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‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Trailer: Captain America’s Best Buds Head To Disney+ The boys are back in town. Marvel Studios and Disney+ released a newThe Falcon and the Winter Soldiertrailer during tonight’s Super Bowl, showcasing a return to the more conventional, quippy, action-heavy, Marvel house style that fans have come to expect. Check out the latest trailer below. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Trailer The Falcon and the Winter Soldierwas initially going to be the first Marvel Studios show out of the gate, but the coronavirus pandemic threw the company’s release schedule into flux....

‘Transformers 4’ Will Feature New Robot Cast, In Effort To Boost Toy Sales Over the past five years, we’ve seen Hollywood try to develop films around pretty much every brand-name toy they could get their hands on — only to have many of those projects postponed, slashed, or even scrapped altogether. Through it all, however, the franchise that actually started the toy movie craze has remained strong. In fact, the third and most recent entry of theTransformersfranchise proved to be the most lucrative yet, raking in an impressive $1....

‘Venom’ Director Ruben Fleischer Reeled In To Keep ‘Uncharted’ Movie On Track Just before New Year’s Eve, Sony Pictures lost yet another director who was attached to helm the video game adaptationUncharted. The project felt like it was finally becoming a reality, but then Dan Trachtenberg left. He was replaced a month later by Travis Knight, but the fast-track that Sony had the movie onresulted in him leaving too. Now we’re dealing with theeighthdirector who will attempt to make the project happen:VenomandZombielandfranchise directorRuben Fleischer....

‘Wonder Woman’ Director Patty Jenkins Shares Inspiring Reaction To Her Superhero Film The DCEU hit its first home run withWonder Woman, finally giving one of DC Comics' Trinity characters her own long-awaited live-action movie.MonsterdirectorPatty Jenkinsabsolutely crushed it, blending fantastical worlds, Greek myths, historical fact, and a period setting into a terrific synthesis of comic book movie images that felt like a real movie instead of just a collection of sloppily edited scenes....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Starry Eyes’ Turns Hollywood Into Hell Welcome to31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry:Starry Eyes(2014). Now Streaming on Amazon Prime Video Sub-Genre:A Star Is Bornwith less singing and more body horrorBest Setting to Watch It In:In Tinseltown, baby!How Scary Is It?:I dunno aboutscary, but it’s pretty darn nasty, that’s for sure – get ready to cringe and moan at alotof gross, violent stuff...

Angie Han’s 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2016 There’s so much about the process of putting together a “most anticipated” list that just isn’t fair. Films that have already put out trailers have a distinct advantage over those that haven’t. New installments of familiar franchises are easier to get hyped for than completely unknown quantities. And in any given year, some of the very best films are the ones that come out of seemingly nowhere, crafted by filmmakers and stars we haven’t even heard of yet....

Bad Robot Announces Six New Movies, Including A Thriller From ‘The Good Place’ Writer Megan Amram In an unusual move for the typically-secretive company,J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions has announced six new films are in development, including a possession film and a time travel movie. How many of these are actually secretCloverfieldmovies? All of them! (I’m kidding, we have no idea.) But the one I’m the most excited about is a thriller written byMegan Amram, the writer behind some of the best and funniest shows on television....

Best Sellers Review: Michael Caine Steals The Scenes In A By-The-Book Indie Dramedy One of the first rules of writing is: never start with a cliché. But I’m going to do it anyway, because “Best Sellers,” the feature directorial debut of Canadian filmmaker Lina Roessler, is one of those many quirky indie dramedies that youcanjudge by its cover. Predictable and slightly rote, “Best Sellers” is a typical indie heartwarmer where two opposite people meet, clash, and ultimately teach each other how to be better people over an alt-rock soundtrack curated by Pitchfork....

Bob Gale On ‘Back To The Future’ Musical: “Don’t Believe Everything You Read” Well, we did warn you that the project was still in the very early stages — but it now seems like thatBack to the Futurestage show may be even farther away than we’d thought. Yesterday,news brokethat directorRobert Zemeckis, his co-writer/producerBob Gale, and the film’s composerAlan Silvestriwere in early talks to bring Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and their iconic DeLorean to Broadway, and Zemeckis' rep evenconfirmedthat the three were “in preliminary creative discussions....

Bryan Singer Will Shoot ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ Adaptation This Fall Bryan Singerisn’t done with theX-Menfranchise just yet, but he already has his next project lined up. Following this summer’sX-Men: Apocalypse, the director will tacklean adaptationofJules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” The project will begin principal photography this fall. On Singer’s 50th birthday, he shared a photo on hisInstagramaccount of a20,000 Leagues Under the Seascript, explaining: A story I’ve wanted to retell since childhood....

Casey Affleck Hopes To Cast Jack Reynor As Baseball Star Josh Hamilton ATransformersstar is set to play a transformative athlete.Jack Reynor, who is on screen this weekend inTransformers: Age of Extinction, is likely to play Major League Baseball superstarJosh Hamiltonin abiopic of the slugger, written and directed byCasey Affleck. Reynor has yet to sign, but is the top choice for the film, which is set up at Relativity. Read more about the potential Josh Hamilton movie below...

Casting Notes: Danny Trejo And Michelle Rodriguez In ‘Skinny Dip’; Bryan Cranston In ‘The Grief Tourist’ Machetewon’t be the last time you seeDanny TrejoandMichelle Rodriguezworking together. The two will be on screen in an indie calledSkinny Dipthat will likely be produced and co-directed by Trejo’s sonGilbert Trejo. The other co-director will beFrankie Latina. What’s the film about?The LA Timesoffers that it would be " a revenge picture involving a young woman who kills a policeman....

Cool Stuff: If You Have A Problem, Playmobil Is Releasing ‘The A-Team’ Van Playset If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them…. maybe you can hireThe A-Team. But if you can’t track down these soldiers of fortune, maybe you can do the next best thing and grab Playmobil’s new A-Team van playset featuring Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith, Lieutenant Templeton Arthur “Faceman” Peck, Sergeant B....