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Mark Millar Explains How ‘Old Man Logan’ Could Work Without Marvel Studios Characters By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2015 7:30 am EST Millar, who serves as a creative consultant for Fox, isn’t worried. In an interview, he explains how the Old Man Logan storyline could work on the big screen, without using Marvel Cinematic Universe characters like Hawkeye and the Hulk. Read the Mark Millar Old Man Logan comments after the jump....

Marvel Will Reveal More ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Footage During Next ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 24, 2014 12:45 pm EST The trailer premiere for Avengers: Age of Ultron was originally set to take place during the October 28 episode of Agents of SHIELD. A bootleg leak of the trailer changed that, and Marvel was smart enough to respond to the leak with an official trailer release. So what does that mean for next week’s episode of SHIELD?...

New ‘Friday The 13th’ Video Game Footage Puts You Behind The Hockey Mask By Jacob Hall/June 13, 2016 1:00 pm EST I’m not sure if we’re living in a golden age of horror video games or if good horror video games are just abundant right now, but gamers who want to jump out of their seats and yell at their televisions after getting the crap scared out of them by a jump scare have plenty of options....

New Behind The Scenes ‘Better Call Saul’ Trailer; Plus Episode Titles And Descriptions By Germain Lussier/Jan. 29, 2015 10:30 am EST Breaking Bad fans can almost count on their hands the number of days until the premiere of Better Call Saul. It happens February 8 and, to get fans ready, AMC has released a ton of new information. There’s a new Better Call Saul trailer that features behind the scenes footage, the titles and brief descriptions of the first few episodes, and a new overall synopsis to whet your appetite....

By Jack Giroux/June 24, 2016 6:30 am EST Recently, there was a bit of an uproar surrounding a Star Trek fan film, Axanar. The producers behind Axanar raised around a million dollars. Shortly after funding was acquired, this labor of love was hit with a lawsuit by CBS and Paramount. J.J. Abrams and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin urged Paramount to drop the lawsuit, which they haven’t yet, but Abrams insisted the studio will do so soon....

One More ‘The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies’ Trailer Offers Story Overview By Russ Fischer/Dec. 11, 2014 2:30 pm EST Peter Jackson has spent about fifteen years all told in Middle-Earth, and his dual set of massive Tolkien adaptations is coming to an end in just a couple weeks with the release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Well, almost an end, as there will still be the inevitable extended edition blu-ray release....

Return To Santa Carla, California With ‘The Lost Boys’ Sequel Comic By Jack Giroux/July 19, 2016 5:00 am EST It’s a little surprising we haven’t heard about a remake of The Lost Boys yet. We’ve seen two direct-to-DVD sequels to the film (both starring Corey Feldman), but Joel Schumacher’s vampire film is certainly well known enough to make someone see dollar signs in a potential update. Before that inevitable day comes, Vertigo Comics is bringing us a sequel to The Lost Boys that follows the film’s original surviving characters....

Steve McQueen’s ‘Codes Of Conduct’ Stalls At HBO By Angie Han/Feb. 24, 2016 2:30 pm EST Steve McQueen hasn’t released a new movie since 2013’s 12 Years a Slave, but he’s been busy working in TV. Specifically, he’s been plugging away at Codes of Conduct, a HBO series described as “Six Degrees of Separation meets Shame.” With a fantastic cast including Paul Dano, Helena Bonham Carter, and Rebecca Hall, the New York City-set drama looked all set to be the network’s next critically acclaimed hit....

Superhero Bits: Civil War Foreign Box Office, Marvel Fantasy Draft & More By Ethan Anderton/May 3, 2016 5:00 pm EST How many times do the characters of Daredevil say “this city” on the show? What other character do the Russo Brothers wish they could bring into the Marvel cinematic universe, and who do they pick for their own fantasy superhero teams? How much has Captain America: Civil War pulled in overseas....

Superhero Bits: X-Men, Kingsman, Gotham, Avengers, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Batman By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2015 4:30 pm EST How should have X-Men: Days of Future Past ended? What’s it mean to bring Scarecrow onto Gotham? Is there a rumored run time for Avengers: Age of Ultron? Want to see a Valentine’s Day themed infographic linking superheroes with their loves? Can you see what it will look like with Spider-Man and The Avengers on screen together?...

Valiant Gets Funding To Develop Marvel-Style Valiant Comics Movie Universe By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2015 7:00 am EST DMG has put eight figures worth of funding into Valiant “to further its efforts in international publishing, film, television, licensing and beyond.” But that’s not all. The press release announcing the deal also trumpets an additional nine-figure investment towards development of film and TV projects featuring Valiant characters such as Bloodshot, Shadowman, and Archer & Armstrong....

VOTD: Relive All Of DC Comics’ Big Screen Adventures From The Past 10 Years By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2016 6:00 am EST Before you head off to see the first nationwide showings of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice tonight, why not revisit all the contemporary DC Comics movies leading up to this point from the past decade? Starting with Batman Begins in 2005 and running all the way through Suicide Squad later this year, this retrospective covers the good (The Dark Knight), the bad (Superman Returns) and the ugly (Green Lantern)....

Watch A Detailed Breakdown Of The ‘Jaws’ Beach Scene By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2015 1:30 pm EST It’s easy to say that Steven Spielberg is a master of visual storytelling, but there’s a lot to learn by watching a detailed breakdown of how of approaches a complex scene. While Jaws is an early effort from Spielberg, it already displays a deep understanding of cinematic language, and builds on lessons taught by directors such as Alfred Hitchcock in the creation of suspense....

‘A Monster Calls’ Teaser Trailer: Liam Neeson Is Surprisingly Effective As A Tree Monster By Angie Han/Nov. 19, 2015 10:00 am EST Liam Neeson can be pretty damn intimidating when he wants to be (see: his entire post-Taken career), so it’s a little ironic that when he finally gets the chance to play a straight-up monster, he… actually doesn’t seem scary at all. The monster of J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls seems plenty big and creepy, sure....

‘Gilmore Girls’ Revival In The Works At Netflix By Angie Han/Oct. 19, 2015 4:00 pm EST Back in the olden days, when a show ended it just ended. Maybe once in a blue moon it’d get a last-minute save from another network, but once the actors and producers and writers moved on, that was it. And the end came for all shows eventually, even the really popular ones. But that was then, this is now....

‘Peaky Blinders’ Director Will Call The Shots On ‘Robin Hood: Origins’ By Russ Fischer/June 4, 2015 5:00 pm EST Lionsgate wants to get moving on its film Robin Hood: Origins before any of the other Robin Hood projects in town gather more momentum, and so the studio is set on filling the director’s chair faster than Friar Tuck can empty a skin of wine. The studio’s choice looks to be Otto Bathurst, whose career so far has been primarily in television, with episodes of Peaky Blinders and Black Mirror among his recent accomplishments....

‘True Detective’ Season 2: Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, And Kelly Reilly Confirmed By Angie Han/Nov. 24, 2014 2:30 pm EST Several weeks after Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn were announced as two of the four leads for True Detective Season 2, the other two main cast members have been finally been confirmed. Taylor Kitsch and Rachel McAdams will play detectives Paul Woodrugh and Ani Bezzerides, while Kelly Reilly joins the cast as Jordan, wife of Frank Semyon (Vaughn)....

‘Where To Invade Next’ Early Buzz: Michael Moore Returns With Another Crowdpleaser By Angie Han/Sept. 11, 2015 10:00 am EST It’s been six years since Michael Moore put out a new documentary, and longer than that since he reached the height of his power with Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine. But he’s back on screen now with Where to Invade Next, which appears to be a surprisingly sunny look at social programs and policies in other countries....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Trailer: The Adamantium Claws Are Out By Angie Han/April 25, 2016 6:30 am EST Our favorite mutant superheroes are out in full force in the latest X-Men: Apocalypse trailer, but Apocalypse, as his name suggests, is a pretty formidable foe. The X-Men are going to need all the help they can get, and if said help comes in the form of a certain fan-favorite Canadian with adamantium claws, all the better....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 19, 2015 10:30 am EST