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George R.R. Martin Hasn’t Read The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Scripts Because He’s Too Busy Trying To Finish Those Damn Books By Ben Pearson/March 6, 2019 5:30 pm EST After nearly a decade, HBO’s Game of Thrones is about to come to a dramatic close. But George R.R. Martin’s watch is not ending…yet. The A Song of Ice and Fire author still has two books to finish in his long-running fantasy series, and impatient readers waiting for the next sprawling novel will be glad to hear that he’s been so busy working on The Winds of Winter that he hasn’t even had time to read the scripts for the final season of the HBO adaptation....

Jordan Peele’s ‘Candyman’ Remake Casts ‘Aquaman’ Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II As The Hook-Handed Title Monster By Jacob Hall/Feb. 26, 2019 10:09 am EST Normally, the news of a classic horror film getting a remake fills our stomachs with dread. But the upcoming remake of 1992’s Candyman? Bring it on. Get Out filmmaker Jordan Peele is producing. Little Woods director Nia DaCosta is behind the camera. And now, Aquaman star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has joined the cast as the hook-handed ghost of the title, who is summoned when someone is stupid enough to say his name several times in a mirror....

MGM Making ‘Yasuke’ Movie, About The Only African Samurai In History By Chris Evangelista/April 19, 2019 5:00 pm EST Today in “shut up and take my money” news, MGM is set to make Yasuke, a film based on the true story of the only African samurai in history. Yasuke was perhaps the first black man to set foot in Japan, and his arrival caused an uproar and piqued the interest of a warlord named Oda Nobunaga....

Netflix U.K. Changed The Ending Of ‘The Notebook’ And Fans Are Upset By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2019 3:30 pm EST Fans looking for a good cry on Netflix may have been disappointed if they live in the U.K. Viewers of the streaming service in that country found that The Notebook ending had been altered, depriving them of the waterworks that the film was known for. And fans were not happy....

Robin Weigert Talks Becoming Calamity Jane, Dealing With Cancellation And Returning For ‘Deadwood: The Movie’ [Interview] By Chris Evangelista/May 30, 2019 7:00 am EST After more than a decade away, Deadwood returns in the form of Deadwood: The Movie. The long-awaited conclusion to one of the best television shows of all time picks up with nearly every character from the original series, bringing individual stories to a satisfying conclusion. One of those characters is Calamity Jane, played once again by the estimable Robin Weigert....

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Guide Map Revealed, Original Soarin’ Returning To Disneyland By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2019 4:30 pm EST Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens next week in Disneyland, so the DisneyParks website has released the official first look at the new expansion’s guidemap to help visitors plan out their first trip. Not pictured: a visual representation of the hordes of guests that will be crowding the land for the foreseeable future....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 154 - The End Credits By Slashfilmcast/July 17, 2011 4:51 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....

Tiffany Haddish Goes From ‘Girl’s Trip’ To ‘Bad Trip’ In A Movie That Features A Mixture Of Traditional Narrative And Actual Pranks By Ben Pearson/June 20, 2019 1:00 pm EST As younger viewers continue to spend more time watching YouTube than going to the movies, here’s a depressing thought: what if the movies begin to evolve to seem more like YouTube videos? A new film called Bad Trip is coming out this fall and is seemingly trying out that tactic....

What Is The Future Of ‘Daredevil’? Can Cancelled Netflix Marvel Shows Continue On Disney+? By Ben Pearson/Nov. 30, 2018 1:30 pm EST Last night, Netflix cancelled Daredevil, leaving only Jessica Jones and The Punisher as the final Marvel shows on that streaming platform. But there have been some not-so-subtle hints that Daredevil will return in some capacity, so let’s look at the future of The Man Without Fear and address the speculation that the show might make the jump from Netflix over to Disney’s upcoming streaming service, Disney+....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Trailer Breakdown: The One Where Tony Stark Loses Hope By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2018 8:00 am EST This morning, the Avengers 4 trailer finally arrived, and it came with the reveal of the title: Avengers: Endgame. And honestly, that’s probably the biggest revelation to come from the teaser trailer that the internet has been demanding for months now. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t details to pore over instead of getting mad about the fact that Anthony & Joe Russo flat out lied to us about the title of the movie....

‘Bumblebee’ Early Screenings Arriving Two Weeks Before Theatrical Release By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 21, 2018 10:30 am EST Studio-appointed release dates are lame! What’s really cool is seeing a movie early. And if Bumblebee is one of those movies you just can’t wait to clap eyes on, you’re in luck – Paramount is giving you a chance to catch some Bumblebee early screenings. You need to plan accordingly, though – the early screening is one day only!...

‘Captain Marvel’s 90s Setting Gets Confusing Thanks To The Film’s Soundtrack, Stan Lee’s Cameo & More By Ethan Anderton/March 11, 2019 8:53 am EST Captain Marvel is the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe set entirely in the 1990s. More specifically, thanks to certain revelations in the movie, both in the plot and background details, the movie takes place in 1995. That makes all those children of the ’90s who now have kids of their own feeling nostalgic for Blockbuster Video, baggy flannel shirts, beepers, throwback radio hits, arcade games, and more....

‘Daredevil’ Was Netflix’s Fourth Biggest Show – So Why Was It Canceled? By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 5, 2018 10:00 am EST The strange saga that is the Daredevil cancelation continues. A new report reveals that Daredevil was canceled despite being the fourth-biggest show on Netflix. And still another report claims that it wasn’t Netflix who pulled the plug on the superhero series – it was Marvel themselves. Just what in the name of Hell’s Kitchen is going on here?...

‘Daughter Of The Wolf’ Exclusive Clip: A Wolf Attacks And Richard Dreyfuss Hams It Up By Ben Pearson/June 6, 2019 8:00 am EST If you’ve been wondering what acclaimed actor Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) has been up to lately, wonder no more. We have an exclusive clip from a new film called Daughter of the Wolf, a Gina Carano-starring action movie in which Dreyfuss seems to be having tons of fun playing a villain reminiscent of John Lithgow’s delightfully over-the-top baddie from Cliffhanger....

‘Jumanji 3’ Will Also Bring Back Nick Jonas’s Character By Ben Pearson/Feb. 6, 2019 3:16 pm EST I’m still shocked that Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is the second-highest grossing movie in Sony’s history, coming in only behind the James Bond hit Skyfall at the worldwide box office. But audiences ate it up, and the studio has a sequel slated for release this winter with many of the previous film’s cast members coming back for more....

‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Redesign Is Done, Presumably Removing Sonic’s Terrifying Human Teeth For Good By Chris Evangelista/July 11, 2019 3:00 pm EST At the end of April, the first trailer for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie zoomed online, and terrified us all. Viewers were not happy with the design of Sonic, which was an absolute nightmare from top to bottom and included giant human teeth for some reason. In an unprecedented move, the makers of Sonic decided to go back to the digital drawing board and redesign the character to make him less horrifying....

‘Turn Up Charlie’ First Look Photos: Idris Elba Is A DJ And A Manny By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 3, 2019 8:30 am EST Idris Elba was just named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine last year, and we know that’s true because he even looks dashing when he’s playing a DJ who ends up being a manny to friend’s daughter. That’s the premise of a new Netflix comedy series called Turn Up Charlie, and the streaming service has released the first photos from the show arriving this spring....

‘Under The Silver Lake’ Being Dumped On VOD In The U.S. After Almost A Full Year Of Delays By Chris Evangelista/April 4, 2019 8:30 am EST What the heck happened with Under the Silver Lake, the new film from It Follows director David Robert Mitchell? The neo-noir mystery was snapped up by indie powerhouse A24 right before its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival…and then things started to go wrong....

Don Winslow’s ‘Cartel’ Trilogy Is Becoming An FX Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 7, 2019 11:00 am EST Winslow will serve as an executive producer for the series alongside Shane Salerno (Savages, Avatar 3), who is set to co-write the pilot with an unnamed writer/showrunner. While Winslow and Salerno aren’t working in official showrunner capacity, they will reportedly be “closely involved in shaping and sustaining the series.” The as-yet-untitled FX series will adapt Winslow’s Cartel Trilogy, which follows DEA Agent Art Keller through a 45-year period during America’s long-running war on drugs....

Exclusive ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Visual Soundtrack Prepares You For War By Chris Evangelista/May 16, 2019 1:30 pm EST John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum blasts into theaters this week. In honor of the return of Keanu Reeves and his many methods of killing people, we have an exclusive John Wick: Chapter 3 visual soundtrack for you to feast your ears and eyes on. The visual soundtrack features a selection of cuts from the score Tyler Bates and Joel J....