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Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2019 6:00 pm EST Will you vote for Jason Todd to live or die on Titans? How many viewers did the Batwoman pilot rerun reel in? How did Daredevil star Charlie Cox honor Stan Lee at an NYCC tribute? What villain does Benedict Wong want to see in the upcoming Doctor Strange sequel? Would you like to see Dove Cameron as the live-action Spider-Gwen?...

The Morning Watch: Rian Johnson Breaks Down A ‘Knives Out’ Scene, History Of The Matterhorn Bobsleds & More By Ethan Anderton/March 4, 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....

Theme Park Bits: Disneyland Holiday Updates, Halloween Horror Nights 2020, And More By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 9, 2019 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Salivate over the holiday foods at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Take a look at ride footage of an early iteration of an old Disney thrill ride. Prepare for 2020 Halloween Horror Nights. And more! It’s the holiday season officially at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland....

Theme Park Bits: Skyliner Hits A Million, New Grooming Rules For Cast Members, And More By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 30, 2019 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The Disney Skyliner has hit a major milestone. Disney Cast Members have more grooming freedom now. Disneyland’s Matterhorn is going through unexpected construction. And more! A few weeks ago, the Disney Skyliner at Walt Disney World was struggling through some dark times....

Watch: New ‘Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels’ Trailer, Plus A Behind The Scenes Video Featuring Natalie Dormer By Ben Pearson/April 20, 2020 2:00 pm EST Creator John Logan set his Showtime original series Penny Dreadful in Victorian England and took inspiration from classic novels like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to tell his story. Now, years after the original series came to an end after a three season run, Logan is back with a spin-off that seems more indebted to film noir than Gothic fiction....

Watch Director Joseph Kahn Break Down The Opening Rap Battle Of ‘Bodied’ By David Chen/Sept. 17, 2019 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Joseph Kahn is a legendary music video director, having created music videos for artists such as Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and (most recently) Ava Max. But his recent film, Bodied, may be his most provocative work. In Bodied, a graduate student named Adam (Calum Worthy) realizes he has a talent for battle rapping, but discovers that his words inside the ring may have consequences beyond what he’d originally imagined....

‘Brightburn’ Review: This Gory Superhero Horror Film Is ‘Man Of Steel’ Meets Rob Zombie’s ‘Halloween’ By Chris Evangelista/May 22, 2019 6:30 am EST What would happen if Kal-El crashed to Earth from Krypton, and grew up to be Michael Myers instead of Clark Kent/Superman? That’s the exact set-up of Brightburn, a nasty, gory superhero horror film from director David Yarovesky. Yarovesky and screenwriters Mark Gunn and Brian Gunn aren’t reinventing the wheel here....

‘Chris Rock: Total Blackout’ Trailer: Chris Rock Returns To Netflix With A Remix Of ‘Tamborine’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 4, 2021 2:30 pm EST Chris Rock is back with a new Netflix comedy special! Well, okay, it’s not exactly new. Instead, Chris Rock: Total Blackout is an extended version of Rock’s 2018 Netflix stand-up special Chris Rock: Tamborine. In the Total Blackout trailer below, Rock himself tells us that the best way to describe this is as “a remixed version of a special....

‘Coming 2 America’ Trailer: Eddie Murphy Reprises One Of His Most Iconic Roles In The Long-Awaited ‘Coming To America’ Sequel By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 22, 2020 7:19 am EST Eddie Murphy reprises one of his most iconic roles in Coming 2 America, the sequel to the 1988 hit Coming to America. Murphy is prince-turned-king Akeem of the African nation of Zamunda, who once again has to head to New York City. Original Coming to America cast members Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, John Amos, and Louie Anderson are back along with Murphy as well....

‘Community’ Table Read: ‘The Mandalorian’ Star Pedro Pascal Will Replace Walton Goggins By Ben Pearson/May 13, 2020 2:30 pm EST Last week, we learned that most of the cast of the often-brilliant comedy series Community will be reuniting for a virtual table read to raise money for coronavirus relief efforts. Even Donald Glover will be back, marking the first time he’s doing anything related to this series since he left the show in 2014....

‘Disenchanted’: Amy Adams Will Officially Be Back In Disney+ ‘Enchanted’ Sequel, Disney Confirms By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 10, 2020 4:29 pm EST Disenchanted could have used a little of that Disney magic to help it get off the ground. The long-gestating Enchanted sequel is confirmed to be coming exclusively to Disney+, with Amy Adams officially set to reprise her role as Giselle. And that’s how you know the sequel was worth the wait...

‘Extraction 2’ Is Already In The Works; Could Be A Sequel Or A Prequel By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 5, 2020 8:30 am EST After a record-setting debut on Netflix, the streamer is already moving forward with Extraction 2. Joe Russo, who penned the first Extraction, has closed a deal with Netflix to write a second installment in the new action franchise. But Russo teases that the follow-up to Extraction could be either a sequel or a prequel....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Is Getting A Live-Action Holiday Special In 2022 Before Vol. 3 Arrives In 2023 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 10, 2020 5:44 pm EST Marvel Studios unleashed an insane number of announcements for new programming coming to Disney+ in the coming years, and that includes two new projects featuring the Guardians of the Galaxy. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be arriving in theaters in 2023, but before that, James Gunn is writing and directing The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, a live-action program that will be coming exclusively to Disney+....

‘Hoops’ Trailer: Jake Johnson Is A Foul-Mouthed High School Basketball Coach In Netflix’s New Animated Series By Ethan Anderton/July 20, 2020 12:30 pm EST The Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance is now available for you to stream on Netflix, but that’s not the only basketball action the streaming service is bringing to the table. Hoops is a new adult animated series that follows Jake Johnson (New Girl, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) as Coach Ben Hopkins, a pathetic, angry, foul-mouthed coach desperate to prove himself and turn his depressing life around....

By Jacob Hall/Jan. 28, 2020 1:30 pm EST Huners Super Bowl Trailer While Al Pacino is the face of the show (he plays the leader of the titular hunters), the trailer leans heavily on the name of executive producer Jordan Peele, who has become a household name after the success of Get Out and Us. But while Peele was involved and his production company made the show, the series is run by David Weil and Nikki Toscano, with Alfonso Gomez-Rejon directing the pilot....

‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ Review: This Action Masterpiece Is The Best ‘Wick’ Yet By Chris Evangelista/May 10, 2019 9:00 am EST John Wick (Keanu Reeves) can’t catch a break. All the world’s deadliest assassin wanted was to stay out of the murder business, but then some punks had to steal his car and murder his adorable puppy. Ever since then, he’s been stuck in a seemingly never-ending battle against countless scores of well-dressed killers who want him dead....

‘Jungle Cruise’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson And Emily Blunt Search For The Tree Of Life By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 11, 2019 8:00 am EST Jungle Cruise Trailer Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are showing off their sparkling chemistry in Jungle Cruise, which follows a boat captain (Johnson) tasked with taking a woman (Blunt) and her brother (Jack Whitehall) to a mythical tree with magical healing powers. It’s a relatively simple adventure story that Johnson and Blunt have compared to the 1984 romantic comedy-adventure Romancing the Stone....

‘Mindhunter’ Season 2 Trailer: David Fincher’s Serial Killer Series Returns By Chris Evangelista/July 29, 2019 6:47 pm EST Mindhunter is back for an all-new season of serial killer profiling. It’s been a while, at least in terms of TV, between seasons – season 1 debuted in October 2017. But fans can breathe easy knowing Mindhunter season 2 is back in less than a month. And there’s now a trailer to hold everyone over until then....

‘Penguin Bloom’ Trailer: Naomi Watts Bonds With A Bird In Inspirational Netflix Drama By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 8, 2021 3:00 pm EST Naomi Watts has had some furry co-stars before, but never one as feathered as this. The Oscar-nominated actress stars in another sun-dappled inspirational true-life story in Penguin Bloom, a movie that is neither about penguins or flowers. Instead, it stars Watts as a paraplegic mother who copes with her new paralysis by befriending a bird....

‘Severance’: Ben Stiller To Direct Adam Scott In Apple TV+ Thriller Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 8, 2019 2:30 pm EST Apple TV+ has scored another high-profile TV series. The streaming platform, which launched to little fanfare last week, is apparently unfazed by its lackluster debut because it is still greenlighting original titles, this time giving a series order to Severance, a new thriller series directed by Ben Stiller and set to star Adam Scott....