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Pairing Jason Statham With A Baby Was A Big Bet For The Fast 8 Crew The “Fast & Furious” movies pride themselves on their absurdity, and 2017’s “The Fate of the Furious” is no different. It’s a film where, among other things, Vin Diesel’s Dominic Toretto wins a race by driving a car backwards while it’s on fire, the villain Cipher (Charlize Theron) hacks into the electronics systems of a fleet of cars and sends them raining down the side of a building, and the climax pits a bunch of vehicles against a nuclear submarine over a frozen body of water....

Paramount Animation Announces SpongeBob Sequel ‘It’s A Wonderful Sponge’, Two More Animated Movies During Paramount Pictures' panel at CinemaCon, the studio revealed that asequel toA Quiet Placeand"proper" sequel toCloverfieldwere in the works, but there’s another sequel developing at Paramount’s animation division. Paramount Animation has aSpongeBob SquarePantssequel on the way calledIt’s a Wonderful Sponge, which will presumably be an animated version ofIt’s a Wonderful Lifewith SpongeBob SquarePants in the Jimmy Stewart role....

POTD: ‘Deadpool’ Congratulates ‘Wonder Woman’ After Being Beaten At The Box Office There’s no denying thatWonder Womanis a box office giant. Not only has it exceeded the expectations of even the most optimistic box office forecasters, but it has much longer legs than anyone anticipated. Weekend after weekend, the box office hasn’t been dropping anywhere near as steeply asWonder Woman’s box office competition, and another superhero with a surprise hit film wanted to show some love....

Pulp Fiction Ending Explained: Pride Comes Before The Fall When Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” debuted in 1994, critics and audiences alike were stunned by the unique non-linear structure. Nearly 30 years later, viewers are still shocked and surprised by this twisting, turning pulp drama. Tarantino co-wrote the script with Roger Avary and it took home the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but their twisty tale leaves some big questions unanswered in service of creating a complex fable....

Samuel L. Jackson And George Lucas Think Mace Windu Is Still Alive, But Does It Matter? One of the better characters created in theStar Warsprequels was Mace Windu, the Jedi master played bySamuel L. Jackson. If you forgive him for that awful “This party’s over” line fromAttack of the Clones, he’s actually a pretty bad ass Jedi. But unfortunately, Mace Windu died at the hands of the Dark Side. In a battle with Darth Sidious after Anakin Skywalker had turned to the dark side, not only did Skywalker cut off Windu’s arm, but Sidious struck him with Force lightning and then Force pushed him out the window....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Hangover Part III’, ‘Fast And The Furious 6’, ‘Monsters University’, ‘Taken 2’, ‘Bourne’, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’, ‘Red 2’, ‘Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines’ Is it time to look ahead to 2013 already? After the jump: If you live in the area, head toOLVfor specifics on dates, times, and locations.The Hangover Part IIIopensMay 24. Meanwhile,The Fast and the Furiousfranchise will have to take things a little bit slower for the time being....

Sundance 2022 Line-Up Includes Films By Riley Stearns, Amy Poehler — Here’s 10 We’re Excited To See The Sundance Institute is embracing our new normal with Sundance 2022, a hybrid festival presented both virtually and in-person. Festival audience members are invited to attend film premieres in-person, at screenings across Park City, Utah; or online, during on-demand time windows. There’s also the option of attending theSatellite Screens, seven independent arthouse cinemas across the US which will showcase a special selection of Sundance films for local audiences....

Superhero Bits: Logan Noir Q&A, Wonder Woman Music Video, Captain America Hydra & More Why doesJames Mangoldthink you should watchLoganin black and white when it hits home video? Is there aWonder Womanfan screening happening in your city next week? Want to see the entire Q&A withJames MangoldandHugh JackmanafterLogan Noir? Who performs in the officialWonder Womanmusic video? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Here’s an extended trailer for the fifth season finale ofArrow, titled “Lian Yu”, coming to The CW next week....

Terminator Salvation Set Visit Preview On July 2nd, 2008, I was lucky enough to visit the set of McG’sTerminator Salvation. Is this James Cameron’s Terminator? No. And it isn’t trying to be. Terminator Salvation is very different animal, far different from the traditional Terminator chase story. In a sense it is a futuristic war film. When I think of Terminator Salvation, I am reminded of the line in Star Wars – A New Hope when Obi-wan tells Luke about how he served beside his father in the clone wars....

The 15 Best Joaquin Phoenix Movies Ranked Few actors working today can generate anticipation for an upcoming title quite like Joaquin Phoenix. While it’s typically the filmmaker, franchise, or concept of a film that grabs the interest of cinephiles, Phoenix is one of those actors who is so consistently experimental that you’re always guaranteed an interesting performance. The"Joker" Oscar winnerhas starred in a wide range of films that vary in quality, yet he’s rarely turned in a performance that didn’t automatically generate conversation....

The Art Of The Mandalorian Season 2 Book Arrives In Time For Christmas Each episode of “The Mandalorian” usually ends with some Ralph McQuarrie-esque concept art showing over the credits. Two years ago, we wrote that the art practically demanded its owncoffee table book. Our prayers were answered with"The Art of the Mandalorian,“and now the book, like the show, has come back for a second season. StarWars.comhas given us our first look at “The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season 2)....

The First Word Spoken In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Revealed By Rian Johnson WithStar Wars: The Last Jediless than two weeks from hitting theaters, directorRian Johnsonand the cast of the anticipated sequel are making the publicity rounds all over the world. Just before the weekend, they stopped byJimmy Kimmel Live, and while they didn’t bring any new footage with them, there was one little detail revealed about the movie probably only the most hungry fans will want to hear....

The Karate Kid Remake Reflected A Familiar Struggle For Jackie Chan Everyone loves a good underdog story. “The Karate Kid” is as best as it gets. In the 2010 film, Jaden Smith’s Dre Parker has his life upended when he moves to China with his mom (Taraji P. Henson), finding himself in a stranger’s land. Dre doesn’t speak any Mandarin. He gets picked on endlessly by the school bully, and he struggles to make friends....