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A Brief History Of Non-Jedi Force Users In The ‘Star Wars’ Universe “It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together."– Obi Wan Kenobi. Ever since you watched your firstStar Warsmovie, whether it wasA New HopeorThe Force Awakens,you’ve known about the Force. It’s an almost living energy source that can be used to create balance or chaos, one that many in the galaxy can manipulate and maybe even control....

Aaron Sorkin Is Taking Meetings With DC And Marvel Can you imagine Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince doing a classic walk and talk through the hallways of Wayne Enterprises? How about Spider-Man and Hawkeye exchanging not just a throwaway line or two, but having an epic back-and-forth conversation full of quotable one-liners? Well, the future is wide open, because Oscar-winning writerAaron Sorkin(The Social Network, A Few Good Men) says he has meetings scheduled with both Marvel Studios and DC Films to discuss the possibility of writing a superhero movie....

Adam Sandler Will Star In The Next Safdie Brothers Movie [Updated] Update:It’s official: Adam Sandler will star inUncut Gemsfor the Safdie brothers and A24,Deadlinereports. Our original story follows below. For the past decade,Adam Sandlerhas made a name for himself as a goofball movie star who makes movies solely for the purpose of earning him a trip to Hawaii. But every now and then, we get reminded — hey, this guy is actually a great actor....

Baymax Trailer: The Big Hero 6 Character Gets His Own Spin-Off It’s been more than seven years since “Big Hero 6” combined the worlds of Marvel and Walt Disney Animation on the big screen for the first time. The movie performed well at the box office, pulling inover $657 million worldwideand inspiring a sequel TV series called “Big Hero 6: The Series” which aired on Disney Channel and Disney XD for multiple seasons until coming to a close early this year....

Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland Teaser Trailer Takes Us To Another World This post has been updated with high resolution unwatermarked images. Walt Disney Pictures has released the firstTomorrowlandteaser trailer.Brad Bird’s new film was just previewed during a presentation at New York Comic Con. Check back later as Angie will have coverage of the panel which included footage not available online. But you can now hit the jump to see the firstTomorrowlandteaser trailer, a new Tomorrowland posters and the first lookphotos that were released earlier this week ....

Bryce Dallas Howard Joins Matt Damon In Clint Eastwood’s Supernatural Thriller, Hereafter Bryce Dallas Howardis no stranger to supernatural thrillers, having starred in M. Night Shyamalan’sThe VillageandLady in the Water. This time around it looks like she’s joiningMatt DamonandHigh TensionstarCecile de FranceinClint Eastwood’snext project,Hereafter. Written byPeter Morgan(The Last King of Scotland,The Queen), the film “tells the story of three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — who are touched by death in different ways....

Christmas Story Sequel Is Bringing Back The Same Actors To Play Randy, Scut, Flick And Schwartz The gang is coming back together and, in all honesty, I’m still not entirely sure why. I’ve probably watched and thoroughly enjoyed “A Christmas Story” more times than I can count during TBS' annual “24 Hours of ‘A Christmas Story’” marathon every holiday season, but I can confidently state that I never once felt the need to see the story continue in a direct-to-TV sequel —which actually happened— or with a legacy sequel bringing back Peter Billingsley as Ralphie —which we recently reported on— in his famous role....

Dan Trachtenberg To Direct ‘The Secret Life Of Houdini’, See Concept Art From His ‘Rocketeer’ Pitch 10 Cloverfield LanedirectorDan Trachtenbergis in talks to directThe Secret Life of Houdini, based on theWilliam KalushandLarry Sloman’s bookThe Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superherowhich portrays the master magician as a secret agent investigating the occult. The pitch for the movie is that Houdini was not only the world’s greatest escape artist and magician but also “part Indiana Jones and part Sherlock Holmes....

DC Comics Cancels Superman, Letting Clark Kent’s Son Take Over Supermancanceled? Not quite. DC Comics is canceling the ongoingSupermantitle in July, but it will be replaced by a new book,Superman: Son of Kal-El. This new comic book series will be led by none other than…you guessed it, Superman’s son. DC Comics announced some big changes for the Superman Family, starting in July. Superman’s son, Jonathan Kent (yes, named after Clark Kent’s father), will take on the mantle as the Man of Steel in a new comic book series,Superman: Son of Kal-El....

Director Jeff Nichols On Working With Michael Shannon And How He’d Change The Ending Of ‘Mud’ [Interview] “I know a lot of people hate the endings of my movies.” Alotof people may be an overstatement, based on how much audiences and critics have praised his movies in the past, but directorJeff Nicholsis well aware that one or two of his endings have left some viewers frustrated. They’ve sparked plenty of debate, and those conversations haven’t always been enjoyable for Nichols, who dissects his work with a real critical eye....

Dracula Spinoff Renfield Begins Filming & Universal Shares Cool Retro Logo Every piece of information released about Chris McKay’s upcoming “Dracula” spin-off, “Renfield,” is an absolute delight. Betweenstellar actors being addedto the cast and Nicolas Cage (who is donning the cape of Dracula)taking inspiration from Gabrielin James Wan’s “Malignant,” the anticipation surrounding “Renfield” is already palpable. Now, theofficial Instagram accountfor Universal Monsters has shared an uber-cool retro-style logo for the film’s title....

Dwayne Johnson Offers A Little Peek At ‘Fast 8’ And ‘Moana’ If you’re a fan ofDwayne Johnson(and who isn’t?) you may already be aware that his Instagram isthebest source of updates on any and all Dwayne Johnson-related projects. It’s where we got some of our first looks atCentral IntelligenceandBaywatch, and where we learned Johnsonhad officially been castin Shane Black’sDoc Savage, and where we once gotthat amazing photoof The Rock rescuing his puppies from the pool....

Edgar Wright’s Film Festival To Invade Toronto Edgar Wrightwanted me to remind /Film readers that the Bloor Cinema in Toronto will be hosting an Edgar Wright-curated film festival from February 28th to April 12th. Films will include Edgar’s ownShaun of the DeadandHot Fuzz(followed by Q and A’s), in addition to a diverse selection of the filmmaker’s favorite movies. It’s basically the same thing that Wright has been doing at The New Beverly in Hollywood....