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‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’ Trailer: Shailene Woodley Goes Beyond The Wall And Strips Down By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2016 12:18 pm EST With The 5th Wave hitting theaters this weekend, it’s the perfect time to promote the other young adult franchise that’s still pumping out sequels. In March, The Divergent Series: Allegiant continues the story of Tris (Shailene Woodley) and the rest of her rebel crew as they decide to venture outside of the walls of Chicago that have kept them separated from the outside world for so long....

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1’ Reveals New TV Spot And ‘District Voices’ Web Series By Angie Han/Oct. 21, 2014 8:30 am EST Any successful film franchise requires solid world-building. In the case of The Hunger Games, that world has a way of extending into ours, thanks to Lionsgate’s brilliant marketing campaign. Their latest effort for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is a five-part web series called District Voices, featuring YouTube personalities like iJustine showcasing different aspects of life around Panem....

Christian Bale Bails On Steve Jobs Movie By Russ Fischer/Nov. 3, 2014 11:10 am EST Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has said that the lead actor in the film will be in every frame of the movie, which makes this a very demanding project for any actor. We’ll report on the new choice for the lead when that information becomes available. Boyle is reportedly in Los Angeles this week to meet with actors, so casting may be reported within days....

Disney Fires Up A ‘Jungle Book’ Sequel; Director Jon Favreau In Talks To Return By Angie Han/April 11, 2016 3:00 pm EST It seems like every week we hear of yet another live-action remake of an animated fairy tale in the works at Disney, and there’s a good reason for that: these movies are doing really, really well for the studio. Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent, and Cinderella have all been giant smash hits....

Even More ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Could Be Coming, Says David Wain By Angie Han/May 1, 2015 4:00 pm EST David Wain wants to extend his stay at Camp Firewood. The director of Wet Hot American Summer says he hopes to extend the franchise even beyond the upcoming prequel series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which debuts on Netflix this summer. More about the possibility of more Wet Hot American Summer after the jump....

First Look: Tom Hiddleston Goes Straight To The Top In Ben Wheatley’s ‘High-Rise’ By Angie Han/Feb. 6, 2015 9:00 am EST Ben Wheatley’s follow-up to A Field in England brings him forward three centuries, to another English civil war of sorts. Based on the novel by J.G. Ballard, High-Rise chronicles the violence that explodes between tenants of a luxury building.Tom Hiddleston leads the cast as Robert Laing, an ambitious young doctor and one of the high-rise’s newest residents....

J.J. Abrams Developing TV Series About Michael Jackson’s Final Days By Ethan Anderton/June 21, 2016 9:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, passed away in the summer of 2009. In fact, later this week it will have been exactly 7 years since we lost the iconic singer. Now the last days of his life will be recounted on television in the form of an event series in development....

Marvel’s ‘Scarlet’, From Jessica Jones Co-Creator, Coming To Cinemax By Angie Han/June 13, 2016 6:30 am EST Brian Michael Bendis, co-creator of the books that inspired Netflix’s Jessica Jones and PlayStation’s Powers, has another comic heading to the small screen. Cinemax has put into development Scarlet, an adaptation of his Icon Comics series about a young woman who sparks another American revolution in the modern day.Deadline reported on the Scarlet TV series after Bendis let the cat out of the bag at Austion’s ATX Television Festival....

Sequel Bits: ‘Inferno,’ ‘Deadpool 2,’ ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ ‘Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 3,’ & More By Jack Giroux/June 29, 2016 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ron Howard is serving up another Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) adventure later this year. We saw a new trailer for the sequel the other day, which made it look considerably more enjoyable than The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons....

Star Wars Land Disneyland Layout Revealed In New Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/July 11, 2016 9:04 am EST Disney Parks has revealed a new concept art image of the upcoming Star Wars-themed land coming to Disneyland. This piece of art appeared today on the fence along Big Thunder Trail in Disneyland’s Frontierland, one of the future entry points to the Star Wars Experience. Star Wars Land Disneyland Layout Concept Art...

Superhero Bits: Avengers Age Of Ultron, Supergirl, Iron Man, Joker, Guardians, Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2015 5:00 pm EST Want to watch Chris Hemsworth and Hugh Jackman drink together? Will Jared Leto’s Joker be comedic? Did Joss Whedon use the comics to write about Ultron? How did the director feel watching Avengers: Age of Ultron? Is there a third Iron Man armor in the film? Which Iron Man actor was just cast in Supergirl?...

Superhero Bits: Supergirl, X-Men Apocalypse, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Avengers: Age Of Ultron By Germain Lussier/March 4, 2015 4:35 pm EST Want to see an image from a production meeting of X-Men: Apocalypse? Will Hugh Jackman discuss his role in the film? What did Dylan O’Brien say about the Spider-Man rumors? How much is the Hot Toys Hulkbuster? Did Joss Whedon have fun filming Avengers: Age of Ultron? Were the ratings for Agents of S....

The ‘Zero Days’ Trailer Is Here To Make Your Day Feel A Little Bit More Apocalyptic By Jacob Hall/Feb. 17, 2016 10:30 am EST Alex Gibney is one of the most prolific documentary filmmakers working today. To look at his filmography is to wonder if there’s a bomb in his chest that will go off if he ever stops working. Like any director who works so frequently, you have to take his occasionally misses in stride – not every movie can be as infuriating and fascinating as Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room or as horrifying as the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side....

The First ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Trailer Has Landed By Angie Han/Dec. 14, 2015 8:19 am EST While we eagerly await our return to the galaxy far, far away later this week, Paramount wants to make sure we don’t forget about the other big star-related adventure coming up in our near future. The studio has dropped the first trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third installment in the rebooted sci-fi franchise and the first one not directed by J....

The Next ‘Friday The 13th’ Movie Will Give Jason A New Origin For Some Reason By Jacob Hall/June 1, 2016 2:00 pm EST There isn’t much going on behind Jason Voorhees’ hockey mask and that’s kind of the point. The most instantly recognizable villain in slasher movie history has endured because he’s so very simple – he was a disfigured kid who seemingly drowned before settling into a new existence as a woods-dwelling killer of camp counselors....

UPDATE: Oscar Isaac Clarifies His ‘Star Wars Episode VIII’ Quotes By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2015 1:55 pm EST UPDATE: We spoke to Isaac and he clarified the intentions of his quote. Original story follows. If J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm were a bit more open about who and what the characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens were, what follows might not be news. But right now, even though we know Oscar Isaac plays a character named Poe Dameron, we don’t know who that is....

VOTD: Kids Are Shocked To Learn Transformers Existed Before 2007 By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2015 4:30 am EST There are some of us who have been acquainted with Transformers for so long that we tend to forget that there’s a whole generation of kids who have no idea that the Autbots and Decepticons were doing battle decades before they hit the big screen in 2007. And that brings us to another edition of Kids React, this time with some youngsters learning that the Transformers actually hail from the 1980s....

Watch A Video Timeline Of Every Single ‘X-Men’ Comic Character By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2015 2:00 pm EST The X-Men of Marvel Comics are famous for being so numerous, and so interconnected in plot and history, that unraveling the connections between all of them is a herculean task. For example, take this fairly comprehensive X-Men timeline video, which runs eleven minutes and has to sprint in order to fit every team member into that running time....

‘Batman V Superman’ Serves Up Jimmy Kimmel “Deleted Scene,” Plus Some Actual New Footage By Angie Han/Feb. 29, 2016 6:30 am EST The opening of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is just three and a half weeks away, which means Warner Bros.’ marketing campaign is now in its home stretch. And they are not holding back. Today we’ve got a look at the Batman v Superman Jimmy Kimmel cameo (okay, so this one’s just a funny skit for Kimmel’s show), a real Batman v Superman clip, and a new Batman v Superman featurette....

‘Captain Marvel’ Casts Brie Larson As Carol Danvers [Comic-Con 2016] By Angie Han/July 23, 2016 7:08 pm EST You can always count on Marvel Studios to put on a grand show in Comic-Con’s Hall H, and this year was no exception. Among other things, the studio talked a bit about Captain Marvel, their first solo female superhero movie. For weeks now Brie Larson has been rumored to be the frontrunner for the title role, and at Comic-Con today Marvel Studios finally confirmed the news....