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‘Gremlins’ Gets A Commercial Sequel With Zach Galligan And Gizmo, Courtesy Of Mountain Dew By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2021 11:30 am EST Fans have been wanting to see a new Gremlins sequel for a long time now. Though Gremlins 3 remains up in the air, they’ll partially be getting their wish with an animated prequel series called Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai coming to HBO Max. But that wasn’t good enough for Mountain Dew, who decided to make a sequel of their own in the form of a commercial which brings back the little Mogwai known as Gizmo and actor Zach Galligan as his human buddy Billy Peltzer....

‘Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.’ Animated Series Adds Jon Hamm As Iron Man, Nathan Fillion As Wonder Man & More By Ethan Anderton/March 29, 2021 10:30 am EST Even though Marvel Studios is now squarely focused on bringing forth the small screen side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, starting with shows like WandaVision, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and Loki, they’re still letting some shows from the old Marvel Television arm move forward, and one of them just added some outstanding new cast members....

‘The Exorcist’ Reboot Reportedly Coming To Theaters In 2021 By Ben Pearson/Aug. 18, 2020 2:11 pm EST Pazuzu rides again! Buried at the end of a recent Deadline article comes the news that a reboot of William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic The Exorcist is being developed for theatrical release in 2021 by the folks at Morgan Creek Productions. Hang on to your holy water as we try to parse through what’s going on here....

‘The Killing Of Two Lovers’ Director Robert Machoian On Making One Of The Year’s Most Intense Movies [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/May 19, 2021 12:00 pm EST The pairing of Machoian and Crawford worked so well, in fact, that they spent the first few weeks of 2021 shooting their follow-up feature, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers, co-starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jordana Brewster, which is currently in post-production. /Film talked with Machoian recently to discuss the film’s visual language, the partnership he’s formed with Crawford, and a few details on his next feature....

‘The Witcher’ Season 2 Reveals First Footage As WitcherCon Is Set For July By Vanessa Armstrong/June 11, 2021 11:12 am EST Netflix’s Geeked Week is almost over, but there’s a whole lot of Witcher news the streaming platform has thrown at us before we all gallop off into the weekend. We already knew that season 2 of the show, which stars Henry Cavill as the gruff and sometimes shirtless Geralt of Rivia, is coming sometime in 2021....

An Appropriately Epic Conversation With The Harder They Fall Editor Tom Eagles [Interview] Netflix By Shania Russell/Nov. 12, 2021 8:24 am EST With “The Harder They Fall,” director Jeymes Samuel set out to make a movie for Western lovers and novices alike. His slick and stylish film marries slowburn emotional buildup with dynamic, musical sequences. It juggles nine major players, with an all-star Black cast featuring some of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars....

And Kids, How I Met Your Father Is Premiering On Hulu In January Paramount+ By Shania Russell/Nov. 18, 2021 12:22 pm EST Kids, I’m going to tell you an incredible story. The story of how “How I Met Your Mother” got a sequel series less than a decade after wrapping up its original run. That’s right, “How I Met Your Father” is not only on the way, it finally has an official air date!...

Skyrocket to Success HBO After Best and Hill made a memorable party scene cameo in the 2007 smash “Superbad” pointing out the menstrual blood on Jonah Hill’s pants, their pilot for HBO titled “Eastbound & Down” was given a pickup order at HBO. A twist on the “Foot Fist Way” formula, “Eastbound” recast McBride as an egotistical a-hole former pro baseball player, with Best as the recurring druggie bartender named Clegg....

Cool Stuff: ‘Alice, Sweet Alice’ Soundtrack Is Now Available On Vinyl For The First Time Ever By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2021 6:00 am EST Alice, Sweet Alice is a contemporary classic slasher that is a must-see for anyone who wishes to call themselves a student and connoisseur of the horror genre. But the film’s soundtrack has evaded fans for years, having never been made available in any format. Thankfully, that has changed thanks to the genre lovers at Waxwork Records, who are releasing the soundtrack on vinyl....

The Thought of No Dune Sequel Was a Mind Killer Warner Bros. Villeneuve’s “Dune” hewed pretty close to Hebert’s source material, but there are major events and some major characters that were left out of the film. I won’t go into the details in case you want to avoid spoilers (though you can check out a spoiler-full breakdown of what elements we’ll like see in “Part Two” here). What I will say, however, is that there is a lot of book left for Villenueve to cover in a second film....

Everything We Know About The Live-Action Peter Pan & Wendy Movie So Far Disney By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 19, 2021 9:48 am EST Everyone knows the story of “Peter Pan,” whether they’ve read J.M. Barrie’s original play and/or novel, seen the animated Disney movie, watched a different film adaptation (P.J. Hogan’s 2003 version is worth seeking out), absorbed its plot though cultural osmosis, or some combo of all those things. It’s a weird, whimsical, often retold fairy tale about the challenges of growing up and the inevitability of death that has only grown more blatantly problematic with time, all of which begs the question: is there anyone out there who might have a fresh take that would justify revisiting this well again?...

Full Batman Suit From ‘Batman V Superman’ Revealed; Plus Details On Trailer Event By Germain Lussier/April 20, 2015 9:14 pm EST Monday night Warner Bros. held IMAX screenings all over the country of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. This was supposed to be the big reveal for the trailer, but the Internet changed that, and the footage was released early. To thank fans for coming to the event anyway, director Zack Snyder added in about six seconds of exclusive footage to the trailer, and took to Twitter to show a brand new image of Ben Affleck’s Batsuit....

Kit Harington Turned Down Another Superhero Movie Before Joining Eternals HBO By Lex Briscuso/Sept. 17, 2021 10:06 am EST Hold up, wait a minute … you mean to tell me we could’ve had “Game of Thrones” alum Kit Harington in a whole other superhero franchise and we didn’t even know it?! Jon Snow himself sat down with Total Film for their October 2021 issue and revealed that he almost signed onto a different project before securing his role in “Eternals....

‘We don’t make movies to not connect with each other’ Neon Stewart is glad that something she’s a part of is getting that kind of attention, but she also has a valid point about the incredible movies and performances that don’t get seen. There are hundreds of independent and foreign films that go unnoticed by mainstream audiences and awards shows every year, while the same crop of favorites tend to get all of the attention....

Lavish New ‘Dune’ Book Will Bring You Inside The Making Of Denis Villeneuve’s Film By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 12, 2021 2:22 pm EST There’s a lot of hype building for director Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming science fiction epic Dune. The film is based on the first half of the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name, and has been in the works for years. It’s finally set to release in theaters and on HBO Max on October 22, 2021, with a beautiful new book about its creation, The Art and Soul of Dune, debuting alongside it....

Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion’ Series Brings Two Directors On Board By Ben Pearson/May 14, 2021 2:30 pm EST Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion streaming series has found two directors. Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim will helm the upcoming superhero show on Disney+, which will feature Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as secret agent Nick Fury, Ben Mendelsohn reprising his role of Talos the shapeshifting Skrull, and Marvel Cinematic Universe newcomers Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), and Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night in Miami) also coming along for the ride....

Sundance Video Blog: A Visit To The Festival Store By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 16, 2009 11:17 am EST Here is another short video blog from the day before Sundance began as I visited the Sundance Merchandise Store with my blogger friends: Kevin Kelly from Spout, Alex from FirstShowing, Vic from ScreenRant, Scott from WeAreMovieGeeks and Neil from FilmSchoolRejects. If you want, I think some of the items seen in the video are available on the Sundance....

The Beatles: Get Back Clip: The Fab Four Rock Out On The Roof Disney Press Site By Jenna Busch/Nov. 23, 2021 3:50 pm EST We’re days away from both Thanksgiving food comas and the premiere of “The Beatles: Get Back” on Disney+. The original docuseries from the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy director Peter Jackson is a three-part event that begins on Thursday. It’s the perfect excuse to remove yourself from family battles over politics and who’s getting turkey skin....

The Daily Stream: It’s Time To Accept The Empty Man Into Your Life 20th Century Studios By Ben Pearson/Nov. 1, 2021 5:26 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: “The Empty Man” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: After an absolutely killer prologue set in the mid-1990s (more on that in a minute), the story jumps ahead to 2018 and follows troubled former cop James Lasombra (James Badge Dale) as he searches for a group of missing teenagers and stumbles across an ancient cult overseen by a mysterious and terrifying local entity known as “The Empty Man....

The Next ‘Spider-Man’ Movie Reveals Three New Images And Trio Of Fake Titles By Jacob Hall/Feb. 24, 2021 7:00 am EST Typically, we know the titles of upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies years in advance, letting Marvel Studios tease us and taunt with their increasingly intricate grand design. I love it. I also hate it. But the upcoming third Spider-Man movie, and the sixth MCU movie to feature Tom Holland’s take on Peter Parker, began filming without a title....