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‘Willow’: Tony Revolori In Talks To Play A Lead Role In Disney+ Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 27, 2021 7:00 am EST Tony Revolori is going from Far From Home to a far-off fantasy land. The Spider-Man: Far From Home star is in talks to join the Willow cast as a lead role in the Disney+ series, which follows up the story of the beloved 1988 fantasy film. He would join Warwick Davis, who is reprising his role as the title character, and several other rising stars who are already set to round out the ensemble cast....

Rhythmic Ceremonial Ritual Universal In “Back to the Future,” 17-year-old Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) is accidentally sent back in time after his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (portrayed by the incomparable Christopher Lloyd) is gunned down by terrorists for stealing their plutonium to power his time-traveling DeLorean. After seeking the help of the younger Doc, Marty finds himself stuck in 1955 for a week until the famous Hill Valley Lightning Storm, which can provide a lightning bolt to produce the 1....

A Magical Machine Appears CBS Television / Monkeypaw Productions “The Big Door Prize” is based on a 2020 book of the same name by M.O. Walsh. The book is set in a small town where order is disrupted by the sudden appearance of a machine called DNAMIX. The nondescript machine, which pops up in a local grocery store, is said to magically tell town residents what their “true potential” looks like....

Damien Chazelle 1920s Hollywood Drama ‘Babylon’ Adds Jean Smart To The Already Stacked Cast By Danielle Ryan/July 13, 2021 10:46 am EST Let’s call it the Smart-aissance. Jean Smart, absolute acting queen, has been cast in yet another major project. After winning a Critic’s Choice Award for her turn in Watchmen and her recent Emmy nominations for the hilarious Hacks and the chilling Mare of Easttown, everything is coming up Smart....

Elves Trailer: A New Christmas Horror Series Is Coming To Netflix Miso Film By Anya Stanley/Nov. 10, 2021 9:30 am EST Glædelig jul! The Danish bring forth good holiday tidings, the kind familiar to anyone who has ever wanted a terror-in-a-box pet Gremlin. I know they’re trouble like Tribbles, but they’re so fuzzy! This week, Netflix has announced new Danish horror series, “Elves,” set to premiere in November. Over six episodes, the Denmark-set show focuses on a family on a holiday getaway that has a run-in with elves....

Eternals Director Chloé Zhao Was Working On The Film Right Up To The Premiere [Exclusive] Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 1, 2021 1:47 pm EST Remember the other day when I was just talking about how filmmakers would pretty much rather put the finishing touches on their films right up until the moment of release than walk away from their baby and, for better or worse, declare the final cut to be finished and ready to go?...

Everything We Know About Armor Wars So Far Marvel Studios By Ben Pearson/Oct. 6, 2021 3:52 pm EST I know he’s had his fair share of success, but at a certain point, I feel like the sheer pop cultural dominance of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has to feel like a cruel joke to Terrence Howard. The dude ended up walking away from “Iron Man 2” over a payment dispute, was swiftly replaced by Don Cheadle, and the MCU has never looked back....

Glossary Of Terms For Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland By Brendon Connelly/May 8, 2009 11:50 am EST Linda Woolverton’s screenplay for Tim Burton’s new Alice in Wonderland has very successfully been kept under lock and key. This has led to a certain amount of confusion or even misinformation springing up and circling reports of the film. Thankfully, having been shown a full copy I can now report that all of the early information I was given by sources close to the film seems to be completely true....

How To Watch ‘Malignant’ At Home By Chris Evangelista/July 30, 2021 12:37 pm EST (Welcome to How to Watch, where we get down to brass tacks and tell you “Hey, here’s how you can watch this thing.” In this edition: Malignant.) This fall, James Wan returns to horror directing with Malignant. Wan’s latest is an R-rated fright flick inspired by giallo films of the 1970s, and you’ll be able to see it somewhat soon....

Kristen Wiig And Annie Mumolo Are Making A Live-Action Disney Movie About Cinderella’s Evil Stepsisters By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 16, 2021 12:30 pm EST Barb and Star go to Disney and live happily ever after…? We may not get the Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar sequel we want (fingers crossed!), but at least we’ll get its comedy duo together again, this time working on a Disney live-action project....

Laika’s Next Stop-Motion Animated Film Is Wildwood, Travis Knight Returning To Direct Laika By Shania Russell/Sept. 15, 2021 3:35 pm EST Laika, the studio behind stop-motion gems like “Coraline” and “Kubo and the Two Strings is getting back into the animation game! In all fairness, they never really left it, but following the announcement of their first live-action film and the devastating impact of pandemic shutdowns, fans worried about whether the studio would follow up 2019’s “Missing Link....

Mike Flanagan’s Midnight Mass Is About How The Bible Is Really A Horror Story Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 8, 2021 1:44 pm EST Mike Flanagan is back at Netflix with the horror series “Midnight Mass.” It’s a project Flanagan has been hoping to make for years – in fact, multiple networks turned it down. It wasn’t until the success of Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House” that Flanagan was finally given the chance to bring “Midnight Mass” to life....

Rank All Godzillas! – A Definitive Ranking Of The King of Monsters’ Movies [Part Two] By Jacob Knight/Dec. 29, 2017 9:00 am EST Yesterday, we began our journey of ranking every single Godzilla movie from worst to best. Today, we reach the grand finale: the 15 best movies starring the King of the Monsters. Godzilla 2000 [1999] The first entry into the Millennium Series is awesome spectacle, if still a standard Godzilla movie....

Red Rocket: Release Date, Cast And More A24 By Ben Pearson/Oct. 13, 2021 4:44 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) “Red Rocket,” the cinematic return of one of America’s most well-regarded independent filmmakers, might ultimately be a bit too controversial to receive the same level of awards attention as director Sean Baker’s previous movie, “The Florida Project....

Superhero Bits: ‘The Boys’ Rumored For Early Season 4 Pick-Up, Zombie Hunter Spider-Man Coming From Hot Toys & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 2, 2021 3:11 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Stargirl Season 2: Summer School: Chapter Thirteen Here’s the official promo for the 13th episode of the second season of “Stargirl” on The CW: As Eclipso (Nick Tarabay) unleashes the final part of his master plan, Courtney (Brec Bassinger), Pat (Luke Wilson) and the JSA band together to take him down once and for all. Yvette Monreal, Cameron Gellman, Anjelika Washington, Amy Smart, Trae Romano and Hunter Sansone also star....

The Anime Classic ‘Akira’ Foresaw The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics – And Its Empty Stadium By Joshua Meyer/July 22, 2021 8:04 am EST Three years ago, when we revisited the 1988 anime masterpiece Akira for its 30th anniversary, it was a neat trivia factoid that the film happened to predict — purely by coincidence, mind you — Tokyo, Japan as the site of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Scientists and Steven Soderbergh had already warned us, years earlier, about the potential dangers of a global pandemic....

The Boys Season 3 Will Explore The Vought Of The ’60s, ’70s, And ’80s By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 30, 2021 6:46 pm EST While the series has mostly riffed on current comic book properties so far, showrunner Eric Kripke recently told The Illuminerdi that fans can expect to see more about the heroes (and villains) of yesteryear when the series returns. Some Good Old Vintage Vought In the new season, fans will be introduced to a whole bunch of new characters, most of them members of the superhero team Payback....

The Closer Trailer: Dave Chappelle Comedy Special Coming To Netflix In October Netflix By Anya Stanley/Sept. 29, 2021 11:25 pm EST “I’m not saying it to be mean, I’m saying it because it’s funny.” Habitual line-stepper Dave Chappelle is sliding back into the living room TVs of the world. Netflix just announced the stand-up comedian’s latest comedy special, “The Closer,” which premieres on the streaming service on October 5. Shot in Detroit, this is the sixth in a line of Chappelle’s comedy specials for the streaming giant, all of which have been helmed and produced by television giant Stan Lathan....

Why It’s Essential Viewing Viki Gong Yoo isn’t quite a household name in the States, but quite a few people may have looked up “handsome suit guy from ‘Squid Game’” in the past few weeks in the hope that he too would slap them. Unsurprisingly, Gong is considered one of the biggest heartthrobs in South Korea, and there’s no shortage of incredible films (“The Age of Shadows” sees him teaming up with “Parasite” star Song Kang-ho in a period spy thriller) or TV shows (“Coffee Prince” is a stone-cold classic of the early 2000s Hallyu wave) in which the newly minted Gong Yoo fan might indulge....