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Four Featurettes Focus On The Intense, Real Stunts Of The ‘Point Break’ Remake By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 5, 2015 10:00 am EST It may be awards season right now, bringing plenty of heavy dramas that will be vying for a variety of trophies over the next couple months, but there will be at least one option for movie goers just looking to turn of their brain for a couple hours. Point Break is a remake of the beloved 1991 modern classic action thriller starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, updating the story of FBI agent Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) sent undercover to infiltrate a group of extreme athletes, led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez), pulling off a series of heists, using their unique skills to their advantage....

Hold Your Fire: Jon Bernthal’s The Punisher Isn’t Getting A Spin-Off (Yet) By Jacob Hall/Feb. 23, 2016 1:00 pm EST Last month, rumors emerged that Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle, who is set to debut in the second season of Daredevil, would be getting his own spin-off series on Netflix. And there was much rejoicing, as The Punisher is the exact kind of comic book character who could thrive in the more intimate (and slightly cheaper) television corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

New Batman And Superman Solo Movies Coming Before 2020 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 15, 2014 10:15 am EST The Warner Bros. DC Movie slate is set. From Batman v Superman in 2016 through Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, The Flash, a two part Justice League movie, Aquaman, Shazam, Cyborg and Green Lantern in 2020, that’s a whole lot of spandex on the big screen for the rest of this decade. However, the press release also says this....

Stan Lee Teases A “Different” Kind Of Cameo For ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ By Ethan Anderton/July 14, 2015 5:00 pm EST One of the staples of pretty much every single Marvel film, whether they’re from Marvel Studios, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures or Sony Pictures, is a cameo from Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. The man responsible for creating Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men and more has played a variety of characters in comic book films (though there’s a theory that they’re all the same character), and as long as he’s alive, you can bet he’ll appear in every future Marvel film at various studios as well....

Steve Martin Joins Ang Lee’s ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ By Angie Han/March 4, 2015 7:39 am EST Steve Martin will follow up his extraterrestrial landing in Home with a very different movie about a very different journey. He’s just signed on for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Ang Lee’s upcoming Iraq War drama. Also set to star are Garrett Hedlund, and newcomer Joe Alwyn as the titular Billy Lynn. More on the Steve Martin Billy Lynn casting after the jump....

Superhero Bits: Captain America Hydra Twist Explained, BvS Ultimate Edition Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2016 5:00 pm EST Why is J.K. Simmons so ripped while working on Justice League? Want to find out about all the extra easter eggs in Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition? What’s the reason behind that Captain America: Steve Rogers Hydra twist? Why did Margot Robbie eat a whole cake before shooting a key Suicide Squad scene?...

Superhero Bits: Deadpool PG-13 Petition, LEGO Civil War, Funko’s DC Subscription Box & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2016 4:00 pm EST Which former Marvel movie director will be at the helm of an episode of Supergirl? Which Marvel Comics movie received five nominations at the Razzies this year? Does Robin Wright still have a role in Wonder Woman? Why is someone petitioning for a PG-13 cut of Deadpool? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Hellboy 3, Batman V Superman, Suicide Squad, X-Men Apocalypse, Jessica Jones By Germain Lussier/June 8, 2015 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You’ve seen that look at the Batmobile, but do you want to see another? Will there be Wonder Woman toys for Batman v Superman and who is releasing them? Is Will Smith doing his own stunts in Suicide Squad? Which new character may be the Hulk in the comics?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: New Batcave, X-Force Concept Art & Leonardo DiCaprio In Batman Forever? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2015 5:00 pm EST Killer Frost pops up in a new midseason premiere promo for The Flash.Mike Colter talks with The LA Times about the Luke Cage costume, comic book homages and more. Stan Lee makes ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas even better.Legends of Tomorrow adds Ali Liebert as a potential love interest for White Canary (Caity Lotz)....

The ‘My Little Pony’ Movie Gets A Release Date, So Insert Your Own Brony Joke Here By Jacob Hall/Nov. 19, 2015 9:00 am EST Many of the young girls who are enjoying My Little Pony at this moment probably won’t have any interest in the big screen version that is officially set to arrive in 2017. They’ll have grown up and moved onto other things. Maybe they’ll be old enough to be going on dates and sneaking out behind the school to try the cigarettes they stole from their parents....

The Next X-Men Movie Will Jump Ahead Into The 1990s By Angie Han/May 9, 2016 1:00 pm EST In the real world, just five years have passed since the release of X-Men: First Class. Within the X-Men world, though, those five years have spanned two decades. First Class took place in 1962, Days of Future Past in 1973, and this month’s Apocalypse in 1983. And in keeping with that pattern, the next next X-Men movie will timejump all the way to the 1990s, as confirmed by producer Simon Kinberg....

X-Men? Fantastic Four? Marvel Has Contingency Story Plans In Case They Get Character Rights Back By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2015 11:30 am EST His answer contained a little nugget of information: Marvel has contingency story plans in the far-off case the company is able to get back the movie character rights for some of the properties they don’t currently control. As you know, this currently stands at the X-Men and Fantastic Four universes, which includes Wolverine, Silver Surfer, Deadpool, Cable and others....

‘Chronicles Of Narnia’ Franchise Will Get Rebooted With ‘The Silver Chair’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2016 11:00 am EST It’s been six years since the last movie in the Chronicles of Narnia franchise debuted in theaters, and as it was the worst performer at the box office and the worst film in the franchise, it seemed like the franchise was finally over. Despite news surfacing in 2011 that an adaptation of The Magician’s Nephew was in the works at Walden Media, the franchise remained dormant....

‘Finders Keepers’ Trailer: Two North Carolina Men Fight Over An Amputated Foot By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2015 11:00 am EST There’s been plenty of great feuds on fights on the big screen in the relatively brief history of cinema, but few are as simultaneously strange and entertaining as Finders Keepers, the Sundance selected documentary that was one of our favorite movies from the indie film festival earlier this year, and also an honorable mention on our list of the best films from 2015 so far....

‘Game Of Thrones’ IMAX Run Delayed, But Full Theater List And Ticket Info Available By Angie Han/Jan. 14, 2015 9:15 am EST UPDATE: The Game of Thrones IMAX presentation has been delayed one week, but will now open on 200 screens, which you can find below. Tickets go on sale January 16. Original article follows, new info is after that. The big world of Westeros is about to get even bigger....

‘Ghostbusters’ Expansion Packs Revealed For ‘LEGO Dimensions’ Video Game By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2015 6:00 am EST If you’ve been on the fence about whether or not LEGO Dimensions is something you should be interested in, a new set of expansion packs just might convince you to drop some cash on the forthcoming video game. Ghostbusters expansion packs have jut been revealed, and they include LEGO versions of characters that weren’t included in the official Ghostbusters Ecto-1 LEGO set that was released awhile back, including Slimer and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man....

‘Son Of Saul’ Trailer: A Harrowing Descent Into Hell On Earth By Jacob Hall/Nov. 18, 2015 2:00 pm EST Son of Saul may be a masterpiece. Hungary’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards is stunningly technical accomplishment, a two-hour tour through hell that will leave your emotions battered and leave your soul black and blue. Holocaust dramas are tough sells by their very nature, but director László Nemes’ debut feature demands to be seen....

‘Star Wars: Rogue One’: Mads Mikkelsen Reveals A Key Detail About His Character By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2016 10:30 am EST Even though we’ve already seen an impressive first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we still know very little about the characters in the movie so far. As of now, the only new character name we know is Jyn Erso, played by Felicity Jones, the young woman recruited by the Rebel Alliance to lead a mission to obtain the plans to the Death Star....

‘Star Wars’ Theatrical Cut Again Rumored To Be Coming To Blu-Ray By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2015 8:57 am EST Well, this rumor has cropped up yet again, though it’s somewhat more credible this time than previously. Find out more about the Star Wars theatrical cut Blu-Ray below. Empire Magazine attended a Q&A where director John Landis was on hand, and here’s what they posted to Twitter: At a Q&A tonight John Landis dropped that Disney are finally going to re-release the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy....

‘The Divergent Series: Insurgent’ Trailer: Shailene Woodley’s Fight Continues By Germain Lussier/Dec. 12, 2014 8:32 am EST When last we left Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) their whole world was different and they had no idea what was coming next. Well, fans finally can get in on the secret of what is to come as the first The Divergent Series: Insurgent trailer hits the Internet. The second part in the Divergent Series sees Tris and Four as fugitives on the run from the leader of the world they’re rebelling against, played by Kate Winslet....