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Country Star Blake Shelton Will Lend His Voice To ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ By Angie Han/Dec. 29, 2015 2:00 pm EST The Angry Birds Movie is lousy with stars as it is, with Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Keegan-Michael Key, Tony Hale, Ike Barinholtz, Hannibal Buress, Jillian Bell, Danielle Brooks, Romeo Santos, and Smosh (a.k.a. Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla) all set to lend their voices to the video game adaptation....

Damien Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’ To Open Wide Against ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ By Angie Han/March 7, 2016 3:30 pm EST Whiplash was 2014’s little film that could: the $3 million picture took Sundance by storm, won three Oscars and got nominated for two more, grossed $49 million in all, and put director Damien Chazelle on the map as an up-and-comer to watch. No surprise, then, that Lionsgate is hoping Chazelle will be able to work a similar magic with his next film, La La Land....

Hero Complex Gallery Teases New Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years Gallery Show Art By Jacob Hall/July 21, 2016 10:00 am EST It’s a good year to be a Star Trek fan…and if you’re not a Star Trek fan, it’s good year to start. It seems like everyone is celebrating the franchise’s 50th anniversary in style: Star Trek Beyond is in theaters this weekend, Bryan Fuller is busy developing a new TV show for an early 2017 bow, and anyone with a drop of creative juice in their system is paying tribute to the greatest science series of all time....

Jeremy Renner Talks The Evolution Of The MCU [Avengers 2 Set Interview] By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2015 7:30 am EST In June 2014, I visited the London set of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Previously we posted our on set interviews with Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, director Joss Whedon, and Chris Hemsworth. Today we’ve been given the green light to publish our interview with two more Avengers. This post contains our interview with Hawkeye, Jeremy Renner....

Keanu Reeves May Drive To Win In China-Set ‘Rally Car’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 18, 2015 4:00 pm EST The John Wick sequel, Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon, and Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch aren’t the only Keanu Reeves projects coming up. The actor is working on a deal that will have him take the wheel for a China-set action/comedy called Rally Car. The movie evidently has dreams of being something like a modern Cannonball Run, which featured a large and varied cast as participants in a cross-country car race....

Netflix Dates ‘Longmire’ Season 4 And Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master Of None’ By Angie Han/July 28, 2015 1:15 pm EST With Sense8, Orange Is the New Black, Bojack Horseman, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, and Narcos, Netflix ensured we’d have a whole summer’s worth of binge-watch material. Now that binge-watch binge can continue into this fall, as Netflix has set release dates for Longmire Season 3 and Aziz Ansari’s newly titled Master of None....

Robert Redford In Talks For ‘Pete’s Dragon’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 17, 2014 5:30 am EST The Pete’s Dragon in the works over at Disney has found a high-profile co-star to spin some tales about dragons. David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) is co-writing and directing the new take on the old story, and Robert Redford is now in talks to play one of the film’s important characters. Along with that news comes a few details on the new setting of the story....

Superhero Bits: Civil War, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Suicide Squad, Batman V Superman, Arrow, Deadpool By Angie Han/Aug. 17, 2015 5:00 pm EST Batman’s rogues gallery convenes for a fanmade “Straight Outta Gotham” music video (NSFW for language). The latest in Scott C.’s Great Showdowns series pits Ant-Man, Antony, and their ant-army against Yellowjacket.The Flash’s Grant Gustin wins the Teen Choice Award for Breakout Star. How bummed are we that this fanmade poster for a Netflix series starring Aubrey Plaza as Hawkeye isn’t real?...

Superhero Bits: Legion Of Super-Heroes On TV, Vixen Spin-Off On The CW And More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2016 5:00 pm EST Will the Legion of Super-Heroes be coming to one of the DC Comics TV shows? Could there be a Vixen spin-off show on the horizon at The CW? What does the Daredevil showrunner think of Frank Miller’s Elektra criticism? What does superhero poop look like? All that and more on this edition of Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad, Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, Aquaman, Ant-Man, Gotham By Angie Han/June 26, 2015 4:00 pm EST What’s in those Ant-Man credits scenes? Which new villain is coming to Gotham? Want to see an amazing fan-made Doctor Strange opening sequence? How about an action-packed Fantastic Four TV spot? How method is Suicide Squad’s Jared Leto? Will Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 be all about Secret Warriors? Could Entourage’s Aquaman show up in the real Aquaman?...

Tasu Leech And Black X-Wing Revealed For ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2015 12:16 pm EST A couple new Star Wars LEGO sets have been posted online, including the 75015 Millennium Falcon set which includes a minifig that reveals a new character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The new character is named Tasu Leech. We don’t know a whole lot more but we’ll keep the image and speculation for after the jump....

The TV Show You’ve All Been Waiting For Is Coming: ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ By Jack Giroux/Oct. 16, 2015 10:00 am EST My Best Friend’s Wedding made close to $300 million when it came out in 1997. Julia Roberts (Closer) was arguably at the top of her career, but that box-office figure is definitely unheard of these days for romantic comedies. Strangely, it took director P.J. Hogan six years to make another film, Peter Pan, the faithful and overlooked adaptation of J....

Vincent D’Onofrio Joins ‘CHiPS’ Movie As Villain By Angie Han/May 26, 2015 2:30 pm EST Daredevil baddie Vincent D’Onofrio is ready to take another walk on the dark side. He’s reportedly in talks to play the villain in CHiPS, Warner Bros.’ upcoming feature based on the ’70s TV series. Dax Shepard is directing the new film, and will also star alongside Michael Peña. Get details on the Vincent D’Onofrio CHiPS casting after the jump....

By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2016 5:30 am EST

VOTD: What If Werner Herzog Directed ‘Ant-Man’? By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2015 8:08 am EST With the release of Ant-Man earlier this month, we’re officially done with releases from Marvel Studios for 2015. Despite the trouble behind the scenes before the film started shooting, with Peyton Reed replacing Edgar Wright as director, it actually turned out to be a pretty decent comic book flick. But one fan thinks that movie could have been infinitely better if famed documentarian and Jack Reacher villain Werner Herzog was behind the camera instead....

Watch Monty Python Use A Tiny Catapult To Sell New ‘Monty Python And The Holy Grail’ Blu-Ray By Russ Fischer/Sept. 9, 2015 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The new Monty Python and the Holy Grail blu-ray will feature a working catapult — a tiny one, these people aren’t monsters, and the shipping for an actual war machine would be outrageous — that will fling appropriately-sized animal toys about your room....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Could Go Eight Seasons, HBO Is Open To ‘True Detective’ Season Three By Fred Topel/July 30, 2015 5:00 pm EST Michael Lombardo, president of programming for HBO, just gave an executive session to the Television Critics Association. Here are some of the questions he’s answering about Game of Thrones, True Detective, and the upcoming Westworld. One question fans have wondered about is how many seasons of Game of Thrones we might see....

‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Viral News Broadcast Celebrates War Of 1996 Victory By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2016 3:30 pm EST This summer marks 20 years since Independence Day hit theaters, making a blockbuster star out of Will Smith and delivering one of the most fun, exciting alien invasion movies of the decade, possibly ever. So obviously it’s the perfect time for the sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence to arrive. But since 20 years has passed in the narrative timeline since the events of original film, there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled in....

By Angie Han/June 10, 2015 7:30 am EST Alejandro Amenábar (The Others) returns this summer with Regression, his first feature in six years. Emma Watson stars as a young woman who accuses her father (David Dencik) of a crime, and Ethan Hawke is the detective assigned to the case. The dad claims not to remember the incident, so a psychologist (David Thewlis) is brought in to help him recover his memories....

‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ First Look: Wanna See Joe Manganiello Shirtless… As A Smurf? By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 2016 3:30 pm EST Nearly a year ago, we found out that Sony was going to take The Smurfs in an all-new direction on the big screen. Instead of continuing the live-action animation hybrid franchise, they opted to have Sony Pictures Animation develop an all-new animated film that would essentially reboot the blue creatures on film....