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The Craziest Unused ‘Rogue One’ Endings Involve A Coruscant Chase And A Freeze Bomb Rogue One: A Star Wars Storydropped back in December, but the curtain is still slowly being pulled back and revealing more details about exactly how this particular space oddity came to be. We’ve already written a lot about the film’s ending:why it was changed,how Darth Vader’s big moment was a last-minute addition, andeven K-2SO’s original ending. But now we’ve learned about evenmoreways the film could have concluded, and trust me: you’re going to want to know about these....

The Leprechaun Horror Franchise Is Ready For Its Comeback As Lionsgate Eyes A Reboot To date, there have been eight films in the “Leprechaun” series. The first film, released in 1993, starred Warwick Davis as the title character, an evil, smiling immortal monster with an obsession with his pot o' gold, a shoe fetish, and a propensity for murder. Davis would return for “Leprechaun 2” (1994), “Leprechaun 3” (1995), “Leprechaun 4: In Space” (1997), “Leprechaun in the Hood” (2000), and “Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood” (2003)....

The Morning Watch: ‘TRON Legacy’ Updated With DeepFake, Looking Back At ‘Small Soldiers’ & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch the dated visual effects used to bring youngJeff Bridgesto life inTRON Legacygiven a makeover with DeepFake technology....

TV Bits: ‘Arrow’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Sons Of Anarchy’, ‘American Horror Story’, ‘Blake’s 7’, ‘Doctor Who’, And More BetweenAmerican Horror StoryandSons of Anarchy, almost half of this post is FX teasers. After the jump: The originalTerry Nation-created show centered around a group of criminals and renegades who become unlikely heroes over the course of their outer space travels.Blake’s 7ran for 52 episodes over four seasons ending in 1981, and still retains a cult following today....

Video: Michael Bay To Follow ‘Dark Of The Moon’ With $20 Million Black Comedy ‘Pain & Gain’ If there’s one thingMichael Bayis known for, its his love of blowing things up in the loudest, shiniest, most spectacular ways imaginable. So it may come as a bit of a surprise that Bay’s planned follow-up to his hugeTransformersfranchise will be a small,Pulp Fiction-esque picture titledPain & Gain, with an estimated budget of just $20 million....

Watch Some Of The Obvious And Not-So-Obvious Hidden Edits In ‘Birdman’ WithBirdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance), co-writer/directorAlejandro González Iñárritu(Babel) took a break from torturing characters to, well, torture some more characters.Birdmanhas a sense of humor, though, something we hadn’t seen much of from Iñárritu in his past work. The film went on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, a divisive win amongst movie fans. It is a popular opinion that the long-takes are dazzling, though, and if you want to see some of the hidden edits inBirdman, check them out after the jump....

Watch: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Premiere Featured Cameos From Martin Starr And Rob McElhenney, George Lucas Visited The Set, And More Game of Thronesis back, but even those who are watching closely may have missed a couple of high-profile cameos in last night’s season premiere. Did you catchMartin Starr(Silicon Valley, Party Down, Freaks and Geeks) andRob McElhenney(It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) in small roles? Did you knowStar WarscreatorGeorge Lucasvisited the set during the filming of “Winterfell”?...

‘Atlantic Rim: Resurrection,’ The Knock-Off Version Of ‘Pacific Rim Uprising,’ Is Already Out With every blockbuster movie, there is always a low-budget knock-off version waiting on-demand to confuse your elderly relatives. The victim this time around:Pacific Rim Uprising. The culprit? The people behind theSharknadomovies. The low-budget production company The Asylum isn’t even waiting until thePacific Rimsequel hits theaters to release their similarly titled copycat,Atlantic Rim: Resurrection.It’s everything you love aboutPacific Rim(aliens, robots, spunky robot pilots!...

‘Big Hero 6’ Trailer Rounds Up The Whole Gang As we head into the final quarter of the year, Disney is bringing us one last Marvel movie.Big Hero 6is the venerable studio’s first animated Marvel adventure, which means it’s the film we’ve been waiting for pretty much since the moment Disney bought Marvel. Ryan Potterleads the voice cast as young robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada. When his hometown, the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, is threatened, he assembles a superhero team to save the day....

‘Black Bear’ Review: Aubrey Plaza Is Stunning In This Nightmarish Domestic Thriller [Nightstream] Don’t be alarmed if you find yourself wondering halfway throughLawrence Michael Levine’sBlack Bearjust what the hell is going on. Levine intends for his characters to be off-kilter. At least, at first. Influenced by filmmakers like Hong Sang-soo, Levine’s sophomore feature is less about following a straight narrative and more about the longtime screenwriter giving himself permission to explore the unconventional....

‘Halloween Kills’ Adds Anthony Michael Hall As A Grown-Up Tommy Doyle Another familiar character is returning to theHalloweenfranchise – played by a new face.Anthony Michael Hallhas joined theHalloween Killscast as Tommy Doyle, a character who will be immediately recognizable to fans of the franchise. Tommy was one of the kidsHalloweenfinal girl Laurie Strode babysat in the first film. The character returned as an adult – played by Paul Rudd – inHalloween: The Curse of Michael Myers....

‘Helix’ Season 2 Trailers Head To A Remote Island SyFy has been working to redefine itself somewhat, with movie-inspired series such as12 MonkeysandAscensionand to, well, varying degrees of success. The channel’s other original seriesHelixis also redefining itself for the second season. Or the show is changing up a few noticeable things, at least, trading the frigid “lab under ice” setting of the first season for a remote island. Check out theHelixseason 2 trailer below for a taste of the new season....

‘Inhumans’ Movie “Will Happen For Sure”, Could Happen In Phase 4 Says Kevin Feige Marvel Studios’Inhumansmovie was announced at the now infamous El Capitan Phase Three event, only later to bedogged by cancellation rumorsbefore beingyanked from Disney’s release calendar altogether. While many fans have assumed that we’ll never see an Inhumans movie, Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigesays it will eventually happen, it’s just a matter of when. Hit the jump to hear what Feige said about the Inhumans movie and the possibility of seeing it on the big screen as part of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....