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Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Red Band Trailer UPDATE:You might not have looked closely at the logos at the end of the trailer, butAnne Thompsonreports that the new company Apparition has picked up the film for distribution. That’s how you’ll see it (or not) on October 30. Please, spend a few moments considering that the same company is releasing this,Black Dynamiteand new movies from Jane Campion and Terrence Malick. Makes my brain hurt....

Dave Filoni On How Saw Gerrera Ended Up In ‘Rogue One’, Sharing Continuity With ‘Rebels’ A few months back it was revealed thatForest Whitaker’s character inRogue One: A Star Wars StoryisSaw Gerrera, the Onderon rebels leader who fought alongside Anakin Skywalker inStar Wars: The Clone Warsanimated series. InRogue Onethe character has become “a battered veteran who leads a band of Rebel extremists” andwears an armored suitfor flight and maintenance. So when I got a chance to talk withStar Wars RebelsandThe Clone WarsshowrunnerDave Filoni, I had to ask about how his creation ended up in the first Star Wars standalone movie....

Dave Filoni Reveals ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Logo, Concept Art, And Details The ongoing Star Wars Celebration Europe II gathering in Messe Essen, Germany, has yielded some new details aboutStar Wars Episode VII, including theconfirmationthat John Williams would return to provide the score. But wasn’t the only new project discussed at the event. AnimatorDave Filonitook the stage to for a panel aboutStar Wars Rebels, the animated Disney XD series scheduled to premiere next year....

David Harbour Waited Years To Deliver Hopper’s Emotional Monologue In Stranger Things 4 Thanks to a wink in the season 3 end-credits scene, followed bya teaser trailerconfirming the speculative suspicions, “Stranger Things” fans already knew to expect David Harbour’s return as the small-town cop turned Russian hostage, Jim Hopper. Much harder to anticipate was just how different his fourth outing as the beloved character would be. When he first arrived on the scene, dismissing Joyce Byers' claims of a missing child, Hopper was just another lazy TV sheriff, drinking on the job and embracing any opportunity to shirk his responsibilities....

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts On Why Most Video Game Movies Suck Yesterday,Kong: Skull IslanddirectorJordan Vogt-Robertsgave us an extensiveMetal Gear Solidmovie update. Today, I want to share another part of that conversation: I asked Jordan why most video game movies suck. It’s a question that this video game fanatic and film director has thought long and hard about, and he has some thoughts on the matter. Metal Gear Solidis one of the most promising big franchise video game properties yet to be adapted into a live-action film....

Exclusive: Tyler Stout Discusses His New Gallery Work, Such As ‘Attack The Block,’ ‘Un Prophete’ And ‘Drive’ Any time artistTyler Stoutreleases a print, it’s an event. When he has his own gallery show, it’s a happening. Friday night in Austin for SXSW, the artist behind such memorable Mondo posters asAkira, theStar Warstrilogy andKill Billwas on hand for a two-man show with Australian artistKen Taylor. Stout premiered brand new posters forDrive,Attack the BlockandUn Propheteand more, which you can exclusively see below....

First Clip From Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air If you checked the Internet at all over the weekend, you saw thatJason Reitman’s third film, his adaptation ofWalter Kirn’s novelUp in the Air, did exceptionally well as it debuted at Telluride. (Peter has thoughts on the movie via avideo blogand properreview.) In anticipation of the first teaser trailer, which will be arriving soon,Applehas a clip from the film. Here you’ll see the film sold as a straightforward, if quite well-made romantic comedy....

First Look: Tropic Thunder - Robert Downey Jr As A Black Man I opened up my email this morning to see a message from my friend Neil atFSRtitled “LOL Are you kidding me? This is awesome…” Turns out thatEntertainment Weeklyreleased the first production photo forBen Stiller’s summer comedyTropic Thunder, and it features our first look atRobert Downey Jr.’s character Kirk Lazarus, who is a black man. That’s right, Robert is in black face, and from what little I can tell from the photo, he doesn’t look that bad as a black man....

Free Guy Is Getting The Franchise Treatment It’s a great day to be a fan of wholesome action movies with video game sensibilities, because the Ryan Reynolds' movie “Free Guy” seems to be heading toward franchise territory. Despite the pandemic related delays, “Free Guy” managed to have one of the strongerbox officeshowings in 2021 in addition tocritical and audienceacclaim. The world can’t seem to get enough of Ryan Reynolds, and allowing him to play the charmingly naive NPC (non-playable character) in a popular multiplayer online video game tasked with saving the day was a recipe for success....

How The ‘Black Widow’ Opening Titles Set Up A Different Kind Of Marvel Movie After a delay of over a year,Black Widowhas made it to theaters, the first MCU film released since 2019’sSpider-Man: Far From Home. The movie — which focuses onScarlett Johansson’stitular character, Natasha Romanoff (AKA Black Widow) — is also different from the Marvel films that came before it. Black Widowestablishes that difference in the first 10 minutes of the movie, something Marvel headKevin Feigesaid came about later on in the production process....

James Gunn Hints At Two More Possible DC Projects After Peacemaker Life’s pretty busy for James Gunn at the moment. HBO Max justordered season 2of “Peacemaker,” with Gunn set to direct the entire next chapter in Christopher Smith’s story. The filmmaker has also got the “Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” coming to Disney+ near the end of 2022 and is now in production on"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"ahead of its scheduled release in 2023....

James Gunn Looks Back On ‘Scooby Doo’ And The R-Rated Cut The live-actionScooby Doois now 15 years old. Originally, the filmmakers were going for a PG-13 rating, but after filming was completed and an early cut got an R-rating from the MPAA, Warner Bros. decided to turn the raunchy teen comedy into a movie for children.Scooby Doo’s writer,James Gunn(Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2), thought it was a mistake, but a decade and a half later, he still looks back on the experience with a great deal of fondness....

Joss Whedon Explains How Team-Building In ‘The Avengers’ Was Only The Beginning, Discusses Overseeing Marvel Movie Universe Because he’s up in Toronto promoting his small Shakespeare adaptationMuch Ado About Nothing,Joss Whedonis fielding questions about further plans forThe Avengersand the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Yesterday he gave a ringing endorsement to presumedGuardians of the Galaxydirector James Gunn, and now he has made some comments about where Marvel’s movies will go next and how he’ll help them get there....