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New Still From ‘Ender’s Game’ Revealed, Plus All The Battle School Team Logos Ender’s Gameis still nine months away, but Summit has slowly begun to crank up their marketing machine. Abrand new still from the filmwas released today, along with the logos of the four Battle School armies. “Battle School armies,” you say? Well yes. Directed byGavin Hoodand based on a book byOrson Scott Card,Ender’s Gameis about a young boy (Asa Butterfield) who is recruited from Earth to a space-set Battle School....

Oscar Documentary Nomination Shortlist Includes ‘Searching For Sugar Man, ‘The Imposter,’ ‘The Invisible War’ If thedoling out of awardsby the New York Film Critics Circle, and the release of theAnnie Awards nominationshadn’t made it clear, as we’ve passed into December the movie business award season is officially open. The latest stage in the game is the release of a shortlist of documentaries that will be considered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for nomination for the Best Documentary Oscar early next year....

Paramount Hires Writers For ‘The Deadliest Warrior;’ Shawn Levy May Direct Paramount is really moving forward with thatfilm versionof the SpikeTV showThe Deadliest Warrior, withShawn Levy(Real Steel) producing and , yes, possibly directing. The studio has hired a pair of writers:John D. PayneandPatrick McKay, who recently sold a spec calledGolliath(yep, about David and Goliath) to Relativity. Here’s the relevant stuff from the 2010 press release announcing the project: “Deadliest Warrior” pits history’s greatest warriors against one another to determine who reigns supreme....

Parody Trailers: ‘The Oscar-Winning Boston Movie’ And ‘Riverdale’ Take a break from reality for a minute with a couple of trailers for films you’ll never see. Or, as it really goes, trailers for a couple of films you’ll never see that are quite a bit like a great many other films you have seen. The Boston-set movies of the past decade get sent up inThe Oscar-Winning Boston Movie, whileRiverdaleoffers a new, ugly perspective onArchiecomics....

Quentin Tarantino Is Releasing Never-Seen Pulp Fiction Scenes … As NFTs That is a cursed headline from a cursed timeline, but at least it’s ours. In a not at all surprising, but still fairly silly move, Quentin Tarantino, your ex’s favorite director, is coming out with his very own line of NFTs. Sometimes when I’m experiencing something that feels very much like a trend, I think back to that VH1 show “I Love… the ’70s” (or ’80s or ’90s) and I imagine funny, yet not especially successful, comedians skewering these trends for the future “I Love… the ’20s” show....

Rumor: Warner Bros. Developing ‘Legion Of Super-Heroes’ Movie WithGuardians of the Galaxytopping box-office tallies so far in 2014, you can be sure that other studios are looking at their options for new space-based action films. There are some obvious ones in development includingStar WarsandStar Trek, but what about studios that don’t already have franchises going? The latest rumor is that Warner Bros. is in the early stages of development on aLegion of Super-Heroesmovie....

Ryan Gosling To Star In New Jack Ryan Film? Is CIA agent and future PresidentJack Ryanup for competing with the likes of cooler action heroes like Jason Bourne?Movieholesays thatPhilip Noyce, the director of ’90s Jack Ryan vehiclesPatriot GamesandClear and Present Danger, has personally confirmed that he is not attached to a fifth film in the series but that one is being prepped to star actorRyan Gosling. Gosling would be the fourth actor to take on the role, following Alec Baldwin (The Hunt for Red October), Harrison Ford (the Noyce films), and your favorite, Ben Affleck (2002’sThe Sum of All Fears)....

Sony Is Ready To “Compete Against Steve Jobs” In The Battle For The New TV Set Revolution As it has been widely known and rumored for a while now, Apple has been working to revolutionize the television set. Steve Jobs' final project was trying to create a product that would change the tv world, the same way the iphone changed the world of mobile smart phones. Jobs told Walter Isaacson in his recently published biography that he had finally “cracked it” after years of trying to solve the problem:...

Studio Ghibli’s ‘Earwig And The Witch’ Will Hit HBO Max In February Shortly After A Limited Theatrical Debut Studio Ghibli’s first CG-animated movie is coming to theaters and HBO Max this February. GKIDS, the North American distributor for Ghibli, has set the theatrical release forEarwig and the Witchfor February 3 in select theaters nationwide, with an HBO Max streaming debut set to follow just a few days later. GKIDS announced thatEarwig and the Witchwill get both a theatrical and streaming release in early February, within days of each other....

Superhero Bits: Elizabeth Olsen Confirms Unseen Scarlet Witch Ability, DC’s ‘Naomi’ Ordered To Series & More Want to turn yourself intoMODOKwith an Instagram filter? Will you watch DC’sNaomiwhen it comes to The CW? What comic book shows will be teased in Netflix’sGeeked Week? What unseen ability didElizabeth Olsenconfirm thatScarlet Witchhas? Did actressSasha Callegive us a peak at her surprising hairstyle for her newSupergirlinThe Flashmovie? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Ninja Turtles, Amazing Spider-Man 2 Want to read a new interview withChris PrattaboutGuardians of the Galaxy? How about see some new photos? What happens in the new trailer forJames Gunn’s film? Which member of theAvengersappears in a new World Cup commercial? Who is the latest rumored member of theBatman vs. Supermancast? What’s going on in a new TV spot forX-Men: Days of Future Past?...

Superhero Bits: Teenage Groot Performer Confirmed, Thor: Ragnarok Certified Fresh & More What doesKevin Feigehave to say about the criticism thatMarvel Studiosmovies are too formulaic? Who is doing the motion capture forTeenage GrootinAvengers: Infinity War? How much isThor: Ragnarokon track to make in its first international box office weekend? What doesGal Gadothave to say about theBatman v Supermandetail aboutWonder Womangiving up on mankind? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Amazing Spider-Man, Kick-Ass 2, Wolverine, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers Want to see a bunch of alternative costumes and looks fromThe Amazing Spider-Man? How much didThe Avengersend up grossing now that it’s off domestic screens? WouldX-Menproducers like to crossover withThe Avengers? What’s the latest onX-Men: Days of Future Past? Where isThor: The Dark Worldshooting now? Is Marvel releasing a newIron Mananime? Read about all this and much more in today’s Superhero Bits....