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Rogue One Bits: The Creation Of The U-Wing, Space Battle Details, And Alan Tudyk On Playing A Mo-Cap Droid By Jacob Hall/Dec. 2, 2016 3:30 pm EST In this edition of Rogue One Bits: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s big space battle is teased. A look at the design process of the U-Wing. Yes, there will be plenty of available Rogue One tickets. Jimmy Kimmel Live will dedicate an entire episode to Rogue One....

Sequel Bits: ‘Toy Story 4’, ‘Monsters University’, ‘Mama 2’, ‘Kick-Ass 2’, ‘The Last Exorcism Part II’, ‘Fast & Furious 6’, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ By Angie Han/Feb. 20, 2013 2:30 pm EST Don’t believe everything you hear on the Internet — that Toy Story 4 rumor, for one, is simply not true. Also after the jump: Will Monsters University feature a cameo from Boo? Universal wants to turn Mama into a franchise Kick-Ass 2 seems to be doing reshoots in Toronto The Last Exorcism Part II unveils a new poster Paul Walker gets his own Fast & Furious 6 poster J....

Star Wars Bits: Joss Whedon Rumored For Episode IX, Star Wars Weekends, Battlefront Details & More By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2015 1:30 pm EST Rumors are swirling for who might direct Star Wars: Episode IX. Demands are building for who should replace Josh Trank as director of the second Star Wars Anthology film. And there are some new details about Star Wars Weekends, the new Star Wars Battlefront and more in this edition of Star Wars Bits....

Star Wars Bits: Leia Coming ‘Star Wars Rebels,’ John Boyega Teases ‘Episode 8,’ The Return Of Jabba The Hutt By Jacob Hall/Jan. 13, 2016 2:00 pm EST Today’s edition of Star Wars Bits is jam-packed with galactic-sized goodness, so we don’t even time for a proper introduction. We don’t! Honest! We really just need to dive into the details as fast as possible and not waste time at the top here....

Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill Talks ‘Episode VII,’ Plus Simon Kinberg, J.J. Abrams, Hundreds Of BTS Photos, Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/May 6, 2013 10:14 am EST Some of the principals behind Star Wars Episode VII have been discussing the film recently, plus the resurgence has brought out a few new pieces of pop culture ephemera. Below, read about all this and more: Mark Hamill spoke about Star Wars Episode VII this weekend, confirming he’s had one creative meeting....

Superhero Bits: Captain America 3, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Agent Carter, Gotham, Batman Vs. Superman By Germain Lussier/March 14, 2014 5:00 pm EST Does the Captain America 3 writing team think the film will open against Batman vs. Superman? Do you want to see over 100 images from the premiere of Captain America: The Winter Soldier? How about a new featurette on breakout character, The Falcon? Will he be appearing in Avengers: Age of Ultron?...

Superhero Bits: Justice League Box Office, The New Kick-Ass, Infinity War Trailer Rumor & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 17, 2017 5:30 pm EST Will Martian Manhunter be part of Crisis on Earth X? How much is Justice League going to make this weekend, and where will Thor: Ragnarok land on the box office charts? Who is the new Kick-Ass? Do we finally have an idea when the Avengers: Infinity War trailer will arrive?...

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Captain America, Iron Man, Green Lantern, Issues By Germain Lussier/July 8, 2011 11:00 am EST Want to read a bunch of spoilery tweets from an extra on the set of The Dark Knight Rises? Curious for an update on that Adam West rumor? How does a Captain America: The First Avenger poster look without the “Captain America?” Have a question for Chris Evans that you’d like to ask?...

The Best & Worst Sketches From Fred Armisen’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/May 22, 2016 4:10 pm EST Last night the 41st season of Saturday Night Live came to a close by bringing former cast member Fred Armisen back to host the show for the first time. Usually when you get an SNL veteran coming back to host, that means some kind of reunion is in order and plenty of returning characters are paraded around....

The Making Of Ian Glaubinger’s ‘Voltron’ Poster By Germain Lussier/May 22, 2015 7:00 am EST We’re going to do something a little different with this poster post. There’s an awesome poster available right now called The Defender, by artist Ian Glaubinger. It’s a Voltron poster. But instead of just telling you about it, we talked to Glaubinger about the making of the poster, and the vision behind it. He also provided us with multiple different process shots....

TV Bits: ‘Arrested Development’, ‘The Bridge’, ‘Orange Is The New Black’, Jerry Seinfeld, Bryan Singer By Angie Han/June 7, 2013 3:38 pm EST Gather ‘round, kids, and let’s watch some things advertising other things to watch. After the jump: Mitch Hurwitz reveals his scrapped plans for a George Clooney cameo in Arrested Development ABC picks up a drama from The L Word’s Ilene Chaiken and Bryan Singer BBC One and the Jim Henson Co....

Upcoming 3D Movie Release Schedule By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 20, 2007 6:18 pm EST At least 5,000 3-D systems expected to be in place by 2009. DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg expects there to be 12 to 18 3D feature films by 2010. 3-D is clearly the future of cinema, at least for the near future. With the recent announcements of Tim Burton’s Alice and Wonderland/Frankenweenie, and today’s announcement of Final Destination 4 in 3D, we’ve decided to compile a schedule for the upcoming 3D movie releases....

‘Blindspotting’ Review: Daveed Diggs Is About To Become A Superstar [Sundance] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 19, 2018 10:00 am EST Remember the name Daveed Diggs, because if the Hollywood gods have any sense of justice, this guy is about to blow up in a major way. Fans of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway smash hit Hamilton are already familiar with Diggs (he played the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in that show), but in Blindspotting, the opening night movie of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Diggs establishes himself as a talented multi-hyphenate who should be at the top of every casting director’s list for years to come....

‘Knuckle’ Theatrical Trailer: Documentary About Bare Knuckle Boxing Families By Germain Lussier/Sept. 17, 2011 9:00 am EST We’ve all been so mad at someone we wanted to punch them in the face. Some of us might have even gone through with it. But with Knuckle, Ian Palmer’s documentary about a long lasting family feud between Irish clans, we see where real anger leads. Palmer shot the film over a decade as two families with a deep seeded hatred of each other continually settle the score in illegal bare knuckle boxing matches for huge sums of money....

‘Noblemen’ Review: A Cautionary Tale Of Cruelty And Violence [New York Indian Film Festival] By Siddhant Adlakha/May 23, 2018 4:00 pm EST The New York Indian Film Festival played host to several Shakespeare adaptations this year. Among them were Bornilla Chatterjee’s The Hungry and Abhaya Simha’s Paddayi, relatively direct transpositions of Titus Andronicus and Macbeth, though unassuming upland bullying drama Noblemen decided to use the Bard more obliquely: as a moral backdrop for its twisted tale....

‘The First Purge’ Review: A Fiery But Disappointing Prequel By Karen Han/July 3, 2018 9:30 am EST When I saw The Purge: Anarchy in 2014, it shook me so badly that I genuinely feared I was going to be “purged” while walking back to my friend’s car in the movie theater parking lot. The franchise, which posits a future in which all crime is legal for 12 hours out of every year for reasons that have slowly been spun into clarity, had me hooked....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Interview: Tom Hiddleston Just Wants To Wear Pajamas On Set By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 13, 2017 12:00 pm EST Director Taika Waititi has already shown us that Thor: Ragnarok won’t be your average Thor movie. Not only has the comedy been ramped up, but the filmmaker wanted to strip down the Thor franchise, essentially acting as if this were the first film in the series. But even so, it wouldn’t be a Thor movie without a certain mischievous character....

‘Thor Ragnarok’ Interview: Cate Blanchett On Bringing Marvel’s First Female Villain To Life By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2017 9:00 am EST In honor of Thor: Ragnarok, the folks at Marvel Studios are celebrating the entire month with a little holiday called Helaween, named for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first female villain, Hela, the Goddess of Death. Cate Blanchett is playing the Marvel villain in question, and /Film had the incredible opportunity to sit down with the Oscar-winning actress for an interview during our visit to the set of Thor: Ragnarok in Australia last fall....

A Non-‘Rick And Morty’ Fan Goes To A ‘Rick And Morty’ Pop-Up Bar By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 9, 2018 11:00 am EST I have never seen an episode of Rick and Morty. The only impression I have of this series (which plenty of people with great taste have told me is “really good, you should watch it!”) is an unfortunate one involving Szechuan sauce and a viral McDonald’s video. You know the one I’m talking about....

Cardboard Cinema: ‘Reservoir Dogs,’ ‘The Princess Bride,’ ‘Source Code,’ ‘The Thing,’ ‘A Night At The Opera,’ ‘The Road Warrior’ By Jacob Hall/Nov. 17, 2015 8:00 am EST Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, the monthly column where we pair great tabletop games with great movies. In today’s edition: games that capture the spirit of films from Quentin Tarantino, Rob Reiner, Duncan Jones, John Carpenter, George Miller, and the Marx brothers. From light party games that will loosen you up and get you laughing to complex adventures that demand some serious commitment, we’re offering “game and a movie” double features for all tastes....