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‘My Adventures With Superman’ Animated Series Will Focus On Young Clark Kent And Lois Lane By Chris Evangelista/May 19, 2021 9:30 am EST Today, word broke that an all-new Batman animated series was on the way from HBO Max and Cartoon Network. And the animated DC superhero announcements aren’t done yet. HBO Max and Cartoon Network are also teaming on an all-new Superman animated series, too. Called My Adventures With Superman, the family animated series will follow “the action-packed, comedic and romantic adventures of Superman and Lois Lane” in their 20s....

‘Project Greenlight’ Is Getting Resurrected At HBO Max With Issa Rae Calling The Shots By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 18, 2021 9:30 am EST HBO Max has given an eight-episode order to its Project Greenlight revival, which will reinvent the original HBO docuseries with a new focus on rising female filmmakers. The series will be led by Issa Rae, who will “appear in every episode as an Executive Producer, providing guidance and mentorship to these aspiring filmmakers....

‘R#J’ Review: ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Retold Across Phone Screens [Sundance 2021] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 31, 2021 3:00 pm EST Using the same Screenlife technology that powered films like 2018’s innovative Searching, director Carey Williams reimagines William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet through phone screens and social media accounts in his debut feature R#J. That approach might sound obnoxious, but for the most part, it works surprisingly well. Just as Baz Luhrmann did in 1996 with his stylish Romeo + Juliet, Williams aims to keep the story fresh for the next generation, and despite using Instagram and FaceTime as the key methods of communication between his characters, he’s able to tap into the raw romance at the core of this star-crossed lovers’ tale....

‘Sing 2’ Trailer: Buster Moon Is Back, And Bono Is Coming With Him As A Legendary Lion Rocker By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2021 11:34 am EST After making waves in Illumination Entertainment’s animated musical extravaganza Sing, all your favorite singing animals are back for a sequel. And this time they’re trying to make it big. Sing 2 finds Buster (Matthew McConaughey) and the New Moon Theater crew a local hit, but if they want to land a deal in the big time with Crystal Entertainment, run by a ruthless wolf mogul (Bobby Cannavale), they’re going to need some help....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Makes A Promising Shift To Spotlight A ‘Rebels’ Origin Story In “Devil’s Deal” By Caroline Cao/July 9, 2021 9:06 am EST The Bad Batch takes a bold story departure, rendering its eponymous Batch (Dee Bradley Baker) as a cameo in their own series. They surface at the 13-minute mark then peace out, while Crosshair is present as a supporting player carrying out the Empire’s bidding....

Ben Wheatley Says ‘The Meg 2’ Is An “Opportunity To Do Action On An Insanely Large Scale” By Chris Evangelista/April 14, 2021 11:30 am EST Ben Wheatley, the director behind Kill List, High-Rise, Free Fire, and the upcoming In the Earth, will next helm The Meg 2, the sequel to the 2018 giant shark movie starring Jason Statham and directed by Jon Turteltaub. While we still don’t know a lot about The Meg 2, in a recent interview, Wheatley talked about the fact that while he may be a new director taking over a franchise, he doesn’t plan to drastically change things from the first film....

Cowboy Bebop Showrunner Says The Live-Action Show Won’t ‘Violate The Canon’ Netflix By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 23, 2021 9:31 am EST “Cowboy Bebop” fans might be understandably apprehensive, just on principle, about seeing their favorite anime adapted into a live-action property. There have certainly been other anime hits, like “Fullmetal Alchemist,” that yielded disappointing live-action adaptations. With Netflix’s upcoming “Cowboy Bebop” series, however, showrunner André Nemec is conscious of the expectations surrounding such a cherished title....

Dear Evan Hansen Director Stephen Chbosky On Finding ‘The Reality’ In A Musical [Interview] Universal Pictures By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 21, 2021 11:23 am EST Stephen Chbosky knows a thing or two about teen angst. The author of “Perks of Being a Wallflower” adapted his acclaimed young adult novel into the delicate 2012 film starring Logan Lerman and Emma Watson, making his mark as a director with a finger on the pulse of teens dealing with such heavy issues as post-traumatic stress and depression....

Diablo Cody Says F**k Off! By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 17, 2008 9:07 pm EST I knew it was bound to happen eventually. Academy Award winning screenwriter Diablo Cody finally cracked and posted a rant in response to all of the people who passionately despise her. Here are some highlights:I may have won 19 awards that you don’t feel I earned, but it’s neither original nor relevant to slag on Juno. Really. And you’re not some bold, singular voice of dissent, You are exactly like everyone else in your zeitgeisty-demo-lifestyle pod....

Dog Release Date and Where You Can Watch It Warner Bros. United Artists Releasing is distributing “Dog” in the U.S. and plans to premiere it exclusively in theaters starting February 18, 2022. The original plan was to begin principal photography in the spring or summer of 2020 before COVID-19 delayed filming until the second half of last year. As luck would have it, “Dog” is a mid-budget film with only a few main stars (one of whom isn’t even human), so shooting was probably a bit easier than it was for the many big-budget movies that restarted production around that same time....

Garth Jennings Updates On His Two Current Movie Projects By Brendon Connelly/Dec. 10, 2009 4:55 am EST There’s more strings to Garth Jennings’ bow than to a life sized Harp lager logo. Along with producer Nick Goldsmith and (sometimes) editor Dom Leung, Jennings is one part of Hammer and Tongs, creators of world-beating music videos and commercials; he’s part of Squid Vicar, a Tongs offshoot musical… thing that has played a fair sized handful of gigs and released an album of telephone hold music; he’s the best presenter that The Adam and Joe Show on 6 Music doesn’t always have; he directed The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Son of Rambow; and he’s particularly good at telling Mark Kermode to “F*** off” on TV....

Hawkeye Will Premiere With Two Episodes, Watch A Teaser With New Footage Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 14, 2021 12:46 pm EST We bring good holiday tidings to you today, Marvel fans. It has been revealed that “Hawkeye” will debut not one, but two episodes when it debuts on Disney+ on November 24. To go along with the announcement, Disney and Marvel Studios have also revealed a new teaser trailer that contains a bit of new footage from the upcoming series....

How Hawkeye Made Me Finally Care About, Well, Hawkeye Marvel By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 8, 2021 3:21 pm EST Call it a Christmas miracle — episode 4 of “Hawkeye” made me care about Clint Barton, a superhero more bland than stale Saltines. I’m admittedly not a Marvel fanatic, but the MCU version of Hawkeye has mostly just featured him being grumpy and sometimes showing off some cool accuracy-related party tricks. He’s basically been the Avengers’ weird uncle, always around but no one is quite sure why....

In A Key Scene, ‘The Vigil’ Cleverly Nestles Heavy Exposition Within Horror By Meagan Navarro/March 23, 2021 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: The Vigil uses atmosphere and scares as more palatable delivery system for exposition.)Writer/Director Keith Thomas’s feature debut pulls off the impressive task of creating an atmospheric and creepy chamber piece that shakes up the tired religious horror subgenre by introducing new mythology from an underrepresented voice in the genre....

Japan’s ‘Demon Slayer’ Topped The Opening Weekend Of ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ At The US Box Office By Ethan Anderton/April 26, 2021 3:00 pm EST It’s no secret that the box office hasn’t been all that thrilling over the past year thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But now that theaters are starting to open up more and vaccinated audiences are returning to the big screen, business is starting to pick back up....

Netflix Is Giving Zack Snyder’s ‘Army Of The Dead’ A Proper Theatrical Release Before It Hits Streaming By Ethan Anderton/May 5, 2021 11:00 am EST If you’ve seen the trailers for Zack Snyder’s new zombie heist movie Army of the Dead and wished you could see it on the big screen instead of on your home television, we have good news. Netflix and (some) movie theaters are being friendly with each other, so the streaming service is giving Army of the Dead a proper theatrical release starting on May 14, including a couple hundred locations from one of the major nationwide theater chains....

New Expendables Movie Bringing Back Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, And More Lionsgate By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 30, 2021 1:07 pm EST With “The Expendables,” the idea of a bunch of Hollywood action stars joining forces in an Avengers-sized extravaganza has always been as ridiculous as it is appealing to audiences and studio executives, the latter of whom who see nothing but dollar signs at the prospects of gathering together all these icons of decades past, and cashing in....

Stephen King’s ‘Christine’ Getting A New Adaptation From ‘Hannibal’ Creator Bryan Fuller By Chris Evangelista/June 8, 2021 10:16 am EST Christine, the Stephen King novel about a killer car, is getting a new adaptation from Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller. Fuller will direct the Christine reboot for Sony Pictures and Blumhouse, and believe it or not, this is Fuller’s feature film directorial debut. Fuller will also write the adaptation. First published in 1983, Christine was previously adapted into a film directed by John Carpenter that same year....

Stephen Lang Talks ‘Avatar’ Sequels, Says Fans Will Be “Enchanted And Fascinated” By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 11, 2021 6:52 am EST Shall we consider the Avatar 2 marketing campaign as officially begun? Stephen Lang is doing PR duties for his soon-to-be-released horror sequel, Don’t Breathe 2, but that’s not stopping anyone from asking the actor for any and all details he can spill regarding the long-delayed franchise sequels as well as his mysterious return from the dead in the next two Avatar movies … and possibly more....

Superhero Bits: ‘Eternals’ Promo Artwork Reveals Deviants, Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary Plans & More By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2021 6:00 pm EST What are the rumored episode titles for the third season of Titans? Is Paul Bettany still up for playing Vision in the future? Want to see some promo art for Marvel’s Eternals? Need a crash course on chaos magic and nexus beings after WandaVision? Who is The Stranger on Superman and Lois?...