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Superhero Bits: Next ‘Batman: Arkham’ Game Title Maybe Revealed, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Trailer Coming Soon & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 22, 2019 6:00 pm EST How were the ratings for the series premiere of Watchmen? What is the rumored title for the next Batman: Arkham game? When does the first trailer for Crisis on Infinite Earths arrive? How about the first trailer for Wonder Woman 1984? What secrets does Bucky’s Wakandan metal arm hold?...

Theme Park Bits: Mobile Charger Updates, New Roller Coasters, And More By Josh Spiegel/Sept. 23, 2019 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Say goodbye to free swapping with your mobile charger. Tony Baxter talks about Star Tours. SeaWorld Orlando has announced a new coaster. And more! If you’ve been to the Disney theme parks in the last couple years, you know that one of the most vexing elements of such travel (especially if you try to stay in the parks all day) is making sure you don’t lose battery on your smartphone....

What Happened This Week On ‘Westworld’ Season 3: “Decoherence” By Chris Evangelista/April 20, 2020 8:00 am EST There are only two more episodes of Westworld season 3 left after this ep, and honestly…I’m ready to pull the plug. I won’t, of course – I’ll still be reviewing the final two episodes. But after this latest adventure into Westworld, “Decoherence”, I can confidently say that Westworld season 3 is a wash. In fact, I might even argue that the much-derided season 2 is better than what’s on display this year....

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ First Look: Emily Blunt Protects Her Family By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 17, 2019 5:00 pm EST True to form, the first image of A Quiet Place Part II has arrived without much noise. Paramount has debuted the A Quiet Place Part II first look image, which gives us an idea of how much time has passed between the 2018 horror hit and its upcoming sequel. The answer: not much at all....

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Season 8 Pushed To 2021 By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2020 5:30 pm EST Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 8 won’t arrive until next year. The popular comedy about a rag-tag bunch of lovable cops made headlines recently when it was announced that the upcoming season was throwing out some scripts in light of the recent civil unrest surrounding the police in teh wake of the killing of George Floyd and several other Black people....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Spin-Off ‘House Of The Dragon’ Ordered Straight To Series At HBO, Will Follow House Targaryen 300 Years Before The Original Series By Jacob Hall/Oct. 29, 2019 5:19 pm EST Just hours after it was revealed that HBO will not be moving forward with one of their planned Game of Thrones spin-offs, they have officially ordered another one. House of the Dragon, which follows House Targaryen centuries before the events of the original series, has been given a straight to series order, which means we’ll be getting our fair share of fire and blood in the near future....

‘His House’ Trailer: A Refugee Couple Faces Unspeakable Evil In Their New Home By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 30, 2020 5:30 pm EST A refugee story turns into a full-blown nightmare in His House, a new Netflix horror film from director Remi Weekes. The story follows a young refugee couple from South Sudan who moves to a small English town and begins to experience some sort of “unspeakable evil.” It’s a tad vague, all in the name of keeping the shocks and jolts fresh, but the His House trailer below is plenty effective as-is....

‘Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich’ Trailer: A Four-Part Docuseries Hopes To Hold Epstein’s Friends Accountable For Their Actions By Chris Evangelista/May 13, 2020 4:30 pm EST A docuseries bound to be controversial, Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich is Netflix’s latest foray into true crime territory. The four-part series isn’t devoted to the many questions surrounding Epstein’s death while incarcerated – officially listed as suicide, but suspected to be murder by many conspiracy theories – but rather the crimes that landed him in prison....

‘Last Night In Soho,’ ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Uncharted,’ ‘Morbius,’ And More Get Release Dates Reshuffled [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 22, 2021 7:30 am EST Update: Disney has reshuffled a few releases in the wake of the No Time to Die delay as well. See more information below. In no time at all, No Time to Die has set off a domino effect of release date reshuffles from Sony and Universal. Following yesterday’s delay of the Bond flick, the release dates for Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho, the Bob Odenkirk-starring Nobody, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Tom Holland-starring Uncharted, and Jared Leto’s Morbius have all been reshuffled....

‘Middlesex’ TV Series Based On Jeffrey Eugenides’ Novel In The Works With Sam Taylor-Johnson Set To Direct By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 15, 2020 5:00 pm EST Jeffrey Eugenides, the author of The Virgin Suicides, is about to have one of his other bestselling novels receive an adaptation — this time on the small screen. Eugenides’ coming-of-age novel meets immigrant drama Middlesex is being adapted into a TV series by Paramount Television Studios, with Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson set to helm....

‘She-Hulk’: Tatiana Maslany Will Lead The Disney+ Marvel Show By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 17, 2020 1:31 pm EST Meet She-Hulk: Tatiana Maslany. The Orphan Black star has joined the Disney+ show as the eponymous green-hued lawyer/superhero. Maslany’s casting comes on the heels of the announcement that Kat Coiro would be directing several episodes of the show, including the pilot. Rick and Morty writer Jessica Gao is in charge of the writer’s room for the series, which Disney+ hopes to premiere in 2022....

‘Spenser Confidential’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg And Peter Berg Head To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 20, 2020 10:30 am EST With the world of theatrical films becoming less and less stable, more and more filmmakers are making the leap to Netflix. In 2018, director-actor team Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg had themselves a bit of a misfire with the odious action film Mile 22 – a movie that didn’t flop, but didn’t set the box office on fire, either....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Resumes Filming With A Spooky Set Photo By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2020 7:00 am EST Stranger Things 4 has resumed filming after production of the Netflix flagship series was put on hold by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Netflix announced the production restart with a set photo that may contain more than a few clues about the mysterious fourth season of the sci-fi show. Let’s dive into the Upside Down, shall we?...

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Box Office Tracking Hints At A Record Opening Weekend For The Franchise By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 10, 2019 1:30 pm EST Will Terminator: Dark Fate finally break the curse of terrible Terminator sequels? Every movie in the franchise has been trying, and failing, to live up to the glory of James Cameron’s original The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day, with disappointing results. But Dark Fate is hoping to change things up with some familiar faces....

‘The Lodge’ Directors Veronika Franz And Severin Fiala On Building Atmosphere And Referencing ‘Jack Frost’ [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Feb. 14, 2020 4:00 pm EST Filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala know how to let a movie get under an audience’s skin. Even the simplest of their shots, such as Riley Keough scratching her knees, elicit discomfort. They maintain that mood of dread throughout the their newest film, The Lodge, their followup to Goodnight Mommy....

‘The Morning Show’ Trailer Shows First Footage Of Jennifer Aniston And Reese Witherspoon In A TV Rivalry By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 19, 2019 7:30 am EST The world of morning shows is a bit more cutthroat than you’d imagine. Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for The Morning Show, which finally shows the first footage from the highly anticipated dramedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell as TV reporters battling for screen time....

‘The People Under The Stairs’ Remake Coming From Producer Jordan Peele By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2020 11:30 am EST The People Under the Stairs, Wes Craven’s 1991 over-the-top horror flick that takes aim at the Reagan era, is getting a remake courtesy of Jordan Peele. Peele will produce the People Under the Stairs remake for Universal, and while some Wes Craven fans may initially be resistant to such an idea, the fact of the matter is that the original People Under the Stairs is a movie with good ideas and poor execution....

‘The Truffle Hunters’ Review: A Wonderful Story Of Driven Men, Rich Ingredients, And Very Good Dogs [TIFF] By Jason Gorber/Sept. 25, 2020 10:00 am EST Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw have crafted a near fairy tale look at the life of some irate Italians as they clamber through the forest seeking a delicacy that by weight is more valuable than gold. The Truffle Hunters is a beautiful, experiential documentary, taking you into a world that feels completely from another time....

‘ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band From Texas’ Trailer: The Bearded Rock Stars Get Their Own Documentary By Ben Pearson/July 28, 2019 9:00 am EST Playing together for fifty years and counting, ZZ Top is the longest-running American rock band which has kept its original members in tact. The trio, with its two frontmen known for their long beards, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fifteen years ago, and now they’re getting the documentary treatment which traces their journey to the height of rock superstardom....

Bob Iger Tells The Story Of How George Lucas Got Edged Out Of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 23, 2019 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After Star Wars creator George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, he stayed on as a “creative consultant” for the new movie trilogy but ended up being upset when the company chose not to use his ideas in Star Wars: The Force Awakens....