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Firefly Is Coming To ‘Gotham’ - With A Twist By Angie Han/Aug. 18, 2015 9:30 am EST Jim Gordon will be feeling the heat when Gotham returns this fall. Classic Batman baddie Firefly is slated to join Season 2’s “rise of the villains,” but with a cool twist: This Firefly will be female, played by Michelle Veintimilla. Get all the details on the Gotham Firefly character after the jump. Here’s the official description of the Gotham Firefly character, per TVLine:...

Hulu Renews ‘The Mindy Project,’ Graces Us With Another Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Election Special By Jacob Hall/May 4, 2016 11:00 am EST Netflix may rule the streaming scene with an iron fist at the moment, but you’ve got to hand it to the competition – they’re doing everything in their power to level the playing field. Hot on the heels of Hulu announcing its brand new documentary film arm with the purchase of Ron Howard’s The Beatles: Eight Days a Week comes the news that the streaming service has renewed The Mindy Project for a fifth season and is planning a second election year special from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog....

John Boyega Reveals New Promo Photo From ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2015 11:00 am EST The hype around Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been more exciting than usual over the past week and a half, thanks to the Comic-Con panel that revealed an awesome new behind the scenes sizzle reel, not to mention that awesome surprise concert for the fan who were in Hall H for the presentation....

Learn How A $200 Million Movie Budget Is Spent By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2016 6:00 am EST In our reporting of movie news, we hear about the budgets of movies all the time. Usually it’s only when a great movie cost surprisingly little to make or when a bad movie bombs at the box office cost hundreds of millions of dollars. But do you really understand how the money on a blockbuster film is spent?...

Learn How Marty And Doc First Met In IDW’s New Back To The Future Comic Book Series By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2015 1:00 pm EST As Comic Con begins tonight, IDW has announced they will be releasing a Back to the Future comic book series. The first issue will finally explain how Marty McFly met Doc Brown. Find out about the new comic book series, after the jump. Comic Book Resources broke the story, revealing that the first issue of the Back to the Future comic book will be released in October 2015....

LOL: ‘Interstellar’s Matthew McConaughey Reacts To ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer By Angie Han/April 17, 2015 11:30 am EST An entire galaxy of moviegoers lost their shit yesterday at the second The Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, but perhaps none loved it more than Matthew McConaughey. In a new video making the rounds, the Interstellar star laughs, gasps, and weeps while watching the epic trailer. See the funny Matthew McConaughey Star Wars reaction video after the jump....

Michael Moore Couldn’t Overturn ‘Where To Invade Next’ Rating By Jack Giroux/Dec. 4, 2015 6:00 am EST Filmmaker Michael Moore wasn’t happy when his newest film, Where to Invade Next, was branded with an R rating. The MPAA was unfair to Moore’s latest, and after attempt to appeal the rating, his request for a PG-13 has been denied. Learn more about the Where to Invade Next rating after the jump. Having seen Where to Invade Next, I can tell you this documentary does not deserve the R rating....

More ‘Baywatch’ Movie Photos: Dwayne Johnson, Kelly Rohrbach & Zac Efron Hit The Beach By Ethan Anderton/March 5, 2016 1:00 pm EST Production is currently underway on Baywatch, the feature comedy adaptation of the popular TV series from the 90s that puts Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron in the lead roles. We’ve already gotten a first look at the duo on set and in their lifeguard gear, but both of the stars have been posting photos to Instagram from the set over the past week, showing us even more from the set....

New ‘Spectre’ Featurette Goes Behind The Scenes Of The Day Of The Dead Opening Sequence By Angie Han/June 15, 2015 11:30 am EST It’s been over two years since the last Bond adventure, and we still have a few more months to wait until the next one. So in the meantime, here’s a little peek behind the scenes of Spectre’s opening sequence, set at a Day of the Dead festival in Mexico....

Ron Howard To Direct ‘The Girl Before’ Thriller Adaptation At Universal By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 29, 2015 12:00 pm EST In just under a couple weeks, we’ll see what director Ron Howard can do when he puts Chris Hemsworth out to sea to wage war with Moby Dick in the period drama In the Heart of the Sea. The film was pushed back from an initial March release, so the movie has been done for awhile....

Rumor: Marvel Wants Rebecca Ferguson For ‘Captain Marvel’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2015 4:30 pm EST They say that movie concepts and characters are the real movie stars now, rather than the actors who bring them to life. One of the few remaining legit stars is Tom Cruise, even though Edge of Tomorrow and Jack Reacher proved that his name won’t still open a movie in the US in the way that movie stars once could....

Star Wars Bits: 2016 LEGO Sets, Battlefront, Rebels, Star Wars Movie Mistake Debunked By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2015 1:30 pm EST Header image: New artwork from Acme Archives, which you can see in full on the second page. Images of some new Star Wars LEGO sets coming in 2016 have surfaced online: The sets, in the order in which they appear, are Rebel Battle Pack (75133), Empire Battle Pack (75135), Obi Wan’s Jedi Starfighter (75137), Carbon Freezing Chamber (75138), Hoth Attack (75140), Kanan’s Speeder Bike (75142) and Homing Spider Droid (75142)....

Steven Spielberg Will Never Remake Jaws Or E.T., But What About Other Amblin Titles? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2015 2:30 pm EST Now that Steven Spielberg is back at Universal, many industry insiders have been wondering if the legendary filmmaker will dig into his Amblin archives for some new remakes or sequels. Well, we know two things for sure: He will never remake Jaws or E.T. But what other movies in the Amblin library might he be considering?...

Superhero Bits: Asylum’s Sinister Squad, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Luke Cage & More By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2016 5:00 pm EST When did Deadpool’s mask get that little point on it? What if Disney Infinity made X-Men figures? How awful does The Asylum’s Suicide Squad rip-off look? When can you get your hands on Genndy Tartakovsky’s Luke Cage comic series that’s been sitting around for nine years? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad, Fantastic Four, Jessica Jones, SHIELD, Daredevil, Black Widow By Angie Han/July 30, 2015 4:00 pm EST What does Nic Cage have to say about Tim Burton’s Superman Lives? Does Deadpool’s Ryan Reynolds have ideas for Wolverine? Has DC released a Suicide Squad trailer breakdown? Want to see a new Fantastic Four clip? Or perhaps some Vixen concept art? Does Jessica Jones have a new logo? Who’s the new antagonist on Agents of S....

The Rock To Star In ‘Big Trouble In Little China’ Remake By Russ Fischer/June 1, 2015 3:33 pm EST John Carpenter’s 1986 film, originally designed as a western but modernized to be a San Francisco-set martial arts action/comedy starring Kurt Russell, is one of the set of Carpenter classics that has yet to be remade. In fact, we hadn’t even heard much news of a developing remake. So while all side-eyes were on the slow-developing Escape From New York remake this one snuck in....

Video: ‘Batman V Superman’ Cast Talks National Save The Bats Week By Germain Lussier/Oct. 28, 2014 11:00 am EST Normally, environmental issues are not a big topic of discussion here on /Film. But when the star and director of one of the most anticipated films in history talks about it, well, we listen. The movie is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and director Zack Snyder, along with Batman himself, Ben Affleck, have released a video for National Save the Bats Week....

Video: Harry Potter Death Montage Set To ‘Furious 7’ Song Will Get The Tears Flowing By Angie Han/July 27, 2015 8:00 am EST It’s not every big-budget action movie that can reduce an entire audience of grownups to tears, but Furious 7 did just that with its closing Paul Walker sendoff. Director James Wan got a huge assist on that front from Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth in the form of “See You Again,” a melancholy tune which has been making the rounds all summer....

VOTD: ‘Back To The Future Part II’ Now With More ‘Jurassic World’ And Donald Trump By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 11, 2015 5:00 am EST Throughout the week of Back to the Future Day, there were tons of tribute videos, mash-ups, parodies and promotions happening to take advantage of the celebration of the fictional importance of October 21st, 2015. And even though we’ve had our last round of Back to the Future Bits to cover as much as we could regarding the important day in time travel history, this latest video was just too impressive to pass up....

VOTD: How Many Lens Flares Are In JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Movies? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2015 5:00 am EST Yes, complaining about lens flares in filmmaker JJ Abrams’ films is just as cliche as you can get at this point. But someone pointed me to this video by editor Dylan Browne who attempted to get the answer to the question: How many lens flares are in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek movies, Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness....