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By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2015 6:00 pm EST Legendary and Warner Bros. are creating a shared monster universe in order to facilitate the showdown between two giant icons. Legendary has been assembling Kong: Skull Island, basically a King Kong prequel, with distribution partner Universal. But now, as that film gears up to shoot, Legendary boss Thomas Tull has pulled a switch. He’s taking Skull Island to Warner Bros., which is also the home of a potential Godzilla sequel....

LOL: ‘Jurassic Parks And Recreation’ Pits Andy Dwyer Against Dinos By Angie Han/Jan. 7, 2015 7:30 am EST Pretty much the moment Chris Pratt was announced as the star of Jurassic World, we Parks and Recreation fans started to wonder Andy Dwyer would make of all this. After all, hanging out in a dino park all day is exactly the kind of thing that’d get Pawnee’s most lovable idiot to make this face:...

New ‘Ant-Man’ Poster Pits The Hero Against A Swarm Of Bullets By Russ Fischer/May 28, 2015 12:00 pm EST There’s a new Ant-Man poster, and unlike the schlocky collage that made up the last one-sheet, this new image is more interesting. Ant-Man himself is the center of the shot, but it’s the edges of the frame that get my attention. That’s where we see a hail of bullets flying toward the little guy as he rides an ant, which seems like a pretty good promise of an action sequence in the final film....

POTD: John Boyega Visits A Children’s Hospital As Finn From ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2016 11:30 am EST The entire world is now familiar with John Boyega as one of the new heroes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now he’s a hero in real life as well. This past weekend, the Attack the Block star stopped by the Royal London Hospital to pay a visit to some sick children on behalf of the Rays of Sunshine charity program....

Roberto Clemente Baseball Biopic In The Works At Legendary By Angie Han/June 4, 2015 2:00 pm EST Following the success of their Jackie Robinson biopic 42, Legendary is turning its attentions to a different baseball trailblazer. The company is developing a film about Roberto Clemente, the Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder who became the first Latino player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Get all the details on the Roberto Clemente movie after the jump....

Star Wars Introduces First LGBT Character Into Canon By Angie Han/March 9, 2015 9:00 am EST The Star Wars universe is a vast and varied one, full of characters of all shapes, sizes, colors, lightsaber colors, abilities, and moral alignments. Now it’s getting a little more diverse on the sexual orientation front as well. Star Wars: Lords of the Sith, an upcoming novel by Paul S. Kemp, will induct the first-ever LGBT character into the official canon....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man, Fantastic Four, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Kevin Feige, The Flash, Constantine By Angie Han/July 16, 2015 4:00 pm EST Where are the Easter eggs in Ant-Man? Want to see some more Avengers: Age of Ultron concept art? Why does Ian McKellen prefer the X-Men over Superman? Is the movie Flash (Ezra Miller) a fan of the TV Flash (Grant Gustin)? What does Kevin Feige have to say about Marvel’s track record with female superheroes?...

Theme Park News: ‘Skull Island: Reign Of Kong’ Video Reveals The Big Guy Himself By Jacob Hall/May 17, 2016 8:00 am EST It’s going to be an interesting summer for the theme park cold war that’s been brewing between Disney and Universal for the past six years. Shanghai Disneyland is set to open very soon and the early videos of the attractions promise a few next-level experiences. That new Pirates of the Caribbean ride in particular feels like the result of Universal raising the standards of themed entertainment with their Wizarding World of Harry Potter....

You Can Buy Luke Skywalker’s Blaster From ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ For A Small Fortune By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2016 6:00 am EST Props from popular movies are pretty hard to come by. And when it comes to props from the original Star Wars trilogy, they’re nearly impossible to get ahold of without selling a kidney, a child, or a child’s kidney. Therefore, whenever one ends up for sale, it might be worth it to take out a small loan....

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ TV Spots - Hawkeye Says What We’re All Thinking By Russ Fischer/April 2, 2015 3:30 pm EST Avengers: Age of Ultron arrives in the UK and other countries in just a couple weeks, and hits the US on May 1. The first screenings take place very soon, after which we’ll probably start to hear far too much about the film’s secrets. But for now, there are brief blasts of new footage thanks to things like the new behind the scenes featurette, and these two new Age of Ultron TV spots....

‘Batman V Superman’ Story Details Teased, Jury Still Out On Whether Or Not Superman Bleeds By Jacob Hall/March 3, 2016 11:00 am EST Despite a handful of trailers and a few bushels of TV spots and clips, great swaths of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice remain shrouded in mystery. And now, thanks to a new Entertainment Weekly cover story, we are being offered a peek under the curtain. New story details and a few minor spoilers are now available for your prying eyes, should you be interested in such a thing....

‘For The Love Of Spock’ Trailer: Adam Nimoy Pays Tribute To His Father And A Legendary Sci-Fi Icon By Jacob Hall/July 21, 2016 5:00 pm EST If you cornered me in a dark alley and forced me to name the five greatest characters in all of fiction, I can’t say who would fill out the complete list. However, I can see with utmost confidence that one of them would Spock, the Vulcan science officer so memorably played by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series and eight subsequent movies....

‘Insidious Chapter 3’ Teaser Trailer: Go Back Into The Further Once Again By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2014 9:31 am EST Chapter 3 in the Insidious saga hits theaters next year and your first trailer is here. Written and directed by Leigh Whannell, Insidious Chapter 3 is a prequel to the other two films, showing how ghost hunter Elise (Lin Shaye) learns about The Further, via the plight of a young father (Dermot Mulroney) and his daughter (Stefanie Scott)....

‘Luke Cage’ Trailer: Netflix’s Marvel Universe Ventures Into Harlem By Angie Han/Aug. 9, 2016 6:30 am EST Both Daredevil and Jessica Jones were based in Hell’s Kitchen, but perhaps after realizing that a neighborhood of one square mile can only sustain so many superheroes at a time, Netflix’s next Marvel hero is headed uptown. Luke Cage picks back up with the unbreakable badass we last saw in Jessica Jones. Nowadays, though, his concern is protecting his neighborhood of Harlem....

‘Powers’ To Debut This Spring On PlayStation Network By Angie Han/Jan. 20, 2015 7:30 am EST PlayStation will be powering on its first-ever original series this spring. The company has just announced a debut date for Powers, based on the comic book by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming. Sharlto Copley and Susan Heyward lead the drama as two police detectives working in the Powers division, which specializes in cases involving superhuman abilities....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Will Have 30% Less Commercials Starting Next Season By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2016 10:00 am EST Good news, Saturday Night Live fans! We’re about to get more time for sketches to air on NBC when the show returns for its 42nd season this fall. The peacock network will be go lighter on commercial time during each new episode of Saturday Night Live next season, in addition to introducing a new form of advertising that will integrate sketches with sponsors....

‘The Big Short’ Featurette: Adam McKay Bets Against The American Economy By Jack Giroux/Nov. 12, 2015 2:30 pm EST The Big Short is a slight change of pace for Adam McKay. The man behind Step Brothers, Talladega Nights, and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is taking on a more serious subject matter with his adaptation of Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book. As serious as the housing crisis is, that doesn’t mean McKay isn’t bringing his outrageous sensibility to the film....

‘The Purge 3’ Is A Go; James DeMonaco Will Write And Direct By Germain Lussier/Oct. 6, 2014 3:30 pm EST The first two Purge films cost $12 million combined and together they’ve grossed nearly $200 million. That’s what you call “good business,” so Universal and Blumhouse have made The Purge 3 official. This itself isn’t a surprise. What is a bit of a surprise is the news saying James DeMonaco, the writer and director of the first two films, is returning to fill the same roles on the third movie....

All ‘Star Wars’ Movies Coming To Netflix & AMC Theatres? [Updated] By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 16, 2015 11:30 am EST With the arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens just a few months away, there will be plenty more Star Wars hype coming down the road. One thing that fans have been hoping for more than anything is the return of the original Star Wars trilogy to theaters to lead up to the release of The Force Awakens, and it looks like their wish may come true....

Ben Affleck Starring In And Directing Batman Solo Movie With Geoff Johns Writing By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2015 3:45 pm EST Deadline reports that Ben Affleck’s involvement seems to be even deeper than starring and directing. The precise release plan for this film is unclear, but given the timeline of various productions, this will be a couple years down the road. 2018 has been the rumored release window for a stand alone Batman feature film....