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By Fred Topel/Aug. 6, 2015 10:30 am EST “X-Men, we’re in negotiations with Marvel,” Walden said. “We’re hopeful that we’ll be able to announce something soon. We’re not closed on a deal yet but it’s something we’re definitely pursuing.” The network also airs the DC comic book show Gotham, which is entering its second season. Walden spoke about plans for the Batman prequel, and ruled out spinning off other shows from it, as Arrow has done with The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, at least for the time being....

R.L. Stine’s ‘Fear Street’ Coming To The Big Screen By Angie Han/Oct. 12, 2015 6:00 am EST The Fear Street series first launched in 1989, predating even the Goosebumps books. The franchise has released over 100 titles to date, including the core series as well as various spinoffs, and over 80 million copies have been sold to date. The books were hugely popular in the 1990s but petered out in the 2000s, before getting revived in 2014 with Party Games....

Star Wars Bits: See The ‘Episode VII’ Crew Hat; Christina Chong, George Lucas And ‘Rebels’ Featurettes By Germain Lussier/Oct. 21, 2014 7:00 am EST Two of the actresses in Star Wars Episode VII are in the news, as is Star Wars Rebels, George Lucas and more. Read about all this in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Lupita Nyong’o posted an image of herself in the Star Wars Episode VII crew hat....

Superman Prequel ‘Krypton’ Gets Pilot Order At Syfy [UPDATED] By Angie Han/May 9, 2016 1:45 pm EST UPDATE: Syfy has officially given a pilot order to Krypton, reports Variety. Our original story from April 21, 2016 follows. Not to be outdone by his best frenemy (and fellow Martha fan) Batman, Superman is also getting his own hometown prequel TV series. For the past couple of years David Goyer has been working with Syfy on Krypton, which follows Superman’s grandfather, two generations before the planet blew up and baby Kal-El was sent hurtling toward Earth....

Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Delayed As John Hurt Undergoes Cancer Treatment By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2015 9:30 am EST The latest incarnation of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has been planned to star Jack O’Connell and John Hurt. That’s now in doubt, however, as Hurt’s recent cancer diagnosis means Don Quixote is delayed again. The Times, via ContactMusic reports the Don Quixote delay due to Hurt illness; he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in June of this year....

Universal’s ‘The Invisible Man’ Casts Johnny Depp As A Mysterious, Floating, Silly Hat By Jacob Hall/Feb. 9, 2016 6:52 pm EST Tom Cruise starring in the upcoming remake of The Mummy was no fluke – Universal is really going after some of the biggest movie stars in the world to headline their new slate of classic monster revivals. Johnny Depp has signed on the dotted line to star in the studio’s remake on The Invisible Man, which will cast the Pirates of the Caribbean star and wacky hat enthusiast as a scientist who creates a formula that turns him invisible…and transforms him into a psychotic murderer....

VOTD: Patton Oswalt Pitches His Dream Sequel: ‘Unbreakable 2’ (And ‘Unbreakable 3’) By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2015 10:00 am EST If M. Night Shyamalan can’t do it, maybe Patton Oswalt can. The pop-culture junkie and stand up comedian has effectively pitched one crazy, out-there movie in the form of the ultimate Disney mash-up. Today he’s pitching something a bit more manageable: an Unbreakable sequel. Oswalt appeared on Screen Junkies to talk about his dream to see M....

WTF: They’re Actually Making A Sequel To The Awful ‘Ouija’ Movie By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2015 12:00 pm EST I have a vague recollection of seeing Ouija in the theater. I remember walking in, I remember Olivia Cooke and that iconic board game. I also have a weird memory of a finale in a basement. But that’s basically it. Suffice to say, the movie didn’t stick with me. It wasn’t that scary or compelling and I haven’t really thought about it since....

‘American Ultra’ Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg And Kristen Stewart Get Tazed By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2015 12:30 pm EST Sleeper agents are terrifying when they’re enemy forces, but we love making heroes out of the home-grown version. (See: all those Bourne films.) But what about when the sleeper agent is a stoner working at a convenience store? In American Ultra, Jesse Eisenberg is that guy, and when he’s “activated” via a code phrase he finds himself killing strangers with spoons and freaking out his girlfriend, played by Kristen Stewart....

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Blu-Ray Rumors: Deleted Scenes, Extended Edition And Alternate Ending By Germain Lussier/April 27, 2015 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. To add context to this story, Joss Whedon recently told Flicks in the City there will be lots of deleted scenes on the Blu-ray, just not edited into the film. Do you think the Avengers: Age of Ultron Blu-ray will be worth buying?...

‘Game Of Thrones’ VFX Featurette: How HBO Brought Giants, Dragons & White Walkers To TV By Ethan Anderton/April 15, 2016 2:00 pm EST The sixth season of Game of Thrones is nearly upon us, and it sounds like we should enjoy every single hour that we get since the final two seasons of the show may be much shorter than expected. While we wait, there’s no better time to take a look at the visual effects that bring the fantasy world of Westeros to life....

‘Little Women’ Remake In The Works At Sony; Sarah Polley To Script By Angie Han/March 18, 2015 5:02 pm EST Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women are getting another big picture. Sony is moving forward with a new adaptation of the classic novel, about four sisters growing up in the post-Civil War era. Amy Pascal will produce and Sarah Polley will write the script. Get all the details on the Little Women remake after the jump....

‘Macbeth’ Trailer: All Hail Michael Fassbender As Macbeth By Angie Han/Sept. 1, 2015 6:00 am EST One of our most anticipated films of the fall season has just given us another reason to get excited. The Weinstein Co. has unveiled a breathtaking new trailer for Macbeth, directed by Justin Kurzel. Michael Fassbender stars as the Scottish general who takes the throne, and Marion Cotillard as the ambitious wife who propels him there by any means necessary....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Legacy Trailer: Decades Of Chaos Lead To This By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2015 12:30 pm EST Mad Max: Fury Road looks unique in part because it resembles action movies of years past more than it looks like a modern tentpole release. That’s in part thanks to the guiding hand of George Miller, who has directed all four entries in the Mad Max series, and has consistently worked with some of the most insane stunt people around....

‘Phantom Boy’ Teaser Trailer: A Boy With Cancer Is New York City’s Newest Superhero By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2016 11:00 am EST Directors Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol previously collaborated on the Oscar-nominated animated film A Cat in Paris, and now they’re back with their latest cartoon effort, Phantom Boy. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, and while it would be easy to say this is just another superhero movie, this looks like something truly special....

‘Preacher’ Trailer Parody: Seth Rogen Plays Every Role By Ethan Anderton/May 19, 2016 6:00 am EST This weekend is a huge one for Seth Rogen. Not only does his comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising hit theaters starting with early shows at 7pm on Thursday night (watch the trailer right here), but his TV series adaptation of the comic book Preacher is also premiering on AMC on Sunday. Rogen is easily one of the hardest working guys in Hollywood, but when it comes to his work at AMC for Preacher, he wasn’t satisfied with only being the executive producer and director of the show....

By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2016 4:00 pm EST This month, on June 12, fans can celebrate the 35th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the film that introduced us to archaeologist Indiana Jones and his passion for making sure historical artifacts end up in a museum instead of in the hands of Nazis. In honor of this anniversary, Bottleneck Gallery in New York City has teamed up with Acme Archives for a new Raiders of the Lost Ark print from artist Laurent Durieux....

‘Roots’ Trailer: The History Channel Resurrects A Classic For 2016 By Jacob Hall/Feb. 16, 2016 10:00 am EST Popular culture loves to tap dance around anything controversial. If it can upset anyone, if it can start conversations that end with someone being upset or challenged, it gets pushed to the wayside. But we’re only two months into 2016 and this looks like the year when pop culture has been fully and officially overtaken by questions and concerns that have long-since been avoided....

‘The Hallow’ Trailer: Things Go Bump In The Irish Countryside By Angie Han/Sept. 8, 2015 3:30 pm EST This summer hasn’t really been a great one for horror, but thankfully there seem to be some more promising entries on the horizon as fall rolls around. One on our radar is The Hallow, a British-Irish supernatural thriller that got some good reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The story follows a British conservationist (Joseph Mawle) who’s sent to rural Ireland, wife (Bojana Novakovic) and infant son in tow, to survey a forest for development....

5 Things Missing From The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2014 9:00 am EST LucasFilm / Disney Company Logos Outer Space With a movie named Star Wars, you would expect to see stars and the blackness of outer space. But The Force Awakens teaser trailer was entirely set on within the atmosphere of a handful of planets. Yes, we saw X-Wing fights in attack formation, but gliding close to a large body of water....