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Christian Bale Confirms He Was Up For A Role In ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ About a year ago, Lucasfilm was on the hunt for a veteran actor to play Han Solo’s mentor inSolo: A Star Wars Story– and they nearly cast a former Batman to play the role.Christian Bale, who donned the cape and cowl three times inThe Dark Knighttrilogy, recently confirmed rumors that he was indeed in talks to head to a galaxy far, far away and star in the Han Solo spin-off film....

Could Olivia Munn Be Wasp In Iron Man 2 / The Avengers? Nope! Update: Olivia Munn does not play Janet Van Dyne aka The Wasp in Iron Man 2. Ever since G4’sAttack of the Showco-host and geek divaOlivia Munnwas castin Iron Man 2, geeks around the webosphere have been trying to figure out what role she might play in the upcoming sequel. ActressKate Mara(We Are Marshall) also has a cameo in the film, which is said not to be long-term Stark girlfriend, Bethany Cabe, which also had fans talking....

Disney+ Will Not Release ‘The Mandalorian’ Episodes All At Once As the first live-actionStar WarsTV series (barring a few holiday specials) and the flagship series for the new Disney+ streaming service,The Mandalorianhas captured the attention ofStar Warsfans and non-fans alike. But the question remains: how long will our attention be held? While Netflix has pioneered the idea of binge-watching by releasing its original shows in blocks that are made to be consumed in a weekend, Hulu and Amazon Prime have gone different routes by releasing episodes weekly or biweekly....

Five Books To Get You In The Mood For ‘Mortal Engines’ Mortal Engines—a bombastic film produced by Peter Jackson and coming to a theater near you on December 14— is not only full of roving cities, fantastic airships and a killer cyborg, but is also based on the eponymous book by Philip Reeve. “Uh oh!” you might be thinking. “Another film based on a book! Do I have to read the book before I see it?...

Focus Features 20th Anniversary Giveaway: Win A Limited Edition Mailer Including 20 DVDs And Special Merch It’s a big cinema anniversary, everyone — Focus Features will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! To celebrate the occasion, the studio is putting together a limited edition mailer for one lucky winner, and we’ve got the scoop on how you can win it. Focus Features made its way onto the Hollywood scene in 2002 during a divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus, Good Machine, and part of StudioCanal....

HBO Max Reveals ‘Green Lantern’ Series Details And Their Future Plans For The DC Universe Streaming Service [TCA 2020] WarnerMedia had its first Television Critics Association panel for HBO Max since they named their upcoming streaming service. HBO Max Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly previewed the service last year,but it was still untitled at the time. In their October investor presentation, HBO Maxrevealedone of their originals is aGreen Lanternseries from producer Greg Berlanti....

Marvel And Netflix Pull ‘The Punisher’ From New York Comic-Con And Delay Series Premiere After Las Vegas Shooting [Updated] Update:It seems that Netflix originally planned a surprise release date forThe Punisher(its release date was intentionally obscured in all promotional materials) this month, with some stories suggesting that the show would drop as early as this weekend. However, in addition to pulling the series from NYCC,the surprise release date has been postponed as well....

Movie Playlist: Brad Anderson Welcome to another edition of Movie Playlist, where we talk to the writers, directors, and stars about their favorite films. I’ve always found the celebrity playlists on iTunes to be interesting. Most everyone in the film business moved to Hollywood after discovering their love of films. And I’ve always love talking to people about their favorite films. So talking to the people who make the movies about their favorite films just seemed like a natural idea....

One Of Lethal Weapon 3’s Most Memorable Scenes Wasn’t In The Script “Lethal Weapon” redefined action movies for a generation with the antics of Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover). Helicopter shoot-outs and drive-by killings as well as a healthy dose of exploding buildings add up to a high-octane buddy cop movie that made us think twice about what makes an action movie. But then “Lethal Weapon 3” dialed it up a notch....

Page 2: Transformers, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, HTTYD, Alien, Star Trek Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Header Photo: Electionsign HowOverdue Actors Can Win for the ‘Wrong’ PerformanceThe 13 WorstHalloween Movies of All Time...

Samuel L. Jackson Blabs About Martin Freeman’s (Unannounced) Involvement In Secret Invasion Samuel L. Jacksonmay have just leaked some casting info about the upcoming series “Secret Invasion.” I can just imaginewhich wordshe’ll use if someone tries to tell him he did something wrong. At an event in New York called, “Samuel L. Jackson: In Conversation with Josh Horowitz” (viaGames Radar), he spoke about the cast that is being assembled (no, I actually didn’t write that on purpose) for the upcoming Disney+ series that features the Skrulls....

Superhero Bits: James Gunn Debunks Another ‘Guardians 3’ Rumor, ‘WandaVision’ Unanswered Questions & More What was up with theWonder Mantease in that earlyWandaVisionfeaturette? How many tracks are there onZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguesoundtrack? WouldRuby Rosecome back asKate Kaneif the opportunity came around? What’s the latestGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3rumor debunked byJames Gunn? WhichDeadpoolcomic was read more than any other Marvel comic last year? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Logan Black And White Trailer, Doctor Strange B-Roll & More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Who is the best villain across any of theMarvelmovies we’ve seen so far? Where doesLoganfall in the timeline of all the rest of theX-Menmovies? Just how hard didScott Derricksoncampaign to get the job directingDoctor Strange? Want to see the firstLogantrailer in black and white? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....