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‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’ Images Reveal Charlie Hunnam As Arthur Pendragon And Jude Law As Vortigern If you had forgotten thatGuy Ritchiewas directing an expensive movie based Arthurian legend, you’re not alone. Warner Bros. has been pretty quiet about the upcomingKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which issupposedly the first in a series of filmsfollowing Arthur Pendragon and the various knights who would eventually gather at his Round Table....

‘Ms. Marvel’ And ‘She-Hulk’ Make It Clear: The Future Of The MCU Is Female One of the privileges of being involved in entertainment is watching franchises you love grow in real time. That privilege can also be extremely frustrating from time to time. All forms of media are gradually learning how to depict strong, well-rounded female characters in their properties. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the comics that inspire it, are no exception....

‘The First’ Trailer: Hulu Heads To Mars With The Creator Of ‘House Of Cards’ Sean Pennattempts to be one of the first people to set foot on Mars inThe First, a new drama series from Hulu andBeau Willimon. No mere sci-fi saga,The Firstisn’t so much about getting to Mars as it is about the lives of the people involved with the complicated, dangerous mission. WatchThe Firsttrailer below. The First Trailer Getting to Mars wont be easy for the characters ofThe First, the new Hulu drama fromHouse of Cardscreator Beau Willimon....

‘The Interview’ Set Visit: James Franco Drives Kim Jong Un’s Tank, With Hilarious Results “It doesn’t get any better than this,” screams one of the most evil men in the world. “Me and David Skylark, in my tank, blasting Katy Perry!” The horrific dictator is right. The mix of pop music, foul language and male machinery is just about the perfect amount of awesome on a cold, snowy Vancouver day....

‘The Mandalorian’ Books Are On The Way, But How Much Will They Expand The Series? The Mandalorianis the latest success in theStar Warsfranchise, and with the first season of the show complete, Lucasfilm is ready to dive into some books centered on the Disney+ production. Later this year, a variety ofThe Mandalorianbooks will be released, including a book collecting some of the stunning concept art from the first season, as well as an adult novel by authorAdam Christopher....

‘The New Mutants’ Was Supposed To Kick Off A Trilogy Of X-Men Horror Films, Including An Alien Invasion Story Back whenThe New Mutantswas in production, it was part of an ambitious slate ofX-Menmovies that were pushing the franchise in bold new directions.Deadpoolwas a self-aware comedy.Loganwas an R-rated drama for adults. And directorJosh Boone’s tale of young mutants being held in a psychiatric hospital was a horror film. As you probably know,The New Mutantswas delayed several years due to Disney buying 20th Century Fox and effectively hitting stop on allX-Menprojects....

‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ US Trailer We’ve seen a coupleinternational trailersforTinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as the film opens this week in the UK. It won’t hit the US until December 9, and so we’ve only just been given a US trailer. But the upshot of waiting is that this trailer features some footage you might not yet have seen, much of which focuses onTom Hardy’s character. Looks like Universal is responding to increasing interest in the actor, based in part upon the fact that he’s playing Bane inThe Dark Knight Rises....

After 10 Years, Andy Serkis' Animal Farm Movie May Be Finally Happening Some filmmakers get their passion projects off the ground right out of the gate. But for others, for whatever reason, those films or TV shows are forced to take a back seat for a while. In acclaimed motion-capture actor Andy Serkis' case, he’s been trying to get an adaptation of the classic George Orwell satire"Animal Farm"made for about a decade....

Andrew Sarris, One Of The Defining American Film Critics, Has Died At 83 To the public at large, the director wasn’t always the person most responsible for a film. That was the producer; the director was just someone who turned up and made sure actors hit their marks. But in the ’50s, writers at French film magazineCahiers du Cinéma(including future French New Wave directors François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Claude Chabrol) expanded on notions developed in the ’40s that said a director could be considered the author of a film, with a director’s body of work representing the expression and examination of a core set of personal concerns....

Casting Bits: Hailee Steinfeld, Dave Franco, And Deborah Ann Woll For ‘Rosaline’, Anne Hathaway In ‘Puzzler’, Josh Holloway And Chris Brown In ‘Planet B-Boy’ Hailee Steinfeld,Dave Franco, andDeborah Ann Wollhave been offered the leads inRosaline, a retelling of Shakespeare’sRomeo & Julietthat’s told from the perspective of the girl Romeo ditches to be with Juliet.Michael Sucsyis directing from a script by by(500) Days of SummerwritersScott NeustaderandMichael H. Weber, which in turn is an adaptation ofRebecca Serle’s forthcoming debut novelWhen You Were Mine....

Comic Book Classic ‘Bone’ Is Coming To Netflix As An Animated Series After a decade of false starts, I’ll believe that a film or television adaptation ofJeff Smith’sBoneactually exists when I sit down to watch it. And yet, I can’t help but feel pretty good about it this time. Netflix has revealed that the lauded comic book series, a wry blend of fantasy and comedy, is coming to the streaming platform as an animated show....

Confirmed: Guy Pearce Cast In Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ [Updated] Update:The Playlisthas confirmed with the actor’s reps thatGuy Pearcehas been cast inRidley Scott’sPrometheus. No word yet on which role he is playing. The original rumor story runs after the jump. The mind melts when you realize thatRidley Scottis currently shootingPrometheus, hisbig budget return to sci-fiand nodto theAlienseries. StarringNoomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elbaand others, the film is so highly anticipated and shrouded in secrecy thatany sliver of possible newsis worthputting out there....

Cool Stuff: Alamo’s Dawn Of The Dead Poster And Screening The Alamo Drafthouse andMondo Teeshas returned again with another cool horror movie poster for their Rolling Roadshow screening ofDawn of the Dead. That’s right, they’re taking the movie, and screening it in the mall in Monroeville where the movie was filmed. How cool is that? I wish I could attend. The screening takes place on June 21st, as part of the upcoming HorrorHound Weekend event in Pennsylvania the weekend of June 20-22nd, 2008....