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Interview: ‘Hap And Leonard’ Co-Creator Jim Mickle On His Burgeoning Joe R. Lansdale Universe By Fred Topel/March 1, 2016 9:00 am EST Definitely television. I didn’t know it would be sort of grown out of what we’d already done with the Lansdale thing, but definitely. Movies get harder and harder to make and harder and harder to find the right audience for. When you’re doing character-driven genre, that can be really tough....

J.J. Abrams And the Hard Reboot Of ‘Mission: Impossible III’ By Jacob Knight/July 25, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Team Leaders, a series where we explore how the directors of the Mission: Impossible movies used this franchise as a canvas to explore their pet themes and show off their unique sensibilities. In this edition: J.J. Abrams brings his “mystery box” methods to the series and reboots it all.) After Mission: Impossible II made over half a billion dollars worldwide, it wouldn’t seem prudent to re-tool the franchise’s format....

Page 3 By Brendon Connelly/June 5, 2009 2:37 am EST The Jim Henson Company are producing a feature length version of Monster Safari. The original stop-motion short was made by Screen Novelties. Their showreel of “Puppet Cartoons” which includes not only few little bits of Monster Safari, but a rather nifty stop-motion Fred Flintstone, some Ice Cream horror and a strange little bear with a mouth full of jam (or maybe blood?...

Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Walk’ Is Steady On The Tightrope, But Wobbly Off Of It [NYFF Review] By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2015 7:00 am EST As what IMAX calls “An IMAX 3D Experience,” Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk is excellent. From the moment Joseph Gordon-Levitt touches his toe on that tightrope, The Wire becomes the kind of intensely visceral experience you can only truly experience in a movie theater*, preferably one equipped with an extra-jumbo screen and 3D projection....

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek Beyond’, ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’, ‘Hellboy 3’, ‘Kill Bill 3’, ‘Predator’ By Angie Han/July 17, 2015 7:30 am EST We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today, so let’s get right to it. After the jump: Arnie is optimistic about Shane Black’s Predator sequel. Terminator 5 scribes talk James Cameron, time travel, and deleted scenes. Samuel L. Jackson is totally up for another Unbreakable movie....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Princess Diaries 3,’ ‘Glass,’ ‘Star Trek 4,’ ‘Avatar 2’ By Jack Giroux/Aug. 2, 2017 6:00 am EST In today’s edition of Sequel Bits: Author Meg Cabot on hoping The Princess Diaries 3 would honor the late Gary Marshall. Karl Urban is ready to play Bones again whenever he gets the call. M. Night Shyamalan is looking to some of the best for inspiration for Glass. Weta has begun work on Avatar 2....

Spider-Man Spin-Off ‘Venom’ Coming In 2018 By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2017 3:13 pm EST Sony Pictures has dated a movie focusing on Spider-Man villain Venom for October 5, 2018. Alex Kurtzman has signed on to direct the film. (Update: Exhibitor Relations announced the date and failed to update that Alex isn’t directing.) Hit the jump for more details on the Venom movie. Update: Scott Rosenberg (Con Air, Gone in Sixty Seconds, High Fidelity) and Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Jumanji reboot, The Dark Tower) have been hired to write the script....

Star Trek Bits: J.J. Abrams And Benedict Cumberbatch Talk John Harrison Plus Kirk’s Possible Love Story, Hand Analyzation, New Trailer And More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 12, 2012 5:26 pm EST The Star Trek Into Darkness flood gates officially opened this past week, with an announcement trailer, nine-minute IMAX prologue, villain reveal and Bad Robot set visit. Click on each of those links to read our takes on the latest in the Trek universe....

Star Wars Bits: Several ‘The Force Awakens’ Rumors, Celebration, ‘Rebels’ Discussion And Updates By Germain Lussier/Nov. 21, 2014 11:30 am EST Several updates on Celebration, Rebels and Lucasfilm are here along with some awesome rumors about The Force Awakens. Below, read about the following: Some new rumors have surfaced about the identity of Lupita Nyong’o’s character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and a new location. Has one single line leaked from the script of The Force Awakens?...

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 On Vinyl And Cassette, Gal Gadot Thanks Fans & More By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2017 5:00 pm EST When does the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 soundtrack hit cassette and vinyl? Which is the latest country to ban screenings of Wonder Woman due to Gal Gadot’s Israeli nationality? Which two DC Extended Universe movies are likely to get the greenlight next? What did Marvel Cinematic Universe stars have to say about Wonder Woman’s success?...

The Best Movies Leaving Netflix In February 2016 By Jack Giroux/Jan. 26, 2016 2:30 pm EST After the January dry spell, February looks to be full of more promising theatrical releases (less than two weeks until we see Hail, Caesar!). But if you find yourself snowed in this February, Netflix has got you covered. Just don’t expect to see any of the titles mentioned below available on the streaming service – these movies are about to vanish....

Theme Park Bits: Marvel Melee On A Disney Cruise Ship, Terminator 2 3-D Ride Closes, Last Flight Of The Star Jets By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 13, 2017 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Get details on a real-life battle at sea involving Marvel movie characters. See what some of Universal’s new theme-park-inspired emojis look like. T2 3-D: Battle Across Time has closed at Universal Studios Florida. The last remaining version of Disney’s classic Star Jets has also closed....

There’s No Such Thing As An “Elevated Horror Movie” (And Yes, ‘Hereditary’ Is A Horror Movie) By Jacob Knight/June 8, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: Hereditary has people talking about “elevated horror” again and there is no such thing…there are just horror movies.) There’s an interview going around with Hereditary writer/director Ari Aster that’s sparked another round of hand-wringing regarding whether a new horror feature qualifies as a “horror movie” at all; a discussion so tired we might as well feed it a fistful of Roseanne Barr’s Ambien in hopes of finally putting it out of its misery....

TV Bits: ‘Powerless’ Cancelled, ‘Wag The Dog’ HBO Series, Damien Chazelle, Jesse Eisenberg & More By Ben Pearson/April 27, 2017 3:30 pm EST On this edition of TV Bits: NBC has pulled the plug on its DC series Powerless La La Land writer/director Damien Chazelle moves to the small screen Jesse Eisenberg teams with Bad Robot to write, direct, and star in a new series and more! Powerless Canceled According to Polygon, NBC has pulled the remaining two episodes of its superhero-adjacent series Powerless from its schedule....

Why Netflix Really Bums Me Out Sometimes By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2017 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy…or fills us with indescribable rage. In this edition: why Netflix, for all the good stuff that the streaming service offers, sometimes completely bums us out.) There’s no denying Netflix has been a gamechanger when it comes to bringing entertainment to the masses....

WonderCon: Pixar’s Ratatoullie Panel By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2007 1:41 pm EST “We were thinking about retitling it Ratatouille 1. And letting you guys know it’s the prequel to the sequel.” Brad Bird began his presentation with slides showing the character development drawings and sculpts for Remy, the main rat character from Ratatoille. He also showed the early sculpts for Emile, his brother, the friendly gregarious rat that will eat anything (voiced for Pete Soane)....

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, The Most Visually Stunning Film Of All Time, Is Finally Hitting 4K By Chris Evangelista/June 21, 2018 4:30 pm EST Following the recent theatrical run of the “unrestored” 70mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick’s game-changing sci-fi classic is headed to 4K Ultra High Definition Blu-ray for the first time ever. The 2001 4K Blu-ray arrives on October 30, 2018. It may not be quite as good as seeing it on the big screen, but Stanley Kubrick’s mind-blowing sci-fi masterpiece 2001 will soon be available in 4K for the first time....

‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ Review Round-Up: An Overlong But Entertaining Sequel By Ben Pearson/Sept. 19, 2017 11:30 am EST Kingsman: The Secret Service was a nice surprise back in 2015, and the new sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, looks to expand director Matthew Vaughn’s cinematic spy-verse in a big way by adding a ton of A-list stars to the cast and taking the action overseas. So do those decisions make this an entertaining, worthwhile addition to the franchise, or has Vaughn bitten off more than he can chew here?...

‘Room 104’ Review: HBO’s Anthology Series Delivers Its Trump Episode With ‘Red Tent’ By Kristin Hunt/Oct. 2, 2017 4:00 pm EST (Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?)It took almost a full season, but Room 104 has delivered its Trump episode. While his name is never mentioned, the specter of Donald Trump hangs heavy over “Red Tent....

‘Until Dawn’ Is The Best Horror Movie Experience Out There – Even Though It’s A Video Game By Vanessa Bogart/Oct. 30, 2017 12:30 pm EST The sun has gone down. Darkness has descended. Your coven has gathered in your home. Your seasonal Pinterest treats are perfectly arranged. The pizza is approaching. It is Halloween Eve. Your ritual has been perfectly arranged…but all of the sudden, your spine begins to tingle, fear has struck you… Oh dear god!...