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The Force Awakens Bits: ‘The Simpsons’ Prediction, 3D-Printed BB-8, Writer Avoided Spoilers For Three Years By Jacob Hall/Dec. 22, 2015 12:30 pm EST Did you hear that a little movie called Star Wars: The Force Awakens is out in theaters? Yeah, some tiny indie thing. People really seem to like it, though. That’s why we’re regularly rounding up all of the little stories about it that you may have missed elsewhere....

The Past And Future Of Rey And Luke Skywalker’s Lightsabers In ‘Star Wars’ By Ethan Anderton/May 25, 2017 12:30 pm EST A lightsaber is the weapon of a Jedi Knight, an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. Since the lightsaber of Anakin Skywalker that was handed down to Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) was one of the driving forces of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, this specific weapon has become more important than ever, especially for Rey (Daisy Ridley)....

The Wright Stuff: The Best Edgar Wright Movie Scenes By Chris Evangelista/June 29, 2017 9:30 am EST Over a twenty-three year career spanning TV and film, Edgar Wright has honed his craft to become one of the most inventive, exciting filmmakers working today. With his genre-bending screwball comedies, Wright has developed an instantly recognizable style, culled from filmmakers before him, like Sam Raimi, Martin Scorsese, the Coen Brothers and more, and given his own unique twist....

Theme Park Bits: Shanghai Disneyland, Frozen Ever After, And The Return Of The Incredible Hulk Coaster By Jacob Hall/May 19, 2016 2:30 pm EST In today’s Theme Park Bits: New footage from the Shanghai Disneyland version of Peter Pan’s Flight. An deep dive into the technology behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle For the Sunken Treasure. A new look at Shanghai Disneyland’s Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue. The first photos from inside Epcot’s Frozen Ever After....

Theme Park Bits: Wreck-It Ralph Ride Rumored For Disney World, Disneyland Calls Off Plan For New Luxury Hotel By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 20, 2018 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Could Wreck-It Ralph be looking to wreck Stitch’s Great Escape at Walt Disney World? Construction on the Magic Kingdom’s Tron coaster is beginning to affect other nearby rides. Find out which classic Disney attraction is getting its own Funko Pop!...

We Aren’t Taking Mark Hamill’s Advice About ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Anticipation By Germain Lussier/Feb. 5, 2015 11:00 am EST Mark Hamill knows a thing or two about Star Wars. As Luke Skywalker, he was not only the star of the original trilogy, he’s reprising the role over thirty years later in December’s ultra-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However with many months left until release, the actor has some advice for fans who are eagerly awaiting the film....

‘Black Panther’ Was Almost Made In The 1990s With Wesley Snipes By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 31, 2018 2:30 pm EST In a couple of weeks, Black Panther will be hitting the big screen as the latest franchise in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Chadwick Boseman is playing the superhero, who was introduced in Captain America: Civil War, but his first big screen appearance almost happened over 25 years ago when DC Comics was dominating the superhero movie scene and leaving Marvel in the dust…and when Wesley Snipes was at the top of his game....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 6 Trailer Breakdown: This Footage Is Dark And Full Of Things Worth Having A Conversation About By Jacob Hall/April 12, 2016 7:30 am EST Just when you thought HBO was done preaching to the choir, they went and released another new Game of Thrones season 6 trailer. And it was a good one. A really good one. A trailer so stuffed with tantalizing images that it deserved a frame-by-frame examination....

‘It: Chapter 2’ Will Incorporate One Of The Book’s Craziest Scenes By Ben Pearson/Sept. 10, 2018 12:30 pm EST I didn’t initially think splitting Stephen King’s gargantuan novel It into two separate movies was a good idea, but the record-breaking box office numbers of last year’s It: Chapter 1 was proof enough that Warner Bros. made the right call…at least financially. Creatively? Well, that still remains to be seen. The upcoming sequel will pick up with the Losers’ Club as adults nearly 30 years after temporarily defeating Pennywise, and while we knew things are going to get “transdimensional” in It: Chapter 2, some new quotes from the screenwriter have given us an idea of just how far into Crazy Town the filmmakers are planning to go....

‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Review: One Of The Most Purely Fun Movies Of 2017 By Karen Han/Dec. 20, 2017 2:30 pm EST I may be speaking too much in haste, but I feel reasonably confident in saying that Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is the most pure fun I’ve had at a movie in 2017. I laughed to the point that I felt compelled to apologize to my seatmates once the credits rolled, I involuntarily gasped out loud at a plot twist I probably should have seen coming, and I wasn’t bored for even a minute of the movie’s two-hour runtime....

‘LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer: Build, Fly And Blast Through The Galaxy By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 2016 10:00 am EST Back in February, we got word from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm that LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens was coming to video game consoles this summer. The first trailer delivered an amusing spoof of the first teaser trailer for the movie, and now a new gameplay trailer shows how the movie has been spiced up a bit with some trademark LEGO goofiness, not to mention the cool game modes available to be played....

‘Star Wars’ Comic-Con Display Reveals Some New ‘Last Jedi’ Details By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2017 9:30 am EST Lucasfilm has one of the many booths on the San Diego Comic-Con International show floor. And part of the booth this year is a small display of props and costumes from Rian Johnson’s upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi. See some photos and get a few new Last Jedi details below. Located in the Star Wars Pavilion at booth #2913, the Star Wars: The Last Jedi display features four props and costumes from the next Skywalker saga film....

50 Things We Learned On The Set Of ‘Thor: The Dark World’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2013 9:00 am EST Last year, I traveled to London to visit the set of the Marvel sequel Thor 2: The Dark World. The photo above is me holding Mjölnir, Thor’s iconic hammer – it’s actually heavier than it looks — in the massive weapon room of the film’s production offices. After the jump you can read about the many things that I learned while on set, and watch a video blog reaction I recorded after the visit....

Disney Animation’s 10 Greatest Talking Animal Characters By Jacob Hall/March 4, 2016 8:00 am EST This weekend sees the release of Zootopia, which takes place in a fanatical metropolis where animals of all kind live side-by-side. And talk. And wear clothes. And go to jobs. Yes, this is Walt Disney Animation really doubling down on their legacy as purveyors of anthropomorphized animal entertainment – they’ve been ruling this particular corner of entertainment for eighty-something years now....

Furious 7 Early Reactions Here is the very early buzz coming out of social media, a mix of film critics (including our own Russ Fischer, who should have a longer review/reaction later in the day) and austin film fanatics: Once I invent this time machine thing, I’m gonna grab the Lumiere Bros and take them to see the splendor of #Furious7 — Alamo Drafthouse (@alamodrafthouse) March 16, 2015 World premiere of @creepypuppet’s FURIOUS 7 played huge....

HDTGM: A Conversation With Eric Red, Director Of ‘Body Parts’ By Blake Harris/March 24, 2017 7:00 am EST When the gang over at How Did This Get Made? gave me the heads up that we were covering Body Parts — a 1991 movie whose premise is as silly as it is strange — I was expecting something schlocky. And while the movie itself isn’t my cup of tea (full disclosure: no horror film is), I was surprised to find a film that had such a unique voice....

Here Are 20 Actors Who Could Play Han Solo (And One Who Shouldn’t) By Ethan Anderton/July 15, 2015 9:05 am EST With news surfacing that The LEGO Movie and 21 Jump Street directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller will be at the helm of a new Star Wars Anthology film focusing on a young Han Solo, everyone is wondering just who will play the charismatic smuggler. Harrison Ford made the role iconic in the original Star Wars trilogy, and he’ll be reprising the role in The Force Awakens....

Here Are The 2014 Sundance Film Festival Award Winners By Germain Lussier/Jan. 25, 2014 8:12 pm EST The 2014 Sundance Film Festival is coming to a close and, Saturday night, the best films of the festival were named. Whiplash, the Miles Teller drumming film, was the night’s big winner, taking both the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award as well as the Grand Jury Prize. Sony Classics picked it up earlier in the week....

Jacob Hall’s Favorite Movies Of All Time By Jacob Hall/Oct. 7, 2015 9:00 am EST Hi, /Film. My name is Jacob Hall and my favorite movies are part of me on a molecular level. Cut me open and the films that have defined my life come spilling out in a great, red heap. So when I was asked to introduce myself to you guys, the community, via a list of my favorite movies of all time, I prepared myself for some gritty, Robert-De-Niro-in-Ronin-style surgery....

Sequel Bits: ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Ninja Turtles’, ‘Taken 3’, ‘Jurassic World’ By Angie Han/March 26, 2014 3:00 pm EST If I asked you to name the most iconic movie franchise of all time, would you say Transformers? Mark Wahlberg would — and he’s pretty sure the new one will be the biggest film of 2014. Also after the jump: Transformers 4 will use the Dolby Atmos sound system Ninja Turtles, Minions, and more are getting special 3D glasses Dwayne Johnson says Jon M....