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Force Awakens Bits: Captain Phasma Was Originally A Man, Why Leia Didn’t Become A Jedi, Easter Eggs And More WithStar Wars: the Force Awakenshitting theaters in just a matter of weeks, an international press tour is sure to bring an overload of Star Wars news. So Star Wars Bits will probably be a daily feature for the next couple weeks, and we’ll try to divide the Star Wars news into Force Awakens Bits for those who want to know more about the upcoming movie and Star Wars Bits which will focus on everything else in the galaxy far far away....

Guillermo Del Toro Judging Halloween YouTube Contest Filmmakers who’ve dreamed of working on the kind of frightening setsGuillermo del Torois known for will now have their chance. Del Toro is judging a new contest, presented by Legendary Pictures and YouTube, that’ll allow filmmakers to visit specially created horror sets at YouTube locations in New York, Los Angeles, London and Tokyo. The results will then be uploaded to YouTube and a select few will get consultations with Del Toro....

Here’s What Brad Bird And Damon Lindelof’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Is Actually About Since we first heard of a mysterious film called1952that would team up directorBrad Birdand screenwriterDamon Lindelof, expectations and speculationhave run rampant. Clues have pointed in all kinds of directions,from UFOstoStar Wars Episode VII. The filmwas then titledTomorrowland, a few moreclues were revealedbut we all knew, eventually the truth was going to leak. The truth, after all, was out there....

Here’s Where You Can Stream Or Buy Every Season Of Arrested Development One of the great dysfunctional families in television history arrived when “Arrested Development” premiered on the Fox network nearly two decades ago. Though the show struggled to win viewers (as reported byThe New York Times) and only had three initial seasons, Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) and the rest of the clan still managed to develop a devoted fan base that still exists to this day....

Hidden Streams: An American Crime Classic, Russian Science Fiction, And ’80s Horror (Welcome toHidden Streams, a column focused on the best older movies available to stream on your favorite services, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and more.)The death of FilmStruckmight make it harder for cinephiles to dig those older hidden gems out of the overwhelming piles of streaming titles. From lesser-known classics to cult favorites, we’ve put together a handy guide to some of the best older films you can stream on the various platforms....

How ‘Cinderella’ Succeeds Where Disney’s Other Live-Action Fairy Tales Have Failed On paper,Kenneth Branagh’sCinderellasounds like Disney’s laziest live-action fairy tale adaptation yet. UnlikeMaleficentorOz the Great and Powerful, it doesn’t claim to reveal some untold story; it doesn’t even offer a new ending, likeAlice in Wonderlanddid. It’s simply a new telling of the same old story. But that, it turns out, is exactly why it succeeds. By reminding us why we love this story so much in the first place, Disney manages to make the old feel fresh again....

How The ‘Roseanne’ Revival Brings John Goodman Back From The Dead [TCA 2018] Roseanneis back on the air this March, with the entire cast returning. That includesJohn Goodmanas Roseanne Conner’s husband Dan. The series finale ofRoseannerevealed that Dan died of a heart attack, but he is very much alive in the first scene of the new tenth season. On a Television Critics Association panel,Roseanne Barrand her producers explained how this came about....

IMAX Signs 20-Film Deal With Warner Bros: Release Plans Revealed For Superman, Batman 3, The Hobbit UPDATE:According toTHR, theHobbitdate listed in IMAX’s press release is a mistake. The first film in the two-part release is set for December 2012, and the second for December 2013, according to the trade. Original article follows: Warner Bros. and IMAX have had a successful partnership over the last few years, and now the two companies have announced that they will work together on up to twenty more films through 2013....

Interview: ‘Nerdland’ Writer Andrew Kevin Walker On His Labor Of Love, Working With David Fincher, And More Tonight, for one night only,Nerdlandis playing in theaters across the United States courtesy ofFathom Events. The wacky, wild, and bizarrely sweet animated film tells the story of two 30-year-old friends, John (Paul Rudd) and Elliot (Patton Oswalt), on the hunt for infamy. Sick of waiting around for fame to drop on their laps, the actor who doesn’t act and the screenwriter who barely writes decide to do whatever necessary to grab headlines....

J.J. Abrams Says ‘Overlord’ Is Not A ‘Cloverfield’ Movie, “Proper” Sequel On The Way J.J. Abramshas cracked open his patented mystery box. But just a little bit. The director made an appearance at CinemaCon is Las Vegas to present footage from Bad Robot’sOverlord, which is being touted as the company’s first R-rated film. He also threw water on a popular story spreading all over the internet, insisting that the horror/sci-fi film isnota secretCloverfieldsequel....

James Gunn’s Favorite 90s Horror Film May Surprise You Filmmaker James Gunn has a signature style that mixescrass humor with a lot of heart. He got his start making films for the New York exploitation horror production company Troma, and his films still maintain traces of those punk-rock, juvenile roots. So whenBloody Disgustingasked folks on Twitter to share their favorite 1990s horror movie, you might expect Gunn to pick something in a similar vein, like “Tremors,” “In the Mouth of Madness,” or “Army of Darkness....

Kevin Feige And Gwyneth Paltrow Drop Some ‘Iron Man 3’ Spoilers What’s going on with Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, the Iron Patriot and Extremis inIron Man 3? Marvel and Disney recently released a new series of interviews to help promote the film and, in them, producerKevin Feigeand starGwyneth Paltrowwere more than happy to talk about specific scenes and motivations inShane Black’supcoming superhero film. Some of this is territory thatwas covered a few weeks backbut for anyone clamoring for more info on the first film of Marvel’s Phase 2, these quotes provide several more pieces to the puzzle....

Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Film To Be Directed By ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Helmer Jon M. Chu Lilo & Stitchis one of the most beloved Disney Animation movies from the early 2000s, and considering one of Disney’s biggest moneymaking tactics recently has been to remake its animated classics in live-action, it was only a matter of time before this one found itself in contention for a new version. A remake has actually already been kicking around fora little over two years, but now it seems to have found a director inJon M....