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Superhero Bits: Could ‘Black Widow’ Become A Franchise, Taika Waititi Reacts To Martin Scorsese’s Marvel Comments & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 17, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to know more about Iron Man VR? Want to see Pariah and Anti-Monitor in Crisis on Infinite Earths? Need to know more about Moon Knight? Will there be sequels to Black Widow? Is Ant-Man 3 slated to start shooting in the summer of 2021?...

The 80 Greatest Shots In Disney Animation History [Part Eight] By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 19, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Greatest Shots in Disney Animation History, a limited series where Disney expert Josh Spiegel selects and ranks the defining moments in one of the greatest, most important, and most influential collection of films ever made.) This final part of the ongoing list covers entries 10 through 1. The Little Mermaid: Woozy with love “Kiss the Girl” is a lovely song courtesy of the late Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, in which the talking crab Sebastian tries his best to get the well-meaning Prince Eric to…well, just read the name of the song....

The Best Anime Of The Decade By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 27, 2019 7:00 am EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.)The 2010s have seen an interesting change in the world of anime. Anime was once a very niche community with just a couple of shows becoming widely available every few years. But by 2019, anime has become as close to mainstream in the west as it ever has, with fans being able to watch new episodes right after they air in Japan, and seasonal anime bringing dozens of new shows every few months....

The Morning Watch: Examining Movie Tattoos, Remembering ‘Jackie Chan Adventures’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 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, a tattoo artist takes a look at some prominent tattoos on characters in movies like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Hangover Part II, Blade, and more in order to determine whether they truly look authentic....

The One Where ‘Friends’ Is No Longer On Netflix And We Tell You Where It Will Appear On Streaming Again By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2020 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We knew it was going to happen, but that doesn’t make it any less heartbreaking to discover that Friends won’t always be there for us — at least on Netflix. The beloved NBC sitcom, which took on a second life as the white noise playing on every millennial apartment’s TV screens, has officially left Netflix....

The Original ‘Fleabag’ One-Woman Stage Show Is Coming To Movie Theaters By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 29, 2019 4:00 pm EST Entertainment Weekly reports that National Theatre Live, which regularly live broadcasts productions from the London stage (and occasionally from Broadway), is bringing the original Fleabag play to various movie theaters across the world. The shows in New York City and London have been sold out for months, but the acclaimed stage production as performed by Waller-Bridge from London’s Wyndham’s Theatre will be coming to theaters on September 12, 2019....

Video: ‘Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser’ Preview By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2020 11:00 am EST In celebration of May the Fourth, Ordinary Adventures took a virtual trip into the future to visit the upcoming Star Wars hotel planned to open at Walt Disney World in 2021: Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. This is a 2-night, all-immersive adventure where you get to live your very own epic Star Wars story aboard a space ship in the Star Wars Galaxy....

Zack Snyder Teases The Debut Of The Villain Darkseid In His Cut Of ‘Justice League’ By Ethan Anderton/May 27, 2020 10:30 am EST Zack Snyder took to Twitter with this image, which appears to be from his cut of Justice League: He’s coming… to HBO Max pic.twitter.com/tthWwAqzWp — Zack Snyder (@ZackSnyder) May 27, 2020 We don’t know if this is an image from the movie or just some concept art. However, it does look like a different version of a shot that was already in Justice League, but it was Steppenwolf was leading the army instead of Darkseid....

Shared Clips Reveal Conflicts Large and Small The audience got a glimpse of these varying scopes through four clips played during the panel. The first two pieces of footage gave an overview of the larger conflict in this mythical world, and were told from the points of view of the main characters — the human Detective Rycroft Philostrate (Bloom) and fairy Vignette Stonemoss (Delevingne). We find out that the two are star-crossed lovers, brought together and then torn apart by a war between the humans and the fae....

‘Fargo’ Producer Calls Season 4 “The Most Ambitious We’ve Ever Attempted” [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/July 26, 2019 12:39 pm EST Warren Littlefield was on a panel for his latest Hulu show, the revenge-drama Reprisal. After the panel, he remained to speak with reporters further. As a producer on Fargo and The Handmaid’s Tale, Littlefield has a lot of other shows to talk about. /Film asked him about the upcoming fourth season of Fargo, which FX announced last year....

‘Fargo’ Season 4 Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw, And More Join Chris Rock By Ben Pearson/July 18, 2019 11:00 am EST It’s been almost a year since we heard the first details about the next season of Fargo, FX’s small screen riff on the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 movie. Last year, showrunner Noah Hawley cast Chris Rock as the lead of season 4, and today, the network has finally announced the other key members of the cast....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel Series ‘House Of The Dragon’ Casts Matt Smith And Olivia Cooke By Ben Pearson/Dec. 11, 2020 1:15 pm EST According to The Hollywood Reporter, Smith, Cooke, and D’Arcy have just become the latest Game of Thrones prequel series cast members. Smith, whose credits also include Terminator Genisys and Edgar Wright’s upcoming Last Night in Soho, will play Prince Daemon Targaryen, who is described as the “younger brother to King Viserys and heir to the throne....

‘Hell House LLC 3’ Trailer: Check Back Into The Abaddon Hotel By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 2, 2019 5:00 pm EST Sooner or later, people might want to stop going into the Abaddon Hotel. In Hell House LLC 3: Lake of Fire, people foolishly head back to the haunted hotel to get answers. Instead, they get terrorized. This third entry in the creepy and entertaining Hell House LLC series is headed to horror streaming service Shudder next month, just in time to start getting you into the Halloween season....

‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ Giveaway: Win A Digital Code For The Documentary About The Politician And Civil Rights Leader By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2020 11:30 am EST If Donald Trump refuses to come to your funeral, you’ve probably done something right. And in the case of the late United States Representative John Lewis, he did a lot of things right, especially when it comes to bettering the country and fighting unending battles for civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health care reform, and immigration....

‘John Mulaney And The Sack Lunch Bunch’ Review: A Hilarious Musical Kids Show (About Death And Fear) By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2019 12:00 pm EST John Mulaney made a kid’s musical special. That sentence alone should probably be enough to sell you on John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch, the upcoming Netflix original Mulaney cooked-up just in time for Christmas. One of the funniest people in comedy right now, Mulaney brings his own unique brand of comedy to the scenario, and crafts something that is both utterly silly and surprisingly serious....

‘News Of The World’ Trailer: Tom Hanks Is The Captain Now In Paul Greengrass’s Western By Ben Pearson/Oct. 22, 2020 8:00 am EST Look at him. Look at him. Tom Hanks is the captain now in News of the World, a western which reunites him with his Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass. Hanks plays Captain Jefferson Kidd (I told you he was the captain!), a man who travels across the plains reading the news to small-town folk who otherwise would never hear it....

‘NOS4A2’ Season 2 Premieres In June By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2020 2:30 pm EST NOS4A2 (which is pronounced Nosferatu, in case you still haven’t figured that out), is returning for a whole-new season this summer. Inspired by the Joe Hill novel of the same name, NOS4A2 season 2 will premiere in June on AMC, continuing the story of Vic McQueen, a young working-class artist who discovers she has a psychic connection to Charlie Manx, an immortal, vampire-like being who preys on children....

‘On The Rocks’ Trailer: Sofia Coppola And Bill Murray Reunite For Apple TV+ Father-Daughter Dramedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 19, 2020 8:30 am EST It’s been 17 years since Bill Murray whispered in Scarlett Johansson’s ear, but the power of a Sofia Coppola-Bill Murray collaboration has not diminished. The Lost in Translation filmmaker and her star briefly reunited for the Netflix holiday special A Very Murray Christmas, but the upcoming Apple TV+ original film On the Rocks marks their first feature film in nearly two decades....

‘Space Jam 2’ Finds New Director, Replaces Terence Nance With Malcolm D. Lee By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2019 10:45 am EST When it comes to Space Jam 2, Terence Nance is out and Malcolm D. Lee is in. Nance has departed the project due to creative differences, and now Girls Trip director Lee will take over to helm the sequel to the 1996 animated/live-action hybrid that people seem to love for some reason....

‘Survivor’ Production Delayed Due To Coronavirus By Ben Pearson/March 11, 2020 2:30 pm EST As the coronavirus pandemic continues to claim victims across the world, COVID-19 is affecting not just film productions, release dates, festivals, and in-studio television audiences, but reality TV shows as well. Even Survivor, one of the genre’s most popular entries, is not immune. A new report says production on the next two seasons has been delayed, with host and executive producer Jeff Probst writing a letter to the crew to inform them about the delays....