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4D ‘Big Hero 6’ Preview Coming To Disneyland September 26 Two of the most recent Disney movies,Guardians of the GalaxyandMaleficent, were both massive hits. Among the few things those films have in common is theyboth held 4D previewsatDisneyland/California Adventurein Anaheim, CA. This probably didn’t have any direct effect on the success of the films, but if it ain’t broke, why fix it? Disney just announced they’ll be giving the same 4D sneak-preview treatment for their next film,Big Hero 6....

A Horror Newbie Watches ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ For The First Time (Welcome toThe Final Girl, a regular feature from someone who has steered clear of horror and is ready to finally embrace the genre that goes bump in the night. Next on the list: George Romero’s zombie classicNight of the Living Dead.) This may come as a shock, but I kind of love zombie movies. I know this whole series is based on the fact that I wouldn’t touch a horror movie with a 30-inch pole, but I would gladly double-tap on any zombie movie....

Atlanta Season 3 Begins With One Intriguing Misfire And Then Something Much Better After four years away, the double-stuffed season 3 premiere of “Atlanta” is here, and part of it made me deeply uncomfortable. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing; I’m a fan of the show, and its return has brought us two episodes with extremely different tones. With that said, let’s just hop right into recapping what we’ve all waited a small eternity for, starting with the first episode of the season, “Three Slaps....

Cate Blanchett In Talks To Join Female ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Spin-Off Over the past year, the cast of the developing female-led spin-off ofOcean’s Elevenhas been slowly growing. The first nameattached to the projectwasSandra Bullock, andrecently a rumor peggedJennifer Lawrencefor a role (though her representative denied the story). Now another name has entered talks to take a role in the spin-off. Lord of the Ringsfranchise andCarolstarCate Blanchettis currently in talks for a role in the movie that has the working title ofOcean’s Ochoamong the creative executives working on the project....

Cool Stuff: The LOST Underground Art Project On December 15th, Ronie Midfew Arts andDamonCarltonAndAPolarBear.comheld theLOSTUnderground Art Project, an art show atGallery1988: LAcelebrating one of the greatest television programs of all-time. In addition to the 16 poster prints released over the past few months, over 20 artists created original LOST-inspired paintings and sculptures (all available for purchase) to commemorate the event. These artists include: Alex Pardee – Ben Strawn – Carlos Ramos – Chris Ryniak – Dan Lydersen – Dan May – Danielle Buerli – Edwin Ushiro – Eric Fortune – Jeff McMillan – Jeremy Asher Lynch – Julian Callos – Ken Garduno – Kirk Demarais – Lauren Gregg – Leontine Greenberg – Luke Berliner – Mark Bodnar – Mark Brown – Martin Wittfooth – Misha (from the mind of Paul Scheer) – Ralph Cosentino – Scott Campbell – Wade Schin – 64 Colors – Brent Nolasco – Dave Pressler – Jason Limon – Jeremiah Ketner – Jesse Hernandez – Jon Burgerman – KaNo – Leah Palmer – Lunabee – Motorbot – Nathan Spoor – Nemo – Pocketwookie – Reactor 88 – Scribe...

Directing Bits: Sean Penn Goes ‘Crazy For The Storm’, Steve Pink Talking ‘About Last Night’ Five years afterInto the Wild,Sean Pennis finally getting ready to get back into the director’s chair. As of last fall, he was set to directThe Comedianwith stars Robert De Niro and Kristen Wiig, but it looks now like his next project could instead be another inspired-by-true-events survival drama. Penn has entered talks to helpCrazy for the Storm, based onNorman Ollestad’s memoir about his complicated relationship with his daredevil father....

Exclusive: Viral Poster For ‘Rampart’ Reveals Woody Harrelson Beating A Man If you thought you sawWoody Harrelsonwhaling on a man with a night stick while walking on the street recently, you weren’t hallucinating. The team behindRampart,Oren Moverman’s follow-up toThe Messenger, has been papering several major cities with an image that is striking, figuratively and literally. It shows Los Angeles cop Dave Brown (Harrelson) pummeling a man with a night stick. In the film, Brown is a cop with a heroic attitude who frequently goes over the line of justice....

George Lucas Bumming Everyone Out On The Crystal Skull “Curb it, punks.” Can one of our commenters suit up as “The Internet” and have a wrastlin' match withGeorge Lucasalready? TheStar Warspoobah is back to his “let’s be realistic” and “most of you will probably hate it, but so what?” schtick, but this time he’s voicing his (non)concern about expectations for May’sIndiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. And he goes on to take a jab at all of the precedingIndiana Jonesmovies as well....

Hans Zimmer Confirmed To Score Zack Snyder’s ‘Superman’ UPDATE:This may have come too soon — re-reading the source story there’s the line saying that Hans Zimmer is scoring “Nolan’s new Superman chapter.” So there could be an error there that should have that reading Batman rather than Superman, in which case this is a moot point. More very shortly. Original article follows. Last night’sInceptionparty has been the source ofa few good tidbits....

HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Teaser: “I Guess We Have Ourselves A Reckoning” Tick tock. As we continue to eagerly anticipate the release of showrunnerDamon Lindelof’s take onWatchmenfor HBO, the network has finally unveiled a teaser trailer that gives us more than just a flash of what to expect. Compared to what we’ve seen of the upcoming superhero drama series thus far, this minute-long trailer feels like a full meal. Check it out below....

Hulu Musical Series Up Here Will Feature Songs From Frozen And WandaVision Songwriters The minds behind “Frozen,” “Hamilton,” and “WandaVision” are teaming up for a series, and the resulting eight episodes will surely feature catchy tunes from which you’ll never be able to escape. Some of musical theater’s biggest Hollywood hotshots are joining creative forces for Hulu’s upcoming romantic comedy series, “Up Here.” PerVariety, here’s what we can expect from the show:...

Liam Neeson Would Return To The Role Of Qui-Gon Jinn, Under One Condition Before you get your hopes up: no, there are no confirmed plans forLiam Neeson’s Qui-Gon Jinnto return to the “Star Wars” franchise at the moment. However, the actor expressed an interest in reprising his role as the venerable Jedi master when asked about it — but only under the condition that it is a film instead of a television series (viaComic Book):...

Paranormal Activity Director Goes To Area 51 Paranormal ActivitydirectorOren Peli’s next film is no secret — he’s been talking about it since Slamdance. We even mentioned it breiflyin a previous posting. But now that Paranormal has become a viral box office sensation, the project has been officially announced in the trades. What is it? Peli is going toArea 51. Details after the jump. Peli will begin shooting his second feature, another original, found-video thriller called Area 51 which is described as a “claustrophobic terror”, next week....