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By Joshua Meyer/July 23, 2021 4:22 pm EST That’s right: Comic-Con is still a thing this year and it’s going on right now, but only as an online event (Comic-Con@Home). I Know What You Did Last Summer is billed as a “YA series, which is a modern take on the 1997 slasher.” The logline says nothing of a hook-wielding maniac in a fisherman’s coat, but if you’ve seen the movie, you may remember such a killer stalking a quartet of hot young stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillipe, and Freddie Prinze, Jr....

We’ve Got The Prower: Why Tails Is The Best Part Of Sonic The Hedgehog Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 15, 2021 12:52 pm EST Growing up poor meant that my family could never afford a gaming system, which means my entire exposure to playing video games until last year is rooted in playing my friends’ consoles during play dates, the handheld Gameboy when visiting the orthodontist, the hand-me-down Playstation 2 we snagged at a garage sale long after it was considered outdated, and hanging out in dorm rooms once I went to college....

‘Black Widow’ Credits Scene Explained: What Does This Mean For The Future Of The MCU? By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2021 8:08 am EST Marvel Studios is back on the big screen with the release of Black Widow in theaters this weekend. Though you can also catch the movie on Disney+ Premier Access, it’s about time you ushered in your return to movie theaters with some Marvel blockbuster action. Along with everything you love about returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes a tease of what’s to come in the future, with a Black Widow credits scene that specifically sets the stage for an upcoming Marvel Studios project....

‘Everybody Hates Chris’ Animated Reboot In The Works At CBS By Shania Russell/July 27, 2021 8:19 am EST The never-ending list of reboots and adaptations has gotten its next big addition — Everybody Hates Chris is returning to our screens, with a major change. The autobiographical family sitcom is being transformed into an animated series. The original show took viewers through key moments in comedian Chris Rock’s life and childhood, when the world seemed to be conspiring against him....

‘Legends Of The Hidden Temple’ Reboot For Adults Coming To The CW By Chris Evangelista/May 11, 2021 1:30 pm EST Legends of the Hidden Temple, the 1990s Nickelodeon game show where kids navigated through a really cool obstacle course designed to resemble something out of an Indiana Jones movie, is back, baby! And this time – it’s for adults. It’s basically going to be the same show, but instead of young contestants, the players will be all grown-up....

‘Peacemaker’ First Look: John Cena’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Character May Or May Not Be The Hero Of His Own HBO Max Series By Jeremy Mathai/July 6, 2021 6:43 am EST James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad hasn’t even been released yet, but that’s not stopping HBO Max from fully committing to a spin-off dedicated to one of the film’s misfits played by John Cena, Peacemaker. Now, Empire Magazine has provided a brand-new look at the anti-hero/villain-starring series, and the accompanying quotes by Gunn and Cena would seem to clarify exactly what viewers ought to be expecting when it comes to Peacemaker’s temperament....

‘Primer’ Director Shane Carruth Shares Pitch Trailer For His Unmade Movie, ‘A Topiary’ By Ben Pearson/May 29, 2020 12:30 pm EST Writer/director Shane Carruth has only directed two films in the past sixteen years: his breakout time travel movie Primer in 2004, and the cerebral drama Upstream Color in 2013. He’s previously teased other projects that never came to pass, and now he’s shared a pitch trailer for one of those potential features, titled A Topiary....

‘Shadow And Bone’ Trailer: It’s Time To Enter The Grishaverse With The New Netflix Fantasy Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 30, 2021 10:00 am EST Are you ready for the next big fantasy hit (probably)? Then prepare to enter the Grishaverse, the series of bestselling novels by Leigh Bardugo, which are coming to the small screen in Netflix’s new epic fantasy series Shadow and Bone. Watch the official Shadow and Bone trailer below....

‘The Parent Trap’ Cast Reunited For The First Time In 22 Years, Including Lindsey Lohan By Ethan Anderton/July 20, 2020 4:30 pm EST It’s been 22 years since director Nancy Meyers remade the classic Disney movie The Parent Trap. The cast of the beloved 1998 comedy hasn’t gotten back together since the movie premiered, but since everyone has plenty of spare time in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, reporter Katie Couric was able to get all of the main cast members back together for a little virtual reunion....

‘Witness Protection’ Will Let ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star Annie Murphy Try Out Her Movie Star Chops By Danielle Ryan/July 27, 2021 2:16 pm EST Alexis Rose would be proud. The woman who portrays that character on Schitt’s Creek, Emmy winner Annie Murphy, is set to star and executive produce a movie called Witness Protection. Murphy has been busy with TV and streaming work, but this is her first starring role in a feature film....

Barry Jenkins Explores The “Black Gaze” In Supplementary ‘The Underground Railroad’ Video Tableau By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 11, 2021 4:30 pm EST In a 40-minute video featuring The Underground Railroad background actors, Jenkins examines what exactly the “Black Gaze” is, and what it means to him and Black audiences. Watch the video below. “In all my years of doing press, I’ve been repeatedly asked about the white gaze. Rarely have I been set upon about the Black gaze; or the gaze distilled,” Jenkins wrote on Twitter, introducing the video, which he clarifies “is not and should not be considered an episode of The Underground Railroad....

Casting News: Gal Gadot Will Star In ‘Meet Me In Another Life’, Florence Pugh Joins ‘The Wonder’ By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2021 4:30 pm EST Gal Gadot and Florence Pugh are taking some time off from superhero movies to do other things. Gadot is set to star in Meet Me In Another Life, based on the novel by Catriona Silvey about a man and a woman who keep meeting in alternate realities....

Emmy Winning And Oscar Nominated Actor Hal Holbrook Is Dead At 95 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 2, 2021 7:30 am EST Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Hal Holbrook, whose acting career spanned more than six decades and included roles in classic films like Wall Street and All The President’s Men and in beloved shows like The West Wing, has died. He was 95. Holbrook, a stalwart character actor who has portrayed everyone from Mark Twain to Abraham Lincoln to Deep Throat, has died at the age of 95....

About That Alternate Ending… Universal Without spoiling anything for those waiting to watch “Halloween Kills” for the first time on Digital or Blu-ray, Green previously described the movie’s alternate ending as being an extended version of the conclusion to the film’s theatrical cut, as opposed to a completely new sequence. He also had a sound explanation for why it was dropped: “We ended up lifting it when I became more confident of where we’re going to pick up in the next movie, it felt it didn’t feel authentic to where we’re going to go....

Interview: Why Directors Anthony And Joe Russo Wanted To Deconstruct The Superhero Genre With ‘Captain America: Civil War’ By Jack Giroux/May 6, 2016 2:00 pm EST A decade ago, the two films Anthony and Joe Russo had under their belts were Welcome to Collinwood and You, Me and Dupree. Now they’re the filmmakers behind Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War. The Russo brothers were initially a surprising choice to direct The Winter Soldier for some Marvel fans, in particular for those unfamiliar with their background in television, but they ultimately proved any skeptics wrong....

Keanu Reeves Says John Wick 4 Will ‘Open Up The World’ While Teasing Some Of The Stunts Lionsgate By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 8, 2021 9:58 pm EST “John Wick: Chapter 4” is one of the many movies that has been delayed due to the pandemic. It was originally scheduled to hit theaters in May 2021 but had its release pushed back a year to May 2022. Keanu Reeves will actually be appearing in the fourth installment of another little franchise first … maybe you’ve heard of it?...

Art Box Max Evry The gorgeous artwork on here hails from Jason Edmiston, who has done his fair share of creature feature artwork over the years. The back shows off some of the different poses. Art Box Window Display Max Evry The box also comes with a great fold out window display, along with a green-tinted background perfect for photographing your new Gill-man in front of. Manufactured out of PVC, the piece stands 12-inches tall and features 16 points of articulation....

New Star Wars Novel Confirms Some Tragic Anakin Skywalker Details Lucasfilm By Max Evry/Nov. 4, 2021 10:55 am EST Two very important steps in the evolution of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) happen in 2002’s “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones”: he massacres an entire village of Sand People — including women and children — in retaliation for the murder of his mother Shmi (Pernilla August), and later weds Senator Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) in secret....

That’ll do, Bond. That’ll do. MGM Box office forecasting has been particularly tricky during the film industry’s slow emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic. With some demographics more confident than others in returning to theaters, infection and vaccination rates ranging greatly across different regions, and many movies releasing simultaneously on streaming, the traditional measures of box office success have had to be hastily modified. Based on these early numbers, “No Time To Die” isn’t going to be a massive breakout hit of the late-COVID age (unlike “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which set a pandemic record with its $90 million opening weekend)....

Scarlett Johansson Is Working On A ‘Secret’ Marvel Project, But It’s Not Black Widow Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 19, 2021 11:00 am EST Everything’s a secret at Marvel Studios, these days. “Eternals” unleashed a surprise character played by an even more surprising actor in a post-credits scene that nobody (well, almost nobody) could’ve anticipated, dropping a completely new storyline out of nowhere for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to follow in future movies....