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VOTD: Stephen Colbert Explains ‘Star Wars’ To China In Just One Minute By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 19, 2015 9:00 am EST In case you didn’t know, Chinese audiences aren’t really familiar with Star Wars. As The Wall Street Journal explains: “‘Star Wars’ phenomenon predates China’s modern movie market. When Luke Skywalker first appeared on U.S. movie screens in 1977, China had just emerged from the Cultural Revolution—which had suppressed art as entertainment....

Warner Bros.’ DC Universe Has No Plans To Go R-Rated, Says ‘Batman V Superman’ Producer By Angie Han/March 21, 2016 10:00 am EST Ever since Deadpool utterly demolished the box office last month, superhero movie fans and pundits have been waiting breathlessly for “the Deadpool effect” to take hold — that is, for R-rated superhero adventures to start flooding the multiplex. But so far, the Deadpool effect is more theory than fact....

Who Are The Duffer Brothers? Learn More About The Creators Of ‘Stranger Things’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2016 8:00 am EST Did you know they directed a feature film starring Alexander Skarsgård that you’ve probably never heard of? We have the trailer. Also, I’ve included some of their early short films so you can see how they’ve evolved as storytellers. North Carolina-born twin brothers Matt and Ross Duffer began making films in the third grade using a Hi8 video camera that was a gift from their parents....

WTF: Aren’t You Glad This Homophobic ‘Back To The Future’ Scene Got Cut? By Angie Han/March 5, 2015 7:00 am EST For a story that centers around a woman’s unwitting love for her future son, Back to the Future manages to be admirably non-creepy. Sure, there’s a WTF factor that kicks in the second we realize Lorraine has the hots for Marty, but Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale manage to keep things on the right side of the funny / awful divide....

‘Deadpool’ Banned: China’s Censors Won’t Let The Movie Play In Theaters By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 18, 2016 10:30 am EST We under a month away from seeing the wacky and dangerous Merc with a Mouth take the big screen properly in 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool. And while fans are extremely excited to see the film will all the cursing, violence, and nudity they were hoping for from the officially R-rated comic book flick starring Ryan Reynolds, the censors in China are less than thrilled with the film’s content....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Honest Trailer: A Two-Hour Game Of Mario Kart From Hell By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2015 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We’ve already seen Mad Max: Fury Road get a Mario Kart overhaul, and now the Honest Trailer for the blockbuster from the director of Happy Feet and Babe: Pig in the City dives into what they describe as a two-hour, hellish version of the Nintendo racing game....

‘Outatime’ Trailer: A Documentary On Restoring The Iconic DeLorean From ‘Back To The Future’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 9, 2015 10:00 am EST The excitement for Back to the Future Day continues with a tease of another documentary about one of the most integral parts of the time traveling adventure. The DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future is one of the most iconic vehicles in cinema history, but for some reason, the primary car used during the production of the film trilogy was left to fall apart on the backlot of Universal Studios....

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Set For 2018 By Angie Han/June 30, 2016 2:30 pm EST Mark your calendars: John Boyega will be re-cancelling the apocalypse in 2018. Universal Pictures and Legendary have just officially set a release date for Pacific Rim 2, which seemed like a pipe dream three years ago when the original Pacific Rim failed to make much of an impression at the box office. Fortunately, our fellow sci-fi fans across the Atlantic were more than happy to add to the worldwide gross, and now here we are....

‘Show Me A Hero,’ The David Simon HBO Show With Oscar Isaac, Premieres In August By Russ Fischer/May 21, 2015 4:00 pm EST When Oscar Isaac was cast in The Wire creator David Simon’s limited series Show Me a Hero, plenty of people knew he was a great talent, and there was plenty reason to be interested in a series that drew the two together. Now, however, we’ve all seen Isaac in Ex Machina, not to mention the trailers and photos from Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

‘War On Everyone’ Red-Band Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård And Michael Peña Are Up To No Good By Angie Han/June 20, 2016 6:30 am EST In a few weeks we’ll see Alexander Skarsgård as king of the jungle in The Legend of Tarzan, but later this year he’ll get in touch with his wild side in an entirely different way. Directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary), War on Everyone stars Skarsgård and Michael Peña as two very corrupt cops who get in over their heads in New Mexico....

ABC Remaking ‘Dirty Dancing’ As A Three-Hour TV Event By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2015 12:30 pm EST Lionsgate TV is putting together a remake of Dirty Dancing that will be a three-hour TV event filled with song and dance performances. And they even have someone lined up already to take the iconic role of Baby played by Jennifer Grey. The Wrap reports Little Miss Sunshine and Scream Queens star Abigail Breslin will take the role of Baby in the remake of the 1987 classic that also starred the late Patrick Swayze in one of his most iconic roles....

Channing Tatum To Lead Former Ridley Scott Project ‘The Forever War’ By Angie Han/April 30, 2015 2:30 pm EST The title “The Forever War” might was well refer to the process of getting the movie made. An adaptation of Joe Haldeman’s 1974 sci-fi novel has been in the works for many years, but now it finally seems to be taking a big step forward. A bidding war has broken out among major studios for the movie, which has Channing Tatum attached to star, Jon Spaihts (Prometheus, Doctor Strange) on board to write, and Roy Lee (The Lego Movie) set to produce....

Chris Pratt Addresses Those ‘Indiana Jones’ And ‘Ghostbusters’ Rumors By Angie Han/May 19, 2015 11:30 am EST It seems like Chris Pratt is up for every major franchise these days, from Indiana Jones to Ghostbusters. But the operative word there might be “seems.” Pratt himself has now addressed those rumors, and the long and short of it is, well, don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. (Except this, I guess....

Even Tom Holland Doesn’t Know What’s Going On In ‘Captain America: Civil War’ By Jacob Hall/Dec. 9, 2015 11:00 am EST Right now, we may actually know more about what transpires in Captain America: Civil War than Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, who is actually in the film. We’re souring the internet for details and writing up every piece of new information because this stuff is our fuel and our reason to live and we want more, more more… and Holland apparently refused to read the entire screenplay for the movie because he was afraid his big mouth would get him into trouble with spoilers....

Exclusive ‘Triple 9’ Character Poster: Woody Harrelson Offers Some Sage Advice By Jacob Hall/Jan. 28, 2016 10:00 am EST Every year brings us a new batch of gritty cop dramas, but 2016 brings us a gritty cop drama from director John Hillcoat, the superb filmmaker responsible The Proposition, The Road, and Lawless. Triple 9, looks to fall in line with his previous work: an ensemble of stellar actors in a morally bleak world enact horrific acts of violence on one another....

First Look: Pee-Wee Hits The Road In ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday’ By Germain Lussier/March 18, 2015 9:30 am EST Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman, has begun filming his third feature film. It’s called Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday and it’ll be coming to Netflix in the future. John Lee (Inside Amy Schumer, Broad City) is directing the latest road trip movie and Herman has begun blogging about the experience. He posted the first photo from the new Pee Wee movie, which you can see below, along with read some new info on the film....

Latest ‘Inside Out’ Trailer Goes Even Deeper Into Riley’s Mind By Angie Han/March 10, 2015 7:00 am EST Anyone disappointed by Pixar’s recent focus on sequels should be looking forward to Inside Out, which features what might be the studio’s most original premise yet. Directed by Pete Docter, the new adventure follows the five emotions residing within the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. They are Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), and Fear (Bill Hader), and they’re currently guiding her through a rough move to San Francisco....

Marion Cotillard Joins Michael Fassbender In ‘Assassin’s Creed’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2015 12:00 pm EST Casting Michael Fassbender as the lead in Assassin’s Creed was already a pretty big statement of the film’s size and scope. Now, it just got an additional dose of Oscar-winning credibility. Marion Cotillard will join the Justin Kurzel-directed film, scheduled for release December 21, 2016. Read more about Marion Cotillard joining the Assassin’s Creed cast below....

New ‘Arrested Development’ Episodes Coming In 2016, Says Brian Grazer By Angie Han/June 2, 2015 12:00 pm EST On the latest episode of his podcast (released June 2), Adam Carolla asked Grazer for a status update on the next batch of Arrested Development episodes. Grazer’s response: (TheWrap notes that Carolla typically records episodes the day before they go live, so Grazer was probably referring to June 1 when he said “this morning....

POTD: Disney’s Packed Theatrical Slate Through Summer 2017 By Germain Lussier/April 22, 2015 11:47 am EST With Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm under their banner, it’s pretty obvious Disney has some of the biggest movies coming out over the next few years. Add in Disney Animation, DreamWorks and their live action fare, and it gets even bigger. However, until you see all of those films represented in a single image, it’s difficult to grasp the scope of Disney’s impressive release schedule....