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‘Suicide Squad 2’ Cast Loses Will Smith Due To Scheduling Conflicts By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 27, 2019 6:55 pm EST Looks like someone else is going to have to say the titular line in Suicide Squad 2. Will Smith, who played Floyd Lawton aka Deadshot in the 2016 anti-hero film, is no longer part of the Suicide Squad 2 cast. Smith’s departure has been chalked up to scheduling conflicts. James Gunn is on board to write and direct the follow-up, which is rumored to be both a sequel and a reboot that will hopefully make us all forget about the terrible first movie....

‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Director Joe Cornish On His Love For ‘Excalibur’ And Putting A Led Zeppelin Shirt On Patrick Stewart [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Jan. 29, 2019 1:00 pm EST The Kid Who Would Be King has been a long time coming for writer-director Joe Cornish. Not only because it’s been seven long years since his feature directorial debut, Attack the Block, left us eager and hungry to see his sophomore effort, but also because he thought of the Arthurian story in his teens....

Bond Watch: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Could Be Next 007, Says Totally Unsubstantiated Rumor By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2018 9:30 am EST While the James Bond franchise is preparing to have director Cary Fukunaga take over 007’s next mission that was previously in the hands of Danny Boyle, a new rumor indicates what might be happening once Daniel Craig hangs up the tuxedo. Word on the streets of London is that James Bond franchise producers may be approaching Game of Thrones star Richard Madden to take over the role of 007, inspired by his recent turn on the BBC drama Bodyguard, which was picked up for distribution in the United States by Netflix not too long ago....

DC Comics Kills Vertigo, The Imprint Behind ‘Sandman,’ Swamp Thing,’ ‘Y The Last Man,’ ‘Preacher’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 21, 2019 11:00 am EST DC Vertigo is dead. The esteemed adult-oriented imprint that for 26 years has housed award-winning comic book series like The Sandman, Preacher, 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man, and Fables, and beloved classics like Hellblazer and Swamp Thing, has been killed by DC Entertainment. This is part of a restructuring of the company’s DC Comics’ imprint divisions in an effort to release all published content under the DC brand....

Never-Before-Seen ‘Nightmare On My Street’ Music Video Images Surface By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2018 4:30 pm EST In 1988, DJ Jazzy Jeff (AKA Jeff Townes) and The Fresh Prince (aka Will Smith) released the single “A Nightmare on My Street” – a song clearly meant to exist within the world of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. There was only one problem: the song wasn’t officially licensed by New Line Cinema, who own the Elm Street rights....

New ‘Overlord’ Posters Have Hidden Messages That Unlock Early Screenings By Ben Pearson/Oct. 30, 2018 3:00 pm EST Overlord, Paramount’s new World War II horror movie about a group of paratroopers who cross enemy lines and fight Nazi zombies, is set to swoop into theaters in a few days. But this is also a Bad Robot Production, and where there’s a bad robot, you know there’s a viral campaign not far behind....

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Merchandise Revealed From First Order Cargo And Resistance Supply Stores By Ethan Anderton/April 11, 2019 2:14 pm EST Just last week, new pieces of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge concept art showed off what a couple of the shops within the Disney theme park expansion will look like. One focused on gear for the First Order, and the other featured stuff for the Resistance. Now, straight from the floor of Star Wars Celebration 2019 in Chicago, we have our first look at some of the merchandise you’ll be able to buy at each of the shops....

The Golden Globes’ First Carol Burnett Award For Achievement In Television Goes to…Carol Burnett By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2018 9:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Carol Burnett is comedy royalty. Not only was she the first woman to host her own self-titled variety sketch show, The Carol Burnett Show, but she is one of the most influential people in the business of making people laugh....

The Morning Watch: Analyzing The Twist In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’, James Cameron’s Memorable Scenes & More By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2019 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, a new video essay from Lessons from the Screenplay explores a pivotal scene from Spider-Man: Homecoming where the big villain twist is revealed and the car ride that follows....

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Clip: The Big-Eyed Cyborg Gets In A Back Alley Brawl By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2018 11:00 am EST Move over Avengers, there’s a new hero in town. Her name is Alita, and she’s got big eyes and a robot body. Initially slated to arrive at the end of the year, Alita: Battle Angel is now coming in February. To help get you hyped for this wild sci-fi fantasy adventure based on the manga Battle Angel Alita (not to be confused with Alita: Angel Battle, a forthcoming Pay-Per-View event in heaven), a new clip from the movie has arrived....

‘Apollo 11’ Review: It Takes A Village To Get To Space In This Tense Documentary By Abby Olcese/March 4, 2019 9:00 am EST It feels appropriate that Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary Apollo 11 would come out on the heels of First Man, Damien Chazelle’s drama about Neil Armstrong and the moon landing. Chazelle’s film highlighted the stakes felt by otherwise ordinary people as they worked toward an extraordinary goal. Miller’s documentary, made up entirely of NASA archival footage and broadcast news clips, works as a perfect companion, using historical footage to create a fittingly tense account of the mission....

‘Deadwood: The Movie’ Behind-The-Scenes Video Takes You Back To HBO’s Western By Chris Evangelista/May 10, 2019 2:30 pm EST Ready to saddle up and head back to Deadwood? After 13 years of waiting, viewers will have the chance to return to HBO’s poetically vulgar Western with Deadwood: The Movie. In anticipation of the impending debut, HBO has released a new behind-the-scenes video that checks in with the cast on set, discussing how excited and emotional they all are to slip back into character....

‘Little’ Review: A Well-Intentioned Reverse ‘Big’ That Wastes Its Talented Cast By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 12, 2019 6:30 am EST Directed by Tina Gordon Chism and produced by the writer of Girls Trip, Little has all the elements, and some of the cast members, it needs to replicate the success of the raunchy 2017 comedy hit. But lightning doesn’t strike twice for Little, no matter how much magic it tries to work....

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Images Show Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino In 1969 Attire By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 25, 2019 8:00 am EST Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is director Quentin Tarantino’s ode to 1969, a year of great political upheaval in the U.S. – and the year of the Manson Murders. The Hateful Eight director has earned some flack for making a film involving the shocking murders of Sharon Tate at the hands of Charles Manson’s followers, but in Tarantino’s own words, the film is “not Charles Manson, it’s 1969....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Puts Doug Jones’ Saru In The Spotlight For “The Sound Of Thunder’ By Monique Jones/Feb. 22, 2019 1:00 pm EST It’s another Saru-themed episode this week on Star Trek: Discovery! This week’s episode, “The Sound of Thunder,” is all about Saru becoming the savior of his Kelpien race, delivering them from the insidious Great Balance the Baul have instilled over thousands of years.It’s always great to see Saru, but it’s been especially amazing to see Saru truly come into his own in this episode....

‘The Edge Of Seventeen’ YouTube Series Casts ‘Hunger Games’ Star As Its Lead By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 6, 2018 5:30 am EST YouTube’s The Edge of Seventeen series has found its lead. Hunger Games star Isabelle Fuhrmann will take on the role of the awkward teen girl originated by Hailee Steinfeld in the 2016 coming-of-age fim. Joining Fuhrmann in The Edge of Seventeen YouTube series cast is Liana Liberato (Hulu’s Light as a Feather), who will play the best friend, Lou....

‘The Mandalorian’ Director Taika Waititi Says The First ‘Star Wars’ Live-Action Series Is Close To The Original Trilogy [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Feb. 4, 2019 1:08 pm EST Taika Waititi is one of the directors working on Disney+’s upcoming streaming series The Mandalorian, set in the world of Star Wars bounty hunters. Waititi confirmed that the first live-action Star Wars series would match the tone of the original trilogy. That required some adaptation from the comedic director of Thor: Ragnarok and What We Do In The Shadows, but he was happy to fall in line....

‘Unboxing’ Movie To Bring The Exciting World Of Unboxing Videos To The Big Screen By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 14, 2018 5:30 am EST Hollywood has seen the future, and it’s unboxing videos. Yes, the inexplicably popular homemade videos of people removing products from their packages will serve as the inspiration for a new Paramount movie called Unboxing. The story focuses on a pre-teen girl who accidentally unboxes a band of supernatural tricksters who then run rampant through a small town....

A Complete List Of /Film’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Spoiler Coverage By Ben Pearson/May 6, 2019 7:00 am EST According to directors Anthony and Joe Russo, spoilers for Avengers: Endgame are totally fair game starting today. Tempting the wrath of the spoiler-averse masses, the filmmakers have decreed that two full weeks is enough time for audiences to see the movie with the reasonable expectation of avoiding spoilers online. Now that Thanos no longer demands our silence and we’re officially free to #SpoilTheEndgame, I’ve rounded up a full list of all of /Film’s Avengers: Endgame spoiler coverage in one easy-to-access location....

Another ‘The Secret Life Of Pets 2’ Trailer: Gidget Learns To Act Like A Cat By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 31, 2019 9:15 am EST Universal and Illumination Entertainment have released at least 57 trailers for this summer’s sequel The Secret Life of Pets 2. In addition to the traditional teaser trailer, there have been character-centric teases featuring Chloe the Cat, the superhero bunny Snowball, and the new character Daisy. Now it’s Jenny Slate as the poodle Gidget taking the spotlight in a new Secret Life of Pets 2 trailer, and she’s learning how to act like a cat for some reason....