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Sequel Bits: ‘The Expendables 2,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ Possible ‘Dredd’ Sequels, And ‘The Bourne Legacy’ By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2012 4:00 pm EST That’s a new banner for The Expendables 2, above, and it does just about as good a job as it could possibly do informing audiences of who is in the film. Click for a larger version, and break out the measurement tools to check out the photoshop work that seems to have re-sized a few of the heads....

Star Wars Bits: Animated Series ‘Star Wars: Rebels’ To Feature Teens, Disney Mum On ‘Star Wars Land,’ More Spin-Off Speculation By Germain Lussier/June 21, 2013 8:00 am EST Hot off the heels of the officially confirmed Star Wars Episode VII casting breakdowns comes some news about the new animated series: Star Wars: Rebels, which will premiere on Disney XD on 2014. After the jump read about the following: Star Wars: Rebels will feature teen stars and likely follow the birth of the Rebel Alliance....

Star Wars Bits: J.J. Abrams Reacts To ‘The Last Jedi,’ Notes On Green Milk, And How To Build A Death Star By Rosie Knight/Dec. 25, 2017 1:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Rian Johnson talks The Last Jedi spoilers Science reveals that our milk is greener than we think We get our first real Star Wars: Episode 9 news J.J. Abrams reacts to The Last Jedi And more!...

Star Wars Bits: Kathleen Kennedy’s Dream ‘Star Wars’ Writer, Incredible Fan Art, And The Coolest Mobile Game Never Made By Jacob Hall/Feb. 10, 2016 7:00 am EST Welcome back to Star Wars Bits, your regular catch-all for anything and everything Star Wars. In today’s edition: A fascinating profile of Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy. Star Wars is getting its own EDM soundtrack for some reason. Professional artists reimagine Star Wars with stunning art....

Steven Spielberg Is Still Working On A ‘West Side Story’ Remake By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 2016 11:00 am EST Over two years ago, Steven Spielberg grabbed the attention of musical fans when news surfaced that he was interested in potentially remaking the classic West Side Story. The musical hit Broadway in 1957 and was turned into a feature film in 1961. Since then it’s been a staple of the stage, revived several times over the years with the most recent being in the last couple years in the United Kingdom....

Superhero Bits: Kid Flash, Batcycle Lawsuit, Marvel Now! Line-Up, Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk Hands & More By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 2016 5:00 pm EST Want the rundown of all the titles coming with the relaunch of Marvel Now! this fall? Why is Warner Bros. getting sued by the designer of the original Batcycle from the Batman TV series? Why did David Ayer ask Viola Davis to swear at Joel Kinnaman on the set of Suicide Squad?...

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Bane By Germain Lussier/July 23, 2012 1:30 pm EST Where did the words from the Man of Steel teaser trailer come from? How is Warner Bros. changing the marketing of The Dark Knight Rises? Want to see a Nightwing fan film? What kind of work went into the final celebration in The Avengers? Which Canadian superhero might get his own movie?...

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Batman: Arkham City, The Avengers, Robot Chicken, Superman 2 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2011 11:30 am EST Want to see a preview of the DC Comics Robot Chicken special? What does Kevin Feige have to say about the ensemble of The Avengers? How is that movie influencing the current Marvel Comics? Did Batman: Arkham City sell well during its first week? What does the wrap t-shirt for The Dark Knight Rises look like?...

The Force Awakens Bits: How To Build A LEGO BB-8, How To Make Rey’s Bread, And A New Look At Luke Skywalker By Jacob Hall/March 3, 2016 7:30 am EST Star Wars: The Force Awakens is coming to Blu-ray soon, so you know what that means – we’ll have to get obsessed with this thing all over again. In today’s edition of The Force Awakens Bits: A very silly BB-8 shirt....

This Week In Trailers: 20 Feet From Stardom, Thérèse Desqueyroux, The Stoker, Hey Bartender, The Nostalgist By Christopher Stipp/May 27, 2013 12:00 pm EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: The Unknown Known, Mister John, Proxy, Metalhead By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 21, 2013 10:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

TIFF 2008 Wrap-Up By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 18, 2008 6:00 pm EST The Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close. The last few days of travel were rather hellish, and I found myself unable to create a proper TIFF Rundown. But now I’m now in Austin Texas for Fantastic Fest, so I decided to give it to you quick, easy, and simple. The Wrestler: Darren Aronofsky transitions from idea and style overload into a very understated, heartbreaking, beautiful indie drama with a fantastic Oscar worthy performance by Mickey Rourke....

Watch The Trailer For ‘Monster Hunt’, The Highest-Grossing Chinese Movie Ever By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2015 11:30 am EST A movie titled Monster Hunt has just become the highest grossing Chinese movie of all time. The live action/CGI fantasy epic has now grossed $211 million worldwide after just two weeks of release. So what is Monster Hunt? Hit the jump to find out and watch the Monter Hunt trailer. Monster Hunt Trailer...

‘Early Man’ Review: A Sweet And Sincere Reminder That Claymation Isn’t Extinct Yet By Karen Han/Feb. 16, 2018 8:00 am EST On paper, there’s nothing about Early Man that’s particularly special. But paper isn’t the movie’s medium: It’s clay. Aardman’s latest offering is an absolute delight, and, much like Paddington 2, is a prime example of the heights that children’s entertainment — and entertainment in general — can reach in the right hands....

‘Man Of Steel’ Scribe David Goyer Says Listening To “Fan Chatter” Is “A Mistake” By Angie Han/March 25, 2014 5:15 pm EST Any property with a devoted following also typically has a very vocal following. When fans aren’t convinced a superhero movie is doing justice to the source material — or a TV show is headed in the right direction, or a reboot gets the old characters quite right — they’ll say so, loudly and repeatedly....

‘Room 104’ Review: ‘The Internet’ Takes Us Back To 1997 By Kristin Hunt/Aug. 28, 2017 7:30 am EST (Each week, we’ll kick off discussion about Room 104 by answering one simple question: what’s the strangest thing in Room 104?)If last week’s Room 104 was a minor ’90s nostalgia trip, this week’s episode is a flannel-wearing, Beanie Babies-hoarding homage to the decade. In “The Internet,” the show goes back in time to 1997 for a mostly comedic story about a guy explaining the internet to his mom over the phone....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story" LEGO Sets Confirm The Kessel Run, Landspeeder Action & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2018 8:00 am EST Even though Solo: A Star Wars Story is only five months away from release, we’ve yet to see a teaser trailer or even an official still from the movie. However, last week a piece of official-looking promotional art surfaced online, even though it wasn’t created by either Disney or Lucasfilm....

‘The Fast And The Furious’ And ‘Jurassic Park’: The Crossover We Deserve By Chris Evangelista/April 13, 2017 10:30 am EST The Fate of the Furious, the latest high octane goof-fest from the Fast and the Furious series, comes rip-roaring into theaters this weekend. What started as a fairly dull Point Break knock-off with street racing instead of surfing somehow blossomed into a delightful, silly, universally embraced franchise. As the series unveils its eighth entry, one question remains: where does Dominic Toretto and his family go from here?...

‘Tomb Raider’ Clips: Lara Croft Has Meetings, Solves Puzzles, Fights Walton Goggins, Raids Zero Tombs By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2018 3:00 pm EST Hey, a new Tomb Raider movie is a thing that’s happening this week. Alicia Vikander (Jason Bourne, Ex Machina) stars as Lara Croft, the main character from the long-running video game franchise that follows an explorer who always seems to get caught up in danger and intrigue among historical artifacts and ruins....

10 Deliciously Bad Holiday TV Specials And Movies By Dalin Rowell/Dec. 25, 2017 9:00 am EST With the sleigh bells ringing, the snow falling, and the shoppers out in full force…guess what? It is Holiday Movie Season, everybody! And though that is the signal for classics like It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and every single version of A Christmas Carol to flood your TV schedules and streaming networks, I tend to notice a whole other crop of entertainment pop up – and they’re delightfully terrible, in every way you can imagine....