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By Chris Evangelista/March 4, 2021 10:00 am EST Back in 2013, word arrived that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was going to make a movie based on a single drawing that appeared on DeviantArt. That’s right – not an adaptation of a story, but a drawing – a piece called “Sweet Halloween Dreams” by artist Alex Panagopoulos. The project seemed to vanish as quickly as it was announced, but now it’s back – and headed to Netflix....

‘The Nevers’ Early Buzz: The HBO Fantasy Show Has All The Staples Of Joss Whedon, For Better And Worse By Ethan Anderton/April 5, 2021 10:00 am EST For those who maybe haven’t kept up with The Nevers, here’s the trailer and plot synopsis from HBO: So what are the critics saying about the series? Let’s dig into some of the first reviews surfacing online: August, 1896. Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event which gives certain people – mostly women – abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing....

Annie Murphy And John Cho Join The Voice Cast For Freeform’s Animated Praise Petey ITV Studios By Shania Russell/Dec. 10, 2021 2:32 pm EST Freeform is charging forward with its first-ever animated series, fit with an all-star cast and an appropriately hilarious premise. “Praise Petey” plucks a New York “it” girl from her natural habitat and tosses her into a small town … where her father is a stone-cold cult leader....

All the Makings of a Studio Tentpole Universal Pictures No matter how you feel about “Tron: Legacy” or “Oblivion,” there’s no question that Kosinski’s a hell of a shooter, and you need someone with a dynamic eye when making a film like this. Pitt will have the movie star charisma part covered, and hopefully, Kruger steps up for the screenplay. Kosinski behind the camera makes this a slam dunk, at least in theory....

Doctor Who: Flux Will Feature A ‘Massive Arc’ For The Doctor, Jodie Whittaker Teases BBC By Shania Russell/Oct. 28, 2021 5:48 pm EST “Doctor Who” is constantly changing. This is no big surprise for fans of the show: constant change is the nature of a show designed to cycle out of its main cast every few season. Yet somehow, there’s always room left for even more experimentation. For its 13th season, “Doctor Who” is veering away from the typical monster-of-the-week style storytelling in favor of a six-episode serialized arc....

Everything We Know About The Live-Action Snow White Remake So Far Walt Disney Productions By Lee Adams/Nov. 22, 2021 3:21 pm EST For over 25 years now, Disney has been steadily churning out live-action remakes of its classic back catalog, with patchy and often dispiriting results. I’m going to come right out and say it — I have hated every single one I’ve seen so far. It’s not in some bitter “Disney ate my childhood” kind of way, because I wasn’t a huge fan of Disney movies even as a kid, apart from “Pinocchio” and “Aladdin....

Showtime, A-holes! A special message from @prattprattpratt and his sick-ass mutton chops. Listen to him dissect his #ParksandRec character, Andy Dwyer, on this week’s episode of “Parks and Recollection” with @RobLowe and @AlanYang: https://t.co/0ps1aJFd26 pic.twitter.com/wFH7PsxQrD— Team Coco (@TeamCoco) October 19, 2021 While announcing the latest episode of “Parks and Recollection,” a podcast looking back at the entire series run of “Parks and Recreation,” Chris Pratt revealed that he was on the set of ““Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

How Dominic Monaghan Got His ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Role By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 23, 2019 7:30 am EST Dominic Monaghan is no stranger to beloved genre franchises. He trekked across Middle-earth in the Lord of the Rings franchise, he battled polar bears (and boats) in Lost, and made a minor appearance as the mutant Bolt in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Now he’s appearing in the biggest sci-fi franchise of all time, the highly anticipated upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

Is ‘Undercover Brother 2’ Out Of Sight Or Should It Have Stayed That Way? By Rob Hunter/Nov. 28, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. This week, we get down with a brand new sequel to an action/comedy from 2002.) Some people love to argue against sequels as failing to honor the original or failing to bring anything new to the table, but sometimes the bigger issue is their existence at all....

From Son of Dune to Fan of Dune Warner Bros. James McAvoy knows a thing or two about donning those piercing blue melange-laced eyes and doing some crazy fight choreography in the desert. He starred as Leto II Atreides in the three-part miniseries “Children of Dune,” which aired on what was then called the Sci Fi Channel. The miniseries has some of the limitations of a sci-fi cable show (it doesn’t look nearly as epic in scope as Villeneuve’s film does), but the TV adaptation was mostly praised for turning what a dense, complex story into something a bit more palatable....

Joaquin Phoenix Offered Villain Role In ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ [Updated] By Germain Lussier/Dec. 18, 2013 12:05 pm EST Fresh off working with Warner Bros. on Her, it seems Joaquin Phoenix is being eyed by the studio for the villain role in Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman. Variety reports the actors has been offered the lead bad guy rule, believed to be Lex Luthor. Update: Phoenix is quoted in a new LA Weekly story, expressing his desire to do a blockbuster....

Mad Max Spin-Off Furiosa Pushed Back One Year, Salem’s Lot To Haunt Theaters Next September Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Sept. 10, 2021 3:06 pm EST We’ve got some good news and some bad news on the release date front. The good news is, “Mad Max: Furiosa,” the long-awaited prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road,” has a new release date. The bad news is it’s a whole lot further away than was previously expected....

Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ Will Showcase Another Side Of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 3, 2021 5:52 am EST The late Chadwick Boseman earned a posthumous Oscar nomination this year for his final live-action performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. He was heavily favored to win, so much so that they structured the end of the whole awards ceremony around the Best Actor category, only for Anthony Hopkins to stage an upset....

Marvel Studios Pushes Back Entire 2022 Slate, Indiana Jones 5 Delayed Almost A Full Year Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2021 11:58 am EST It would seem that the coronavirus pandemic isn’t done messing with the upcoming slate of blockbusters from Marvel Studios. Last April, “Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness” and “Thor: Love & Thunder” were pushed back due to the delay of the release of this year’s “Black Widow,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Eternals....

New ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Set Photos Tease Christian Bale’s Gorr The God Butcher Costume By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 4, 2021 6:49 am EST Director Taika Waititi isn’t quite done making his mark on the Marvel Cinematic Universe just yet. After shaking up the universe in his typically personality-driven way with Thor: Ragnarok, Waititi has set his sights on the sequel and it sure looks like he’ll be taking things up a notch....

Observe And Report Red Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2009 3:15 pm EST The dark comedy stars Seth Rogen as Ronnie Barnhardt, head of security at the Forest Ridge Mall who dreams of being a real cop. “His delusions of grandeur are put to the test when the mall is struck by a flasher. Driven to protect and serve the mall and its patrons, Ronnie seizes the opportunity to showcase his underappreciated law enforcement talents on a grand scale, hoping his solution of this crime will earn a coveted spot at the police academy and the heart of his elusive dream girl Brandi, the hot make-up counter clerk who won’t give him the time of day....

Official ‘Halloween Kills’ Michael Myers Mask Will Let You Stalk Haddonfield In Style By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 9, 2021 5:31 am EST If someone showed up on your doorstep on All Hallows Eve’ wearing an authentic replica of the Michael Myers mask from Halloween Kills, would you be a good sport and play along? Or would you run for the kitchen to grab your own plastic spork? Or would you run to the Internet to order your own butcher knife prop?...

Tales From The Box Office: How Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone Conjured A Massive Franchise Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Nov. 13, 2021 2:20 pm EST (Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) There are several truly massive cornerstone franchises in the pop culture landscape. I’m not talking about the likes of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” or “Rambo,” which have certainly cemented themselves as enduring....

The Bloodpack New Line Cinema Written by “Man of Steel” scribe David S. Goyer, “Blade II” doesn’t live up to the legacy set up by the original film. However, the parts that do work are pure Guillermo. Showing off glimpses of the luscious side of vampire life, “Blade II” hints at secret societies and close-knit gangs. The Bloodpack, led by Ron Perlman at his growling best, is a test run for del Toro’s future Jaeger teams....

The 15 Best Marvel Netflix Characters Ranked Netflix By Margaret David/Nov. 9, 2021 7:50 pm EST While the era of Netflix-created Marvel content is over, the characters keep living on in our hearts. The Twitter hashtag campaign #SaveDaredevil has been running strong for more than two years, with “Daredevil” star Charlie Cox promoting it during his 2020 run on Broadway alongside “Loki” star Tom Hiddleston in the Tony-nominated play “Betrayal.”...