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The Morning Watch: Creating Hala In ‘Captain Marvel’, Meet The Actors Behind Voices You Know & More By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 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, watch a visual effects breakdown showing the creation of the Kree homeworld of Hala in Captain Marvel....

Theme Park Bits: Zootopia Land, Jurassic World’s Roller-Coaster Layout And More By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 24, 2019 9:00 am EST In this week’s edition: Zootopia is expanding to Shanghai Disneyland. The Jurassic World roller-coaster track layout may have been revealed. The Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run attraction might have a single-rider line. Disney’s Riviera Resort is open for reservations. And more! The biggest news this week in the world of theme parks is that one of Disney’s recent animated hits is going to get its own section in one of the company’s parks....

VOTD: How ‘Bumblebee’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/April 3, 2019 6:00 am EST Bumblebee is now available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and digital download, bringing the best Transformers movie in over a decade to the comfort of your own home. However, even though the Transformers spin-off that takes us back to the 1980s is a refreshing, charming and outstanding soft reboot of the toy franchise, that doesn’t mean it’s not without some issues that could have easily been resolved if the movie had a totally different ending, which could have come pretty much right at the beginning....

‘Aladdin’ Images Show Us A Whole New World Of Will Smith Topknots And Vests By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 19, 2018 7:00 am EST A fresh batch of new Aladdin images have come out of the Cave of Wonders, giving us our first look at Will Smith’s Genie and Naomi Scott’s Princess Jasmine. We also get a closer look at the titular street rat himself, played by Mena Massoud, who is rocking a whole lot more vests than the partially shirtless animated version of Aladdin....

‘Always Be My Maybe’ Trailer: Randall Park And Ali Wong Give Us The Netflix Rom-Com We Deserve By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 24, 2019 3:30 pm EST Randall Park and Ali Wong in a romantic-comedy? You’ve already sold us on the latest Netflix rom-com, Always Be My Maybe, which stars the two comedians as childhood friends who reconnect after 15 years apart. Watch the Always Be My Maybe trailer below. Always Be My Maybe Trailer...

‘Austin Powers 4’ Still In The Works, Threatens Mike Myers By Ben Pearson/Nov. 1, 2018 11:30 am EST Oh, behave! There’s been talk of an Austin Powers 4 ever since the third movie pulled in nearly $300 million worldwide over a decade ago, but in a new interview, writer/star Mike Myers says that the sequel is “looking good.” Read his latest threats…I mean, “comments,” below. Access Online caught up with Myers on the red carpet of Bohemian Rhapsody, the Queen biopic in which Myers plays a supporting role, and asked him for an update on the much-talked-about Austin Powers 4: “You’re going to see Dr....

By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2019 11:30 am EST Carnival Row Teaser Here’s how Deadline describes the plot of the show and who Orlando Bloom and Care Delevingne are playing in the eight-part series: That certainly sounds compelling enough. There has always been something appealing about setting fantasy and sci-fi stories in some kind of alternate Victorian era, and this series could hit that sweet spot just right. However, the series does feel incredibly close to the world and story from the Fables comics from the DC Comics imprint Vertigo....

/Filmcast Ep. 241 - The World’s End By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 27, 2013 4:00 am EST Dave, Devindra, and Germain discuss why you should watch Mud and Short Term 12, the laziness of End of Watch, and the irrational nerd rage around this week’s Batman casting news. Be sure to read up on why humanity is coming to an end soon. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Godzilla: The Planet Eater’ Review: King Ghidorah Helps End Netflix’s Anime Godzilla Trilogy In A Grand Fashion By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 30, 2018 11:00 am EST Netflix’s anime Godzilla trilogy has suffered in some ways from the staggered method of its release. The installments have been spaced out about six months apart from each other so that the movies could enjoy a theatrical run in Japan before their worldwide Netflix release. In retrospect, this is a series that might benefit more from a binge-watch....

‘Holmes And Watson’ Trailer: Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly Are The Iconic Detective Duo By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2018 2:01 pm EST Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly have teamed up in Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby to riotous laughter. Can they do it all again as the most iconic detective duo of all time?Holmes and Watson finds Ferrell and Reilly playing Sherlock Holmes and Dr....

‘It Chapter Two’ Details Revealed: Everything From The First Film Has Been “Cranked Up” By Chris Evangelista/July 10, 2019 11:00 am EST As summer winds down, the Losers’ Club is gearing up to head back to Derry in It Chapter Two. The sequel to the horror hit arrives in September, and the hype for the Stephen King adaptation is already at a fever pitch. The movie will have a big presence at San Diego Comic-Con this month, and director Andy Muschietti and the cast have opened up about what audiences can expect when Pennywise the Clown returns....

‘Mouse Guard’ Movie Adds Idris Elba As An Obi-Wan Kenobi Type Of Mouse By Ben Pearson/March 22, 2019 4:00 pm EST English actor Idris Elba (Pacific Rim, The Wire) has lent his voice to several animal characters in films already: a cape buffalo in Zootopia, Shere Khan the tiger in The Jungle Book, and a sea lion in Finding Dory. He’s playing a cat in Tom Hooper’s upcoming adaptation of Cats later this year, and now it looks like he’ll be playing a mouse in the film adaptation of the Boom!...

‘Real World’ Reboot Coming To Facebook Watch By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 17, 2018 4:30 pm EST Remember The Real World? The reality show about seven strangers who stop being polite, and start getting real? It’s back, in Facebook Watch form. MTV Studios is teaming with Facebook’s streaming service to re-launch the popular reality show for a whole new generation. The series will now have an interactive element as well, allowing viewers to vote on one contestant to join the show....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Deleted Scene Involved Miles’ Roommate Ganke, Who Will Have A Bigger Part In The Sequel By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 7, 2019 2:30 pm EST Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a near-perfect movie — but it’s missing one thing from the beloved comics upon which it’s based: Miles Morales’ best friend and roommate Ganke Lee. While we see Ganke in their shared dorm working late hours and generally being oblivious to Miles’ problems, he plays a much larger role in Miles’ life in the comics, even becoming his informal sidekick....

‘The Case Against Adnan Syed’ Trailer: Is The ‘Serial’ Season One Subject Guilty Of Murder? By Ben Pearson/Feb. 6, 2019 5:00 pm EST Twenty years ago, a Baltimore high school student named Hae Min Lee was murdered. Her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, claimed he was innocent of the crime, but he was arrested and given a life sentence. This story came to the world’s attention back in 2014 as the subject of the first season of NPR’s mega-popular podcast Serial, and though it has somewhat faded from the pop culture consciousness five years later, documentarian Amy Berg is putting the spotlight on it again with a four-episode series that provides “new discoveries, as well as groundbreaking revelations that challenge the state’s case” against Syed....

‘Toy Story 4’ Clip: Woody And Forky Meet The Creepy Gabby Gabby By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 7, 2019 7:30 am EST Evil dolls are all the rage in the horror genre, so it’s no surprise that Woody and the gang’s Big Bad in Toy Story 4 is a sweet, cherubic doll named Gabby Gabby. But appearance isn’t everything, and soon those dead eyes will turn murderous. Well, not too murderous – this is a kid’s movie after all....

‘Tuca & Bertie’ First Look: Tiffany Haddish And Ali Wong Star In Netflix Animated Series From The Producer Of ‘BoJack Horseman’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 14, 2019 5:30 pm EST Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong sound like a comedy dream team. One is the breakout star of Girls Trip whose infectious personality is everywhere, the other is the star of two acclaimed Netflix stand-up specials and a writer for ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat....

‘Us’ Featurette: The Cast Praises The Unique Vision Of Director Jordan Peele By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2019 4:00 pm EST Comedian Jordan Peele has become a powerhouse filmmaker following his directorial debut with Get Out in 2017. Now Peele is back with his sophomore directing effort, a new nightmare simply called Us. The film finds a family in Northern California suddenly hunted by people they never imagined: themselves. A new Us featurette goes behind the scenes of the new horror movie without giving much away about what’s really going on with this story of dangerous doppelgängers....

2019 Sundance Film Festival Announces First Wave Of Films; Here Are 10 We’re Looking Forward To By Ben Pearson/Nov. 28, 2018 3:30 pm EST Below, read about the 10 notable movies we’re looking forward to, and see the full list of what’ll be playing at the festival. One of the exciting things about Sundance is that most of these films are brand new: no one has seen them yet, so we have no idea what to expect....

Alvin Ailey Biopic Coming From ‘Moonlight’ Director Barry Jenkins By Chris Evangelista/June 3, 2019 4:30 pm EST Jenkins and company will work with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Artistic Director Robert Battle and Artistic Director Emerita, Judith Jamison, to bring Ailey’s life and work to life on the big screen. Julian Breece, who wrote the Netflix series When They See Us, is handling the script. I’ll confess I know next to nothing about Alvin Ailey, but I’m excited to see what Jenkins does with material like this....