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Superhero Bits: ‘Justice League Dark: Apokolips War’ Clip, ‘Amazing Story Of Superman’ Documentary & More WasDavid Ayeroffered the chance to direct aSuicide Squadsequel? Want to see a new clip fromJustice League Dark: Apokolips War? How didJason Mewesend up in aSupergirlepisode that wasn’t directed byKevin Smith? Want to watch a documentary about the history ofSuperman? What’s the real meaning behindJoker’s “Damaged” tattoo inSuicide Squad? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: ‘Superman: Man Of Tomorrow’ Movie Release Date, ‘Hawkeye’ Series Rumors & More When doesSuperman: Man of Tomorrowarrive on home video and what special features come with it? Did you notice any Easter eggs in theAvengersgameplay footage released yesterday? Did you hearAvengers: Infinity Waris now on Disney+? How terrible was the video game based onBatman & Robin? What’s the latest rumor about the upcomingHawkeyeseries on Disney+? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Indie Film ‘Fast Color’ Is Getting A TV Adaptation At Amazon Fast Color, the grounded superhero indie movie that starredGugu Mbatha-Rawand hit theaters earlier this year, is getting its own TV series.Jordan Horowitz(the producer who revealed on stage thatMoonlightactually beatLa La Landat the Oscars) co-wrote the movie with directorJulia Hart, and they’re both on board to return in those capacities for this show, which is in the works at Amazon Prime Video....

Surprise! Disney Will Still Make ‘Avengers’ Movies After ‘Avengers 4’ The Marvel Cinematic Universe will be forever changed afterAvengers 4hits theaters in 2019, except for one thing: there will always beAvengersmovies. The culmination of the first three phases of the MCU may be reaching its conclusion in the nextAvengersfilm, but that doesn’t mean it’s the end of the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. That is, not if Disney has anything to say about it....

Terry Gilliam Says ‘Don Quixote’ Is Now About “How Movies Can Damage People” If anyone knows how movies can damage people, it’sTerry Gilliam. The director has battled over many a film in his time. He fought Universal brass overBrazil, and Columbia overThe Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Most catastrophically, he battled weather, disaster, and illness during the original shoot ofThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Gilliam lost that fight, but he has been trying to make new versions of the film for several years....

The Contractor Review: A By-The-Numbers Thriller With Some Killer Performances Action thrillers, especially ones about military or ex-military special operations, are a dime a dozen. Post-9/11, these stories of brave men and women fighting in the name of patriotism and nationalism were everywhere. For every “Hurt Locker” there were half a dozen straight-to-VOD releases capitalizing on American fears and dreams of exceptionalism. “The Contractor” falls somewhere between the two, featuring a few great performances and some refreshing course changes while unfortunately still feeling like a by-the-numbers special ops thriller....

The Mighty Ducks Cast’s Age Created Some Problems During Production It was pretty sweet to be a kid in the ’90s. “The Sandlot,” “Little Giants,” “All That,” so many movies and tv shows were geared toward us ’80s babies, and a lot of it has stood the test of time. One of the classics of that era is “The Mighty Ducks,” a film that introduced this South Carolina girl to hockey and Charlie Conway....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Middleditch & Schwartz’ Delivers Improvised Comedy Gold That Will Crack You Up (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series:Middleditch & SchwartzWhere You Can Stream It:NetflixThe Pitch:Middleditch & Schwartzis a two-person improvised show. Based on a short audience Q&A where someone in the crowd tells the duo about something they’re exciting about or dreading in the future,Thomas Middleditch(Silicon Valley) andBen Schwartz(Sonic the Hedgehog, Parks and Recreation) create characters, scenes, and storylines off the cuff, not knowing where they’ll end up, all based on what they’ve just hear from the audience....

The Strange Case Of ‘Lady Bird’ And Rotten Tomatoes (Or: Why We Should All Just Calm Down) (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: why we should all step back and take a deep breath before we continue talking about theLady BirdRotten Tomatoes score.) Welcome to another day of Rotten Tomatoes scandal! The recent dethroning ofGreta Gerwig’sLady Birdfrom its vaulted position of “best reviewed movie on Rotten Tomatoes” has caused a bit of an uproar....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Hot Tub Time Machine, The Crazies, The White Ribbon, And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s.HOT TUB TIME MACHINE Hot Tub Time Machine is so aware of how absurd its storyline is that it doesn’t even attempt to justify it....

UK Poster For Gareth Edwards' Monsters Magnolia Pictures/Magnet have released a UK Poster forGareth Edwards’new low budget monster movieMonsterswhich takes a veryDistrict 9approach to film marketing. Hit the jump to see the poster. Since screening the film at Cannes, we’ve been hyping the movie (read my mini review here). We called it Lost in Translation in a world infested by monsters. Hollywood is already going nuts over the filmmaker, who supposedly made the film for a fraction of a million dollars (maybe even as little as $15,000), and some are touting him as the nextNeill Blomkamp....

Voltron Feature Film Is Dead; Robots Will Rely On TV Reboot We’ve reported over the past couple years thatTransformershad seemingly created enough giant robot movie momentum thatVoltron, the Americanized edit of a 1981 Japanese animated series in which robot lions form a giant super-robot, would get a movie of its own. That’s no longer the case which, given the quality of theTransformersfilms, might not be a bad thing at all....

Who Are The Inhumans? Meet The Heroes Of Marvel’s 2018 Movie Did Marvel’s announcement of anInhumansmovie leave you scratching your head? You’re not the only one. The Inhumans are a relatively obscure group of characters from Marvel comics, though like everyone else from the comics they have their share of devoted fans. After the jump, we’ll cover all your basic questions about the superpowered team — starting with “Who are the Inhumans?...