Trainspotting Author Irvine Welsh To Direct The Magnificent Eleven It would seem thatIrvine Welshrather likes his sporting movies. The author ofTrainspottingis set to follow up his directorial debut, the darts mockumentaryGood Arrowswith the football-themed comedyThe Magnificent Eleven. Here’s the official blurb forElevenfrom Angry Badger Pictures: A modernization of the classic western in which the Cowboys are a struggling local amateur soccer team, the Indians run a nearby Tandoori restaurant and the bandits are a group of menacing thugs led by a maniac known simply as ‘Blonde Bob’....

TV Bits: ‘L.A.’s Finest’, ‘DuckTales’, ‘Fear The Walking Dead’, ‘Luke Cage’, ‘Pose’, ‘Finding Justice’ And More In this edition of TV bits: In case you forgot,NBCordered aBad Boysspin-offstarringGabrielle Unionearly this year. Union reprises the role she played inBad Boys II– the sister of Martin Lawrence’s character.Jessica Albaalso stars. Now, the show has an official title:L.A.’s Finest. AsDeadlinereports, “The project follows the Special Agent Syd Burnett character played by Union in 2003’sBad Boys IImovie as she moves to Los Angeles and joins the LAPD,” adding that Union’s “free-spirited former DEA agent Burnett has a fresh start in her new job as an LAPD detective....

U.S. Army Confirms Captain America Would (Probably) Be Owed 66 Years Of Back Pay Steve Rogers may be a proud son of Brooklyn, but even he can’t afford a place in his beloved hometown anymore, as he admits inAvengers: Age of Ultron. Or so he assumes. It turns out the sinceCaptain Americawas never officially relieved of duty after he went under the ice in 1945, he’d be entitled to several decades' worth of back pay from the U....

VOTD: Chris Gethard Wants To Rename Washington DC To Washington Marvel, Because DC Sucks Despite the combining of all sorts of geekiness atComic-Con, there’s thankfully not a lot of confrontation amongst the fans ofStar WarsandStar Trek,MarvelandDCorHarry PotterandLord of the Rings. But comedianChris Getharddecided he wanted to stir up some potential trouble by going around the Comic-Con show floor and asking fans to sign a petition to change the name ofWashington DCtoWashington Marvel....

VOTD: Dexter Webisode ‘Dark Echo’ By Comics Legend Bill Sienkiewicz Before Dave McKean made his mark on the comics world, one of the more unusual and striking artists on the mainstream comics scene wasBill Sienkiewicz. His choppy lines, painted interludes and collage-derived layout sense came to an early head inElektra: Assassin, which remains one of the must-reads of the mid-’80s Marvel catalog. Now you’re able to see how the artist’s style works withDexterand his Dark Passenger, thanks to theDark Echoseries of webisodes, which arenow online....

Whoopi Goldberg’s ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Role Revealed One of the more interesting aspects ofJonathan Liebesman’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been the rather eclectic casting. Sure, hiringMegan Foxas April O’Neil was a fairly obvious choice, considering her connection to producerMichael Bay. ButWill Arnettwas a fun pick to play April’s cameraman and rival Vernon Fenwick, andDanny WoodburnandWilliam Fichtnerwere intriguing additions as well. The latest star to join the cast wasWhoopi Goldberg, another pretty unexpected name....

Why Battlestar Galactica Had Such An Aversion To Aliens “Battlestar Galactica” is not only the rare reboot that manages to surpass the original source material, but it’s also the rare “grim and gritty” reboot that actually plays into that aesthetic without feeling like it’s embarrassed of its genre. Part of that is due to series creator and showrunner Ronald D. Moore, and how he approached the series as an allegory for the then-ongoing war on terror....

You Can Buy The Staff Of Ra Headpiece From ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ For A Measly $100,000 Armies have died for, and archeologists have fought over, the Staff of Ra, the mythical ancient Egyptian artifact that is at the center of Indiana Jones' troubles in the 1981 Steven Spielberg classicRaiders of the Lost Ark. And now, for a mere $100,000, you can own the Staff of Ra headpiece and save yourself the trouble of battling Nazis and what have you....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Could Be Marvel Studios' First Romantic Comedy “Superhero fatigue” is a term that’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongues for the past decade, but for the most part, Marvel has managed to avoid that condemnation. Why? Because the comic book studio has put a genre twist on their standard formula for nearly every film:Captain America: The Winter Soldierwas a political thriller,Guardians of the Galaxyflaunted its trippy space opera inspirations,Spider-Man: Homecomingrecalled John Hughes teen comedies....

‘Devolution’, A Bigfoot Book By ‘World War Z’ Author Max Brooks, Has Been Picked Up By Legendary Legendary Entertainment has acquired the screen rights toDevolution, a new book byWorld War ZauthorMax Brooks. The book, which just hit shelves today, is subtitled “A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre,” and is Brooks' exploration of the legend of Bigfoot. Oddly, this isn’t the first time Legendary has been associated with this project....

‘Godzilla: The Planet Eater’ Review: King Ghidorah Helps End Netflix’s Anime Godzilla Trilogy In A Grand Fashion Netflix’s anime Godzilla trilogy has suffered in some ways from the staggered method of its release. The installments have been spaced out about six months apart from each other so that the movies could enjoy a theatrical run in Japan before their worldwide Netflix release. In retrospect, this is a series that might benefit more from a binge-watch....

‘Hara-Kiri: Death Of A Samurai’ Trailer: Can Takashi Miike Repeat His ‘13 Assassins’ Success? Japanese directorTakashi Miikeis among the most prolific directors working today, and has held that distinction for many years. With that prolific work habit comes a rather spotty track record, and for every great Miike film there are a couple middling efforts and often one really bad one. So which one isHara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai? The film is Miike’s second period samurai remake in recent years, following his truly excellent13 Assassins....

‘Kingsman 3’ Is Set For Next Year With Matthew Vaughn Returning To Write And Direct Kingsman 3will “maketh” its way to the big screen in November of next year. DirectorMatthew Vaughnand co-writerJane Goldmanare on board to return for the thirdKingsmanfilm, which will close out the comic book adaptation trilogy that first began in 2014. 20th Century Fox has set theKingsman 3release date forNovember 8, 2019, according toDeadline. The Exhibitor Relations Twitterfirst broke the newsof the thirdKingsmanfilm’s release, which comes two years afterKingsman: The Golden Circle....