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Star Wars Bits: Possible Episode VII Vehicle Descriptions; Plus Han Solo And Skellig Michael Lots of rumored concept art is described in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following: Earlier this year, we kept hearing the nameMaisie Richardson-Sellersas a possible cast member ofStar Wars Episode VII. However, nothing official was ever announced and we assumed it probably didn’t happen…or did it?JediNewsnoticed that the IMDB page for the film has updated with the actress’s name as well as a character name: Korr Sella....

Terry Crews Says Bedlam Could Return In ‘Deadpool 3,’ Apologizes For Trolling Terry Crewswas on a Television Critics Association panel forBrooklyn Nine-Nine, which was rescued by NBC after being cancelled by Fox. He’s also had a big summer with roles in the indie darlingSorry to Bother Youand the mega BlockbusterDeadpool 2. Both movie roles are sort of cameos. InSorry, he plays the uncle in whose garage Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) is living....

The 14 Most Important Sci-Fi Directors Of The Last 50 Years Of all the fictional genres, sci-fi is the one most interested in exploring man’s relationship to science and technology, delving into both the possibilities and the consequences of humanity’s technological advancements, envisioning futuristic and faraway worlds, and questioning our place in a universe full of unknown wonders. Over the past 50 years, technology has changed our world in previously unimagined ways, and science fiction has adjusted accordingly....

The Best Movies And Shows Coming To Paramount+ In October 2021 There are so many streaming services these days that it’s hard to keep up on who has what, but that’s why we’re here! Paramount+ has all of the Paramount-related goodies, including Nickelodeon, “Star Trek,” and Comedy Central shows. Whether you’re looking to see what’s headed your way or to decide whether you want to get a subscription, here’s everything coming to Paramount+ in October....

The Morning Watch: Stuntmen React To ‘Norbit’, ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Scene Breakdown & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, stuntmen react to a surprisingly sophisticated stunt fromEddie Murphy’s stupid comedyNorbitand more....

The Purge Will Commence At Halloween Horror Nights 2015 Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights is beginning to take shape. We’ve already told you about theCrimson Peak,Insidious,Halloween: Michael Myers Comes HomeandThis Is The Endmazes. And this morning Universal announced that the annualPurgewill commence atHalloween Horror Nightsat Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort as both parks will debut all-new “disturbingly-real experiences” inspired by Universal’s popular horror franchise film series created by writer and directorJames DeMonacoand produced by Blumhouse Productions and Platinum Dunes....

The Righteous Gemstones Has Been Righteously Renewed For Season 3 At HBO Give me a hallelujah hell yeah, because HBO announced Tuesday that the hilarious comedy series “The Righteous Gemstones” has been renewed for a third season. The news comes in the middle of the show’s second season, with new episodes airing every Sunday at 10/9c. The second season has just five more episodes remaining, the finale scheduled for August 13, 2025....

The Suicide Squad: Things Only Comic Fans Will Know About Peacemaker The casting of professional-wrestler-turned-actor John Cena as the superhero known as Peacemaker has a number of non-comics fans suddenly curious about the character. Not only does Peacemaker steal the show in the James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” butan HBO Max seriesin which Cena reprises the role has already finished filming. True to form for Gunn, whose “Guardians of the Galaxy” films made household names out of the previously obscure Marvel characters Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Star-Lord (who?...

This Week In Trailers: Winning: Every Secret Thing, The Racing Life Of Paul Newman, Saint Laurent, Aurora, The Seven Five Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Upcoming Christian Bale Movies To Keep On Your Radar (Welcome toOn Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited…or not.) When you stop to think about it, Christian Bale has led a pretty wild acting career. Since breaking out with his role in Steven Spielberg’s WWII drama “Empire of the Sun” when he was just a young teenager, Bale has starred in Disney musicals (both live-action and animated), Queer New Wave cult classics, a trilogy of Batman movies, multiple auteur films, and a movie where he played a weirdly human-like version of Bagheera from “The Jungle Book....

Variety Loses Readership, Attacks The Blogosphere I usually like Peter Bart. I watch him every week on AMC’s Sunday Morning Shoot-out. He’s a smart guy who has been in the business for a long time. He’s a man who should be respected. So I’m always shocked to read his thoughts on movie websites. Hislatest rant on the state of movie blogs is unbelievably ignorant. Bart is usually a very intelligent industry voice but today he has been reduced to a cranky old man who is unwilling to let go of the way things use to be....

Why Is Every New TV Show About Scammers? In January, Netflix dropped a docuseries called “The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman.” The series told the unbelievable true story of a man who posed as an MI5 agent for years in an attempt to make his romantic partners relinquish their money and power to him. Two weeks later, “The Tinder Swindler” debuted on the streamer, and debate about its testimonies by love-struck women conned out of hundreds of thousands of dollars briefly took over social media....

You Really Need To Press Pause On Your Day And Watch The After Yang Opening Credits If you’re having a rough day, or you just need a pick me up, you must watch this opening credits intro to the upcoming A24 film “After Yang.” Aside from the fact that Kogonada’s film looks beautiful and intriguing, this is just a delight. In the video, the cast dances to what sounds like a family dance competition song....