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By Germain Lussier/April 7, 2015 12:45 pm EST The upcoming horror film Unfriended already has a unique look. From the first scene to the last, the entire thing takes place on a computer monitor as a bunch of friends interact on Skype and realize one of their dead friends may have returned, and is trying to kill them. However, what we learned at the WonderCon 2015 panel on the film is that director Levan Gabriadze took that concept to a whole new level....

2015 Annie Awards: ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Wins Top Honors By Angie Han/Feb. 2, 2015 7:00 am EST Get the full list of 2015 Annie Awards winners after the jump. Production CategoriesBest Animated Feature Best Animated Special Production Best Animated Short Subject Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production...

By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 25, 2015 3:00 pm EST The streaming deal will also bring Mr. Robot to the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Japan, though it might not be available at the same time in international territories as it is in the U.S.

Chris Pratt Is A ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ [UPDATED] By Angie Han/Nov. 20, 2014 7:45 am EST Thought the Guardians of the Galaxy were an odd bunch? Chris Pratt’s next comic book adaptation could be even weirder. He’s reportedly attached to lead Universal’s Cowboy Ninja Viking, about an assassin whose multiple personality disorder gives him the attributes of three warrior archetypes: the cowboy, the ninja, and the viking. Hit the jump for more on the possible Chris Pratt Cowboy Ninja Viking casting....

Cool Stuff: These ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Animated Series Action Figures Are Bodacious By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 11, 2016 4:00 am EST There have been hundreds of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures released over the years But I don’t think I’ve seen any figures that are as beautiful as this new line from Bandai, especially for fans of the animated series from the late ’80s/early ’90s. Part of their Figuarts line of figures, these four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are bright, vibrant and just plain perfect....

Disney Confirms That’s Luke’s Lightsaber In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2014 1:30 pm EST A Disney mouthpiece has identified one of the lightsabers in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer… but the trick is that the one revealed as belonging to a classic character isn’t the trailer saber you’re thinking of. Sure, there’s that red one, the weapon with the blazing hilt that has inspired enough conversation that Stephen Colbert gave it a whole segment on one of his final episodes of The Colbert Report....

Don’t Expect ‘Deadpool 2’ To Be Overcrowded Or Overly Expensive By Jack Giroux/Feb. 18, 2016 7:00 am EST A Deadpool 2 will happen, and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are already discussing it. The screenwriting duo are writing the sequel. The two worked on the first film for around seven years, so it’s no surprise they’d want to return to a world they’re passionate about. We already know the character Cable, which Stephen Lang is already campaigning for (how often do these campaigns work?...

Frank Marshall Says ‘Indiana Jones’ Reboot Wouldn’t Recast A New Actor As Dr. Jones By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 26, 2015 12:00 pm EST Ever since Disney bought Lucasfilm for $4 billion, the hype train surrounding the studio’s plans for Star Wars has been nonstop, and last week it went into overdrive with the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But don’t forget that Lucasfilm has one other franchise that the House of Mouse will keep alive as well: Indiana Jones....

James Franco’s ‘Zeroville’ Casts Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell And More By Angie Han/Oct. 24, 2014 11:00 am EST Based on the 2007 novel by Steve Erickson, Zeroville centers on an alienated movie lover who makes his way to Los Angeles in the late ’60s. Hit the jump for Zeroville cast details including character info. The plot follows Franco’s Ike Jerome (nicknamed “Vikar”), a young and awkward architecture student obsessed with cinema....

Mark Wahlberg And Peter Berg To Make ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 6, 2014 1:30 pm EST Hollywood has been trying to turn the popular ’70s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man into a feature film for decades. It’s taken so long, inflation has ballooned the idea of a six million dollar man into a six billion dollar man. And now, the team behind Lone Survivor is stepping up to the plate to make the movie....

Roberto Orci No Longer Directing ‘Star Trek 3’, Read His Comments On The Departure By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2014 11:00 am EST Roberto Orci posted the following comments on the Star Trek fansite TrekMovie.com: not at all. still excited to make Trek 3! And on time. We’ll find the right director! no time travel was ever considered, fyi A user named OneBuckFilms wrote “You seem to have forgotten Kirk’s advice to Picard: “Don’t let them do ANYTHING to take you out of that chairs [sic]....

Superhero Bits: Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Legends Of Tomorrow, Loki, Gotham, Agent Carter By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2015 5:00 pm EST Will Jason Momoa’s Aquaman costume nod to the comics? How is Suicide Squad’s Cara Delevingne showing her love for Superman? Who else is coming to Legends of Tomorrow? What can screenwriter Jason Fuchs say about Wonder Woman? How is Mondo celebrating Batman Day? Does Tom Hiddleston think fans want him back as Loki?...

Superhero Bits: Arrow, Legends Of Tomorrow, Wolverine, Captain America, Black Widow How is the new Black Widow young adult novel? What’s coming up on the next episode of Arrow? What does time travel on Legends of Tomorrow mean for deaths on the show? How does the new female Wolverine comic book look? What would David S. Goyer’s Green Arrow movie have been like? Where can you get that awesome Captain America artwork above?...

Watch ‘The BFG’ Star Ruby Barnhill Stump Steven Spielberg During A Game Of Spielberg Trivia By Jack Giroux/May 16, 2016 6:00 am EST Steven Spielberg has gotten some exceptional performances out of child actors throughout his career. Rarely does a child’s performance in a Spielberg film ring false. Empire of the Sun, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Jurassic Park, and The Temple of Doom star kids giving naturally charismatic and completely present performances....

Watch The Full ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Hall H Panel [Comic-Con 2015] By Angie Han/July 11, 2015 10:48 am EST One of the big highlights of this year’s entire Comic-Con lineup was the Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Lawrence Kasdan took the stage to thunderous cheering, and stars John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, and Gwendoline Christie followed in short order....

Wes Anderson Considering A New Stop-Motion Animated Movie By Russ Fischer/Nov. 10, 2014 1:00 pm EST Anderson appeared at the Lisbon And Estoril Film Festival and Portuguese site C7nema (via The Playlist) reports that some of his comments during a Q&A involved the plan for a new animated film, similar in structure to Vittorio De Sica’s The Gold Of Naples. (A while which is made up of six disconnected stories all set in Naples....

Writer Adam McKay Open To Returning For ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 10, 2015 7:30 am EST Marvel was smart enough to bring director Peyton Reed back for the sequel to Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp. Reed was in an awkward spot, taking over the first Ant-Man after all the negative buzz following Edgar Wright’s departure, but he came in and knocked the Marvel film out of the park....

‘300’ Sequels Could Focus On Other Historical Battles, Says Zack Snyder By Angie Han/March 21, 2016 10:42 am EST Despite being a massive box office success and arguably one of the most influential films of the past ten years, Zack Snyder’s 300 has yielded only one sequel so far, the tepidly received 300: Rise of an Empire. Still, Snyder has hopes the series could keep going – albeit in a slightly different way than we might have expected....

‘Battlefield’ TV Series Coming From Paramount By Jack Giroux/July 11, 2016 4:00 pm EST Michael Sugar, who recently won an Academy Award for producing Spotlight, is attempting to bring EA’s Battlefield to the small screen. The video game franchise, which is very popular for its highly-addictive online multiplayer mode, was created in 2002, starting with Battlefield 1942. Since then, Battlefield has gained a following of 60 million players, and with a fanbase that massive, UTA and Paramount smell an opportunity....

‘Everybody Wants Some’ Early Buzz: Oh, You Know, Just Another Great Richard Linklater Film By Jacob Hall/March 8, 2016 10:30 am EST Richard Linklater is one of those filmmakers who just sneaks up on you when you least suspect it. He doesn’t command a loud and unruly fanbase. His films tend to be low key, sometimes flying under the radar altogether. And yet, he’s a true chameleon, a director capable of sliding between genres and juggling tones like tea others....