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Revisiting ‘Tron: Legacy,’ Disney’s Ambitious Sequel That Paved The Way For The Company’s Present (Welcome toOut of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)In 2010, we saw the release of several would-be franchise starters based on ’80s properties, includingThe Karate Kid, andWall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Most of these ended up being forgettable films that added nothing to the conversation, but there was one sequel that managed to do something different and unique —Tron: Legacy....

Shudder Aims To Curate A Streaming Movie Catalog Tailor Made For Horror Fans It’s already clear that the most popular streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant Video, HBO Go and more are here to stay. But it looks like the world of streaming might be evolving to appeal to more hardcore cinephiles. There’s a new subscription-based streaming video service calledShudder, bringing a slew of differenthorrorfilms to the masses. Sure, services like Netflix already have a selection of movies for horror fans, but Shudder works a little differently, and it just might be what the more seasoned movie fan is looking for....

Spike Lee And Armando Iannucci Both Voice Displeasure With Opening Movie Theaters Too Soon Lately, there’s been an aggressive push from some to reopen just about everything, including movie theaters. It’s understandable – we’re all sick of being quarantined, and cabin fever is setting in. But the coronavirus is still here, and it would be a big mistake to rush reopening movie theaters too soon. And filmmakersSpike LeeandArmando Iannucciboth agree....

Station Eleven Trailer: Searching For Loved Ones In A Post-Apocalyptic World HBO Max has released a new trailer for its upcoming post-apocalyptic limited series “Station Eleven.” The drama is based on the 2014 novel by Emily St. John Mandel, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2015. It’s the story of a pandemic (in the book it’s a really bad swine flu called the Georgia Flu) that has devastated humanity....

Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ Teaser Trailer Paramount Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for thePeter Jackson-producedSteven Spielberg-directed performance capture animated adaptation ofThe Adventures of Tintin. I think its interesting that it doesn’t become obvious that this is a computer animated film until about 30 seconds in. Its also interesting that the “Secret of the Unicorn” subtitle has been removed, but I guess The Adventures of Tintin is simpler and easier to sell (and they’ll need all the help they can get to sell it in the US market)....

Stop-Motion Animation Bits: See Laika Make ‘ParaNorman’ Lead From Scratch, Watch Interactive Video From ‘Frankenweenie’ Set Apparently, something about stop-motion animation and family-oriented horror comedy just goes hand-in-hand. Over the next few months, we’ll be getting not one but two such movies. The offbeatParaNorman, fromCoralinestudio Laika, will hit first in August, whileTim Burton’s 3D black-and-white featureFrankenweeniewill hit a few weeks before Halloween. Each production has just released a video offering a closer look at just how films get made, whether it’s clothing the characters or building the sets....

Super Pumped Teaser: Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Kyle Chandler Wage A Battle For Uber We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Showtime has released a new trailer for the upcoming first installment in a new anthology series. “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber” will premiere on Sunday, August 16, 2025 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and it’s all about the rise and fall of Travis Kalanick, the founder of Uber....

Superhero Bits: ‘Aquaman’ Poster Becomes A Meme, Life-Size LEGO Thanos, ‘Marvel Rising’ Trailer & More How many bricks does it take to build a life-size LEGO version ofThanos? Who will playElasti-Womanin theTitansandDoom Patrolshows on the DC Universe streaming service? Wanna see the first trailer for the animatedMarvel Rising: Initiation? How are fans playing with the newAquamanteaser poster online, and why isJason Momoawearing leather pants underwater? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, Batman Vs. Superman, Ant-Man, Venom, Thor 3 WillThe Amazing Spider-Man 2have a special sound mix? Does theMarvel Cinematic Universeneed fixing? What doThe Lego MovieandMan of Steelhave in common? Want a hint at the plot ofThor 3? Does theBatman vs. Supermancostume designer know when we’ll see his work? WhichWatchmenactor might have read for Zack Snyder’s latest film? How doesPaul Ruddfeel about hisAnt-Mancast? And what does Falcon’s toy look like fromCaptain America: The Winter Soldier?...

Superhero Bits: Inhumans Production Start, Korea’s Doctor Strange SNL Sketch, Fox’s X-Men Series & More Where and when will Marvel’sThe Inhumansseries shoot, and how will it coexist withAgents of SHIELD? Want to see how Korea’sSaturday Night Liveis usingDoctor Strangefor comedy? How can you readDC Comics Rebirthcomics by using your library card? What’s going on with Fox’s mysteryX-MenTV series? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Here’s a promo for “The Patriot,” the tenth episode in the fourth season ofMarvel’s Agents of SHIELD....

Tennis Champion Serena Williams Is Getting A New Documentary Series On Amazon Prime Serena Williamsis already a global superstar athlete by being a 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion. But soon people will get to see her in a new light with Amazon Studios producing a new documentary series that will follow her life on and off the tennis court.The Hollywood Reporterhas news on the Amazon Serena Williams documentary series that’s currently in production....

The 80 Greatest Shots In Disney Animation History [Part Two] (Welcome toThe Greatest Shots in Disney Animation History, a limited series where Disney expert Josh Spiegel selects and ranks the defining moments in one of the greatest, most important, and most influential collections of films ever made.) This part of the ongoing list covers entries 70 through 61. 70. Melody Time: Beset upon by a snake-like piano There was a brief time in the 1940s when the thought was that Disney would revisitFantasiawith a follow-up film....

The Morning Watch: ‘Doctor Who’ Edition: Season 11 Featurette, Honest Trailers & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, a special featurette goes behind the scenes of the latest iteration ofDoctor WhowithJodie Whittakerin the lead....