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‘Wonder Woman’ Box Office On Track For Lowest Opening In The DCEU, But Don’t Lose Hope By Ethan Anderton/April 9, 2017 11:00 am EST The release of Wonder Woman is a little under two months away, but box office analysts are already paying close attention to the next installment of the DC Expanded Universe. Following hotly debated movies like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad, all eyes are on Wonder Woman to help course correct a comic book universe that has disappointed as many audiences as they’ve pleased....

41 High Resolution Photos From Clash Of The Titans By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2010 12:00 am EST Warner Bros has released 41 production photos for Louis Leterrier’s remake of Clash of the Titans. The film screened for press this past week. I haven’t seen the film yet but I’ve heard it isn’t that great. At ShoWest, I did see a 7-10 minute presentation of post production-converted 3D clips from the film, and the 3D looked pretty flat and unnatural....

A Guide To 13 Cheap And Easy Movie And TV-Themed Halloween Costumes By Aaron Pruner/Oct. 24, 2017 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There’s roughly a week until Halloween and many people – myself included – still haven’t gotten their costume situation in check. Thankfully, there are a number of fantastic characters from 2017’s pop culture offerings who make for relative cheap and easy costumes....

Hayley Atwell Cast As Captain America’s WWII Love Interest By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2010 12:26 pm EST Marvel has finally found an actress to play the lead female role in Joe Johnston’s The First Avenger: Captain America. 28-year old British actress Hayley Atwell will play the Captain’s World War II girlfriend Peggy Carter. As you might recall, a couple weeks back it was reported that Marvel Studios was testing British actresses for the role, including Alice Eve, Keira Knightley and Emily Blunt....

How ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ And ‘The Great Escape’ Influenced ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ By Jack Giroux/July 11, 2017 7:30 am EST The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Ben-Hur, and Apocalypse Now - these are a few of the classic films that inspired War for the Planet of the Apes. The battle of wills from David Lean’s classic and The Thin Red Line’s “darker, more nuanced reflection of human nature” were key influences for filmmaker Matt Reeves....

How Did The Jedi Become Just A Myth In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’? By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2015 9:30 am EST When it comes to Star Wars, audiences are extremely familiar with the Jedi. They can use The Force. They have lightsabers. They have an affinity for beige and brown cloaks and clothes. However, as we’ve seen in the most recent trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Jedi have become a myth, regarded as legends....

How The Hilarious ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Disney Princess Scene Came To Be By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 20, 2018 12:00 pm EST Ralph Breaks the Internet sends Ralph and Vanellope into the larger universe of the world wide web, but it is a pit stop at the Disney-owned fan site OhMyDisney.com that provides the opportunity for the most talked about scene in the film: Vanellope ends up coming face to face with a room filled with the iconic Disney Princesses....

J.J. Abrams Will Seek Feedback From George Lucas For ‘Star Wars Episode VII;’ Could Still Direct ‘Star Trek 3’ By Germain Lussier/April 24, 2013 10:30 am EST “Preposterous,” “ridiculous” and “completely insane.” Those are the exact words J.J. Abrams uses to describe the fact he’s behind not only Hollywood’s current iteration of Star Trek, but will soon helm Star Wars Episode VII. The director recently conducted a revealing, entertaining interview with Playboy Magazine and in it, he talked at length about the process of deciding to do Star Wars, differentiating that film from Star Trek, sex in his movies, Tom Cruise’s Scientology, the endings of Lost, Fringe, and his role on Revolution....

More ‘Star Trek’ Shows Coming To CBS, Including The Possible Return Of Patrick Stewart’s Captain Picard By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2018 1:18 pm EST Get ready to boldly go beyond Star Trek: Discovery. New showrunner Alex Kurtzman just inked a deal with CBS Television to develop even more Star Trek shows, including a series that might bring back Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. If Star Trek: Discovery isn’t enough to satisfy your Trek needs, you’re in luck: CBS is going all-in on more....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies With Connections To ‘The Fate Of The Furious’ By Scott Beggs/April 12, 2017 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Movie Mixtape, where we find cinematic relatives and seek out interesting connections between new releases and older movies that allow us to rethink and enjoy what’s in our theaters as well as the favorites on our shelf. In this edition: F. Gary Gray’s The Fate of the Furious.)...

Movie Review: ‘Scream 4’ By Germain Lussier/April 15, 2011 5:50 pm EST Note: This review was originally published earlier this week. The Scream series has always been a great, commercial representation for our love of cinema. They’re the rare movies that said, “If you are a fan of movies, this is for you” and actually found success. The problem with that, however, was as the films got more and more self-aware, character and storyline took more and more of a back seat....

Movie Review: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button By David Chen/Dec. 26, 2008 5:58 pm EST [The following contains minor spoilers for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.] The premise of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button holds a great deal of promise: If you were forced to live life backwards, starting with old age and ending with infancy, how would you do it differently? If you experienced the tragic death of those around you at the outset of life, how would that change the way you valued future relationships?...

New ‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ Details Tease Flashbacks, A Bittersweet Farewell & Much More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 14, 2018 10:30 am EST Next spring will bring the third installment of DreawmWorks Animation’s strongest franchise with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and a bunch of new details have arrived to shine a light on the final journey of Hiccup and his trust dragon, Toothless. Find the new How to Train Your Dragon 3 details below....

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World 2,’ ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ ‘Fast 8,’ ‘Charlie’s Angels,’ ‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ By Jacob Hall/Aug. 2, 2016 6:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Producer Frank Marshall provides quick updates on Indiana Jones 5 and Jurassic World 2. Dwayne Johnson teases an epic prison break scene in Fast 8. Charlie’s Angels hires a writer with an impressive pedigree. A sequel to The Simpsons Movie is not out of the cards....

Star Wars Bits: A Special ‘Solo’ Trailer Reaction, Lando Calrissian Fan Art, And The Secrets Of ‘Secrets Of The Empire’ By Allyson Gronowitz/Feb. 8, 2018 3:30 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Potential planets are revealed for Solo: A Star Wars Story A new comic explains how Rey is so strong with the Force More Snoke backstory in Episode IX? Attack of the Clones gets a shot-by-shot remake And much more!...

Star Wars Bits: FTC Approves Disney-Lucasfilm Deal, Plus: ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’, Dark Horse Comics, The Millennium Falcon Project, Peter Jackson By Angie Han/Dec. 5, 2012 2:49 pm EST We’ve been treating Disney’s Lucasfilm acquisition like it was a done deal, but in fact it still hasn’t quite closed. It did take a step closer this week, though, when the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reviewed the proposed acquisition and gave it the go-ahead....

Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill Meets An Old Friend, More On That Cancelled Darth Maul Video Game, And The Origin Of The Darksaber By Jacob Hall/Jan. 17, 2017 3:15 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: A deep dive in the other secret history of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s aliens. Did composer Michael Giacchino hide one of John Williams’ most famous tracks in Rogue One? Mark Hamill is reunited with one of the original trilogy lightsaber props....

Superhero Bits: ‘Aquaman’ Poster Becomes A Meme, Life-Size LEGO Thanos, ‘Marvel Rising’ Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2018 6:00 pm EST How many bricks does it take to build a life-size LEGO version of Thanos? Who will play Elasti-Woman in the Titans and Doom Patrol shows on the DC Universe streaming service? Wanna see the first trailer for the animated Marvel Rising: Initiation? How are fans playing with the new Aquaman teaser poster online, and why is Jason Momoa wearing leather pants underwater?...

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ant-Man, Man Of Steel, Iron Man 3, X-Men: Days Of Future Past By Germain Lussier/April 3, 2013 8:00 am EST When does James McAvoy see his Xavier performance blending with Patrick Stewart’s? Where can you read some character bios from Man of Steel? Who is scoring X-Men: Days of Future Past? Has Captain America: The Winter Soldier started filming? Want to see a new Iron Man 3 TV spot featuring the Mandarin?...

Superhero Bits: Deadpool, The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Batman Vs. Superman, Dark Knight Rises By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2012 12:00 pm EST What has The Avengers been retitled in the United Kingdom? Will Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool movie borrow from X-Men Origins: Wolverine? Want to read a behind the scenes account of the Batman vs. Superman movie? What would the Steampunk Batman game Gotham by Gaslight have looked like? In which video game can you actually play as Stan Lee?...