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‘Gotti’ Earns Extremely Rare 0% Rating On Rotten Tomatoes By Chris Evangelista/June 15, 2018 4:00 pm EST Critics have whacked Gotti, the new mob movie starring John Travolta as the Teflon Don. 45 producers (!) struggled for almost a decade to bring this biopic to the big screen. Perhaps they should’ve waited a little bit longer – Gotti reviews have earned the movie a rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes. The long, strange saga of John Travolta’s Gotti is at an end, and all it has to show for its troubles is a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes....

‘Preacher’ Review: ‘Puzzle Pieces’ Takes The Series Off-Book In The Best Ways Possible By Alex Riviello/Aug. 15, 2017 9:30 am EST (Each week, we’re going to discussion Preacher’s season 2 by examining the differences between the original comics and AMC’s television adaptation.) At first, it seemed like this season was when Preacher would get back on the comic book track, but by now it’s very obvious that the show is very much its own thing....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Merchandise Reveals More About The First Order Executioner Troops By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 30, 2017 3:30 pm EST We’re about to get an onslaught of Star Wars: The Last Jedi goods thanks to the arrival of Force Friday II on September 1. The celebratory day will see the first merchandise from the Star Wars sequel hitting shelves, including action figures, LEGO sets, books, shirts, stickers and more....

‘Star Wars’ VR Recruits David Goyer For ILMxLAB’s Darth Vader Project, Plus Try ‘Trials On Tatooine’ For Free Soon By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2016 11:00 am EST In the technology world, a lot more attention is being paid to virtual reality, and some of the biggest franchises from film, television, comics and more are starting to take advantage of it. Perhaps one of the most anticipated uses of VR technology is coming with Industrial Light & Magic’s ILMxLAB projects that will be bringing franchises like Star Wars into your living room with VR technology....

‘Suicide Squad’ Reveals An Interesting Detail About The Death Of Robin By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2016 10:00 am EST If you’ve already seen Suicide Squad this weekend, you know that there are plenty of references to the events of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, not to mention some easter eggs and set-ups for future films in the DC Comics cinematic universe. However, there’s one blink-and-you’ll-miss-it-detail that changes our perspective on a certain event that’s only alluded to in the aforementioned superhero battle....

‘The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ Set Visit: Drugs, Hallucinations And Making Out By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2015 2:00 pm EST The only thing weirder than the big mansion in the middle of downtown Albuquerque is the post-apocalyptic party going on inside. It’s December 16, 2014, and the Gertrude and Zachary Mansion at 2nd and Lead has been transformed to a very important location in The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, Wes Ball’s follow-up to the 2014 hit The Maze Runner....

‘Thor’ Was The Point Of No Return For Marvel Studios By Siddhant Adlakha/April 5, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Infinity War, a new series where we revisit the first 18 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask “How did we get here?” In this edition: how the blend of Shakespearian drama and goofy comedy in Thor sets a new tone for the MCU.) After a trio of relatively grounded sci-fi action flicks, the Marvel Cinematic Universe took its first leap of faith....

A Whole New World Let’s talk about Steve Trevor: Wonder Woman’s answer and fix to the superhero love interest problem. But is it a revelatory performance by Pine with innovative writing that recalls Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve Superman? Or is he based on a template of believable male love interests in Disney movies who act as incredible support systems for the heroines? Don’t look to the unnamed Prince Charming in early Disney movies, but at Prince Eric, John Smith, and Flynn Rider....

‘Zombieland’ Writers Adapting ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ Comics; Talk ‘Zombieland 2’ And ‘Deadpool’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 6, 2010 5:00 pm EST We must soon hit some critical mass when it comes to genre mash-ups and goofy nods to classic ideas. Cowboys & Aliens will be an interesting experiment when it arrives in theaters next summer. The title makes the film sound absurd, but from what I’ve seen (a good amount) it looks as if Jon Favreau and his cast and crew have assembled a film that has the potential to go above and beyond a silly “hey, what if cowboys fought aliens?...

2016 Emmy Nominations Announced By Angie Han/July 14, 2016 8:30 am EST TV’s awards race is officially on. Lauren Graham and Anthony Anderson were on hand this morning to announce the nominees for the 68th Emmy Awards, and we have the full list below. Find out which of your favorites got selected or snubbed below, and then hit the comments to share your joy / grief / anger / confusion / whatever....

Casting Notes: Thomas Dekker In Footloose?; Wes Bentley In Tilda; Tim Blake Nelson In Flypaper; Ty Burrell And Angelica Huston In Goats By Russ Fischer/May 30, 2010 1:30 pm EST Because I know that casting news on the delayed remake of Footloose is what you’re all more hungry for than anything else, here’s the only casting note that matters this week: Thomas Dekker (Heroes, Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Kaboom, A Nightmare on Elm Street) is apparently the latest top candidate to play ‘Two Degrees of Kevin Bacon,’ as, if cast, he’d step into the shoes of Bacon’s classic character from the original film....

Could The Abandoned ‘Star Wars Detours’ Animated Series Finally Be Getting Released? By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 2018 1:00 pm EST Do you remember Star Wars Detours? First put into development in 2009 and officially announced by Lucasfilm in 2010, the project was an animated comedy series featuring the characters and settings of the Star Wars universe. Unlike the more serious sci-fi adventure stories being told elsewhere, Star Wars Detours was told through a goofy, comedic lens by Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich....

Enfys Nest Is A ‘Star Wars’ Character With Limitless Potential For Future Stories By Donna Dickens/Sept. 7, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to A Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters of the Star Wars universe and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)I know, I know. My last article was also about a bad-ass woman from Solo: A Star Wars Story, but it’s my column and I’ll do what I want....

Great Books That Hollywood Needs To Adapt Into Movies By /Film Staff/March 21, 2017 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Every week in /Answers, we attempt to respond to a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks “Which book do you most want to see adapted into a movie?” As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. If there’s a book you’d like to see to adapted (especially if you know who should star in it and direct it), send your thoughts to slashfilmpitches@gmail....

Hans Zimmer Is Done With Superhero Movies; ‘Thor 3’ Might Be Tom Hiddleston’s Last Time As Loki By Angie Han/March 30, 2016 3:00 pm EST Superheroes are forever. Even the ones that don’t count immortality among their special powers have a way of surviving, provided they’re popular enough that it makes more financial sense to resurrect them than to let them stay dead. But the humans behind superheroes are not forever, and even as these characters’ stories continue on and on for decades, the people helping to tell those tales will come and go....

HBO Says A ‘Deadwood’ Movie Is Still In The Cards (No, For Real This Time) By Jacob Hall/Jan. 8, 2016 2:30 pm EST If you were to sit down and hammer out a list of the best modern television shows that feel like they represent everything the medium can accomplish while quietly pushing media and culture to another level with their prodding, impossible-to-exaggerate greatness, HBO’s Deadwood would be in the top five....

Henry Selick Gets New Backers For ‘The Shadow King’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 5, 2013 10:45 am EST Last year we got the disappointing news that Henry Selick’s next stop-motion animated film had been canceled by Disney. But there’s good news: the film has come back to life, via a new producer and financier. The picture is now called The Shadow King, and it follows a boy who learns to create shadows that become a crucial weapon in a war against a monster that threatens the boy’s family, and all of New York....

Hogwarts Express Ride: Why You Need To Take A Trip On Orlando’s Wizarding Train By Peter Sciretta/June 20, 2014 6:00 pm EST On Thursday, we gave you an early look at Harry Potter and the Escape From Gringotts, the new flagship ride of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s new Diagon Alley expansion. But Gringotts is not the only ride that will be opening on July 8th 2014 — Universal Studios Orlando’s Diagon Alley actually expands the Harry Potter story over two theme parks, and at the connecting tissue at the center of it all is the Wizarding World’s Hogwarts Express ride....

Going Back to Basics Rather than try and upend our expectations, Cinderella doubles down on the story’s most potent elements: its good-hearted heroine and its wish-fulfillment romance. Where Branagh and screenwriter Chris Weitz embellish on the classic fable, they do so to strengthen that foundation. So Cinderella (Lily James) gets a bit of backstory that establishes her goodness as a choice, rather than as an innate and immutable trait. In this telling, she embraces her dying mother’s advice to “have courage and be kind” as a sort of personal motto, and clings to her childhood home for sentimental reasons....

John C. Reilly Is Officially Signed On For ‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’ By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2015 3:00 pm EST This fall will mark three years since Wreck-It Ralph hit the big screen, and we’ve yet to hear any updates on progress towards making a sequel. Last we heard from composer Henry Jackman was that a story was in the works, but that’s all he could say. As of now, we’re still not sure when the sequel will get off the ground, but it sounds like fans don’t need to be worried that it won’t happen....