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Mondo Posters That Never Happened: Spring Breakers, Planet Of The Apes, The Godfather And More By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2014 9:00 am EST Little known fact: Mondo rejects just as many, if not more, posters than they actually release. Some are posters that didn’t get approved by a star or studio. Others are different versions of a poster that actually was released. And sometimes Mondo and a company can’t settle on a design and it never sees the light of day....

New Toy Story 3 Cast? Cars 2 Adds ‘World Grand Prix’ Subtitle? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2009 11:45 am EST There is a bunch of Pixar tidbits I missed in the last few days that I’ve noticed not too many sites have picked up on. Possible new additions to the Toy Story 3 cast, director Lee Unkrich talks about the visual improvements to the third film in the trilogy, and is Cars 2 getting a new title?...

Ronda Rousey Still Wants To Play Captain Marvel, Has Not Threatened Marvel Studios With Punching Quite Yet By Jacob Hall/Oct. 14, 2015 10:00 am EST Ronda Rousey wants to play Captain Marvel and she’ll snap as many limbs and crush as many skulls as necessary to land the job. Until that becomes necessary, she’s taking a more civil approach and just taking every possible opportunity to talk about the part in public....

Russo Brothers Offer Major Updates On Captain America 3: Title Tease, Filming Start, New Characters By Germain Lussier/Aug. 28, 2014 6:30 am EST Here’s where we are in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Guardians of the Galaxy is a massive hit. Avengers: Age of Ultron is out next, but that’s not for another eight months. Ant-Man hits two months after that and is now filming. Once that is out, we’ll have to wait almost a full year for the following Marvel movie, Captain America 3....

Star Wars Bits: A New ‘The Last Jedi’ Book, Millennium Falcon Changes, And ‘Episode 9’ Rumors By Lucas Siegel/Sept. 15, 2017 2:30 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: A new Star Wars: The Last Jedi book…and cardboard standees. The Millennium Falcon is undergoing a major change for the Han Solo movie. Take a class on Star Wars “Ring” storytelling structure. Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford chat with GQ....

Star Wars Bits: Donald Glover Talks Ron Howard, Rian Johnson Vs. Nuclear War, And Much More By Lucas Siegel/Aug. 21, 2017 3:00 pm EST In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits: Rian Johnson reveals scenario for early Star Wars: The Last Jedi release. Donald Glover expresses confidence in Ron Howard. More Battlefront II news and images. And much more! In a spectacular profile of Donald Glover on THR, the actor talks about the directorial flip from Phil Lord and Chris Miller to Ron Howard on Han Solo....

Star Wars Bits: Rogue One, Han Solo Rumors, Battlefront, Sideshow Collectibles And More By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2015 1:00 pm EST It’s not impossible. I used to bullseye Star Wars Bits in my T-16 back home, they’re not much bigger than two meters. Here’s what we’ve got in this edition of news from a galaxy far, far away: Aaron Paul is (again) rumored for a future Star Wars role, R2-D2 Builders Club members are already working on Rogue One, A rumored Rogue One casting call surfaces, Sneak preview of Star Wars comic #7 with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Hot Toys unveils one-sixth scale Millennium Falcon cockpit, Star Wars Rebels Season One will be available in the UK, Sideshow Collectibles unveils new Ralph McQuarrie Boba Fett statue, Battlefront short story coming in October, Dice Games was scared of Star Wars Battlefront, New image of Sabine in Star Wars Rebels, Disney Infinity 3....

Star Wars Land Map: See A Projected Layout Of Disneyland’s New Galaxy By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 21, 2016 9:00 am EST Disney has still not shown us what Star Wars Land will look like, aside from a few pieces of concept art released at D23 Expo 2015 (some of which were pieces of concept art from The Force Awakens). We’ve previously learned that the 14-acre Star Wars Land would be built in the top left corner of the park, taking over land previously occupied by backstage areas, Big Thunder Ranch as well as some of Rivers of America....

The Nerdiest Controversy Ever: The Wrong Font Was Used In ‘The Force Awakens’ Opening Crawl By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2016 12:00 pm EST Star Wars: The Force Awakens is one of the most popular movies of all time, and we’ve posted about all the hidden Easter eggs, seen many video essays about the plot comparisons to A New Hope (which even Abrams has admitted was by design) and seen a bevy of posts and videos pointing out the film’s flaws....

This Week In Trailers: Shock Head Soul, The Last Elvis, Don’t Think, Unconditional, A Man’s Story, Taped By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 28, 2012 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Trailer Roundup: ‘It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia’, ‘Night School’, ‘King Lear’, ‘The Land Of Steady Habits’ And More By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 24, 2018 5:30 am EST While we tend to highlight trailers for big movies around these here parts, it’s important to remember smaller films (and also some TV shows) as well. That’s where a good old fashioned trailer roundup comes in handy. In this edition, we have trailers for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 13, the Tiffany Haddish comedy Night School, the new adaptation of King Lear, Nicole Holofcener’s The Land of Steady Habits, and more....

TV Bits: ‘Fargo’ Season 4, ‘Fahrenheit 451’, ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Season 2, And More By Chris Evangelista/March 25, 2018 9:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: An update on Fargo season 4 HBO announces a premiere date for Fahrenheit 451 Happy Holidays! Hallmark will debut 34 new Christmas movies in 2018 The line-up for Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity has been announced Margot Robbie will produce a Shakespeare anthology series with a female spin A behind-the-scenes look at the new season of A Series of Unfortunate Events A teaser for the YouTube original Impulse Zach Braff can’t let the past die; pitched a 2-hour Scrubs reunion movie Fargo season 4 will happen eventually....

Weekend Weirdness: Exclusive Look At TV Carnage’s Let’s Work It Out! An Interview With L.A. Photographer The Arab Parrot On Fave Flicks And A Funny Benicio Del Toro Story By Hunter Stephenson/Dec. 20, 2009 3:20 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies, sans The Tooth Fairy, that offer proof. Weekend Weirdness cocks its disoriented head to examine such flicks, whether it’s a new trailer for a provocative indie or an interview....

‘Better Call Saul’ Review: Jimmy Is In Danger Of Doing ‘Something Stupid’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 18, 2018 8:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly review-recaps of Better Call Saul season 4. Each week, we’ll delve deep into the Breaking Bad prequel series, with spoilers galore. This week we examine episode 7 of season 4, “Something Stupid.” Mike Things aren’t going smoothly with the construction of Gus Fring’s super-duper meth lab. The German team is growing restless – a fact illustrated when an accident involving a fallen pipe almost leads to a full-blown brawl....

‘Damien’ Teaser Trailer: The Antichrist From ‘The Omen’ Is All Grown Up By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 2015 6:30 am EST After successfully bringing the formative years of Psycho killer Norman Bates to the small screen with Bates Motel, A&E is bringing another iconic horror character to television. Damien is a series adaptation and continuation of the 1976 horror classic The Omen. The series hails from former The Walking Dead executive producer Glen Mazzara and picks up 25 years after the original film, when the Antichrist child known as Damien is all grown up....

‘It Comes At Night’ Spoiler Discussion: Picking Apart The Most Unnerving Movie Of The Summer By /Film Staff/June 9, 2017 10:00 am EST Trey Edward Shults’ It Comes At Night opens today and while it’s not the movie being sold in the trailers, it’s an exceptional piece of work. Tense and unsettling and bleaker than bleak, it’s going to rattle nerves of audiences everywhere this weekend. And everyone who sees it is probably going to have a lot to talk about....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Has Started Production, Official Synopsis And Full Cast Released By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2017 12:00 pm EST Disney is continuing to dig around in their vault for new movies inspired by their old movies with Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to the 1964 live-action musical classic Mary Poppins that will have Emily Blunt stepping up to play the titular nanny instead of Julie Andrews. The film won’t arrive until Christmas Day in 2018, but production has already begun at Shepperton Studios in Shepperton, Surrey, England....

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Trailer Breakdown: By Jacob Hall/Oct. 3, 2016 12:30 pm EST The first teaser trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales arrived last night and it was…a pleasant surprise? After all, this series has had its ups and its downs, but the fourth film was a true slog and evidence that these movies were officially running on fumes. It’s amazing what the presence of new directors and an actor like Javier Bardem can do to get you interested in a Pirates of the Caribbean movie....

‘Snatched’ Director Jonathan Levine On Taking A More Visual Approach To Comedy [Interview] By Jack Giroux/May 16, 2017 12:30 pm EST So far, Jonathan Levine has directed a coming-of-age movie, a zombie romance, a horror movie, a buddies night out film, a heartbreaking comedy, and now, an action-comedy starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn. With five features under his belt, the Snatched director has shown an interest and skill in making a variety of movies....

‘Twin Peaks’ Season Three Doubles To 18 Episodes, Angelo Badalamenti Returning By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2015 1:19 pm EST Twin Peaks isn’t just back — there’s more of it coming than anyone expected. The return of Twin Peaks has already become a saga, with Showtime setting up a nine-episode third season to air in 2016, with David Lynch directing all episodes and co-writing with Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost. Then Lynch bailed on the series, reportedly over budget and deal issues....