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Canceled Starz Series ‘Magic City’ Becoming A Movie; Bruce Willis, Bill Murray Join Cast By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2014 12:00 pm EST When a TV series is canceled, that’s usually the end. It’s only on rare occasions (Arrested Development, The Comeback, etc.) that it gets a second chance as a series and it’s even more rare that a canceled show gets turned into a movie (Firefly being the big, obvious example)....

Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano, And Mary Elizabeth Winstead Join ‘Swiss Army Man’ By Russ Fischer/June 30, 2015 7:00 am EST The headlining trio of Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead is all the sales pitch I really need to be interested in a new film, but the plot of their new project Swiss Army Man sounds particularly odd. The three actors have all signed on for the film which will be directed by the team of Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert — if you don’t know those two names, you may know the name Daniels, under which they’ve directed many music videos and short films....

Exclusive: Watch The Suicide Squad IMAX Countdown By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2016 6:00 am EST IMAX and Warner Bros have provided us with the countdown to Suicide Squad to exclusively premiere on /Film. I still think the IMAX countdown is one of the best demos of 3D and surround sound in theaters today, and as you probably know, over the last couple years IMAX has been customizing their countdown pre-show video for some of the bigger movie blockbusters....

Grand Theft Starship: Video Game Mod Brings A Star Destroyer To ‘GTA V’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2015 6:00 am EST Not unlike trailer mash-ups and supercuts, there are plenty of video game modifications out there for those who choose to do their gaming on computers. Specifically, Grand Theft Auto has seen some awesome mods that have brought the Iron Man suit to GTA V and the Back to the Future DeLorean time machine to GTA IV....

James Wan Chose To Direct ‘Aquaman’ Over ‘The Flash’ By Jacob Hall/June 7, 2016 10:30 am EST James Wan may have gotten his start in the horror genre, but he proved himself to be perfectly capable of crafting a big, silly, and hugely entertaining blockbuster with Furious 7. Directing a film that grosses $1.5 billion worldwide opens many doors and after signing on to direct a sequel to his 2013 gem The Conjuring, Wan decided to enter the superhero movie fray with a big screen take on Aquaman....

Jeff Bridges Will Star In David Milch’s Adaptation Of ‘Shadow Country’ By Jack Giroux/Feb. 23, 2016 3:30 pm EST Deadwood fans saw a slight flicker of hope last month for the long-awaited sequel to the series. Concluding David Milch’s riveting series as an HBO film has been talked about for years, but it’s finally seeming, oddly, more realistic as the years go by. HBO programming president, Michael Lombardo, said they’re just waiting on Milch to make it happen, and that he was currently busy with another project....

More Details On AMC’s Martial Arts Series ‘Into The Badlands’ By Russ Fischer/April 16, 2015 5:00 am EST A few weeks ago we were surprised by the first teaser for AMC’s new series Into the Badlands, starring Daniel Wu as a warrior journeying across the western US with a young boy in tow. Now, thanks to some casting news, we have some more info. The show remains almost as mysterious as it was originally, but there are just enough new Into the Badlands cast details to keep us going....

NBC Releases Full ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Trailer: Watch Captain Hook Sing By Angie Han/Nov. 19, 2014 11:00 am EST Update: NBC has released a full length Peter Pan Live trailer. Watch it now embedded after the jump. NBC’s Sound of Music Live! was a bit of a disaster as an actual musical production. Lead Carrie Underwood couldn’t act to save her life, and as a result the whole thing kind of fell flat....

Netflix And Marvel’s ‘The Defenders’ Gets ‘Daredevil’ Showrunners By Angie Han/April 15, 2016 9:30 am EST A few days ago, Daredevil star Charlie Cox let slip that Netflix and Marvel’s The Defenders would be shooting by the end of the year. Now Marvel has officially announced the first step toward making that plan a reality. Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez, showrunners of Daredevil season 2, will be back to serve as showrunners on the original series, which unites Daredevil’s Cox, Jessica Jones’ Krysten Ritter, Luke Cage’s Mike Colter, and Iron Fist’s Finn Jones....

Rhett Reese And Paul Wernick Offer ‘Earth Vs. Moon’ Update: Still Stuck In Development Hell By Jack Giroux/Feb. 5, 2016 4:00 pm EST Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick worked on Deadpool for over five years, and the very R-rated superhero picture finally opens in theaters next week. We can’t say what we think of the film yet, but the early buzz suggests the wait was worth it.Deadpool hasn’t been the only project to take its sweet time getting to the big screen for Rheese and Wernick, though....

Star Wars Bits: John Williams, Star Wars: Battlefront, Shattered Empire, ILMxLab, CoverGirl By Angie Han/Aug. 14, 2015 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Darth Vader takes a strong stance in a new promo image from Star Wars: Battlefront. In addition, EA has announced a “Supremacy” mode for the game. Here’s how they describe it: Star Wars: Battlefront will be available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on November 17....

Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Justice League, Black Panther, New Mutants, Supergirl, Jessica Jones By Angie Han/Aug. 13, 2015 4:30 pm EST after centuries, I don’t dabble in rudimentary 🌎 art. However, I enjoy people’s fascinations with this boys demise… pic.twitter.com/0ykw224XBR — Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) August 13, 2015 WWE’s Stardust hypes up his upcoming battle against Arrow. Leo Fitzpatrick joins Gotham as an arsonist gang leader known as Joe Pike....

Superhero Bits: Hellboy, Batman V Superman, Arrow, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Fantastic Four By Germain Lussier/Feb. 17, 2015 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The trailer for the Bizarro DLC pack for LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. In his extended interview with Empire Magazine, Robert Downey Jr. almost acknowledges that Iron Man 2 isn’t that good. Gamma Squad pointed it out. Get More:...

Superhero Bits: The Iron Joker, Thor Picks A Side In Civil War, Guardians Of The Galaxy Storyboard & More By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2016 5:00 pm EST What would it look like if The Joker became Iron Man? Do Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick hope to write multiple Deadpool sequels? In real life which side would Chris Evans pick in Captain America: Civil War? More importantly, would Thor be Team Cap or Team Iron Man?...

VOTD: ‘Everything Is A Remix’ Remastered: All Four Parts Together In High-Definition By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 16, 2015 5:00 am EST A few years ago, we featured some segments from a little video series called Everything is a Remix, a video essay of sorts that showed movie lovers that Quentin Tarantino isn’t the only filmmaker who steals stuff from other movies to make new films. In fact, every single artist, whether they’re authors, musicians or filmmakers, have borrowed something old to make something new....

Watch ILM’s New Opening For ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2015 10:00 am EST Films destroy and rebuild Los Angeles all the time, but usually it is for nefarious purposes. The producers of Jimmy Kimmel Live hired ILM to disassemble and rebuild Hollywood landmarks for the show’s new opening, which debuted last night. Check out the benevolent rebuild of Hollywood in the video featuring the new Kimmel opening below....

Watch The Gorgeous Trailer For Mauritania’s Oscar-Nominated ‘Timbuktu’ By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2015 11:00 am EST Among this year’s crop is Timbuktu, Mauritania’s first-ever entry for the prize. Though it’s racked up praise on the festival circuit, it’s only now getting a proper theatrical rollout in the U.S. Get yourself ready by watching the Timbuktu trailer after the jump. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, the drama follows a family in fundamentalist-ruled Mali....

‘Batman: The Killing Joke’ Will Become An Animated Feature By Angie Han/July 13, 2015 2:00 pm EST One of the most iconic Batman stories of all time is finally getting turned into a movie. Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have announced plans to adapt Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s Batman: The Killing Joke into an animated feature for 2016. Get all the details on the Killing Joke movie after the jump....

‘Love’ Trailer: Gillian Jacobs And Paul Rust Play Not-So-Grown-Up Grown-Ups In Judd Apatow’s Netflix Series By Angie Han/Jan. 18, 2016 9:30 am EST Now that we’ve met Mickey and Gus, the first full-length Love trailer has arrived to show us what they’re like together. The upcoming Netflix series from Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Paul Rust (Comedy Bang! Bang!) centers on two very different young adults trying, with very mixed results, to navigate the complexities of modern love....

‘Scream’ Season 2 Trailer: Because Every Serial Killer Has An Accomplice By Jacob Hall/May 4, 2016 7:30 am EST I rolled my eyes harder than anyone when it was revealed that MTV was making a new television series based on the Scream movies. However, a few trusted friends and colleagues have told me that my negativity was misplaced. I have yet to actually eat my words, but enough serious horror fans have informed me that my decision to not watch the first season of this show was a poor one and that the negative early reviews were off-base....