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New ‘The Walking Dead’ Spin-Off Series Gets An Official Title In A New Teaser By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 25, 2019 8:30 am EST Back in October, when the first trailer for the new The Walking Dead spin-off was revealed, the series still didn’t have a title. All we knew was that the series would focus on two young female protagonists as part of the first generation to come-of-age in the wake of the zombie apocalypse as they venture out into a world that is still full of danger and undead....

Shudder Series ‘Slasher: Flesh And Blood’ Will Star Body Horror Expert David Cronenberg By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 12, 2020 1:30 pm EST David Cronenberg, one of the two best things to come out of Canada (the other is ketchup chips), will star in the new season of Slasher on Shudder. The latest season is titled Slasher: Flesh and Blood, and it follows a wealthy family targeted by a killer on a secluded island....

By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2019 3:30 pm EST If you’re planning a trip to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and you’re excited about bringing home some of those cool souvenirs from a galaxy far, far away, you might want to make special arrangements. Especially if you plan on keeping the thermal detonator soda bottles created for the Batuu experience by Coca-Cola. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has confirmed that the unique Coke, Diet Coke, and Sprite containers that have been made to resemble the fictional grenades known as thermal detonators from the Star Wars universe are not allowed on flights, either in carry-on or checked luggage....

Superhero Bits: ‘Arrow’ Losing Another Series Regular, Infinity Saga Box Set Could Be Coming & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to see a couple designs for Skrulls that weren’t used in Dark Phoenix? How did the Superman Twitter account jump into the immigration debate? What other Arrow cast member isn’t returning as a series regular this season? Will there ever be a box set of all the movies in The Infinity Saga?...

The Russell Crowe Thriller ‘Unhinged’ Really Wants To Be The First Major Movie In Theaters This August By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 29, 2020 12:30 pm EST Warner Bros., Disney, and every other major studio may be reluctant to be the first out the gate to release their major studio films in newly reopened theaters, but Solstice Studios’ Unhinged is sprinting to beat all other movies to the cinema. The Russell Crowe B-movie thriller is proudly announcing that it will be the first “new wide release in American movie theaters since they shut down in March due to Covid-19” with its August 21 release date — a week before Tenet opens in select U....

Theme Park Bits: Disney Cruise Line Cancellations, New Sanitizing Methods, And More By Josh Spiegel/May 2, 2020 11:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disney Cruise Line is making more sailing cancellations. Universal Studios may add a gondola system of its own. And more! Let’s talk about cleanliness. No, wait, don’t go. Listen, if the theme parks of the world are going to reopen soon, whether they’re Disney, Universal or somewhere else, there are going to need to be major overhauls in terms of how those parks are cleaned up, from the biggest rides to the 3D glasses you wear on certain rides and films....

Watch An Exclusive Clip From The Alejandro Jodorowsky 4K Restoration Collection By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 17, 2020 7:30 am EST ABKCO Films’ Alejandro Jodorowsky: 4K Restoration Collection arrives this week, and in honor of the massive box set, we’re debuting an exclusive clip featuring the filmmaker discussing his film Fando y Lis. You can check out the clip below along with details on the box set, which includes Fando y Lis, El Topo, and The Holy Mountain....

Why Does ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Merchandise Have Rose Purposely Removed From Images? By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 2019 5:00 pm EST When Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, there was a cry from fans regarding the absence of Daisy Ridley as Rey in some of the merchandise that was hitting shelves leading up to the release of the movie. She was one of the leads of the film, but she wasn’t seen nearly as prominently in merchandise as either John Boyega as Finn, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, or even Adam Driver as Kylo Ren....

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Teaser: Emily Blunt Leads Her Family Into Uncharted Territory By Ben Pearson/Dec. 18, 2019 11:30 am EST John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place was an unexpected surprise in 2018, and the masterful way it weaponized sound in a story about a family trying to survive in an alien-infested America resulted in one of the most nail-biting movie experiences of the year. A sequel was quickly given the go-ahead, and now we’re only about three months out from seeing the continuing adventures of the Abbott family, with the first full trailer set to arrive on New Year’s Day....

‘Bad Boys 4’ Is Already In The Works By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 17, 2020 12:04 pm EST Even though it took a very long time to get Bad Boys For Life, AKA Bad Boys 3, off the ground, there are already plans for Bad Boys 4. Sony is said to be developing the project with hopes that Will Smith and Martin Lawrence return for yet another outing as Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett....

‘Candyman’ Release Date Delayed Until September By Chris Evangelista/April 3, 2020 12:30 pm EST Not even saying Candyman five times in front of a mirror will summon Nia DaCosta’s reboot/sequel for its originally-planned June release. As it becomes more and more clear that there’s going to be virtually no summer movie season this year, the new Candyman release date has moved from summer to fall, with a new September date in place....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 Clip: Daniel LaRusso Reminisces About Mr. Miyagi With An Old Flame By Ben Pearson/Dec. 18, 2020 3:30 pm EST After moving from its original home at YouTube over to Netflix and finding a whole new audience, Cobra Kai has become a full-fledged obsession for a huge swath of viewers. In this season 3 clip, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) meets up with Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita), his love interest from The Karate Kid Part II, to talk about how he’s feeling unmoored in his life without the guidance of his former mentor and friend, Mr....

‘Daybreak’ Trailer: Matthew Broderick Heads Back To School In Netflix Series About The Apocalypse By Ben Pearson/Sept. 17, 2019 4:30 pm EST Matthew Broderick played one of the most famous high school students in cinema history in the John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and then returned to campus as a teacher years later in Alexander Payne’s political satire Election. Now he’s graduated to playing a principal in Daybreak, a new teen-centric Netflix series about a group of students who band together to survive a post-apocalyptic, Mad Max-style future....

‘Little Monsters’, All-Ages Approach To Classic Universal Monsters, Coming From ‘Toy Story 4’ Director Josh Cooley By Chris Evangelista/July 10, 2020 3:00 pm EST Universal continues to go all-in on ways to revive their classic Universal Monsters. The latest: Little Monsters, an all-ages approach to the monsters coming from Josh Cooley, director of Toy Story 4. Plot details are slim, but the project is described as “a live-action hybrid monster feature” that’s also “a love letter to classic Hollywood and the history of filmmaking with a story that takes a multi-generational approach to the monsters....

‘Locked Down’ Trailer: Anne Hathaway And Chiwetel Ejiofor Plan A Diamond Heist During The Pandemic By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2021 10:30 am EST We’re still squarely in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped filmmakers and television creators from digging into the timely and relevant drama brought about by the global disaster. HBO Max is the latest to enter the fray. Though we’ve been dreading the influx of indie dramas and comedies set in the age of coronavirus, Locked Down from Mr....

‘Lupin’ Trailer: The Gentleman Thief Gets His Own Live-Action Netflix Series By Ben Pearson/Dec. 3, 2020 5:30 pm EST In 1905, French writer Maurice Leblanc created a character named Arsène Lupin, who embodies one of my favorite archetypes in all of storytelling: the gentleman thief. Since his creation, the suave, crafty Lupin has appeared in several short stories, books, comics, and movies over the years, and even inspired a grandson character, Lupin III, who was the subject of acclaimed animation director Hayao Miyazaki’s feature directorial debut and, more recently, a new CG animated film called Lupin III The First....

‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ Sequel In The Works With The Same Director And Writers By Ethan Anderton/April 24, 2020 8:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you liked seeing the controversial children’s horror collection Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark adapted on the big screen last year, we have good news. Paramount Pictures is developing a sequel with Entertainment One that will bring back the primary creative team behind the camera and on the page....

‘Soul’ Skipping Theaters And Headed Directly To Disney+ For Christmas By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 8, 2020 3:39 pm EST We all had a feeling this was coming, and now it’s official: Disney and Pixar’s Soul will be skipping theaters in the U.S. and headed straight to Disney+ on December 25. In international markets where Disney+ isn’t currently or soon to be available, Soul will be released theatrically, with dates to be announced....

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Honest Trailer: It’s Even Worse Than The ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 26, 2019 6:00 am EST There have been endless debates about whether or not the recent Star Wars sequels are good, if the Star Wars prequels deserve to be reconsidered, and what the future of the sci-fi franchise will be. But if there’s one thing that all fans can agree on, it’s that the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated movie is absolute trash....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Details Emerge As The Film Races Towards The Finish Line By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2019 8:30 am EST The Star Wars saga began back in 1977 with the release of a blockbuster the likes of which audiences had never seen before. The story began with Luke Skywalker fulfilling a destiny that had been set in motion years before. We backtracked to those origins as his father Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader....