Underworld: Blood Wars Clip Teases Advanced Lycan Weapon #movienews

Nearly four years after Underworld: Awakening, fans are finally on the verge of Underworld: Blood Wars, its direct sequel and fifth overall entry in the Underworld series that started way back in 2003. Kate Beckinsale, who has starred in four of the films, has settled into her role as the vampire Selene quite nicely, with each film proving to a reliable modest box office success (with every film nearing or surpassing the $100 million mark on smaller budgets) even if they’ve never quite caught on with critics. Regardless, Underworld: Blood Wars ad campaign has been in full swing in an attempt to draw in old and new fans alike, with images and clips being released at a frequent rate.

Now, with a little over a month to go before Underworld: Blood Wars’ theatrical release in the United States (it actually releases in other select ...

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John Goodman Joins Rupert Wyatt’s Sci-fi Film Captive State #movienews

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor, John Goodman has had a long and distinguished career. Exploding into the public consciousness with a longstanding role in Roseanne, he has worked regularly since, and recently performed in this year’s well received 10 Cloverfield Lane. Goodman already has a number of films lined up for next year, including Kong: Skull Island and The Coldest City as well as voice performances in Transformers: The Last Knight and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. At this point, it seems like nothing can slow Goodman down.

Brittish filmmaker, Rupert Wyatt hit the big time with 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes and has since made waves with the FOX television adaptation ...

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The Flash Movie Star Compares Speed Force to Star Wars’ The Force #movienews

So far, The Flash standalone movie has faced more than its fair share of setbacks during the development process. After losing original director Seth Grahame-Smith, it seemed like everything was going smoothly for the project once Dope director Rick Famuyiwa was brought on board to helm the film, with Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Billy Crudup as Henry Allen, and Ray Fisher’s Cyborg all added to the cast. Then, everything went south again when Famuyiwa departed the project over “creative differences” with the studio, leaving the film once again without a director.

Despite all that, positivity continues to surround the project, which is based off a screenplay Grahame-Smith ...

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Rogue One Embargo Lifts December 13; Premiere Will be Live-Streamed #movienews

The time has almost come for Disney and Lucasfilm to debut the latest chapter in the Star Wars universe. Unlike the previous seven films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is taking a break from the saga story and introducing audiences to the idea of standalone films in the galaxy far, far away. Lucasfilm has done its best to manage expectations for their self-proclaimed experiment, but that has not stopped Rogue One from building on the success of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens.

The movie has just now finished the post-production process, but everyone is eager to see what director Gareth Edwards and company have in store. Rogue One recently became the

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Jeff Bridges Discusses Script Difficulties on Iron Man Set #movienews

Marvel Studios and Disney just recently launched their 14th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to great success. Doctor Strange has become the highest grossing first film for a single character and in many ways is a reflection of the movie that started it all, Iron Man. Looking back at it now, Iron Man is one of, if not the single most important and impressive films that Marvel Studios has made, but at the time it was a major risk. Marvel Studios had never made a movie before, Jon Favreau was fresh off Zathura and Elf, and Robert Downey Jr. was a troubled actor struggling for work.

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Detective Pikachu Taps Goosebumps Director Rob Letterman #movienews

Earlier this year, the ultra-popular franchise Pokémon stormed its way back into the zeitgeist when the mobile app Pokémon Go caught on like wildfire and set download records. With interest in the property sky high once again, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that the film industry wanted a piece of the pie. Shortly after Pokémon Go became a worldwide phenomenon, Legendary Pictures acquired the movie rights for a live-action Pokémon flick, bringing Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch on board to pen the script. Plot details remain under wraps for now, but the project is currently known as Detective Pikachu.

With a pair of writers already hired, the most pressing priority for the studio is finding a director. There’s no shortage of filmmakers who would be capable ...

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Star Wars: Rogue One Director Reveals Easter Egg in the Film #movienews

In just a few short weeks, the Star Wars universe is set to be explored onscreen in a way that it has never been before with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first in a hopefully long line of new standalone, spin-off films set within the cinematic universe. Coming from director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla), the new film tells the story of the group of rebels responsible for stealing the Death Star plans that played such a vital role in the overall victory of the Rebel Alliance, and leads directly into the beginning of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Starring Felicity Jones in the lead role as Jyn Erso, the movie looks to be ...

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Bradley Cooper To Star In WWII Drama From Accountant Director #movienews

In recent years, Bradley Cooper has broached war films from a number of different angles. He dazzled in Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper as Chris Kyle, a tortured Navy veteran whose harrowing tours in Iraq wreaked havoc on his home life. His widely praised performance earned a Best Actor nomination at the 2015 Oscars, though he ultimately lost out to Eddie Redmayne’s performance in The Theory Of Everything.

Two years later, he lent the subject a lighter take in 2016 dramedy War Dogs. He played Henry Girard, a money-hungry arms dealer who tries to con Miles Teller’s character, David. Just before the movie’s theatrical release, news broke that he’d signed on to yet another combat-centric project, ...

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Rogue One: Felicity Jones Reveals Senior Superlatives for Star Wars characters #movienews

Star Wars has been a part of the pop culture lexicon since 1977, but its heroes and villains fill archetypes that have been around since the first stories were told. This is a large part of the series’ appeal, and the best explanation for its staying power, now nearly 40 years since its first chapter. The heroes of Star Wars can be larger than life, but in their best moments, they feel like people we know.

Star Wars has been on a trajectory towards a major modern resurgence since Disney acquired the rights to Lucasfilm in 2012. Their first chapter, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, set all-time records for the domestic box office. Releases also don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon, with a film lined up every year until at least 2019. This year’s chapter, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is ...

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Amy Adams Explains Why Playing Lois Lane is ‘Tricky’ #movienews

In comparison to other franchises, the DC Extended Universe is much younger than most. It officially began back in 2013 with Man of Steel, but this was the year that Warner Bros. and DC Films fully began to push the universe forward. Both Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad were successes in terms of the money that each made, but that did not stop them from being divisive films too. WB/DC have brought on some of the biggest names they could get for coveted roles, and that includes casting Amy Adams as Lois Lane.

Adams has made two appearance so far as Lois, a character that many comic readers have connected with over the years. In the comics, Lois is equally ...

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Fantastic Beasts Passes $500 Million at Global Box Office #movienews

J.K. Rowling’s rags to riches story is the kind of thing dreams are made of. From single mother on government assistance to uncontested queen of the literary world, Rowling has reached heights far greater than most writers—most anyone, really—could ever hope to achieve, and deservedly so.

The success of Harry Potter is staggering to consider. Through 7 books and 8 movies, Rowling oversaw the development of an empire that spread across the globe, crossing generational lines to become a bone fide phenomenon. Along the way, she amassed a fortune, with some estimates putting her personal net worth around the $1 billion mark. Popularity has yet to die down, with new generations of readers coming to the series ...

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Marvel Producer Teases Avengers: Infinity War Planning Meetings #movienews

Four years ago during the post-credits scene for The Avengers, Marvel Studios gave the first tease of Thanos. Since that point, the Mad Titan has continued to wait, plot, sit, and smirk his way to not holding any of the Infinity Stones in his possession. He made a bit of progress after Avengers: Age of Ultron when he was shown dawning the Infinity Gauntlet for the first time. So far, all but one of the Infinity Stones have been revealed, but it is only a matter of time before the last one is unveiled as Thanos is finally coming to carry out his plan himself.

Thanos will given his chance to show his power once he assembled all six Infinity Stones in 

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LEGO Batman Movie: Billy Dee Williams Voices Two-Face #movienews

The LEGO Movie was a major surprise. Here was a movie based on a toy with no discernable narrative or emotion outside of the pain of having one of the plastic pieces jab into your foot – so by all conventional logic, it shouldn’t work. Yet, under the stewardship of comedy maestros Phil Lord and Chris Miller, LEGO Movie became one of the standout films of 2014; it’s an outwardly silly movie that has real heart, a socially-focused brain and a genius screenplay.

The LEGO Batman Movie, a spin-off for the vain, Will Arnett-voiced version of the Caped Crusader, looks to be more of the same: self-deprecating jokes, relentless creativity and beautifully rendered faux-stop-motion design. The voice ...

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Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Helped Chris Pratt Deal With His Father’s Death #movienews

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 will present a whole new set of challenges for Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and the heroes. They will have new battles to deal with after defeating Ronan in the original, and it appears the Ravagers may fight back in the sequel. But perhaps the biggest conflict that will face Star-Lord is not the intergalactic kind, but the kind that happens with his own family drama.

Guardians 2 has long been built up as an exploration of what it means to be a family. A major component of the story will be Star-Lord’s relationship with his absentee father, Ego the Living Planet ...

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New Alien: Covenant Image Released for Ridley Scott’s Birthday #movienews

Ridley Scott is one greatest voices in science fiction cinema ever. Oh, he’s made many films in many different genres, but his career pillars remain 1979’s Alien and 1982’s Blade Runner. Both films expanded the language of sci-fi and have had a major impact on the genre’s modern aesthetic. He’s not lost it in the decades since either; last year’s The Martian showed that he’s still one of the best when it comes to space-based thrills.

Scott is now attempting to take things a step further, with 2017 seeing expansions of those two classics; he’s producing Blade Runner 2049 (Arrival‘s Denis Villeneuve is calling the shots) and directing the prequel Alien: Covenant. The latter, of course, isn’t his first foray ...

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Assassin’s Creed Video: The Science Behind the Animus #movienews

It’s been a long time since any video game looked as promising as Assassin’s Creed. The genuine talent in front of and behind the camera gives this one a fighting chance to flip the struggling genre up on its head. The film follows Callum Lynch (Michael Fassbender), who is used by a secret government agency to travel back to the times of his ancestors — all of whom were notorious assassins. He then becomes Aguilar de Nerha, a member of the Spanish Brotherhood in 15th Century Spain. And how he’s able to do that is through the Animus, a highly advanced virtual reality machine.

If you’ve not played the Assassin’s Creed video games, the Animus is a central part of their architecture. Players begin in the modern day, but can then travel back to various time periods — the Italian Renaissance, England’s Industrial Revolution, etc. — where they become a highly ...

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Star Wars: Tony Gilroy Made $5 Million For Rogue One Rewrites #movienews

Anticipation for this December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is at an all-time high, as evidenced by the film’s ticket pre-sale figures. However, during the summer, the discussion surrounding the spinoff film was far less enthusiastic, as new headlines about its now-infamous reshoots came out seemingly on a daily basis. Though those close to the production maintained that the pickups were always part of the plan and nothing out of the ordinary, the bevy of rumors painted a very muddled picture that concerned some fans.

During the reshoots, Lucasfilm brought Bourne franchise writer Tony Gilroy on board to pen “additional material” to help fine-tune the narrative as the studio looked to ...

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Netflix to Allow for Movie & TV Show Downloads #movienews

Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, Netflix had its humble beginnings as a DVD by mail movie rental service that quickly surpassed the abilities of brick and mortar businesses of the time – namely Blockbuster and Hollywood Video. In 2007, the company expanded their reach and offerings to include an online streaming service to all subscribers. Then, in 2013, Netflix established their own film and television production company, and with the premiere of House of Cards changed the face of modern movie and TV distribution entirely.

Boasting a library of both original and curated cineamtic productions – including multiple Marvel Studios programs, stand up comedy specials, and feature-length movies – Netflix set the course for several ...

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Rampage Will Be ‘Emotional & Scary'; Includes Original Game’s Monsters #movienews

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson continues to work hard and expand his portfolio to encompass all manner of movies and TV shows – having most recently added the animated Disney musical Moana to his resume. The wrestler-turned actor also has a superhero/comic book movie in his future as well as a video game adaptation, in the forms of Shazam and Rampage, respectively. There’s not been much in the way of new information of late to report on the former (which will costar Johnson as the villain Black Adam), but the Rock’s latter project is currently picking up speed.

New Line has now scheduled Rampage to open in theaters in April of 2018, meaning that production on the film should be getting underway within the first third ...

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Star Wars: Rogue One Finishes Post-Production #movienews

After months of hype (and years of speculation prior to that), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is now just a few weeks away, and December 16th can’t come soon enough. The story of how the Rebels stole the plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon has been gradually getting more and more interest, making it look like Disney’s risky move away from traditional Skywalker films into anthology movies may just pay off.

Of course, it’s not been all plain solar-sailing. The post-production period has been by most reports a troubled one, with suggestions that Lucasfilm weren’t pleased with the film’s direction making way for lengthy reshoots and later talk of director Gareth Edwards taking a backseat in his editing room. None ...

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Power Rangers: First Look at Alpha 5 Revealed #movienews

Lionsgate and Saban’s 2017 Power Rangers movie is a big screen reboot of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show and the Power Rangers property in general. Between the official images and the trailer footage released so far, longtime Power Ranger now understand that this film is indeed a proper re-imagining of the franchise – one that puts a more grounded, yet stylish stamp on the original mythology, similar to what Power Rangers director Dean Israelite did with such fantastical concepts as time-travel in his feature length debut, the found-footage adventure Project Almanac.

So far, the new designs of the Power Rangers costumes have been unveiled, along with the new look for their arch-nemesis: the extraterrestrial sorceress, Rita Repulsa (as played ...

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Star Wars: Rogue One Ticket Pre-Sales Highest Of 2016 #movienews

Just one year after Star Wars: The Force Awakens became the biggest movie event in recent memory, audiences will once again return to the galaxy far, far away in the spinoff/prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It entered 2016 as the most anticipated film as voted by viewers, and that status has not changed over the past 12 months. Lucasfilm has pieced together another strong marketing campaign, as fans have responded positively to the various trailers and TV spots that tease an emotionally-riveting war drama in space.

Though Disney has downplayed the project’s commercial expectations, the buzz and sense of excitement surrounding Rogue One has set it up for a very lucrative box ...

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Office Christmas Party Clips Tease Holiday Mixer Comedy #movienews

This season, Office Christmas Party will arrive to shake up holiday cinema’s typically PG lineup with a hefty dose of raunchy, adults-only humor. The forthcoming comedy comes from R-rated masterminds Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (Bad Moms, 21 & Over), who lend a Hangover-style twist to an innocent after work bash that quickly snowballs into a sordid bacchanal.

The film is toplined by a batch of Hollywood vets: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Kate McKinnon, Olivia Munn, and TJ Miller all hold spots on the ensemble roster. Aniston stars as Carol Vanstone, a cold-hearted CEO who arrives at the struggling corporate branch helmed by her brother, Clay (Miller), to shut it down for good. He talks her into giving him a last-ditch chance to woo an affluent potential client, and decides an invite to their epic office party is the only way to seal the deal. Cue ...

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Spider-Man: Homecoming Director Shares Tom Holland Mo-Cap Video #movienews

Tom Holland’s take on Peter Parker/Spider-Man was met with rapturous applause from both critics and fans alike when he made his onscreen debut earlier this year in Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. Now, Holland is set to reprise the role once again in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, the first in a hopefully long line of co-productions from Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, which will also feature the appearances of a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe mainstays, including Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark. After years of fans wishing for a better onscreen version of the beloved character, it seems fair to say that Marvel and Sony’s deal for the character is paying off in ...

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Star Wars: Rogue One Video Shows How U-Wing Fighter Was Made #movienews

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the kind of movie that should evoke plenty of familiarity with the franchise. Set just before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Rogue One is a story that demands continuity with the original. Darth Vader and the Death Star are obvious parallels between the two movies, but there will be other familiar faces and popular elements of the original Star Wars, right down to the weapons and vehicles.

Despite the presence of X-Wing fighters in Rogue One, as there is in every movie in the Star Wars franchise, the makers also wanted to bring something fresh to ...

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La La Land Video Examines the Film’s Songs & Music #movienews

Some of the most iconic moments in cinema history come from musicals. Whether it be West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain or even Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the genre is renowned for its ability to wrap up an audience in elaborate song and dance numbers. And while musicals come few and far between these days, there’s always a few that manage to find the spotlight. That couldn’t be more true for Damian Chizelle’s upcoming film, La La Land. Starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the musical follows a jazz singer and an aspiring actress during their time in Los Angeles.

Ever since La La Land won the coveted People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year, the critical buzz has skyrocketed. The last few months have featured a wealth of trailers, TV spots and featurettes that showcase ...

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Manchester by the Sea Named Best of 2016 by National Board of Review #movienews

2016 is shaping up to have a competitive awards season as we enter into the final weeks of the year. With independent awards shows like the Gotham Awards honoring some of the best films of the year, and more and more critic nominations being announced, it’s almost time — for those of you who pay attention to these things — to start building your annual Oscar ballots. With a number of major contenders still set to be released, like La La Land, Silence, Patriot’s Day, and Hidden Figures, December is setting itself up to be one of the biggest months of the year, for both casual moviegoers ...

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The Secret Life of Pets Gets An Honest Trailer #movienews

Honest Trailers has become a comedy institution on YouTube. Combining clever self-aware commentary on the disposable nature of movie advertising and effectively presenting mini-reviews of recent films in the format of a trailer-parody, it’s become impossible to see trailers for noteworthy blockbusters and not think “What will the Honest Trailers people make of this?”

Now, we have an answer for another big release: The Secret Life of Pets. The Secret Life of Pets was a big commercial success for Illumination Entertainment – which is looking to strike gold again this winter holiday season with the film Sing! – and critics were largely positive in their responses – with some notable caveats. The movie was taken to task for its overly familiar story and the perceived waste of its eclectic voice cast. As expected, the movie’s Honest Trailer zeroes in on those flaws, but also ...

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Star Wars: Kathleen Kennedy Says She Doesn’t Need To Cater To Male Fans #movienews

With the debut of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just a couple of weeks away, there’s plenty of speculation on how the standalone tale of the rebels who stole the original Death Star plans will fare with audiences. While the 1970s/80s Star Wars trilogy could be considered to have an ensemble cast with a trio of leads — Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo — the main story centered on Luke’s journey. Now, nearly 40 years later, the latest movies in the Star Wars universe feature ensemble casts with the most focus on the main female character.

Last year’s The Force Awakens was a triumphant return for the franchise, earning over ...

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