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Superhero Bits: Bruce Campbell Auditioned For ‘The Phantom’, An Improvised Moment From Doctor Strange & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2020 6:00 pm EST Which pivotal moment featuring Doctor Strange in Avengers: Endgame was improvised? Want to catch up on the must-read stories of Hellboy? Think you have the extra cash to win a Black Panther comic signed by Chadwick Boseman, Stan Lee and Ryan Coogler? What kind of person does Black Adam want to play Doctor Fate?...

Superhero Bits: What If Edward Norton’s Hulk Got Smart, Kevin Garnett Wants To Be In ‘Blade’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 16, 2019 6:00 pm EST What role does Kevin Garnett want to play in Mahershala Ali’s Blade movie? How many Hulks has Bruce Banner been in Marvel Comics history? Want a quick glimpse of Brenton Thwaites as Nightwing in the second season of Titans? Is Chris Hemsworth still the main character in Thor: Love & Thunder?...

The Mystery Surrounding ‘Tiger King’ Rival Carole Baskin’s Missing Husband Has A New Twist By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2020 9:30 am EST The fascinating story at the center of Netflix’s true crime documentary series Tiger King keeps getting better. Hot on the heels of the news that the zoo formerly owned by Joe Exotic has been ordered to be handed over to his rival, Big Cat Rescue animal sanctuary owner Carole Baskin, there’s a chilling update in the mystery surrounding the disappearance of her husband Don Lewis....

The Quarantine Stream: ESPN’s ‘30 For 30’ Documentaries Are The Perfect Way To Fill Time Between Episodes Of ‘The Last Dance’ By Jacob Hall/April 30, 2020 7:00 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: 30 for 30Where You Can Stream It: ESPN+The Pitch: It seems like everyone is watching The Last Dance, ESPN’s incredible 10-part documentary series about the final year of the Chicago Bulls dream team....

Theme Park Bits: Lord Of The Rings At Universal, Sam The Eagle Comes To Epcot, And More By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 12, 2020 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Is Universal Orlando building a Lord of the Rings land? Disney’s scaled back on its bus service for select resort hotels. Build-a-Bear moves to Knott’s Berry Farm. And more! There are few major cinematic franchises left to turn into theme-park areas....

There Was A Big ‘Game Of Thrones’ Cameo On ‘Westworld’ Last Night By Chris Evangelista/March 23, 2020 8:30 am EST If you’re watching Westworld this season, you probably noticed a big cameo on the most recent episode – one that effectively had HBO’s current sci-fi series cross over with Game of Thrones. This crossover was a long time coming – the parties involved starting talking about it back in 2016. So how and why did it finally come together?...

‘Black Narcissus’ Trailer: FX’s Television Take On A Classic Suggests You Should Just Stick With The Original By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 21, 2020 4:30 pm EST For reasons I’m struggling to understand, there’s now a TV remake of Black Narcissus. Now, to be fair, Black Narcissus started out as a book, so you could argue that this isn’t a remake – it’s just a new adaptation. That said, there are several shots in the new Black Narcissus trailer that are lifted directly from the 1947 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger movie, which suggests that the folks behind the show are really trying to invoke the film....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 Hits Netflix On January 8; Show Renewed For Season 4 By Ben Pearson/Oct. 2, 2020 11:00 am EST After a brief first-look tease back in August, Netflix has released another teaser for the upcoming season of Cobra Kai, the hit television continuation of the Karate Kid film franchise. Along with this teaser, the streaming service has pulled back the curtain and revealed the show’s season 3 release date: the next chapter in the saga will arrive on the streaming service on January 8, 2021....

‘Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian’ Trailer Dives Into The Making Of The ‘Star Wars’ Series By Ethan Anderton/April 23, 2020 7:30 am EST While we wait for the second season of The Mandalorian to arrive this fall, Disney is giving us an extensive look behind the scenes at the production of the Star Wars project with a new documentary series. Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian rounds up executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, the directors of every episode of the first season, and some of the show’s cast to talk about the making of the acclaimed Star Wars show....

‘Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai’ Animated Series Will Not Bring Back Howie Mandel To Voice Gizmo By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2020 12:00 pm EST Gremlins fans have been consistently disappointed by the lack of development on Gremlins 3. But they may still have something to look forward to with HBO Max’s upcoming animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. The series is said to focus on how the Mogwai called Gizmo came to meet the shop owner Mr....

‘Joe Exotic’ Series Starring Kate McKinnon As Carole Baskin To Air On NBC, Peacock & USA By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 25, 2020 3:30 pm EST It seems like it’s been years since Tiger King dominated the social media sphere, but in reality it was just at the beginning of lockdown that the Netflix docuseries became a viral sensation, prompting Hollywood to scramble to get as many Joe Exotic projects started as possible....

‘Polaroid’ Trailer: This Long-Delayed Horror Movie Is Finally Seeing The Light Of Day By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 23, 2019 5:00 pm EST Polaroid, the feature debut of Child’s Play remake director Lars Klevberg, was originally supposed to terrify audiences in 2017. But the release date kept being pushed back, and eventually, Polaroid was yanked from the release schedule entirely. Now the film will finally see the light of day, and there’s a new trailer to prove it....

‘Scare Me’ Trailer: The Sundance Horror/Comedy Hit Heads To Shudder By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 14, 2020 1:00 pm EST Josh Ruben and Aya Cash want to tell each other (and you) a scary story in Scare Me, a new horror-comedy headed to Shudder this October. While trapped in a cabin during a power outage, two strangers start telling each other tales of terror just as a storm begins. It’s the perfect horror set-up, so what could go wrong?...

‘The Boys’ Season 2 Trailer: Billy Butcher And The Gang Are On The Run From Power Hungry Superheroes By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2020 10:00 am EST The Boys Season 2 Trailer The dark comedy and extreme violence of The Boys is on full display here. Heads are smashed into walls in gory fashion, Billy Butcher climbs out of the carcass of an animal, and Homelander (Antony Starr) even throws a kid off a roof....

‘The Invisible Man’ First Look Terrifies Elisabeth Moss By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 6, 2019 10:30 am EST The trailer for The Invisible Man is appearing tomorrow, but for now, how about a first look? Official images for Leigh Whannell’s new take on the classic Universal horror movie are here, and they promise bad things are in store for Elisabeth Moss. Also: Whannell talks about how he tried to make the most grounded version of this story possible while also going for something very tense and scary....

‘The Mandalorian’ Movie Could Happen, Says Disney’s Co-Chairman By Ben Pearson/Nov. 13, 2019 3:30 pm EST Just one day after the launch of Disney+ and the debut episode of The Mandalorian, Disney chief creative officer and co-chairman Alan Horn is already talking about the possibility of a The Mandalorian movie. Read his recent quote from an industry event below. Since Marvel Studios is developing shows for the new streaming service, could the reverse situation happen?...

‘The Pinkerton’ Is A Supernatural Western Coming From Bad Robot By Chris Evangelista/March 3, 2020 5:00 pm EST Warner Bros. signed a huge deal with J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot production company – and now they have their first original film project. It’s called The Pinkerton, a supernatural in a Western setting written by Daniel Casey. Casey did a re-write on the Bad Robot-produced 10 Cloverfield Lane, and also wrote the script for Kin and co-wrote the upcoming F9....

‘The Terror: Infamy’ Traps ‘A Sparrow In A Swallow’s Nest’ With Its Premiere Episode By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 13, 2019 7:00 am EST The first season of The Terror, an adaption of Dan Simmons’s novel of the same name, was a show that balanced two types of horror: the supernatural, and the natural. Sure, paranormal figures are plenty scary – but nothing is quite as scary as the inhumanity of human beings....

‘War Of The Worlds’ TV Series Trailer: Epix Focuses More On The Aftermath Of The Alien Invasion By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 29, 2020 8:30 am EST Last year saw a BBC miniseries adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi novel War of the Worlds bring the story of invading aliens to Edwardian England. But there’s another eight-part series coming from Epix that finds modern day Europe dealing with an extra terrestrial threat. However, as the War of the Worlds series trailer shows, it doesn’t look like we’ll see much of the initial attack on Earth like Steven Spielberg’s big screen take from 2005....

15 Years Ago, ‘The Aviator’ Transformed Leonardo DiCaprio’s Career – And Forever Changed Our Perception Of Him As An Actor By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 27, 2019 9:00 am EST If we are indeed at the tail end of the era of movie stars, it’s worth considering the career of one of the medium’s brightest lights. Leonardo DiCaprio is one of a few actors who can still open a movie at the box office simply by being its star, and one of a similar few actors who’s yet to be involved in a major franchise of any kind....