Han Solo Movie Was In Development With George Lucas And Lawrence Kasdan Before Disney Bought Lucasfilm Did we almost have a Han Solo moviebeforeDisney bought Lucasfilm? It certainly seems that way. In a revealing new interview about the inspirations behindSolo: A Star Wars Story, co-writerLawrence Kasdanreveals he was hired to write a Han Solo film before the big Disney purchase of Lucasfilm. Solo: A Star Wars Storyis the latestStar Warsspin-offfilm, set in the ever-expandingStar Warsuniverse now owned and controlled by Disney....

Infographic: The Year Robert De Niro Stopped Caring About His Career It’s no secret that in this latter phase of his career,Robert De Nirohas made some pretty poor decisions regarding the movies he chooses to make.Dirty Grandpa, New Year’s Eve, Meet the Parentssequels, andShark Taleare just some of the awful movies De Niro has made that aren’t worthy of the actor’s talents. So what’s the deal? Well, after analyzing the films that the Oscar-winning actor has made throughout his long career on film, a Reddit user seems to have determined the exact year that Robert De Niro stopped caring....

Lars Von Trier To Shoot ‘Nymphomaniac’ In 2012; Softcore And Hardcore Versions Likely The nameLars von Trieris nearly synonymous with controversy. His films are polarizing, and his public statements often run to the dramatic. And, at times, the foolish, as when he referenced Hitler this year at Cannes. But his work — even his most deliberately provocative work — stands on its own.Antichrist, arguably his most button-pushing film to date, may unravel late in the game, but much of the film is a harrowing and perceptive account of the intersection between ego, sanity and love....

Latest Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Potentially Ties Into ‘Guardians’ And ‘Inhumans’ Though I gave up onMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.Dvery early in season one, I hear from lots of people it gets better every single week. And this past week, it sounded like things took a potentially very significant step forward from even that. There were two specific references to upcoming and past Marvel Studios movies that may hint at what’s to come not only in Phase Two, but Phase Three....

M. Night Shyamalan Posts Concept Art From ‘After Earth’ M. Night Shyamalanismere weeks awayfrom getting back in the director’s chair for hisWill Smith/Jaden Smithsci-fi epicAfter Earthand he’s already begun to use social media to tease us all about it. The director ofUnbreakableandThe Sixth Senserecently tweeted two photos from the production offices of the film, which is about a family who crash lands on Earth 1000 years after humans have left the planet....

New ‘Minions’ Trailer Takes The Crew To Their Very Own Comic-Con So how do theMinionsfind their latest super villain to work for? We find out in the latest trailer forMinions, the animated prequel to theDespicable Meseries, out July 10. In the newMinionstrailer, Kevin, Stuart and Bob are on the road to Orlando. Orlando is the location of the 1968 Villain-Con, an evil version of Comic-Con where everyone just wants to see Scarlet Overkill, played bySandra Bullock....

Nicolas Cage Really Got Behind The Wheel For Gone In 60 Seconds Thecar chase sequencecarries an almost sacred significance across the action film genre. A jaw-dropping game of vehicular cat-and-mouse can do wonders for any movie. Just ask “Fast & Furious,” which has built an entire cinematic universe around its characters using cars the way the MCU’s superheroes use their powers. Right now the one burned into many people’s minds comes from director Matt Reeves' “The Batman” and the terrifyingly spectacular chase between Robert Pattinson’s caped-crusader and Colin Farrell’s Penguin....

Now Scream This: Celebrate Thanksgiving With These Streaming Horror Movies (Welcome toNow Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you’re able to watch them.)Matt:I’m not going to fake positivity. This Thanksgiving will suck on levels that no holiday has any right to, because I’ll assume we’re all doing the responsible thing by staying home amidst growing concern over (once again) increasing COVID-19 cases....

Olivia Wilde’s ‘Spider-Woman’ Seems To Involve Marvel’s Kevin Feige In Some Capacity Last month, we found outBooksmartdirector andTRON LegacystarOlivia Wildewould be taking the helmof a mysterious Marvel Comics project at Sony Pictures. It’s believed that the project in question is aSpider-Womanmovie that doesn’t connect to any of the existing cinematic universes based on Marvel Comics. However, if a recent comment by Wilde is accurate, that hasn’t stopped Marvel Studios bossKevin Feigefrom being involved with the project in some capacity....

Oscars Going Hostless Again This Year, ABC Jokes Baby Yoda Should Host Emmys [TCA 2020] The 2019 Oscar ceremony went without a host. It was a somewhat last minute decision. The Academy hired Kevin Hart to host the show, but then asked him to apologize for old tweets making homophobic jokes. Two days later, Hart stepped down as host leaving the Academy and network little time to find a replacement. Apparently, the hostless show was successful enough that the network has decided to repeat it for the 2020 Oscars....

Rumors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt For Batman 3; The Lizard As Villain In Spider-Man It’s a slow news week, and when legit news isn’t filling the frame there is room for rumor to grow. There are two big ones today: thatJoseph Gordon-Levittis being primed to appear inBatman 3, perhaps as the Riddler, and that the big villain ofSpider-Manwill be the Lizard. First up, Mr. Gordon-Levitt. This comes from Deadline and Movieline sister gossip siteHollywood Life, which claims that JGL has been tapped to play the Riddler inBatman 3....

Sarah Michelle Gellar Joins ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Disney has announced thatSarah Michelle Gellar(Buffy The Vampire Slayer) is joining the voice cast ofStar Wars Rebels. Gellar will be joining her husbandFreddie Prinze Jr.for the second season of the Disney XD animated series. No word on what Gellar’s role may be in the show, but we do know that its a recurring role and not a guest appearance. Hit the jump to read the full Sarah Michelle GellarStar Wars Rebelspress release....

Sequel Bits: Power Rangers 2, Fantastic Beasts 3, Scooby-Doo 3, Girls Trip 2 & More In this edition Sequel Bits: A post shared by Sanit Klamchanuan (@spicythaidesign) Weta Workshop artistSanit Klamchanuanposted this drawing of what the Green Ranger might have looked like if he ended up getting introduced in aPower Rangerssequel that was teased in a mid-credits sequence. Unfortunately, we’re not likely to see Tommy Oliver, because that sequel won’t happen, but at least we can imagine how cool it might have been....