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Video Game Bits: Michael J. Fox In ‘Back To The Future: The Game’, ‘Star Trek’ Game To Drop In 2012, ‘Star Wars Kinect’ Trailer With E3 almost upon us, we’re getting lots of info about new video games — not that we’re complaining. After the jump, we’ve got good news for everyone from time travelers to Trekkies (or Trekkers, if you prefer) to Jedi. The whole GT.TV episode that delivers the info is 21 minutes long, so feel free to skip ahead to the 5:00 mark for the relevant portion....

Video Reaction: Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain’, Plus ‘Star Trek 2’ And ‘World War Z’ Footage [CinemaCon] It’s that time of year again. We’re in Las Vegas at CinemaCon, an industry-only convention (formerly called ShoWest) for movie theater owners and distributors. The Hollywood studios come here each year with their biggest stars and clips from upcoming films, hoping to impress the theater owners into booking their “products” in the coming year....

Vincent D’Onofrio To Play Harvey Weinstein In Adaptation Of Peter Biskind Book? Sometimes a trade headline catches my eye and I can do nothing but stare at it for a few moments in disbelief. This is one of those times.Peter Biskind, the rabble-rousing chronicler of Hollywood, spilled a lot of secrets about the 1990s American indie film scene inDown and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film. (‘Chronicler’ is being generous, according to some who claim that Biskind fabricates or selectively reports facts and events....

Watch The First Footage From ‘Piper’, Pixar’s Best Animated Short Film In A Decade If you’re like me, you enjoy Pixar’s animated short films almost as much as you do their features. The latest short from the Emeryville-based animation studio isAlan Barillaro’s directing debutPiper, which in my opinion might be the best theatrical short film from Pixar in a decade. I first saw this short film at aFinding Doryearly press day a few months back, where minutes before the screening not one person outside of Pixar even knew of this short film’s existence....

Watch: New ‘Penny Dreadful: City Of Angels’ Trailer, Plus A Behind The Scenes Video Featuring Natalie Dormer CreatorJohn Loganset his Showtime original seriesPenny Dreadfulin Victorian England and took inspiration from classic novels likeFrankenstein,Dracula, andStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeto tell his story. Now, years after the original series came to an end after a three season run, Logan is back with a spin-off that seems more indebted to film noir than Gothic fiction....

We Predict All Of The Big Star Wars News Coming Later This Week At Celebration I’m headed to London forStar Wars Celebration 2016, which runs from July 15th to July 17th 2016 at the ExCeL London Exhibition Centre. Some bigStar Warsannouncements and reveals are expected to come out of the weekend, and we’ll be covering it live from the U.K. So stay tuned for our coverage beginning Friday and going throughout the weekend....

What Excited Obi-Wan Kenobi Villain Moses Ingram The Most About Joining The Star Wars Universe It’s been almost 20 years, but Ewan McGregor isfinally returningas Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. With his return in the new Disney+ series — and the return of Darth Vader as well — comes the introduction of a few new characters. Moses Ingram joins the fray as Reva, an inquisitor working under Vader, and determined to bring Kenobi out of his self-imposed exile on Tatooine....

Why Netflix Really Bums Me Out Sometimes (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, and opinionated about something that makes us very happy…or fills us with indescribable rage. In this edition: why Netflix, for all the good stuff that the streaming service offers, sometimes completely bums us out.) There’s no denyingNetflixhas been a gamechanger when it comes to bringing entertainment to the masses. Allowing people to rent DVDs by mail was a strong start for the company, but they ended up changing the face of film and television distribution forever when they entered the video streaming arena....

‘American Reunion’ Plot Details Revealed It’s been a couple years since we firstreportedthat Universal was eyeing another slice ofAmerican Pie(yup, I said it), and it looks like the film, titledAmerican Reunion, is finally coming together. It wasannouncedlast week thatJason Biggs,Eugene LevyandSeann William Scotthad already signed deals with Universal, and that most of the rest of the original cast were in talks. And now, a few plot details have been revealed. Check them out after the jump....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ And The Joys And Frustrations Of Marvel Crossovers Avengers: Infinity Waropens today, and with it comes the promise of an epic storyline that not only represents the biggest assemblage of Marvel Cinematic Universe characters in one viewing, but potentially some canvas-cleaning to up the stakes too. Any one of the key Avengers team members — Captain America, Iron Man and Thor, in particular — could be sacrificed in some dramatic storytelling fashion....

‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Talks James Bond Influences Black Pantheris primed to rule 2018. The Marvel Studios movie directed byRyan Coogleris one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and with tickets going officially going on sale yesterday, the frenzy over the superpowered king of Wakanda is just beginning. It’s clear thatBlack Pantheris unlike any movie we’ve seen before: the lush Afro-futurism, the majority-black cast, the epic political intrigue....

‘Carole & Tuesday’ Is A Science Fiction Anime About The Power Of Music From The Creator Of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ (Welcome toAni-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)Shinichiro Watanabehas made some of the most iconic and influential anime of the past 20 years, with some of the best soundtracks in the industry. His first show,Cowboy Bebop, was the perfect midpoint of anime storytelling and Western pop culture influences, resulting in an exhilarating sci-fi western with a killer jazz soundtrack....

‘Daredevil’ Was Netflix’s Fourth Biggest Show – So Why Was It Canceled? The strange saga that is theDaredevilcancelation continues. A new report reveals thatDaredevilwas canceled despite being the fourth-biggest show on Netflix. And still another report claims that it wasn’t Netflix who pulled the plug on the superhero series – it was Marvel themselves. Just what in the name of Hell’s Kitchen is going on here? As you’ll recall, word came last week thatDaredevilwas joining the canceled ranks of Netflix Marvel showsLuke CageandIron Fist, leaving onlyJessica JonesandThe Punisher....