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Superhero Bits: Doctor Strange Runtime, Power Rangers Meet Justice League & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2016 5:00 pm EST How many languages will Vin Diesel have to say “I am Groot” in for Guardians of the Galaxy 2? Which superhero movie did Suicide Squad just surpass at the international box office? Why is there a Power Rangers and Justice League crossover comic? How long is Doctor Strange? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Dark Knight Rises, Joker, Thor: The Dark World, Mark Millar By Germain Lussier/Dec. 5, 2012 3:31 pm EST Want to watch Russell Crowe talk about stepping into Marlon Brando’s shoes for Man of Steel? How about a gander at early concept art from The Dark Knight? Is there anything better than reading Christopher Nolan explain his thought process behind his Batman trilogy? What gift is Olly Moss making for the crew of Thor: The Dark World?...

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel 2, The Avengers, The Wolverine, Iron Man, Arrow, Amazing Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/June 17, 2013 12:00 pm EST Is there any way Man of Steel 2 could be in theaters next year? Want to see the new poster for Red 2 and read the tracklist for The Wolverine soundtrack? What do The Avengers and Daft Punk have in common? Did David Goyer comment on the collateral damage in Man of Steel?...

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man: Homecoming Runtime, Red Hood Comes To Injustice 2 & More By Ethan Anderton/May 30, 2017 5:00 pm EST Want to see how much Red Hood will kick ass in Injustice 2? How does Wonder Woman tie into the real history of World War I? Could Barry Allen become the villain on the fourth season of The Flash? Who does Gabriel Luna want to play Johnny Blaze on Agents of SHIELD?...

This Week In Trailers: Top 10 Trailers Of 2010 By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 31, 2010 3:00 pm EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Treatment For ‘The Flash’ Completed; ‘Green Lantern 2’ Up Next By Adam Quigley/Sept. 10, 2010 2:00 pm EST This past summer, Warner Bros. hired on the screenwriters of The Green Lantern (Greg Berlanti, Michael Green and Marc Guggenheim) to pen drafts for The Flash and a Green Lantern sequel. This says a lot about how satisfied the studio must be with their work, since Green Lantern hasn’t even hit theaters yet....

TV Bits: ‘Timeless’ Uncanceled, CBS And FOX Cancellations, Renewals & More By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2017 5:30 am EST Since it’s upfronts week for all the major TV networks, plenty of news about all your favorite shows has been hitting the web recently. Last week brought a slew of cancellations and renewals for shows on ABC and NBC, and now we have an update on the fate of a bunch of shows over at FOX and CBS....

‘Avengers 4’ Title Is A Spoiler For The Events Of ‘Infinity War’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 24, 2017 6:30 am EST With the Marvel Cinematic Universe meticulously planned for the next three years, why is Marvel starting to balk at revealing something as inconsequential as a title? Maybe because it’s not so inconsequential. Avengers: Infinity War is deep in production right now, but very little is known about its follow-up, known only as Avengers 4 — nor is much known about next wave of movies, or “Phase 4,” that the film is supposed to kick off....

‘Entourage’ Set Visit: The Boys Are Back, Flubbing Lines At The Beach House By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2015 5:00 pm EST A large red bow sits besides a space-age looking black Cadillac Ciel in the driveway of a Palos Verdes, CA beach house. Seating inside this elaborate and expensive gift are four friends, once again united by the powers that be. A camera hanging out of a large matte black Mercedes SUV is fixed on the wheel of the car, then slowly pulls back as the group speeds up the driveway....

‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Early Buzz: Solid Reviews For Animated Sequel By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2014 11:30 am EST One of the biggest and most anticipated films of the summer, How to Train Your Dragon 2, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival Friday. It was the first public screening of the sequel, which continues the story of Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Toothless in the kingdom of Berk. Buzz around the project has been solid but now that respected critics from around the world have seen the film, is it as good as we all hoped?...

‘Jessica Jones’ Showrunner: “We Went Even Further” Than Original Marvel Comics Series By Fred Topel/July 28, 2015 2:39 pm EST Currently on stage before the Television Critics Association is a panel of Netflix showrunners representing a selection of the streaming service’s top original shows. Melissa Rosenberg is on the Showrunner Panel representing Marvel’s Jessica Jones TV series, which stars Krysten Ritter (pictured above in Breaking Bad). Asked about her upcoming show, the edgy tone Rosenberg described seems akin to their Daredevil series, though she emphasizes the two shows are very different....

‘Knight Rider’ Digital Series Reboot Coming From ‘Fast And Furious’ Director Justin Lin By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2016 9:30 am EST Justin Lin, the king of car-based franchises, is adding yet another one to his to-do list. Lin is teaming with NBCUniversal and Machinima for a digital series reboot of Knight Rider, the 1980s NBC series that starred David Hasselhoff as a human crime-fighter whose partner is a sentient car named KITT....

Did Adam Strange get everything wrong? Adam Strange is so single-minded in his purpose to save Superman that apparently he didn’t even stop to hear the full prophecy regarding the possible danger to Superman’s life. Instead of getting all of the facts, he decided to zoom backwards in time and upend the fabric of a society without stopping to think about the consequences. He’s so set on making sure his world is fine, he didn’t stop to think about whether messing up the past would in turn mess up his future....

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Recruits John Boyega To Re-Cancel The Apocalypse By Jacob Hall/June 6, 2016 10:22 am EST Pacific Rim opened to mixed reviews and even more mixed box office back in 2013, barely scraping past $100 million at the domestic box office while finding far more success abroad. Those who love it really love it and those who hate it really hate it. I’m personally quite fond of the big, silly world director Guillermo del Toro crafted – even when the movie doesn’t quite work, this is a universe so full of concepts that deserve to be expanded upon and infinite possibilities for future stories....

‘Replace’ Review: Icky Body Horror And A Great Lead Performance [Fantasia Film Festival] By Matt Donato/July 24, 2017 10:00 am EST What’s intriguing about Norbert Keil’s Replace isn’t just the Richard Stanley co-writing credit. It’s more than the “Barbara Crampton Effect.” Sinful style hypnotizes like a tractor beam that entraps voyeuristic eyes, like someone spliced the cinematic DNA of Nicolas Winding Refn and Vincenzo Natali. Vanity becomes an obsession that leads to sci-fi experimentation, not to downplay the Cronenbergian body horror elements at play....

‘Room 104’ Review: ‘Phoenix’ Takes The Anthology Series Back To 1969 By Kristin Hunt/Sept. 18, 2017 11:00 am EST (Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?)For the second time this season, Room 104 traveled back in time. “Phoenix” takes place in the late 1960s, just moments after a plane crash. The sole survivor is trying to make sense of what happened to her, and decide what to do next....

‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Spinoff ‘Marvel’s Most Wanted’ Adds Two More; Exec Producer Talks Tone By Angie Han/March 23, 2016 3:30 pm EST Sure, the MCU already has Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Daredevil, and Jessica Jones, with Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and The Defenders still to come. But if you’re looking for yet another Marvel series to sink your teeth into, you’re in luck — ABC is currently working on Marvel’s Most Wanted, which will follow the further adventures of Bobbi Morse (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood)....

#34. Vincent Cassel Leads a Cult in Partisan Trailer The indie arrives on October 2nd. #33. Nicholas Hoult to Play JD Salinger in Rebel in the Rye Mad Max: Fury Road and X-Men: Days of Future Past star Nicholas Hoult is heading into biopic territory with Rebel in the Rye. The film will see Hoult playing Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger in a film that aims to chronicle the author’s life on the big screen, from his military service to his literary success and more....

Bill Hader Talks Geeking Out With Steven Spielberg On The Set Of ‘The BFG’ By Germain Lussier/June 12, 2015 7:00 am EST Sometimes we forget that even for people most of us consider famous, there’s a whole other level beyond. The kind of person even celebrities get nervous about meeting. An example is Steven Spielberg, a man whose filmography and influence on cinema today can’t be overstated. Spielberg is a filmmaker that, when actors work with him, they soak up as much knowledge and wisdom as possible, and the director is happy to oblige....

Early Box Office Tracking: War, Nanny Diaries, Mr. Bean, September Dawn, 3:10 To Yuma, Shoot ‘Em Up By Steve Mason/Aug. 20, 2007 1:38 am EST This coming weekend (8/24-26) offers 5 movies, and 1 of them stands out in early industry tracking. WAR (Lionsgate), from rap video director Phillip J. Atwell (he’s worked with 50 Cent, Xzibit and Eminem), is at just 45% Total Aware, but its Awareness with Males Under 25 is 64%....