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Superhero Bits: Said Taghmaoui Leaving ‘Legion’, ‘Deadpool’ Creator Wants Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 28, 2017 5:00 pm EST Was The Joker as Batman figure based on something that was supposed to be in Suicide Squad? What signature Wolverine trait did Kevin Feige ensure was included in X-Men? Did you know Jon Bernthal almost turned down The Punisher? Are you upset that Marvel Heroes Omega was shut down early?...

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, DC Universe Online, The Avengers, X-Men 4, Amazing Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/Sept. 19, 2011 11:00 am EST When can you play DC Universe Online for free? Is there a way to incorporate superheroes into an icy cold beverage? Does The Avengers have as much heart as it does action? Which member of the X-Men says he’d love to come back for X-Men 4? Would you like to see a fan made teaser trailer for Man of Steel?...

WB Turned Down A ‘Superman: Red Son’ Movie Pitch From ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Director By Ben Pearson/June 27, 2017 11:30 am EST Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts made the jump from indie films to blockbusters with this year’s Kong: Skull Island, but if the filmmaker had his way, he’d soon be at the helm of a movie adaptation of Superman: Red Son, a popular comic from writer Mark Millar and artists Dave Johnson...

Why Are So Many Female Superheroes Stuck In The Past? By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 5, 2018 9:00 am EST Wonder Woman is an icon for our age. Strong, empowering, complex, and compassionate, Gal Gadot’s Diana of Themyscira is the heroine that so many little girls have been dressing up as and looking up to. So why is she always stuck in the past? For her first two solo movies, Wonder Woman and the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984, Diana and her superheroics reside firmly in past decades....

‘Alien: Covenant’: Everything We Learned About The Doomed Mission By Jacob Hall/March 1, 2017 6:30 am EST The Xenomorph may be the star of the Alien movies, but let’s face it: these movies wouldn’t have much staying power if the humans they were tearing apart didn’t make us care just a little bit. Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley, the crew of the Nostromo, and the colonial marines on LV-426 aren’t just victims – they’re flesh-and-blood people we grow to love before they’re so violently torn away from us....

‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Review Round-Up: A Worthy Extension Of The Wizarding World By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2016 1:17 pm EST This week Harry Potter fans can return to the wizarding world in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first installment of what will eventually be a five film series, spanning 19 years of narrative time, all directed by David Yates and written by J.K. Rowling....

‘Gerald’s Game’ And ‘1922’ (And ‘It’) Kickstart A Glorious Stephen King Movie Renaissance By Eric Vespe/Oct. 3, 2017 9:30 am EST It’s a hell of a year for Stephen King fans. We’ve seen not one, not two, but three supposedly unfilmable Stephen King movies released: The Dark Tower, It and Gerald’s Game. And, remarkably, only The Dark Tower has proven to have earned that unfilmable reputation. The trick to nailing a Stephen King adaptation is to create multi-faceted, interesting characters....

‘Scandal’ Creator Shonda Rhimes Departs ABC And Signs A Deal With Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 14, 2017 6:30 am EST Shondaland and ABC’s Thursday night lineups had become synonymous with each other for 15 years — but no longer. Shonda Rhimes is bringing Shondaland to Netflix, jumping ship from the Disney-owned television network that housed her beloved, award-winning hits like Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, and How To Get Away With Murder....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Reveals Finn, Rey & Poe In Force Friday II Announcement By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 16, 2017 7:13 am EST A few months before Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit theaters in 2015, fans were excited about an event called Force Friday. It was a day in September when the first wave of merchandise tied to the Star Wars sequel was released in stores. Fans were not only excited because it gave them a whole bunch of new collectibles to toss on their shelves, but because it provides a bunch of new information and sneak peeks at various characters, ships and settings from the movie....

‘Supergirl’ Joins ‘Arrow’, ‘Flash’, And ‘Legends’ In “Superhero Fight Club” Promo; Arrowverse Crossover Villain Revealed By Angie Han/Sept. 29, 2016 4:30 pm EST The Arrowverse crossover has become something of an annual CW tradition, ever since Barry Allen made his first appearance on Arrow in 2013. Arrow and the the Flash reunited again when the latter got his own show in 2015, and last year the crossover expanded even further to include characters from the then-upcoming series Legends of Tomorrow....

‘The Hungry’ Review: Shakespeare’s Bloodiest Play Becomes An Indian Crime Drama [New York Indian Film Festival] By Siddhant Adlakha/May 12, 2018 9:00 am EST The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus is one of the harder-to-adapt Shakespeare plays. Its ultra-violence can border on self-parody if mishandled, and losing that element of the story leaves it somewhat limp. Even when juggled deftly, it’s simply grotesque. Though as with any transposition of the Bard to a modern setting – in this case, New Delhi – it’s the adaptation of context that seems to matter most....

‘The Shape Of Water’ And ‘Dunkirk’ Take Top Honors At ADG And ACE Awards By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 29, 2018 2:30 pm EST As we lurch into the final weeks before the Oscars, a few more awards groups have given out their top prizes. Ceremonies like the Art Directors Guild’s Awards and the American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards offer some much-deserved accolades to films and artists that often escape the spotlight at the Academy Awards…and they also offer a way for us to narrow down our Oscars betting pools....

30th Anniversary Back To The Future Celebration Announced “We’re Going Back” By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2015 3:00 pm EST All this and more. Tickets cost $800 for the full 5 days, or you can purchase tickets to the individual days. Read the full press release, after the jump. The full press release can be read below: 30th Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles, October 2015 Hundreds of the biggest Back to the Future fans from around the world will descend on Los Angeles this October 21st – 25th to experience the once-in-a- lifetime, 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Back to the Future trilogy, known as “We’re Going Back....

BNAT 13 Recap: The Hobbit, The Grey, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance And More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 12, 2011 9:00 am EST Where can you be the among the first audiences ever to see The Cabin in the Woods, The Grey, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, the first trailers for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and G.I. Joe Retaliation as well as huge upcoming titles like The Adventures of Tintin, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol all in one sitting, all for one ticket price, with the best film audience imaginable?...

Bryan Fuller Named The ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Lead And Redesigned The Klingons [TCA 2017] By Fred Topel/Aug. 2, 2017 7:00 am EST Bryan Fuller met the Television Critics Association last summer to talk about his plans for Star Trek: Discovery, but then left the show to focus on his Starz series American Gods. Today, CBS All Access presented a full panel with Discovery’s cast and producers, which revealed two significant elements that remain from Fuller....

Complete ‘Halloween’ Series Blu-Ray Set Will Include The Series’ Rarest Alternate Cut By Russ Fischer/May 19, 2014 5:00 pm EST Halloween fans and Paul Rudd completists have reason to rejoice today. September of this year will see the release of a complete Halloween blu-ray box set from Anchor Bay and Scream Factory. For the first time ever, there will be a single box release collecting Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Halloween H20, Halloween: Resurrection, and Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II....

Discuss: How Will ‘Star Wars’ Be Different Under Disney, And Without George Lucas? By Germain Lussier/Oct. 30, 2012 1:56 pm EST George Lucas is the father of Star Wars. Under him, we got the classic Star Wars trilogy and less-classic Prequel trilogy. While additional sequels, Episodes VII, VIII and IX, were once mentioned many years ago, Lucas maintained that he’d never make them. However, Lucas left his company several months ago, and on Tuesday it was purchased by the Walt Disney Company....

Early Buzz: David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ Is Smart, Twisty, And Surprisingly Funny By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2014 7:00 am EST Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was one of the most talked-about novels of 2012 — and now David Fincher’s adaptation of it could become one of the most buzzed-about movies of 2014, if the first wave of reviews are to be believed. The first wave of reactions are mostly, though not entirely, positive, with critics praising Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike’s lead performances as well as David Fincher’s pitch-black sense of humor....

Future Of ‘Star Trek 4’ In Doubt As Chris Pine And Chris Hemsworth Depart Over Salary Negotiations By Jacob Hall/Aug. 10, 2018 4:31 pm EST Captain…we have a problem. Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth have both walked away from Star Trek 4 following failed salary negotiations. Pine was going to reprise his role as Captain James T. Kirk for the fourth time. Hemsworth was going to return via time travel as Kirk’s father, who was introduced in the 2009 reboot’s memorable prologue....

Gugu Mbatha-Raw Joins Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ By Jack Giroux/Oct. 21, 2016 7:30 am EST Gugu Mbatha-Raw is the newest actor to board Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time adaptation. The actress delivered great, emotional breakout performances in Belle and Beyond the Lights. Since those dramas hit theaters, we’ve seen Mbatha-Raw in Concussion, Free State of Jones, The Whole Truth, and a personal favorite of our own Angie Han, Jupiter Ascending....