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Superhero Bits: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl By Angie Han/Oct. 12, 2015 5:00 pm EST How is Jessica Jones connected to Iron Fist? Want to hear Luke Cage say “Sweet Christmas”? What would Bryan Cranston look like as an X-Men baddie? When’s the last time Tom Hiddleston heard from Marvel? Will Mark Hamill return to The Flash? Which Kryptonian character is coming to Supergirl? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Michael Shannon Doesn’t Care About BvS, Meteor Man V Blankman & More By Ethan Anderton/March 25, 2016 5:00 pm EST How is Justice League like Seven Samurai according to Zack Snyder? What would a Meteor Man v Blankman movie look like? How little does Michael Shannon care about who wins in Batman v Superman? Which NFL teams would draft your favorite DC Comics heroes and villains? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

The ‘Frozen’ Stage Show Moves Forward With Familiar Creative Team By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2015 2:15 pm EST As the unfathomable success of Frozen continues to sustain, Disney is being very careful with how they exploit the title. They’re slowly but surely rolling the film and its characters into theme parks. There are no immediate plans for a sequel, but a short film will be out in March. And there have been talks of a stage adaptation too, which just took a major step forward....

Which Avenger Just Got Killed In Marvel’s ‘Civil War II’ Comic Book Event? By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2016 12:30 pm EST Marvel Comics already shook up the comic book world by revealing that Captain America was an agent of Hydra in a recent story arc. While there was plenty of outrage and even death threats towards the writers, the real reason for Cap’s apparent turn to villainy was just a typical comic book twist brought on by the Red Skull using the Cosmic Cube....

‘Batman V Superman’ TV Spot: Superman Puts A Dent In The Batmobile By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 2016 2:30 pm EST Even though the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is just over a couple months away, it doesn’t feel like it. Sure, the excitement is high, but it’s just strange for a movie of that scale to come out in March. But since we’re so close to the release, it’s time for the onslaught of TV spots to begin....

‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ Red Band Trailer: This Looks Like A Party For The Ages By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2016 9:30 am EST With some advanced screenings and a premiere out of SXSW behind us, the buzz on Richard Linklater’s new comedy Everybody Wants Some!! (yes, the title has two exclamation points) has been extremely positive. Our own Jacob Hall just caught the film down in Austin, Texas and he called it “a joyous film, a comedy tinged with an invisible melancholy....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 6 Teaser: Take A Walk Through The Creepy Hall Of Faces By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 14, 2016 7:09 pm EST After a slew of photos from the forthcoming sixth season of Game of Thrones debuted last week, we now have an official trailer teasing what’s in store for Westeros this season. There isn’t any new footage from the show, but what we get is quite the creepy and ominous tease of what’s to come, including a tease at more death, using the faces and detached heads of the previously deceased to leave you unsettled....

‘Imitation Game’ Director Picks Up Sci-Fi Love Story From ‘Doctor Strange’ Writer By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2015 9:30 am EST Jon Spaihts’ Passengers is one of those scripts that’s been kicking around Hollywood for years, attracting lots of attention but never quite getting off the ground. Up until recently, it was going to be directed by Bryan Kirk with Keanu Reeves starring. But now that that’s no longer the case, The Imitation Game director Morten Tyldum will be the next to take a crack at it....

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ Sequel Could Introduce American Kingsmen By Angie Han/Feb. 12, 2015 7:08 am EST Kingsman: The Secret Service is a very British affair. Englishman Colin Firth plays a 007 type for English director Matthew Vaughn, who wrote the script with English screenwriter Jane Goldman based on a book by Scottish writer Mark Millar. But apparently, the Kingsman organization doesn’t stop at the U.K. Borders. In a recent interview, Vaughn teased that the next Kingsman could open up the American branch of the service....

‘Mallrats 2’ Is Kevin Smith’s Next Film; He’ll Shoot ‘Clerks 3’ After By Germain Lussier/April 7, 2015 12:17 pm EST Sometimes logistics force a filmmaker’s hand. Originally Kevin Smith was aiming to shoot Mallrats 2 in 2016, after Clerks 3, Hit Somebody, and Moose Jaws. However, Smith and his team found a mall they can shoot in and seriously mess up that won’t be around next year. Because of that, he just announced he’s going to make Mallrats 2 next....

‘Marco Polo’ Trailer: Netflix Goes Exploring By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2014 3:30 pm EST Netflix has already dabbled in political thriller, supernatural horror, and comedy-drama. Now it’s tackling the historical epic with its new original series Marco Polo. Lorenzo Richelmy stars as the 13th century Venetian explorer, who sets out on the Silk Road. He winds up staying a while in China, where he gets caught up in the central court of Kublai Khan (Benedict Wong)....

‘No Tomorrow’ Trailer: The CW Gets Pre-Apocalyptic By Angie Han/May 20, 2016 3:00 pm EST Apocalypses and dystopias are all over TV right now. Divergent and The Maze Runner are carrying on The Hunger Games’ dystopian YA torch on the big screen, while superhero movies promise destruction and doom on a regular basis. The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead are sending zombies shuffling through the AMC lineup, The Last Man on Earth is laughing through the end times over at Fox, and The 100 delivers post-apocalyptic teen drama from week to week on The CW....

‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Delayed, Colin Trevorrow’s ‘Book Of Henry’ Sets Fall Date By Angie Han/June 1, 2016 9:15 am EST A cappella fans are going to be left waiting a little bit longer for the Barden Bellas’ encore. Universal Pictures has delayed Pitch Perfect 3 by five months, moving it from summer 2017 to holiday 2017. That turns out to be good news for Regina Hall’s new comedy Girl Trip, which will now take over Pitch Perfect 3’s old spot....

‘Sister Act’ Remake In The Works At Disney By Germain Lussier/June 3, 2015 2:00 pm EST Imagine we’re inside a secret Hollywood office building. “Okay, so we’ve got The Fugitive, The Craft and Big Trouble in Little China remakes on the way. What’s next on the list?” “Um, let me see….Sister Act.” “Wait, we’re going to remake Sister Act? Do people even remember Sister Act?” “No, they mostly remember Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit because it’s never not on TV, but hey, we’re out of ideas and it’s next on the list....

‘Star Wars’ Actresses Join English Adaptation Of The Only Studio Ghibli Movie Not Released In America By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2015 12:30 pm EST GKids will release the English-language remake of Studio Ghibli’s 1991 anime classic Only Yesterday. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Isao Takahata’s movie has never seen official release in North America and it i the only theatrical Studio Ghibli feature not yet released on home video in the United States or Canada (although a subtitled version of the film aired on Turner Classic Movies in January 2006 as part of the channel’s month-long salute to Miyazaki and Ghibli)....

‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Has The Delightfully Cute Hatchlings Explain The Easter Bunny By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2016 11:00 am EST Even though Easter weekend is still a couple weeks away, The Angry Birds Movie is getting a head start by getting their holiday greeting out there. After all, birds have become a part of the Easter holiday, along with rabbits, for no good reason at all. The good news is that even though this is just a shameless plug for the animated adaptation of the mobile game franchise, it’s done in an extremely adorable way, thanks to the tiny hatchlings explaining what the Easter Bunny does for the holiday....

‘The Simpsons’ Gets Another Trippy Couch Gag From ‘Ren & Stimpy’ Creator John Kricfalusi By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 23, 2015 6:00 am EST One of the staples of The Simpsons has always been the couch gag that happens at the end of the opening title sequence to the long-running animated show. In more recent years, the gags have gotten even more complex, with producers bringing in other trademark animators or paying tribute to other cartoons to liven things up a bit....

A Cast Of Kings S5E05 - Kill The Boy By David Chen/May 11, 2015 11:52 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss the fifth episode of Season 5 of Game of Thrones, “Kill the Boy.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Hover. Go to hover.com/egg to get 10% off your first order! And buy tickets to see David’s film, The Primary Instinct, at SIFF....

A Disney And Pixar Short Film Festival Is Kicking Michael Jackson Out Of Walt Disney World By Jacob Hall/Nov. 16, 2015 7:30 am EST When Captain EO returned to Disney theme parks around the world in 2010, everyone assumed it was a temporary thing, a quick buffer to capitalize on renewed interest in star Michael Jackson following his death. And then the bombastic, not-especially-good 3D musical short film (originally introduced into the parks in 1986) stuck around for five and half years like some kind of horrible rash for which there was no ointment....

Does ‘Finding Dory’ Feature Pixar’s First Lesbian Couple? By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2016 11:30 am EST Disney has been known to be a very progressive company (having brought the first openly gay sitcom character to network television in 1997 on the Ellen show) but they have recently come under fire from GLADD for not featuring even one gay character in the 11 feature films they released last year. There is no denying it, there is a lack of representation of gay characters in Disney’s big screen movies....