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‘The Grudge’ Trailer: The Horror Series Lives Again With The Director Of ‘The Eyes Of My Mother’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 28, 2019 6:57 am EST According to the tagline of the 2004 remake of The Grudge, “It never forgives. It never forgets.” And it apparently never goes away for very long, because there’s a new Grudge headed our way. But this latest incarnation boasts some serious talent. Nicolas Pesce, director of the stupendously creepy The Eyes of My Mother, is at the helm, and he’s assembled a cast that includes Andrea Riseborough, John Cho, and Betty Gilpin....

‘The Hunt For Escobar’s Hippos’ Means There Are Now Dueling Cocaine Hippo Projects In The Works By Ben Pearson/Aug. 14, 2020 2:30 pm EST Before the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the world, we wrote about a fascinating Netflix movie in development called Cocaine Hippos, which touches on the exotic animals that notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar had imported to his personal Colombian estate. It’s a wild story, and perhaps unsurprisingly, that subject matter is so compelling that we now have dueling cocaine hippo projects in the works....

‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’: Jodie Turner-Smith Will Star In ‘Witcher’ Prequel Series By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 25, 2021 2:30 pm EST Netflix’s hit fantasy show The Witcher is getting a prequel series, and that prequel has found its star. Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) will lead the show, titled The Witcher: Blood Origin. Turner-Smith is playing Éile, an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess, in the series which is set 1200 years before the events of The Witcher....

‘You Should Have Left’ Featurette: Kevin Bacon Is Six Degrees Of Tormented In Haunted House Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 15, 2020 3:30 pm EST Sometimes the worst demons in a horror movie aren’t the ones that terrorize you from within a haunted house, but the personal ones you harbor. In You Should Have Left, we get a little bit of both, as Kevin Bacon plays a man who books a vacation house with his wife and child, and finds that his inner demons are becoming startlingly real....

NECA Back to the Future Animated Series Figures The original Back to the Future movie isn’t the only piece of the time traveling franchise getting the action figure treatment. Back to the Future: The Animated Series is being lined up for a new toy line from NECA. Crafted in the style of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series figures that NECA has been releasing recently, these nail the character design of Doc, Marty, Biff and Einstein from the animated series....

NECA’s First Wave Of ‘Back To The Future’ Action Figures Are Available For Pre-Order By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2020 6:00 am EST In case you missed the news that came out of the 2020 Toy Fair in New York earlier this year, the collectible toy makers at NECA now has the license to create Back to the Future action figures and collectibles. Since this year marks the 35th anniversary of the original film that kicked of an entire trilogy, they’re ushering in the line with a bang....

Netflix Strikes First-Look Deal With Boom! Studios Comic Book Publisher By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 13, 2020 3:30 pm EST Netflix and BOOM! Studios announced a first-look deal between the two companies, which will allow the streaming giant first dibs on live-action and animated TV projects developed by the comic book publisher behind Eisner Award-winning and beloved franchises like Lumberjanes, Something is Killing the Children, Once & Future, and Mouse Guard. BOOM! Studios CEO Ross Richie and president of development Stephen Christy will executive produce all TV shows developed through the deal....

Production Has Begun On The ‘Star Wars’ Cassian Andor Show, Diego Luna Confirms By Ben Pearson/Dec. 4, 2020 3:00 pm EST Will Diego Luna finally get to touch Jabba the Hutt? Perhaps one day soon we’ll actually learn the answer to that pressing question, because Luna has confirmed that the Rogue One prequel series which centers on his Cassian Andor character in the Star Wars galaxy has officially begun filming in London....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Charlie Cox Debunks ‘Daredevil’ Rumor About ‘Spider-Man 3’, ‘The Tick’ Auction & More By Ethan Anderton/April 29, 2020 6:00 pm EST Take a look behind the scenes of the recent DC’s Legends of Tomorrow episode “The Great British Fake-Off.” Godspeed returns in a teaser for the upcoming 18th episode of the sixth season of The Flash series on The CW....

The CW Plans ‘Batwoman’ And ‘Superman & Lois’ Crossover, But New TV Season Won’t Start Until 2021 By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2020 11:00 am EST The CW has plans to welcome the upcoming DC Comics series Superman & Lois into the Arrowverse in a big way. After giving the show a full series order recently, it has been confirmed that Superman & Lois will have a crossover event with the Batwoman series, which will be wrapping up its first season this weekend and has been given a second season order....

The Morning Watch: ‘Toy Story 4’ Antique Store Easter Eggs, Jim Carrey Stars In Conan O’Brien Biopic & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 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....

TV Bits: ‘Parasite’ Miniseries, ‘Doctor Who,’ ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story,’ & More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 26, 2020 1:30 pm EST Bong Joon-ho has teased more details about the upcoming Parasite miniseries based on his Oscar darling that suggest the involvement of his original cast. In an interview with The Wrap, the Oscar-nominated director described his miniseries with Adam McKay as a “six-hour-long film” which will expand on his ideas for the original film that are “all stored in my iPad....

Video: 45 Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Differences: Disney World Vs. Disneyland By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2019 12:30 pm EST We visited Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World to see how different it is from the Disneyland version of Batuu’s Black Spire Outpost. Hit the jump to watch our video. The video comes from our new YouTube channel Ordinary Adventures, so please subscribe if you haven’t done so already!...

Watch: ‘Parasite’ From Storyboard To Screen, Ahead Of Graphic Novel Release Of Bong Joon-Ho’s Storyboards By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 14, 2020 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Bong Joon-ho doesn’t hand his cast a script – he hands them a comic book. Or more accurately, a book full of the film’s storyboards that the Oscar-winning director meticulously draws himself. Bong has been known for storyboarding all of his movies before he ever gets behind the camera, shooting with a level of precision that is rarely seen in filmmakers today....

‘A Kite’s Tale’ First Look: New Disney Short Combines Hand-Drawn Animation And VR Technology By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 15, 2019 7:30 am EST The sky is the limit for Disney when it comes to experimenting with animation styles and new technology in their short films. The company is set to release their second-ever Disney VR short, titled a kite’s tale, which will make its make its world debut at this year’s SIGGRAPH, the annual conference on computer graphics....

By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 30, 2020 11:30 am EST Following a deep dive into the history and legacy of The Comedy Store, Showtime has another chronicle of a comedy staple who left us far too soon. John Belushi was a tour de force. After breaking out on Saturday Night Live and National Lampoon’s Animal House, Belushi became one of the biggest comedy stars in the world. He was the kind of guy everyone wanted to have a beer with....

‘Den Of Thieves’ And ‘Angel Has Fallen’ Sequels Are Coming To Save Cinema By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2020 8:30 am EST The movie business is in rough shape right now. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet just got pushed back again, this time to mid-August, and we’re not even sure if the movie will be able to meet that release date. But fear not, because Hollywood is still set on getting back to work in the near future....

‘Frozen 2’ Available On Disney+ Early This Weekend, ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Seemingly Available Early On Digital By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2020 7:46 pm EST It looks like Disney is already making sure their Disney+ subscribers have some new content to watch while they’re self-quarantining and trying to stay away from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. The House of Mouse is putting Frozen 2 on Disney+ early this weekend, which is three months before the animated musical sequel otherwise would have arrived on the streaming service, but that’s not all....

‘Hobbs And Shaw 2’ Officially In Development, According To Dwayne Johnson By Ben Pearson/March 30, 2020 2:30 pm EST Upon its release last summer, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw made $759 million worldwide on a reported budget of around $200 million. Those kinds of numbers usually mean that a sequel won’t be too far behind, and now star Dwayne Johnson has confirmed that Hobbs and Shaw 2 is officially in development....

‘Paradise Hills’ Director Alice Waddington On Her Sci-Fi Fairy Tale, Filming In Unique Places, The Film’s Incredible Costumes, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Oct. 25, 2019 10:00 am EST Spanish filmmaker Alice Waddington has movies in her blood. When her father was in college, he ran a film club at his university where he played banned French and English movies during the Franco dictatorship, which is where he met a friend who eventually went on to become a director of photography in films and commercials....