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TV Bits: ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Mad Men’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Homeland’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘Cougar Town’, Louis CK, Eli Roth By Angie Han/March 26, 2013 10:30 am EST It’s gonna be a great spring for TV lovers, with the returns of Game of Thrones and Mad Men just around the corner and Louis CK’s new standup special waiting in the wings. Watch trailers for all three after the jump. Also: Damian Lewis talks Carrie and Brody’s future Look for cameos and references in Hannibal Seth Green also joins Seth MacFarlane’s pilot Will Seth Meyers replace Jimmy Fallon?...

Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe Coming From Alex Kurtzman And Chris Morgan By Germain Lussier/July 16, 2014 1:25 pm EST It worked for Marvel and now Universal is hoping it works for their monsters. A new report says Universal Studios is in the early stages of creating “a substantial new production endeavor” which will “expand and unify” the Universal Monsters properties, including characters such as Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and Creature from the Black Lagoon....

What Does The Final Scene In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Mean For Spidey’s Future? By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 2017 9:30 am EST Though the marketing campaign for Spider-Man: Homecoming seemed like it had spoiled a lot of the movie, there were still a handful of surprises in Spidey’s first solo outing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that remained unrevealed until we were sitting in the theater. One of those moments came in the final scene before the credits started rolling, but since there are plenty of people who didn’t contribute to the film’s estimated $117 million opening weekend, we won’t talk about any details in that scene until after a spoiler warning presented in bold font so you can’t possibly miss it....

‘A Good Day To Die Hard’ Review: One Really Bad Day For Fans Of John McClane By Russ Fischer/Feb. 14, 2013 6:40 pm EST In the event this discussion of Bruce Willis’ fifth outing as John McLane trails off after a couple paragraphs, let me offer a pre-emptive excuse: that might be the purest way to reflect the prime characteristics of A Good Day to Die Hard. Willis gives a detached, disinterested performance in the series’ fifth film, and the movie skips from scene to scene as if being played from a DVD dragged across gravel....

‘Another WolfCop’ Review: B-Movie Madness Reigns Supreme In A Very Silly Sequel [Fantasia Film Festival] By Matt Donato/Aug. 1, 2017 1:30 pm EST Another WolfCop? Yes. “Another” means that director Lowell Dean’s howlin’ mad midnighter is indeed a sequel, and a ravenous one at that. Back again is Leo Fafard, playing Canada’s favorite donut-scarfing Lycan lawman; a fluffy beast whose moonlight methods are animalistic to the max. Criminals find themselves torn limb from limb with WolfCop once again the prowl, except this second “adventure” plays with double the obscurity....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Is An Intimate Drama About Cycles Of Abuse…With A Talking Space Raccoon By Siddhant Adlakha/April 20, 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: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 beautifully blends sci-fi craziness with an examination of anger, pain, and cycles of abuse....

‘Jack Reacher: Never Go Back’ Early Buzz: More Of The Same, But Something Is Missing By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2016 1:30 pm EST This weekend brings Tom Cruise back to the big screen in action star mode again with Jack Reacher: Never Go Back hitting theaters. While the first Jack Reacher movie was a surprise throwback of an action movie with an old school tough guy hero in the lead, it sounds like the follow-up has lost some of the magic that made audiences like the cocky, no nonsense character so much the first time around....

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Star Daniella Pineda On Saving Dinosaurs And Spilling Coffee On Frank Marshall [Set Visit Interview] By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2018 1:00 pm EST In June 2017, I traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to visit the set of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. This week, we have been running a ton of coverage from this visit. It began with interviews with producers Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley, director J.A. Bayona, and stars Bryce Dallas, Chris Pratt....

‘Logan’ Trailer Breakdown: Going Through The First Footage Frame-By-Frame By Jacob Hall/Oct. 20, 2016 12:00 pm EST The first trailer for Logan arrived this morning and it’s safe to say that the look and feel of this movie is unlike any other X-Men movie. Director James Mangold and star Hugh Jackman seem intent on bringing the saga of Wolverine to a definitive and dramatic close, complete with a trailer that is as solemn as it is exciting....

‘Mr. Robot’ - The 6 Biggest Questions From “Hidden Process” By Corey Atad/Sept. 7, 2016 8:03 pm EST Sometimes TV gives you a sustained heart attack. I’m talking about the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones, the opening sequence of the Lost pilot, and Breaking Bad’s “Crawl Space.” All are examples of TV episodes that come down to sustained, heart-stopping sequences. Intense moments that keep you fixed in place. Mr. Robot has certainly had moments of shock, and sequences that have kept us on the edge of our seats, but nothing like what “Hidden Process” has given us....

‘Penguins Of Madagascar’ Footage Recap And Panel Highlights [Comic Con 2014] By Angie Han/July 25, 2014 7:00 am EST It only took “three movies, ten video games, and 80 television episodes” by one director’s count, but the scene-stealing penguins from Madagascar are finally getting their own movie this fall. And based on what we saw at DreamWorks Animation’s Penguins of Madagascar Comic-Con panel on Thursday, they certainly deserve it. Directors Eric Darnell and Simon J....

‘The Terror’ Review: ‘Go For Broke’ Sets Sail For Doom And Gloom By Chris Evangelista/March 27, 2018 8:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly recaps of AMC’s new historical horror show The Terror. This week’s The Terror review takes a look at the first chilling episode, “Go For Broke.” Spoilers follow. Tell Them We Are Dead A firm argument against ever leaving the house, The Terror sets sail this week on AMC, and brings with it a cavalcade of misery and unfortunate....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Gives New Details On ‘Legend Of Conan’ By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2015 10:00 am EST With Terminator: Genisys hitting theaters next week, Arnold Schwarzenegger is making the publicity rounds promoting the sequel/reboot, and that means he’s getting questions about future projects that we already know are in the works. One of those projects is Schwarzenegger’s return to his epic character Conan The Barbarian, in a new film called The Legend of Conan....

Dear J.K. Rowling: Please Don’t Try To Defend Johnny Depp’s Casting As Grindelwald By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 8, 2017 6:30 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: why J.K. Rowling and the crew of the Fantastic Beasts sequel should not try to defend the casting of Johnny Depp as Grindelwald.) I’m disappointed. I’ve long upheld Harry Potter to be a series that explores the devastating consequences of domestic abuse and encourages tolerance and empathy....

Ethan Hawke On Directing ‘Blaze,’ Acting In ‘Juliet, Naked,’ And Earning The Best Reviews Of His Career For ‘First Reformed’ [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Sept. 4, 2018 2:00 pm EST Even without taking into account his 30-plus-year acting career—highlighted by performances in Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites, Training Day, and Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy—Ethan Hawke has had a hell of a 2018, which technically began a year ago at the Venice Film Festival), where writer-director Paul Schrader’s First Reformed premiered, featuring a career-best performance from Hawke....

First Photos: Tarsem’s Immortals By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2010 3:16 am EST Rogue Pictures has released the first photos from Tarsem Singh’s new Greek mythology epic Immortals. Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for the script by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides. Sleeper Code/Machine Gun Preacher scribe Jason Keller penned the most recent draft of the script. Warner Bros had toyed around with the idea of buying the Immortals script for their remake of Clash of the Titans....

Kevin Feige Marvel Quote Round-Up: ‘Avengers 2,’ ‘Ant-Man’ Casting, Ben Kingsley, ‘Iron Man 4,’ Hulk By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2013 5:00 pm EST This week should have been dubbed “Kevin Feige Week” on the blogosphere. Fresh from the Thor: The Dark World press tour, the president of Marvel Studios is answering – and teasing – all kinds of things about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Phase 2, Phase 3, the TV spin-offs and much more....

Martin Scorsese Will Begin Shooting ‘The Irishman’ This Summer By Jack Giroux/May 10, 2017 3:30 pm EST Before the summer ends, Martin Scorsese will start de-aging Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. The three actors will help tell the story of professional hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, which spans decades. The spectacular trio will play heir characters at the ages of 30, 50, and 70. ILM will handle the de-aging effect, while Netflix will take care of the film’s the release....

Marvel CCO Joe Quesada Says Creators Will Be More Involved With Television And Movies By Germain Lussier/Jan. 13, 2011 11:00 am EST Marvel’s Chief Creative Office Joe Quesada, says it best. “Back in the day, so many of us in the creative community would sit back and watch someone produce a TV show or a movie based on a comic book and see it flop miserably because those people didn’t understand what made those characters work....

Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’ Trailer & Panel Recap: Too Much Leather, Not Enough Lockjaw [Comic-Con 2017] By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2017 7:00 am EST Marvel Studios is adding another television show to their line-up of programming that takes place inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But much like the ABC series Agents of SHIELD, it seems this show is going to have its own world to play it that is more tangential to the MCU rather than having any direct relationship to it....