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Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City First Look: The Reboot Actually Looks Like The Video Games By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 30, 2021 10:50 am EST Whatever you think of the previous “Resident Evil” movie franchise, you have to admit the films bore very little resemblance to the games that inspired them. Now, here comes “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City,” a reboot film that asks, “Wouldn’t it be cool if we actually tried to make this look like the games?...

Rick And Morty Probably, Hopefully, Maybe Won’t Be Taking A Two-Year Break Again Adult Swim By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 31, 2021 12:13 pm EST We know we have a whole lot of “Rick and Morty” in our future, since show creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland signed a 70-episode deal with Adult Swim. What’s less clear, however, is when we’ll see the remaining episodes after the season 5 finale airs this September....

Robert Pattinson Signs Producing Deal With Warner Bros, WBTV, New Line, And HBO Max By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2021 3:00 pm EST After spending more than 15 years in front of the camera, actor Robert Pattinson (Twilight, High Life) is now getting into producing. The actor has signed an overall first-look producing deal with Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Television, New Line Cinema, and HBO Max for theatrical, streaming, and television properties....

Saban Films Will Be Available To Stream For Free On Roku Channel Three Months After Theatrical Release By Ben Pearson/May 27, 2021 4:00 pm EST Saban and Roku have signed a new streaming deal. Several of Saban Films’ theatrical features will be available to stream for free on Roku Channel within three months of their theatrical release. The first movie to be included in the new deal is Echo Boomers, the Patrick Schwarzenegger-starring crime drama in which a bunch of debt-ridden college graduates decide to rob rich people....

Seth Rogen Is Starting A New Podcast Where His Famous And Not-Famous Friends Share Crazy Stories Team Coco By Eric Vespe/Sept. 1, 2021 10:15 pm EST Seth Rogen is selfish. There, I said it and I mean it, too. It’s not enough that he’s one of the most famous comedy stars in the business. Oh no. It’s also not enough that he and Evan Goldberg are big-time producers of comic adaptations “The Boys” and “Preacher,” or that he launched a successful cannabis business called Houseplant....

Superhero Bits: Thanos Returns To ‘Fortnite’, Zack Snyder Responds To Batman Sexual Controversy & More By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 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....

Streets of Fire Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 1984Genre: Neo-Noir Rock MusicalDirector: Walter HillCast: Michael Paré, Willem Dafoe, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy MadiganWalter Hill combined the sensibilities of a pulp comic book and a rock opera to create Streets of Fire, the cult classic of cult classics. Set in some sort of alternate universe where a bunch of different eras blend together, and rock-and-roll reigns supreme, Streets of Fire kicks off with a pop singer (played by the eternally alluring Diane Lane) being kidnapped by an evil gang lead by Willem Dafoe and his questionable haircut....

The Daily Stream: Just Friends Perfectly Captures The Weirdness Of Going Home For The Holidays New Line Cinema By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 2, 2021 4:28 pm 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: “Just Friends” Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: A decade earlier, Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) was a fat, retainer-wearing high school senior relentlessly bullied by his New Jersey peers, and struggling to tell his best friend Jamie (Amy Smart) that he’s always loved her....

The Director’s Cut Of George Romero’s Vampire Movie Martin Has Been Found Libra Films By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 4, 2021 3:59 pm EST Released in 1978, George A. Romero’s “Martin” follows a young man, played by John Amplas, who thinks he is a vampire. Martin doesn’t have any vampiric powers, so instead, he stalks around drugging women, cutting them with a razor blade, and then drinking their blood. Eventually, Martin decides to start preying on criminals – but his lifestyle is further complicated when he falls in love with a housewife....

The Only Piece Of Movie Memorabilia Jimmy Stewart Ever Kept Paramount By Ben Pearson/Nov. 22, 2021 2:08 pm EST With a career as storied as James Stewart’s, one might imagine that when Stewart was alive, his home would have been a shrine to the memorable roles he played in some of the world’s most beloved movies. It turns out the opposite is true: late in his life, Stewart’s house had almost no signs of his life on the big screen....

The Spiderwick Chronicles Disney+ Series Disney+ Are you ready to chronicle some spiderwicks?! Okay, I don’t actually know a damn thing about “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” But I do know the book series is being turned into a new live-action Disney+ show! Disney revealed the logo and concept art for the series, which actually looks quite fantastical and macabre. It almost makes one wish this was an animated series instead of a live-action one....

‘Arlo The Alligator Boy’ Trailer: A Half-Human, Half-Alligator Heads To New York City By Chris Evangelista/March 17, 2021 3:15 pm EST Are you ready for the unspeakable horrors of Arlo the Alligator Boy?! Run for your lives! This hideous humanoid creature will devour us all! checks notes My mistake, Arlo the Alligator Boy is in fact a family-friendly animated musical. Featuring the voices of Michael J. Woodard, Mary Lambert, Flea (of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame), Annie Potts, Tony Hale, and more, the 2D animated movie musical follows “A wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, [as he] leaves his sheltered life in the swamp to search for his long lost father in New York City....

‘Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’ Mastered The Art Of The Misdirect By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 17, 2021 7:02 pm EST Benedict Wong was on the red carpet last night for the world premiere of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. In the film, he reprises his role as Wong from Doctor Strange and, apparently, fights the Abomination in a cage match. We’re still two weeks away from Shang-Chi’s theatrical release, but, as is the case with most movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, inquiring minds want to know about the next one before they’ve even had a chance to sit all the way through this one....

‘Don’t Breathe 2’: Five Things We Learned From Director Rodo Sayagues And Co-Writer Fede Álvarez By Christopher Gates/July 1, 2021 5:23 am EST Rodo Sayagues may be stepping into the director’s chair for the first time with Don’t Breathe 2, but there’s no doubt that the film is a team effort. During an event revealing the horror-thriller’s new trailer, Sayagues shared the stage with his co-writer (and the director of the first movie), Fede Álvarez, and their affection for one another couldn’t be more clear....

‘Free Guy’ Posters Re-Create Your Favorite Video Game Covers With Ryan Reynolds By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2021 6:00 am EST Free Guy is coming to theaters this weekend, bringing us a new open-world video game where Ryan Reynolds stars as a non-playable character who might end up being the only one who can save his universe from being destroyed by the game’s creator. Since the real world of video games had a major influence on the story, a new batch of posters for Free Guy recreates the covers of some of your favorite video games of today and yesterday, from Super Mario 64 to Animal Crossing and more....

‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Might Be Happening After All, Even Though We’re Too Old For This Sh*t By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 29, 2020 8:00 am EST The strange saga of Lethal Weapon 5 continues. Back in 2017, a report stated that the sequel was happening, and that stars Danny Glover and Mel Gibson would reunite with franchise director Richard Donner. But by 2018, Donner offered an update saying the project was probably dead due to behind-the-scenes problems....

‘Mickey’s PhilharMagic’ Brings Pixar Into The Fold With ‘Coco’ This Month By Josh Spiegel/July 2, 2021 7:32 am EST Any theme park fan worth his or her salt knows that July 17 is a significant date for the Disney theme parks. It’s the day that Disneyland Park opened its doors for the first time in Anaheim, California. And this July 17, Disney is celebrating in…a kind of inexplicable way, frankly. They’ll be welcoming a scene from Pixar’s Coco to the Mickey’s PhilharMagic show at Disney California Adventure and at Disneyland Paris....

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman Makes Nine Celebrities Dig Their Own Grave By Shania Russell/July 22, 2021 10:18 am EST Setting aside time for your health and wellness is very important self-care that we’ve all been neglecting. But have no fear, Nicole Kidman has just the fix for you. In her new limited series for Hulu, Kidman plays a health guru set on improving the lives of nine strangers who’ve decided to spend 10 days at her resort....

‘See’ Season 2 Trailer: It’s Jason Momoa Versus Dave Bautista In The Post-Apocalypse By Jeremy Mathai/July 29, 2021 8:31 am EST The Apple TV+ series See recently received a renewal for a season 3 and is wasting no time at all in getting viewers excited for more to come with its upcoming second season. The latest trailer shows off Jason Momoa, who stars as Baba Voss, the blind main character at the center of the post-apocalyptic world — one that’s full of nothing but human beings who have lost the ability to see…or is it?...

‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 Will Reveal A “Very Big” Secret About Hopper That David Harbour Has Known Since Season 1 By Danielle Ryan/July 12, 2021 8:58 am EST Last time we all saw Stranger Things’ Jim Hopper, he appeared to be getting blown to smithereens inside an underground Russian scientific facility. However, unlike poor Bob (Sean Astin), Hopper survived his apparent onscreen death, appearing in a post-credit sequence that teased his continued existence....