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Superhero Bits: ‘Doctor Strange’ Concept Art, Ruby Rose Gets Surgery After ‘Batwoman’ Injury & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 1, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to see an alternate look for Dormammu in Doctor Strange? Which theaters are increasing security for Joker showings this weekend? How did Ruby Rose injure herself on the set of Batwoman? Who does Michelle Pfeiffer think should play the new Catwoman? Could Mysterio still be alive in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘Moon Knight’ Series Rumors, Most Anticipated Comic Book Movies Of 2020 & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2019 6:00 pm EST Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige says a second season of the animated series What If…? is in production. Watch Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker trying to deliver pizza during the Battle of New York in The Avengers. A new rumor says Marvel might be looking to cast Daniel Radcliffe as Moon Knight for their Disney+ series....

The 10 Scariest Movie Scenes Of The Decade By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 23, 2019 1:00 pm EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.)Fear is a complex emotion, and filmmakers use a variety of tricks to induce it. There are many ways to scare audiences, from bogeymen jumping out while violins screech to slow, gut-churning dolly shots leading up to horrific visuals. Fear can be a creeping sense of dread, a shock to the heart, or a terrifying realization....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Crown’ Is The Platonic Ideal Of Prestige TV Shows By Jacob Hall/Nov. 4, 2020 8:00 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: The CrownWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: A dramatic series that chronicles the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, with each season covering roughly a decade of her life and the entire cast being replaced with different actors every two seasons to mark the passage of time....

The Universal Horror Revival Continues With ‘Wolfman’ Starring Ryan Gosling By Chris Evangelista/May 29, 2020 2:36 pm EST After bumbling and stumbling with The Mummy, Universal seems to finally be back on their feet when it comes to reviving their classic monsters. They had big success with Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man, and already have several other monster-themed projects in the works. Now a new beastie has joined the lineup: Wolfman. Ryan Gosling is set to play the lycanthrope, and Universal is said to be closing in on a director....

TV Bits: ‘Vikings’, ‘Paradise Lost’, ‘Castle Rock’, ‘Supernatural’, ‘Black Monday’, ‘High School Musical’, ‘The Stand’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 19, 2019 11:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: Watch the trailer for the final season of Vikings. Josh Hartnett will star in the Southern gothic drama Paradise Lost. See a poster for Castle Rock season 2. The trailer for the 15th and final season of Supernatural is here. Black Monday adds new cast members for season 2....

Warner Bros. Reveals New ‘Malignant’ Image, Changes ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Release Date By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 26, 2021 2:00 pm EST Even though Warner Bros. just announced a new release date for Godzilla vs. Kong, they’ve decided to go ahead and move it again. But don’t worry – the move isn’t that drastic. Instead of hitting theaters and HBO Max on March 26, 2021, as was announced last week, Godzilla vs. Kong will now arrive on March 31....

Why ‘Watchmen’ Was 9 Episodes Instead Of 10, According To Damon Lindelof By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 18, 2019 3:00 pm EST When Watchmen was first given a series order by HBO in 2017, it was originally intended as a 10-episode series. But as the series finale for executive producer and writer Damon Lindelof’s comic book series hit the airwaves last weekend, the final Watchmen episode count came up to only 9 episodes....

‘Battlestar Galactica’ Movie Brings In Writer Simon Kinberg By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 22, 2020 3:00 pm EST The long-awaited Battlestar Galactica movie has a new writer: Simon Kinberg. Kinberg will also produce the project, which is coming from Universal. The Battlestar movie has been kicking around for so long that at one point now-disgraced filmmaker Bryan Singer was attached to helm, and a revolving list of writers – including Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy – have been involved with the script....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Trailer: Harley Quinn Is Back, And She’s Bringing Some New Friends By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 1, 2019 9:00 am EST Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) – yes, that’s the real title – gives Margot Robbie another shot at playing Harley Quinn, and hopefully, things will turn out better this time. Robbie leads a cast that includes Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, and Ella Jay Basco in this female-driven superhero team-up flick....

‘Cobra Kai’ Showrunners Have “At Least Five” Ideas For Spin-Offs (And A Way To Resurrect ‘Back To The Future’) [Interview] By Fred Topel/Aug. 28, 2020 11:00 am EST /Film has been following the phenomenon of Cobra Kai since it premiered on YouTube Premium in 2018. The continuation of The Karate Kid 30 years later gave Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) a lot more to do, and brought back Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) as a father....

‘Emily In Paris’ Trailer: Lily Collins Is Single In The City Of Lights And Shaking Things Up By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 16, 2020 5:00 pm EST Sex and the City followed the exploits of a sex columnist and her horny friends as they navigated intimacy, eroticism and romance in New York City. Now series creator Darren Star is bringing some of that energy to the City of Lights with his new Netflix series....

‘Midsommar’ Review: A Disturbing, And Surprisingly Hilarious, Horror Film From The Director Of ‘Hereditary’ By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2019 7:00 am EST After filling audiences with dread with Hereditary, director Ari Aster has decided to make…a comedy? Aster’s latest, the folk-horror extravaganza Midsommar, is unquestionably a scary movie. And yet, it’s also surprisingly hilarious. For 2 hours and 20 minutes, Aster takes audiences on a journey through a shockingly crowd-pleasing story that blends both laugh-out-loud humor and mind-blowing weirdness....

‘Mortal Kombat’ Reboot Finds Its Liu Kang, Jax, Raiden, And Mileena [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 16, 2019 1:17 pm EST Update: THR now reports that in addition to Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, the new Mortal Kombat film has cast Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl), Tadanobu Asano (Thor: Ragnarok) and Australian newcomer Sisi Stringer as Jax, Raiden, and Mileena, respectively. Our original report follows. From one video game martial arts-fighting character to another, it looks like Ludi Lin won’t have to change up his outfits anytime soon....

By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 11, 2020 2:30 pm EST When the deal for My Spy was first put together back in 2017, the idea was to develop a franchise for Bautista to star in, so a My Spy sequel isn’t exactly an out-of-left-field idea. Still, it’s curious that a film that got delayed so many times – usually a kiss of death in the film biz – might now end up generating a follow-up....

Billie Eilish Singing No Time to Die Theme Song View this post on Instagram A post shared by BILLIE EILISH (@billieeilish) After posting a series of images to her Instagram stories of various Bond girls from the franchise’s history, Billie Eilish created this post on Instagram. Originally she was somewhat more coy with a caption that read “Guess what I’m doing.” But apparently that was too vague, because now it says “No Time to Die....

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Featurette And TV Spot Bring Gruesome Illustrations To Life By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2019 5:00 pm EST Even though Halloween is still over two months away, it’s never to early to get a jump start on some terror. This weekend brings the release of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the adaptation of the popular collection of spooky tales written by by Alvin Schwartz and memorably illustrated by Stephen Gammell....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Editing Process Was A Battle, According To James Cameron By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 31, 2019 8:30 am EST Say what you will about James Cameron, he doesn’t sugarcoat things. When he’s not making countless Avatar sequels, the filmmaker is being brutally honest about, well, everything. Case in point: Cameron recently revealed that the Terminator: Dark Fate editing process was a bit bumpy. So bumpy, in fact, that he hints at a metaphorical bloodbath of sorts – one that had him and director Tim Miller at odds sometimes....

‘The Comedy Store’ Review: A Riveting, Intimate And Definitive History Of The Venue That Defined Stand-Up Comedy By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 29, 2020 10:00 am EST “Ask any working comedian anywhere which club means the most in terms of bragging rights to say you’re a regular at. Hands down, it’s The Comedy Store.” So says actor, writer, director and former stand-up comedian Mike Binder, who cut his teeth doing stand-up comedy at the world famous Los Angeles comedy club alongside veterans such as David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmie Walker, Richard Pryor, Sam Kinison, Jim Carrey and many more....

‘The Grudge’ Clip: Lin Shaye Plays Peekaboo With An Imaginary Friend By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2020 2:30 pm EST When you’ve got Lin Shaye in a horror movie, you know you’re in for some thrills. The horror stalwart has become an unusual new scream queen in recent years, with roles in the Insidious movies and Oujia. Now she’s lending her genre star power to The Grudge, a remake directed by The Eyes of My Mother filmmaker Nicolas Pesce....