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Superhero Bits: HBO Max Announces ‘Batwheels’ Series, More Wild ‘Spider-Man 3’ Rumors & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 6, 2020 6:00 pm EST What is this Batwheels series coming to HBO Max? Did you hear Valiant will be relaunching their Harbinger comic in 2021? Why was the Justice League press tour weird for Henry Cavill? Are even more Spider-Man cast members from franchises past coming to Spider-Man 3? When can we expect M....

The 10 Movies That Defined The Decade, For Better And Worse By Andrew Todd/Dec. 25, 2019 7:00 am EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.)Everybody’s got their opinion on the best films of the decade. There are consensus favourites and weird idiosyncrasies on everyone’s list. But what films actually defined the decade? Which films were representative of the changing culture across those ten years? Which films best represent the trends in cinema?...

The 100 Best Movies Of The Decade [Part Four] By /Film Staff/Dec. 19, 2019 7:00 am EST (Welcome to /Film’s countdown of The 100 Best Movies of the Decade, examining the absolute best movies that were released between 2010 and 2019. This is part four of a five-part series and part of our Best of the Decade series.) Last week, the /Film team sat down for an extended two-part podcast to narrow down the 100 best films of the past decade....

Tommy “Tiny” Lister, ‘Friday’ And ‘The Fifth Element’ Co-Star, Has Died At 62 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2020 10:00 am EST On Thursday, The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sent deputies to carry out a welfare check at Lister’s apartment, and he was found dead. It is believed that Lister died of natural causes, but an autopsy will be performed in order to determine the official cause of death. Lister found fame in wrestling early in his career when he appeared alongside Hulk Hogan in the movie No Holds Barred as a character named Zeus....

VOTD: ‘Toy Story 3 IRL’ Remakes The Entire Pixar Movie With Stop-Motion Animation And Live-Action By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 29, 2020 7:30 am EST You might remember that last summer we featured a trailer for a passion project called Toy Story 3 IRL. Two brothers, Morgan & Mason McGrew, have been working on a remake of the Pixar Animation movie for eight years, meticulously recreating scene-after-scene using both live-action and stop-motion animation with action figures, all shot on iPhones....

‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reboot Might Be Set In Same Universe As Last ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reboot By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 17, 2020 3:00 pm EST There’s a new Battlestar Galactica reboot in the works, and it might end up being more familiar than expected. Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail is developing the new Battlestar for the upcoming NBC streaming service Peacock, and according to Ronald D. Moore, who created the previous Battlestar reboot, Esmail’s series might be set in the same universe as Moore’s....

‘Gucci’, From Director Ridley Scott, Adds Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Adam Driver, And More Alongside Lady Gaga By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2020 2:58 pm EST Ridley Scott’s Gucci now has itself an incredible cast, and also Jared Leto.Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jack Huston, and Reeve Carney are all in talks to join the film, which already has Lady Gaga on board as Patrizia Reggiani, who tried to orchestrate the assassination of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci, one-time head of the Gucci fashion house....

‘Once Upon A Snowman’ Directors Explain How ‘Back To The Future Part II’ Inspired Their ‘Frozen’ Prequel Short [Interview] By Jacob Hall/Oct. 23, 2020 8:00 am EST What happened to Olaf the talking snowman in the window of time between his creation and his first meeting with Anna during Frozen? The new Disney short Once Upon a Snowman answers that question. It turns out that Josh Gad’s warm hug-loving character had a bit of an adventure, full of hijinks and existence-defining moments....

‘Primal’ Trailer: Genndy Tartakovsky Delivers Gnarly Prehistoric Animated Violence By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2019 11:30 am EST This fall, Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky returns to Adult Swim with an all-new animated series, and it looks like a far cry from what he’s been doing with the Hotel Transylvania film franchise. Primal follows a caveman and a dinosaur with an unlikely bond as they try to survive the harsh, dangerous prehistoric landscape that is full of some of the most deadly creatures you’ve ever seen....

‘She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power’ Season 3 Review: Another Funny, Exciting And Moving Season By Caroline Cao/July 31, 2019 10:00 am EST The She-Ra returns! After a fun breezer of season two, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power – DreamWorks Animation’s vibrant reboot of 1985 Filmation series She-Ra: Princess of Power – has returned with six new episodes. In the magical land of Etheria, Adora (Aimee Carrero), the reincarnated She-Ra warrioress with her magical sword, is set on unearthing answers about her past....

‘Ted Lasso’ First Look Brings Jason Sudeikis To Apple TV+ By Chris Evangelista/May 29, 2020 3:30 pm EST Holy crud! Lock the doors, hide the kids, turn off all the lights, because here comes Ted Lasso! The new Apple TV+ comedy series stars Jason Sudeikis as a college football coach from Kansas who is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England. Comedy ensues! Have I mentioned this cool cat’s name is Ted Lasso?...

‘Tenet’ Runtime Revealed; Here’s How It Stacks Up Against Other Movies In Christopher Nolan’s Filmography By Ben Pearson/July 14, 2020 11:30 am EST In April of 2019, actor Robert Pattinson teased that his upcoming collaboration with director Christopher Nolan was “the craziest thing [he’s] seen in years” and “the length of three movies.” While we anxiously await seeing Nolan’s new spy thriller Tenet for ourselves to determine if it is also the craziest thing we’ve seen in years, the latter part of Pattinson’s comment is being called into question....

‘The Equalizer’ TV Series Reboot Starring Queen Latifah Coming To CBS By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 4, 2019 5:30 pm EST The Equalizer, which started its life as a TV series and then became a Denzel Washington movie series, is about to become a TV series again. And Queen Latifah is going to star. Like the original series (and the movies), the story focuses on a mysterious figure who uses their specific set of skills to help those who have no one left to turn to....

‘The Good Place’ Prepares For The End With ‘The Selection’ Digital Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 16, 2019 7:30 am EST We’ve spent three seasons watching four not-so-great people learning to be good, but sometimes it’s just so fun to be bad. At least, there’s a lot of comedy to be mined out of the ridiculously evil, as The Good Place fans have delighted to learn every time Marc Evan Jackson’s Shawn has appeared onscreen....

‘The Lighthouse’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson And Willem Dafoe Are Keeping Secrets From Each Other By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 9, 2019 7:30 am EST Just as “cable knit sweater weather” begins, A24 is dropping a new trailer for The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers’ creepy and bizarre follow-up to The Witch starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two unhinged lighthouse keepers with indecipherable old-timey accents. Watch the new The Lighthouse trailer below. The Lighthouse Trailer...

‘The Lion King’ Continues To Roar At The Weekend Box Office As Tarantino Scores Career-Best Opening Weekend By Chris Evangelista/July 29, 2019 1:30 pm EST Disney’s The Lion King continues to rule the box office, but it had some adult competition over the weekend. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the latest from Quentin Tarantino, ended up raking in a hefty sum as well, earning Tarantino his best box office opening weekend ever....

‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run’ Headed Direct To Digital And CBS All Access In 2021 By Chris Evangelista/June 22, 2020 1:45 pm EST The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run is the latest big studio pic to skip theaters entirely and head directly to digital. But there’s a twist! Instead of arriving this year, which would seem to make the most sense, Sponge on the Run won’t arrive until 2021....

‘The Stylist’ Review: A Delicately Deranged Portrait Of Loneliness And Yearning [Fantastic Fest 2020] By Marisa Mirabal/Sept. 28, 2020 11:00 am EST It’s difficult to open up to people, isn’t it? We all have our secrets and if they’re disclosed, the person listening can either tell others, judge you for it, or use it against you. And yet, as humans, we yearn for a personal connection with someone that we can trust with our innermost thoughts, desires, and secret personal lives....

Are You Ready For Dueling ‘John Henry’ Movies? Terry Crews And Dwayne Johnson Are Playing The Folk Hero By Ben Pearson/Aug. 6, 2019 3:30 pm EST Last October, Hobbs and Shaw star Dwayne Johnson announced that he will be playing folk hero John Henry in a Netflix film called John Henry and the Statesmen. But Saban Films apparently isn’t too concerned about that, because it has announced that Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Deadpool 2) will be playing John Henry in a theatrical feature film set in modern-day Los Angeles, and Crews will be joined by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as his co-star....

Björk Is Unleashing Her True Form To Play A Witch In Robert Eggers’ Viking Movie ‘The Northman’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 20, 2020 2:00 pm EST Björk playing a witch? What will they think of next? The musician and actress is known for her otherworldly persona, so it’s no surprise that she is set to play a witch in Robert Eggers’ next film, which is not in fact titled The Witch II....