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David Fincher Casually Teases His Next Projects, Including A “Film Appreciation” TV Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 11, 2021 9:30 am EST After a six-year absence from feature filmmaking, David Fincher finally returned with his acclaimed Hollywood drama Mank, which is enjoying awards buzz that could take it all the way to this year’s Oscars. And it looks like Fincher won’t be stopping that momentum any time soon, with the filmmaker juggling several upcoming projects on both the big and small screen....

Does ‘Alligator II: The Mutation’ Belong In The Sewers? By Rob Hunter/July 16, 2019 12:00 pm 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’s journey can be blamed on the new movie Crawl which left me with a hankering for more alligator fun.) This past weekend saw the wide-release arrival of a creature feature, and we’re all better off for it....

Eternals Director Chloé Zhao Drew Inspiration From The Tree Of Life, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Interstellar Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Oct. 11, 2021 11:51 am EST The director behind Marvel’s “Eternals,” Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao, had revealed some of the movies that inspired the upcoming superhero space epic. The list includes films from notable auteurs as Terrence Malick and Stanley Kubrick, as well as modern masters such as Denis Villeneuve and Christopher Nolan....

Everything Hawkeye’s Opening Credits Sequence Tells Us About Kate Bishop Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 24, 2021 11:07 am EST “Hawkeye” has arrived on Disney+ today! The first two episodes of the latest TV series from Marvel Studios are here, and it starts in quite an unexpected way. Flashing back to 2012, we learn that new character Kate Bishop (played by young Clara Stack before Hailee Steinfeld takes over in present day) was caught up in the Battle of New York waged between The Avengers and Loki and his Chitauri alien army....

Futuristic Sci-Fi Western Version Of ‘Dracula’ Coming From ‘Eternals’ And ‘Nomadland’ Director Chloe Zhao By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 4, 2021 11:02 am EST Universal’s attempt to revive their classic monsters continues with a new take on Dracula, but this doesn’t sound like any other Dracula movie we’ve seen before. The studio has hired Chloe Zhao, director of Nomadland and the upcoming Marvel movie Eternals, to adapt the classic tale of the bloodsucking count....

HBO Max Hires ‘Superman And Lois’ Director For ‘Green Lantern’ Series By Ben Pearson/May 27, 2021 2:30 pm EST Lee Toland Krieger, who this year has already directed two episodes of The CW’s Superman and Lois and two episodes of the Netflix fantasy series Shadow and Bone, has been hired as one of the directors of HBO Max’s upcoming Green Lantern series. The show is being produced by Arrowverse mastermind and mega-producer Greg Berlanti, and will introduce audiences to “a multitude of Lanterns” instead of focusing on just one ring-wearing superhero....

How Scarlett Johansson’s Disney Lawsuit Could Change The Film Industry By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 4, 2021 12:28 pm EST The battle between Scarlett Johansson and the House of Mouse is heating up, and it’s likely to have reprecussions on the movie industry for years to come. Regardless of the legal grounds for Johansson’s lawsuit against Disney over her compensation for Black Widow, the company’s response in attacking her directly was a serious error....

James Franco Cameos In ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes,’ But He Didn’t Know That By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2014 4:00 pm EST Dawn of the Planet of the Apes takes place ten years after Rise of the Planet of the Apes which suggests the former’s stars won’t appear in the sequel. However, when Peter visited the set of the film, filmmakers said there would be some closure for characters played by James Franco and Freida Pinto....

KISS Biopic ‘Shout It Out Loud’ Headed To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/April 21, 2021 4:30 pm EST Netflix is on the verge of closing a deal for Shout It Out Loud, a KISS biopic that will be directed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director Joachim Rønning. KISS band members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley will provide “close cooperation” for the project, which will “focus on that duo going back to when they were two misfit kids from Queens who formed an unlikely friendship....

New The Batman Synopsis Reveals The Full Scope Of The Story Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 24, 2021 12:10 pm EST A new “Batman” movie is always cause for excitement and celebration among fans … but it’s also cause for an incredible amount of secrecy as well. Throughout the marketing of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” everyone involved with the creative team has played things extremely close to the chest. The almost complete dearth of spoiler-filled information so far hasn’t been all bad, however, as the initial teaser — cobbled together with whatever scraps of footage had come in from the dailies on set at that very early point in the pandemic-interrupted production — still managed to thrill viewers by teasing only the broadest possible strokes of this new story involving Robert Pattinson’s younger and less experienced Bruce Wayne....

Sex Education Season 3 Trailer: The Sex School Returns With Strict New Rules Netflix By Shania Russell/Sept. 7, 2021 1:15 pm EST The Moordale kids are back for more coming-of-age insanity on September 17, and we just got our first glimpse at what they’re up to! No joke, things look even wilder than the first two seasons: the trailer shows off trampolines, a high speed bus chase, a crotch on fire and craziest of all, Otis’ new mustache....

Superhero Bits: ‘The Suicide Squad’ Star Has A Polka-Dot Cat, ‘Black Panther: War For Wakanda’ Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 2021 6:00 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....

The Bob’s Burgers Movie Is Finally Coming To Theaters Next Summer By Danielle Ryan/Sept. 10, 2021 7:01 pm EST Prepare your butts, “Bob’s Burgers” fans, because the movie finally has a release date. The movie was announced way back in the pre-COVID Before Times of 2017, only to be shuffled about like mad. It was originally set to debut on July 17, 2020, and was delayed on account of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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The Fascinating True Story Behind Nomadland Highwayman Films By Marisa Mirabal/Oct. 6, 2021 9:24 am EST Director Chloé Zhao’s western/drama “Nomadland” took the 2020 award season by storm. It received four nominations at the 78th Golden Globe Awards, winning Best Motion Picture for Drama and Best Director. Zhao made history by becoming the second woman and the first East Asian woman to win Best Director. In a year filled with all types of uncertainty, loss, and forced innovation, her film felt like an apt portrait of the times....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Pack’ Is A Reality Competition Featuring Some Very Good Dogs By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 17, 2021 12:00 pm EST I’ve never seen The Amazing Race, and honestly don’t know much about it, but the minute I started watching The Pack, I thought, “Oh, this is like The Amazing Race for dogs, isn’t it?” Just through sheer osmosis, I realized that was what the series was going for. In the series, 12 dogs and their human companions jet around the world completing various challenges....

‘22 Vs. Earth’ First Look: The ‘Soul’ Prequel Is Headed To Disney+ This Month By Chris Evangelista/April 21, 2021 3:30 pm EST Move over Batman v Superman. Get lost Godzilla vs. Kong. Here comes 22 vs. Earth, a prequel to Pixar’s Soul. This short film from Pixar Animation Studios shows us 22, the soul voiced by Tina Fey, before she met Soul character Joe Gardner. Fey returns to voice 22 yet again, and Pixar veteran Kevin Nolting directs....

‘Ant-Man’ Credits Scenes Explained: What Do They Mean For Future Marvel Movies? By Angie Han/July 19, 2015 4:15 pm EST Ant-Man is a pretty unique Marvel movie in a lot of ways, but one of the ways it’s just like all the others are the end-credits sequences. Ant-Man has two, and both seem to have some pretty big implications for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But in following with the grand tradition of Marvel credits scenes, they might be more confusing than intriguing to those who aren’t so well versed in Marvel mythos....

‘Barry’ Season 3 Is Finally In Production After Being Shut Down For Nearly A Year And A Half By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2021 2:28 pm EST The coronavirus pandemic stopped almost all film and TV productions dead in their tracks last spring. Even though many of Hollywood’s projects have gotten back up and running since then, some shows have been holding out. Thankfully, HBO’s Barry is no longer one of them....

‘Reminiscence’ Teaser: ‘Westworld’ Creator Lisa Joy’s Directorial Debut Sets Release Date With A Nolan-Like Teaser By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 19, 2021 7:30 am EST Back at the end of last year, Reminiscence, the time travel thriller starring Hugh Jackman and helmed by Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy in her feature directorial debut, was removed from the 2021 release calendar entirely. But following WarnerMedia’s game-changing announcement of its day-and-date releases for its entire 2021 slate, Reminiscence appeared in a short teaser of the upcoming HBO Max releases this year....