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‘The Test’: John Boyega Will Star In The New “Contained Thriller” From Director Gavin Hood By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 18, 2020 4:00 pm EST John Boyega has his next project lined-up. He’ll star in The Test for director Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ender’s Game), described as a “contained thriller” about a behavioral psychologist and an immigrant dealing with a terrorist group in an “authoritarian near-future.” It’s an adaptation of the Sylvain Neuvel book of the same name....

Cool Stuff: Hallmark’s Harry Potter Christmas Ornaments Collection Expands With Albus Dumbledore And More By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2020 6:00 am EST Last year, Hallmark expanded their Keepsake Ornament collection with a new line of Harry Potter ornaments featuring interactive light and sound elements. The original line-up included the young trio of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as a Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry tree topper....

Disney’s ‘Cruella’ Casts Joel Fry As Bumbling Henchman Jasper By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 9, 2019 2:30 pm EST Cruella has found one of the two bumbling henchmen employed by Emma Stone’s Cruella De Vil. Joel Fry, best known for his roles in Yesterday and Game of Thrones, is joining the Cruella cast as Jasper, the lanky and long-legged crook who kidnaps the titular 101 Dalmatians in the 1961 animated classic.Variety reports that Joel Fry has been cast as Jasper, one of the two “bumbling crooks who along with his cohort Horace, kidnapped the 101 dalmatians for Cruela De Vil....

By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2021 10:00 am EST Releasing a television series weekly isn’t a new concept, since that’s basically how programs on the small screen have been distributed since the advent of the little flickering box. However, in the streaming era of television, it’s much more common for a series to drop an entire season for audiences to binge at their leisure. But when The Mandalorian came along on Disney+ at the end of 2019, episodes were released weekly, and that continued with with the second season last year....

Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings’ May Resume Production Later This Month In Australia By Ethan Anderton/July 2, 2020 9:30 am EST Deadline has news on the Shang-Chi movie resuming production in Australia. The movie had barely started shooting when the coronavirus pandemic started spreading around the world. Director Destin Daniel Cretton actually had the production paused before an official shutdown order came from the studio. The filmmaker took extra precautions since Cretton recently had a baby, so he consulted with a doctor, got tested for COVID-19, and isolated himself just to be safe....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Let The Sunshine In,’ ‘Inuyasha,’ ‘Priceless,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 14, 2020 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) Love, or heartbreak, is in the air, depending on what foreign-language film or show you’re watching from this week’s Pop Culture Imports column. Is there a reason for the selection of romance-themed titles? Who can say?...

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World 3’, ‘Edge Of Tomorrow 2’, ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2’, ‘Fast & Furious 9’, And More By Ben Pearson/Oct. 20, 2019 11:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Jurassic World 3 has hired two more lead actors Director Doug Liman talks about the planned Edge of Tomorrow sequel Jake Johnson says he would come back in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 Justin Lin was wearing a “Justice For Han” shirt on the Fast 9 set Remember Chicken Run?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Spider-Man 3’ Schedule Details, ‘The Runaways’ Returns To Comic Shops & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 23, 2020 6:00 pm EST How long will Spider-Man 3 be shooting for into 2021? Did you hear The Runaways is coming back to comic shops? Where can you see the new Batwoman debut before the second season begins on The CW? Do the comics Aldis Hodge is reading for Black Adam provide any hints?...

The Rarest Mondo Posters In The World Are Going Up For Auction – Here’s What You Need To Know By Ben Pearson/Nov. 17, 2020 1:30 pm EST If you’re the type of pop culture art connoisseur who has Google alerts set up for things like “Tyler Stout Star Wars,” here’s something that should make your ears perk up. Alamo Drafthouse has announced that later this month, art enthusiasts will be able to bid in an open auction for rare art prints from Mondo, one of the premier sellers of pop culture art in the United States....

The Tokyo Olympics Have Been Postponed Until Summer 2021 Due To Coronavirus [Updated] By Ben Pearson/March 24, 2020 6:31 am EST Update: The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games have officially been postponed until at least summer 2021 to “safeguard the health of the athletes and everyone involved,” according to the The Tokyo Organising Committee. Our original story continues below. The 2020 Summer Olympics, which would have taken place in Tokyo in July and August, are almost certainly going to be postponed due to the coronavirus (aka COVID-19)....

Theme Park Bits: Tokyo Disney Closing Due To Coronavirus, Jungle Cruise Flooding, And More By Josh Spiegel/March 2, 2020 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Tokyo Disneyland is temporarily closing down. The Jungle Cruise is going under. And more! Let’s say you’re Bob Chapek. Hey, congratulations! You just became the CEO of the Walt Disney Company! Good for you, dude. I’m glad you’re spending part of your first week at the top of one of the biggest companies in the entire world by reading the latest edition of Theme Park Bits....

VOTD: Disney World’s “Welcome Back’ Video Is More Unsettling Than It Thinks It Is By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2020 9:30 am EST Florida had 9,989 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, July 8, and just a few days ago, the state hit a new record high with nearly 11,500 new cases in a single day. That means there’s no better time for Walt Disney World to be reopening! That’s right, despite being one of the states with the worst COVID-19 statistics right now, Disney World is still on track to reopen this weekend....

Why Mulan Doesn’t Cut Her Hair In The Live-Action Remake [Set Visit] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2020 9:15 am EST It’s a strong, impactful scene that is still remembered today as a formative feminist moment for audiences who grew up watching it. But it’s nowhere to be seen in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Mulan. Fans noticed right away that Mulan was rocking long tresses in the trailers for Niki Caro’s live-action remake....

‘Carnival Row’ Season 1 Trailer: Cara Delevingne And Orlando Bloom Hunt A Faerie Killer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 7, 2019 10:30 am EST Carnival Row Season 1 Trailer Created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, whose 2005 Hollywood Black List script forms the basis for this eight-episode fantasy noir series, Carnival Row stars Delevingne as Vignette Stonemoss, a fairy who is forced to flee her homeland after the humans invade. Now a refugee along with the rest of her kind, called Fae, Vignette lives in squalor in the titular Carnival Row, where a series of grisly murders against the Fae have been taking place....

‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Has Apparently Already Finished Filming By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 8, 2020 2:45 pm EST There hasn’t been much talk about Don’t Breathe 2, which is reportedly titled Don’t Breathe Again, lately. But now it turns out that the film might already be finished filming? At the very least, star Stephen Lang has wrapped production on the sequel, which implies that if filming isn’t done yet, it’s damn near close....

‘Hip Hop Uncovered’ Trailer: FX Documentary Series Explores Untold Stories Of Behind-The-Scenes Legends By Ben Pearson/Jan. 27, 2021 1:00 pm EST No matter how widely covered a topic is, there’s always an untold story lurking under the surface. FX Networks’ upcoming documentary series Hip Hop Uncovered hopes to unearth several of those stories, turning its lens on several larger-than-life figures who have been key players for a long time and helped pull the strings in the rap community....

‘His Dark Materials’ Season 2 Trailer Teases World-Changing Stakes And Spectral New Villains By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2020 8:52 am EST The next chapter of His Dark Materials is unfolding. HBO has released the trailer for the second season of His Dark Materials, the series adaptation of Philip Pullman’s acclaimed fantasy trilogy of the same name. The trailer takes us into new worlds to meet new friends and monsters, but most importantly, it gives us a new look at grungy Andrew Scott....

‘No Time To Die’ Character Posters Reveal Bond’s Friends And Foes By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 3, 2019 7:30 am EST The trailer for the 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die, arrives tomorrow, but first, here are some character posters. They give us our first real look at Rami Malek’s villain character, as well as new looks at Daniel Craig’s Bond, Ben Whishaw’s Q looking very uncomfortable about having his own character poster, and more....

‘Perry Mason’ Trailer: Matthew Rhys Tries To Solve An Unspeakable Crime By Chris Evangelista/May 29, 2020 12:00 pm EST Things get dark and moody in the latest trailer for Perry Mason. This update on the old school courtroom drama show has the lead character in the 1930s, before he became a criminal defense attorney and made his bones as a private eye. Matthew Rhys leads a great cast that includes John Lithgow, Tatiana Maslany, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham, Stephen Root, Gayle Rankin, Nate Corddry, Veronica Falcon, Jefferson Mays, Lili Taylor, Andrew Howard, Eric Lange, and Robert Patrick....

By Ben Pearson/July 23, 2020 10:00 am EST As the saying goes, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did backwards and wearing heels. And in Megan Fox’s new movie, a mercenary thriller called Rogue, it looks like the former Transformers star is going to do everything Chris Hemsworth did in Extraction, but with killer lions thrown into the mix. Check out the new trailer below. Rogue Trailer I love how the trailer makes this out to be just another boring extraction storyline that you’ve seen in a million movies and probably played through in a million video games before....