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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Japanese Trailer Is Packed With New Footage [UPDATED With New Posters] By Angie Han/Nov. 6, 2015 5:48 am EST That last Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer was supposed to be, well, the last Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. And it was — in the U.S. Japan, however, got a different version of the trailer today. We’re not just talking a recut version of the same ones we’ve already seen....

‘The Final Girls’ Trailer: Taissa Farmiga And Nina Dobrev Try To Survive A Slasher Film By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2015 11:30 am EST I went into The Final Girls at SXSW this year having no idea what to expect from the horror/comedy Todd Strauss-Schulson. What I saw was a very funny comedy that has a good take on the tropes of slasher films, but also a movie that has a really effective core about dealing with difficult family trauma....

‘The Forest’ Trailer: Natalie Dormer Goes Into The Woods By Angie Han/Oct. 1, 2015 6:00 am EST Natalie Dormer has been a consistent highlight in many of our favorite shows and movies – including Game of Thrones, Elementary, The Hunger Games, The Tudors, etc. – but she doesn’t get to lead them as often as we’d like. It’s a refreshing change of pace, then, to see her take center stage in the first trailer for The Forest....

‘The Jungle Book’ TV Spot: Bagheera Is Ready To Take Mowgli Back To The World Of Men By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 21, 2016 1:00 pm EST When Super Bowl 50 unrolled a bunch of new TV spots for some of this year’s biggest movies, The Jungle Book got an impressive new full-length trailer that finally showed the incredibly realistic computer generated animals talking. Even though it’s a little strange to see such incredibly detailed animals speaking like humans, it works surprisingly well....

‘The Strain’ Season Two Teaser: Fight Or Die By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2015 8:30 am EST The first teaser for The Strain season 2 premiered on television recently, and is now online. This top-down flyover of New York City ravaged by vampiric infected and damaged by fires could be for a video game as easily as for a TV show. The Strain just went back into production in November, and is evidently saving a real new footage reveal for later in its promotional cycle....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ First Look: See Kodi Smit-McPhee As The New Nightcrawler By Angie Han/April 27, 2015 6:37 am EST X-Men: Apocalypse promises to bring us whole new versions of some classic characters. And as shooting begins today, we have our first look at one of them. Director Bryan Singer has unveiled an image of Kodi Smit-McPhee as Nightcrawler, the teleporting blue mutant who was played by Alan Cumming in 2003’s X2....

Disney Abandoned George Lucas’ Ideas For The ‘Star Wars’ Sequels By Germain Lussier/Jan. 20, 2015 10:09 am EST In the years to come, we’ll certainly learn more about the behind the scenes development of the new Star Wars movies. But, for now, the public narrative is as follows. George Lucas was quietly developing Star Wars 7 when he decided to sell Lucasfilm to Disney. He passed along his outlines and work on the movies, which screenwriter Michael Arndt began adapting....

Exclusive: Callie Hernandez Talks ‘Alien: Covenant’ Xenomorph And ‘Blair Witch’ Set [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/Aug. 1, 2016 1:00 pm EST Callie Hernandez was on a Television Critics Association panel for the upcoming Epix original series Graves this weekend. Since I had just seen her in Blair Witch at Comic-Con, I approached Hernandez after the panel for an interview. She was also coming off of Alien: Covenant. “I just finished shooting in June,” Hernandez told me....

Grand Admiral Thrawn Re-Enters Canon In ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2016 8:45 am EST After Disney purchased Lucasfilm, it was announced that the Star Wars expanded universe would no longer be considered official canon. Relabeled “Legends,” these stories would continue to exist in print and other mediums for future generations to enjoy. It was later clarified that places, characters, elements and stories from Legends could be adapted for future Star Wars canon if creators chose to incorporate them in this new wholly connected Star Wars universe....

Iconic Movie & TV Cars Get ‘Mad Max’ Makeovers In Scott Park’s Adorably Deadly Illustrations By Ethan Anderton/July 6, 2016 6:30 am EST There’s a lot to love about George Miller’s Best Picture nominated action adventure Mad Max: Fury Road. Every facet of the film is impressive, but undoubtedly one of the coolest elements of the film are the post-apocalyptic vehicles that all the characters right around in. There are classic hot rods turned into fast-moving tanks, semi-trucks turned into death machines in eighteen wheels, and that vehicle with the Doof Warrior that is essentially a mobile metal concert from a Dr....

Lionsgate Announces ‘Now You See Me 3’ By Angie Han/May 22, 2015 9:00 am EST Despite the fact that Now You See Me 2 isn’t hitting theaters for another year, Lionsgate is raring to go on Now You See Me 3. The studio confirms it’s already entered the “early planning” stages for the threequel, now that Now You See Me 2 has wrapped production. Hit the jump for more about the Now You See Me 3 announcement....

Marvel Movies Will Go On Forever According To Disney CEO By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 27, 2016 8:30 am EST If you’re getting sick of superhero movies and sequels to even more superhero movies, we have some bad news. But if you’ll never stop being thirsty for seeing characters from the pages of comic books head to the big screen, then we have the best news. As of now there are Marvel Studios movies scheduled for release through 2019, but Disney is planning on releasing plenty more movies in the Marvel cinematic universe long after that....

New ‘Tomorrowland’ Trailer: Technology And Action Highlight This Latest Look By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2015 8:31 am EST Until now, all the trailers for Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland have primarily sold wonder. A girl finds a pin that shows her another world. There’s a flying bathtub, giant robots, someone with a jet pack, and a rocket powered Eiffel Tower. Just a big hodgepodge of awesome. A third trailer has now been released and it is much more focused....

Original ‘The Killing’ Director Boards BBC’s Event Series ‘Taboo’ Starring Tom Hardy By Ethan Anderton/July 30, 2015 10:30 am EST Over a year ago, in the spring of 2014, Tom Hardy was reported to star in a BBC One drama event series called Taboo, created by Locke director Steven Knight. And now the project has finally made some more progress towards getting in front of cameras this fall. Danish director Kristoffer Nyholm, best known for directing the original Scandinavian version of The Killing before it was imported and adapted for American audiences on AMC and Netflix, has boarded Taboo....

Quentin Tarantino Raves About ‘The Intern,’ Talks Hollywood Diversity By Jack Giroux/Jan. 25, 2016 7:30 am EST The Intern was a box-office hit. Nancy Meyers’ film, which cost $35M, made over $190M at the worldwide box-office. This huge success isn’t that surprising, considering Meyers’ history of making hits. What is maybe a little surprising is how fond director Quentin Tarantino is of the film. After the jump, read Tarantino’s thoughts on the drama, the state of female directors, and perhaps his favorite writer working today....

Rumor: Who Is Andy Serkis Playing In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’? By Angie Han/Jan. 23, 2015 3:58 pm EST As happy as we were to see Andy Serkis in the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer — because more Andy Serkis is always a good thing — we couldn’t quite figure out what he was doing there. The actor revealed his involvement in the film last year, but declined to say which character he’d be playing....

Sarah Michelle Gellar Will Reprise ‘Cruel Intentions’ Role For NBC TV Series Sequel By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 25, 2016 4:00 am EST Update from editor Peter Sciretta: It’s official, Sarah Michelle Gellar has signed on to reprise her role in a television version of Cruel Intentions for NBC. On February 6th we reported that Gellar had been approached to appear in the series and now Variety confirms the earlier report.Ethan Anderton’s original story from February 6th 2016 follows:...

Sequel Bits: Zoolander 2, Goonies 2, Ghostbusters Reboot, Paddington 2 & More By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2015 12:22 pm EST It’s time for another edition of Sequel Bits, this time with casting updates, an interview and updates on developing sequels. After the jump, here’s what we’ve got for you to check out: Nathan Lee Graham is coming back for Zoolander 2 Sean Astin gives an update on Goonies 2 Regina Hall & Nicki Minaj join the cast of Barbershop 3 Paul Feig talks a bit more about his Ghostbusters reboot Ben Whishaw hints at a sequel to Paddington Zoolander 2 has gained another cast member from the original 2001 comedy....

Superhero Bits: John Cena As Shazam, The Tiniest Ant-Man Blu-Ray And More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2015 5:00 pm EST What does the tiniest Ant-Man Blu-Ray look like? What would John Cena look like as Shazam? What’s coming in the midseason premieres of The Flash and Agents of SHIELD? Could Tom Welling cameo on Supergirl? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits. Header image: Spider-Gwen by Phantom City Creative for Mondo’s Marvel show (more on second page)...

Vincent D’Onofrio Will Be The Wizard Of Oz In NBC’s ‘Emerald City’ By Angie Han/Oct. 22, 2015 4:00 am EST Since things worked out so well for Vincent D’Onofrio the last time he tried to rule a city, he’ll be doing it again at NBC. The Daredevil star will play the Wizard of Oz in Emerald City, a “dark and modern” reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s books. Read all about the Vincent DOnofrio Wizard of Oz news after the jump....