Why Emma Watson Almost Left The Harry Potter Franchise “Harry Potter: Return to Hogwarts” is a trivia fest, chock full of more than enough fun facts to make the world’s Potterheads squeal with excitement (yours truly included). But much like the rest of the franchise, the special also comes with a tinge of bittersweetness, reflecting on some details that can be harder to swallow. Midway through the special, as the conversation approaches the fifth film (“Order of the Phoenix”), the Golden Trio discuss something they’ve never talked through before: Emma Watson once considered pulling out of the franchise completely....

Will There Ever Be A Trading Places 2? Here’s What We Know With the recent “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and Tom Cruise heading back to the Danger Zone in “Top Gun: Maverick” next year, it looks like our current ’80s love-in is showing no sign of slowing down anytime soon. If anything, it looks set to intensify, with a whole bunch of remakes also in the pipeline, from “The Toxic Avenger” to “The Lost Boys,” and even “Silent Night, Deadly Night....

William Friedkin And William Peter Blatty Reteaming For An Exorcist Remake? William Peter Blatty, author of the originalExorcistnovel and subsequent Oscar winning screenplay, has revealed that the big boss of the 1973 movie,William Friedkin, has agreed to direct a new version. Brace yourself for a 3D do-over with a younger cast and all-CG effects… then unbrace because, actually, I don’t think that’s what we’re set for here at all. No need to spin your head and spew pea soup quite yet…....

‘24: Live Another Day’ Gets Yvonne Strahovski And A Premiere Date [Updated With New Plot Details] After a stint as a serial killer on Showtime’sDexter,Yvonne Strahovskiis returning to the spy life. TheChuckalumna has signed on for Fox’s event series24: Live Another Day, becoming one of several newcomers to the franchise. Original series starsKiefer Sutherland,Mary Lynn Rajskub,Kim Raver, andWilliam Devaneare set to reprise their roles. As for when we’ll get to see all this talent in action, Fox has finally confirmed a spring date for the 12-episode run....

‘American Animals’ Review: A Quasi-True Story Of An Audacious Art Heist (This review originally ran during our coverage of the Sundance Film Festival.American Animalsis in select theaters today.) Heist movies are all about setting up the illusion of clockwork precision, but every good heist film features at least one scene where the job goes horribly wrong – and the great ones often dive into the bitter consequences of crossing the line....

‘Atomic Blonde’ Featurette: Charlize Theron Fights Like A Girl There was a time when saying that someone “fights like a girl” was considered an insult. Thankfully, that’s become something that doesn’t really sound all that lame anymore, especially when you have a superhero like Wonder Woman cleaning up at the box office. Adding to the power behind female punches will be a new action flick starringMad Max: Fury Road’s badassCharlize Theron....

‘Gone Girl’ Trailer: David Fincher’s Latest Thriller Starring Ben Affleck And Rosamund Pike The first fullGone Girltrailer is now online. Directed byDavid Fincher, the film starsBen AffleckandRosamund Pikein the story of a perfect couple who find themselves on opposite sides of a massive mystery. When Amy (Pike) goes missing, Nick (Affleck) is accused of killing her. Nick, however, swears he’s innocent. As the story gets bigger and bigger, more clues reveal that all is not what it seems....

‘Interstellar’ And ‘Transformers 4’ To Shoot In IMAX; Michael Bay Will Use New IMAX Camera For Native ‘T4’ 3D Tons of films hit IMAX screens each year, but actually watching footage shot in IMAX remains a special experience. While regular 35mm film can be upconverted to fit the giant screens, they still can’t match native IMAX for crispness and quality. And Paramount and IMAX are hoping the moviegoing public have noticed....

‘One Night In Miami’ Cast Breaks Down The Pivotal Rooftop Conversation One Night in Miamiwill undoubtedly be a key player in the upcoming awards season.Regina Kingwas recently nominated forBest Director at the Golden Globes, and the adapted screenplay byKemp Powersearned a nominationfrom the Writers Guild of America. While we wait to see how the film fares when the Academy Awards nominations are announced next month, the film’s cast members reunited virtually to break down one of the pivotal scenes for the American Film Institute....

‘Pantheon’ Cast For AMC’s First Primetime Animated Drama Adds William Hurt And More It appears that we somehow missed writing aboutPantheon, AMC Networks' first-ever animated primetime drama series, when it was first announced. But since there were a few new cast additions made recently, we now have an excuse to correct that mistake. William Hurt(The Incredible Hulk,Captain America: Civil War),Maude Apatow(Euphoria,The King of Staten Island),Corey Stoll(Ant-Man,House of Cards), andLara Pulver(Sherlock) are the latest members of thePantheoncast, joining one hell of an impressive lineup of actors who have been attached to this intriguing sci-fi drama for a while already....

‘Perry Mason’ Review: A Pulpy, Hard-Boiled Series With Great Acting And A Messy Story If you knowPerry Masonat all, you likely know the character from the long-running late ’50s, early ’60s TV legal drama starring Raymond Burr as the famous lawyer who was known for getting suspects to blurt out confessions while on the witness stand. The roots of the character go back even further, from a series of novels starting in the 1930s to a radio serial that ran from the mid-1940s until the mid-’50s....

‘Power Rangers’ Review: A Mighty Morphin Good Time At The Movies There’s a scene in the newPower Rangersmovie in which Jason, the Red Ranger (Dacre Montgomery), tells one of his fellow Rangers that what matters isn’t the past, but what one works to make the future. It’s a perfectly admirable, earnest sort of sentiment — it’s just one that feels a little off, too, given that the past he’s referring to involves semi-revenge porn....

‘Punky Brewster’ Reboot With Original Star Soleil Moon Frye In The Works, Because Sure, Why Not I guess the TV reboot/revival thing is still happening, becausePunky Brewsterreboot is now in the works. In the original series, abandoned kid Punky Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) and her dog Brandon took up residence in vacant apartment building somewhere in Chicago. The building’s somewhat grumpy manager, Henry Warnimont (George Gaynes), then became Punky’s foster father....