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‘Star Wars’ Fan Film ‘5-25-77’ Finally Headed For Release By Angie Han/June 10, 2015 11:30 am EST More than a decade after Patrick Read Johnson started shooting 5-25-77, his Star Wars-centric coming-of-age drama, he’s finally done. The director has confirmed in a recent interview that the movie is ready to go, and will be released later this year. John Francis Daley leads 5-25-77 as a young film geek whose life is changed by a little movie called Star Wars....

‘Supergirl’ Casts Its Superman: ‘Teen Wolf’ Star Tyler Hoechlin By Angie Han/June 16, 2016 11:30 am EST The CW welcomed Supergirl to its growing DC universe last month, and now she’s bringing with her another member of the Super-family. The network has announced that Tyler Hoechlin, of Teen Wolf and Everybody Wants Some!!, will guest star in the second season of Supergirl as Kara’s much more famous cousin Kal-El, a.k.a. Clark Kent, a....

According To A Lawyer, Han Solo Had A Legal Right To Shoot Greedo First By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2015 6:00 am EST With the exception of swapping out the spirit of old Anakin Skywalker for the young version from Revenge of the Sith played by Hayden Christensen, perhaps the most egregious change in the Special Edition version of the Star Wars trilogy is making Greedo shoot first before being blasted into oblivion by Han Solo....

Andy Muschietti Replaces Cary Fukunaga For Stephen King’s ‘It’ By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2015 12:59 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Warner Bros has been trying to remake Stephen King’s It for over six years now. The project, now at New Line, was most recently going to be directed by Cary Fukunaga (True Detective), but the filmmaker left the project after clashing with the studio....

Cool Stuff: Official ‘Adventure Time’ LEGO Set Is Coming By Ethan Anderton/March 16, 2016 12:00 pm EST We’re champions of plenty of projects that pop up over at the LEGO Ideas website. For those who don’t know, it’s a community of LEGO builders who create custom sets that they hope will be supported by community and eventually make it in front of the official LEGO board for approval to become a legitimate set sold in stores....

First ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Poster Says “We’re Back, Pitches,” Trailer Out Thursday By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2014 12:30 pm EST Look, there are some great sequels coming out in 2015: Star Wars, The Avengers, Jurassic Park, The Terminator… the list goes on and on. But none of those will have synchronized dancing, a capella covers of pop songs, or Anna Kendrick. Those elements put the sequel to Pitch Perfect right up there on my must-see list....

Here Are The Movies That Will Have Super Bowl Commercials By Germain Lussier/Jan. 29, 2015 5:00 am EST Deadline reported on the movies that will have Super Bowl commercials. This is reportedly as complete a list as there is for now. There could always be additions but, as of now, this is the list. The biggest surprise here is that these are all movies we’ve seen footage from (Except Ted 2 but a trailer hits Thursday morning)....

Jenny Slate Reuniting With ‘Obvious Child’ Director And Writer For ’90s Comedy ‘Landline’ By Angie Han/May 18, 2016 3:30 pm EST Slate is set to star in Robespierre’s next directorial effort, Landline, to be written by Robespierre and Holm. As the title suggests, Landline is a period piece — specifically, an ensemble comedy set in 1995. John Turturro, Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, and newcomer Abby Quinn are also among the cast....

Luc Besson Sets Up ‘Taken’ Prequel TV Series With All The ‘Taken’ Elements Taken Out By Russ Fischer/Sept. 18, 2015 9:30 am EST I know the main question everyone asked after watching any of the three Taken films was “but how did Bryan Mills” develop a very particular set of skills? Can we ever see that long career that gave him skills that make him a nightmare for bad people?...

Reese Witherspoon & Laura Dern Reteam With ‘Wild’ Author For ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ HBO Series By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2015 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Dern and Witherspoon (who played mother and daughter in Wild) are developing the series with Strayed and her husband, but only Dern will be taking a lead role in the series as the advice columnist at the center of the Portland family....

Simon Pegg Was Part Of The ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Brain Trust By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 14, 2015 10:45 am EST When director J.J. Abrams was confirmed to direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens, before we even knew what the title for Episode VII was going to be, some fans were a little annoyed at his hiring. Abrams after all, already had a hand in rebooting Star Trek in 2009, and also directed the less-impressive sequel Star Trek Into Darkness....

Superhero Bits: Avengers Age Of Ultron, Deadpool, X-Men Apocalypse, Kingsman, Black Widow By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2015 5:30 pm EST What’s the controversy surrounding Black Widow and Avengers: Age of Ultron merchandise? When will Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D cross over with the film? Which superhero world record did Warner Bros. just set? How is Kodi Smit-McPhee approaching Nightcrawler in X-Men Apocalypse? When will Kingsman: The Secret Service be on Blu-ray? Want to see some new Deadpool set videos?...

The Ones Who Knock S2E03 - Amarillo By David Chen/March 1, 2016 11:25 pm EST Thanks to your donations, The Ones Who Knock is back to discuss this season of Better Call Saul! In this season, David, his brother Michael, and Joanna Robinson from Vanity Fair discuss Better Call Saul’s third ep this season, “Amarillo.” Feel free to back our Kickstarter if you want to show your support! And be sure to read up on how we shouldn’t treat Kim like Skyler White....

Universal Monsters Will Be Horror, Promises ‘The Mummy’ Director Alex Kurtzman By Angie Han/Aug. 11, 2015 12:30 pm EST Last year, Universal irked a lot of fans when head Donna Langley revealed the studio’s plan for the rebooted Universal Monsters franchise was to “take it out of the horror genre, put it more in the action-adventure genre.” But those same fans may be able to breathe a bit easier now that director Alex Kurtzman has offered a clarification....

Watch This: The Final Track From ‘Inception’ Performed On A Looping Cello (Again), With An Amazing Lyra Dance By David Chen/July 28, 2015 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. To promote the EP, I wanted to create music videos for several tracks of the EP that were visually striking. So I teamed up with my partner-in-crime, dancer Danaë Montreuil again, and we went to Versatile Arts in Seattle to film a music video over the course of several hours using a lyra, or aerial hoop....

Will Ferrell-Themed Bar Opens In New York By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2015 6:30 am EST If your idea of a good Friday night is trading Anchorman quotes over glasses of scotchy scotch scotch, you’ll want to get on the next train to New York City’s Lower East Side. A Will Ferrell-themed bar called Stay Classy has just opened in the area, and it’s kind of a big deal. Learn all about the Will Ferrell bar after the jump....

‘Expendables’ TV Series In The Works At Fox By Angie Han/March 5, 2015 2:00 pm EST Deadline reports that The Expendables has received a script order from Fox, which means it still has a ways to go before it becomes a full-fledged show. The plot, which is really just an excuse to put a bunch of famous people together, centers around a team of heroes trying to stop a dangerous terrorist....

‘Gotham’ Renewed For Season 3 By Angie Han/March 17, 2016 10:30 am EST Gotham announced the season 3 renewal on its Twitter page. We’ve got some BREAKING NEWS that you’ll be really excited about! #Gotham #GothamSeason3 pic.twitter.com/PFZKrAS7Ty — Gotham (@Gotham) March 17, 2016 While Gotham’s ratings this season are down from last season, that seems to be true of most shows across the board. The non-superhero superhero drama is still a solid performer, averaging 9 million viewers per week across multiple platforms according to Fox....

‘Holidays’ Horror Anthology Gets Trailer And Release Date By Angie Han/March 14, 2016 3:00 pm EST If middling ensemble rom-coms are your preferred method of celebrating the holidays, Garry Marshall’s recent output should have you covered. But if you’d prefer to be scared senseless on all the special days of the year? Well then, the new horror anthology Holidays might be more in your wheelhouse. Directors Kevin Smith, Gary Shore (Dracula Untold), Scott Stewart (Dark Skies), Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes), Sarah Adina Smith (The Midnight Swim), Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact), Adam Egypt Mortimer (Some Kind of Hate), and Anthony Scott Burns (Darknet) all contributed to the film, which consists of different segments corresponding to different holidays....

‘Mortal Kombat 3’ Is Still Kicking Around With Christopher Lambert And Time Travel Involved By Ethan Anderton/July 14, 2016 11:00 am EST It’s been years since New Line Cinema announced that they were developing another Mortal Kombat movie. Director Kevin Tancharoen was set behind the camera after helming the web series Mortal Kombat Legacy, but he left the project two years later. The last update we got on the project came last year when James Wan was brought on board as producer, and no more has been heard about the project since then....