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Professor X Could Return In ‘Wolverine’ Solo Film; Plus New ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Tease TheX-Menuniverse is growing on the big screen.Deadpoolwill be out next year. AGambitmovie is in the works, too. The biggest movies to expand that universe, however, will beX-Men Apocalypseon July 07, 2025 andThe Wolverine 2on June 24, 2025. Today, we continue to learn more about the former film as directorBryan Singeroffered a cryptic tease about the movie on Instagram....

Read 13-Year-Old Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ Poem Which Inspired The Movie Darren Aronofsky’s idea forNoahoriginated when he was just 13-years-old, with a poem that won a United Nations poetry competition at his Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn school. Darren Aronofsky’s Noah poem was about the end of the world as seen through Noah’s eyes. Aronofsky got the idea to adapt the tale into a movie after visiting a museum exhibit while he was developing his first feature filmPi....

Rumor: Sony Mulling Team-Up Film Starring Female Spider-Man Characters What’s going on with Spider-Man over at Sony? Great question! The guy seems all… tangled up in…string, er, webs. That is, plans. Anyway, you get it. Seems like a bit of a mess over there. A thirdAmazing Spider-Manfilm is planned, with ascheduled releasein 2018, and before that we’ll (maybe) get the bad guy team-up movieSinister Six. That film has been described as a Dirty Dozen sort of story with Spidey basically in the Lee Marvin role, working with the villains....

Sequel Bits: ‘Top Gun 2’, ‘Pacific Rim 2’, ‘Jack Reacher 2’, ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ ‘Mission: Impossible’ We’ve got more sequel bits than you can shake a stick at. After the jump: Syfy’sLavalantulareunited much of thePolice Academycast, includingSteve Guttenberg,Leslie Easterbrook,Marion Ramsay, andMichael Winslow. Now it’s hoping to do the same with the just-greenlit sequel, titled — wait for it —2 Lava 2 Lantula. As of now, the plan is to premiere 2Lava 2 Lantulain summer 2016....

Shang-Chi Spoiler Review: Marvel’s Typical Third Act Problems Start At The Beginning The release of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” gives us an opportunity to once again ask ourselves: What are wereallytalking about when we talk about the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? It’s a surprisingly fraught question, depending on who you ask. The most loyal fans will broker no arguments about the cultural cachet this franchise enjoys on a regular basis, acknowledging ceaseless social media chatter, popular character-inspired memes, andbox office totals that continue to exceed expectationsas proof that the franchise must be doingsomethingright, if so many people respond to it each and every time out....

Star Wars Bits: Stewart And Colbert Battle For Star Wars Supremacy; Plus Bail Organa, Andy Serkis, The Emperor This edition of Star Wars Bits is all over the map. There are laughs, technology, revelations, connections and even some toys. Below, read about the following As if a trip to the set ofStar Wars Episode VIIwasn’t a big enough reward to donating to theStar Wars Omaze fundraiser, nowJon StewartandStephen Colberthave made this video to let people know the project is still open....

Superhero Bits: Joaquin Phoenix’s Angry ‘Joker’ Outtake, ‘Spawn’ Comic Sets A New World Record & More What world record did theSpawncomic recently set? Who is playingHarbingeronCrisis on Infinite Earths? DidArrowverseexecutive producerMarc Guggenheimtalk toNicolas Cageabout appearing asSuperman? Who might be interested in playingRobinalongsideRobert PattinsonasBatman? IsJoaquin Phoenix’s angry outtake fromJokerfake or real? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Cook yourself up a nice bayou broil fit for aWolverinein the latest episode of Marvel’sEat the Universeseries....

The Complex Dynamic Between Female Muse And Male Filmmaker Shelley Duvall’s frantic, desperate face throughout almost the entire runtime of director Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation ofThe Shiningwill forever be burned in my memory. Not only because it’s brilliant and deeply unsettling (as is the film). It’s also because amid that is the actual terror and sheer exhaustion Duvall experienced while having to deliver and re-deliver countless takes of her character being emotionally battered to the point where, to the actress' own admission, it had become “excruciating....

The Morning Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Trailer Easter Eggs, How Technology Has Changed Fame & 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, check out a bunch ofSpider-Man Far From Hometrailer Easter eggs and hidden details you might have missed in the new trailer....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Moonstruck’ Hits Your Eye Like A Big, Swooning Melodrama (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie:MoonstruckWhere You Can Stream It:Amazon PrimeThe Pitch: Convinced that her life is cursed, Italian-American widow Loretta (Cher) has resigned herself to marriage with a dimwitted man that she doesn’t love, until she meets his hotheaded younger brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage)....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Night Stalker’ Is A Solid True Crime Documentary Series (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series:Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial KillerWhere You Can Stream It:NetflixThe Pitch:It’s a true crime series about the police detectives who were tasked with solving the case of the notorious Night Stalker (real name: Richard Ramirez) in 1970s and ’80s Los Angeles....

Tim Burton To Direct ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’? Tim Burtonalways has a few possible directorial efforts brewing, and the latest looks to beMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, a novel byRansom Riggsthat was published this past summer and snapped up by Fox and Chernin Entertainment for development as a movie. Tim Burton is now in talks to spearhead that development, and is looking at the story of an old orphanage and its strange and possibly dangerous residents who may still be lurking in the ruins as a possible film to direct....

Trick R Treat Finally Gets A Release In October? Update:Dougherty has posted the following message on hisblog: “Two announcements are coming. One in June, the other at Comic-Con in July. Fun stuff that makes me smile…and finally relax. Thanks for all of your messages and support.” ScreenwriterMichael Dougherty’s (X2, Superman Returns) feature directorial debutTrick R Treathas been sitting on the shelf for almost two years. The film earned great reviews and buzz from a handful of screenings, but Warner Bros has been reluctant to release the film in theaters....