‘The Flash’ Introduced A DC Villain You Never Thought You’d See On Screen If you haven’t caught up with last night’s episode ofThe Flash, look away right now. There will bespoilersin the rest of this post and you may want to see this for yourself. Still here? Okay. The latest episode of the well-liked CW series featured a brief cameo from a character that no one ever expected to see show up on a live-action TV series....
‘Twister’ Reboot Coming From ‘Tron: Legacy’ Director Joseph Kosinski Watch out for flying cows, because aTwisterreboot is officially in the works. Universal is in talks withJoseph Kosinski, the filmmaker behindTron: Legacyand the upcomingTop Gun: Maverick, to direct a reboot of the 1996 storm-chasing blockbuster that starred Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt. At the time, that film was hailed for its advanced visual effects, so it makes a certain amount of sense that Kosinski – a filmmaker known for his VFX work – is in discussions to tackle the reboot....
‘Westworld’ Episode 4 Images Tease More Robot Cowboy Shenanigans And The Return Of A Familiar Outlaw We’re knee-deep into season one ofWestworldand HBO’s new science fiction series has made a habit out of asking big questions, offering complicated answers, and generally being one of the most promising, intriguing, and downright entertaining new shows of the year. The fact that Ican write nearly 4,000 words dissecting a single episodeis evidence of that....
/Film Interview: Dave Filoni Talks Darth Vader, A-Wings And The Rebellion In ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 2 TheStar Wars Rebelsseason 2 premiere,The Siege of Lothal, will premiere on June 20. And youdo not want to miss it. In an instant, the stakes on the Disney XD show are shot through the roof. However, when I spoke with the show’s executive producerDave Filoniat Star Wars Celebration, I didn’t yet know that. We had just seenthe epic season 2 trailerand I knew the notoriously cagey producer wasn’t going to spoil anything....
Alicia Silverstone On Surviving The Shark-Infested Waters Of The Requin [Interview] When Alicia Silverstone debuted on the scene with 1993’s “The Crush,” audiences knew immediately that they were witnessing a superstar in the making. A certifiable teen queen thanks to her beloved performances as Cher Horowitz in “Clueless” and as Batgirl in “Batman & Robin,” Silverstone has continued a wonderful career as an actor, activist, and vegan cookbook author. Nearly three decades since her debut, Silverstone is wading into new career territory, starring in the shark survival thriller, “The Requin....
Better Call Saul’s Final Season Will Be Split Into Two Parts, Just Like Breaking Bad It’s easy to forget now, but “Breaking Bad” wasn’t immediately recognized for the game-changing prestige series that it eventually became. Though it received consistently positive reviews in the early going, viewer ratings were relatively slow to catch up with the quality of serialized storytelling on display throughout multiple seasons. Many have creditedthe show’s availability on Netflixduring its original run on AMC for finally bringing the viewership numbers in proportion to the heights that the series reached in its heyday, eventually culminating in the final season being split into two halves and forcing fans to wait almost an entire agonizing year to see the show’s biggest cliffhanger regarding everyone’s favorite meth drug lord resolved....
BTS Took A Chunk Out Of The Batman’s Box Office Studios and theater chains have tried plenty of different gambits to re-capture audiences over the past two years, but there’s one specific sector we should never have underestimated: Theboy bandfandom. According toThe Wrap, a much-anticipated BTS concert film outsold “The Batman” in several spots in the U.S. this past Saturday. It’s rare to see a single-day event movie make gains on a major blockbuster film, but “BTS: Permission To Dance On Stage” didn’t just make a dent in “The Batman” box office — it also broke a global record....
Chris Rock Working On Two New Stand-Up Comedy Specials For Netflix Netflix has become a great place for stand-up specials to find a much bigger audience than they used to. Tons of the latest specials from the likes of John Mulaney, Hannibal Buress, Morgan Murphy, Louis CK, Mike Birbiglia, Maria Bamford, Aziz Ansari, Patton Oswalt, Jen Kirkman and more all have some outstanding comedy available to stream. But now one of the greatest stand-up comedians ever is bringing two new specials to Netflix....
Don’t Look Up Clip: Meryl Streep Puts A Positive Spin On The End Of The World Netflix released the first teaser trailer for “Don’t Look Up"just a couple weeks ago, but thanks to their recent Tudum hype event for upcoming movies and TV shows, we have a new clip from the apocalyptic satire about a comet that is on a collision course with Earth. Just as we saw in the trailer, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence are scientists trying to warn the government, led by Meryl Streep as the President of the United States, about this forthcoming disaster....
Edgar Wright To Direct, J.J. Abrams To Produce Paramount’s ‘Collider’ [UPDATED] Another day, another super-secretive but highly intriguingJ.J. Abramsmovie. Paramount has just begun developing a sci-fi pic titledCollider, and while — surprise, surprise — the longline is being kept under very tight wraps, the talent involved definitely makes this one we’ll keep on our radar. /Film favoriteEdgar Wrightoriginated the idea, which is now being scripted byI Am LegendscribeMark Protosevich. (Slightly) more details after the jump....
Exclusive: NBC’s Peacock Considering ‘Quantum Leap’ Revival As Millennials Drive ‘Saved By The Bell’ And ‘Punky Brewster’ Returns [TCA 2020] NBC’supcoming streaming serviceThe Peacock was not represented at NBC Universal’s day before the Television Critics Association. The Peacock will feature revivals of classic NBC sitcomsPunky BrewsterandSaved By the Bell, but NBC’s head of program planning and strategy, Jeff Bader, discussed another series that might get revived as well. Speaking with /Film, Bader said the ’90s time travel seriesQuantum Leapis another title under consideration and spoke about what led to thePunky BrewsterandSaved by the Bellrevivalson The Peacock....
First ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Poster To Debut At Star Wars Celebration Whether or not you’re in Anaheim next weekend forStar Wars Celebration, you’d better be on alert. We know that at 10 a.m. April 16,J.J. AbramsandKathleen Kennedywill take the stage at the event to premiere the second trailer forStar Wars: The Force Awakens. That event will be simulcast in various rooms around that convention and, possibly, in cinemas all over the world....
Forthcoming Avatar Special Edition DVD Reinstates The Film’s Original Earthbound Opening SoAvataris back in theaters today with nine extra minutes. But as we told you not long ago, this version of the film will hit DVD in November, and when it doesthere will be a further seven minutes added, making the film sixteen minutes longer than the original theatrical cut. NowJames Cameronis talking about what will be in that longer cut of the film....
