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Two More ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Offs Revealed: Young Han Solo And Boba Fett When Disneyofficially announcedthey would be makingStar Warsspin-off movies between the new, official episodes, some fans intensified the process of fantasizing about two characters:Han SoloandBoba Fett. According toEntertainment Weekly, films spotlighting those fan-favorites are in the works. While the development is still in its earliest stages, films are being discussed which would be based on the adventures of a young Han Solo, set betweenEpisode III: Revenge of the SithandEpisode IV: A New Hope, and the actions of Boba Fett, set either betweenEpisode IV: A New HopeandEpisode V: The Empire Strikes Backor betweenEmpireandReturn of the Jedi....

Universal Monsters Reboots Will Be Action-Adventure, Not Horror Universal has a plan to reboot its Universal Monsters characters, and it shouldn’t even come as a big surprise: the monsters will anchor action/adventure movies, not horror films. That’s the angle we knew the studio was planning with the newMummymovie, to be directed byAlex Kurtzman. They’ve done this before, with the lastMummyfranchise, and it was a success. (For a while.) They tried it withVan Helsing, which was a joke of a movie....

VOTD: ‘Rick And Morty Creator Justin Roiland Recalls His Most Memorable Characters, Improvises New Voices Justin Roilandhas become one of the most brilliant and hilarious creators in animation thanks to not onlyRick and Morty, but also the recent Hulu seriesSolar Opposites. Roiland isn’t just responsible for co-creating, writing and executive producing these shows, because he also lends his voice to the lead characters, and he’s been part of some of the best animated programming in recent years....

Watch A Girl Disintegrate Before Your Very Eyes In ‘The Darkest Hour’ Motion Poster Probably the most intriguing aspect of theTimur Bekmambetov-produced alien invasion flickThe Darkest Houris the film’s unique take on aliens. Unlike your typical movie ET, these otherwordly baddies take the form of “lethal wave energy” that renders them invisible, and therefore extra dangerous, most of the time. And when they do catch up with their prey, their unusual makeup also allows them to kill off the human protagonists in creative and nifty-looking ways....

West Side Story Featurette: Something’s Coming Could it be? Yes, it could. Somethin’s comin', somethin' good … if I can wait. This new featurette makes that last part seriously tricky, though. The release date for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is fast approaching — that’s July 17, 2025, FYI — and now, just to make the wait that much harder for the rest of us, we have this lovely featurette. It’s only a few minutes long, but it offers some beautiful behind-the-scenes looks at the production, including watching the cast tearfully perform some of its more devastating musical numbers....

Will Jon Favreau Direct The Avengers? It’s no secret:Jon Favreauwould love to helm an Avengers movie. He’s has gone on the record multiple times talking about the possibility. But after Marvel announced their overly ambitious release schedule, Favs was forced to admit that the production schedule would likely prevent him from doing so. I would love to. Clearly I have stated thatThe Avengerswould be fun. But I look at their release schedule and they have announced ‘Iron Man 2?...

William Shatner Shares His (Theoretical) Idea For A ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Role AWilliam ShatnerStar Trek Discoverycameo is in the works…in William Shatner’s mind. The actor, who originated the role of Captain Kirk on the 1960sStar Trekseries and went on to reprise the role in seven more feature films, is eager to return to the character. And if that means defying Kirk’s death inStar Trek: Generations, then so be it. Because Shatner has an idea to bring his Captain Kirk back on deck in CBS All Access' newStar TrekTV series....

‘Amour’ Review: Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or Winner Transforms Pain Into Joy Michael Haneke’s latest filmAmour(akaLove) is probably the saddest happy movie ever made. Ittells the harrowing storyof an elderly couple’s long time love for each other and how their bond is tested when one of them falls incredibly ill. Depressing? More than you can imagine. But Haneke’s realism and the unbelievable performances of his leads,Jean-Louis TrintignantandEmmanuelle Riva, somehow takes terrible pain and transforms it into an affirmation of life....

‘Big Mouth’ Spin-Off ‘Human Resources’ Coming From Nick Kroll And Netflix Netflix has already given the raunchy, hormone-fueled animated comedy seriesBig Mouthan order for three more seasons following the third season, which debuts today. But during the show’s panels at New York Comic-Con, another expansion was announced. Big Mouthco-creator, executive producer and starNick Krollannounced a new spin-off series calledHuman Resources, which will focus on the office that employs and keeps track of the various hormone monsters that are paired off with kids during their pubescent adventures....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Considering Ewan McGregor And Sharlto Copley For Black Mask Time for some more (potential)Birds of Preycasting news. Warner Bros. is in the process of casting the female leads of the film, but they also have to lock down someone to play villain Black Mask. Rumor has it that bothEwan McGregorandSharlto Copleyare being considered for the part, but the casting process has just begun. More on the potentialBirds of Preycast additions below....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ TV Spot: Ryan Gosling And Harrison Ford Are Being Hunted The plot ofBlade Runner 2049has thus far been shrouded in mystery, and the marketing and trailers for theDenis Villeneuvefilm seem intent on keeping it that way. However, it’s inevitable that we’ll learn a smidgen more of the secrets of this film. The newestBlade Runner 2049TV spot gives us a hint of the motivations behind the Big Bad played byJared Leto, as well as whyHarrison Ford’s Rick Deckard went into hiding for 30 years after the events of the originalBlade Runner....

‘Castlevania’ Animated Series Debuting On Netflix This Year Castlevaniaseason 1, part 1 is coming to Netflix this year. This week, Netflix made more than a few announcements about their upcoming programming, including this video game adaptation. The “dark” and “satirical” animated series hails from producerAdi Shankar(Dredd), comic book writerWarren Ellis(Planetary), and the executive producer ofAdventure Time,Fred Seibert, who’s also the founder and CEO of Frederator Studios. Below, learn more about Netflix’sCastlevaniashow....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3: The Still-Shockingly-Good ‘Karate Kid’ Sequel Series Moves To Netflix Without Missing A Beat At a time where so many properties are getting sequels or reboots decades after the fact,Cobra Kaistands out by surpassing all expectations and becoming not only a great continuation ofThe Karate Kid, but a nuanced piece of commentary on the franchise and its legacy. After a shocking cliffhanger and an agonizing delay as the show moved from YouTube to Netflix,Cobra Kaibuilds up to a crane kick of a climax with another knockout season....