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‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’: Disney+ Officially Picks Up The ‘Doogie Howser’ Reboot By Ben Pearson/Sept. 10, 2020 4:00 pm EST In April, word came out that a Doogie Howser reboot was in the works at Disney+. The original series starred Neil Patrick Harris as a teenage genius and medical doctor, and ran for 97 episodes from 1989 until 1993. This new version will retain that “teen genius” concept but change nearly everything else about it, including the setting....

‘Gold’: Zac Efron To Star In Survival Thriller About A Man Who Finds The World’s Biggest Gold Nugget By Ben Pearson/Nov. 5, 2020 11:30 am EST Zac Efron is about to strike it rich. The actor, who just appeared in the Netflix documentary series Down to Earth with Zac Efron earlier this year, is set to star in a survival thriller called Gold. He’ll play a man who discovers a gold nugget in the desert – but things quickly begin to go wrong from there....

‘Rebecca’ Trailer: Kristin Scott Thomas Terrorizes Lily James And Armie Hammer In This New Take On The Haunting Gothic Classic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 8, 2020 8:30 am EST How do you follow up Alfred Hitchcock? The 1941 Rebecca was famously the only film Hitchcock directed that nabbed a Best Picture win at the Oscars, and remains to this day a beloved adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier Gothic classic. But can Ben Wheatley’s new version hold a candle to Hitchcock’s film, or even du Maurier’s haunting novel?...

‘Spies In Disguise’ Trailer: Will Smith Has Never Been So Fly (Because He’s A Pigeon) By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2019 8:30 am EST After becoming a genie in a lamp for Disney’s remake of Aladdin and fighting himself in next month’s Gemini Man, superstar Will Smith is getting animated again in Spies in Disguise. The Blue Sky Studios movie finds Will Smith playing the dashing and incredible spy Lance Sterling, who is the epitome of cool and deadly....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Gets Some Love From The Sioux Falls, South Dakota City Council, Of All Places By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 20, 2020 5:30 pm EST Rian Johnson has been a real trooper on Twitter for the past three years. Despite the exorbitant amount of hate that his 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi has received from certain circles, Johnson has taken it like a champ, spreading humor and goodwill with his followers, and mostly ignoring the trolls that pile into his replies....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Trailer Breakdown: Long Have We Waited For This By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 22, 2019 9:40 am EST Last night, the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer debuted (and tickets went on sale a couple hours earlier at a record-breaking pace, even though they weren’t supposed to be available until after the trailer arrived), and it’s all anyone could talk about online afterwards. A plethora of new footage was unleashed last night, and while it doesn’t really give us any details about the actual story at the center of this last chapter of the Skywalker saga, there are plenty of interesting details to pick up on....

‘The Batman’ Finds Cinematographer In ‘Rogue One’ And ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Veteran Greig Fraser By Chris Evangelista/July 24, 2019 3:00 pm EST Much like the Dark Knight himself, so much of The Batman has been shrouded in mystery. We know Matt Reeves is directing. We know Robert Pattinson is the new Caped Crusader. But beyond that, we have mostly rumors to go on. So it’s kind of a big deal when we get some concrete news!...

‘The Flash’ Will Bring Back Ben Affleck As Batman By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2020 12:20 pm EST Well here’s something surprising – Ben Affleck’s Batman will return for The Flash. The film is said to deal with the multiverse, and it was previously reported that Michael Keaton’s Batman would be featured in the film in some capacity. Now, in keeping with the topsy-turvy rules of the multiverse, it looks like Affleck’ Batman is involved as well....

‘The Magicians’ Comes To A Bittersweet End With “Fillory And Further” By Vanessa Armstrong/April 2, 2020 8:00 am EST The news a month or so ago that this season of The Magicians would be the last has magically made “Fillory and Further” not only the season finale, but the series finale as well. It’s hard to say goodbye to this world and the effed up magicians who inhabit it. But all good things must come to an end, and so last night we said farewell to Brakebills, to Fillory (especially Fillory), and to the magical world on Earth existing just beyond our mere muggle purview....

‘The Mandalorian’ Video Explores How ILM Built The Razor Crest, Mando’s Signature Spaceship By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 24, 2020 12:52 pm EST The Razor Crest, the ship from The Mandalorian, gets its close-up in a new behind-the-scenes video from ILM. While so much of modern filmmaking relies on CGI, The Mandalorian team actually went a little old school here and built a model they could use for filming. They still used a digital version of the ship as well, but it’s still neat to see the show resorting to classic modelmaking methods as well....

‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ Is Finally Arriving On Digital This November By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 19, 2020 5:00 pm EST It feels like it’s been eons since Armando Ianucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield wowed critics at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and became one of the festival circuit darlings that the rest of us masses couldn’t wait to see. Then the pandemic hit and, well, you know the story....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 19, 2020 11:00 am EST The Underground Railroad Teaser I was already all-in on The Underground Railroad. I have yet to read Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, but I’m already interested in everything and anything Barry Jenkins does. However, if I was still uncertain about the series, this teaser would’ve convinced me. It’s such a unique approach – there’s no real “footage” per se – or rather, I doubt the footage here is actually a scene from the show....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Director Patty Jenkins Confirms Pedro Pascal As Maxwell Lord By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 2019 9:12 am EST It was all but a given, but now it’s official: Pedro Pascal is indeed playing Maxwell Lord in Wonder Woman 1984. Pascal’s character’s identity was kept secret for a while, but the minute the first image of him in costume arrived the assumption was that he was playing the villainous Lord....

Alamo Drafthouse Expands Virtual Cinema To Bring Terror Tuesday And Weird Wednesday Into Your Home By Ethan Anderton/March 31, 2020 11:30 am EST Alamo Drafthouse recently announced a new Virtual Cinema initiative that will allow indie distributors like Kino Lorber, Film Movement, and Magnolia Pictures to let independently owned movie theaters screen films digitally to viewers. But now they’re also using the new Alamo-at-Home banner to keep some of their longest-running genre programming alive....

Cannes Film Festival Canceled Due To Coronavirus; Virtual Cannes Market Being Planned; Festival Might Happen Later In The Year By Chris Evangelista/March 19, 2020 1:00 pm EST It was a long time coming, but it’s official: the Cannes Film Festival is canceled – or perhaps just postponed, depending on who you ask. Steps are already being taken for The Cannes Film Market, the Marche du Film, to set up a virtual market that would offer an online platform to screen feature films and more....

HBO Max Trailer Teases The Streaming Platform’s Impressive Catalogue, From ‘Game Of Thrones’ To ‘Friends’ To Everything Batman By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 22, 2020 2:00 pm EST HBO Max made a buzzy announcement of its official May launch date this week, releasing a slew of trailers for the half dozen Max Originals that will be available to stream on day one. But if those original shows and movies couldn’t get you amped up for the forthcoming streaming service, perhaps the newest trailer might....

How ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Fits Into The DC Film Universe [Set Visit] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 19, 2020 10:15 am EST When Wonder Woman was released in 2017, Warner Bros. was in the midst of trying to build its DC Film universe. It had laid the foundation with Man of Steel and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, and was attempting to quick-bake itself a cinematic universe that would culminate in the team-up film Justice League....

John Boyega Met With Disney After Voicing Dissatisfaction With How ‘Star Wars’ Sidelines POC Characters By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 2, 2020 11:30 am EST In September, John Boyega gave an interview with GQ in which he voiced dissatisfaction with the Star Wars trilogy he appeared in. Specifically, Boyega felt that Disney had gone to great lengths to use the actor’s likeness in its ads, all in the name of highlight a new Black Star Wars character, only to then sideline him as the trilogy progressed....

Netflix Lost A Huge Number Of Customers, But It Won’t Resort To Putting Ads On The Streaming Service By Chris Evangelista/July 18, 2019 4:00 pm EST Netflix isn’t exactly known for their frugality, but they might want to consider squirreling away some cash going forward. According to a new report, the streaming service is losing customers – which means they’re losing money, too. Netflix blamed the drop on both their current content slate (ouch) and their recent price hike, but they’re also committed to remaining ad free....

New ‘Star Wars’ Black Series Figures Head To Hoth And Endor By Chris Evangelista/July 21, 2020 2:00 pm EST Hasbro has revealed some new Star Wars Black Series figures and they’re bound to appeal to fans of the franchise and also small toy accessories that are easy to misplace. Covering both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the figures include The Black Series Hoth Wampa 6" from Empire and a “Heroes of Endor” set from Jedi that includes Luke, Leia, Han Solo, and of course, an Ewok....