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‘The New Mutants’ Never Underwent Any Reshoots, Contrary To Ongoing Rumors And Reports By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2020 10:30 am EST Entertainment Weekly recently spoke to Josh Boone, who has been patiently waiting to see his movie released. During the interview, Boone flat out said the purported reshoots never took place. Boone is talking about cast members Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henry Zaga and Blu Hunt, who are playing Wolfsbane, Magik, Cannonbal, Sunspot and Mirage respectively....

‘Ultra Violet & Blue Demon’ Will Bring A Luchador Superhero To The Disney Channel By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2020 4:30 pm EST Wrestling might be a big deal in the United States for fans of the WWE, but down in Mexico, wrestling is essentially a national pastime. But below the border, it’s called lucha libre (or freestyle wrestling), and it features colorfully masked and costumed luchadors trying to take each other down....

15 Years Later, ‘Constantine’ Director Francis Lawrence Still Wants To Make A Sequel By Jack Giroux/July 15, 2020 9:30 am EST Nonetheless, filmmaker Francis Lawrence, Keanu Reeves, and producer Akiva Goldsman still want another crack at the chainsmoking, anti-hero demon fighter. We recently spoke to Lawrence about Constantine for its 15th anniversary (look for the full interview soon). The filmmaker explained why a sequel didn’t happen, and why it still may not happen, but that the original team behind the film are still keen to make it one day:...

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Witch In The Window’ Showcases The Perils Of House Flipping By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 16, 2019 8:00 am EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: The Witch in the Window (2018). The Witch in the Window Now Streaming on Shudder Sub-Genre: Haunted House Flipping MovieBest Setting to Watch It In: Nowhere near a window that happens to have a witch in itHow Scary Is It?...

Cool Stuff: ‘The Mandalorian’ Announces More Action Figures, A Visual Guide, Puzzles, And A LEGO Set By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 2020 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It might be Thanksgiving week, but The Mandalorian isn’t taking a vacation. There’s a new episode of the Star Wars series coming to Disney+ this Friday, but before that, it’s time for another Mando Monday. As usual, there’s a new haul of collectibles that have been revealed, included a couple action figures for The Vintage Collection, a new LEGO set inspired by a recent episode, a batch of puzzles to help pass the time, and a visual guide....

Cool Stuff: Harry Potter LEGO Sets Continue To Expand Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft And Wizardry By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2020 6:00 am EST Even though there’s a LEGO version of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry available as a massive playset, it’s unfortunately scaled to microfigures instead of the standard Harry Potter LEGO minifigures. But over the past couple years, LEGO has been releasing small chunks of Hogwarts, allowing builders to combine them into a larger set....

Lord & Miller Tease New Live-Action Marvel Shows, Aiming For Something Unprecedented On TV By Ben Pearson/Aug. 7, 2019 5:21 pm EST Phil Lord and Chris Miller, two of the most innovative, creative minds in Hollywood, just signed a first-look deal with Universal Pictures to make movies at that studio. But the duo’s TV output is going through a separate deal they have at Sony Pictures Television, and in a new interview from the Television Critics Association press tour today, Miller teased their upcoming Marvel TV projects and revealed something we hadn’t heard before....

New ‘Suicide Squad’ Video Game On The Way, And Superman (Or Maybe Bizarro?) Is Involved, Too By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2020 9:30 am EST Rocksteady Studios is responsible for creating the fantastic Batman: Arkham video game trilogy, easily the best video game adaptation of The Dark Knight that we’ve ever seen. Now the game’s creators are setting their sights on a new DC Comics video game that involves both Suicide Squad and Superman, but just like the Batman: Arkham games, it’s not tied to the film franchises in any way....

New On Blu-Ray: ‘The Irishman’, ‘The New Mutants’, ‘Resident Evil’ 4K Box Collection, ‘I Spit On Your Grave’ Box Set By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 18, 2020 1:00 pm EST Here are the latest Blu-ray releases you should check out this week. There’s Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman coming from The Criterion Collection. There’s the long-delayed The New Mutants. And then there are not one but two different box sets – a 4K collection for the Resident Evil series and a set for the infamous I Spit On Your Grave series....

Robert Eggers’ Viking Movie ‘The Northman’ Will Be More Epic Than ‘The Witch’ And ‘The Lighthouse’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 17, 2020 4:30 pm EST Robert Eggers has established himself as an exciting filmmaker to watch with stylish low-budget horror films like The Witch and The Lighthouse, but he may just outdo himself with his upcoming film, The Northman. The director has been forced to change his prepping process for The Northman production, not just because of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has shuttered productions across the world, but because Eggers anticipates that the 10th century Viking epic will be his biggest movie yet....

Superhero Bits: ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’ Synopses Revealed, ‘Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Set Photos & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2019 6:00 pm EST Could we see old Captain America in Falcon and the Winter Soldier? Want to see Nightwing in the new promo for Titans? Has J.J. Abrams had any discussions with Warner Bros. about a new Superman movie? Want to read the synopses for the first few episodes of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover?...

Superhero Bits: Joaquin Phoenix’s Angry ‘Joker’ Outtake, ‘Spawn’ Comic Sets A New World Record & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2019 6:00 pm EST What world record did the Spawn comic recently set? Who is playing Harbinger on Crisis on Infinite Earths? Did Arrowverse executive producer Marc Guggenheim talk to Nicolas Cage about appearing as Superman? Who might be interested in playing Robin alongside Robert Pattinson as Batman? Is Joaquin Phoenix’s angry outtake from Joker fake or real?...

The Animated ‘Harley Quinn’ Series Will Feature Damian Wayne’s Robin, Superman Telling Dad Jokes [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/July 23, 2019 2:00 pm EST The summer Television Critics Association press tour began with DC Universe’s presentation of Harley Quinn. The animated series is full of R-rated language and violence that they can get away with on streaming. The voice cast includes Kaley Cuoco as Harley, Lake Bell as Poison Ivy, Diedrich Bader as Batman, Alan Tudyk as The Joker, and JB Smoove as Frank the Plant....

The Clock Tower: Love Was In The Air Throughout The Arrowverse This Week By Amelia Emberwing/Feb. 14, 2020 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Clock Tower, where we’ll break down the goings on of the The CW network’s Arrowverse. We’ll touch on things like themes, cultural impact, lead-ins to major events, ships, and more every week! Warning: this Clock Tower is filled with spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.)What’s Valentine’s Day without a little murder?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Rick And Morty’ Animation Challenges, Virtual Ride On The Incredicoaster & More By Ethan Anderton/April 24, 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 about certain animation challenges that have popped up throughout the four seasons of Rick and Morty on Adult Swim....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Is An Animated Fantasy Epic That Understands The Devastation Of War By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: Avatar: The Last AirbenderWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: “Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Jurassic Park 3’ Is Worth Watching For Talking Raptor Scene, Don’t Deny It By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Jurassic Park 3Where You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: It’s the third Jurassic Park movie. You know the deal: dumb humans go to the island, get eaten by dinosaurs....

‘Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner’ Trailer: David Chang Travels The World With Seth Rogen, Kate McKinnon, And More By Ben Pearson/Oct. 9, 2019 5:30 pm EST Netflix is all in on David Chang. The acclaimed chef behind restaurants like Momofuku and Majordomo already hosts one food/travel show for the streaming service, Ugly Delicious, but now he’s back with a separate series that’s only slightly different. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner sees Chang eating his way across the world, visiting a country with a “fun-loving celebrity guest” in tow....

‘Da 5 Bloods’ Cast Almost Included Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, John David Washington, And Giancarlo Esposito By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2020 1:30 pm EST Da 5 Bloods, the latest Spike Lee Joint, has won considerable acclaim for its cast, particularly the performance from Delroy Lindo as a Trump-voting Vietnam vet with PTSD. But at one time, the cast of Lee’s latest movie would’ve looked very different. And while it’s safe to say that the film ended up with the right cast in the end, it’s hard not to daydream about what could’ve been – a film that would’ve featured Samuel L....

‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Review: A Nasty, Nihilistic Nightmare Designed To Provoke By Chris Evangelista/March 21, 2019 7:00 am EST Up until now, I’ve found Zahler’s work too unappealing to latch onto. Even when he’s going full schlock, as he did with his script for Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, he never quite sticks the landing in my mind. But with his latest brutalist opus, Dragged Across Concrete, the writer and director may have finally hit his stride....