TV Buzz: What Does The Future Hold For The Tonight Show? NBC Chief “Dethrones” Conan O’Brien. David Letterman Drinking His Milkshake. This summer, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve overheard a line like, “Oh, I love Conan, but to be honest, I haven’t been watching [The Tonight Show].” Conan’s ratings, whichcontinue to falland have been widely scrutinized in the media, reflect this trend. Today, it wasannouncedthatThe Late Show with David Lettermanhas bestedThe Tonight Showfor four consecutive weeks, a record dating back to 1995....

Video Blog: Chuck Jones Theater And The Future Of Film Festivals It’s the weekend and a slow news day, so I thought I’d give you a brief tour of one of the theaters at the Telluride Film Festival. The Chuck Jones theater is dedicated to the famous artist responsible for the classic Looney Toons shorts. The whole place is themed around Chuck and the characters he has most famously worked with, down to the ticket passes that festival goers need for admittance....

Vin Diesel Says Seventh ‘Fast And The Furious’ Being Written Alongside Sixth WithFast Five, Universal started the process of extending theFast and the Furiousfranchise beyond movies that are oriented around car-based setpieces and into the realm of action-adventure crime films. The fifth film also featured a gigantic cast, and the idea of locking down all the participants for a few months every two years might not seem like the most feasible idea, no matter what contracts have been signed....

WonderCon 2012 Announces Movie Panels: ‘Sound Of My Voice,’ ‘Battleship,’ Possibly ‘Prometheus’ And More WonderCon, usually a staple of Northern California, has migrated south for one year only. The 2012 edition takes place March 16-18 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. While not the pop culture powerhouse of its San Diego counterpart, WonderCon’s Saturday schedule does include some very cool movie related panels. Plus, unlike Comic-Con, tickets are still available just over two weeks before the event....

Zack Snyder Explains Why There’s More Batman Than Superman In ‘Batman V Superman’ Though the DC Extended Universe began withMan of Steel, we’ve been hearing Superman mighttake a backseatto Batman inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In a recent interview, directorZack Snyderconfirmed that is indeed the case, but he offers a pretty good reason for that apparent imbalance. Read the more Batman Zack Snyder comments after the jump. Talking toThe Daily Beast, Snyder explained why there’s more Batman than Superman inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice....

‘Admission’ Trailer: How Have Tina Fey And Paul Rudd Never Co-Starred Before? Tina Feybuilt her career on the fast-paced comedy ofSaturday Night Liveand30 Rock, but with the latter almost at an end it’s time for her to move on to the next phase. If the trailer forPaul Weitz’sAdmissionfor any indication, that may just end up being movie stardom. Perhaps even as something of a dramatic actor. AlthoughAdmissionis billed as a dramatic comedy, it represents a more serious turn than anything we’ve seen from Fey before....

‘Alien: Covenant’ Prologue Reveals The Fate Of The Survivors Of ‘Prometheus’ At the end ofPrometheus, Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) either makes a very brave or very foolish decision. After the doctor’s search for humanity’s creators goes horribly wrong, leaving most of the Prometheus crew dead, she continues to seek answers. Based on Shaw’s lack of presence in the promotional materials forAlien:Covenant, her minimal role in the film,and the fact she’s with David (Michael Fassbender), we’re presuming her post-Prometheusmission doesn’t go so well....

‘Amiko’ Is A Microbudget Wonder And A Different Kind Of Coming-Of-Age Movie [Fantasia Film Festival] “At what point will happiness happen?” muses Amiko, the lost teenager (I guess that’s redundant) in the eponymous film. She lives in the city of Nagano, in central Japan. But it might as well be the seventh circle of hell. Early on in the film, she falls in love with Aomi (Hiroro Oshita) in the space of a single conversation....

‘Better Call Saul’ Review: Who Came Out On Top In ‘Sabrosito’? (Every week, we’re going to kick off discussion aboutBetter Call Saulseason 3 by answering one simple question: who came out on top when the credits rolled?) The majority of concerns voiced aboutBetter Call Saulhave been about the show’s dual nature. Strictly speaking, the show’s a two-hander, with Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) going down one path and Mike (Jonathan Banks) going down another....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Director Defends The Film’s Treatment Of Women After seeing directorDenis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequelBlade Runner 2049, some viewers took issue with the movie’s depiction of its female characters. The main story revolves around a male Replicant (Ryan Gosling’s Agent K) and his quest for another (Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard) to learn the truth about his origins, and the movie’s women are often relegated to minor supporting players, holograms, or sex workers....

‘Borderlands’ Casts Edgar Ramirez As Villain, First Plot Details Revealed Eli Roth’sBorderlandsmovie has found its villain.Edgar Ramirez(Carlos,Gold, thePoint Breakremake) will play a character named Atlas, who’s described as “a business titan and arms manufacturer, and the most powerful person in the universe.” The movie, which has beenfilmingsince the beginning of this month in Hungary, is based on the popular video game franchise – and Lionsgate has revealed the first official plot details for the film adaptation....

‘Godzilla’ Update: Frank Darabont To Rewrite, Two Producers Gone, Production Starts In March [ADDED: Short List Featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Henry Cavill, Filming Locations] Like a monster through a city, major shifts are happening in the world ofGodzilla. The film, whichpremiered concept footage at Comic-Conin July andwill be directed byGareth Edwards(Monsters), is already set with aMay 16, 2014 release date. Now, two of the film’s major producers –Dan LinandRoy Lee— have left the project....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Deleted Scenes Revealed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2was already bursting at the seams with new allies, new enemies, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, and a whoppingfive post-credits scenes— so directorJames Gunncan be forgiven for being a little generous with cuts.Nathan Fillion’s cameo inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, was sadly one of the scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor alongside a scene with tons of Easter eggs, according to Gunn....