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Cool Stuff: Test Your ‘Star Trek’ Knowledge With Dusty Abell’s 50th Anniversary Poster By Ethan Anderton/June 10, 2016 6:00 am EST In case you haven’t heard, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of Star Trek: The Original Series, the sci-fi television show that paved the way for countless more on the small screen. Over five decades, the sci-fi series has rounded up an impressive assembly of fans, and one of them decided to make an incredible poster featuring over 120 characters, aliens, locations and ships....

Greg Rucka And Michael Lark’s ‘Lazarus’ Is Being Turned Into A TV Series By Angie Han/March 25, 2015 4:00 pm EST Get all the details on the Lazarus TV series after the jump. THR reports Legendary won the rights to Lazarus in a competitive bidding war. Rucka himself will write the pilot, as well as executive produce with Lark. Also serving as executive producer is Matt Tolmach, who’s known for producing the Amazing Spider-Man movies....

J.K. Rowling To Release ‘The History Of Magic In North America’ To Lay The Groundwork For ‘Fantastic Beasts’ By Jacob Hall/March 7, 2016 10:00 am EST The basic storytelling in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels is good stuff, a fairly typical “hero’s journey” tale told with wit and verve. However, Mr. Potter is not the main reason these books (and their film adaptations) are so incredibly popular – readers and viewers all over the world fell in love with the world he inhabits....

Judy Greer Goes Back To ‘Planet Of The Apes’ By Angie Han/Oct. 20, 2015 10:30 am EST Much attention has been paid lately to all the new characters on board for War for the Planet of the Apes, but today we have news on a couple of returning players. Judy Greer will reprise her role as Cornelia the chimpanzee in the next Apes movie, while Karin Konoval is set to return as Maurice the orangutan....

One Last ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Trailer Spotlights Black Widow By Angie Han/April 6, 2015 7:09 am EST For all the talk about how Furious 7 officially marked the start of the movie season this year, April’s actually a pretty mellow month for wide releases. May is when the action really gets going, starting with Avengers: Age of Ultron. Marvel has not been stingy about releasing footage for this highly anticipated superhero team-up....

Rob McElhenney To Write And Direct Family Adventure ‘Figment’ For Legendary Pictures By Germain Lussier/Oct. 15, 2014 6:00 am EST Out of all the words in that headline, it’s “Legendary Pictures” that should grab your attention. Sure you know Rob McElhenney. He’s the co-writer, co-star and co-creator of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. And Figment, well, that could be anything. But “Legendary Pictures” has a certain connotation. They make big tentpole movies, so it’s very intriguing to hear that McElhenney has signed a deal to write and direct his feature debut with the company....

Rumor: ‘Batman V Superman’ Trailer Out Mid-May With ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ By Germain Lussier/March 31, 2015 5:41 pm EST The time is now drawing close to the first official Batman v Superman trailer release date and while a ton of discussion over the past few weeks and months has been about when exactly we’d see it, we might finally have an answer. Rumor has it Warner Bros. is looking at the May 15 release of Mad Max: Fury Road as the right time to unleash the first Batman v Superman trailer....

Rumor: Eva Mendes Getting Her Own ‘Fast And Furious’ Spinoff? By Jack Giroux/Jan. 15, 2016 4:30 pm EST Universal doesn’t want their Fast & Furious franchise to end anytime soon. Fast & Furious 7 made over $1.5 billion dollars at the box office, and even aside from the money, this series shows no signs of slowing down. Director Justin Lin raised the bar with Fast Five, making these movies more popular than ever before....

Rumor: Guillermo Del Toro Planning Original Project Described As “‘Wall-E’ Meets ‘Splash’” By Angie Han/Sept. 11, 2015 4:00 am EST Besides that bizarre / intriguing “Wall-E meets Splash” pitch, plot details are being kept under wraps. (So feel free to speculate in the comments about what a del Toro-directed Wall-E / Splash mashup would look like, is what we’re saying.) The Tracking Board seems to believe it’ll be aimed at kids — presumably based on the fact that Wall-E is rated G and Splash is rated PG, although neither is specifically a children’s film....

Rumor: Marvel Auditioned A 16-Year-Old Actor For Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/March 23, 2015 1:30 pm EST Currently there are two big debates going on among Spider-Man movie fans. First: will the character in the third reboot be Peter Parker or Miles Morales? Second, how old will the actor be? The answer to that second question has been widely reported as “younger than previous versions” and now a report of a secret audition seems to confirm that....

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man Set Photos, Batman: Return To Arkham Delayed, Luke Cage At SDCC & More By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2016 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Want to see Tom Holland (or his stunt double) in the Spidey suit on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming? Why is Batman: Return to Arkham being delayed? When is Agents of SHIELD returning to ABC? Want to see some alternate designs for Hawkeye for Captain America: Civil War?...

That ‘21 Jump Street’ ‘Men In Black’ Crossover Is Actually Possible By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2015 1:00 pm EST One of the craziest rumors to come out of the Sony hack was that the company was considering a 21 Jump Street / Men in Black crossover to give each franchise a kick in the ass. In an odd way, the end credits of 22 Jump Street made it seem possible as directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller made a huge joke about Schmidt and Jenko (Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum) jumping across genres with the series....

Tracy Morgan Gets Into ‘Fist Fight’ With Ice Cube And Charlie Day By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2015 7:30 am EST One of the most emotional moments in an Emmys telecast full of emotional moments was the surprise appearance of Tracy Morgan, 15 months after the terrible accident that took him out of commission. But now that he’s on the road to recovery, Morgan’s wasting no time getting back to work. He’s just signed on for the comedy Fist Fight, his first movie role since the incident....

Watch: James Cameron Visits Avatar Land’s Bioluminescent Forrest By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2015 1:08 pm EST Its been a while since we’ve heard anything about Avatar Land, Disney World’s upcoming theme park land based on James Cameron’s epic Avatar franchise. Last we heard, construction had begun on Pandora in January 2014 in Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando Florida. Today we get an update which gives us a preview of some of the creative process including some of the really cool looking interactive features of the bioluminescent forrest currently in the works....

Woody Harrelson Will Play Daniel Clowes’ ‘Wilson’ By Russ Fischer/May 30, 2015 10:00 am EST Daniel Clowes, creator of the incredible comic series Eightball, which launched the stories that led to the films Ghost World and Art School Confidential, will soon see his character Wilson on the big screen. This one has been in development for a while, and now has Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern set to star under the direction of Craig Johnson, who made last year’s Sundance hit The Skeleton Twins....

‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’ Trailer: The CW Goes All Out With Time Travel Fun By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2015 10:15 am EST The CW announced details of the new show DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and released the first image and trailer. The network’s upfront gave up a few big details about the show — time travel factors in, and Caity Lotz is playing White Canary, among others. There’s info on the villain, an immortal baddie named Vandal Savage, who has been a DC Comics villain for decades, and some pretty goofy/fun stuff once the time travel concepts kick in....

‘Eddie The Eagle’ Trailer: Taron Egerton And Hugh Jackman Are Going To The Olympics By Angie Han/Dec. 17, 2015 6:00 am EST Kingsman: The Secret Service’s Taron Egerton plays Eddie, the underdoggiest of underdogs. He’s dreamt all his life of entering the Olympics, and he’s determined to do whatever it takes to get there – even if it means taking up the dangerous sport of ski jumping, and hiring a rebellious new coach played by Hugh Jackman....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 6 Photos Tease A Happy, Fun Time For All (Just Kidding, Everyone Still Looks Miserable) By Angie Han/Feb. 11, 2016 2:30 pm EST Although Game of Thrones fans have been begging for season 6 details since the minute season 5 ended, HBO’s been pretty stingy about doling out any info. All they’ve released so far are some brief teasers amounting to a few seconds of new footage, a very fan-bait-y poster, and one measly photograph of Bran looking old enough to make us feel old....

‘Ghostbusters’ Animated TV Series Coming In 2018 By Angie Han/June 20, 2016 2:36 pm EST It’ll be a few more weeks before we see how Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters has turned out, but Sony isn’t waiting to double down on that property. Sony Pictures Animation has just announced a new Ghostbusters animated TV series to hit in 2018, titled Ghostbusters: Ecto Force. The biggest twist? This new show will be set in the year 2050 — decades after the events of the old Ghostbusters or the new one....

‘John Wick 2’ Reveals A New Title, A New Release Date, And New Plot Details By Angie Han/Feb. 18, 2016 11:00 am EST If you enjoyed the first John Wick, as we did, you were very likely sold on John Wick 2 the moment it was announced. Keanu Reeves is set to return, as is co-director Chad Stahelski, and what else do you really need to know before sprinting down to your local box office (or to the online ticketing retailer of your choice) to grab some opening weekend tickets for you and your action-loving friends?...