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‘House Of Cards’ Season 3 Trailer: Can Frank Underwood Hold It All Together? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 12, 2015 6:00 am EST Maybe you binge-watched all of the first season, but did you watch all of Season 2 of House of Cards? Me, neither. But this House of Cards season 3 trailer might make you regret passing on the second season, if only because it is appealing enough to suggest that it would be a really good idea to catch up before late February, when the new season premieres....

‘Iron Man 4’ Probably Not In The Cards, According To Robert Downey Jr. By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2016 2:30 pm EST For a few years now, Robert Downey Jr. has gone back and forth on his future as Iron Man at Marvel Studios. Back in 2013 he hinted at potentially leaving behind the armor once he turned 50, though that wasn’t a solid deadline for his departure from the comic book franchise....

‘MADtv’ Coming Back With New Episodes On The CW By Ethan Anderton/April 12, 2016 1:00 pm EST Find out more details about MADtv coming back to television after the jump. This will likely also serve as a test for The CW to see if a revival of MADtv is something their audience is interested in. While the programming doesn’t seem like something that fits in with the network’s brand, The CW did previously bring back Whose Line Is It Anyway?...

‘Man Vs Snake’ Trailer: This Documenary Could Be The Next ‘King Of Kong’ By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2016 12:00 pm EST As the Man vs Snake trailer below illustrates, the film sets the stage by introducing us to Tim McVey, the man who set a world record in 1984 by becoming the first person to score over a billion points on a single video game. That game was Nibbler, which may be better known as “Snake” to today’s crowd....

‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’ Production Postponed Indefinitely Due To Dylan O’Brien’s Injuries By Ethan Anderton/April 30, 2016 9:00 am EST Since the accident took place, O’Brien’s injuries have been clarified with a report from WorkSafeBC saying that he suffered a “concussion, facial fracture and lacerations.” That sounds pretty bad. But obviously it could have been much worse. As for when production will resume, it all depends on O’Brien. In the meantime, the studios says, “We wish Dylan a speedy recovery and look forward to restarting production as soon as possible....

‘Papillon’ Remake Casts ‘Mr. Robot’ Star Rami Malek In The Dustin Hoffman Role By Angie Han/Aug. 3, 2016 11:00 am EST The folks behind the Papillon remake faced the massive challenging of finding an actor worthy of succeeding Steve McQueen in the lead role, and eventually they decided Charlie Hunnam was the guy to do it. Now they’ve moved on to filling the Dustin Hoffman role, and this time they’ve got their eyes on a small-screen standout....

‘Star Trek Beyond’ Will Get Released In The Three-Screen Barco Escape Format By Ethan Anderton/April 13, 2016 12:00 pm EST Now Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot are the next to give the format a shot by releasing Star Trek Beyond in the experimental Barco Escape format this summer. Get details on the special Star Trek Beyond Barco Escape release below. Much in the same way that some films shoot sequences specifically on IMAX cameras for the giant screen, the same will be done with the Barco Escape format for Star Trek Beyond....

‘The Punisher’ Spin-Off Series In Development At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 16, 2016 11:07 am EST When Netflix started their relationship with Marvel Studios, their slate was quite ambitious. The streaming service struck a deal for series adaptations of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist, all leading up to an assembly of The Defenders. However, it sounds like one more Marvel series may enter the equation, and it’s all because of the second season of Daredevil....

‘Zoolander 2’ Coming February 2016 By Russ Fischer/March 10, 2015 7:49 am EST Today at Valentino’s show in Paris for Paris Fashion Week, a Zoolander reunion took place when Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson walked the runway in character as their Zoolander alter-egos Derek Zoolander and Hansel. That instantly led to questions about whether or not this was the first part of an official Zoolander 2 announcement, and in fact it was....

All The ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Footage So Far: Have You Seen Enough Yet? By Jack Giroux/Feb. 22, 2016 4:00 pm EST Youtube user “M1illion” cut together all of the Batman v Superman footage into this 10-minute trailer (via Indiewire): It’s hard to say whether this trailer is actually in chronological order, since we haven’t seen the movie yet, but most of M1llion’s predictions about the film’s structure seem on point....

Cool Stuff: Over Two Dozen Images From 8th Annual ‘Crazy 4 Cult’ Art Show By Germain Lussier/Dec. 11, 2014 10:00 am EST Eight years ago, a small gallery in Los Angeles had a crazy idea. To do an art exhibit that’s wasn’t highbrow like most gallery shows, but instead comprised only of work based on popular culture. It’s an idea that has since not only spawned an entire subculture of pop culture art, but numerous copycats, launched the career of hundreds of artists, been the subject of two books, multiple documentaries, and filled the walls of apartments all over the world....

Cool Stuff: We’re Finally Getting The LEGO Hoth Playset ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Deserves By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 13, 2016 12:00 pm EST There are a slew of incredible LEGO Star Wars sets out there, but for some reason The Empire Strikes Back hasn’t really properly been given its due diligence in building brick form. Specifically, with the exception of a Snowspeeder and AT-AT, the playsets recreating scenes from the opening battle on Hoth have been lackluster at best....

Elton John Confirmed For ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ [UPDATED] By Angie Han/May 17, 2016 3:15 pm EST It’s been a long time since Tommy….. #Kingsman A photo posted by Elton John (@eltonjohn) on May 16, 2016 at 1:24pm PDT Our original story from April 12, 2016 follows. THR reported on the Kingsman Elton John casting. In Kingsman, John joins Taron Egerton as series lead Eggsy, Mark Strong as Kingsman agent Merlin, and Julianne Moore as new villain Poppy....

J.J. Abrams-Produced ‘God Particle’ Casts David Oyelowo And Gugu Mbatha-Raw By Angie Han/March 29, 2016 4:30 pm EST The mystery box surrounding the J.J. Abrams-produced God Particle has cracked open just wide enough to let in a couple more people. David Oyelowo and Gugu Mbatha-Raw have just signed on to star in the sci-fi feature, which is being directed by Julius Onah for Paramount. It’s a major step forward for the project, which has been in development since 2012 but only recently set a 2017 release date....

No, ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ Will Not Be A Movie (Well, Not Yet) By Angie Han/March 2, 2016 4:30 pm EST Nearly a decade after Harry and Voldemort’s final showdown in the seventh and final book of J.K. Rowling’s series, fans rejoiced to hear an eighth Harry Potter story was on the way – in the form of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a play set to premiere on London’s West End this summer....

Rumor: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Sequel Shooting In 2017, Bryan Singer To Direct? By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2015 11:00 am EST Le Journal de Montréal reports that the X-Men team will be returning to Montreal in November 2016 to prepare to shoot in 2017 for a film due out in summer 2018. It will be the third X-Men movie to shoot in the Canadian city after X-Men: Days of Future Past and X-Men: Apocalypse....

Superhero Bits: Alternate Harley Quinn Designs, How Muhammad Ali Influenced Deadshot & More By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2016 5:00 pm EST How did Muhammad Ali help Will Smith shape Deadshot for Suicide Squad? When will you be able to play the first episode of Batman: The Telltale Series? How did Marvel come to decide to kill a certain Avenger in Civil War II? How can you get a Dazzler album cover at Comic-Con?...

Superhero Bits: Aquaman, Flash, Arrow, X-Men Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Age Of Ultron By Germain Lussier/March 16, 2015 4:00 pm EST What was Jason Momoa’s message from DC to Marvel? Could other incarnations of The Flash appear in the upcoming season? Want to see new trailers for that as well as Arrow? Will Nicholas Hoult stop being Beast after X-Man Apocalypse? Should we expect new Nemesis news soon? Is Miles Teller interested in a Fantastic Four/X-Men crossover?...

Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Harley Quinn, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Justice League, Aquaman By Angie Han/Sept. 8, 2015 5:00 pm EST Need a refresher on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2? How about another Gotham Season 2 clip? What does Harley Quinn’s co-creator think of her Suicide Squad look? Does James Gunn have a status update on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? What superhero movie does Tommy Wiseau want to direct?...

Video: The Invisible CG Effects Of David Fincher’s ‘Gone Girl’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2014 11:00 am EST David Fincher is a filmmaker who knows how to seamlessly incorporate computer generated effects into his films. For example, I highly recommend watching the behind the scenes documentary on the Blu-ray/DVD of Zodiac. When it was first released, the amount of digital effects in that movie was eye opening to me. And he’s only continued to do that....