Theme Park Bits: Animal Kingdom’s Christmas Tasting, A Harry Potter Hype Video, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: I’m sure you haven’t forgotten that the Walt Disney Company basically owns a large chunk of Fox now. Leaving aside the monopolistic concerns that come with such a massive merger, there’s plenty of that sweet IP for Disney to utilize for its theme parks. So it’s no surprise that Disney and Fox were trying to bring characters fromIce Ageand…the newPlanet of the Apesfilms into a theme park, this one in Malaysia....

Theme Park Bits: Gusteau’s In Epcot, Mardi Gras At Universal, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: In 2020, Epcot is getting a facelift or two in the form of intellectual property. One of the big areas that’s getting updated — for good or ill, depending on how you look at it — is the France pavilion in World Showcase. That section is getting a ratty upgrade, which I don’t mean as an insult!...

Top Ten Villains Who Never Get Recognition Is it that time of year again? The time when we get “The Top Ten Villains of All Time!”? Not quite. It seems to me that every year in some magazine or on some show, we get the typical list of baddies from the 60’s, 70’s and so on. Usually they mention the cool regulars like Vader, the Emperor, or one of the guys who tries to off James Bond....

Tyler Durden To Appear In Pre-‘Fight Club’ Short Story By Chuck Palahniuk Later this month, authorChuck Palahniukwill continue the story of his iconic novel turned filmFight Clubin comic book form. The series,Fight Club 2, will follow Tyler Durden ten years after the events of the book but it won’t be the character’s only appearance. Palahniuk is bringing back Durden for a short story in his new collection,Make Something Up: Stories you’re able to’t Unread....

Watch A Five Minute Preview Of ‘The Simpsons’ / ‘Family Guy’ Crossover The Simpsons and the Griffiths have danced around each other for years, sharing Fox’s Animation Domination programming block and taking good-natured jabs around each other on their respective shows. But it’s only this fall that they’re coming face-to-face for the very first time. At Comic-Con this weekend, attendees got a first look at the upcomingSimpsons/Family Guycrossover in the form of a five-minute preview....

Your Silly Fan Theory Confirmed: Peter Parker Was In ‘Iron Man 2’ Back in 2010, the Marvel Cinematic Universe was still an ambitious experiment somehow surviving the direIron Man 2andSpider-Manwas caught in a limbo betweenSpider-Man 3andThe Amazing Spider-Man. Despite their shared origins, these two franchises were never going to intersect. Sony owned Spidey and Marvel Studios was its own thing. The deal that would bring both companies together was still years, and a few poorly receivedSpider-Manmovies, away....

‘Bill And Ted 3’ Cast Adds Brigette Lundy-Pain And Samara Weaving As Bill And Ted’s Daughters Update:The original press release inaccurately stated which roles the actresses were playing. An update was sent our way and we have updated accordingly. If you needed more proof thatBill and Ted 3, akaBill and Ted Face the Music, was finally happening, here’s some casting news.Brigette Lundy-PainandSamara Weavinghave joined theBill and Ted 3cast as the daughters of Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves)....

‘Bill And Ted 3’ Image Makes Keanu Reeves And Alex Winter ‘Face The Music’ It’s still hard to believe this is really happening, butBill and Ted 3, akaBill and Ted Face the Music, is a real movie that we’ll actually get to see this year. After years of rumors and false starts, a thirdBill and Tedmovie is ready to bring backKeanu ReevesandAlex Winteras the Wyld Stallyns in their adulthood. A new, officialBill and Ted 3image gives us a look at Reeves and Winter in character, awaiting us with open arms....

‘Black Widow’ Is Getting A Mondo Vinyl Soundtrack Release With Killer Art After what practically felt like an endless series of delays, Marvel’sBlackWidowis finally upon us. Even if the movie itselfmight not have been worth the long wait,Lorne Balfe’sscore has been singled out as a highlight and is now being recognized byMondo. The company announced Mondo Music and Hollywood Records' vinyl soundtrack release in conjunction withBlack Widow’sarrival in theaters and on Premiere Access for Disney+....

‘Bojack Horseman’ Season 6 Trailer: The Final Two-Part Season Is Almost Here The good news:Bojack Horsemanis coming back for a sixth season. The bad news: it’s the final season. The good news (question mark?): that final season is being split in half so it will seem like we’re gettingtwoseasons! Hooray! TheBojack Horsemanseason 6 trailer is now here, and it gives us a look at what’s to come: change. Lots and lots of change....

‘Certified Copy’ Trailer, Starring Juliette Binoche Sundance Selects have released the domestic movie trailer forCertified Copy, a French drama about a middle-aged English writer who is in Tuscany to promote his latest book, where he meets a French woman (played by Academy Award winnerJuliette Binoche) who leads him to the small village of Lucignano in Southern Tuscany. The movie premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and has played a couple dozen film festivals since....

‘First Reformed’ Director Paul Schrader On Why The Film Industry Is Dying [Interview] You only need to take a glance atFirst ReformeddirectorPaul Schrader’s extensive filmography to know that he’s a risk taker. Not just because of the subjects he choses or the approach he takes, but also in method. He’s worked in the studio system with big budgets, but he has also self-financed his work through Kickstarter. Schrader’s work bristles with themes of obsession and loneliness....

‘Incredibles 2’ Review: A Superior Pixar Sequel That Can’t Quite Match The First One The charms of Pixar Animation Studios' first wave of original films have been replaced in the 2010s by a barrage of sequels. Their early films felt fresh. Even though the company’s third film was the belovedToy Story 2, Pixar avoided the Hollywood impulse of turning into a sequel factory. But recently, they’ve madeCars 2,Cars 3,Monsters University, andFinding Dory, which mostly failed to live up to expectations....