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‘Orange Is The New Black’ Sequel Show Being Considered At Lionsgate By Ben Pearson/Nov. 8, 2018 4:25 pm EST Orange is the New Black was one of Netflix’s first big original TV hits, but after a disappointing sixth season, the show is coming to an end with season seven. But that may not be the last we see of Piper, Alex, Suzanne, and Taystee. The chairman of Lionsgate TV Group revealed today that the company is considering a possible Orange is the New Black sequel series....

‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Zeroes In On $70 Million Opening During Long Thanksgiving Weekend By Ben Pearson/Nov. 21, 2018 3:00 pm EST Ralph and Vanellope are back in Walt Disney Animation’s Ralph Breaks the Internet, which opens tonight with preview screenings in the United States. A new round of tracking numbers suggest that the sequel, which takes the arcade game characters into the wild world of the Internet, could earn as much as $70 million over the Thanksgiving holiday....

‘Shazam’ May Feature A DC Hero Cameo, But It Won’t Be What You Expect By Ben Pearson/Feb. 7, 2019 11:15 am EST Warner Bros. and DC are riding high off the huge success of James Wan’s Aquaman, and they’ll try to keep that going in a couple months with the release of David F. Sandberg’s Shazam! A new report suggests the upcoming superhero comedy will feature a cameo from a fellow DC hero, and if it’s true, this cameo sounds like it will be one of the strangest cameos in recent memory....

‘The Beach Bum’ Trailer: The Director Of ‘Spring Breakers’ Teams With Matthew McConaughey For Fun In The Sun By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 23, 2019 8:05 am EST The Beach Bum stars Matthew McConaughey in the part he was born to play: a stoner poet named Moondog. Harmony Korine, director of the wild and stylish Spring Breakers helms this sun-and-neon-drenched comedy about “a rebellious rogue who always lives life by his own rules....

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Novel Coming From Original Writer Margaret Atwood By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 28, 2018 12:00 pm EST Praise be: The Handmaid’s Tale is getting a sequel. More than 30 years after the publication of her seminal dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood is working on a sequel that will be published in fall of next year. Titled The Testaments, the sequel will be set 15 years after Offred’s final scene in the 1985 novel and will be narrated by three female characters....

George R.R. Martin Wishes ‘Game Of Thrones’ Wasn’t Ending So Soon By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 24, 2019 3:00 pm EST You knew it would come to this, George. You, a typewriter, and a blank page. For the past eight years, you’ve had the excuse that Game of Thrones was dominating your time and energy, and then you decided to step away from executive producer duties during season 4 to focus on finally finishing The Winds of Winter, the next book in your A Song of Ice and Fire series....

How ‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Draws From The Tradition Of Toho’s Creature Features By Joshua Meyer/June 6, 2019 7:00 am EST At 8:55 a.m. on a Friday in the Tokyo suburbs, I sat down at my local Toho Cinemas multiplex to watch Godzilla: King of the Monsters. It was a fitting location to be in: first, because Godzilla destroyed landmarks from this very city in his first movie appearance back in 1954, and second, because the Toho chain of theaters is a subsidiary of the company behind Godzilla....

Lucrecia Martel Turned Down ‘Black Widow’ Because Marvel Said “Don’t Worry About The Action Scenes” — Here’s Why It’s Not Unusual By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 13, 2018 12:30 pm EST For Marvel’s highly anticipated Black Widow movie, a solo outing that had been in demand for nearly a decade, the studio wanted to get it right. Over 65 female directors were considered at one point to direct the Scarlett Johansson vehicle, and that was slowly whittled down to a four-person shortlist....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 19, 2019 10:00 am EST Kiernan Shipka is bringing some magic to the holidays as part of the cast of Netflix’s latest Christmas film, Let It Snow. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star is joining the Let It Snow cast alongside Transformer: The Last Knight’s Isabela Moner, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’s Shameik Moore, and Lady Bird’s Odeya Rush in a YA holiday film based on The New York Times bestselling book by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle....

Superhero Bits: Batman Toy Voice In ‘Shazam’ Revealed, Grant Gustin Reacts To ‘Arrow’ Ending & More By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2019 6:00 pm EST What special features will be on the Titans season one home video release? Is it all right if Captain Marvel is just an okay movie? What does The Flash star Grant Gustin have to say about Arrow being canceled? When does the Batwoman pilot take place in the Arrowverse timeline?...

Superhero Bits: Special Edition - A Tribute To Marvel Comics Legend Stan Lee By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2018 6:00 pm EST In this special edition of Superhero Bits, take a look back at the life of Stan Lee through interviews, in memoriam reels, archive footage, kind words from collaborators, and love from Marvel’s biggest stars. Superheroes wouldn’t be what they are today, and Stan Lee will be long-remembered and sorely missed after all he’s done for people who latched onto his characters....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 162 - Responding To Drive And Contagion By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 2, 2011 6:08 pm EST The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file....

The Lonely Island Dropped ‘The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience’ On Netflix, And It’s Nothing You Ever Expected By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2019 8:30 am EST If there’s one thing that pop culture has been missing, it’s a music video extravaganza highlighting the incredible raps of Major League Baseball players Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. Thankfully, Andy Samberg, Akiva Shaffer and Jorma Taccone delivered last night with their surprise drop of The Lonely Island Presents: The Unathorized Bash Brothers Experience....

The Morning Watch: Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Sully’ Musical, Jeff Bridges Career Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, Jeff Bridges breaks down his extensive career on the big screen, from earlier films like TRON to the Coen Brothers favorite The Big Lebowski....

Theme Park Bits: Disneyland Paris Closures, First Look At Adventureland’s New Restaurant, Bing Bongs New Animatronic, And More By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 17, 2018 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Walt Disney Studios in Disneyland Paris is closing down a couple attractions next year. Take a look at the new Adventureland restaurant at Disneyland. Spend a whole month celebrating Valentine’s Day in the Disney parks. See what Universal Orlando has in store for their holiday food and drink offerings....

‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Reveals A Catchy Music Video From The Zombie Christmas Musical By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2018 3:30 pm EST Every holiday season, there are a handful of melodramatic dramas or cheesy comedies taking place around Christmas. But this year will be a little bit different, because there’s a zombie Christmas musical on the way. That’s right, Anna and the Apocalypse is a high school musical set at Christmas when zombies attack a small Scottish town....

‘Cobra Kai’ Comic Book Will Retell The Events Of ‘The Karate Kid’ From Johnny’s Perspective By Ben Pearson/July 5, 2019 6:00 pm EST The YouTube Premium original series Cobra Kai has been continuing a story that first got underway back in 1984 with The Karate Kid, depicting the ongoing rivalry between Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) decades after they clashed as teenagers. Daniel was the protagonist of that original movie and Johnny was depicted as a villain, but what if the story is more complicated than that?...

‘Rambo V: Last Blood’ Trailer: Arm Yourself For The Final (?) ‘Rambo’ Movie By Chris Evangelista/May 30, 2019 7:15 am EST Sylvester Stallone returns as John Rambo for the final time (maybe) in Rambo: Last Blood. The conclusion to the previous film, simply titled Rambo, seemed fairly finite in its conclusion, in which Rambo finally returned home to America after so many years abroad. But trouble has a way of finding John Rambo, and sure enough, Last Blood will find the emotionally damaged Vietnam veteran trying to take down a drug cartel....

‘The Art Of Self-Defense’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Heads To The Dojo In This Dark, Thoughtful Comedy [SXSW] By Meredith Borders/March 13, 2019 7:00 am EST “I want to be what intimidates me.” Riley Stearns (Faults) returns to SXSW with a super dark, incisive comedy that asks at what point in the process of toughening up and besting our bullies do we become precisely what we fear. The Art of Self-Defense follows Casey (Jesse Eisenberg), a nervous little accountant who tiptoes through life trying not to offend anyone....

‘The Kominsky Method’ Trailer: Michael Douglas And Alan Arkin Are Aging Best Friends By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2018 12:30 pm EST When most people hit that age where they can easily be called elderly, they usually get their comedy from CBS. But Netflix is looking to grab the attention of those older folks who are technologically savvy enough to use the streaming service with a new comedy series from Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory producer Chuck Lorre....