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‘Mary Shelley’ Review: Elle Fanning Tries To Revive A Lifeless Biopic [Tribeca] There’s an imaginative, hugely entertaining movie to be made out of that fated rainy summer day in Geneva that spawned some of the most pivotal horror novels in history.Mary Shelleyis not that movie. The lumbering biopic follows the 16-year-old Mary Shelley, played like a willowy naif byElle Fanning, as she is sent off to Scotland after the tension between her and her stepmother comes to a head....

‘Moon Knight’: Oscar Isaac Will Star In Marvel’s Latest Disney+ Series Oscar Isaac, one of the very best actors of his generation, is about to step into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He’s currently in talks to star inMoon Knight, a forthcoming Disney+ series about a psychologically unstable mercenary who may or may not communicate with a lunar god who bestows the powers of super strength. This sounds like one of the darkest MCU characters yet – and weirdly, it will be the second Egyptian-themed Marvel character that Isaac will play if the deal goes through....

‘Myst’ TV Show In Development From Legendary The gameMystwas one of thefirstmega-hits of the CD-Rom wave ofgaming in 1993. It spawned sequels, spin-offs and novels, and was a top seller in games for almost a decade. NowLegendary TV has made a deal with Cyan Worlds, the original developer of the game, to develop aMystTV show and accompanying new video game. The two projects won’t merely be parallel story concepts, however, as Cyan wants to make a truly interactive pair of new Myst stories, in which audiences can play the game on tablets while watching the show....

‘Shrill’ Trailer: ‘Saturday Night Live’s Aidy Bryant Takes The Lead In Hulu Comedy If I were ranking the currentSaturday Night Livecast members in terms of reliability,Aidy Bryantwould be in the upper echelon. She may not have many of the memorable, flashy characters that are often featured in sketches that go viral the next day, but she’s always there to deliver laughs and do the work to set up her fellow performers....

‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Will Use Existing Footage Of Carrie Fisher To Bring Back General Leia Last year, Hollywood was hit hard with the death ofCarrie Fisher, leavingStar Warsfans mourning for the loss of Princess Leia. After grief had passed, many wonderedhow the saga would proceedwithout Carrie Fisher able to return to the franchise. The actress had already completed her shooting forStar Wars: The Last Jedi, but what would happen to Leia without Carrie Fisher around to give her a proper send-off?...

‘Star Wars: The High Republic’ Introduces New Jedi Padawans, Including A Wookiee With A Huge Lightsaber We’ve already met some of the new Jedi who will be trying to keep peace and order when a galaxy-wide crisis strikes in the upcoming Lucasfilm publishing initiativeStar Wars: The High Republic. But those are the skilled Jedi who have plenty of experience. What about the up and coming Padawans? Today we’ve got a look at four new Jedi Padawan characters, including a Wookiee who wields a big lightsaber, and some details about the stories in which they’ll be debuting....

‘Suspiria’ Prequel Idea From Luca Guadagnino Involves One Of Tilda Swinton’s Characters In The 1200s Suspiriajust recently opened wide, and directorLuca Guadagninoalready has a prequel idea in mind. Rather than move forward with the story, Guadagnino wants to go back in time.Wayback in time, all the way to the 1200s. There, the story would focus on Helena Markos, one of the three characters in the new film played byTilda Swinton....

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Reveals New Image Of Hot Rod And Details On The Autobot Themost recent trailerforTransformers: The Last Knightshowed off plenty from the sequel that issupposed to be the last installmentof the franchise directed byMichael Bay. However, one character that we still haven’t seen much of is Hot Rod. The Autobot has origins going all the way back to the 1986 animated movie when he was granted the Matrix of Leadership and became Rodimus Prime in the wake of the death of Optimus Prime....

‘Warm Bodies’ Review: Jonathan Levine’s Zom-Rom-Com Shows Sparks Of Life, But Lacks A Heartbeat It’s no coincidence that the official website for authorIsaac Marionincludes glowing blurbs from bothStephenie MeyerandSimon Pegg. Marion’s novelWarm Bodies, andJonathan Levine’s film adaptation of same, owes as much toTwilightas it doesShaun of the Dead.It attempts to infuse some self-aware humor into a tale of star-crossed inter-species romance. Ultimately, however, the combination turns out to be less than the sum of its parts....

‘Young Justice: Outsiders’ Trailer: Your Favorite Sidekicks Return The wait is over:Young Justiceis officially back. The long-awaited third season ofYoung Justice, titledYoung Justice: Outsiders, will be premiering on DC Entertainment and Warner Bros.' streaming service DC Universe five years after the animated series was unjustly canceled by Cartoon Network. Warner Bros. dropped theYoung Justice Outsiderstrailers at Comic-Con this weekend, giving us a glimpse of a darker, more ambitious new season anchored by some familiar and some all-new faces....

/Answers: Great Comic Books That Need To Be TV Shows Every week in/Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks"What comic book or graphic novel needs to be adapted into a TV series?“As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. If you’d like to share a comic that you think would make a great television show, please send your thoughts to slashfilmpitches@gmail....

13 Films Never Nominated For Best Picture The Oscars inevitably bring a lot of grumbling about which films the Academy has overlooked. But if one of your favorites is among them, perhaps you may at least take heart in the fact that it’s in great company. The Oscars have averylong history of backing the wrong horse. Some of what we now view as unimpeachable classics weren’t even seen as Best Picture nomination-worthy at the time....

7 Prisoners Trailer: A Harrowing Look At Human Trafficking Streaming services are always looking for fresh content, and thankfully that means they help finance and distribute foreign and low-budget movies that otherwise might not have reached wide audiences. Streaming giant Netflix has released a number of international films, including Alfonso Cuarón’s Oscar-winning “Roma,” and now they’re adding another potential awards darling to their service. Netflix has released the trailer for “7 Prisoners,” a Brazilian film about a young man who tries to get work to feed his family and instead finds himself sucked into the world of human trafficking....