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Paul Rudd Says He Almost Chose ‘Baby Geniuses’ Instead Of ‘Mac And Me’ For His Long-Running Conan O’Brien Show Prank By Ben Pearson/Nov. 17, 2019 2:00 pm EST Actor Paul Rudd has been pranking talk show host Conan O’Brien with the same clip for 15 years, always pretending as if he’s about to show a real clip from the project he’s ostensibly there to promote, only to actually show a truly ridiculous snippet from the 1988 film Mac and Me....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Adam’ Casting Rumors, DC FanDome Will Include Free Comics & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2020 6:00 pm EST How many comics will be made available for free during DC FanDome? When does the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic focusing on the newest turtle arrive? What are some of the problems with the Marvel’s Avengers video game? Did you hear all of DC Universe’s original content will eventually head to HBO Max?...

Superhero Bits: J.J. Abrams ‘Spider-Man’ Comic Preview, Patrick Warburton Returning To ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 16, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want a first look at some of the Spider-Man comic J.J. Abrams is making with his son Henry Abrams? Did you know Hulk once faced off with Hulk Hogan? What’s this new comic book team Rob Liefeld is putting together? Are you bummed you won’t get to see a Hellboy reboot sequel introduce a new Abe Sapien?...

The Morning Watch: Creating The Props Of ‘Rick And Morty’, Therapists Evaluate Disney Relationships & More By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 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. In this edition, learn how the props of the animated series Rick and Morty are designed and see some alternate versions of some of the most famous devices....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artist React To More ‘Lord Of The Rings’, Breaking Down Military Scenes & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 8, 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....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy, Life As A Non-Star Wars Fan & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 1, 2020 8:00 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....

The World’s First Vertical Format Blockbuster Is Coming, Whether We Want It Or Not By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 13, 2020 8:30 am EST The vertical format, which is common for short-form videos on mobile platforms, is making the leap to the big screen — by making the screen painfully small. Searching producer Timur Bekmambetov is developing the world’s first vertical format blockbuster with a film that is very aptly titled V2. Escape From Hell....

Video: Something Huge Has Disappeared From ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2019 11:30 am EST In the latest edition of Ordinary Adventures, Peter & Kitra return to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland Resort to investigate a new mystery… a mysterious artifact in Dok Ondar’s Den of Antiquities has gone missing. Where has the Lost Ark from the Indiana Jones movie Raiders of the Lost Ark gone? Who took it?...

WarnerMedia Is “Rethinking” Its Theatrical Model Because Of The Coronavirus By Ben Pearson/April 22, 2020 12:00 pm EST Since being forced to shut down last month, the American movie theater industry has suffered untold losses and remains on shaky ground. So when an executive for AT&T, which owns one of the biggest movie studios in Hollywood in Warner Bros., says that WarnerMedia is “rethinking” its theatrical model, it will likely be a cause for even more concern for those in the already-struggling exhibition community....

Watch The First 10 Minutes Of Netflix’s ‘Locke And Key’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 6, 2020 10:30 am EST Locke & Key is Netflix’s latest highly anticipated new series, and you can get a sneak preview of its opening 10 minutes now. Netflix has released the first 10 minutes of Locke & Key on its YouTube channel, a day before the adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez’s acclaimed horror comic books hits the streaming service....

Weekend Box Office: ‘Sonic’ Remains In First Place, ‘Call Of The Wild’ Overperforms, And No One Has Time For ‘Brahms’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 24, 2020 1:00 pm EST Another weekend has abandoned us to the horrors of the workweek, which means it’s time to look back at the weekend box office. It was another good weekend for that blue menace Sonic the Hedgehog, as the video game movie remained on top....

‘Falling Inn Love’ Trailer: Christina Milian Stars In Your Next Cheesy Netflix Rom-Com By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 15, 2019 5:00 pm EST If the Netflix formula ain’t broke, then don’t fix it. And there isn’t a movie more built to the formula than the streaming giant’s upcoming romantic-comedy Falling Inn Love. Because get it? They fall in love…at an inn! Of course, there’s more to this Christina Milian-starring rom-com than that: the actress and singer stars as a city girl who moves to New Zealand to renovate an inn…and then she falls in love!...

‘Fiddler On The Roof’ Remake Coming From ‘Hamilton’ Director Thomas Kail By Ben Pearson/May 28, 2020 1:00 pm EST So far, Thomas Kail has been best known as the award-winning director of the stage versions of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights and Hamilton. He also directed the film version of Hamilton that’s coming to Disney+ in July, and now Kail has another musical film adaptation in the works: a new report says he’ll produce and direct a Fiddler on the Roof remake for MGM....

‘Into The Unknown: Making Frozen 2’ Trailer: A Thrilling Look Inside The Making Of A Disney Blockbuster By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2020 1:15 pm EST It takes three or four years to make an animated movie. The creative process is even more strenuous when working on a sequel to one of the biggest animated hits of all time. A new documentary series coming to Disney+ this week will let you be a fly on the wall as Disney’s hit sequel Frozen II moves towards the film’s premiere with one year left on the production schedule, with uplifting highs and frustrating lows....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 26, 2019 1:00 pm EST Universal is moving full scream ahead with plans to revive their classic monsters. They have Leigh Whannell’s Invisible Man arriving next year and Dexter Fletcher’s Renfield in the works, and now they’re adding another project: Invisible Woman. Elizabeth Banks will direct and star in the film, which apparently won’t be connected to Whannell’s Invisible Man. Universal made an Invisible Woman movie released back in 1940, but the tone was comedic, whereas Banks’ project is said to be a full-on horror movie....

‘Madi’ Graphic Novel Will Conclude Duncan Jones’ ‘Moon’ Trilogy By Chris Evangelista/May 19, 2020 5:30 pm EST Duncan Jones will complete the trilogy he started with Moon and continued with Mute…in graphic novel form. Co-written with Alex De Campi, Madi follows a “special-ops veteran whose attempt to survive one last mission ends up with her on the run across the world from everyone she’s ever known.” The graphic novel will be out in November, but Jones has given fans a sneak peek at the book via Kickstarter....

‘Mank’ Trailer: Gary Oldman Is An Unraveling 1930s Hollywood Writer In David Fincher’s Netflix Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 21, 2020 8:00 am EST No one can play an unraveling genius like Gary Oldman, though the “genius” part may be in question in David Fincher’s highly anticipated return to feature filmmaking, Mank. Fincher’s first film in six years is a portrait of 1930s Hollywood, with Oldman’s Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz at the center — though most people just call him Mank....

‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ Trailer: ‘Beach Rats’ Director Eliza Hittman Returns To Sundance By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 22, 2019 12:00 pm EST Eliza Hittman has been a Sundance Film Festival favorite since her debut feature A Lot Like Love took Park City by storm in 2013. Her critically acclaimed LGBT drama Beach Rats followed in 2017, and now, Hittman has a new potentially heartbreaking drama that will debut at Sundance this January....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Score Length May Hint At Film’s Runtime By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2019 11:00 am EST John Williams is probably the most well-known composer and conductor of motion picture scores. With credits under his belt like Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter, and plenty more, he’s crafted some of the most famous movie themes of all time. But John Williams also has a brother with some musical talent as well, and he just so happens to have the inside track on some details about the Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker score that might hint at the film’s overall length....

‘Sweet Tooth’: Robert Downey Jr. To Executive Produce Netflix Adaptation Of Vertigo Comic By Ben Pearson/May 12, 2020 2:30 pm EST Robert Downey Jr. and his Team Downey production company are heading to Netflix. Downey Jr. and his wife and producing partner Susan Downey are set to executive produce a live-action adaptation of Sweet Tooth, a Vertigo comic series about human/animal hybrids set in a post-apocalyptic world. Jim Mickle, who’s behind shows like Hap and Leonard and movies like In the Shadow of the Moon, will serve as a director and will be a co-showrunner alongside Beth Schwartz (The CW’s Arrow)....