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Sequel Bits: ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’, ‘Journey 3’, ‘Maleficent 2’, ‘Expendables 4’ And More By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 10, 2018 2:00 pm EST In this edition of sequel bits Guillermo del Toro’s involvement with Pacific Rim 2 The Rock says there are no plans for another Journey movie Maleficent 2 begins shooting this spring Is Expendables 4 still happening? The Big Sick 2 a possibility? How J.K. Rowling helped Jude Law become Hot Dumbledore...

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek 2’, ‘The Smurfs 2’, ‘Expendables 2’, ‘Chronicle 2’, ‘Men In Black 3’, ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 2’, ‘Dragon Tattoo 2 & 3’, ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2012 3:00 pm EST CinemaCon has come to a close, and I’ve returned from Las Vegas to find a ton of film sequel news bits. After the jump you’ll see a round up of all the latest, including: New photos from G....

Sequel Bits: Steven Spielberg Once Got Rejected For James Bond, Plus: ‘Riddick’, ‘S-VHS’, ‘Lost Boys 4’ By Angie Han/Nov. 28, 2012 5:00 pm EST Let’s run through a few sequel-related odds and ends. After the jump: Katee Sackhoff explains why Riddick got an R rating Steven Spielberg reveals that he once offered to do Bond Get your first peek at the horror anthology S-VHS Corey Feldman confirms that Lost Boys, as a series, is dead...

Star Wars Bits: Intriguing ‘Force Awakens’ Rumors, Oscar Isaac, Posters, Rebels Concept Art By Germain Lussier/Feb. 26, 2015 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This edition of Star Wars Bits jumps all over the timeline. Below, read about the following: Own the first ever autographed cast photo for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Oscar Isaac says he’s “in the dark” about Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’ Will Be His First Disney Movie By Germain Lussier/April 13, 2015 10:00 am EST Over the decades, Steven Spielberg has created his own personal brand. A brand of quality entertainment for all ages. And while he’s worked with almost every studio in Hollywood in almost every genre, one studio he’s never directed for is another big-time entertainment brand: Disney. Well, Spielberg has just begun shooting the Roald Dahl adaptation The BFG and Disney has joined the project as a co-financer....

The Best Films Leaving Netflix In September 2015 By Angie Han/Sept. 1, 2015 7:30 am EST As you’ve no doubt already heard, Netflix is losing a whole bunch of great titles at the end of September. With the clock ticking, there’s no time to catch up on everything leaving the streaming service — so after the jump, see our list of the best films leaving Netflix in September 2015. (And just in case none of them suit your fancy, we’ve included a list of all titles leaving Netflix as well....

The Truth About Muppet Man, The Black List Topping Script About Jim Henson And Kermit By Brendon Connelly/Dec. 14, 2009 11:30 am EST Christopher Weekes’ Muppet Man is an innovative and often surprising screenplay for a possible biopic of Jim Henson and when it was last week named the top pick of the Black List, I was certainly very pleased. Having said that, as much as I enjoyed the script, it was obvious from page one when reading it that actually getting the thing made would be something of an ordeal....

Tom Holland Is The New Spider-Man, Jon Watts Will Direct By Russ Fischer/June 23, 2015 9:26 am EST The new Spider-Man has been chosen: Tom Holland (The Impossible, Wolf Hall) will play Peter Parker and his heroic alter-ego, Spider-Man. He’ll first appear in Captain America: Civil War, and then take center stage in a solo film set for 2017. That solo movie, a collaboration between Marvel Studios and Sony, will be directed by Jon Watts, whose film Cop Car was among the movies we enjoyed at Sundance earlier this year....

TV Cancellations: ‘The Exorcist’, ‘Lucifer’, ‘Designated Survivor’, ‘Quantico’, ‘Alex, Inc.’, ‘Great News’, ‘Taken’ By Chris Evangelista/May 11, 2018 3:20 pm EST The networks have decided to snap their fingers and make several shows disappear. Designated Survivor, Lucifer, Quantico and The Exorcist have all been cancelled. So have Alex, Inc., Taken, and Great News. Your round-up of the latest TV cancellations is below. The Exorcist Cancelled It hasn’t been a great week for certain TV shows....

Warner Bros. Is Bringing 21 TV Shows To Comic-Con By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2016 5:00 am EST It feels like 2016 is just flying by, because we’re just over three weeks away from San Diego Comic-Con. We’ll be in the heart of all the pop culture craziness as usual, and it looks like fans are going to have their days packed pretty full if they plan on seeing everything that Warner Bros....

What Hollywood Can Learn From ‘Girls Trip,’ The Summer’s ‘Surprise’ Box Office Juggernaut By Vanessa Bogart/Aug. 11, 2017 8:00 am EST It’s safe to say that the summer of 2017 is all about the ladies…and ladies taking long-held beliefs about what makes a box office hit and completely blowing them out of the water. Though Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot (and director Patty Jenkins!) and Atomic Blonde’s Charlize Theron gave women some new action heroes to admire, one movie that deserves a closer look is Girls Trip....

Zack Snyder On ‘Man Of Steel’ Death Toll: “What About ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’?” By Angie Han/March 23, 2016 6:30 am EST The first reviews for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice are in, and they’re… well, see for yourself. But this isn’t the first time some fans and critics have taken issue with Zack Snyder’s vision of the DC universe. Back when Man of Steel opened, one of the most frequently raised complaints was the ending’s high body count....

‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Review: Al Gore Is Pissed, And You Should Be Too [Sundance 2017] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 20, 2017 6:30 am EST If An Inconvenient Truth was an eye-opening disaster movie, then An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power is the heartbreaking post-apocalyptic follow-up. An Inconvenient Sequel isn’t the first sequel to play Sundance (Richard Linklater’s Before series) and is certainly not the first Sundance film to be sequelized (remember, the first Clerks and Saw movies played the festival)....

/Answers: Our Favorite Pixar Characters By /Film Staff/Nov. 21, 2017 9:00 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. Tying in with Coco, this week’s edition asks “Who is your favorite Pixar character?” Matt Donato: Remy Selecting a favorite character from Pixar’s endless rolodex of fantastical icons is no easy task, but twist my arm and all thoughts lead to Ratatouille’s Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt), Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava’s special sewers-to-five-star rodent with a flair for culinary perfection....

‘Better Call Saul’ Review: Who Came Out On Top In ‘Witness’? By Karen Han/April 18, 2017 8:30 am EST (Every week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Better Call Saul season 3 by answering one simple question: who came out on top when the credits rolled?) For two seasons now, Better Call Saul has been remarkable in how unafraid it’s been of quiet (particularly when it comes to setting up long sequences leading to a pay-off), and this week’s episode — directed, like the season premiere, by Vince Gilligan himself — opens with a long stretch of it....

‘Blade Runner’ Prequel/Sequel Producers Offer Vague Statements Of Intent By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2011 10:30 am EST Yesterday a minor uproar erupted when plans were revealed for a production company to buy partial rights to Ridley Scott’s seminal sci-fi film Blade Runner. Not to remake the movie, but to make another film set in that same world — a prequel or a sequel, perhaps, or something related. Alcon Entertainment (The Blind Side, The Book of Eli) is the company making a move on Blade Runner, and now the company’s founders are talking about why they want the property, and revealing that they haven’t talked to Ridley Scott about their plans....

‘Deadpool 2’ Score Becomes The First To Earn The Parental Advisory Sticker For Explicit Content By Ethan Anderton/May 4, 2018 10:30 am EST This week already brought us the gem that was a Deadpool 2 music video featuring Celine Dion belting out an incredible ballad that wouldn’t be out of place on the soundtrack for a sweeping, epic romance. But instead, it’s the breakout single from the Deadpool 2 soundtrack, and it’s one of the funniest music videos I’ve seen in awhile....

‘Fargo’ Review: Who Made The Biggest Mistake In ‘The Law Of Non-Contradiction’? By Jack Giroux/May 4, 2017 7:00 am EST (Every week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Fargo season 3 by answering one simple question: who f*cked up the most this week?) This week’s episode of Fargo is heavy on the melancholy. Ennis Stussy (Scott Hylands) kept quiet and miserable in the first two episodes of season 3…mostly because he’s dead....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Final Season May Not Air Until 2019 By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 29, 2017 9:30 am EST The finale for the shortened seventh season of Game of Thrones only just aired this past Sunday, but rabid fans are already wondering how long they’ll have to wait until the final season begins. Unfortunately, we might be looking at the longest gap yet between seasons. Reportedly HBO is looking to begin production on the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones sometime in October....

‘Outlaw King’ Starring Chris Pine To Open TIFF 2018, ‘Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy’ Starring Laura Dern And Kristen Stewart To Close By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 14, 2018 8:01 am EST The opening and closing night films at TIFF have been announced. David Mackenzie’s Outlaw King, starring Chris Pine, will open the fest, while Justin Kelly, Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy, starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart, will close. More info on these titles, and what else to look forward to at TIFF below....