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Superhero Bits: Thor 2, Man Of Steel, The Avengers, Supercrooks, Superman Lives, Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2012 11:30 am EST When and where will Thor 2 be shooting? What would a scrapped Superman video game have looked like? Was Heath Ledger posessed on the set of The Dark Knight? Where can you play an official Avengers video game? Does Tom Hardy think his life will change after The Dark Knight Rises?...

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman Marketing, Thor: Ragnarok LEGO Sets, Rogue Recasting & More By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2017 5:00 pm EST What would Batman v Superman be like if it were a buddy comedy? Want a chance to be in Ant-Man and the Wasp? Is X-Men: Dark Phoenix looking to recast a younger version of Rogue? Did you know Warner Bros. has actually spent more on Wonder Woman marketing than on Suicide Squad at this same time out from release?...

The Real Story Behind ‘Anchorman 2’ Finally Getting Green Lit; Summer 2014 Release Date Possible By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2012 2:00 pm EST For years, director Adam McKay and star Will Ferrell had said Paramount wasn’t interested in making a sequel to their cult 2004 hit Anchorman and fans had all but given up hope. Then, a few weeks ago, Ron Burgundy showed up seemingly out of nowhere and announced Anchorman 2 was finally happening....

Thomas Jane Cast In ‘The Lycan,’ Talks About Losing His Role In ‘Headshot’ By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2011 2:00 pm EST Thomas Jane isn’t a particularly cautious guy when acting as an interview subject, which is what makes him so much fun to talk to. (See also: Shia LaBeouf.) And he’s certainly got stuff to talk about now, because until recently he was meant to co-star in the film once called Headshot, which Walter Hill will direct with Sylvester Stallone playing the lead role....

Thor Admits “I Don’t Think We’re Going To Win This One” [Chris Hemsworth Avengers 2 Set Interview] By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2015 12:04 pm EST On June 12th 2014, I visited the London set of Avengers: Age of Ultron. In October, we posted our on set interviews with Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. and director Joss Whedon. Today we’ve been given the green light to publish our interview with another Avenger: Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth....

TV Bits: ‘Cobra Kai’ Plot Details, ‘The Punisher’ Images, ‘Star Trek Discovery’ Reviews By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 16, 2017 1:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: Plot details revealed of YouTube Red’s Karate Kid sequel, Cobra Kai. The Punisher releases its first official images. CBS won’t lift the Star Trek Discovery review embargo until it airs. The Game of Thrones season 7 Blu-ray is packed with new details and bonus content....

Vince Gilligan Reveals How Else ‘Breaking Bad’ Could Have Ended By Angie Han/Oct. 1, 2013 2:00 pm EST The genius of the Breaking Bad finale was that everything that happened in it felt so inevitable, even obvious in retrospect. Of course the ricin was for [spoiler]. Of course [spoiler] got revenge. Of course Walt [spoiler spoiler] in a [spoiler spoiler spoiler]. Yet in the days leading up to that episode, how the show would end was anyone’s guess....

What Do Edgar Wright, Alfonso Cuaron And Marc Webb Think Of The “Upcoming” Hollywood Apocalypse? By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2013 8:00 am EST One of the more interesting panels that happened at Comic Con during the week wasn’t covered much by the geek blogs as it didn’t present any news or footage — Entertainment Weekly’s Visionaries panel with filmmakers Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim, Shaun of the Dead), Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men, Gravity) and Marc Webb (Amazing Spider-Man, 500 Days of Summer)....

What’s Really Going On With Clive Barker, Guillermo Del Toro And Daniel Simpson’s Born? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 24, 2009 5:50 pm EST The proposed horror film Born has been described as a fantasy film and as a psychological thriller. The plot reportedly revolves around a married couple, the husband of which is a stop-motion animator, settling down in a quaint English town and then getting terrorised by his claymation creations....

Why Lucasfilm Fired ‘Han Solo’ Directors Phil Lord And Chris Miller (And Who Might Replace Them) By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2017 7:00 am EST On Tuesday night, a shockwave was felt throughout the Star Wars galaxy. Phil Lord and Chris Miller were abruptly fired from the Han Solo standalone movie. While the full story is unclear (and will probably be speculated and debated upon for years), we have some inside word on what happened behind the scenes....

Why You Shouldn’t Expect Any Sequels From Laika By Jack Giroux/Aug. 18, 2016 8:30 am EST Laika is about to unveil their fourth feature film to the world. Their latest adventure, Kubo and the Two Strings, is, like Coraline and ParaNorman, a self-contained story. Travis Knight’s film doesn’t leave the door open for a sequel. In the hands of another studio, maybe it would, but Knight, who’s also the CEO & President of Laika, has no interest in attempting to launch a franchise with Kubo and the Two Strings – or any of Laika’s other movies....

‘Captain America’ Director Joe Johnston To Direct New ‘Narnia’ Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 27, 2017 1:30 pm EST We’re going back through the wardrobe. Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston has been tapped to helm The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair, which we heard was meant reboot the franchise, seven years after the last Narnia film hit theaters.The Silver Chair follows Eustace Scrubb (played by The Revenant’s Will Poulter in Voyage of the Dawn Treader, as seen above) as he and his classmate Jill Pope are tasked by Aslan to find a missing prince....

‘Con Air’ Director Simon West Remaking ‘The Blob’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 22, 2015 9:30 am EST The Blob has been one of horror’s most enduring enemies for decades. The unforgiving, gelatinous destructor first oozed into the public consciousness in 1958. Thirty years later, it was remade. Now, nearly thirty years after that, The Blob is back for the 21st century.Simon West, the director of Con Air and Tomb Raider, is attached to make a new version The Blob....

‘Room 104’ Trailer: The Duplass Brothers’ HBO Anthology Series By Jack Giroux/July 1, 2017 11:00 am EST After HBO sadly canceled Togetherness, they ordered another series from filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass. Their upcoming anthology series, Room 104, is set entirely in one hotel room. Each episode follows a new guest. Some of these guests are played Amy Landecker, James Van Der Beek, Orlando Jones, Mae Whitman, and Philip Baker Hall....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ First Look: A Dashing Han, A Snazzy Lando, And A Brand New Millenium Falcon [Updated] By Jacob Hall/Dec. 27, 2017 10:24 am EST Update: Disney and Lucasfilm have confirmed to us that this art was not created by them for the movie and are not aware of its origins. We have added thoughts on its potential origins below.Solo: A Star Wars Story is supposed to open in just a few months and Lucasfilm has yet to unveil a trailer....

12 Amazing Duos We’d Love To See Play Pilots In The ‘Top Gun’ Sequel By Matt Donato/June 13, 2018 10:00 am EST When Tom Cruise posted an unexpected first look at Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick, something dawned on me. Had we heard any supporting cast announcements yet? Those actors who’d be given their wings and the opportunity to fly alongside one of cinema’s most daredevil pilot aces? That’s a big N-O besides Val Kilmer’s confirmed participation, so my mind began to wander....

34 High Resolution Photos From The Losers By Peter Sciretta/April 8, 2010 12:30 pm EST Warner Bros has released the final press kit for The Losers, which contains 34 high resolution production photos (some of which you’ve seen before) and production notes. Check them out now, after the jump. Synopsis An explosive action tale of betrayal and revenge, “The Losers” centers around the members of an elite Special Forces unit sent to the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission....

Cool Stuff: Disneyland, Batman, Ratatouille, Transformers, Star Wars, The Burbs By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2017 7:00 am EST Cool Stuff is your geeky holiday shopping guild published all year round. In today’s edition, we bring you a cool microscale LEGO Disneyland which needs your help to become a reality, Mondo’s “Waiting for My J Man” Harley Quinn Statue, a look at the new Transformers Movie Masterpiece Bumblebee, The LEGO Batman Movie LEGO BrickHeadz, The Burbs t-shirt, and Star Wars collectable coins....

Sideshow Star Wars Imperial Probe Droid Sixth Scale Figure Reviewed The Sideshow Star Wars Imperial Probe Droid sixth scale figure is all that you get in this package, aside from a stand that holds the unit on display. The figure also requires a but of assembly, as you can see from the above images. While the huge box may be light on extra parts and pieces (that we’ve come to expect from other Sideshow and Hot Toys releases), the figure is heavy on fine details and extra built-in design bits....

How ‘From A Certain Point Of View’ Will Make You Fall In Love With ‘Star Wars’ All Over Again By Allyson Gronowitz/Nov. 3, 2017 10:30 am EST There’s a lot of Star Wars content making the rounds these days, and if rumors of a live-action television series are true, we certainly won’t be thirsting for stories set in that galaxy far, far away anytime soon. But one of the recent additions to the Star Wars universe has earned a special place in my heart: Del Rey’s From a Certain Point of View, an anthology of 40 stories from 40 different authors, featuring an amalgam of secondary (and tertiary, and quaternary…) characters in A New Hope....