12:30 pm EST Hoping to help us keep our sanity while the coronavirus pandemic continues, Josh Gad has put together a nostalgic web series called Reunited Apart that remotely reunites the cast and filmmakers from some of the most beloved films in cinema history. The series kicked off with The Goonies reunion, but the second episode gets really heavy....

‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Review: Excessive, Silly, Dumb And Mostly Pretty Fun By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 31, 2019 9:00 am EST The Fast and Furious franchise has come a long way from the days of street racing and NOS. The first film spawned seven sequels, with more on the way, and now a spin-off centering around two fan-favorite supporting characters played by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham is here. But as the Fast and Furious franchise moves forward, Hobbs & Shaw speeds away from it as far as possible....

‘Jeopardy!’ Will Resume Production With A Series Of Guest Hosts, Including Ken Jennings By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 23, 2020 2:39 pm EST After Alex Trebek’s death, many wondered who would step in to host Jeopardy! A list of names has been going around, but the name at the top of the list always seems to be Ken Jennings, who holds the distinction of being the highest-earning American game show contestant of all time along with the record for the longest winning streak in Jeopardy!...

‘Robin’s Wish’ Trailer: New Documentary Chronicles The Struggles Of Robin Williams In His Final Days By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2020 3:30 pm EST It’s been almost exactly six years since the day comedian Robin Williams died. Last month, he would have celebrated his 69th birthday, and you just know he would have had some kind of raunchy joke to make about it. Instead, fans will be getting a new documentary with the full support of his wife, Susan Schneider Williams, that will chronicle the final days of the comedian....

‘The Flight Attendant’ Trailer: Kaley Cuoco Gets Caught Up In A Murder Mystery By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 20, 2020 2:30 pm EST Kaley Cuoco has been pegged as the hot comedy girl since The Big Bang Theory became a baffling success, but the actress has forged a solid partnership with HBO Max, with her acclaimed work on the beloved animated series Harley Quinn and now with a darkly comic thriller that is sure to test Cuoco’s dramatic chops: The Flight Attendant....

‘The Little Mermaid’ Live-Action Remake Finds Its Prince Eric In Jonah Hauer-King By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 13, 2019 4:00 pm EST Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid has finally found its Prince Eric. Jonah Hauer-King, whose credits include A Dog’s Way Home and the recent, non-Greta Gerwig-directed BBC adaptation of Little Women, has landed the role of the human who falls hard for mermaid Ariel, played by Halle Bailey. At one point Harry Styles was announced in Prince Eric role, but the singer-turned-actor had to bow out of the project....

‘The Perfect Weapon’ And ‘A World Of Calm’ Trailers: HBO And HBO Max Capture Both Sides Of The Stress Spectrum By Ben Pearson/Sept. 25, 2020 5:30 pm EST HBO and HBO Max have released new trailers that fall on the complete opposite sides of the stress spectrum. And based on their titles, it doesn’t take much to figure out which project falls on which side. Check out The Perfect Weapon and A World of Calm trailers below, with one detailing the increase of international cyber crimes (including the Sony hack, with Seth Rogen reliving the wild scenario surrounding his 2014 movie The Interview), and the other providing a much-needed sense of serenity with A-list actors aiming to put you to sleep over peaceful nature footage....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Spoiler Review: Marvel’s Funniest Film Is Surprisingly Forgettable By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 6, 2017 7:30 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok.)No one would ever accuse the Marvel Cinematic Universe of being dark and serious, but with Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel goes into full-comedy mode, crafting their funniest film to date....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Delayed Until Christmas, Maybe By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 11, 2020 9:27 am EST Wonder Woman 1984 has been delayed. The highly-anticipated superhero sequel from director Patty Jenkins is moving away from its October 2 release date, and will now open…well, we don’t know. Rather than keep announcing dates that could change, one report is simply stating that the film will be out “later this year,” while another says the film has moved to Christmas....

Cool Stuff: New LEGO Batwing Set Lets You Build One Of Batman’s Wonderful Toys By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 21, 2020 6:00 am EST Last year, LEGO celebrated the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman movie by releasing a massive 3,306 piece version of The Dark Knight’s armored and weaponized Batmobile. This year, they’re taking the LEGO version of the Caped Crusader to the sky with a huge LEGO Batwing that will have your friends asking where you get these wonderful toys....