How Disney California Adventure Unexpectedly Became The Future Of Theme Parks The future of theDisney California Adventuretheme park is a bright one. At D23 this past summer, it was announced that Paradise Pier, DCA’s throwback to seaside boardwalks and Victorian-era amusement parks, would be getting a makeover – which also symbolically marks the end of a long journey for a theme park that’s been through hell and back. Among the renovations and reimaginings are four new neighborhoods that will transform Paradise Pier into Pixar Pier....

Indiana Jones 5 Has Wrapped Filming, Producer Frank Marshall Reveals Making movies safely in the time of COVID-19 has been a challenging affair. Many films have experienced delays and studios have basically pushed back their entire release slates to accommodate for the setbacks. But it seems like thefifth “Indiana Jones” filmhad a few more troubles than most. Last year, Disney announced that a number of Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm projects would bemoved arounddue to the ongoing pandemic....

J.J. Abrams Promises There Is No Talk Of Midi-Chlorians In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ If you’ve been paying attention to the marketing and hype surroundingStar Wars: The Force Awakens, then you know that Lucasfilm, including president Kathleen Kennedy, and directorJ.J. Abramshave been touting a return to form forEpisode VII, including making sure that you know there are much more practical effects in this new film than there were in the prequels....

James Bond Actor Roger Moore Has Died At 89 Roger Moore, best known for playing the suave secret agentJames Bondin a record seven films between 1973 and 1985, has passed away at the age of 89. The news of Moore’s death was announced on the actor’s official Twitter account, where the former 007’s children revealed that their father had been battling cancer: It is with a heavy heart that we must announce our loving father, Sir Roger Moore, has passed away today in Switzerland after a short but brave battle with cancer....

James Cameron AMA Highlights: Avatar 2, Battle Angel, True Lies 2, Aliens, Prometheus, Terminator As popular as his movies are, James Cameronhimself is slightly mysterious. Sure, he’ll get out to promote his work, or use his celebrity status to speak about important issues. Those occasions just don’t provide a great chance to meet the man himself. Which is why when James Cameron took to Reddit to do anAsk Me Anythingsession, it was so incredibly fascinating....

Jared Leto’s Joker Reportedly Based On ‘Dark Knight Returns;’ Plus More ‘Suicide Squad’ Rumors On the big superhero calendar, both DC and Marvel have major films that start shooting soon. For Marvel, it’sCaptain America: Civil Warand for DC, it’sDavid Ayer’sSuicide Squad. Ayer has been pretty awesome with fans so far, regularly tweeting out teases at the pre-production as well as the transformation of starJared Letointo the Joker. Not to mention lots of his cast recently had films out so we’ve been hearing lots of little snippets here and there too....

Jeff Goldblum And Karl Urban Join ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, Updated With Concept Art Marvel and Disney have officially confirmed the cast ofThor: Ragnarok, which includesCate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, andMark Ruffalo. Read the full press release after the jump which confirms the Thor Ragnarok cast and also get a glimpse at new Thor: Ragnarok concept art. Update: Marvel has also released the above piece of new Thor: Ragnarok concept art, which features our first look at Hela....

Jonah Hill Making Directorial Debut With ‘Mid ’90s’ WhenJonah Hillfirst burst onto the scene, he seemed like just another Seth Rogen type – indeed, one of his first breakout roles was as, essentially, a Rogen stand-in inSuperbad. But over the years, he’s matured into a fine dramatic actor as well, scooping up a pair of Oscar nominations forMoneyballandThe Wolf of Wall Street, and even branched out into writing with theJump Streetmovies and the TV showAllen Gregory....

LOL: ‘Disney’s Spring Breakers’ So much of the buzz surrounding Harmony Korine’sSpring Breakerslies in the fact that these aren’t just any good girls gone bad. The film stars former Disney gals Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens as two of the central foursome, adding an even more scandalous edge to the already wild and debauched proceedings. Naturally, any theoretical sequel would have to kick things up a notch with even more wholesome stars getting even more corrupted....

Mary Elizabeth Winstead And Joel Edgerton To Star In The Thing Universal Pictures' prequel toJohn Carpenter’s cult classic thrillerThe Thingis gearing up to begin shooing in Toronto in mid-March, and the studio has begun to announce the cast line-up.Heat Visionhas learned thatMary Elizabeth Winstead(Grindhouse, Scott Pilgrim) andJoel Edgerton(The Secret Life of Us, Kinky Boots) have been cast as the leads. We have a lot of information on both of their characters after the jump....

Mike Myers To Play Legendary Improv Comedy Coach Del Close In New Movie When it comes to inspiration and influence, you’d be hard pressed to find someone mentioned by today’s famous comedy talents more thanDel Close. You may not know the man by name, but he’s been responsible for mentoring some of the biggest names in comedy today, pushing them to see comedy as more than just a way to make people laugh....

New ‘Harry Potter’ LEGO Sets Expand Hogwarts, Bring Back The Knight Bus, Cast A Patronus & More LEGO is keeping their newHarry Potterline of building brick playsets going strong with an addition of five more buildable scenes inspired byHarry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanandHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New Harry Potter LEGO sets include another section of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that connects to one of the previously released sections of the castle, Hagrid’s Hut, one of the tasks from the Triwizard Tournament, a signature vehicle from the third Harry Potter film, and an all-too-important scene involving Harry’s godfather Sirius Black....

New ‘Wonder’ Trailer Is Here To Make You Cry Every now and then, you might need to go see a good tear-jerker.Wonderis here to help you out with that. Adapted fromR.J. Palacio’s novel, the film follows a young boy with facial differences who attends public school for the first time after years of homeschooling. The family drama marks the directorial return ofThe Perks of Being aWallflowerwriter and helmerStephen Chbosky. Grab a box of tissues for your copious tears and watch theWondertrailer below....