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Larry David’s Latest ‘Saturday Night Live’ Was Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Okay Saturday Night Livereturned this weekend with the first of a back-to-back three-episode run leading up to week of Thanksgiving. To kick things off, we hadLarry Davidreturning to host for his second time at Studio 8H, but unfortunately it was nowhere near as noteworthy as hisdebut back in early 2016. Larry David’s return toSNLwas extremely average. Even the best sketches of the night weren’t particularly fantastic, but merely the best of the night....

Little Miss Sunshine Was Surprisingly Inspired By Arnold Schwarzenegger “Little Miss Sunshine” gives an indie twist to the road trip movie, as the highly dysfunctional Hoover family piles into a bright yellow Volkswagen microbus and heads to a beauty pageant in California. The film kickstarted the writing career of Michael Arndt, which is particularly impressive given that it was his first ever screenplay. It also boasts an impressive cast, including a more dramatic turn for Steve Carell and a breakout role for Paul Dano — who more recently has been seen terrorizing Gotham City as the Riddler in “The Batman”....

LOL: ‘Moana’s Dwayne Johnson And Lin-Manuel Miranda Sing “Gaston” From ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Two of the most beloved men in showbiz,Dwayne “The Rock” JohnsonandHamilton’sLin-Manuel Miranda, are teaming up this fall for what will hopefully be Disney Animation’s next smash hit. But before we get toMoana, the pair took a moment to pay homage to an old Disney animated classic. In an incredibly charming video below, you can see the pair doing a duet of “Gaston,” from 1991’sBeauty and the Beast....

Netflix’s The Starling Is A Long-Awaited Dream Come True For Screenwriter Matt Harris [Interview] Making movies is hard. That’s no secret. But sometimes getting a specific movie made is exceptionally difficult, and it takes years to make it happen. Such is the case with “The Starling,” an upcoming Netflix drama starring Melissa McCarthy that has been more than 15 years in the making. For screenwriter Matt Harris, it’s the conclusion to a long and winding road....

New Toy Story 3 Cast? Cars 2 Adds ‘World Grand Prix’ Subtitle? There is a bunch of Pixar tidbits I missed in the last few days that I’ve noticed not too many sites have picked up on. Possible new additions to theToy Story 3cast, directorLee Unkrichtalks about the visual improvements to the third film in the trilogy, and isCars 2getting a new title? First up is about the look of the new film....

Nick Fury Won’t Get His Own Movie, But Look For His Story In ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Nick Furyis one of the more prominent characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in five out of the six titles to date. Yet he’s never actually appeared in his own standalone film. For a while, it seemed like a S.H.I.E.L.D. movie might be coming out afterThe Avengers, but as we’ve since learned, that project has since evolved into aTV series....

Persuasion First Look: Dakota Johnson Falls In Love In Netflix’s Jane Austen Adaptation Ah, Dakota Johnson. If she’s not out there messing upOlivia Colman’s vacation(or is it the other way around?), then she’s taking over Tilda Swinton’switchy dance academyor using a shotgun to ward off Chris Hemsworth’s cult leader in a seedy hotel on the California-Nevada border. Yes, this is my not-so-subtle way of telling you to finally watch “Bad Times at the El Royale,” if you already haven’t....

Reservation Dogs Co-Creator Is Making A Heist Series For FX Colliderannounced that Sterlin Harjo, the co-creator of “Reservation Dogs” alongside Taika Waititi, secured a deal with FX Productions to develop new content for the network. Harjo served as the hit show’s executive producer, showrunner, writer, and director. Before his extensive work on “Reservation Dogs”, Harjo directed and produced the films “Mekko” in 2015 and “Barking Water” in 2009. Both feature narratives about Indigenous communities and struggles surrounding death, love, and healing in both the past and present....

See Exclusive Art From ‘Batman: The Animated Series: The Phantom City Creative Collection’ Batman: The Animated Series: The Phantom City Creative Collectionis a new book from Mondo and Insight editions highlighting artwork celebrating the now-iconic animated series hailed as many as the bestBatmanadaptation of all time. Mondo and award-winning artist at Phantom City Creative, Inc.Justin Erickson, have come together to release a book full of Erickson’s graphic design as well as rendered illustrations....

See The First Poster For Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ [Updated] Update:A new poster featuringMargot Robbieas Sharon Tate has been released. See it below.Brad PittandLeonardo DiCapriolook lean, mean, and a little Photoshopped in the very firstOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodposter, which gives us a new look atQuentin Tarantino’s highly anticipated film. The duo take center stage in the poster, which will be Tarantino’s ode to the year 1969, a year of great political and cultural upheaval in the U....

See Twelve Minutes Of Clips From The Road John Hillcoat’s adaptation ofCormac McCarthy’s novelThe Road, starringViggo MortensenandCodi Smit-McPhee, is finally starting to be seen. The picture screened for some press in New York City earlier this week, and is now getting decidedly mixed critical notes out of the Venice Film Festival. Now five clips from the film are online, comprising about twelve minutes of footage. See them all after the break (if you just can’t wait for the film)....

Simon Pegg’s Canonized Explanation Of Why Sulu Is Gay Simon PeggandGeorge Takeihave a respectful disagreement overStar Trek Beyond. Last week, actorJohn Chosaid thatHikaru Sulu is gay in the Kelvin timeline. Most fans weredelightedby the news, as directorJustin Linand screenwriters Simon PeggandDoug Jungwere attempting to preserve the progressive spirit ofGene Roddenberry’s creation. George Takei, on the other hand, believesthe decisionis “unfortunate” and a “twisting of Gene’s creation.” Pegg quickly responded to Takei’s comments, and now he’s followed up with a blog post that explains why they made Sulu an LGBTQ character without Takei’s blessing and why the Kelvin timeline means they’re not beholden to preexisting canon....

Superhero Bits: ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Scribe Rewriting ‘Venom’, Helaween Cupcakes & More Which Grammy winner has been cast asBlack LightningvillainLady Eve? What’s up with the weird body suitJosh Brolinis wearing on the set ofDeadpool 2? Will there ever be a crossover betweenInhumansandAgents of SHIELD? Do you want to make some Helaween cupcakes to celebrateThor: Ragnarok? IsDoomsday Clockan official sequel toWatchmen? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....