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‘The Notebook’ Is Getting Turned Into A Broadway Musical That Will Make You Cry Again By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 4, 2019 12:30 pm EST If you watched the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ romance novel The Notebook and thought the story could use a little more song and dance, we have good news. The Notebook is in the process of becoming a Broadway musical with This Is Us supervising producer and playwright Bekah Brunstetter writing the book and folk pop singer and songwriter Ingrid Michaelson behind the music and lyrics....

‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Sequel Trades In First Film’s Female Director For New Male Director By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 25, 2019 11:30 am EST To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before became one of Netflix’s biggest hits last year, shepherded by director Susan Johnson, who leant a playfulness and a surprising visual panache to the teen romantic comedy based on the novels by Jenny Han. But for the highly anticipated sequel, which will adapt Han’s follow-up novel P....

Cool Stuff: ‘Power Rangers’ Lightning Collection Figure Pack Takes Red Ranger And Gold Ranger To SDCC By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2019 6:00 am EST If Jason was your favorite member of the Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers back in the mid-1990s and you’re heading to San Diego Comic-Con next month, then we have great news. Hasbro is bringing an exclusive Power Rangers Lightning Collection action figure two-pack of the Red Ranger from the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and the Gold Ranger from the 1996 revamp Power Rangers Zeo....

Cool Stuff: LEGO Celebrates Batman’s 80th Anniversary With New Batmobile And Batwing Sets By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2019 6:00 am EST This year is the 80th anniversary of the introduction of the DC Comics superhero known as Batman. It was Detective Comics #29 in 1939 where The Dark Knight started fighting crime, and now he’s one of the most beloved comic book characters of all-time. There have been and will continue to be all sorts of celebrations for the Caped Crusader, and LEGO has added some more to the pile with a new batch of LEGO Batman 80th anniversary sets coming to shelves in August....

Cool Stuff: Sexy Jeff Goldblum From ‘Jurassic Park’ Is Now An Arousing Statue By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 8, 2018 6:00 am EST Life continues to find a way to honor Jeff Goldblum’s incredible performance in Jurassic Park. More specifically, a single shot where his sarcastic, chaos theoretician character Ian Malcolm looks incredibly sexy and alluring despite being injured in a tyrannosaurus rex attack hours earlier. He’s already being immortalized with a Funko POP in the famous pose seen above, but now he’s been turned into a 1/4 scale statue from Chronicle Collectibles....

Decoding Westworld S1E07 - Trompe L’oeil By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 14, 2016 9:15 pm EST Joanna and David recap the seventh episode of the first season of Westworld, “Trompe L’oeil.” Read Joanna’s recap of the episode here and read our recap by Jacob Hall here. Find more episodes of the podcast at decodingwestworld.com. Feel free to email us your theories at decodingwestworld(AT)gmail.com. Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to Decoding Westworld: Decoding Westworld S1E07 - Trompe L’oeil...

Even In 2018, Filmgoers Are In The Thrall Of Vampires By Jamie Jirak/Oct. 4, 2018 2:00 pm EST Why are people so obsessed with vampires? The mythical creatures have been gracing our screens since the dawn of cinema, with 1922’s Nosferatu setting a gold standard. Much like vampires themselves, their film depictions don’t seem to have an expiration.When you think of vampires, you probably think of horror, but the beauty of these immortal beings is they can be placed within any genre....

Harley Quinn’s Outfit Will Be “Less Male Gaze-Y” In ‘Birds Of Prey,’ Margot Robbie Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 7, 2019 3:30 pm EST As soon as she charged onto the screen in ash-white hair and hot pants with a psychotic grin on her face in 2016’s Suicide Squad, Margot Robbie established herself as an immediate scene-stealer. But while Harley Quinn’s raggedy T-shirt and shiny red-blue hot pants may have worked as the most popular Halloween costume of that year, it’s not too practical for a character who has unwittingly become a quasi-feminist hero....

MoviePass Is Getting Spun Off Into Its Own Separate Company To Avoid Bankruptcy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 23, 2018 10:30 am EST MoviePass may be a sinking ship, but its parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics won’t let the subscription service drag it down. Helios and Matheson is spinning its MoviePass assets out into a separate publicly traded company. To keep with the ship analogy, this makes MoviePass more like a sinking life raft, with its assets MoviePass Films, MoviePass Ventures, and MovieFone cut loose from Helios and Matheson’s cruise liner....

Lord of the Rings Board Game Fantasy Flight has already released four LOTR games, but this is the first of this property to come with a companion app, which serves as a guide and also controls the enemy forces you’ll face off against. Here’s part of the official description: Each individual game of Journeys in Middle-earth is a single adventure in a larger campaign. You’ll explore the vast and dynamic landscapes of Middle-earth, using your skills to survive the challenges you encounter on these perilous quests....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’, ‘Mile 22’, ‘Candyman’, ‘Searching’, ‘Lizzie’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 28, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to new Blu-ray releases and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) This week’s Blu-ray round-up has the wildly entertaining Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the shockingly bad Mile 22, the horror classic Candyman, the thrilling computer screen mystery Searching, and the historical drama Lizzie....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - The Adventures Of Tintin (GUEST: Scott Mendelson From Mendleson’s Memos) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 26, 2011 5:22 am EST In this episode, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss The Adventures of Tintin. How does Spielberg’s first foray into motion capture/animation fare? Tune in to find out! Special guest Scott Mendelson joins us from Mendelson’s Memos. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

Theme Park Bits: Disney Flex Pass, Extra Extra Magic Hours, And More! By Josh Spiegel/May 13, 2019 5:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Now, let’s get to the current state of theme parks. As you might have heard, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is coming to both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Walt Disney World’s summer won’t be quite as busy as Disneyland’s, because Disney’s Hollywood Studios won’t be opening its Galaxy’s Edge until late August....

Zack Snyder Is Making A Heist Movie Set During The Zombie Apocalypse For Netflix By Jacob Hall/Jan. 29, 2019 4:44 pm EST Years before he was making massive superhero tentpoles, Zack Snyder broke into the film industry with Dawn of the Dead. That 2004 remake of the George Romero masterpiece had no right to be as good as it was – bloody, clever, and audacious, it was a roller coaster of a horror movie that has aged well and remains his best film....

‘Body At Brighton Rock’ Trailer: The Survivalist Thriller Goes Paranoid Horror By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 18, 2019 2:30 pm EST Survivalist thrillers are a dime a dozen, but Body at Brighton Rock promises to deliver something a little more horror-tinged in this independent feature film that made a debut at SXSW. Watch the first Body at Brighton Rock trailer below. Body at Brighton Rock Trailer Directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Body at Brighton Rock follows newbie park ranger Wendy (Karina Fontes), who volunteers to survey a trail normally reserved for the more experienced of her co-workers....

Dark Phoenix Trailer The trailer begins by showing us exactly how Jean Grey comes to be possessed by the cosmic force known as the Phoenix. And slowly but surely, Jean Grey begins to enjoy feeling the enhanced power that is flowing through her, to the point that she starts turning on her makeshift mutant family. While Sophie Turner appears to be enjoying herself by being corrupted by this new power, there’s nothing else about this movie that’s grabbing my attention....

‘Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise’ Is A Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Stage Musical From Sia And The Writers Of ‘Kung Fu Panda’ By Caroline Cao/July 5, 2019 1:00 pm EST Touted in ads as a “futuristic kung fu musical”, Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise is an imaginative premature hatchling at its world premiere at The Shed in Manhattan Hudson Yard. It has creative parentage in Chinese opera and film director Chen Shi-Zheng (Dark Matter) and Kung Fu Panda writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, with Sia as the songwriter....

‘Freaks’ Trailer: Official Trailer For Twisty Sci-Fi Movie Debuts Ahead Of Comic-Con By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 11, 2019 4:30 pm EST Freaks debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, where it was a minor sensation, and continued to accumulate awards as it made the festival rounds at the Brussels International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, and Paris International Film Festival. But before the twisty sci-fi film starring Emile Hirsch heads to theaters, it’s coming to Comic-Con....

‘Halloween’ Blu-Ray Release Set For January – Watch One Deleted Scene Now By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 20, 2018 9:30 am EST Halloween may be over, but Halloween is just getting started. The Blu-ray release of David Gordon Green’s hit horror sequel/reboot to the classic franchise will arrive just after the start of the new year – with the digital release arriving a few days after Christmas. The home video release comes loaded with all treats, and no tricks....

‘Incredibles 2’ Deleted Scene Almost Introduced Frozone’s Wife, Here’s Why It Didn’t By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 19, 2018 1:30 pm EST It’s a scene that has gone down in the history books, kicked off by one simple line: Honey, where is my super suit? Thus one of the most iconic Pixar scenes was born, in which Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) frantically scrambles for his super suit while his wife (Kimberly Adair Clark) belligerently refuses to tell him in 2004’s The Incredibles....