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How ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Recreates And Reinvents Familiar Costumes And Sets [Set Visit Report] When wevisitedtheLondon setofMary Poppins Returnslast year, one thing was said time and time again: this is a sequel, not a remake. This meant that directorRob Marshalland his team had to capture everything that made the 1964 original so charming while also aging it to reflect the passage of time (and more refined audience tastes). Naturally, this meant costumes and sets that captured that familiar magic whilealsoreinventing that magic for a new generation....

James Cameron Talks About Expanding The ‘Avatar’ Universe In his legendary book Adventures in the Screen Trade, screenwriter William Goldman wrote of the film industry: “Nobody knows anything. Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and if you’re lucky, an educated one.” And he’s right. Making predictions about the movie biz is like trying to predict the weather....

Let’s Run Through All Of Jack-Jack’s Powers From ‘Incredibles 2’ Incredibles 2is in theaters now, and that means fans have gotten a glimpse at every single one of the new powers displayed by Parr family’s youngest superhero, Jack-Jack. Our first hint of Jack-Jack having superpowers came at the end ofThe Incredibleswhen a whole array of special abilities came flying out of the baby when he was in the midst of being kidnapped by Syndrome....

Michael B. Jordan’s Mother Had To Be Taken Off The Wire Set During This Scene Long before Michael B. Jordan got to play Killmonger in “Black Panther” or Vince Howard in “Friday Night Lights,” he got his first major role as Wallace in season 1 of “The Wire.” Described by showrunner David Simon as the “emotional center” of the first season, Wallace is one of the youngest and most innocent members of Avon Barksdale’s crew....

New ‘Dune’ Images Tease The Epic Battles And Timothée Chalamet’s Desert Odyssey As we get closer to the release ofDenis Villeneuve’sDune, it appears that Warner Bros. has been happy to let the spice flow. And by spice, I mean spicy new images from the highly anticipated film based on Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel. Last week,we got an exciting new look at the sandworm, but this time we get to see more of the people who reside on the desert planet Arrakis....

One Missed Call - The Worst Reviewed Movie In Over A Year Last week I saw a press screening ofOne Missed Call. And by press screening, I mean a screening at 10:00pm pt the day before the film was released nationally. I’m not entirely sure why studios offer such last minute screenings, as most publications have a deadline earlier in the week. I think they basically hold these type of screenings as a way to say “see, we screened it for you, you just didn’t come....

Outer Range Spoiler Review: A Sci-Fi Western Carried By Josh Brolin And A Workhorse Cast Prime Video’s"Outer Range,“starring Josh Brolin, is one of several new mystery-box shows that have premiered in recent months, with Showtime’s “Yellowjackets,” Apple’s “Severance,” and Epix’s “From” being other examples. The original idea behind themystery box, a term “Lost” co-creator J.J. Abrams popularized in a TED Talk, was that it “represents infinite possibility” and is best left unopened to tease the imagination....

POTD: Phil Lord And Chris Miller React To ‘The Lego Movie’ Oscar Snub One of the more surprising omissions from this morning’s Oscar nominations wasThe Lego Movie. Despite its immense popularity with both critics and general audiences last year,The Lego Moviesomehow failed to secure a nomination for Best Animated Feature. But it’s okay, because when the bad news came, co-directorPhil Lordreacted the way any Master Builder would: he built his own....

Preview Pages From ‘Tale Of Sand,’ The Graphic Novel Based On Jim Henson’s Unproduced Screenplay WhenJim Hensonpassed away, a few unproduced projects were left on his desk. One was an early project calledTale of Sand, a script written with frequent Muppet co-writerJerry Juhl. The script has been adapted into a graphic novel, byRamón Perezand comic publisher Archaia. A twenty-page preview is now online, so you can get a taste of how one of Henson’s unrealized projects has been translated to the comic page....

Release Dates: ‘London Has Fallen’ Moves To Spring, ‘Legend’ To November Two upcoming pics are doing the release date shuffle. Focus Features has movedLondon Has Fallenfrom January 2016 to spring, whileTom Hardy’sLegendhas been pushed back several weeks to late November. Get the newLondon Has FallenandLegendrelease date details after the jump. Deadlinebroke news ofLondon Has Fallen’s new date. Focus Features, which originally had the film slated for October 2, 2015and thenJanuary 22, 2016, has moved it again to the more promising date ofMarch 4, 2016....

Rick And Morty Season 6: Everything We Know So Far It’s time to get schwifty — “Rick and Morty” Season 6 is officially on its way, with creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland hard at work on thenext batch of episodes. The animated sci-fi series has become a major hit since its debut in 2013 and fans are clamoring for their next hit of wacky sci-fi action. But what’s on the cards for Rick Sanchez and his grandson Morty Smith in the upcoming Season 6?...

Russian Doll Season 2 Ending Explained: The Stages Of Grief Are Finally Complete Content Warning:“Russian Doll” deals with heavy themes, including drug use and addiction, mental illness, child abuse and neglect, suicide, and death, and this piece discusses them in detail. Reader discretion is advised. Season 1 of the Netflix original series “Russian Doll” stuck its two protagonists, Nadia (Natasha Lyonne) and Alan (Charlie Barnett), into a time loop that forced them to reconcile some of their more selfish tendencies in order to be better people and heal from past trauma....

Second Season Of ‘Wayward Pines’ May Have All-New Cast Is anyone out there watchingM. Night ShyamalanandChad Hodge’s TV seriesWayward Pineson Fox? The series debuted about two years after it was picked up by the network, and while it didn’t do so well when it premiered up against the season finales ofThe BlacklistandScandal, it’s actually found a decent audience since then. But while the live numbers weren’t anything to write home about,Wayward Pinesgained a record percentage DVR lift of 90% for a 1....