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A Role In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ Yoda Almost Had By Jacob Hall/Feb. 3, 2016 10:30 am EST This fascinating little bit of trivia comes to us via ET Online, who spoke to the Oscar-nominated editors of The Force Awakens Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey at the 66th annual ACE Eddie Awards, which honors achievements in film editing. Brandon is the one who actually gave up the goods, revealing that original Yoda voice actor and puppeteer Frank Oz got involved in the new film:...

Akiva Goldsman And Jeff Pinkner Are Writing ‘Transformers 5’ By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2015 3:30 pm EST Yesterday Steven DeKnight, former showrunner on Daredevil and current member of Paramount’s Transformers writer’s room, told us about the arrival of the Punisher to the second season of Daredevil. Today he has talked to other outlets about the Transformers project, and his comments help us understand who’s doing what (such as Jeff Pinkner writing Transformers 5 with Akiva Goldsman) and how the whole system is laid out....

Cool Stuff: Lego’s Massive Ultimate Collectors Series Star Wars Tie Fighter By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2015 10:00 am EST For fans who find themselves in the cross section between Star Wars and Lego, an Ultimate Collectors Series announcement is an event. One or twice a year Lego reveals a massive set, aimed at adult collectors, with the kind of detail worthy of the Jedi. The most recent one was the Boba Fett Slave 1....

Ford Has Patented A Windshield Movie Screen For A Future With Driverless Cars By Ethan Anderton/March 10, 2016 5:00 am EST According to Back to the Future Part II, we were supposed to have hoverboards and flying cars by last year. The deadline has come and gone, and while we certainly got a real working hoverboard, flying cars still remain a challenge. The good news is that the next iconic milestone year that has flying cars in the sci-fi realm is 2019, from Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, so we’ve got three another three years to make it happen....

J.J. Abrams Would Like To See A Knights Of Ren ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off By Ethan Anderton/July 20, 2016 6:00 am EST There’s a whole slate of Star Wars films coming out over the next few years with every other one being A Star Wars Story, a spin-off adventure that takes place outside of the primary saga storyline. The first one will be Rogue One this December, followed by a Han Solo standalone movie a couple years later with Alden Ehrenreich inheriting the role from Harrison Ford....

LOL: ‘Robot Chicken’ Predicted Zack Snyder’s George Washington Movie In 2009 By Ethan Anderton/March 4, 2016 6:30 am EST Just yesterday brought word that Man of Steel and Watchmen director Zack Snyder has been considering making a movie about George Washington in the style of 300. Inspired by the fact that many of the paintings of the American Revolution hero aren’t far removed from the style of Frank Miller’s graphic novel, Snyder doesn’t think it would be too hard to make that movie....

LOL: Pixar’s SadLab Figures Out Best Way To Make You Cry By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 24, 2015 5:00 am EST Just recently a wonderful fanmade montage took a look at the range of emotions that have been on display in the 20 year history of Pixar Animation’s feature films. It’s truly impressive how Pixar’s films have the power to make adults and kids run through the gamut of the emotional spectrum, and a new video finally explains how they do it....

Marc Forster Directing First Part Of Trilogy Based On Stanley Kubrick Screenplay ‘The Downslope’ By Angie Han/June 22, 2015 1:15 pm EST Sixteen years after Stanley Kubrick’s death, a new Stanley Kubrick project is on the way. Marc Forster is set to helm The Downslope, from an unproduced screenplay written by Kubrick in 1956. The plan right now is to turn The Downslope into a trilogy. More details on the Stanley Kubrick Downslope movie after the jump....

Neil Gaiman Explains ‘Sandman’ Absence From DC Movie Slate By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2014 6:30 am EST When Warner Bros. announced a ten-film slate of DC Comics films last week, taking the studio all the way to 2020, you might have noticed one big omission. There was no Sandman, which we know Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been developing over much of 2014. But worry not (or continue to worry, if you’re afraid of the film), as Sandman creator Neil Gaiman says things are still moving along, and that we can expect another announcement....

New ‘The Cobbler’ Trailer: Adam Sandler’s Latest Opens March 13 By Germain Lussier/Feb. 18, 2015 12:30 pm EST Normally, a new Adam Sandler movie would arrive with some massive fanfare. That’s not particularly the case with The Cobbler, a supernatural comedy with a star-studded cast that opens March 13. Sandler plays a New York City shoe repairman who develops an ability to literally become a person by putting on their shoes....

By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2016 10:00 am EST This rumor came about during the latest episode of Collider Heroes when Matt Key, a producer on Kevin Smith’s Fatman on Batman podcast, shared this little nugget with the show (via ComicBookMovie.com): Beyond that, Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse did pretty well at the box office at first, but the drop in the weekends that followed was something the studio wasn’t all that happy with....

Sacha Baron Cohen Will Play ‘Mandrake The Magician’ For Director Etan Cohen By Jack Giroux/June 7, 2016 4:30 pm EST After a three-year absence from the big screen, Sach Baron Cohen returned with this year’s The Brothers Grimsby and Alice Through the Looking Glass. The action-comedy was one of the first box-office bombs of the year, while the recent Disney sequel failed to live up to expectations. Cohen doesn’t have any other projects that we know of currently scheduled for release, but he’s just signed on to play Mandrake the Magician, the comic book hero created in 1934 by Lee Falk....

Starz Announces New 50 Cent Superhero Series, End Of ‘Black Sails’, And More [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/Aug. 1, 2016 2:30 pm EST Starz presented panels to the Television Critics Association today. Starz CEO Chris Albrecht spoke to reporters to make several announcements and take questions. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who produces the Starz series Power, has a new show in development with Starz. “Tomorrow, Today is a terrific superhero-themed series based on a screenplay by Curtis Jackson, our partner in Power,” Albrecht said....

StudioCanal Purchases ‘Paddington’ Brand; Third Film Already Being Planned By Jack Giroux/June 20, 2016 5:00 pm EST Co-writer/director Paul King (The Mighty Boosh) is returning for the Paddington sequel. Producer David Heyman (Gravity, Harry Potter) and financier-distributor StudioCanal were intent on bringing King back for a follow-up film, after the marvelous work he did with the first Paddington. The adaptation was a hit with critics and foreign audiences, and King deserves plenty of credit for successfully bringing Michael Bond’s lovable talking bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw) to the big screen....

Superhero Bits: Gal Gadot Steals Batman V Superman, Sabretooth In Wolverine 3 & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 29, 2016 5:00 pm EST What’s the early buzz on Gal Gadot’s performance as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman? Will we get to see Deadpool pop up in any X-Men movies in the future? Has Liev Schreiber talked to Hugh Jackman about Wolverine 3? Did James Franco not enjoy making the Spider-Man movies?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Morgan Freeman Unsure Of Batfleck, Marvel Villain For President, Disney Infinity & More By Ethan Anderton/March 2, 2016 5:00 pm EST Martin Freeman talks about his very complex costume design for Captain America: Civil War. A slew of Marvel video games will see a “Women of Power” initiative adding a bunch of new characters. A new comic series called Vote Loki will see the Asgardian running for president....

Taika Waititi In Talks To Direct ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ By Angie Han/Oct. 2, 2015 1:10 pm EST Thor: Ragnarok has finally found a director to bring about the end of days. Taika Waititi, who last helmed the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, is reportedly in talks to direct the Marvel sequel. Learn more about the new Thor Ragnarok director after the jump. TheWrap got the scoop on the new Thor Ragnarok director....

The (Sadly Nonexistent) ‘Spider-Gwen’ Movie Gets An Amazing Trailer By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2015 3:30 pm EST The DC Extended Universe isn’t putting out a female superhero movie until Wonder Woman in 2017, and Marvel Studios is lagging even further behind with Captain Marvel in 2018. Which is enough of a bummer as it is, but it gets even sadder when a video like this fan-made Spider-Gwen trailer comes along to show us what could be....

The Office Spin-Off Coming From Netflix And Ricky Gervais By Jack Giroux/June 14, 2016 3:30 pm EST Below, learn more about The Office spinoff. During the Opie With Jim Norton Show, Gervais revealed Netflix has purchased David Brent: Life on the Road (via Variety). The Office star and co-creator is pleased he’ll have “20 million people see it than half a million people see it in cinemas.” As for the plot, here’s what Gervais had to say about Life on the Road:...

The Path Trailer: Aaron Paul In Hulu’s Cult Drama Series From Producer Jason Katims By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2016 2:30 pm EST Hulu has released a trailer for their original series The Path, which will premiere on the online streaming service on March 30th, 2016. From executive producer Jason Katims (creator of Friday Night Lights and Parenthood) comes a drama about “a family at the center of a controversial cult movement as they struggle with relationships, faith, and power....