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‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Series Brings In Big Guest Stars On The Vampiric Council Have you been watching theWhat We Do in the Shadowsseries on FX? If not, then last night you missed out on an incredible assembly of cameos from celebrities who have played famous vampires over the years, includingTaika Waititi, Jemaine Clement, andJonathan Brughas the original trio of vampires from the mockumentary film that inspired the series....

‘Widows’ Assembles A Killer Cast For An Exciting, Surprising Thriller [TIFF] Steve McQueenandGillian Flynnteam forWidows, an exciting, brilliantly-acted thriller about a team of desperate women pushed to desperate measures. A heist film with a lot more on its mind than meets the eye,Widowsis a gem.Widowscould’ve easily been a piece of mindless pop. A riff on every single heist film ever made, but with a female twist. But in the hands of Steve McQueen and Gillian Flynn, it’s so much more....

/Answers: Our Favorite Heroes Of Color Every week in/Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, tying in with the release of Marvel’sBlack Panther, we ask"Who is your favorite non-white movie hero?" Hoai-Tran Bui: Mulan Is it predictable that I chose Mulan, the first Disney princess through which I could finally see myself on screen? No, she’s more than just a reflection (heh). She’s a daughter, a warrior, a reluctant hero, and the savior of herself and China....

19 Movies Like ‘Fear Street’ To Stream Or Rent Right Now TheFear Streettrilogy has come to an end, but if you’re still craving the type of movies that inspired it, I’m here to help. TheFear Streettrilogy very much wears its homages on its sleeve, which means there are a lot of influential films to pick and choose from. I’ve narrowed the list down to 19 movies that I think will satisfy your thirst for moreFear Street-style thrills and chills....

A Never Before Seen ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Movie Deleted Scene Has Surfaced Super Mario Bros. The Movieis one of the weirdest and most mystifying major studio releases of all-time. In an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the Nintendo video game franchise of the same name, Hollywood Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures, the movie brought the game to life in one of the most perplexing fashions, trying to shoehorn as many references to the original game as possible in a nonsensical way....

Aaron Eckhart, Sean Bean And AnnaSophia Robb Join Dark ‘Peter Pan’ Project As twoSnow Whitefilmsgear up to go intoproduction, the next big fairy tale that’ll be racing to the big screen isPeter Pan.Several competing projects, all with slightly altered takes on the classicJ.M. Barrietale, are in various stages of development and nowone seems to have jumped aheadof the pack. Essential Entertainment has reportedly castAaron Eckhart,Sean BeanandAnnaSophia Robbin a dark take on thePeter Pantalelast year rumored to be calledPan, written byBen Magid(Hack/Slash) and directed byBen Hibon(who did the animated sequence inHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One)....

Action Movie Sequel Time: The Expendables 2, And More Inglorious Basterds Prequel Talk Sylvester Stallone’s new movieThe Expendablesis big. Really, really big. At least that’s what a fawning writeup from New Orleans sitenola.comwould lead you to believe. So big, really, that there is easily room for a sequel. Or two. When asked about further films, producer Avi Lerner said, “definitely. We already have got some ideas aboutExpendables No. 2,No. 3. Definitely, it’s a franchise movie....

Attention Continuity Nerds: ‘Aquaman’ Is Set After ‘Justice League’ If you like navigating confusing timelines and tracking publishing schedules just so stories make sense, I highly recommend becoming a comic book reader. Here is one of the few entertainment mediums where editorial asterisks will be deployed to explain why a dead character is suddenly alive in the new issue you’re reading – it takes placebeforethe story where he died, you see....

Billy Ray Taking Turn At Gears Of War Screenplay Earlier today,Russ told youthatBilly Raywill be writing a ripped-from-the-headlines movie about Captain Richard Phillips vs. Somali Pirates. That’s not Ray’s only new writing gig, however, as he’s also taking a crack at theGears of Warmovie. Last we heard, directorLen Wisemanwas collaborating withWantedscribe Chris Morgan on the project, superceding an ill-liked Stuart Beattie draft. Like that fellow with hisOne Red Paperclip, this sounds like a constant series of uptrades....

Brad Bird Fighting For ‘The Iron Giant’ Blu-Ray Release These days, it’s easy to say you loveBrad Bird. AfterThe Incredibles, RatatouilleandMission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, you’d be hard pressed to find someone whodoesn’tlike his work. But many of us were on board from the beginning withThe Iron Giant. In the summer of 1999, Bird was just another untapped talent fromThe Simpsonswho went to college with lots of famous people. He was making his first feature....

Brian Tyree Henry Wants To Know Why ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ Brian Tyree Henry, a great actor who deserves to be in all the movies all the time, is set to star in in the thrillerThey Cloned Tyrone.Juel Taylor, who wroteCreed II, will direct the film, which involves characters mixed up in a government conspiracy that involves – I assume – cloning, and also someone named Tyrone. The project is hot right now, and was won by Macro in a bidding war....

Cool Stuff: ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Crew Jacket Will Keep You Warm, Doesn’t Smell Bad On The Outside Among hardcoreStar Warsfans, there is one coveted item from the production of the original trilogy that is a rare artifact. No, we’re not talking about any props from the set, even though those are highly sought after items. Instead, we’re talking about a winter jacket given to crew members who worked on the Norwegian set ofThe Empire Strikes Backon the location that was used to represent the ice planet Hoth....

Episode 8 Bits: A Few Rumored Titles, New Set Pictures, And A Cameo From Tom Hardy In today’s edition of Episode 8 Bits: Until Lucasfilm releases something official (and trust me, you will know when they release something official), take every single rumored title forStar Wars: Episode 8with a grain of salt. Scratch that. Take them all with a pound of salt. A barrel of salt. Bury every title in a grave filled with salt....