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Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Suicide Squad What happens when Bruce Wayne get put into50 Shades of Grey? Can you get theGuardians of the GalaxyAwesome Mix Vol. 1cassette tape? IsAnthony Mackieactually inAvengers: Age of Ultron? Who makes the costume inDaredevil? How didMiles Tellerdeal with the science of hisFantastic Fourcharacter? DidMargot Robbieaudition forSuicide Squad? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: New Ms. Marvel Poster, Wonder Woman 3 Update & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: The “Ms. Marvel” 50-day countdown begins....

Thandiwe Newton Reclaims Original Spelling Of Her Name: “I’m Taking Back What’s Mine” For over 30 years,Thandiwe Newtonhas been credited as Thandie Newton — something that came not out of a decision to brand herself as more marketable to Hollywood, but from a misspelling. The “w” was “carelessly missed out from her first credit,” British Vogue reveals in an in-depth profile with theWestworldstar, who announced that she is now reclaiming the original spelling of her name....

The 10 Best DC Animated Movies (Welcome toLet’s Get Animated!, a column that spotlights the best of film animation. In this edition: the best DC animated films, from direct-to-video movies to theatrical releases.) Marvel Studios may rule at the box office, but DC can proudly claim dominion over animated movies. Usually released direct-to-video, animated movies based on DC Comics have recently made the leap to theaters withTeen Titans Go! To the Movies— though a few recent direct-to-video films have seen limited theatrical release....

The First Official Baby Yoda Plush Can Be Yours…in Six Months…at Walmart Baby Yoda (don’t @ me, I know that’s not his actual name) is all anyone wants to talk about these days. Climate crisis? No thanks! Politics? Boring! We want Baby Yoda, and we want himeverywhere. In an effort to avoidTheMandalorianspoilers, Disney made sure to not manufacture any Baby Yoda merch in advance – a move that’s kind of backfired on them, since everyone wants Baby Yoda toys and they want themimmediately....

TV Bits: ‘Community’, ‘The Colbert Report’, ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’, ‘Grimm’, ‘Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell’, 50 Cent, Brad Pitt, Seth MacFarlane TV-related odds and ends after the jump, including: Chevy Chase’sexitfromCommunitywas sudden, if inevitable, butPierce Hawthorne’s departure won’t be quite so abrupt. Inside sources say the series filmed its Season 4 finale out of order once it became clear Chase wasn’t sticking around, and that the episode happens to include a cliffhanger that could explain Pierce’s disappearance should the show get a fifth season....

Warner Bros. Has No Plans To Move The Batman Just Yet The pandemic rages on, and I’m very tempted to use a certain quote aboutgetting out and being pulled back in. Every time we think things are getting better, we get a new variant (I blame Loki), people refuse to wear masks, or something else awful happens. I don’t need to remind you, I’m sure. One thing the pandemic has done is goof up all the movie releases, and mess with the ones that are out there....

Zack Snyder Discusses His Future With DC Movies, Reveals Scrapped ‘Wonder Woman’ History Photo DirectorZack Snyderis busy getting his four-hour miniseries cut ofJustice Leagueready for a release on HBO Max. There are plenty of fans excited about this prospect, and some of them are so hyped that they’re hoping this will let Zack Snyder follow through on his ultimate vision for the DC Extended Universe. But as many Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max executives have indicated, this is very much a one-and-done deal, and Zack Snyder himself has now acknowledged that there are no plans for him to tackle any new DC Comics movies as of now....

‘A League Of Their Own’ TV Series Slides Into Amazon From ‘Broad City’ Co-Creator Everyone knows there’s no crying in baseball thanks to the iconic line yelled by Tom Hanks' in the beloved sports comedyA League of Their Own. But fans might be crying tears of joy when they hear Amazon is developing a TV series adaptation of the 1992 film from directorPenny Marshallabout an all-female professional baseball league that pops up in the Midwest while most of the athletic young men are enlisted in World War II....

‘Bumblebee’ Will Be A Lower Cost ‘Transformers’ Spin-Off Last week Paramountunveiledits plans to make a newTransformersmovie every year, copying Disney’s plans for the Star Wars films.Transformers 5is set for release inJune 2017, to be followed by a film in the two following summers. It was reported that the second of those three films would be a spinoff featuringBumblebee, again copying Disney’s plans for a spin-off film every other year sandwiched in-between two continuing franchise movies....

‘Cobra Kai’ Showrunners On That Huge Season Finale Reveal And Much More [Interview] If you binge watched all ofCobra Kaiin the first day, you’ve surely got questions about that final reveal. So creatorsJon Hurwitz,Hayden SchlossbergandJosh Healdagreed to talkspoilersas long as this interview ran after the premiere. If you haven’t made it through all 10 episodes yet that’s okay. Savor it, and we’ll save the spoiler talk for the end of this interview....

‘Earth To Ned’ Review: Disney+ Has A Delightfully Quirky And Funny Talk Show Hosted By An Alien Puppet When The Muppets returned to Disney+ a few weeks ago with the new seriesMuppets Now,I found myself disappointed. While it was somewhat fun to see all of Jim Henson’s beloved characters in a new project, they don’t work as well when they’re mostly separated from each other in their own YouTube-style web shows, and something felt off about the comedy....

‘Fantasy Island’ Movie Casts Michael Peña As Mr. Roarke Blumhouse’sFantasy Islandmovie has found its Mr. Roarke.Ant-ManactorMichael Peñawill take on the role originated by Ricardo Montalban in the classic TV series. Roarke is the mysterious owner of a magical island that has the power to make its guest’s wildest dreams come true.Jeff Wadlow, who directed Blumhouse’sTruth or Dare, will helm the TV-to-film adaptation. TheFantasy Islandmovie might seem like a weird project, but at least it’s starting to assemble a promising cast....