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‘Star Wars: Aftermath’ Starts Book Trilogy Linking ‘Return Of The Jedi’ And ‘The Force Awakens’ Star Warshas the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and soon we’ll see the sequel trilogy. Before that new series bows, however, we’ll get the book trilogy. One of the first books announced for the large-scale publishing eventJourney to the Force Awakensis calledStar Wars Aftermath. We’ve previously written aboutthe plot of the book, which centers on a lone Rebel scout who learns of a secret Imperial meeting after the Battle of Endor,and we’ve covered the author,Chuck Wendig....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Tackles One Of The Greatest ‘Clone Wars’ Threats With “Battle Scars” This article containsspoilersfor theStar Wars: The Bad Batchepisode “Battle Scars.” Since we last saw them, the Bad Batch (Dee Bradley Baker) and Omega (Michelle Ang) have been miserably pulling jobs for Cid (Rhea Perlman). Since they(deliberately) botched their assignment on Corellia, they aren’t on her good side and she deducts creds on their expenses, one that hilariously includes Wrecker’s and Omega’s routine purchase of the popcorn-ish Mantell Mix....

‘Sweet Tooth’ Season 2 Confirmed By Netflix Sweet Tooth, the Netflix series based on the comic book of the same name by Jeff Lemire, was a hit. And we know it was a hit because Netflix just gave it a second season. Once upon a time, Netflix was less picky and they gave pretty much everything multiple seasons. These days, though, the streaming giant is more discerning when it comes to their original titles....

‘The Green Inferno’ Release Delayed Indefinitely There’s trouble ahead forEli Roth’sThe Green Inferno. The film has been set for a September release, but Open Road has just taken the movie off its release calendar. But this isn’t the result of controversy or a problem with the film. No, this is the result of a business problem between the company that financed the movie, Worldview Entertainment, and the guy who used to lead Worldview....

‘Ultimate Beastmaster’ Trailer: Sylvester Stallone Produces Netflix’s Riff On ‘American Ninja Warrior’ When I first saw thatSylvester Stallonewas executive producing a new Netflix series calledUltimate Beastmaster, I thought it made perfect sense that a tough guy like him would put his weight behind a new version of the 1982 fantasy adventure filmThe Beastmaster, which was later adapted into a television series that ran from 1999 to 2002. But I was way off, becauseUltimate Beastmasterisn’t a sword and sorcery epic, but rather Netflix’s attempt to get in on that sweet “skilled athletes participate in punishing physical challenges for our couch-bound amusement” business....

‘Willow’ TV Series Finds New Director In ‘I’m Not Okay With This’ Co-Creator Jonathan Entwistle TheWillowTV series pilot headed to Disney+ was supposed to be directed byJon M. Chu, but Chu recently left the project due to personal reasons. Now, the show has found a new director –Jonathan Entwistle, director and co-creator ofI’m Not Okay With This. Entwistle also directed episodes of the showThe End of the F***ing World. THRhas the scoop on Jonathan Entwistle taking over as theWillowTV series director....

/Film LA: Guillermo Del Toro ‘Cronos’ Signing And Screening Charismatic and talented film directorGuillermo del Torois seemingly everywhere these days. Whether he’sinterviewing Edgar Wright,producing movies, or creatingnew TV series', it seems the jolly man behindPan’s Labyrinth, The Devil’s Backboneand theHellboyfilms has his nose in everything. Yet del Toro knows none of his more recent work would be possible without his feature film debutCronos. That masterful 1993 film is finally hitting the Criterion Collection on December 7 and del Toro will not only be signing copies of the disc atAmoeba Recordsin Hollywood, those who get it signed can join the director for a very special screening immediately after....

2010 Razzie Nominations Announced Tomorrow the Oscar nominations will be announced, which means that today is the day for theGolden Raspberry Foundationto release the nominations for the 2010 Razzies. To no one’s surprise, the list pokes a stick at The Bounty Hunter, The Last Airbender, Sex and the City 2, and other less scintillating moments from 2010. Check out the list after the break. I’ll admit that I don’t have much appreciation for the Razzies....

2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards: ‘Birth Of A Nation’ Takes Grand Jury Prize And Audience Award Today the2016 Sundance Film Festivalis coming to a close, and Saturday night, the awards for feature filmmaking were handed out to the movies that played in Park City, Utah. The big prizes from the festival are theGrand Jury PrizeandAudience Award, one given by a select group of jurors and the other chosen by the festival attendees themselves....

AMC Clarifies Social Distancing Protocols There’s a viral tweet making the rounds that made it look as if AMC was throwing caution to the wind and not enforcing social distancing between assigned theater seats as they plan to reopen this Thursday. However, according to AMC, that’s not the case. According to the theater chain, starting Monday, the ticketing engine will automatically block out one seat on either side of the purchased seat, and the technology just wasn’t in place yet to represent that via current online seating charts....

Another Heist Hits Netflix As Equipment Stolen From The Set Of Lupin Update (July 23, 2025):Varietyreports that suspects in the most on-brand heist ever were arrested on March 9, and some of the stolen equipment has been recovered. Last weekwe reportedthat over $200,000 worth of props were stolen from the set of “The Crown,” and it seems like Netflix can’t catch a break. As it turns out, one day after the set theft for “The Crown,” a robbery took place during the French shoot for the upcoming third part of “Lupin....

Anya Taylor-Joy Literally Swapped Roles For Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho “Last Night in Soho” brings together a handful of different fans at the center of a particularly striking Venn diagram: longtime admirers of Edgar Wright’s reliably distinct tone and style, horror aficionados curious to see how Wright handles genuine scares, and Anya Taylor-Joy stans. After premiering at this year’s Venice Film Festival to mostly positive reviews (including /Film’s,which you may read here), we have only a few more weeks to wait before experiencing the twists and turns of Wright’s latest ourselves....

Attack On Titan Final Season Goes Full Apocalypse In Revelatory ‘From You, 2000 Years Ago’ “Game of Thrones” had its ninth episodes, “Bojack Horseman” had penultimate episodes, and “Attack on Titan” has fifth episodes. Whether it’s Eren being devoured by a Titan or Armin sacrificing himself to beat the Colossal, the show has given us incredible half hours of television that change the game in visually awe-inspiring ways, and this is not the exception....