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‘Coco’ Will Soon Be The Highest-Grossing Movie In Mexican Box Office History There’s still a week left beforeCocofinally sashays into U.S. theaters, but the animated Pixar film is already breaking records in Mexico. And it’s no surprise:Cocois the first Pixar film featuring a Mexican protagonist, set in Mexico, on the widely-celebrated Mexican holiday Dia De Los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead. Released in Mexican theaters on October 27, two days before the Day of the Dead celebrations began,Cocoquickly shot to the top of the Mexican box office....

‘Hell Fest’ Trailer: A Horror Movie Set At A Halloween Horror Nights-Type Event [Updated] Update: A new press release informs us thatBear McCreary(The Walking Dead, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Happy Death Day) will compose the score forHell Fest. Our original article follows. In recent years, I’ve become a huge fan of haunted house attractions. Every year, Universal Studios and Knotts Berry Farm hold Halloween events with scary mazes which are a whole lot of fun....

‘Invasion’ Trailer: New Apple TV+ Series Explores An Alien Invasion From Around The World What would you do if aliens threatened to land on Earth? It’s one of the most frequently-posed questions across all of science fiction, and the upcoming Apple TV+ seriesInvasionis poised to ask it one more time.Simon Kinberg, the producer behind many of theX-Menmovies andStar Wars Rebels, is teaming up withDavid Weil, the showrunner of Amazon’sHuntersandSolos, for a ten-episode streaming show with a sprawling cast that “will make you question what you would do under extraterrestrial threat....

‘It: Chapter Two’: A Big Change Is Coming For One Of The Losers' Club Members Even though theItsequel still hasn’t been given the official greenlight,Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s classic novel absolutelycrushed the box office during its opening weekend, so it’s only a matter of time until the studio stakes out some ground on the calendar forIt: Chapter Two. A writer isalready working on the screenplay for the sequel, and now we have some details about a significant change the follow-up will make to one of the members of the Losers' Club, the group of kids who serve as the protagonists in the first film and will reunite as adults in the second....

‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Featurette: The Game Will Always Find A Way To Be Played You might not expect a movie likeJumanji: Welcome to the Jungleto fit in with the spirit of other holiday movies that usually get released around Christmas time, but that’s exactly whatDwayne Johnsonhoped to accomplish. In a newJumanji: Welcome to the Junglefeaturette, the wrestler turned actor says, “We wanted to make a movie that encapsulates what the holiday spirit really means: the spirit of wonderment [and] discovering who you are....

‘Kite’ Trailer And Clips: Samuel L. Jackson Mentors Another Killer Teen Late last week, we got our first peek atBarely Lethal, starringSamuel L. Jacksonas the mentor to a teen assassin played by Hailee Steinfeld. Today, we have our first peek atKite, starring Samuel L. Jackson as mentor to a teen assassin played byIndia Eisley. The difference is that this time around, we’re looking at a gritty, anime-based actioner, rather than aMean Girls-esque comedy....

‘Legion’ Season 2: X-Men Comic Book Storylines That Could Inspire Future Seasons FX’sLegionmay be an X-Men property, but it’s only very loosely based on the comic. That’s worked out to its benefit, as the show has been able to do some utterly insane things with its storyline, some of which have never been attempted on TV before. This is a comic property that for the most part doesn’t feel like one, and for that it’s stronger....

‘Mighty Ducks’ TV Series Details Revealed: Here’s What The Disney+ Series Is About Early last year, areport came outrevealing that Disney planned to turn its beloved 1990s franchiseThe Mighty Ducksinto a TV series. Last November,word arrivedthat the show was being configured for the new streaming service Disney+, but things have been quiet since then. Now we finally have some news about the upcoming show, including a logline which lays out how this story will be slightly different than the movies that ’90s kids grew up watching....

‘Mrs. America’ First Look: Cate Blanchett And All Your Favorite Character Actresses Transform Into ’70s Political Figures The battle for equal rights is being waged in the anticipated upcoming showMrs. America, but the battle for our affections is taking place in the first look images for the FX limited series.CateBlanchetttransforms into conservative ’70s activistPhyllis Schlafly, who faces off against prominent feminist figures in the nine-episode limited series played byRose Byrne,Margo Martindale, and more....

‘Saturday Night Live’ And Kumail Nanjiani Tackle Racism, Sexual Assault & ‘It’, Watch The Best & Worst Sketches Saturday Night Livefinished up their first batch of new episodes kicking off the 43rd season by bringing inSilicon ValleystarKumail Nanjianito host for the first time, fresh off the summer success of his indie romantic comedyThe Big Sick. Since Nanjiani is also a celebrated and established stand-up comedian, this episode felt like it was going to be a hit....

‘School Of Rock’ TV Series Coming From Nickelodeon WhileRichard Linklaterjokes about what aBoyhoodsequelmight look like, Nickelodeon is putting the pieces together for an actual follow-up to one of his other films. The cable network has given a straight-to-series order forSchool of Rock, based on Linklater’s 2003 film of the same title. Linklater is on board to executive produce along withScott Rudin. Get all the details after the jump. Much like the movie, theSchool of RockTV series will focus on a wannabe rock star named Dewey Finn....

‘Star Wars: The High Republic’ Introduces Gnarly New Villains, Including Amorphous Beings And Marauders Most of the major villains that the heroes ofStar Warshave faced over the years have either been the masters of the dark side of the Force known as the Sith or the collective leaders and armies of the Trade Federation, the Galactic Empire, and the First Order. But whenStar Wars: The High Republicrolls around, we’ll be getting some gnarly new villains, including a new race of amorphous beings with tentacles and teeth, and a faction of marauders who look straight outMad Max: Fury Road....

‘The Favourite’ Trailer: Emma Stone And Rachel Weisz Star In Yorgos Lanthimos' Royally Insane Film The Oscar race just got a whole lot more interesting. Following up his unsettling masterpiecesThe LobsterandThe Killing of a Sacred Deer, directorYorgos Lanthimos' latest film is a glorious period piece perversion. Lanthimos heads to 18th century England withThe Favourite, a historical drama starringEmma Stoneand hisThe LobsterstarRachel Weisz. See The Favourite trailer below. The Favourite Trailer Weisz and Stone star as two ladies in waiting to Queen Anne, the Duchess of Marlborough, played byOlivia Colman(also reuniting with Lanthimos followingThe Lobster)....