Release Dates: ‘Independence Day’ 3D Re-Release, ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes,’ ‘X-Men First Class 2’ Coming Summer 2014, ‘Robopocalypse’ Pushed And More A bevy of major release date announcments and shifts were just revealed. Here goes. Lots to digest here. We’ve got it after the jump. The three biggest pieces of news are the 3D conversion of Roland Emmerich’sIndependence Dayand the dating of sequels to two of 2011’s surprise hits,Rise of the Planet of the Apes andX-Men First Class....

Revving Up For Religulous? One summer movie that we have not seen much presence on the Net for isReligulous, June’s pro-agnostic documentary fromBoratdirectorLarry Charlesand media personalityBill Maher. I think there is a huge market for this film in America, comparable to 2004’sFahrenheit 9/11and its wide and diverse theatrical audience (remember all of the omnipresent and simultaneous boo’s and claps in the theater for that one?).Yet, I’ve been disappointed to see that there is still no official website, no viral marketing and no requisite outrage for the doc....

Rolling Roadshow Screenings Of ‘Tombstone’ And ‘Top Gun’ Will Feature Val Kilmer In Person A couple of weeks ago, I had the immense pleasure of attending a Rolling Roadshow screening ofRed Headed Strangerat Willie Nelson’s ranch in Luck, Texas. If you’ve never experienced a Rolling Roadshow event, you’re missing out. It’s a one-of-a-kind outdoor cinematic experience that’s a hell of a lot of fun.This time, Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow is teaming up with Austin Food and Wine Alliance for two outdoor events featuring screenings ofTombstoneandTop Gun, and starVal Kilmerhimself will also be in attendance each night....

Scarlett Johansson Shares Story Ideas For The ‘Black Widow’ Movie Now that aBlack Widowmovie is finally a real possibility, the super spy herself has a few ideas for where the solo film can take the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s iconic female Avenger. Scarlett Johansson, who has long deserved a solo superhero outing since she first made a splash as the character in 2010’sIron Man 2, has some ideas for where theBlack Widowmovie could take the character....

See Lucasfilm’s Concept Art Of Young Han Solo We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Yesterday Disney CEO Bob Igerconfirmedthat Disney and Lucasfilm were also developing stand-alone character-centric spin-offStar Warsfilms in addition to the previously announced third trilogy of the Skywalker saga (Episodes VII-IV). Earlier todayit was revealedthat one of the spin-off standalone movies would follow a young Han Solo, set betweenEpisode III: Revenge of the SithandEpisode IV: A New Hope....

Sequel Bits: ‘Transformers 4’, ‘The Fifth Element’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Cloudy 2’ Luc Bessonwants to make anotherFifth Element, kind of. Also after the jump: “As a fan, as a filmmaker, I am really… really… really excited,” he said. “She’s a great storyteller, and I’m sure this will be something really great. She wouldn’t do it otherwise — she doesn’t need to do it.” Or rather, she does need to do it, but not in the sense that she needs more of that sweet franchise dough....

Star Wars Bits: Curling With BB-8, Lucasfilm’s Porg Cake, And ‘Battlefront II’ Easter Eggs In this edition of Star Wars Bits: If you’ve been on the internet at any point in the last week, you’ve probably been swept up in Winter Olympics fever, and like any other pop culture event, it’s already crossed the streams withStar Wars! Yup, a North Carolina toystore made this video in which the staff use a Spin-Master BB-8 toy instead of a curling kettle and it’s just as charming as you’d imagine....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Deadpool, Iron Man 3 Why isDeadpoolbreaking into Marvel Headquarters? What’s the latest onCaptain America: The Winter Soldierfilming in Cleveland? Has another actor been added toThe Amazing Spider-Man 2? Where did one guy find a copy ofAction Comics #1? WhichMarvelscript is currently getting a rewrite? HasZack Snyderheard of a potentialBatman/Supermanfilm? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

The 18 Best Horror Scenes Left On The Cutting Room Floor The movies audiences know and love often wind up with a lot of footage that doesn’t make the final cut. Deleted scenes make their way onto special-edition Blu-ray releases and anniversary collections where they make us wonder what could have been. From James Cameron’s massive additional exposition in “Aliens,” the intense and horrifying visions from hell in “Event Horizon,” and even the lost footage from Stanley Kubrick’s alternate ending of “The Shining,” deleted scenes can completely change the tone of a film....

The Best Lightsaber Fight We’ll Never See, According To Star Wars Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard “The Phantom Menace” isn’t themost popular “Star Wars” movie, and in a lot of ways, the long-awaited prequel and first theatrical series entry since “Return of the Jedi” wound up being upstaged by “The Matrix” and its revolutionary action techniques in 1999. However, despite its many flaws, “Phantom Menace” does feature one of the most memorable lightsaber fights in “Star Wars” history....

The End Of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Has Permanently Changed The Hulk It goes without saying that the events ofAvengers: Endgamewill have a huge impact on the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In fact, we’ve already seen how the film is playing an important role (in more ways than one) inSpider-Man: Far From Homevia the new trailerfor the sequel arriving this summer. But one character will have to figure out how to contend with a different kind of permanent change, and that’s The Hulk....

The First Video From ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ This week,Entertainment Tonightis probably going to haveone of their exclusive first looksat this summer’s highly anticipatedMarvel superhero movie,Captain America: The First Avenger. How do we know? Well, there’s a six second video teasing the upcoming segment embedded after the jump. Short as it may be, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s the first time we’ve seen any moving images from the movie....

The Real Johnny Depp Showed Up As Jack Sparrow On Disneyland’s ‘Pirates’ Ride In 2006, when Disney parks began adding characters from thePirates of the Caribbeanfilms into the theme park attraction that inspired the successful film series, fans were impressed with the level of realism the Imagineers achieved. But even the coolest animatronics pale in comparison to the real thing, and attendees at Disneyland in Anaheim, California yesterday were surprised to discover actualPiratesstarJohnny Deppincorporated into the ride in full Captain Jack Sparrow costume....