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‘Scarface’, ‘Big’ And ‘Independence Day’ Star Robert Loggia Has Died At 85 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 5, 2015 9:00 am EST The weekend brings some sad news out of Hollywood with word from The New York Times of Robert Loggia dead at age 85 after a five year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Loggia appeared in dozens of TV shows such as Mancuso FBI, The Sopranos and Malcolm in the Middle as well as a wide variety of films including Independence Day, Big and Scarface....

‘Swiss Army Man’ Trailer: Here’s That Daniel Radcliffe Farting Corpse Movie You’ve Heard So Much About By Angie Han/April 4, 2016 7:00 am EST Every year at Sundance, there are a small handful of films that get hyped up sight unseen: your Boyhoods, your The Raid 2s. A few others come out of seemingly nowhere to become the toast of the town, a la Beasts of the Southern Wild or Birth of a Nation....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows’ Trailer And Poster By Angie Han/April 11, 2016 6:30 am EST Plus, if your favorite Turtles characters were always the villains and supporting players, there are plenty of them, too. This movie has Shredder and Baxter Stockman and Bebop and Rocksteady and Krang, and even a bit of Casey Jones for good measure. And yes, April and Vernon Fenwick are back too. Watch the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows trailer, featuring plenty of new footage, below....

‘The Martian’ First Look: Matt Damon Is An Astronaut Again By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2015 2:00 pm EST Earlier this year we got an unconventional first look at the set of The Martian thanks to a Super Bowl bet that Damon made with author Andy Weir. (Find out more about that here.) But now we actually have an official first look photo from the film with Damon in full astronaut gear....

‘The Night Of’ Trailer: “Don’t Talk To Anybody Anymore” By Jack Giroux/June 13, 2016 9:00 am EST Based on Peter Moffat’s 2008 BBC series Criminal Justice, HBO’s upcoming remake of The Night Of has no shortage of talent behind it. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List) directed nearly all eight episodes of the miniseries, making this is his first directorial effort in over a decade since the critical and financial misfire All the King’s Men....

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Introduces An Adorable New Autobot Named Squeeks By Ethan Anderton/June 23, 2016 8:30 am EST So far the images from Transformers: The Last Knight have only offered glimpses of the new vehicle forms for the Autobot Bumblebee and the Decepticon Barricade. But that changes today as we get a look at an adorable new Autobot named Squeeks. And with a name like that, you wouldn’t expect him to turn into a fancy sports car or some kind of military vehicle....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer: The End Is Nigh By Angie Han/Dec. 11, 2015 6:14 am EST Bryan Singer directs the latest installment of the long-running superhero saga, which sees Professor X (James McAvoy), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), and more coming together to battle an ancient mutant known as Apocalypse (Oscar Isaac). The first X-Men: Apocalypse trailer has arrived, and you can see it after the jump. The promo offers our first look at some of the “new” mutants in action — including Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Jubilee (Lana Condor), Angel (Ben Hardy), and Psylocke (Olivie Munn) — right alongside returning favorites like Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), and Quicksilver (Evan Peters)....

Anakin Skywalker Actor Cast In Eric Kripke & Shawn Ryan’s Time Travel TV Pilot ‘Time’ By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2016 1:30 pm EST Shawn Ryan’s Mad Dogs isn’t getting a second season, but that doesn’t mean we won’t get more television projects from the prolific showrunner. His next series Time is an action adventure time travel drama pilot for NBC which he is working to create with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke....

Captain Marvel Won’t Be In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’ By Angie Han/March 9, 2015 8:00 am EST After years of chatter, Marvel finally confirmed last year that Captain Marvel would become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Exactly how and when she’ll make her first appearance is unclear, but we now know one thing for sure: it won’t be in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Director James Gunn said as much this weekend....

Chewbacca Will Appear In The ‘Han Solo Spin-Off’ By Jack Giroux/March 9, 2016 12:00 pm EST Do we need to know how Han Solo was raised as a kid? Not really, but from what we’ve heard so far about the untitled Han Solo spin-off, that’s not the type of origin story director Phil Lord & Chris Miller are cooking up for audiences. Of course some familiar faces are bound to appear in the film, including Han Solo’s loyal pal and co-pilot, Chewbacca....

Danika Yarosh Joins Tom Cruise In ‘Jack Reacher’ Sequel By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2015 8:00 am EST Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders may have company in the Jack Reacher sequel. Relative newcomer Danika Yarosh, who has a role in Heroes Reborn, is in talks to join the cast of the new Ed Zwick-directed film as a young woman of particular importance to the story. When this film was first reported to be using Lee Child’s novel Never Go Back as source material, I mentioned that part of the reason for that choice is that it gives the film an opportunity to introduce a young female character who might pair really well with Tom Cruise....

Kim Dickens Cast In ‘The Walking Dead ‘Spinoff By Russ Fischer/Dec. 23, 2014 4:30 pm EST Kim Dickens, whose standout work was one of the best parts of Gone Girl, has been cast in one of the lead roles in the Walking Dead spinoff series. The show, code-named Cobalt, also features Cliff Curtis as another one of the lead roles in a story that will follow other characters at the beginning of the zombie outbreak seen in The Walking Dead, but here most likely set in and around the Los Angeles area....

LOL: Stan Lee Gets His Own 1:6 Collectible Action Figure By Germain Lussier/April 7, 2015 4:00 am EST On a pretty regular basis, we see photos of high-end collectible figures. Most of the time, they are a 1:6 scale, and based on superhero characters. Many of those superheroes were created by Stan Lee. Well, add all those facts up and it’s about damn time this is happening. Stan Lee is getting his own 1:6 scale collectible figure by Das Toyz....

Mondo Announces A Francesco Francavilla Comic Book Art Show By Jacob Hall/Aug. 10, 2016 9:00 am EST The distinctive work of artist Francesco Francavilla has become a common sight within the pages of the comic book world and on the walls of various pop culture galleries. Now, he’s getting his own solo show courtesy of Mondo, who are dedicating their next gallery show to his comic book work, spotlighting his work for Marvel, DC, and Archie Comics....

More ‘Making A Murderer’ Episodes Could Be On The Way By Angie Han/March 1, 2016 3:30 pm EST Netflix’s documentary series Making a Murderer came to an end after ten very upsetting installments, all of which hit Netflix this past December. But the story of Steven Avery has continued offscreen in real life. In the weeks since the show’s debut, appeals have been filed, petitions have been signed, new evidence has come to light, and so on....

Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Grimsby’ Delayed To 2016 By Angie Han/Jan. 21, 2015 12:00 pm EST Aside from a small cameo in Anchorman 2, Sacha Baron Cohen hasn’t been seen on the big screen since 2012. And that’s not going to change this year, either, as his soccer hooligan comedy Grimsby has just been moved to 2016. More on the new Grimsby release date after the jump. Exhibitor Relations noted the updated Grimsby release date....

Shawn Levy To Direct ‘Forty Thieves’; Evan Peters Or Liam Hemsworth Could Be The New Ali Baba By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2014 1:30 pm EST Levy has had a busy year. He released the family dramedy This Is Where I Leave You in September and has Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb due out in December. In addition, he produced Disney’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day....

Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman Ending, DC Comics Rebirth, Conan Drives The Batmobile & More By Ethan Anderton/March 29, 2016 5:00 pm EST How did Zack Snyder convince Christopher Nolan that the ending to Batman v Superman would work? What titles are part of the new DC Comics Rebirth initiative? Which one of Kevin Smith’s usual buddies will pop up in the episode of The Flash he’s directing? When will press and exhibitors be watching Captain America: Civil War?...

VOTD: Quentin Tarantino And Paul Thomas Anderson Talk Film For 40 Minutes And It’s Fantastic By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 26, 2015 12:00 pm EST This holiday weekend sees the release of Quentin Tarantino’s eighth film, The Hateful Eight. The western has a traditional theatrical release along with a special 70mm roadshow engagement that has extra footage and an intermission for the film that runs over three hours long. And now the director has sat down with another master filmmaker for a fascinating discussion....

VOTD: See How Rocket Was Created For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Russ Fischer/March 19, 2015 12:00 pm EST A couple minutes of video montage is hardly enough to represent the months of work that go into creating a character like Rocket Raccoon, but we’re happy to have a look at the layers of digital work and real-life photography that went into bringing the irascible Guardians of the Galaxy character to the screen....