Sony’s Animated ‘Spider-Man’ Movie To Star Miles Morales

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Miles Morales will be the “star” of Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man animated movie. That’s the official confirmed news from Sony’s just-concluded animation presentation, a morning that also saw footage from The Emoji Movie and the next Smurfs movie (there are a lot more female Smurfs this time around). The big news is that, as hoped/rumored, Mr. Morales will be taking flight on the big screen as the would-be webslinger over Christmas weekend 2018 when the Bob Persichetti/Peter Ramsey-directed and Phil Lord/Chris Miller-executive produced animated adventure debuts. And it’s terrific news for several reasons. Continue reading

Lucasfilm Has No Plans to Digitally Recreate Carrie Fisher

Lucasfilm Has No Plans to Digitally Recreate Carrie Fisher

Over the last week, rumors have surfaced that Lucasfilm was in talks with the estate of Carrie Fisher to possibly digitally recreate the late actress for Star Wars: Episode IX (she had already finished filming her scenes for Star Wars: Episode VIII before her death on December 27, 2016). In a rare case, Lucasfilm has put those rumors to rest with the following official statement: Continue reading

Marvel superheroes that won’t survive Avengers: Infinity War

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War is scheduled for May 4, 2018, and promises to be a massive, epic, worthy “finale” for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first three chapters. By now, the MCU has grown to encompass dozens of heroes—meaning there are plenty of candidates to bite the dust in the epic battle with Thanos. And people will die: The film is loosely based on the Infinity Gauntlet comic book, which was one of the biggest events ever and killed off pretty much every one of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes at different points along the way. Who will Marvel Studios choose to eat it? Here’s our take on the candidates most likely to not survive Marvel’s blockbuster war: (POTENTIAL SPOILERS!) Continue reading

‘The Walking Dead’ Producer Says They Cut Back On The Violence After Season 7 Premiere Backlash

'The Walking Dead' Producer Says They Cut Back On The Violence After Season 7 Premiere Backlash “The Walking Dead” has been on break for over a month and many fans are ready to jump into the action. However, even though “The Walking Dead” looks to improve after its winter hiatus, the show has had a noticeable dip in quality and entertainment this season, which had turned off many fans.

The season premiere gave off the intention that the rest of the season will be filled with plenty of violence and gore. Instead, it appears the show will only become less violent as time goes on and it turns out it’s all it’s all the epic season premiere’s fault. Continue reading

Director Rian Johnson on What He Wants From STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII and How He’s Handling the Characters

Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson recently sat down with USA Today to talk about his highly anticipated film project. During the interview, the director talked about what he wants from the film and how he approached handling its characters.

“I want it to be a blast and to be funny and to be a ride the way The Force Awakens and the original Star Wars movies were.”

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Zoe Saldana Reveals James Gunn Is a Producer on AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR and Confirms Gamora

It’s no secret that the Guardians of the Galaxy team is going to be in Avengers: Infinity War. It’s been teased by the writers and later confirmed by Vin Diesel. Zoe Saldana is now talking about the highly anticipated Marvel film, and in an interview with IGN, she seemingly confirms that Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn will serve as a producer on the 2018 release. Her exact words were:

“James Gunn is a producer on [Avengers: Infinity War]. I know that he won’t ever let the integrity of what he’s created for the Guardians ever be compromised, so I’m at ease.”

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James Gunn Talked to Marvel About a Moon Knight Movie

James Gunn Talked to Marvel About a Moon Knight Movie

Though he’s knee-deep in post-production on the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, director James Gunn has revealed on Twitter that he spoke to the people at Marvel Studios about another movie idea for the MCU, specifically one for the vigilante Moon Knight. When asked if he could put the character in his upcoming sequel due to his lunar moniker, Gunn replied:
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‘Rogue One’ Answered Our Oldest Star Wars Question: Why Do Stormtroopers Have Such Bad Aim?

WARNING: Some ‘Rogue One’ spoilers follow.

“It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.” -Obi-Wan Kenobi

With its release, Rogue One answered so many questions that #StarWars fans have had for years like: Why was Luke Skywalker labeled ‘Red 5’ in A New Hope? What powered up the Death Star’s superweapon? Why did it have such a fatal weakness built into its core and why was it overlooked by the Empire?

But the most famous question (aside from who shot first) is this: Why do Stormtroopers have such bad aim? Turns out, #RogueOne may have finally answered this question, too —we just didn’t realize it. Continue reading

Tom Holland Confirms Spider-Man Will Be in AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

I think it’s always been safe to assume that Spider-Man would be back in action fighting alongside the Avengers in Joe and Anthony Russo’s Avengers: Infinity War. However, there’s been no official confirmation until now, so if any of you had any doubt, Tom Holland confirmed it in an interview with Vogue. After all, the last we heard from Holland on the matter was that Spider-Man’s inclusion in the film was “all up in the air.” Continue reading

The Uncharted Movie Script is Ready to Go!

Uncharted Movie Script is Ready to Go!

Fans who have wanted to see an Uncharted theatrical adaptation for years and years can rejoice. Joe Carnahan (Narc, The Grey) has revealed on Instagram that it’s ready to go – the Uncharted movie script is done! He says: “Done and Dusted. Now the REAL work begins. If there’s a more monstrously cool action script in Hollywood right now, I wanna read it, ‘cuz this thing is a BEAST.”

Sony Pictures previously hired Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Night at the Museum films, Real Steel) to direct the video game adaptation. Continue reading