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With the Skywalker Saga over, it’s hard to say if we’ll ever see BB-8 in live action again. It’s doubtful it would happen in future movies since they’ll be exploring other corners of the Star Wars galaxy unconnected to Luke Skywalker, Rey and the rest of the gang we’re used to. Still, with Disney+ becoming

Plunking a quarter into 1988’s seminal arcade beat ‘em up Bad Dudes prompted the compelling, accusatory challenge: “are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?” Modernizing that essentially straightforward premise and adapting a cheeky 80s energy to 00s culture, Treachery in Beatdown City commands several tropes from the brawler genre but mashes them

It might appear that Sony just gutted their 2020 schedule. WTF just happened? Did the studio suddenly abandon all hope in its slate? That’s hardly the case: it’s just insurance for the future. And, yes, by and large, all the schedule changes that occurred tonight were in response to the current coronavirus climate. With various

It’s a scene that divided audiences, but you can certainly see Zack Snyder’s comments reflected in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. As Batman lifts his kryptonite spear to destroy Superman, he calls out for Martha. The Dark Knight sees vision of his own mother’s death in that moment, revealing himself to be the killer

During Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman live commentary watch party on Vero, he mentions that he believes a live-action The Dark Knight Returns movie could still be made. The BvS director held a watch party for the 4-year old film on the social platform. While BvS may have been released years back, it’s still a hot discussion topic in

Focus Features’ latest title Never Rarely Sometimes Always, will be available at home on-demand for $19.99 48-hour viewing period starting Friday, April 3. The Eliza Hittman directed and written teenage drama, which has 99% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, faced the unfortunate circumstance of opening in New York and Los Angeles during the weekend when

An entire army of supporters fight daily to get Zack Snyder’s vision for Justice League restored. (Perhaps you have heard of the hashtag #ReleaseTheSnyder Cut?) And every time that Snyder contributes efforts to the DCEU and the movement like this, it fuels the fire of support that he has in the fanbase, and makes the

A limited series based on eccentric zoo owner Joe Exotic is currently in the works, with Kate McKinnon set to star as Exotic’s rival Carole Baskin. Exotic, whose real name is Joe Maldonado-Passage, has become a very well-known name as of late thanks to Netflix’s wildly successful documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness. Directed by Eric Goode

truTV’s surprise winter feature sleeper Impractical Jokers: The Movie will be available on Wednesday, April 1, April Fool’s Day, just five weeks after its theatrical play due to the national shutdown of cinemas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Again no shocker here about the early home release given how all current theatrical releases such as Onward, Sonic

At first glance, any place at Walt Disney World being open seems strange, but when you think about it, golf is one leisure activity which lends itself to social distancing. It’s a game that can be played alone or in a group that usually doesn’t exceed four, and it requires a significant distance between each

Sony has unveiled a new poster for Morbius that teases star Jared Leto’s transformation into the infamous Spider-Man villain. Morbius is Sony’s follow up to box office hits Venom and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, the former consuming an impressive $855 million at the worldwide box office and the latter swinging its way to $375 million. Sony Pictures (via ComicBook)

EXCLUSIVE: I hear the dailies of Jennifer Hudson in MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect are mind blowing, and to tee off the feature just right, the studio is moving it off its Oct. 9 release date for a limited Christmas Day debut. From there, Respect will expand on January 8 in theaters with a full-on wide release on January

Aladdin (2019) When it was released in 1998, Mulan was part of an incredible boom period for Walt Disney Animation Studios, and as a result the film tends to be closely associated with the other titles that were a part of that particular era. This very much includes Ron Clements and John Musker’s animated Aladdin,

As part of the global effort to quell the spread of coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched Clara, an online coronavirus symptom checker bot. While it’s not intended to diagnose coronavirus or to prescribe treatment, the CDC hopes that Clara will ease the burden on medical personnel called on to

With the closure of movie theaters nationwide out of safety during the coronavirus, layoffs have been rampant, with the Big Three exhibitors contending with these atrocious times in varying degrees of severity. Word began to spread last week among distribution folks that Regal had been the most acerbic out of the three chains in the

While drive-in theaters were incredibly popular decades ago, there are only a few left that operate regularly and you would not expect to see them doing big business, especially this time of year. If there’s a time that drive-ins are popular, it’s going to be when it’s warmer, so March is not prime drive-in movie

[The following contains spoilers for The Walking Dead season 10, episode 13] The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang talks about Michonne’s discoveries in the latest episode and teases that they lead into the Rick Grimes movie. The original Walking Dead show that premiered on AMC in 2010 was a bit of an unlikely success story as

As the number of new cases of the coronavirus shows signs of abating in China, a smattering of cinemas re-opened in a handful of provinces across the country this weekend. On Friday, there were 486 movie theaters back at work, while Saturday the total was upped to 507, local reports say. This reps just 4.5%

Of course, there is one big question that would need to be sufficiently answered: if mutants descended from the Eternals in one form or another, then how come they haven’t been seen or heard from yet? Assuming the MCU’s Celestials ran their experiments millions of years ago like in the comics, then that means by

Animal Crossing New Horizons introduces a plethora of new characters to the world of Animal Crossing. And while the majority of the new cast is pretty lively, one, in particular, is fairly ghostly. Nevertheless, helping this little ghoul will net the player some sweet rewards. Related: Theory: Animal Crossing Is Set On Post-Apocalypse Earth (& New

This was inevitable given last night’s news that Disney was suspending global box office reporting for the time being: Comscore, the B.O. reporting agency and data cross-ways for exhibitors and distributors, is no longer issuing a North American Top 10, Global chart or commentary in the weekends ahead while theaters are shutdown. Essentially, if one

Kill Bill Vol. 3 Almost immediately after concluding his two-part revenge epic, Kill Bill, in 2004, Quentin Tarantino hinted at the possibility for a third volume of bloody escapades with Uma Thurman’s The Bride. However, after close to two decades of plot speculation from fans, QT’s conflicting confidence, and even unconfirmed details suggesting Zendaya playing

Greg Grunberg teases there were a lot of big moments cut from the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Grunberg has been friends with Rise of Skywalker director JJ Abrams since they were children. He’s also appeared in everything Abrams has directed from Felicity to The Force Awakens. The actor plays Snap Wexley, a Resistance pilot introduced in The

Stocks rose Friday morning, dipped, then rose again as the market continued a rocky ride, exhibitors struggled to hold on to gains and WarnerMedia parent AT&T scrapped a major stock repurchase plan to conserve cash. Investors are weighing a massive stimulus package being finalized by Congress against the rapid spread of the coronavirus infection, corporate

Speaking specifically to how the real world characters are going to interact with their avatars, Madison Iseman, who plays the ditzy Bethany, went a bit bigger with the question by noting that determining the base personalities of the in-game heroes – played by Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, and Nick Jonas –

The Simpsons family has many secrets, of which some have been shared in the series, including the existence of Homer’s half-brother, Herb. However, thanks to a revelation in a later season, his brother creates a Simpson family plot hole – here’s what it is. Created by Matt Groening, The Simpsons began as a series of

We are hearing from U.S. industry sources as well as those on the ground in the PRC that the offices of China Film Group in Shanghai and those of China’s Film Bureau are re-opened for business, a sign that the country’s exhibition is on its way to a gradual recovery after being shuttered since the

Among the voices we hear, and the faces we see here, are Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Olivia D’Abo as Luminara Unduli, though the face we see is Mary Oyaya from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn, Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu, Frank Oz

Tom Hanks has posted another update stating that his symptoms haven’t fluctuated since being the first celebrity diagnosed with the coronavirus. Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, were diagnosed last Wednesday while he was in Australia filming the untitled Elvis biopic along with Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Rufus Sewell. None of the other cast

Organizers of CineEurope, the major exhibition conference that takes place in Barcelona each June, have updated on their plans in light of the coronavirus crisis. The team has set a deadline of May 4 for a final decision on whether it will forge ahead. Run by Film Expo Group, and the official convention of the