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Superhero Bits: The Zack Snyder Oscars Controversy, The Boys Season 3 Poster & More IDW By Ryan Scott/May 13, 2022 4:04 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Put Crews in the movies! NBCUniversal Cosmic Rewind is a reverse-launch “storycoaster” with 360-degree rotating cars and a ride narrative involving the Nova Corps, a Celestial named Eson, and of course, the Guardians of the Galaxy themselves. It will occupy the former Universe of Energy building at Epcot. Universe of Energy was an opening-day attraction that closed on the same day as the Great Movie Ride at Hollywood Studios back in 2017....

Controlling Raptors (Jurassic World) Universal Author Michael Crichton’s concept for his original “Jurassic Park” novel was focused on how the genetic engineering of dinosaurs would be most applicable toward an entertainment venture, given how otherwise “there isn’t any pressing need to re-create a dinosaur,” as the writer explained. 2015’s “Jurassic World” took that concept and ran with it, the titular theme park acting as a payoff to not just Crichton’s concept but “Jurassic Park” the movie, with the dream of John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) fully realized....

The Creepiest Horror Movie Masks Ever Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/June 21, 2022 10:00 am EST Where would a movie serial killer be without a good mask? Well, prison. They’d probably be in prison. Because they would have been easily identified and apprehended. They also wouldn’t have a reputation for being so horrifying and creepy had their intended victims been able to see their faces. A mask makes a killer inscrutable, mysterious, inhuman....

The Daily Stream: Slither Is The Alien Horror-Romance That Invaded My Heart Universal Pictures By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 14, 2022 5:00 pm EST The Movie: “Slither” Where You Can Stream It: STARZ The Pitch: Before he was making big-budget blockbusters like “The Suicide Squad” and “Guardians of the Galaxy,” writer and director James Gunn made a couple of smaller, personal films that reflected his beginnings working at shock exploitation movie studio Troma....

The Disney+ Willow Series Lands A Game Of Thrones Star HBO By Eric Vespe/April 14, 2022 8:24 am EST While we still don’t have a solid premiere date for the Disney+ “Willow” series, only that it’s supposed to debut sometime this year, but we’re still finding out interesting casting tidbits. According to Deadline, the latest name to join the continuation of the story begun by George Lucas and Ron Howard in 1988 is Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, who “Game of Thrones” fans will recognize as Tyene Sand, one of the warrior women of Dorne known as “The Sand Snakes....

The Pitch For National Treasure Was Almost Too Out-There For Nicolas Cage Buena Vista Pictures By Steven Ward/May 18, 2022 9:46 am EST Nicolas Cage has stepped into the shoes of some pretty bizarre characters over the course of his career. Starting with “Vampire’s Kiss” in 1988 as douchey literary agent who starts to believe he’s a vampire, the actor has gone on to portray twin Andy Kaufmans, a sociopath who steals the face of his rival, a treasure hunter who steals the Declaration of Independence, and a misogynistic police-man who takes on a pagan matriarchy....

A Farewell To Arms MGM Studios According to Neumeier, the scene where Murphy is shot to death by Boddicker and his gang saddled the film with an X-rating … multiple times. After all, it’s a scene where the main character is gruesomely blown to pieces: “The interesting thing about this film is that we got an X-rating eight times and finally we had to cut a scene which I didn’t even think looked particularly good....

Homer Simpson and his pals unionized, too 20th Television Animation IATSE made headlines last year when it almost went on strike, a move that could have resulted in widespread production shutdowns in Hollywood had a deal between it and producers not been hammered out at the last minute. With the production workers on “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” and “American Dad” winning voluntary recognition to form their union, IATSE and TAG are building on advances they have made for workers on other animated shows like “Solar Opposites” and “Rick and Morty....

The Thor: Love And Thunder Trailer Offers Our First Look At Russell Crowe As Zeus Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/April 18, 2022 11:35 am EST Wake up, babe, a new Marvel trailer just dropped! After leaving fans in the dark for several months beyond the point when the marketing cycle for highly-anticipated superhero movies usually kicks in, the studio finally saw fit to release our first official look at “Thor: Love and Thunder” only 3 months before the sequel makes its way into theaters....

The Very Sam Raimi Doctor Strange Joke You Probably Missed Marvel Studios By Witney Seibold/May 6, 2022 8:48 am EST If you know anything about director Sam Raimi — apart from his penchant for snap-zooms, affinity for splatstick horror comedy, and skill at ecstatic genre filmmaking — you know that he’s a working-class guy from Michigan. He was born in a town called Royal Oak, a suburb of Detroit, and attended high school in Beverly Hills, Michigan, before attending college in East Lansing....

There’s More Than A Little Of Bill Hader In His Barry Character HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 19, 2022 1:37 pm EST Though the titular assassin-turned-actor in HBO’s phenomenal hit comedy “Barry” isn’t exactly the most relatable protagonist on TV, he’s still someone audiences can connect with. Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) is a killer, not because he wants to be, but because he doesn’t know what else he can do. Who among us hasn’t at one point or another felt like we’re not reaching our full potential?...

Triangle Of Sadness Review: A Biting And Hysterical Satire [Cannes] Cannes By Rafael Motamayor/May 21, 2022 5:26 pm EST “Tringle of Sadness” is an utterly hilarious satire told in three acts, each more ludicrous than the last. For his English-language debut, Ruben Östlund brings together a fantastic ensemble cast to tell a story with biting commentary on class that explodes into absolute chaos. Though the film is a bit too long and peaks a bit in its second act, this could become this year’s big social-commentary film that gets horribly misinterpreted by Hollywood types, even if Östlund spells out the message several times during the film’s two-and-a-half-hour runtime....

Upcoming Historical Dramas To Keep On Your Radar Focus Features By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 4, 2022 12:26 pm EST Generally speaking, modern historical dramas tend to get a bad rap for being stuffy Oscar bait. That unflattering reputation isn’t entirely unwarranted, either. Every time awards season rolls around, theaters and streaming services are suddenly flooded with period pieces hoping to appeal to members of the Academy, be they fictional or based on real events....

What Alien’s Xenomorph Originally Looked Like Whatever you prefer to call it — the Alien, the Xenomorph, or the Chestburster — the monster of Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is, at the bare minimum, one of the top five most iconic movie monsters. The creature has appeared in many films since “Alien,” but the original was played by Bolaji Badejo; everything about the actor, besides his imposing 6'10 frame, was concealed beneath a costume....

Where Peacemaker Fits In The Suicide Squad Timeline Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 13, 2022 9:00 am EST The HBO Max series “Peacemaker” has now debuted its first three episodes on HBO Max. The series, from the twisted mind of writer and director James Gunn, will follow John Cena’s Peacemaker character, who is based on the hard-hitting vigilante from DC Comics. But when does “Peacemaker” take place, and where does it fall on “The Suicide Squad” timeline?...

‘V/H/S 94’ Will Revive The ‘V/H/S’ Horror Franchise By Chris Evangelista/June 22, 2020 1:30 pm EST The V/H/S franchise will live again with V/H/S 94. The latest entry in the horror anthology series hails from writer and producer David Bruckner, with Simon Barrett, Timo Tjahjanto, and Chloe Okuno currently set to direct segments. V/H/S 94 will take a different approach than its predecessors, with each individual story ultimately telling a single narrative....

Author Kyle Buchanan On The Wild And True Story Of Making Mad Max: Fury Road; Read An Excerpt [Interview] Warner Bros. By Ben Pearson/Feb. 22, 2022 1:21 pm EST “Mad Max: Fury Road” is undeniable. It’s one of the most bombastic, breakneck, dangerous, jaw-dropping, and downright ambitious movies ever made, and the story of how it came together is just as compelling as the movie itself. In his new book, “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road,” New York Times writer Kyle Buchanan interviewed director George Miller, stars Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy, and over 150 more people involved with the making of the movie, resulting in an extensive oral history which details their unbelievable and unforgettable experiences bringing this unlikely masterpiece to life....

Benediction Director Terence Davies Hasn’t Found Redemption [Interview] Roadside Attractions By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 3, 2022 4:45 pm EST “Benediction” is a film about a man on the cusp of happiness. He yearns for so much: love, acceptance, redemption. But he only skirts around them, and never receives them, in one of the great quiet tragedies of this year. Terence Davies (“A Quiet Passion”) writes and directs “Benediction,” a biographical drama about one of the most celebrated Great War poets, Siegfried Sassoon, renowned for his anti-war sentiments and his association with the Bright Young Things — the group of moneyed socialites in 1920s London — as well as his long-hidden homosexuality....

Black Adam And DC League Of Super Pets Get Delayed Warner Bros By Shania Russell/March 9, 2022 3:18 pm EST The hierarchy of summer blockbusters is about to change! Dwayne Johnson, whom I presume is now head of DC public relations, took to Instagram with some “BIG & EXCITING NEWS coming out of our movie industry.” Don’t let the capital letters and jolly spirit fool you, this probably isn’t the kind of news that will leave you in high spirits....