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Nic Cage Says Ghost Rider 2 Is Headed To Europe. UPDATE: Says Kick-Ass Won’t Be Gratuitously Violent? Ghost Rider’s passport just arrived in the mail. The Pope’s assistants have laid out the welcome mat. The only thing left to do is get the $60 t-shirts screen-printed for the “Flaming European World Tour” andit’s sequel time.Man of the hour,Nic Cage, is talking upGhost Rider 2during his press rounds for this weekend’s proto-ridiculousBangkok Dangerous....

Ridley Scott On Neill Blomkamp’s Alien Sequel: “There Was Never Even A Script” In about two weeks, we’ll have a good idea of how hungry the world is for moreAlienfilms.Sir Ridley Scotthas a couple of sequels in mind, and he envisions himselfready to shootone next year after he makesAll the Money in the World. Right now, Scott is steering the Alien ship, and it probably won’t ever make a stop forNeill Blomkamp’s untitledAlienfilm....

Sex And The City Author Candace Bushnell Isn’t A Fan Of Carrie Bradshaw’s Transformation Over The Years “And Just Like That,” the sequel series set in the world of “Sex and the City” took some prettymassive swingswith their evolution of some of TV’s most iconic women, and plenty of people had some capital “O” Opinions™ on whether or not this was a good thing. One of the series' biggest naysayers? Author Candace Bushnell, whose anthology “Sex and the City” was the basis for the original TV series on HBO....

Sony Says Moon Oscar Screeners Were Held Back Due To Piracy Concerns In the past couple months there has been a groundswell of support forMoon,Duncan Jones' great debut film, as an Oscar contender. Sam Rockwell’s bravura performance is the aspect frequently cited. But a real Oscar campaign has to go directly to voters, many of whom haven’t seen the full field of possible films. Hence, the Oscar screener. Yet the likelihood of Sony Classics putting a full Oscar push behind a niche film, no matter how good, always seemed low....

Superhero Bits: ‘Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ Ultimate Edition, Songbird Possibly Coming To The MCU & More Want to see how to drawGhost Rider? When willSpider-Man: Miles Moralesbe available for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4? What can fans expect from the third season of theBig Hero 6animated series? What’s the reported reasonRay Fisherdecided to lash out at Warner Bros.? Is Songbird appearing inThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Ant-Man, Gotham, Iron Man 3, Batman V Superman, Aquaman What lengths is Fox going to to promoteGothamat Comic-Con? Does the newAquamananimated movie have a title? Want to watchMichael DouglastalkAnt-Manand Comic-Con? Did something historic happen on the set ofBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? How much changed in older verisons of theAmazing Spider-Man 2script? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. NewIron Man 3suit from Hot Toys....

Superhero Bits: Justice League Blu-Ray & DVD Release Date, Teen Titans Go Movie Trailer & More When willJustice Leaguehit Blu-ray and DVD? What’s the one scene thatGal Gadotstruggled to shoot inWonder Woman? What’s the next move for fans to try to convince Warner Bros. to releaseZack Snyder’s cut ofJustice League? When will we see the firstTeen Titans Go! To The Moviestrailer? What doesDoctor StrangedirectorScott Derricksonhave to say about superhero movie criticism?...

Superhero Bits: Star-Lord Vs Boba Fett, Watch Adam West’s Powerless Episode & More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. CanStar-LordbeatBoba Fettin a fight? Want to see the entire unaired episode ofPowerlessthat featuresAdam Westas a guest star? Did you noticeKevin Feige’s real time reaction toAmy Pascal’sSpider-Manuniverse revelation from last weekend? IsSupergirlgoing to enter theDC Extended Universe? WillThor’s roommateDarylappear inThor: Ragnarok? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: World War Hulk Movie Rumors, Black Panther Is Hitting A Major Milestone & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: “Black Panther” hits a huge milestone...

Teaser Trailer: Beauty And The Beast In 3D It has beenalmost two years sinceWalt Disney Animation Studios announced that they would be convertingBeauty and the Beastinto 3D for a Valentine’s Day 2010 theatrical rerelease. Disney has been showing a short test of the 3D footage at various industry events, including last year’s ShoWest. Unlike the live-action 3D post conversions, I was actually quite impressed with what Disney was able to achieve with the added dimensionality (read my previous report here)....

The E.T. Easter Egg You Forgot About In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace If I was a filmmaker worth billions of dollars, and if everything I touched turned into a smash-hit, I wouldn’t take myself too seriously either. There’s certainly more to life than creatingthe highest-grossing filmsof all time, and in a way, blockbuster BFFs George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have proven just that. Their lifelong friendship has shaped cinema as we know it, and they’ve never been shy in acknowledging that fact....

The Village Roadshow VS Warner Bros. Case Explained: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Lawsuit It was tough to imagine there would be no fallout from the “day-and-date” release strategy some movie studios committed to these past couple years. With the pandemic leaving theaters either locked down, or too risky for audiences, we saw a radical pivot to streaming that changed the theatrical market, probably forever. Though this felt like the compassionate and smart move to ensure eyes were on films, lots of filmmakers were shredded in the process....

This Week In Trailers: I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story, Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters, Inmate #1: The Rise Of Danny Trejo & More Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...