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Filmmaker Mohamed Diab Landed Marvel’s Moon Night By Writing A 200-Page Pitch Like many jobs, getting the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to helm a Marvel production can be a rigorous interview process.Unlikemany jobs, pitching hundreds of pages worth of material to prove that you know your stuff can be the key to success. As he tells it, that’s how filmmaker Mohamed Diab apparently became the last man standing when it came to getting the highly sought-after “Moon Knight” gig....

First Look: Helena Bonham Carter As Miss Havisham In Mike Newell’s ‘Great Expectations’ If you ask me,Helena Bonham Carterplaying bitter Miss Havisham inMike Newell’sGreat Expectationshas sounded like ideal casting from the very start. But if you had any doubt in your mind whatsoever as to Bonham Carter’s suitability, let these new photos put those worries to rest. Two new stills from the film have been released, showing Bonham Carter looking right at home as the shut-in ofCharles Dickens' classic tale....

First Look: Scarlett Johansson As Janet Leigh In ‘Hitchcock,’ Plus Her Alien Character In ‘Under The Skin’ Scarlett Johanssonhad a quiet couple of years, with onlyIron Man 2andWe Bought a Zoohitting theaters in 2010 and 2011, respectively. But her profile is back up in the stratosphere thanks toThe Avengers, and now a couple other productions she’s involved in are taking advangate of the attention lavished on Marvel’s big hit. Here we’ve got two looks at Johansson in two very different movies....

Geek Deals: Heroes Season 1 & 2 For 53% Off; Battlestar 1-3 For $122 We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Amazon has a couple 24-hour only TV-on-DVD deals today: You can buy thefirst two seasons of Heroes on DVD for $46.99, 53% off the $100 MSRP or you can buy thefirst two seasons on Blu-ray for $77.99, 54% off the $170 MSRP. Amazonalso has Seasons 1-3 of Battlestar Galactica plus the television movie Razor on DVD for only $121....

Hunt Review: An Intense And Unpredictably Twist-Filled Korean Spy Thriller [Cannes] Continuing to show that Korean thrillers are just on a whole other level, Lee Jung-jae makes his directorial feature debut with “Hunt,” an action-packed spy thriller with plot twist upon plot twist upon plot twist, and not a single care for whether the audience can keep up with its convoluted story. Loaded with well-choreographed action that feels straight out of a Michael Mann movie, “Hunt” takes place in 1983, just four years after South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee was assassinated by the chief of his intelligence agency, ending 16 years of violence and abuse of power....

Interview: How Jonás Cuarón’s ‘Desierto’ Was Inspired By Steven Spielberg’s ‘Duel’ DesiertoisJonás Cuarón’s sophomore effort as a filmmaker. The co-writer ofGravitymade his directorial debut in 2007 withYear of the Nail, a movie he wrote, produced, shot, co-edited, and did the art design for. He had slightly fewer jobs to do on his second feature, but that doesn’t mean it was less of a challenge to make, thanks to some brutally hot weather....

Invasion Season 1 Ending Explained: The Visitors Haven’t Left Apple TV+’s series “Invasion” is not your typical alien show. The series takes place all across the globe as seemingly random people are impacted by first contact from extraterrestrials. The series' budget appears to be as massive as its scope, but its stories mostly stay grounded thanks to a few standout performances and an emotional score by Max Richter. The first season of “Invasion” was apparently a success, as Apple has already ordered a second one....

Ken Jeong Is The Latest Suspect In The Afterparty Season 2 With the Apple TV+ murder mystery “The Afterparty” making new additions to its upcoming season, alongside the return of regular cast members, there’s yet another new suspect to watch out for. Season 2 of “The Afterparty” has added Ken Jeong to the already high-profile cast list, wherein Jeong will play the latest suspect in a potentially new murder mystery, as the previous one had been resolved by the end of season 1 (viaDeadline)....

LOL: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Gets A New Holiday Special AnyStar Warsfan can tell you that even though plenty of people don’t like the prequels, the worst thing to come out of the sci-fi saga is undoubtedly theStar Wars Holiday Special. The feature length holiday movie finds Han Solo (Harrison Ford) trying to get Chewbacca back to visit his family on his home planet Kashyyyk, just in time for some kind of celebration called Life Day....

Miles Teller To Star In Nicolas Winding Refn’s Amazon Series ‘Too Old To Die Young’ Less than two month’s after directorNicolas Winding Refn’s (The Neon Demon)Too Old to Die Youngwas announced, the Amazon series has found its lead inMiles Teller. TheWhiplashandWar Dogsstar will play an L.A. cop who gets pulled into an underground world of assassins. Refn is directing all 10 episodes. Below, learn more about the Nicolas Winding Refn amazon series....

New ‘Halloween’ Sequels Will Bring Back “All The Characters Whose Lives Were Affected” By The Original Movie What will happen in the upcoming newHalloweensequels,Halloween Kills, andHalloween Ends? We know thatJamie Lee Curtisis coming back, and we also know from casting news that several other characters from John Carpenter’s original are back as well. Now, Curtis is offering the tiniest bit of insight into what we can expect when Michael Myers returns yet again....

New ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Series Finale Images And Video Will Help You Count Down To The End It’s time forStar Wars Rebelsto end. The series finale for the beloved Disney XD animated series will air in less than a week, and Lucasfilm and Disney are amping up the marketing machine. A slew of newStar Wars Rebelsseries finale images and videos have been released ahead of the 90-minute finale, to help you bide your time until you have to say goodbye to the crew of The Ghost....

New Production Art: Prince Of Persia, Toy Story 3, American Dog, Wall-E, Enchanted And National Treasure 2 Thanks to the recent Disney Investor Relations release, we have new logo and production art forPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Toy Story 3, Wall-E, andRatatouille. Check it out below. As always, left click for a higher res version. Based on the hit video game series, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world....