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‘Power Rangers’ Movie Starts Production; Max Landis Worked On The Script How arePower Rangersfans feeling about the upcoming reboot? I’m not a fan of the show and don’t know anyone who is,includingJacob Hall, but do they like the direction this film is going in? It was certainly hard to knock castingElizabeth Banks(Pitch Perfect 2) as the villain, considering she’s Elizabeth Banks, but is this a property fans actually want to see return to the big screen?...

‘Prisoners Of The Ghostland,’ Possibly The Craziest Movie Of 2021, Has A Release Date Nicolas Cageis having a great summer — which he very much deserves. His newest filmPigarrived last month and subsequently becamehis best reviewed live-action filmon Rotten Tomatoes. His performance is hauntingly subdued, and garnered plenty ofcritical acclaim. And maybe subdued isn’t your first thought when it comes tothe performances of Nic Cage, but isn’t that just further proof of his talent?...

‘Prometheus’ Updates: Rafe Spall Cast, Noomi Rapace Talks About Her Character Prometheus,Ridley Scott’spseduo-returnto theAlienuniverse is one of those movies that everyone will be dissecting and discussing right up until release. It’s got that perfect combination of a well-known universe, great filmmaker,top notch screenwriterandstellar castthat’s bound to excite even the most fair-weather film fan. Today brings a few updates on the film, which is scheduled forrelease August 10, 2025. First up, another major role has been filled byRafe Spall, best known for his roles inShaun of the DeadandHot Fuzz....

‘Shazam!’ TV Spot Pokes Fun At ‘The Dark Knight’ The DC Universe has turned over a new leaf, with the decidedly goofyAquamangetting followed by an even goofier superhero film,Shazam!And the latestShazam!TV spot is remind you of that. The brief trailer is chock full of new, exciting footage, but the best part of the TV spot is its tongue-in-cheek nod to the famousThe Dark Knighttagline: “Why so serious?” Because, honestly, why do we need to be so serious?...

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ First Look: It’s Basically ‘Ready Player One’ Meets ‘Space Jam’ Thanks to all the endless comparisons between basketball playersMichael JordanandLeBron James, audiences have been demanding to see a sequel toSpace Jamfeaturing the latter NBA champion, especially since his big screen debut inTrainwreck. For better or worse, fans are getting their wish withSpace Jam: A New Legacycoming to theaters and HBO Max this summer, and details on the film’s plot, beyond the expected basketball game involving the Looney Tunes, have finally been revealed along with some first look photos....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse 2’ Could Feature The Return Of Jake Johnson’s Peter B. Parker Who’s the best movie Spider-Man: Tobey Maguire or Andrew Garfield or Tom Holland? Let’s not limit ourselves to live-action. What about the animated Miles Morales, voiced byShameik Moore?Holland is my personal favorite, but if you answeredJake Johnson, then ring-a-ding-ding — you might be in for a treat. Because it looks like Johnson may (emphasis on “may”) be returning for the sequel toSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse....

‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ And ‘The Late Late Show With James Corden’ Head Back To The Studio This Week Production on all movies and TV shows was shut down in early April when the coronavirus pandemic started spreading quickly across the United States. However, late night television was able to make a comeback by producing episodes remotely. Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, James Corden, Conan O’Brien, and Samantha Bee, hosted their shows from the comfort of their home and had guests appear through video chat....

‘The Old Guard’ Sequel Has A Finished Script And Will Film Next Year DirectorGina Prince-Bythewoodbecame the first Black woman to direct a big-budget Hollywood comic book movie withThe Old Guard, last year’saction-heavyadaptation of writerGreg Rucka’s comic about a group of immortal warriors. Oscar winnerCharlize Theronled the film’s ensemble cast, and now the actress says the sequel will begin filming early next year. Speaking withVariety, Theron confirmed thatThe Old Guard 2has a completed script and that production will begin at some point in the first quarter of2022....

‘UnReal’ Will Bring Its Messy, Magnificent Four-Season Run To An End On Hulu WhenUnRealpremiered on Lifetime in 2015, it felt revolutionary. Here was a pitch-black drama about the lurid behind-the-scenes conflicts of aBachelor-style reality show, featuring two of the most fascinating and fearsome antiheroines on TV (played with withering contempt byShiri ApplebyandConstance Zimmer). Immediately,UnRealbecame a critical darling and a boon to Lifetime’s bid to be taken seriously in the oversaturated prestige TV market....

An Unexpected ‘Solo’ Cameo Has Been Confirmed, But It’s Not Who You Think [Updated] A few days ago,Mark Hamillaccidentally let slip aSolocameo that none of us were expecting. According to Hamill, a well-knownStar Warsactor makes a surprise appearance in the newestStar Wars Storyfilm. Now, we have confirmation that Hamill was telling the truth – and that the actor isn’t playing the character we thought he was.Spoilers follow. Update: There’s been a new clarification to this story straight from Jonathan Kasdan himself....

Austin Film Society To Remake Richard Linklater’s ‘Slacker’ For 20th Anniversary WithoutRichard Linklater’sslice of life filmSlacker, the independent film boom of the 1990s might not have happened. Unlike almost anything American audiences had seen before, it inspired a generation of filmmakers to go out and make their own movies. Kevin Smith often credits seeing the film at the Angelika Film Center in New York as his inspiration to makeClerks, the film’s success gave Linklater the ability to makeDazed and Confusedand so much more....

Best Comments Of The Week: ‘Spider-Man 2’, ‘Die Hard 5’, ‘Green Lantern 2’ And Superman, Catwoman, ‘The Darkest Hour’ Alien First Looks As you know, this week welaunched a new registered user-only commenting section. I thought since the weekends are always slow here on /Film, why not take a look at themost likedcomments of last week. Maybe we’ll continue to post this round-up every weekend and you might even see your comment on the /Film front page....

Bloom County Animated TV Series In The Works At Fox, Based On The 1980s Comic Throughout the 1980s,Berkeley Breathed’s “Bloom County” was an institution in the comics section of your local newspaper. Breathed’s daily strip, which ran from December 1980 until August of 1989 (but continued in other forms), was an aggressively silly, pointedly political, and downright surreal strip about a small town somewhere in middle America that is populated by an eclectic cast of brainiacs and misanthropes along with several anthropomorphic animals (most famously, Opus the penguin), closet monsters, cockroaches, and a Basselope (a Bassett hound with antlers)....