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‘Tangled’ The Musical Coming To Disney Cruises By Germain Lussier/April 3, 2015 5:30 am EST Disney is well-known for turning their hit movies into stage musicals. As you read this, not only can you see The Lion King, Aladdin and Newsies on stage somewhere, but The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Frozen are coming too. Now, Disney’s 2010 Rapunzel film Tangled is also getting the live, musical treatment. Unfortunately, you can’t see it on Broadway though....

‘The Flash’ Casts ‘Dope’ Star Kiersey Clemons As Iris West [UPDATED] By Angie Han/July 25, 2016 12:00 pm EST When Warner Bros. needed a new director for The Flash, it looked to Dope and picked up filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa. And now that Warner Bros. is starting to cast The Flash, it’s borrowing from Dope again. Kiersey Clemons, who worked with Famuyiwa on that Sundance charmer, has reportedly emerged as the frontrunner to play the female lead in The Flash, opposite Ezra Miller as Barry Allen....

‘The Good Dinosaur’ Teaser Trailer: Pixar Changes History By Angie Han/June 2, 2015 9:33 am EST We’ve been pretty excited about this summer’s Inside Out, but that’s not the only treat Pixar has in store for us this year. Coming this fall is The Good Dinosaur, directed by Peter Sohn. Now the first The Good Dinosaur teaser trailer has arrived, and it does nothing less than alter history itself. Watch it after the jump....

‘Zootopia’ Deleted Scene: Learn About The Depressing And Thankfully Abandoned Taming Party By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2016 9:30 am EST If you haven’t seen Zootopia yet, the movie is available on home video now, so take some time to sit down with your family and watch one of the best original Disney movies the animation studio has ever made. Then I’d recommend diving into the making of Zootopia, because it provides some unique insight into how the story for an animated movie changes as the film is being made....

Bob Odenkirk And David Cross Doing New Sketch Comedy Show By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2015 12:00 pm EST Before they were Saul Goodman and Tobias Funke, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross co-created one of the funniest shows ever. It was called Mr. Show (or, more fully, Mr. Show With Bob and David) and it ran four seasons on HBO, from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Show helped give the comedians a huge cult following and major pop culture cachet....

Disney’s First ‘Zootopia’ Teaser Trailer Explains What ‘Zootopia’ Is By Angie Han/June 11, 2015 9:22 am EST The premise of Disney Animation’s Zootopia isn’t terribly hard to follow. It’s set in a sprawling metropolis built, run, and populated by non-human animals. But just in case you’re still confused, the first Zootopia teaser trailer lays it all out for you in winning, adorable fashion. Watch it after the jump. Disney unleashed the first Zootopia teaser trailer on YouTube....

J.J. Abrams Regrets Not Directing ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’? By Jack Giroux/Dec. 23, 2015 8:30 am EST Thank God Star Wars: The Force Awakens turned out as well as it did, because if it disappointed, imagine how much all this Star Wars content would sting. At /Film we’d basically be poking our fingers in your wounds — and nobody wants that. Director J.J. Abrams helped bring the series back in a big way, making jaded fans and newcomers excited about Star Wars....

James Gray Will Start Shooting His Sci-Fi Film ‘Ad Astra’ In Early 2017 By Jack Giroux/May 12, 2016 3:30 pm EST Director James Gray (The Immigrant) is currently in post-production on his adaptation of The Lost City of Z, a project he first became attached to in 2008. Following up that period piece, Gray is turning his attention towards the future. The director’s science fiction project, Ad Astra, is set to begin principal photography in early 2017....

LOL: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Puts Adam Driver As Kylo Ren On ‘Undercover Boss’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 17, 2016 9:00 am EST If you’ve seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, then you know that Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) can have a bit of a temper when things don’t go his way. There’s already an Emo Kylo Ren account on Twitter and an animated short featuring the First Order commander freaking out during everyday situations....

Lucasfilm Is Now Selling Amazing ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Collectible Prop Replicas By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2016 9:00 am EST If you’ve been anxious for top of the line Star Wars: The Force Awakens prop replicas, Disney and Lucasfilm announced some amazing news today, but it’s going to be bad news for your wallet. Disney and Lucasfilm has announced Star Wars Collectibles: Ultimate Studio Edition, a new line of prop replicas with flawless detailing made by the actual propmakers at Propshop in Pinewood Studios....

New ‘Warcraft’ Character Posters: The War Is Almost Here By Jack Giroux/April 7, 2016 1:30 pm EST The more we see from Duncan Jones’ Warcraft, the more compelling it looks. While fans of the video game were divided over the first trailer, which featured unfinished VFX, the last extended TV spot presented a more tactile glimpse at the world Jones and all involved have crafted. The orc, in that TV spot, was completely convincing, and so was the environment it was fighting in....

By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 21, 2015 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Star Wars Rebels Sand Sculpture Minority Report Is Coming True, Microsoft Wants Stores to use Kinect to Recognize Shoppers21 one-star reviews for ‘Game of Thrones’ ‘Story of R32?, A Short Film Featuring a Lonely Obsolete Robot Trying to Find Its Place Among Indifferent Humans Hannibal Season 3 to Premiere in Summer 2015The 20 Most Anticipated Foreign Films Of 20159 MARVEL STAR WARS COVERS YOU’VE NEVER SEENThe 10 Best Performances In The Films Of Michael Mann20 Bizarre Scenes That Were Almost in Famous Movies...

See Michael B. Jordan Knocked Out On The Set Of ‘Creed’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2016 3:30 pm EST In order to star in boxing movies like Creed, actors like Michael B. Jordan have to train with real boxers. Not only does it get the actors in the right shape, but it helps them appear as if they could be real boxers and aren’t just pretending. And when it comes to the Rocky movies, there’s something else that makes the actors really feel like they’re in the ring....

Superhero Bits: Deadpool Banned Again, Thor: Ragnarok Death, Toy Fair Sneak Peeks And More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 2016 4:30 pm EST Did you know Ryan Reynolds wrote almost all of his own dialogue for X-Men: Origins Wolverine? Also, what rating did Ryan Reynolds give Green Lantern recently? Who might die in Thor: Ragnarok? Deadpool has been banned overseas again, but where? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad, X-Men Apocalypse, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Civil War By Germain Lussier/May 26, 2015 4:30 pm EST Want to see the Batmobile on the set of Suicide Squad? Which Thanos actor will appear in Captain America: Civil War? Did Matthew Vaughn shoot any of Fantastic Four? What new character did Bryan Singer reveal is in X-Men Apocalypse? How many episodes will Agent Carter be in season 2? Will Elektra appear in Daredevil season 2?...

Terrence Malick’s ‘Knight Of Cups’ Sounds Very, Very Terrence Malick-Y By Angie Han/Feb. 2, 2015 9:30 am EST The first trailer for Knight of Cups offered some hints as to what Terrence Malick’s latest would be about, and now an official synopsis reveals more concrete details about the story. And to the surprise of absolutely no one, it sounds very Terrence Malick-y. Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Natalie Portman lead the latest from the acclaimed auteur....

Unofficial ‘Tolkien Edit’ Cuts ‘The Hobbit’ Down To Four Hours By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2015 5:30 am EST For some fans, interaction with films they love (or want to love) has become a full-on interactive thing. For various reasons — love, hate, curiosity, education — we see fans cutting their own versions of films more and more often. Even Steven Soderbergh is getting into the act of recutting favorite films....

Zack Snyder Defends ‘Man Of Steel’ Ending, Wayne Enterprises Employees Died In Final Battle By Ethan Anderton/July 5, 2015 9:48 am EST After the release of Man of Steel, some fans griped about the massive amount of seemingly careless destruction in the finale when Superman (Henry Cavill) and General Zod (Michael Shannon) zoom around Metropolis, smashing into skyscraper after skyscraper. And this is all after the world engine has already done plenty of damage to the city as well....

‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ Banned Comic-Con Trailer: Ash Returns Home By Jack Giroux/July 20, 2016 6:30 am EST San Diego Comic-Con tries its best to stay family-friendly. Every once in a while, the powers that be deem some footage too mature for kids in attendance. That’s what happened with the latest trailer for Ash vs Evil Dead season two, which features plenty of limbs flying through the air and some great, messy practical blood effects....

‘Crimson Peak’ Clip: Jessica Chastain Gives Mia Wasikowska A Chilly Reception By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2015 3:30 pm EST Crimson Peak, the new film from Guillermo del Toro, is the writer/director’s take on a gothic haunted house movie, with Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain as sibling residents of an old mansion who welcome Hiddleston’s bride, played by Mia Wasikowska, into their midst. Actually, “welcome” isn’t the word to use at all, as this new Crimson Peak clip shows....