Zack Snyder Confirms Cyborg Easter Egg in Batman V Superman #movienews

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice director Zack Snyder has confirmed that the sports story Clark Kent was supposed to be covering in the movie was actually about Victor Stone’s football career, before he became Cyborg. The reveal comes in the wake of both Snyder and Cyborg actor Ray Fisher sharing photos from a Justice League scene that featured Victor playing a football game, which was only briefly shown in the final cut of the movie.

Fans who want to believe in the existence, and eventual release, of a “Snyder Cut” of Justice League were buoyed by Fisher and Snyder’s both urging people to “believe” in ...

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Rumor Patrol: Wonder Woman 2 Considering Riz Ahmed for Role #movienews

The latest hot casting rumor for Wonder Woman 2 is that Riz Ahmed (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) was (and may still be) in consideration for one of the two key main roles. Narcos star Pedro Pascal was recently cast in the role of a “slippery con man” for the sequel, which is set to begin filming this summer, and earlier this month director Patty Jenkins confirmed that Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) will be playing the movie’s villain, Cheetah.

Wonder Woman was a major success for Warner Bros. last year, scoring the highest domestic gross of the DC Extended Universe so ...

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Zack Snyder Wants You to Believe in the Snyder Cut #movienews

Zack Snyder may have dropped his biggest hint about the existence of the Snyder Cut yet. The road to the release of Justice League is a complicated story, and the full details are still slowly coming out, but the one thing that’s been made abundantly clear is that the Joss Whedon reshoots resulted in a theatrical cut that was completely different from what Zack Snyder originally intended before he was fired from the project.

A number of significant changes were made, including brighter lighting and an over-saturated color palate; the addition of more jokes and one-liners; a new ending that didn’t set up Zack Snyder’s ...

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Ron Howard Offers Peek at Solo’s Massive TIE Fighter Battle #movienews

Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard has shared a photo from the VFX review of the movie at Skywalker Ranch, which shows the massive TIE fighter battle we caught a glimpse of in the first teaser trailer. Howard has had quite a challenge on his hands with this movie, as he was brought in to reshoot a great deal of it after original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller departed the project due to creative differences, three weeks before the end of principal photography.

The movie stars Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as a young Han Solo and touches on the key moments in his early life: meeting Chewbacca ...

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Mary Poppins Returns: Emily Blunt Was ‘Frozen With Fear’ Over Role #movienews

Emily Blunt reveals she was absolutely terrified at the proposition of playing the marvelously magical nanny in Mary Poppins Returns, admitting the idea of filling Julie Andrews’ shoes was utterly intimidating to her. The film follows up on Robert Steven’s 1964 classic film, Mary Poppins, itself loosely based on P.L. Travers’ novel series. Blunt stars in Mary Poppins Returns alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda (Jack), Meryl Streep (Topsy-Turvy Poppins), Ben Whishaw (Michael Banks), and Emily Mortimer (Jane Banks).

Dick Van Dyke will be returning to the franchise, still up to his wild chimney-sweeping ways – but as Mr. Dawes Jr., not Sr. Meanwhile, Andrews graciously declined an invitation to make ...

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Dwayne Johnson’s Fast & Furious Spinoff May Film in Hawaii & UK #movienews

It looks like Dwayne Johnson’s Fast and Furious spinoff – frequently referred to as Hobbs & Shaw – has taken some important steps towards production. A new report suggests that David Leitch (Deadpool 2) is tapped to direct, a precise date has been set for the first day of shooting, and that three destinations have already been locked in for filming locations.

With Johnson’s law enforcement agent Luke Hobbs instantly becoming a fan favorite when he first appeared in Fast Five, it was no surprise that his role was expanded upon in all future entries in the action-packed franchise. This was especially obvious ...

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Doctor Strange Writer Confirms Sequel Villain & Story Details #movienews

Stephen Strange will be battling Nightmare in Doctor Strange 2, according to the first film’s writer. Marvel Studios opened up a new corner to the Marvel Cinematic Universe when Benedict Cumberbatch finally brought the future Sorcerer Supreme onto the big screen in 2016. Directed by Scott Derrickson, Doctor Strange was a moderate success at the box office, which presumably would garner a sequel, but Marvel is being cagey on confirming anything involving Doctor Strange 2.

Cumberbatch is going to be heavily featured in both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 either way, so a sequel’s chances are based on the assumptions that he makes it out alive. Derrickson and Robert C. Cargill, who ...

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Netflix Reportedly In Talks To Buy Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp #movienews

Netflix is reportedly in talks to acquire Luc Besson’s company EuropaCorp. Besson founded the company in 1996 and has been using it to both produce and distribute films ever since. Besson has directed his own films through the company since 2005’s French-language fantasy movie Angel-A, and most recently with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, as well as any future  project the filmmaker has on the horizon.

However, Netflix has recently swooped in to discuss a potential partnership with EuropaCorp for Besson to produce and/or direct mid-range-budget films and distribute them via the streaming giant. EuropaCorp mulled the deal with Netflix in order to shoulder the burden of recent ...

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Ready Player One Heading for $53 Million Opening Weekend #movienews

Things are looking good for Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi adventure Ready Player One, which scored $17 million at the Friday box office, and is expected to gross $53 million in its opening weekend. The movie stars Tye Sheridan as Wade/Parzival, a pop culture obsessive who goes on a quest to find a hidden Easter Egg in the virtual world of the OASIS. The movie is set in a future where the real world is ugly, polluted and overpopulated, and people find escape from this misery in virtual reality.

It was difficult to predict how well Ready Player One would perform at the box office in the lead-up to its release. Though ...

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The Avengers’ Zak Penn Says Writing For Marvel Was Considered ‘Risky’ #movienews

Zak Penn was told that writing The Avengers for Marvel Studios might kill his career. Such a declaration seems insane in these days when the Marvel Cinematic Universe is shattering box-office records left and right, but working with the newly formed Marvel Studios back in 2007 (before Iron Man even released) was seen as “risky” by many Hollywood insiders.

Penn, for his part, seems to have thrived on such risks. The writer/director got his start co-writing the first script for The Last Action Hero and was fired when the project switched studios. Despite this, Penn went on to get a small acting role in the movie in defiance of conventional wisdom and unwisely told ...

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Rumor: Jessica Chastain Playing Miss Sinister In X-Men: Dark Phoenix #movienews

Jessica Chastain’s mystery role in X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have finally been revealed. Far from playing an intergalactic warlord, she may actually be portraying the villainous Miss Sinister.

Back in August last year, Jessica Chastain confirmed that she was joining the X-Men franchise as the villain of Dark Phoenix. There were initial reports that she was playing Lilandra, the Shi’ar Empress who condemns Jean Grey to death in the classic Dark Phoenix Saga. Little by little, though, it’s become clear that Fox’s adaptation won’t be strictly true to the original comics. In September, Chastain teased that she isn’t Lilandra at all. Her mystery role ...

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Giant Jabba’s Sail Barge Star Wars Toy Fully Backed on HasLab #movienews

Hasbro’s crowdfunding project to make a massive toy replica of Jabba’s Sail Barge from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi has earned the minimum number of financial backers needed to go into production. Hasbro, of course, has been the chief action figure licensee for Star Wars toys since it merged with toymaker Kenner in 2000, and has produced 3 3/4-inch scale figures, vehicles and other products for every Star Wars film since.

And while Hasbro has created such vehicles as Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing Fighter, Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon and the Galactic Empire’s AT-AT, no Star Wars toy has approached the enormity of Jabba’s Sail Barge (aka the Khetanna), which was ...

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Cameron Diaz Says She’s ‘Actually Retired’ From Acting #movienews

Five years after being named the highest-paid actress in Hollywood over 40, Cameron Diaz is calling it quits. The 45-year-old has reportedly retired, but there just may be a Hollywood twist.

It’s been nearly a quarter-century since Diaz made her feature film debut in 1994’s The Mask. Playing opposite Jim Carrey, the actress was suddenly a hot topic of pop culture conversations, and she maintained a steady working career throughout the 90s, culminating in arguably her most iconic role as the title character in the Farrelly Brothers’ 1998 comedy There’s Something About Mary. Not only is the film widely regarded as one of cinema’s most hilarious productions, but Diaz also earned critical acclaim for her performance ...

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New Mutants Reshoots Reportedly Inspired By IT’s Success #movienews

The latest news regarding the troubled production of The New Mutants claims the success of IT is to blame for the film’s change in tone and reshoots. With FOX’s The New Mutants drawing from the comics of the ’80s, it was always assumed there would be some horror elements. Characters like Magik and the villainous Demon Bear spoke to this idea, but early talk of a film akin to The Shining made a psychological thriller seem a more apt genre. That all changed when the first trailer for The New Mutants dropped and teased a full-blown horror movie with mutant teens in tow.

Costumes, superpowers, and any idea of a team weren’t involved, with the film looking ...

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Uwe Boll is Upset About Dwayne Johnson’s Rampage Movie #movienews

Schlock filmmaker Uwe Boll has called on Warner Bros. to rename Dwayne Johnson’s Rampage, claiming the movie infringes on the brand he established with his own film of the same title. Released in 2009, Boll’s Rampage concerns a man building a suit of armor and going on a bloody revenge spree. The director would create two sequels, 2014’s Rampage: Capital Punishment and 2016’s Rampage: President Down. Though Boll has a reputation as the worst director in the world, critics actually gave him some love on Rampage, calling it maybe his only good film.

As anyone can see, Boll’s three Rampage movies have nothing whatsoever in common plot-wise with Dwayne Johnson’s Rampage. Based on ...

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New Mutants Post-Credits Scene Actor Possibly Revealed #movienews

An interesting new report regarding the behind-the-scenes issues of Fox’s The New Mutants claims a fan-favorite character was all set to appear, played by an actor who’s long been rumored to join a comic book film. Next month was supposed to bring with it the first of FOX’s three X-Men movies this year, but a lot has changed in the past few months. After The New Mutants was pushed back a whole year, news broke this week that X-Men: Dark Phoenix won’t arrive until 2019. What’s more, The New Mutants once again had its release date changed.

The reason behind the original move was said to be about making The New Mutants scarier. But given how ...

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Captain Marvel Set Photos Show Brie Larson in Military Training #movienews

The latest set photos for Captain Marvel show star Brie Larson being put through her paces as part of some military training. Though Captain Marvel won’t appear in Avengers: Infinity War when it arrives next month (at least, not outside of a post-credits scene), she will be headlining her own solo Marvel Cinematic Universe movie in about a year. Having nearly joined the MCU a few times already, Carol Danvers will be featured front and center in her own film – one that finds her in the middle of an intergalactic war, back in the 1990s.

Since neither Captain Marvel – a powerful superhero in her own right – ...

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Solo’s Opening Weekend Predictions Rival Rogue One’s #movienews

Long-range tracking for Solo: A Star Wars Story’s opening weekend indicates a debut in the neighborhood of Rogue One‘s $155 million. Lucasfilm’s second Star Wars anthology has been the subject of much conversation for the better part of a year – mostly for all the wrong reasons. As many know by now, Solo underwent an unprecedented director switch with Ron Howard replacing the fired Phil Lord & Chris Miller last June (four months into filming). The Oscar winner wasn’t just brought onboard to round out the last three weeks of principal photography; Howard reportedly reshot nearly all of the movie, which doubled the budget.

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Avengers: Infinity War Directors Share Captain Marvel Fan Art #movienews

Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo have shared fan art of Brie Larson as Captain Marvel to their social media accounts. Marvel Comics fans have been waiting years to see Carol Danvers show up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but to no avail. Joss Whedon has early plans to introduce Captain Marvel at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron, but that never actually came close to happening. Even after the Captain Marvel solo movie was officially added to the MCU’s Phase 3 slate, it was subsequently pushed back after Infinity War when Spider-Man: Homecoming was added to the docket. Even the initial plan for Captain Marvel to appear ...

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Avengers: Infinity War Japanese Poster Lines Up the MCU’s Finest #movienews

With less than a month before the release of Avengers: Infinity War, a new Japanese poster unites Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against Thanos. Though it’s been ten years in the making, the culmination of the MCU to date has almost begun. While we don’t yet know the story or scope of the Phase 4-ending Avengers 4, next month’s Avengers: Infinity War looks ready to drastically alter the landscape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There are a lot of characters to juggle and plenty of story arcs to both finish and begin, in addition to Thanos playing the lead in a MCU film for the first time.

While the Mad Titan will make his way to earth ...

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Spider-Man: Matt Damon Reportedly Passed On Homecoming 2 Villain Role #movienews

Matt Damon reportedly was being looked at for the villain role in Spider-Man: Homecoming 2. Marvel Studios and Sony are continuing their partnership after Spider-Man: Homecoming was a big hit at the box office. Tom Holland’s take on Peter Parker has quickly been accepted by fans, and Spider-Man’s becoming an even bigger part of the MCU’s future. His standalone sequel picks up right after Avengers 4, and it looks like it will take the young web-slinger overseas.

The reasoning for Spidey’s international adventure is reportedly tied to the villain. Based on the Homecoming 2 villain casting descriptions, Marvel and Sony are still looking to find their next big ...

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Bill & Ted 3 Crew Offer Update, Tease ‘News That Will Stick’ Soon #movienews

Bill & Ted 3 remains a very distinct possibility, and fans will hopefully soon hear “news that will stick.” The update comes from original Bill & Ted stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, and screenwriters Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon.

The first film in the franchise, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, was released in 1989 and presciently tapped into slacker/stoner culture, offering a slightly airier take on Back to the Future. Reeves and Winter starred as the two titular best buds, who find a time-traveling phone booth that lets them explore the distant past (and hopefully pass history, graduate high school, and become rock stars, all while honing ...

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Pixar’s Incredibles 2 Short Bao Gets First Look Images #movienews

Pixar’s latest short film, Bao, will screen in front of The Incredibles 2 this summer – get a look at the short with two new images. Pixar shorts have become a welcome and expected part of seeing any of the animation studio’s releases in theaters. A number of the shorts have been nominated at the Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, and some have gone on to win the category, including Piper, the short that screened with Finding Dory in 2016.

Of course, there was some controversy with the “short film” that screened in front of Pixar’s last release, Coco. Though Coco received rave reviews from critics, casual moviegoers complained so much ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Emergency Heart Surgery #movienews

Beloved action star Arnold Schwarzenegger underwent emergency open-heart surgery at Cedars-Sinai. This followed complications during a replacement of his catheter valve – a procedure that is somewhat experimental.

Born in Austria and immigrating to the United States at the age of 21, Schwarzenegger was held up by many as the quintessential example of the American Dream made reality. An athletic youth, Schwarzenegger chose to focus on bodybuilding over soccer and soon found himself winning awards at professional competitions, becoming the youngest Mr. Universe ever at the age of 20. He had dreams of following in the footsteps of his idols Steve Reeves and Reg Park – bodybuilders who had gone into acting.  Schwarzenegger would go on to surpass his boyhood idols, first ...

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Exclusive: John Cena Says Knight Rider Reboot Script is Amazing #movienews

John Cena provides an update on the in-development Knight Rider reboot, telling us he hopes the project comes into fruition soon. Cena, who has grown his own brand since exploding onto the WWE scene in 2002, gave Screen Rant an update on the live-action adaptation of the Duke Nukem video game franchise that rumors attached him to earlier this year. Here, while promoting Blockers and while Cena took some time away from his preparation to take on the Undertaker in next month’s Wrestlemania 34 in New Orleans and gave us some insight into another revival project: Knight Rider.

Last August, Screen Rant broke the news that

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Jurassic Park: Jeff Goldblum Says Ian Malcolm Was Almost Cut #movienews

Jeff Goldblum has revealed the Ian Malcolm character was almost cut out of the script for Jurassic Park – until he lobbied for the role to stay. Ian Malcolm is a mathematician who is invited to visit the park before it opens and offer his opinion on the ethics of cloning dinosaurs – before all hell breaks loose. Goldblum’s wry performance and quotable dialogue made him an audience favorite and the character was upgraded to a leading role for the sequel.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park finds Malcolm manipulated into visiting the original island where the dinosaurs were cloned, and again running into – and often away from – ...

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Jurassic World 3: Spielberg Confirms Colin Trevorrow As Director #movienews

Colin Trevorrow has just been confirmed as the director for Jurassic World 3. The filmmaker called the shots on the first film in the trilogy, which broke box office records upon its release in the summer of 2015. Trevorrow was able to parlay that success into an opportunity to helm Star Wars: Episode IX for Lucasfilm, but was taken off that project last fall due to creative differences with the studio. He has remained involved with the Jurassic franchise while all that was going down, co-writing the script for this summer’s Fallen Kingdom (which is is also an executive producer on).

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Cargo Trailer: Martin Freeman Fights To Protect His Daughter From Zombies #movienews

Martin Freeman is a father desperately trying to find a home for his infant daughter in the upcoming zombie movie Cargo. Stories about zombies are a dime a dozen nowadays, what with The Walking Dead still among the most popular franchises pulling audiences in on television and in comics. While that series has gotten a little long in the tooth, the genre itself seems one filmmakers want to turn to again and again, sometimes adding little touches here and there to make the story stand out amidst the wave of projects about the undead and the ostensible end of the world.

Cargo is one of those films with just enough of a twist on the usual zombie movie setup to warrant a watch. The new film starring Freeman sees him as a father racing against time after being infected with he virus ...

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Nobody Is Replacing Carrie Fisher As Princess Leia In Star Wars 9 #movienews

Recently, an internet petition campaigning for Meryl Streep to take over the role of General Leia Organa in Star Wars: Episode IX gained traction, but it is nothing more than a pipe dream and shouldn’t be taken very seriously. The late great Carrie Fisher portrayed Leia over five films in the franchise, but her tragic passing in December 2016 raised some questions about Leia’s future in the saga. Though Fisher had completed all of her scenes for The Last Jedi, she was supposed to be even more of a factor in Star Wars 9 – just like Force Awakens was ...

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How Ready Player One’s [SPOILER] Scene Came To Be #movienews

SPOILERS For Ready Player One Ahead.

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Ready Player One screenwriter Zak Penn has explained how his first movie inspired the surprise homage to The Shining. Ready Player One is a movie steeped in pop culture references, with nods to everything from Mortal Kombat to Batman and Halo. Some of these Easter Eggs are obvious, but some are buried deep in the background for audiences to find on subsequent viewings.

One of the less obvious nods goes to Last Action Hero, a 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger star vehicle. The movie was a meta-parody of the action genre, but despite heavy marketing and promotion, the film lost ...

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Deadpool Finds The Easter Egg In New Poster #movienews

Another new Deadpool 2 poster has been released just in time for the holiday weekend. Given the runaway success of the first film, there was never any doubt that the sequel to Deadpool would do well at the box office. But with the movie jumping from the relatively quiet February release window of the original to the crowded beginning of blockbuster season, Deadpool 2 is tracking below the first film. Fans will head out in droves to see the film regardless, but with so much competition surrounding it things might not go as well this year for the Merc with the Mouth.

To continue drumming up excitement for the movie, star Ryan Reynolds and Fox ...

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Ready Player One’s Hidden Last Action Hero Reference #movienews

Ready Player One screenwriter Zak Penn has explained how a reference to Last Action Hero ended up in the movie – despite his wishes. Ready Player One is based on the bestselling book by Ernest Cline, and the story finds the main character exploring a vast virtual reality world dubbed the OASIS in search of three keys. Both the book – and subsequent movie adaptation – are littered with pop culture references, including Back To The Future, Alien and The Iron Giant.

Last Action Hero was a 1993 meta-comedy that focused on a teenager being sucked into an action movie. It was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first movie since Terminator ...

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Todd McFarlane Celebrates Spawn’s Ready Player One Cameo #movienews

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Todd McFarlane’s Spawn made a welcome return in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, and now the character’s creator is celebrating the return to form.

Tye Sheridan plays uber-nerd Wade Watts, who is transported into the VR world known as the Oasis. Here, you can be literally anyone (or anything you want to be), leading to the movie’s many references to pop culture. From Clark Kent to Back to the Future, Transformers to Freddy Kreuger, is anything even relevant if it doesn’t make a cameo in Ready Player One? There some pretty easy ones to notice, however, audiences will have to look pretty hard to find ...

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Justice League Art: Final Battle Originally Featured ‘Apokolips’ on Earth #movienews

The DCEU’s Justice League was a movie mired in problems, but new concept art shows Zack Snyder’s completely different idea for Steppenwolf’s final battle on Earth.

No quite uniting the Seven, Snyder and Joss Whedon combined the efforts of the DCEU since 2013 and brought the infamous League of heroes to theaters for their first ever live-action outing. Instead of being a blockbuster affair that solidified the DCEU as big competition for its Marvel counterpart, Warner Bros. dropped the ball with one of the most divisive superhero movies in living memory. However, as Snyder’s vision for the climax shows, it all could’ve been completely different.

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Avengers: Infinity War Sets China Release Date #movienews

Avengers: Infinity War sets Chinese release date on May 11.

The 19th installment in the famed MCU series and Marvel Studios’ celebratory offering for its 10th year anniversary, the epic blockbuster will begin the culmination of the franchise with the introduction of Mad Titan Thanos – the most dangerous adversary that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will face. In a race towards six magical Infinity Stones, the Avengers, with the help of their brand new allies, need a game plan to foil the intergalactic villain’s universe-altering plans. But first, they need to come together, set aside their personal issues if ...

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Greatest Showman Director Offers Naruto Live-Action Movie Update #movienews

Given the massive popularity of Naruto as both manga and anime, it was no surprise to see that the property was being made subject to a live-action movie adaptation. After all, it’s one of the most successful series ever, pulling in fans around the world through its story of Naruto Uzumaki and leading to multiple cross-media adaptations.

Back in 2015, Lionsgate then confirmed that a live-action Naruto movie was in development. With The Greatest Showman director Michael Gracey on board to direct, things then went a little quiet as work began on the film. Fans of the manga and anime were then left wondering exactly how this adaptation was going to turn out, and ...

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Tommyknockers: IT & Conjuring Producers Team For Stephen King Adaptation #movienews

Stephen King’s novel The Tommyknockers is coming to the screen in a new adaptation from the producers of The Conjuring and IT. Last year was a banner year for King adaptations, headed up by the movie version of IT, which grossed more than $700 million worldwide. The year also saw feature adaptations of King’s The Dark Tower, Gerald’s Game, and 1922, as well as series versions of Mr. Mercedes and The Mist. And the Stephen King adaptation train looks like it won’t be losing steam any time soon.

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Mark Hamill Prefers Chronological Star Wars Viewing Order #movienews

Mark Hamill has weighed in on the great Star Wars viewing order debate. Since its humble beginnings in 1977, the franchise has grown exponentially over the past four decades and is now releasing movies on an annual basis under the Disney umbrella. To date, there are nine live-action installments in the series with several more still to come. As of this writing, we’re only two months away from the theatrical premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Episode IX follows shortly after.

With several films that explore various points in the timeline, every fan has their own preferred method when they sit down to marathon the movies. One way is to start with The Phantom Menace ...

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Drew Barrymore Says an E.T. Sequel is Never Going to Happen #movienews

It may be one of the best-loved childhood films of all time, but Drew Barrymore reveals that an E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial sequel is never going to happen.

Out of the movie’s entire cast, a young Barrymore was clearly in the right place at the right time as she shot into Hollywood stardom after filming wrapped. Going on to feature in movies like Never Been Kissed, Scream, and Charlie’s Angels, the actress has become a household name. However, in this era of reboots and remakes, E.T. 2 will never be a priority for Drew’s busy schedule.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp is Reportedly Undergoing Reshoots #movienews

It looks like Ant-Man & the Wasp is undergoing reshoots in Los Angeles, with the entire opening of the film reportedly being reshot. With Avengers: Infinity War right around the corner, much of the summer movie hype has been focused on Marvel’s upcoming team-up. But only two and a half months after the epic is released, the sequel to Ant-Man will arrive and introduce Evangeline Lilly as The Wasp. From what we saw in the Ant-Man & the Wasp trailer, the film takes place before the events of Infinity War, but will introduce concepts that could have a major impact on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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X-Men 2 Was Originally Going to Adapt The Phoenix Saga #movienews

X2: X-Men United co-writer Zak Penn has revealed the sequel very nearly adapted the famous ‘Phoenix Saga’. The original X-Men is often credited with kicking off the modern popularity of comic book movies. The film treated its source material with respect and assembled a great cast, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Hugh Jackman. The success of the movie has spawned a long-running franchise and led to studios taking risks on other comic properties.

X-Men: The Last Stand was the final part of the original trilogy and was criticized for trying to cram too many characters and storylines into a runtime too slim to support them all. The film also became infamous ...

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Beetlejuice’s Original Ending Was Much Darker #movienews

Beetlejuice screenwriter Larry Wilson has revealed the original ending to the film – which was way bleaker. Beetlejuice was only the second movie from Tim Burton and marked him as one of the most unique and visually inventive filmmakers of his generation. The movie’s mix of horror and dark comedy made it a surprise success, and led to Burton and leading man Michael Keaton being offered Batman.

Beetlejuice remains a cult classic and celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2018. While the success of the movie spawned a long-running cartoon series, a sequel never arrived. Burton was never particularly interested in making one, but the studio spent years working a script called Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, where the “Ghost ...

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The Incredibles 2 TV Spot: Being a Superhero Parent is Tough #movienews

A new TV spot for The Incredibles 2 does a good job of showing just how difficult being a superhero parent really is. From juggling normal everyday chores – while keeping the world safe from super villains – to controlling an infant with superpowers, superhero parenting is tough!

Incredibles 2 picks up right where the first movie left off: with The Underminer (John Ratzenberger) attacking the city and the family of superheroes, the Parrs, doing what they do best: stopping him. After that incident, Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) winds up taking on the role of Mr. Mom while Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) officially goes back ...

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Captain Marvel Stars Are Dressed for the ’90s in New Set Photos #movienews

Brie Larson rocks the appropriate 90s attire for Carol Danvers in new set photos from Captain Marvel. Marvel Studios is bucking their normal approach to the placement of Marvel Cinematic Universe films in Phase 3. Instead of the movies taking place chronologically, they’re jumping around and coexisting in some instances. The biggest example of this is the decision to introduce Carol Danvers nearly 30 years in the past, by placing Captain Marvel in the 1990s. She’ll be the first hero Nick Fury ever encounters, before she heads to space to fight in the Kree-Skrull war.

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Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance Board Game Revealed [Exclusive!] #movienews

There’s a brand new Terminator board game on the way and interested players can jump in on the Kickstarter very soon. Titled Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance and based on Skydance’s feature film Terminator Genisys from director Alan Taylor, River Horse Games and Lynnvander Studios have teamed up and combined their extensive experience in publishing and game design to bring fans the ultimate Terminator board game, illustrated by award-winning artist Steve Argyle, best known for his work on Magic: The Gathering and Legend of the Five Rings.

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John Cena Wants a Fast & Furious Team-up With Dwayne Johnson #movienews

John Cena wants to reunite with his former wrestling rival Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on the big screen, via the Fast & Furious movies. Johnson has successfully made the transition to the Hollywood A-list since he left his wrestling days behind him, and now Cena wants to do the same. Cena has already proven that, like The Rock, he has a knack for comedy, with scene-stealing appearances in films like Trainwreck, Sisters, and Daddy’s Home 1 & 2 under his belt. He’s even tried his hand at drama/action with Doug Liman’s The Wall and voiced the titular flower-loving bull in last year’s ...

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Mark Hamill Is Concerned About Star Wars Oversaturation #movienews

Mark Hamill is worried Solo: A Star Wars Story is coming too close on the heels of The Last Jedi. For a long time, it seemed that after George Lucas completed work on the Star Wars prequel trilogy that there would be no further movies from the franchise. That all changed in 2012 when it was announced Lucas had sold the franchise to Disney for $4 billion, and that a new slate of Star Wars movies was incoming.

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Star Wars: Frank Oz ‘Never Understood’ Last Jedi Backlash #movienews

As one of the biggest names to grace the many years of Star Wars movies, Frank Oz is the latest celebrity to come out and defend Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

The eighth installment of the Skywalker saga continues to divide critics and audiences but still went on to become a box office juggernaut of 2017. Alongside big space chases, even bigger surprises and shocking character demises, fans gushed over the welcome return of Oz as Master Yoda. However, while Oz was more than happy with the work that Johnson did on Episode VIII, there are those who wish it could be removed from canon.

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