‘Alien: Covenant’ Casts ‘The Hateful Eight’ Star Demián Bichir, Presumably So He Can Die Horribly You’ve got to giveRidley Scottcredit – he is second to none when it comes to rounding up impressive actors to torment in his films. 2012’sAlienprequelPrometheusmay have received mixed notices when it hit theaters, but its cast cannot be denied. Not every filmmaker can wrangle Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba and Guy Pearce and Patrick Wilson into one movie, and that’s before you get to the less famous but impressive performers, like Logan Marshall-Green and Sean Harris....

‘Alien: Covenant’ Promos: Messages Of Hope From A Doomed Crew The crew aboard theCovenantare in for one rude awakening. They’re all hopeful for their colony expedition and ready to start new lives, but what they don’t see coming are Xenomorphs, chest bursters, and your friendly neighborhood homicidal droid, David (Michael Fassbender). Daniels (Katherine Waterson) and friends are mostly doomed, but they don’t know that yet in some newAlien: Covenantpromos, which features the film’s heroine and Captain Oram (Billy Crudup) sending messages back home intercut with some found footage of everything going to hell....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Has The Biggest Opening Night Box Office Ever Avengers: Endgamejust left all other blockbuster movie openings in the dust with a staggering $140 million-$150 million domestic opening day haul from its Thursday night premiere. Just a day after its theatrical release, and theAvengers Endgamebox office is already setting records for the best opening day in cinematic history. CouldAvengers: Endgamecrack$1 billion globally on its opening weekend?That is looking more and more likely after the record-shattering opening night in just its domestic Thursday night previews....

‘Crank’ Co-Director Mark Neveldine Signs For ‘The Vatican Tapes’ Mark Neveldinehas been best known as the writing and directing partner of Brian Taylor. The two moved from commercials to theCrankfilms, and most recently releasedGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. It was a year ago that Mark Taylor wasannouncedas the director of Sony’sTwisted Metalvideo game to film adaptation, and now Brian Neveldine is taking overThe Vatican Tapes, a supernatural thriller that has been in development for a few years....

‘Deadpool 2’ Loses Composer Junkie XL Following Director Tim Miller’s Exit If you were worried aboutDeadpool 2when directorTim Millerleft the project not too long ago, this news isn’t going to make you feel any better. Junkie XL, aka Tom Holkenborg, made a post on Facebook today revealing that in solidarity with Tim Miller, he has also decided to leave the sequel, and his reasoning certainly adds some more cause for concern....

‘Deadpool’ Banned: China’s Censors Won’t Let The Movie Play In Theaters We under a month away from seeing the wacky and dangerous Merc with a Mouth take the big screen properly in 20th Century Fox’sDeadpool. And while fans are extremely excited to see the film will all the cursing, violence, and nudity they were hoping for from theofficially R-rated comic book flickstarringRyan Reynolds, the censors in China are less than thrilled with the film’s content....

‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Teaser Trailer; You’ll Believe Ninjas Can Fly From the director ofStep Up 3DandJustin Bieber: Never Say NevercomesG.I. Joe Retaliation! And while that sounds like a joke, once you watch the first trailer for this sequel to the 2009’sThe Rise of Cobra, it makes perfect sense. DirectorJon Chu, the man in question, has staged what looks to be an adrenaline-filled, action opera with stunts and scenes that are not only beautiful, but seem to explain why so few of the Joe’s from the first film have returned....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Super Bowl Spot: An Awesome Mix Of Badass Cosmic Action The Super Bowl is the perfect place for Marvel Studios to push the arrival ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2in just a few short months. Millions are watching, and the excitement surrounding the game makes for plenty of hype to be transferred over to one of the most anticipated blockbusters of 2017 (it’s certainly on my list, second only toStar Wars: The Last Jedi)....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ Will Start Filming This Year, According To James Gunn James GunnhasThe Suicide Squadon the way this year, but what the status of his Marvel franchise,Guardians of the Galaxy? According to Gunn,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3is on track to start shooting this year. We’ve more or less knew this was happening – back in December, actorDave Bautistasaid he expected filming to commence in 2021. But now we have confirmation from Gunn....

‘It’ Review: Come For The Evil Clown, Stay For The Incredible Kid Performances There’s a level of artifice inherent in acting. A great performance lets us forget that. Generally speaking, it’s a more difficult task when it comes to child actors, which is what makes Andy Muschietti’sItso remarkable. The Losers' Club he’s assembled is stellar across the board; there’s nothing about these kids that seems fake or affected, to the point that even when the film starts to fly off into more extreme flights of fancy, they manage to keep it firmly grounded....

‘Josephine’ Limited Series Will Star Ruth Negga As Josephine Baker Ruth Neggawill play actress, singer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist Josephine Baker inJosephine, a limited series in development at ABC Signature. The series comes from writerDee Harris-Lawrence, directorMillicent Shelton, andLeBron JamesandMaverick Carter’s The Springhill Company and will follow Baker’s experience of being an “international superstar and decorated WW2 spy,” and that sounds like the type of show that’s going to be a must-see....

‘Krampus’ First Look Photos: ‘Trick ‘R Treat’ Director Michael Dougherty Catches The Holiday Spirit If you prefer your Christmas cheer with a touch of terror,Krampusmay be right up your alley. Directed byMichael Dougherty(Trick ‘r Treat), the horror-comedy-fantasy follows a dysfunctional family (played byAdam Scott,Toni Collette,Emjay Anthony, and more) visited by a magical holiday spirit. Unfortunately for them, Krampus isn’t a kind and giving entity like Santa Claus, but rather a demon who punishes those who’ve been naughty....

‘Legion’ Shows Noah Hawley Is The Perfect Guy To Tackle Doctor Doom At San Diego Comic-Con last year,FargoandLegionshowrunnerNoah Hawleyrevealed that he was developing aDoctor Doommoviefor 20th Century Fox. This news was met with excitement from fans who feel that the live-actionFantastic Fourmovies up to this point have done a disservice to the character of Doom — arguably Marvel’s greatest super-villain. Recently Hawley talked a little abouthis vision for the filmas a political thriller along the lines ofCaptain America: The Winter Soldier....