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Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Civil War, Sabretooth, Daredevil, Suicide Squad, Thor By Angie Han/Aug. 18, 2015 5:00 pm EST Why’s Superman pissed at Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman? Is Liev Schreiber hinting at a Sabretooth return in Wolverine 3? What are Falcon and Winter Soldier up to on the Captain America: Civil War set? Want to see Will Smith give Joel Kinnaman a Suicide Squad tattoo? Which superhero (besides Iceman) does Shawn Ashmore want to play?...

The ‘22 Jump Street’ Sequel Has Been Considered As A ‘Men In Black’ Crossover By Angie Han/Dec. 10, 2014 11:30 am EST Sony’s first two Jump Street movies were a cinematic comedy reboot of a TV drama popular in the ’80s and ’90s. The next Jump Street pic will be that, too, of course, but it might also be a revival of a sci-fi film series dating back to 1997....

This Week’s ‘Supergirl’ Episode Delayed Out Of Respect After Paris Attacks By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2015 1:00 pm EST Following a series of coordinated attacks late Friday night, the city of Paris is still recovering with citizens on edge. Even today, some sort of panic erupted near a memorial for the victims killed on Friday after a false alarm scared a group of mourners. And out of respect for those still recovering and unnerved from the tragedy, CBS is making some changes to their TV schedule this week....

VOTD: The Evolution Of The Dreamworks And Disney Logos Over The Years By Peter Sciretta/April 2, 2015 5:00 am EST Ethan Jones has created a series of compilation videos showing how various animated logo openings have changed and evolved over the years. Most recently Jones has released videos of the Walt Disney Pictures and DreamWorks logo openings. Evolution of the Disney Logos According to Jones, the 1985 animated film The Black Cauldron was the first to feature a modified version of the intro logo....

Watch ‘The Road To Civil War’ To See The MCU Lead Up To ‘Captain America: Civil War’ By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2016 12:30 pm EST Charles Villanueva of the MCUExchange has edited together a great 7 minute video which chronicles how the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe thus far have all led up to Captain America: Civil War. So before we see the Marvel superheroes take sides on May 6th 2016, watch The Road To Civil War video, embedded after the jump....

‘Ash Vs. Evil Dead’ Season 2 Script Is In, And More News From The Starz TCA Presentation By Fred Topel/Jan. 8, 2016 11:30 am EST Starz presented to the Television Critics Association this morning and Starz CEO Chris Albrecht announced new series collaborations with Alejandro González Iñárritu and Alejandro Brugués. We asked the status of the second season of Ash vs. Evil Dead, which was greenlit before the season one premiere....

‘Doctor Strange’ Adds ‘Transparent’ And ‘A Serious Man’ Star Amy Landecker By Angie Han/Nov. 11, 2015 4:30 pm EST Between them, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelsen, and of course Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character, Doctor Strange might just have the best cast in the Marvel universe. No, scratch that — this is one of the bests casts we’ve seen in any universe. Get the latest on Doctor Strange after the jump....

‘Equals’ Teaser Trailer: Kristen Stewart And Nicholas Hoult Strike Up A Doomed Dystopian Romance By Angie Han/Feb. 11, 2016 7:30 am EST Kristen Stewart knows a thing or two about forbidden love. She is, after all, still best known for starring in a series of films about a girl and her vampire boyfriend. And Nicholas Hoult’s done the whole dystopia thing — he’s coming out of the toxic wasteland of Mad Max: Fury Road....

‘Fargo’ Creator Developing X-Men Show ‘Legion’ For FX; ‘Hellfire’ Coming From ‘24’ Producers By Angie Han/Oct. 15, 2015 6:30 am EST Learn more about the X-Men TV series after the jump. Both Hellfire and Legion are rooted in X-Men comics by Chris Claremont, and both have Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Jim Chory and Jeph Loeb on board as executive producers. Singer, Shuler Donner, and Kinberg are three of the driving forces behind the X-Men film franchise....

‘Justice League’: J.K. Simmons Will Show Off Commissioner Gordon’s “Badass” Side By Angie Han/July 5, 2016 6:40 am EST Last month, we got a bit of workout inspiration from a surprising source: J.K. Simmons, looking impressively ripped just as Justice League was shooting. The actor had recently been cast as Commissioner Jim Gordon, Batman’s ally, in the new DC movie, and the assumption was that he was getting in shape for the role....

‘London Has Fallen’ Trailer: Gerard Butler Does His Best John McClane By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2015 11:30 am EST After saving the president (Aaron Eckhart) from a terrorist infiltration of the White House in Olympus Has Fallen, once-disgraced Presidential guard member Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is now protecting the world leader at every turn as the new head of the Secret Service. But even he may have his work cut out for him when terrorists strike again across the pond....

‘Luke Cage’ Brings In Simone Missick As Misty Knight By Angie Han/Sept. 3, 2015 6:00 am EST Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news about Theo Rossi and Rosario Dawson, Luke Cage is rounding out its core cast with Simone Missick. She’s just been cast as Misty Knight, whom Marvel Comics fans will know is linked to both Luke Cage and Netflix’s next Marvel hero, Iron Fist. Read all about the Luke Cage Misty Knight casting after the jump....

‘Marauders’ Trailer: Bruce Willis Is At The Center Of A Bank Robbery Conspiracy By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2016 10:30 am EST In recent years, Bruce Willis has been sleepwalking his way through a lot of action thrillers. That’s truly a shame since we know he’s still capable of doing great work in movies like Looper and Moonrise Kingdom. Sadly, a new bank heist movie called Marauders doesn’t appear to be one of his better choices, even if the story does have some intriguing elements to it....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Casts Meryl Streep Which Is Just Plain Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious By Jacob Hall/July 29, 2016 11:30 am EST There are few hard and fast rules in the world of filmmaking, many of them technical. However, there is one that is more important than just about any other: any movie that features the presence of Meryl Streep has an instant leg up on every other movie in existence. The three-time Oscar winner has made bad movies watchable and has consistently turned in one magnificent performance after another in more than her fair share of great movies....

‘Source Code 2’ In Development, Anna Foerster Set To Direct By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2014 3:15 pm EST Source Code, directed by Duncan Jones from a script by Ben Ripley, featured Jake Gyllenhaal as a man whose consciousness is projected into another man’s body to relive the last eight minutes of the target’s life over and over again, ostensibly to track down the culprit in a terrorist plot. The film was modestly successful, and Source Code always seemed likely to be a one-and-done situation....

‘Suicide Squad’ Adds Scott Eastwood And Raymond Olubowale By Angie Han/March 31, 2015 5:00 am EST While the main cast of Warner Bros. / DC’s Suicide Squad has been set for weeks, director David Ayer still has a few supporting roles left to fill. The latest additions are Scott Eastwood (yep, as in son of Clint) and boxer Raymond Olubowale. More on the latest Suicide Squad casting after the jump. Word about Olubowale comes from the Toronto Sun (via SuperHeroHype), while eTalk broke the news about Eastwood....

‘Suicide Squad’ Unlikely To Get Released In China By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2016 7:30 am EST Even though Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ended up raking in over $872 million worldwide, Warner Bros. Pictures was still disappointed with the box office returns. This was a movie they were counting on sailing past $1 billion, and it didn’t even end up hitting the lower-end prediction of $900 million. That means all eyes are on Suicide Squad’s box office performance this weekend, which is already outpacing Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool internationally, and could make as much as $145 million in its opening weekend....

‘The Program’ Trailer: Ben Foster Actually Doped To Play Lance Armstrong By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2015 12:00 pm EST Ben Foster made an interesting revelation while promoting The Program. In the film, he plays former cycling champ Lance Armstrong, whose titles were stripped after confirmation that he used performance-enhancing drugs. To play the role, Foster went so method that he actually used performance-enhancing drugs to prep for the role. Read what Foster had to say about that approach to the Lance Armstrong movie and what it did for him, and check out new trailer for The Program, after the break....

‘The Shallows’ Trailer: Blake Lively Tries Not To Become Shark Food By Angie Han/March 18, 2016 4:30 pm EST You’d think the combined horrors of The Finest Hours and In the Heart of the Sea should be enough to discourage anyone from setting out on any body of water larger than a swimming pool, ever, but based on the box office receipts for both movies not a whole lot of people actually saw them....

Charlotte Gainsbourg Goes From ‘Nymphomaniac’ To ‘Independence Day 2’ By Angie Han/March 20, 2015 4:00 pm EST Independence Day 2 has added an unlikely source of star power. French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg is boarding the Roland Emmerich-directed sequel, joining Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, and Jessie Usher. A big-budget sci-fi adventure is an unusual move for Gainsbourg, recently best known for being Lars von Trier’s muse. But maybe those von Trier movies are actually the perfect preparation for Independence Day 2....