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Baby Yoda Toys May Be Delayed Due To Coronavirus, Disney Pushes ‘Mulan’ Release Date In Some International Markets By Ben Pearson/March 4, 2020 1:30 pm EST As the coronavirus continues to claim lives and infect people in multiple countries across the world, the virus is also having an impact on the entertainment industry. A new report says that Hasbro’s supply chain has been interrupted because of the coronavirus, leading at least one expert to predict that Baby Yoda toy deliveries to the United States might be delayed....

Clint Mansell On Composing The ‘Rebecca’ Score In The Shadow Of Hitchcock, Incorporating “The Devil’s Instrument,” And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Oct. 16, 2020 8:00 am EST For more than twenty years, Clint Mansell has created beautiful and artistically daring scores for a wide variety of films. His work on Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream remains one of the most haunting scores of this millennium, and his other credits – from Moon to Stoker to The Fountain and Black Swan – represent a depth and sophistication that’s rare in an era in which many scores are little more than background noise....

DC Comics Movies Will Leave HBO Max On A Regular Basis (Before Eventually Returning) By Ethan Anderton/June 10, 2020 11:00 am EST Fans became concerned about HBO Max losing a bunch of live-action DC Comics movies recently when it was noticed that nearly a dozen movies were leaving the service on July 1, as shown clearly through HBO Max itself. Here are the movies that will no longer be available to stream through HBO Max next month:...

Fallon, Kimmel, And Colbert To Host Huge Cross-Network Coronavirus Benefit Event By Ben Pearson/April 6, 2020 4:30 pm EST You’ve probably seen musicians like John Legend and Chris Martin of Coldplay host makeshift concerts through social media platforms as a way to entertain people while we’re all stuck at home to avoid COVID-19. Now that concept is being taken to the next level in One World: Together at Home, which is curated by Lady Gaga and organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization....

Get Into The Groove With Three ‘The Rhythm Section’ Clips By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 20, 2020 11:30 am EST Are you ready to feel the rhythm? The Rhythm Section, that is. The upcoming action film has Blake Lively sporting a British accent while killing a bunch of people. The Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano helms the action-thriller, where Lively plays a woman seeking revenge against people who murdered her family. Three The Rhythm Section clips are now available to show-off some of the action and go behind-the-scenes....

Joel Coen’s ‘Macbeth’ Adaptation With Denzel Washington And Frances McDormand Delayed Due To Coronavirus By Ethan Anderton/March 27, 2020 3:00 pm EST Almost exactly one year ago, we learned Joel Coen was taking a break from writing and directing movies with his brother Ethan Coen in order to tackle a new big screen adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic play Macbeth on his own. Shooting was slated to begin in Los Angeles this spring, but it should come as no surprise that the A24 production has been delayed along with pretty much every other movie in Hollywood due to the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the United States....

Jon Favreau Wants To Make A New ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 18, 2019 12:00 pm EST Even though the Star Wars prequels received their fair amount of criticism from longtime fans of the sci-fi saga, nothing has ever received as much scorn as the totally weird Star Wars Holiday Special. Aired in 1978, the program took place after the events of Star Wars: A New Hope and followed Han Solo and Chewbacca as they tried to evade the Empire and get to the Wookiee home world of Kashyyyk in order to celebrate “Life Day” with Chewie’s father Itchy, his wife Malla, and his son Lumpy....

MondoCon 2019 Recap: The Beloved Art Convention Is Bigger And Better Than Ever By Marisa Mirabal/Sept. 19, 2019 2:00 pm EST In its fifth year, MondoCon is bigger than ever. In the convention’s program, co-founder and creative director Mitch Putnam mentioned this year’s con is “the first time it actually feels like we’ve hit our full potential.” Honestly, I couldn’t agree more. Movie, music, and comic book fans love Mondo for all of the rad collector items they make....

Star Wars Celebration 2020 Exclusives Will Soon Be Available Online For Everyone By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 27, 2020 2:30 pm EST Like so many other events this year, Star Wars Celebration 2020, which was supposed to take place in Anaheim, California, was canceled due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. While many thought we might be coming out of the other side of COVID-19 by now, the lackadaisical actions of our government and the sheer ignorance and stubbornness of the American population continues to keep us from getting back out into the world....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘The Batman’ Set Videos And Photos, Boston News Anchor Fired For Harley Quinn Cameo & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2020 6:00 pm EST Artist Alex Ross gave his take on Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie and showed off some of his artwork. DC Comics has made the decision to distribute their comic books solely through Lunar Distribution now....

The ‘Loki’ Series At Disney+ Spans Six Hours, Says Tom Hiddleston By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2019 11:00 am EST Speaking with MTV News while doing publicity for his upcoming Broadway debut in Betrayal, Tom Hiddleston casually mentioned that the Loki series at Disney+ would be spanning “six hours.” That’s much shorter than the usual TV series on network television, and it’s even shorter than the typical run of a season for a series on cable, even premium networks like HBO and Showtime....

The ‘Scoob!’ Final Trailer Sets Up The Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 5, 2020 10:30 am EST Blue Falcon! Dick Dastardly! Dynomutt! Yes, the Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe is here, and Shaggy and Scooby-Doo are fanboying as much as you are. Maybe even more, as the Scooby Snack-loving duo practically drool over the superhero Blue Falcon (voiced by Mark Wahlberg) in the final trailer for Scoob! The first 3D animated take on the beloved Warner Bros....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In October 2019 By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 20, 2019 5:30 pm EST Fall is right around the corner, and as the leaves start to pile up outside and the air becomes more chilly, you’re gonna wanna toss on a hoodie and enjoying some time with your ole buddy Netflix. October brings a slew of library titles and a bunch of Netflix originals for you to enjoy, and we have the full list of all the TV shows and movies coming to Netflix that you might want to watch next month along with some of our favorites cherry-picked out of the line-up....

The Morning Watch: ‘Back To The Future’ Reimagined, Darkwing Duck Comes To ‘DuckTales’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 22, 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, Universal Pictures released a montage of scenes from the original Back to the Future as interpreted and recreated by various artists in different mediums....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Freddy Vs. Jason’ Brought Two Iconic Slashers Together With Silly Style By Chris Evangelista/July 2, 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 Movie: Freddy vs. JasonWhere You Can Stream It: Hulu and HBO MaxThe Pitch: Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series and A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger finally meet face-to-face, and when they’re not battling each other, they’re brutally murdering a bunch of dumb teens played by people in their mid-3os....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Devil’s Advocate’ Has Al Pacino Chewing Scenery And Keanu Reeves Using A Questionable Accent By Chris Evangelista/July 12, 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 Movie: The Devil’s AdvocateWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Hot-shot Southern lawyer Keanu Reeves gets recruited to join a big New York City law firm, but there’s a catch: his new boss, Al Pacino, is the devil!...

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society’ Is A Beautiful Countryside Romance With A Tinge Of Sadness By Ben Pearson/July 9, 2020 10:00 am EST The Movie: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: A London author (Lily James from Cinderella and Baby Driver) receives a letter from a quiet, hunky, mysterious man (Michiel Huisman, AKA Daario Naharis from Game of Thrones) who lives on the island of Guernsey in the English Channel....

Theater Owners Angry At Universal About ‘Trolls World Tour’ Digital Release As Box Office Hits Zero By Chris Evangelista/March 23, 2020 12:30 pm EST The movie landscape is in a weird place right now. Most theaters are shut down at the moment, and studios are trying to compensate by releasing their films digitally earlier than expected. All but one of these early digital releases have been films that previously opened in theaters, but that one exception – Trolls World Tour – has the potential to cause a serious rift between Universal Studios and theater owners....

Theme Park Bits: New Citywalk Eats, Galaxy’s Edge Changes, And More By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 18, 2019 7:30 am EST If you’ve visited Citywalk Hollywood at Universal Studios Hollywood, you no doubt know that the shopping and dining center seems to have an option for just about any foodie possible. And yet there’s a new restaurant on the way, the NBC Sports Grill & Brew. The sports bar is replacing a Tony Roma’s, and will open next year....

What The Viacom/CBS Merger Means For ‘Star Trek’ And ‘Mission: Impossible’ By Ben Pearson/Aug. 14, 2019 2:00 pm EST Yesterday, CBS and Viacom announced a new merger, marking a reunion between the two corporate entities for the first time in almost thirteen years. A new company called ViacomCBS will emerge (pending the finalization of the deal), and brands like Paramount Pictures, CBS, Showtime, MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and more will all be under the same umbrella....