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Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Alex Ross Demonstrates How To Paint Spider-Man, A Terrifying Cheetah Doll & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2020 6:00 pm EST Here’s a new virtual chat with the Justice Society of America as the first season of Stargirl nears the finale. The final page of Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme #6 revealed Marvel Comics has canceled the comic. The Boys unveiled a clip from the second season....

The Best Killer Dog Movies You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/May 20, 2019 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. This week’s column is going to the dogs.) This weekend’s theatrical offerings include two heavy hitting sequels in the form of John Wick: Chapter 3 and A Dog’s Journey. The two don’t share much in common plot-wise, but both feature scenes of dogs viciously attacking gun-toting baddies....

The Boys Season 3 Has Officially Wrapped Production By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 12, 2021 11:31 am EST Based on the Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson comic, “The Boys” is set in a world where superheroes are corrupt corporate mascots, not above accidentally — or intentionally — killing innocent bystanders. Urban plays Billy Butcher, who involves Quaid’s character, Hughie, in his anti-superhero vigilante activities. The series is boisterous and bloody and not for the faint of heart or the sensitive of ears....

The Daily Stream: “Hey Guys, You Ever See That Really Old Movie, The Empire Strikes Back?” By Joshua Meyer/July 25, 2021 9:48 am EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: The Empire Strikes BackWhere You Can Stream It: Disney+The Pitch: It was referenced by a hip and relevant young Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War....

The Towelhead Statements By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2008 8:07 pm EST The film is being released in September, and the Council on American-Islam Relations (CAIR) has asked that Warner Bros. and Warner Independent Pictures to change the name of the film. Warner Bros is not backing down, and has announced that they have no plans to change the title. The studio has asked that Alicia Erian (author, Towelhead) and Alan Ball (writer/director, Towelhead) explain the reasoning behind their decisions to give the novel and film its name....

Who Are The Tracksuit Draculas? Hawkeye’s Villains Explained Marvel By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 24, 2021 10:00 am EST The Disney+ series “Hawkeye” is here, giving Marvel fans something to be thankful for just in time for turkey day. The Christmas-themed superhero series is based on the acclaimed Matt Fraction and David Aja run of the “Hawkeye” comic series, which debuted in 2012. That means that our hero, Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), is going to be facing off against the Tracksuit Mafia, or “Tracksuit Draculas,” a group of Eastern European mobsters with a penchant for the word “bro....

Why Deadwood Was Canceled – Here’s What We Know HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 14, 2021 5:07 pm EST “Deadwood” ran from 2004 to 2006 on HBO, and during that time, it constantly reminded viewers that death was just around the corner. In the Old West town of Deadwood, located in the South Dakota territory, residents were just as likely to die from rogue kidney stones as they were in a classic cowboy gunfight....

Zack Snyder Says WB “Has Been Aggressively Anti-Snyder” When It Comes To More ‘Justice League’ Movies By Ben Pearson/May 11, 2021 2:00 pm EST Zack Snyder is having quite the year. After walking away from Justice League due to a family tragedy, he took a few years off from making feature films and then unexpectedly returned to the center of the movie world earlier this year with Zack Snyder’s Justice League on HBO Max, a four-hour, kitchen-sink version of his initial vision....

‘Bird Box’ Is Getting A Spanish-Language Spin-Off From ‘Carriers’ Directing Duo By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2021 12:00 pm EST Bird Box became a huge hit for Netflix back in 2018 and the streaming service put a sequel into development last summer, based on Josh Malerman’s follow-up novel Malorie. But Netflix is looking to expand the world of the sci-fi horror saga even further by commissioning a Spanish-language spin-off from filmmaking duo Alex & David Pastor, directors of the viral thriller Carriers and writers of the sci-fi thriller Self/less with Ryan Reynolds....

‘John Wick’ Director Chad Stahelski To Direct New Line’s “Cat-And-Mouse” Thriller ‘Classified’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 10, 2021 2:00 pm EST Since the release of 2014’s hit action film John Wick, Chad Stahelski has kept a pretty modest profile, at least compared to his John Wick co-director and fellow former stunt coordinator David Leitch. In the past seven years, Stahelski has strictly stuck to directing the John Wick movies, with the occasional dalliance as a second-unit director or uncredited stunt coordinator in films like Birds of Prey....

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’: Family Members React To The Film’s Portrayal Of Bruce Lee, Sharon Tate By Ben Pearson/July 30, 2019 4:30 pm EST Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is riding high after the director’s biggest opening weekend of his career. And while there have been plenty of thinkpieces written about the movie (as expected from any new Tarantino joint, especially one involving characters who are based on real people), it mostly seems well-liked, earning an 84% on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of this writing....

‘The Novice’ Review: Isabelle Fuhrman Is A Force Of Nature In This Brutal Sports Drama [Tribeca] By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 24, 2021 8:00 am EST There’s an art to playing a woman on the edge. Go too far and you fall into camp, not far enough and you might as well be a completely grounded. But Isabelle Furhman (of Orphan and The Hunger Games fame) has shown a talent for playing the unhinged girl; a talent she takes and runs with in the tense rowing drama The Novice....

‘WandaVision’ Showrunner Reveals The Original And Very Different Plan For Agatha Harkness By Chris Evangelista/March 12, 2021 10:00 am EST WandaVision has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop talking about it. And it definitely doesn’t mean we have to stop talking about the real star of the show, Kathryn Hahn’s Agnes, AKA Agatha Harkness. Agatha started the series as a friend to Wanda, but by the time the show wrapped up she was revealed to be a foe – but things almost worked out differently....

‘Wrath Of Man’ Takes The Number One Spot At The Weekend Box Office With $25.6 Million Worldwide By Ben Pearson/May 11, 2021 3:00 pm EST Wrath of Man, the cinematic reunion between director Guy Ritchie and actor (and former professional diver) Jason Statham, topped the box office this past weekend with $25.6 million globally. That was enough to hold off contenders like the new Mortal Kombat, Godzilla vs. Kong, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, and more who were nipping at the new movie’s heels and gunning for the top spot....

5 Jamie Lee Curtis Movies To Watch After Halloween Kills Universal Pictures By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 12, 2021 11:48 am EST With “Halloween Kills” hitting theaters this week, Jamie Lee Curtis will be back fighting Michael Myers, and we’re excited. The 2018 “Halloween” helped bring Curtis back into the spotlight, and was a huge hit in the process – its opening weekend performance was the best-ever for a film starring a lead actress over 55 years old....

Apple TV+ Seems To Be Losing The Streaming Wars — And That’s A Shame Apple TV+ By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 30, 2021 8:22 am EST Previous reports had pegged Apple TV+ as being in the neighborhood of 40 million subscribers, close to Hulu’s range. However, according to Variety (via The Playlist), the real number, as of July 2021, may be about half that. The number came out during Apple’s negotiations with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)....

Avengers: Endgame Director Joe Russo Leaves The Door Open For An MCU Return Marvel Studios By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 15, 2021 10:25 am EST Amidst all the hoopla this past summer about Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against Disney over her financial compensation for “Black Widow” (after the studio scrapped the film’s theater-exclusive release), the news broke that “Avengers: Endgame” directors Anthony and Joe Russo were in the midst of negotiating their return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Brian De Palma Made Fun Of The Force After The First Screening Of ‘Star Wars’ By Danielle Ryan/July 7, 2021 2:40 pm EST Artists often show their friends and fellow creatives their work before it’s finished. It’s a great way to get feedback and new ideas, and you hope your friends will be more honest with you than people who rely on you for a paycheck. Apparently, that level of honesty was a bit too much when director George Lucas screened his unfinished cut of Star Wars: A New Hope for his Hollywood friends, including filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Brian De Palma....

David Fincher’s Protagonists Ranked Worst To Best Sony Pictures By Margaret David/Sept. 2, 2021 8:11 pm EST Since 1992, David Fincher has constructed a signature style out of hefty, character-driven thrillers. Fincher’s TV shows are just as heady as his films, too, with protagonists that aren’t typical heroes, but flawed people. In fact, that theme even extends to his music video work, with his 1990 video for Aerosmith’s “Janie’s Got a Gun” foretelling the kind of director Fincher was destined to be....

Did Ryan Reynolds Just Reveal The (Presumably Old) Plot Of ‘Deadpool 3’? By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 28, 2021 1:00 pm EST Here’s what Ryan Reynolds posted to Twitter today in honor of the Bell Let’s Talk mental health awareness campaign: For those who don’t know, Bell Let’s Talk is a wide-reaching, multi-year program designed to break the silence and stigma around mental illness and support mental health all across Canada (find out more here)....