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‘Lupin III: The First’ Trailer: The CG-Animated Caper Reveals Its English Dub Cast Lupin The Thirdis one of the most beloved anime icons in Japan who has been barely heard of in the U.S., apart from being a fun footnote in esteemed director Hayao Miyazaki’s career. The cocky gentleman thief created by Monkey Punch has been the star of manga, anime, feature films, video games, musicals, and many, many TV specials....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Motion Poster: Emily Blunt Is Going To Take You On An Adventure…in A Year And A Half Emily Blunt– she’s the new Mary Poppins, ya’ll. If anyone could capture that character’s sense of joy and kindness, it’s Blunt. DirectorRob Marshalland Disney hired a remarkable actress to play a remarkable character. During D23, footage was screened for an audience of Disney fanatics and the crowd liked what they saw of the film, especially Blunt....

‘Rogue One’ Editors Discuss Changes To The Ending And Which Scenes Were Reshoots Following the release ofRogue One: A Star Wars Story, there has been a lot of chatter about the reshoots that ended up bringing significant changes to the final cut of the movie that we saw in theaters. We’vescrubbed through a bunch of the footagefrom the trailers and TV spots, noticing that one of the biggest changes in the movie appears to be what our heroes do in the third act, specifically with regards to the Death Star plans....

‘Search Party’ Season 4 First Look Photos Reveals Guest Stars Susan Sarandon, Busy Philipps, And More Cult hit comedy-thriller seriesSearch Partyhas found a comfy home at HBO Max, where it aired its third season after two seasons on TBS. The series starsAlia Shawkatas the leader of a group of hip millennials who get involved in various mysteries, with increasingly insane stakes. And HBO Max seems to be pulling out all the stops forSearch Partyseason 4, which goes big with the storytelling and the guest stars, including the likes ofSusan Sarandon,Busy Philipps, andAnn Dowd....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Gag Reel Clips: Jake Gyllenhaal And Tom Holland Ruin So Many Takes Spider-Man: Far From Homearriveson digital and Blu-ray next month, and even though there’s a good chance you’re already sold on picking up this movie to complete your collection of The Infinity Saga (at least until the new massive box set comes later this year), Sony Pictures still wants to show off the supplemental materials you’ll get along with the movie....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Sequel Hires ‘Daredevil’ Cinematographer Better reinforce some hallways: the cinematographer behind Marvel Netflix shows likeDaredevilandThe Defendershas just landed the same gig for theSpider-Man Homecomingsequel.Matthew Lloydwill handle director of photography duties for the still-untitledHomecomingfollow-up. In what is clearly a sure-sign that Spider-Man will have a big hallway fight scene, Matthew Lloyd, the DoP behind Marvel Netflix showsDaredevilandThe Defenders, has landed the plum gig of cinematographer for theSpider-Man: Homecomingsequel.MCU Exchangereports that a source inside the production confirmed Lloyd’s involvement, with principal photography expected to take place over the summer of 2018....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Could’ve Had A Scene With Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, And Tom Holland In early December, we wrote about how formerSpider-ManstarTobey Maguirewas once in considerationto play Peter B. Parker in Sony’sOscar-nominatedanimated filmSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. That role as an older, out of shape web-slinger eventually went toNew Girlactor Jake Johnson, but Maguire wasn’t the only former Spider-Man to be on a wishlist for the acclaimed animated feature....

‘Star Wars’ Original Cuts: Did Kathleen Kennedy Basically Confirm We’ll Never Get Them? Every now and thena new rumor emergesthat the original cuts ofStar Warsare on the verge of getting a home video release without all the Special Edition modificationsGeorge Lucashas made over the years, some of which were made even after the new version of the movies hit theaters in 1997. Sadly, fans are always left disappointed when it doesn’t come true....

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Spoiler Review: What Worked And What Didn’t In Hulu’s Ambitious Series (In ourSpoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: the first season of Hulu’sThe Handmaid’s Tale.) There’s no denying thatThe Handmaid’s Taleis powerful. Its story of a distinctly American dystopia in which women’s rights are oppressed and their bodily autonomy is stolen by a totalitarian government is gripping and timely, with more real-world implications by the minute....

‘The Predator’ Box Office Tracking: Shane Black’s Sequel Aims For $30 Million Opening Weekend Shane Black’sThe Predatoris using the titular alien’s triangular laser targeting system to zero in on a $25-$30 million opening weekend for the upcoming sci-fi sequel. That’s a far cry fromIron Man 3’s gigantic opening, but a significant improvement over Black’s previous film,The Nice Guys. Read Predatorbox office tracking below, and see how the sequel stacks up against the other movies in the franchise....

‘Uprising’: ‘Bumblebee’ Director Travis Knight To Direct Vampire Action Thriller For Netflix Travis Knight, the CEO of Laika and director of movies likeKubo and the Two Stringsand Paramount’s live-actionBumblebeeprequel, is heading to Netflix for his next project. It’s a vampire action-thriller calledUprising, which is based on Raymond Villareal’s bookA People’s History of the Vampire Uprisingthat tracks what happens when a global virus turns people into bloodsucking creatures of the night....

‘Wrinkles The Clown’ Director Michael Beach Nichols On Internet Urban Legends And Why We’re Afraid Of Clowns [Interview] Right in-between Pennywise the Dancing Clown and Joaquin Phoenix' Clown Prince of Crime, a different type of clown wants to make it to the big screen –Wrinkles the Clown. DirectorMichael Beach Nicholstakes a hard look at one of the most fascinating Internet legends of the past few years, a clown that is apparently hired by parents to scare their kids....

‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Early Buzz: The Director’s Cut Leaves The Theatrical Cut In The Dust The first social media reactions forZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguehave hit the web, and it sounds like fans are going to be extremely satisfied with the director’s cut of the DC Comics movie. The word “epic” and “masterpiece” are thrown around rather liberally, but even without hyperbole, the reactions are rather positive overall. It’s clear that this is a superior cut to the theatrical release of the movie from 2017, and you may find out why below....