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By Ben Pearson/Jan. 13, 2021 7:16 am EST Deadline says that Paramount and Skydance set up screenings for the “major streamers” this past weekend, and the movie played “really well.” Whether that reaction refers to the streamers being excited about the idea of having a potential Chris Pratt sci-fi franchise on their hands, or if the movie is actually any good remains unclear for now. The outlet says the movie, which is written by Zach Dean (24 Hours to Live), “follows a man who is drafted to fight in a future war where the fate of humanity relies on his ability to confront his past....

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad At 40: A Timeless Triumph Of Theme Park Design By Josh Spiegel/Sept. 2, 2019 7:00 am EST When the D23 Expo unveiled a series of theme-park announcements in late August, one of them was unsurprisingly focused on the upcoming Epcot attraction centered on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. This new roller-coaster, subtitled “Cosmic Rewind”, is meant to be a 360-degree immersive ride; among its many elements, as noted in the press release, Cosmic Rewind will feature the first reverse-launch in a Disney coaster ever....

Brandon Routh Will Be Superman Again For ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’ Crossover In The Arrowverse By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2019 10:05 am EST Brandon Routh is one of the few actors fortunate (or maybe unfortunate) enough to strap on the blue tights and red underwear and soar through the sky as Superman. Plucked from obscurity, Routh played the Man of Steel in Bryan Singer’s 2006 film Superman Returns, which was also kind of a remake of Superman: The Movie....

Cancelled ‘Swamp Thing’ Series To Air On The CW, But Season 2 Still Unlikely By Chris Evangelista/May 12, 2020 11:00 am EST DC Universe’s Swamp Thing series died before it really had a chance to live. There were rumblings of behind-the-scenes issues before the premiere, and the series was ultimately canceled after only the first episode aired. While DC Universe streamed the rest of the canceled first season, it was clear that the streaming service had no interest in a second season....

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Pinocchio’ Casts Luke Evans As A Hot Coachman Who Will Wreck Children’s Lives By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2021 3:13 pm EST Remember The Coachman from 1940’s Pinocchio? Forgive me, of course you do – it’s a silly question, because no one could possibly forget him. Well, according to a new report, Luke Evans, who embodied the blustery Gaston in Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast and is reprising that role in a Disney+ spin-off, is now set to play a hot new version of The Coachman in Robert Zemeckis’ remake of Pinocchio....

Mike Judge’s ‘Beavis And Butt-Head’ Is Getting Two New Seasons At Comedy Central By Ethan Anderton/July 1, 2020 10:30 am EST One of the staple cartoons for teens and adults in the 1990s was Beavis and Butt-Head on MTV. Created by and starring Office Space and Idiocracy writer/director Mike Judge, the series focused on two dimwitted, aimless losers as they clumsily made their way through school, their fast food jobs, and life....

Pete Davidson Movie ‘Big Time Adolescence’ Hits Hulu A Week Early, But Don’t Expect Many Big Blockbusters To Become Streaming Exclusives By Ben Pearson/March 13, 2020 2:30 pm EST Big Time Adolescence, the Pete Davidson movie which earned a positive reception at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, hits theaters today and was initially supposed to begin streaming on Hulu on March 20. But in a surprise move, the film is currently available to watch on that streaming service right now....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Police Story,’ ‘The Triplets Of Belleville,’ ‘Attack On Titan,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 9, 2019 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) This week’s Pop Culture Imports is filled with classics, old and new. That includes Jackie Chan’s beloved martial arts classic series Police Story, Sylvain Chomet’s award-winning animated film The Triplets of Belleville, and the new anime classic Attack on Titan....

Superhero Bits: ‘Spider-Man 3’ Rumors Are Getting Crazy, ‘Hawkeye’ Set Photos Reveal Kate Bishop & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see the first look at Tyler Hoechlin’s new suit for Superman & Lois? Ready for a five-part podcast exploring the creation of Deadpool? Want to see new Hawkeye set photos of Hailee Steinfeld suited up as Kate Bishop? Why did John Cena eat so many empanadas on the set of The Suicide Squad?...

The Morning Watch: Refurbishing The ‘Ghostbusters’ Ecto-1, Every ‘Transformers’ Generation Explained & More By Ethan Anderton/July 22, 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, watch how the Ghostbusters vehicle known as the Ecto-1 was refurbished to make it look better than ever....

The Sequels Of Summer 2019: Which Franchises Are Alive And Which Ones Should Be Laid To Rest? By Rob Hunter/Sept. 3, 2019 10:00 am EST Sequels aren’t a new invention, but more than a century after what was probably the very first one (Is the Elephant Still Dead?, 1904, Edison Studios) they’ve grown to become fairly reliable sources of profit. They frequently get a bad reputation even before release, but as with remakes and mother-in-laws they’re rarely as terrible as some people suggest....

‘Altered Carbon’ Season 2 Trailer: Netflix Goes Back To The Future By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 11, 2020 9:00 am EST Get ready to implant a fresh stack into your vertebrae with Altered Carbon season 2. The second season of the Netflix sci-fi series brings in Anthony Mackie to play Takeshi Kovacs, a character played in season 1 by Joel Kinnaman. If you’re wondering why the lead actor is suddenly different, it’s all part of the story – Altered Carbon is set in a future where your consciousness can be uploaded into a new body....

‘Contagion’ Writer Scott Z. Burns Talks Coronavirus Comparisons: “We Can Be The Cure” By Ben Pearson/March 12, 2020 4:30 pm EST Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 movie Contagion shot back up the iTunes charts in January of this year, long before the coronavirus (aka COVID-19) was officially declared a worldwide pandemic. We wrote about how the film was eerily prescient, and in a new interview, that movie’s writer, Scott Z. Burns, addresses the comparisons between the film and our current reality, talks about the biggest mistake we’re making in combating the virus right now, and more....

‘Hold The Dark’ Review: Jeremy Saulnier Delivers An Icy Cold Work Of Existential Dread [TIFF] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 12, 2018 7:00 pm EST With Hold the Dark, Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier crafts a bleak, unforgiving film with an ever-increasing body count. Shot through with menace and unapologetically nasty, Hold the Dark is bound to horrify some viewers to the point of disengagement. Call it No Country for Cold Men. Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark is a chilly, unsettling a film loaded with death and dread....

‘Money Plane’ Trailer: Kelsey Grammer Puts Together An Airborne Casino Heist By Chris Evangelista/June 11, 2020 3:30 pm EST What happens when you put a bunch of money on a plane? You have yourself a Money Plane, that’s what! Money Plane is a very real movie that I swear I didn’t make up, starring Adam Copeland, aka professional wrestler Edge, and Kelsey Grammer, aka professional wrestler Frasier Crane. In Money Heist, a group of criminals must rob “a futuristic airborne casino,” and they have to do it in the air, too....

‘Once Upon A Snowman’ Disney+ Short Reveals The Unseen Origins Of Olaf By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 9, 2020 7:30 am EST Normal life may have been put on hold during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but Disney animators have been far from frozen in place. In fact, they’ve been busy as ever, putting out Disney+ animated shorts made entirely from home, usually revolving around everyone’s favorite snowman, Olaf. At the beginning of lockdown, the Disney Animation team banded together to give us a series of Frozen shorts, titled Olaf at Home, and now, as Hollywood begins to kick back into gear, they’ve given us yet another animated short film revolving around Olaf....

‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ Will Join The Criterion Collection In 2020, Is In Limited Release This Weekend Before Valentine’s Day Expansion By Ben Pearson/Dec. 6, 2019 4:00 pm EST Portrait of a Lady on Fire, one of 2019’s very best movies, will become the newest addition to the prestigious Criterion Collection library next year. This will mark the first Criterion entry for up-and-coming distributor Neon, which has only been operating since 2017....

‘Santa Inc.’: Sarah Silverman And Seth Rogen To Star In Animated Comedy Series About The First Female Santa Claus By Ben Pearson/May 8, 2020 3:30 pm EST Sarah Silverman is getting animated once again. The actress, who famously starred as Vanellope von Schweetz in Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph film franchise, has been cast as an ambitious elf in a new HBO Max series called Santa Inc., which also has Seth Rogen on board to voice jolly ol’ St....

‘Scoob!’ First Look: Scooby-Doo Gets The 3D Treatment By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 7, 2019 1:45 pm EST Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Incorporated gang have an all-new paint job. The team of intrepid teenage mystery solvers and their beloved talking dog have gotten a new 3D animated makeover with Scoob!, a Warner Animated movie set to kick off the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe. See the Scoob first look images below. Scoob First Look...

‘Spy Kids’ Reboot In The Works With Original Director Robert Rodriguez By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 26, 2021 1:30 pm EST Ready for a Spy Kids reboot? Even if you’re not, you’re getting one anyway. Skydance is moving ahead with a revival of the family-friendly franchise, and they’re bringing in original director Robert Rodriguez to write and direct. The film series first launched in 2001, and followed by three sequels and an animated series....