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What Is The Mandalorian’s Weapon And What Does It Have In Common With Another Classic ‘Star Wars’ Rifle? By Donna Dickens/Oct. 23, 2018 9:00 am EST Disney doesn’t launch its streaming service until 2019, but the content that will populate it is beginning to go into production. Right now, Lucasfilm is putting together their first live-action Star Wars television show. Ever.Such a historic occasion is, of course, shrouded in secrecy. Fans know the show will be entitled The Mandalorian, that it’s set the gap years between the fall of the Empire and the rise of the First Order, and that is has an amazing line-up of talent to direct....

‘Aquaman’ Box Office Tracking Rising Like The Tides As The Film Sets New Warner Bros. Record In China By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 7, 2018 1:30 pm EST Looks like the Aquaman box office is going to be even better than expected. Early tracking was already strong, but the superhero film appears to be riding a wave of positive buzz all the way to the top. The early estimate had Aquaman looking at a possible $65 million opening weekend – but that number is much higher now....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 27, 2018 5:00 pm EST Based on the splash that Aquaman made at the box office this weekend, you probably got a chance to see this movie about a fish-man and his epic undersea adventures and get your senses assaulted by a tidal wave of lavish visual imagery So you’d be forgiven for missing a few Aquaman Easter eggs along the way. Unless, that is, you’re Edgar Wright....

‘Charlie Says’ Review: The “Manson Girls” Get A Dim Spotlight [Tribeca] By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2019 7:00 am EST In the 50 years since the Manson Family committed the brutal murders that shook the nation, the cult and its infamous leader Charles Manson has never really left the public consciousness. And this year, the number of movies attempting to decrypt the notorious Manson and his all-consuming influence has ramped up, with everything from shockingly offensive horror films to star-studded Quentin Tarantino dramas taking on the cult leader....

‘Cloak And Dagger’ Kicks Off A Strong New Season With “Restless Energy” And “White Lines” By Monique Jones/April 8, 2019 2:00 pm EST Season 2 of Cloak and Dagger has us back in moody New Orleans with Tandy and Tyrone, and I’m excited for the ride we’ll be on. Last season was such a revelation, and I’m hoping this season won’t be any different. So far, what I’ve seen from the first two episodes, “Restless Energy” and “White Lines,” prove that we will get even more of what made last season so good, plus some surprises....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Writers Defend Last Season’s Controversial Pacing Choices By Ben Pearson/March 19, 2019 5:00 pm EST For the first several seasons of Game of Thrones, the show made a point to take things slowly in terms of travel, establishing huge distances between its major cities and building the reality of its fantasy world by having characters traverse those distances across long stretches of episodes. But in season 7, it was as if the show mounted an ACME rocket, lit the fuse, and hung on for dear life as it rocketed forward at a breakneck pace....

‘Ghostbusters’ Getting A 4K Steelbook Release With New Rare Deleted Scenes & More By Ethan Anderton/April 5, 2019 4:00 pm EST It’s the 35th anniversary of Ghostbusters, and fans have a lot to be excited for. Not only is the first ever Ghostbusters Fan Fest happening this year on the Sony Pictures studio lot, but production will commence on a Ghostbusters sequel that will be directed by Ivan Reitman’s accomplished filmmaker son Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, Juno)....

‘Ink & Paint’ Documentary Series About Female Disney Animators Coming To Disney’s Streaming Service By Ben Pearson/Oct. 9, 2018 11:30 am EST Disney needs content for its upcoming streaming service Disney Play, and considering Disney is a company that’s built a reputation for self-mythologizing, it’s no surprise that one of Disney Play’s new projects will focus on some Disney history. One of the pieces of content that will be available to watch when the service launches next year is an eight-episode documentary series called Ink & Paint (not to be confused with the nightclub of the same name in Who Framed Roger Rabbit)....

‘Joker’ Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Becomes The Clown Prince Of Crime By Chris Evangelista/April 3, 2019 6:03 am EST Our first full look at the Joaquin Phoenix Joker movie is here. What do you think? Will this seemingly crazy idea pay off and result in a great movie, or was this a huge mistake? No matter how Joker turns out, we can say with some certainty that it’s definitely not going to be your standard DC comic book movie....

‘Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon’ Teaser: Shaun The Sheep Goes Sci-Fi By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 11, 2018 4:30 pm EST We’re getting another Shaun the Sheep movie! Aardman Animations has given us an early Christmas present with the arrival of the first Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon teaser. The teaser reintroduces us to the beloved residents of Mossy Bottom Farm, but with a sci-fi twist: there are aliens now. Shaun the Sheep Farmageddon Teaser...

‘Space Jam’ Sequel ‘Skate Jam’ Almost Happened, Starring Tony Hawk By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 7, 2019 1:30 pm EST A Space Jam sequel is currently in the works with LeBron James in the lead, but at one point, we almost had a very different follow-up. According to skateboard legend Tony Hawk, Warner Bros. approached him in the early 2000s to star in a film called Skate Jam, which would presumably feature the Looney Tunes characters riding skateboards and saying things like “Sick shred, bro!...

‘The Storyteller’ Reboot In The Works From The Jim Henson Company And Neil Gaiman By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 19, 2019 1:30 pm EST “Jim Henson was always ahead of his time,” Gaiman continued: The original series debuted in 1987, featuring a framing device involving a “storyteller (John Hurt) sitting by a fire telling each tale to both the viewers and to his talking dog who acted as the voice of the viewers, and was written in a language and traditional style in keeping with old folk tales....

7 Things We Learned From The ‘Office Space’ Oral History By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2019 9:00 am EST This year marks the 20th anniversary of the cult favorite comedy Office Space. The movie bombed spectacularly at the box office with just under $11 million made in its entire domestic run. That was barely enough to cover the film’s budget. But against all odds, the movie found a big audience on home video and cable and has since become one of the most quoted and beloved comedies of the ’90s....

Kate Winslet To Play A Detective In HBO Drama Series ‘Mare Of Easttown’ By Ben Pearson/Jan. 23, 2019 4:00 pm EST The last time Kate Winslet starred in an HBO show, she won an Emmy for her stellar performance in Mildred Pierce, a remake of the classic film noir movie from 1945. Now she’s heading back to the premium channel for a new limited drama series called Mare of Easttown, which is the brainchild of Out of the Furnace writer Brad Ingelsby....

Steven Seagal Was Considered For ‘Batman’ Before Michael Keaton Landed The Role By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2019 10:30 am EST Michael Keaton’s portrayal of Batman and Bruce Wayne is a favorite among fans of The Caped Crusader, especially since the 1989 film from Tim Burton is the one that really paved the way for the future success of serious comic book movies (even if the movie is more than a little goofy when you look back on it now)....

Sylvester Stallone Has An Idea For A New ‘Rocky’ Movie, Talks ‘Rambo V’ And Rebooting ‘Cobra’ For TV By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2019 12:30 pm EST Sylvester Stallone, iconic action star of the 1980s, continues to mine his past characters for all they’re worth. During a career retrospective at the seemingly-never-ending Cannes Film Festival, Stallone explained what audiences can expect from Rambo V: Last Blood, his idea for a new Rocky movie (wait, what?...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 176 - When Directors Are Jerks By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 19, 2012 6:46 am 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 ‘Uncharted’ Movie Starring Tom Holland Finally Has A Release Date, Set For 2020 By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 7, 2019 8:01 am EST According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony has set a December 18, 2020 release date for Uncharted, the video game adaptation starring Tom Holland as the devil-may-care treasure hunter Nathan Drake. Along with the Uncharted movie release date, Sony announced a slew of other dates, including including an April 3, 2020 release for Kevin Hart and director Paul Weitz’s Fatherhood, based on the memoir by Matt Logelin, who was left to raise his daughter alone following his wife’s death in childbirth....

The Case For Arya Stark And Gendry Baratheon: Good For The North, Good For The South, Good For Not Getting Millions Of People Killed By Vanessa Armstrong/May 6, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Debate of Thrones, where a panel of Citadel-trained experts explain why someone deserves, or doesn’t deserve, to sit on the Iron Throne. In this edition: a kingdom ruled by Arya Stark and Gendry Baratheon would be just…and it would save lives....

The Morning Watch: ‘Avengers’ Cast Reads ‘Infinity War’ Children’s Book, Making ‘Love, Death + Robots’ & More By Ethan Anderton/April 10, 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, the cast of Avengers: Endgame reads a children’s book version of Avengers: Infinity War, including the mass genocide part....