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Paramount Buys Sci-Fi Book ‘Nexus’ For Mary Parent And Darren Aronofsky We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Don’t let anyone tell you science fiction isn’t the latest trend sweeping Hollywood. It might take a few years to really take hold but films like this year’sOblivion, After Earth, GravityandEnder’s Gamehave studio executives prepping for a whole new wave of sci-fi projects. Universalpicked up a new oneearlier today and now Paramount has the latest....

Shane Black’s ‘The Predator’ Will Be Scary And Funny And Reference The Original It’s understandable that fans get leery when beloved movies from decades past get lined up for the reboot treatment. Even the legacyquel that keeps the original mythology intact and acts more like a sequel than a reboot can be worrisome. However, in the case ofThe Predator, we’re getting a follow-up to the original 1987 sci-fi action classic that hails fromShane Black, who not only is the accomplished director ofIron Man 3, The Nice GuysandKiss Kiss, Bang Bang, but also had a supporting role in the original movie....

Shazam Star Zachary Levi Says The Sequel Is Better Than The First Movie: ‘Everything Just Clicked’ It’ll be a little while yet before"Shazam: Fury of the Gods"thunders its way into theaters, but when it does arrive in 2023, its star, Zachary Levi, thinks it will be worth the wait. And color us intrigued! After all, the first “Shazam!” remains one of the better films to come out of the DC Extended Universe (keeping in mind that an entertainment writer coined that termas a jokeand Warner Bros....

So Is Zac Efron In ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Or Not? [UPDATED] UPDATE: 45 minutes after posting this,the cast was announced. Zac Efron is not in the film. But it was a fun discussion to be had. Original article follows. We don’t know ifZac Efronis inJ.J. Abrams’Star Wars Episode VII. He might be, or he may not be. What we do know is, ever since his name was mentioned in connection with the projectin July of last year, a growing mountain of evidence suggests he does have a role in the film, even as another pile of evidence suggests he does not....

Superhero Bits: Eminem’s ‘Venom’ Music Video, ‘Avengers 4’ Title Rumor & More Want to seeEminem’s music video for the title song from theVenomsoundtrack? How does the audience score on Rotten Tomatoes forVenomcompare to the critical score? Which DC Comics character is getting a new version coming toTitans? Does the credits scene inAnt-Man and the Waspcontain a clue as to how the Soul Stone operates? What is the rumored titled forAvengers 4?...

Superhero Bits: Zoe Saldana Responds To James Cameron, Ant-Man And The Wasp Is Late In The UK & More What is one thingElizabeth Olsendoesn’t like about herScarlet Witchcostume? Which Marvel character is upset for being left out ofThe Avengers? What doesZoe Saldanathink ofJames Cameron’s criticism ofThe Avengers? What will it take forChristopher McQuarrieto directMan of Steel 2? Why isAnt-Man and the Waspbeing released a month later in the United Kingdom? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Taylor Lautner Will Co-Star With Tom Cruise In Northern Lights Seems premature to be givingTaylor Lautnermulti-million paydays based only onNew Moon, doesn’t it? The film did amazingly well, and he became an instant heartthrob, but how much of that was Lautner and how much was just Twilight? Impossible to tell until he’s in a non-Twilight film or two. Which is why he’s being courted left and right for new films, includingMax SteelandCancun....

The 10 Best (Canon) Female ‘Star Wars’ Characters Star Warsis back in full swing with the long-awaited arrival ofStar Wars: The Last Jedi, the heavily praised eighth entry in the Skywalker saga. The movie picks up just after the events ofThe Force Awakens, with our newly anointed heroine, Rey, coming face-to-face with Luke Skywalker. Rey was an instant fan-favorite, her strength a subject of intense debate, adoration, and speculation. She entersThe Last Jedias a powerful force to be reckoned with, and as the first female lead of the series, she blazed a trail that paved the way for Jyn Erso inRogue One, and – hopefully – whole cadres of empowered intergalactic women....

The Afterparty’s Xavier Drops New Music Video And Launches Website, All While Being A Fictional Character Step aside Olivia Rodrigo, the newest pop icon has arrived and he’s… Dave Franco?! In an odd turn of events, Apple TV+ just dropped a banger track, “Imma Live Forever,” from pop sensation Xavier, a character in the streamer’s new murder-mystery comedy series, “The Afterparty.” This is a lot to unpack, so I’ll start from the beginning....

The Book Of Boba Fett Premiere Features A Robert Rodriguez Cameo Proceed with caution as this article containsSPOILERSfor the first episode of “The Book of Boba Fett.” Following his reintroduction of the iconic bounty hunter in"The Mandalorian" season two, Robert Rodriguez signed on to executive produce"The Book of Boba Fett"starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Following Fett and Fennec Shard as they take over the crime syndicate formerly run by Jabba the Hutt on thetreacherous planet of Tatooine, this series is set up tofill in some major blanksfor the mysterious fan-favorite character....

The Chip ‘N Dale Movie Looks Like A Love Letter And A Cease-And-Desist To Robert Zemeckis Disney+ has droppeda teaserfor its live-action/animated “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” movie, and I can honestly say it’s not what I — or, I suspect, anyone else — was expecting. Sure, I hadn’t forgottenthat report from 2019stating that “Rescue Rangers” director Akiva Schaffer (“Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”) was developing a “meta [and] self-referential” take on the classic Disney animated series, and I knew to expectsomethingwild from two of the Lonely Island guys (that, is Schaffer and Andy Samberg, the latter of whom voices Dale in the film)....

The Guilty Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua Directed The Movie From A Van After Covid Diagnosis Sometimes, life reallydoesimitate art. Few have the firsthand experience of knowing that to be true more than director Antoine Fuqua and Jake Gyllenhaal while they worked on their latest movie, “The Guilty.” The film, a remake of the 2018 Danish production of the same name, is unique in that it features a single location and takes place over the course of a single day....

The Morning Watch: ‘Wonder Woman’ Behind The Camera, James McAvoy Does ‘Great British Bake-Off’ & 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, watch a featurette that highlights the immense female talent behind the camera ofWoman Woman....