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‘New Gods’ Writer Tom King Compares The “Genius” Of Ava DuVernay To Jack Kirby By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2019 4:00 pm EST Earlier this year, comic book writer Tom King was hired to co-write New Gods, the upcoming Warner Bros. adaptation of Jack Kirby’s cosmic superhero series. But King is praising his co-writer and the film’s director Ava DuVernay as the real expert who carry on Kirby’s legacy. In an interview with Publisher’s Weekly (via Cinema Blend), King was asked for an update on the project, which he was confirmed to board as screenwriter in May, and he had the highest of praise for his co-writer DuVernay, who he called a genius on par with Jack Kirby:...

‘Saturday Night Live’ Returning From Hiatus This Weekend With A New Episode Produced From Quarantine By Ethan Anderton/April 9, 2020 1:00 pm EST Saturday Night Live is just one of dozens of shows that went on a production hiatus due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States and around the world. Since the show is filmed with a live audience and is produced in the span of a single week with a staff of writers and a full crew, it was believed SNL would be shut down until the pandemic had passed....

‘Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’ May Have Sneakily Revealed Palpatine’s Long-Term Plan By Ben Pearson/Nov. 21, 2019 11:30 am EST In the Star Wars universe, Emperor Palpatine proved himself to be a master of the long game. The prequels showed us that this shriveled old Sith was once as a devious and cunning strategist, someone who was content to manipulate from the shadows until the moment was right to strike and seize power in the galaxy....

‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Cast: Chris Pratt To Return As Star-Lord By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 13, 2020 12:58 pm EST Chris Pratt, the internet’s current least favorite Chris, is joining the much more beloved Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Love and Thunder. Pratt’s Star-Lord/Peter Quill will appear in the Taika Waititi sequel, which makes sense since Avengers: Endgame concluded with Thor jetting off with the Guardians of the Galaxy. That said, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Brad Pitt Assassin Movie ‘Bullet Train’ Casts Aaron Taylor-Johnson As “Tangerine” By Ben Pearson/Oct. 22, 2020 3:30 pm EST Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) is about to step on a train…the only problem is that the train is full of assassins. The former Kick-Ass star is the latest cast member to hop on board Sony’s Bullet Train, an assassin film which has Oscar winner Brad Pitt headlining and former stuntman and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch behind the camera....

Cool Stuff: Mickey Mouse And Minnie Mouse Get Turned Into Buildable LEGO Characters By Ethan Anderton/June 16, 2020 6:00 am EST LEGO continues to churn out building brick sets that give fans something that they can proudly display on their shelves. This time they have a new set for all the animation fans out there with buildable versions of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, inspired by their classic character designs. They come with some cool buildable accessories too, including a guitar and vintage camera....

Danny Boyle’s ‘Frankenstein’ Stage Production Starring Benedict Cumberbatch And Jonny Lee Miller Will Stream On YouTube By Chris Evangelista/April 23, 2020 2:00 pm EST In 2011, the Royal National Theatre in London staged a production of Frankenstein directed by Danny Boyle and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller. And this was no normal take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale. To change things up, Cumberbatch and Miller would alternate their roles, with each actor having an opportunity to play both Dr....

Michael B. Jordan To Produce ‘Static Shock’ Movie For Warner Bros. And DC Comics By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 17, 2020 10:00 am EST During DC FanDome back in August, there were rumblings about the superhero Static Shock getting his own movie, but it seemed like the project was still in the nascent stages of development. But it sounds like Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Comics are making some progress in getting it together, because Black Panther star Michael B....

Michael Bay Gives Sneak Peak At ‘Six Underground’ Trailer, Which Drops Tomorrow By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 30, 2019 11:30 am EST Michael Bay took to Instagram to post a video of himself looking, and sounding, very sleepy, all in the name of teasing his upcoming Six Underground trailer. You get about a split-second look of someone (maybe Ryan Reynolds?) jumping off a building, but mostly you just get Bay in his editing suite/screening room, hyping up the Bayhem to come....

Paramount Pushes ‘A Quiet Place II’ And ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ To 2021, Sets Dates For ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 2’ And More By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2020 7:30 am EST Now that Warner Bros. Pictures has pushed Tenet back to an unknown release date, Paramount Pictures is delaying some of their biggest movies scheduled for release later this year and bumping them back into 2021. A Quiet Place Part II and Top Gun: Maverick, two anticipated sequels that would have already been in theaters by now but were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic shutting down movie theaters, are both being delayed until next year....

Pop Culture Imports: An Offbeat Ang Lee LGBT Comedy, A Revival Of An Anime Classic, And Netflix’s Bold New Bollywood Collaboration By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 29, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.) Welcome back to Pop Culture Imports, lovers of foreign movies and TV shows. It’s nearing the end of June, and hey, what better way to close out Pride Month than to feature an early Ang Lee gay comedy of manners?...

Steven Soderbergh Is Producing The 2021 Oscars, Aims To Shake Things Up By Ben Pearson/Dec. 8, 2020 2:00 pm EST Today, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced that writer/director/producer Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, The Knick) will be one of three producers of the 93rd Academy Awards. This will mark Soderbergh’s first time ever producing the awards ceremony, which will be taking place in April of next year due to the coronavirus pandemic....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 7, 2019 7:00 pm EST While the plot details are currently unknown, it likely won’t be a big-budget action film, as Waititi already had to postpone his Akira movie at Warner Bros. in order to focus on Thor. But that doesn’t mean he can’t squeeze one more film under his belt before he heads back to Asgard. Update: We can now report that the film is called Next Goal Wins, an adaptation of the 2014 documentary of the same name....

The Guardians Of The Galaxy Will Be In ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’, According To Vin Diesel By Chris Evangelista/March 9, 2020 1:30 pm EST Vin Diesel plays by his own rules – he changed his name is Vin Diesel, after all – which means he’s perfectly happy to give away secrets that producers and filmmakers would rather keep under wraps. Diesel also has a habit of sometimes talking about projects that don’t seem to be happening at all – it’s just how he rolls, folks....

The Mandalorian Theme John Williams left an indelible mark on the Star Wars franchise with his iconic score for the original films, which have been imitated, but never replicated. But that’s not what Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Goransson, who scored The Mandalorian, was trying to do. Recruited by executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni to score the Star Wars TV series, Goransson was tasked with creating a score that was inspired by the work of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly composer Ennio Morricone and the various scores from the films of Akira Kurosawa, as we learned in the documentary series Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian last month....

Xfinity And AT&T Making HBO, Cinemax, Starz, Showtime Epix & Other Premium Channels Free For A Limited Time By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2020 11:30 am EST Millions of Americans are going to be stuck at home for at least another month, maybe more, as we continue to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across the United States. That means you’ll need all the movies and TV shows you can get your hands on in order to help pass the time, and cable giants Xfinity and AT&T will be helping out by making premium channels like HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, Epix and more available for free for a limited time throughout April....

‘A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon’ Review: Very Cute And Very Fun, But Still Lesser ‘Shaun The Sheep’ By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 11, 2020 12:00 pm EST In an era where feature animation often feels as if it’s driven solely by computers, it remains heartening for any fans of the medium that Netflix is supporting artists who are willing to tell animated stories with other methods. Last year, two of the streaming service’s standout films—Klaus and I Lost My Body—utilized hand-drawn styles as much as computer animation, using the art form to craft unique stories....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Screenwriters Reveal Alternate Story Ideas About An Interdimensional Battle And Smart Hulk By Ben Pearson/Nov. 21, 2019 6:15 am EST Think you already know everything there is to know about Avengers: Endgame? Think again! In a new interview, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely reveal some Endgame alternate story ideas that didn’t make it into the final cut – including an interdimensional battle in which our heroes face off against versions of themselves....

‘Back To The Future Part III’: Drew Struzan’s Iconic Poster & Unreleased Alternate Design Get A Screenprint By Ben Pearson/June 15, 2020 5:30 pm EST If you’ve been to a movie theater in the United States during any period starting from the 1970s and lasting all the way up until today, there’s a very good chance you’re at least passingly familiar with the work of legendary poster artist Drew Struzan. His movie posters are some of the most iconic in history, and over the past few years, our friends at New York City’s Bottleneck Gallery has teamed up with him to translate some of his gorgeous paintings into screenprints....

‘Dash And Lily’ Trailer: An Unlikely Teen Romance Begins In Netflix Christmas Series By Ben Pearson/Oct. 23, 2020 5:00 pm EST A slew of new Netflix Christmas movies hit the streaming service every year, but how about a whole series set around the holiday? Check out the trailer for Dash and Lily, a young adult romance set at Christmastime in New York City, when a budding relationship begins in a most unlikely manner: through the pages of a notebook passed back and forth throughout the city....