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‘The Magicians’ Comes To A Bittersweet End With “Fillory And Further” The news a month or so ago that this season ofThe Magicianswould be the last has magically made “Fillory and Further” not only the season finale, but the series finale as well. It’s hard to say goodbye to this world and the effed up magicians who inhabit it. But all good things must come to an end, and so last night we said farewell to Brakebills, to Fillory (especiallyFillory), and to the magical world on Earth existing just beyond our mere muggle purview....

‘The Muppets’ Disney+ Comedy Series Has Been Scrapped Turns out the Muppets won’t be living another day. Disney+ has scrapped the Muppets comedy series created byOnce Upon a Time’sAdam HorowitzandEddy KitsisandFrozenactorJosh Gad. The scripted comedy series, calledMuppets Live Another Day,was rumored to be in the works since early this year, but the creators have since exited the project, leading the House of Mouse to abandon the Muppets Disney+ series altogether....

8 Terrifying Movies That Prove You Should Stay Off The Internet Forever This coming weekend sees the release of a new horror movie hoping to scare audiences out of a few bucks, and we’re hoping it delivers despite seeming destined to open lower than a certain other horror movie heading into its third weekend. I’m looking at you, Stephen King’sIT. If nothing else,Friend Requeststands apart from the old-fashioned thrills of killer clowns and pervy dads by hitching its jump scare-filled wagon to something far trendier....

A Long-Brewing ‘Cleopatra’ Movie May Have Found Its Director In ‘Blade Runner 2049’s Denis Villeneuve DirectorDenis Villeneuveis quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s go-to guys for major studio tentpole projects. His most recent film,Arrival, was the /Film staff’scollective best movie of last year, and his upcomingBlade Runnersequelhas earned effusive praise in its early reactions. So it’s no surprise that Sony Pictures has snapped him up to direct one of their long-brewing movies....

Cool Stuff: New Mondo ‘Star Wars’ Bounty Hunter Posters - Wave One Another week, another amazingStar Warsprint byMondo. Or should we say “prints?” This time, Mondo will be releasing a set of three 8-10 color, 12 x 36 screenprints featuring some of your favorite secondary bounty hunters fromThe Empire Strikes Back. ArtistKen Taylorhas immortalizedBossk, IG-88andZuckussin painstakingly beautiful detail and you’ll be able to buy them all on Tuesday September 21. Plus, if you pick these up, a second series will coming soon after and those who own this set will get the first crack at them....

Cool Stuff: Six Official ‘Hellboy’ Craft Beers Are Coming This Spring Hellboyalreadyreceived an official whiskeya couple years ago. But Big Red likes his booze, so it should come as no surprise thatMike Mignola’s hellish hero has inspired a new series of six craft beers from Oregon’s Gigantic Brewing Company. Starting in March, there will be a new beer released roughly every seven weeks that pays tribute to a specific character from theHellboycomics....

Does Optimus Prime Have Wings In ‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon?’ Once the Super Bowl commercial dust finally settled, it seemed likeTransformers: Dark of the Moongot lost in shuffle. Everyone was talking about theirlove forSuper 8andexcitement at finally seeingCaptain America: The First Avengerbut what about good old Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee? The fact of the matter is we’ve already seen twoTransformersmovies and we fully expect directorMichael Bayto amp up the action to an even higher degree the third time around....

DreamWorks Animation Announces 2009-2012 Releases DreamWorks Animationhas announced plans to release five feature films every two years, up from their previous two films a year schedule. The company cites their “three very successful franchises” as one of the reasons to produce an extra film every other year. Apparently the plan is to release one or two sequels a year, as well as an original project, all of which will be produced in digital 3D....

Eddie Redmayne Will Star In ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ UPDATE: Warner Bros. has finally made this official. Read the full press release, including quotes from director David Yates, below. TheHarry Potterfilm series had the opportunity to find young new talent to fill the major roles the series followed for years, but forFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themthe casting choices are a bit different. Well-established actor and recent Oscar winnerEddie Redmaynehas been a top choice among several actors to play Newt Scamander, the lead character in authorJK Rowling’s book set in theHarry Potterworld....

Eric Bana And Danny Huston To Play Leads In Indie ‘Elvis & Nixon’ Here’s one more film to watch crawl towards the screen in the coming months, thanks to the American Film Market.Elvis & Nixonis an indie based on the real-life meeting between the crooner and the President, and will mark the feature directing debut of actorCary Elwes, who co-wrote withJoey SagalandHanala Sagal. (And who is probably still best known for his role inThe Princess Bride....

First Look: Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs The World We’ve seen a lot of candid cast photos forEdgar Wright’s upcomingScott Pilgrim vs. the World, but until now we haven’t seen any actual stills from the film. Edgar Wright just bloggedwhat appears to be the first official stillblown up and framed. But the wily director didn’t just throw the shot out to the world; he took the photo at an extreme angle that seeks to obscure it somewhat....

First Look: Nicholas D’Agosto Suits Up As Harvey Dent In ‘Gotham’ When Harvey Dent makes his first appearance on Fox’sGothamlater this month, he’ll still be years away from turning into the villainous Two-Face. But you don’t have to wait nearly that long to see actorNicholas D’Agostotransform into Harvey Dent. We have the first pics of D’Agosto in character right here. See brand-new images of theGothamHarvey Dent after the jump. EWdebuted the first pics of theGothamHarvey Dent....

Fully Animated ‘Garfield’ Movie In The Works With Jim Davis Producing Alcon Entertainment has secured the rights to produce a animated feature film based on the iconic comic stripGarfield. Unlike the previous 20th Century Fox films, this new movie will be fully CG-animated as opposed to CG/live-action hybrid. Also the inclusion ofGarfieldcreatorJim Davisas executive producer seems to suggest that the new movie will be closer in tone to the original comic strips and animated television series....