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Star Wars Bits: ‘Solo’ Rumors, Secrets Of ‘The Last Jedi’ VFX, And New Concept Art In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Now that the dust fromThe Last Jedihas (almost) settled, the world ofStar Warsfandom is beginning to think about what’s coming next, specifically the upcoming Han Solo solo movie calledSolo: A Star Wars Story. The film has been dogged by production issues and though it’s coming out in a mere five months, we’ve yet to see any footage, promotion, or trailers....

Star Wars Land Update: How Stormtrooper Battle Escape Will Be Different From Every Other Ride As construction onStar Wars Landhasgone verticalin Anaheim, we are beginning to learn more information about Disneyland’s upcoming immersive spaceport experience. The ride queues for the land’s two E-ticket attractions will feel less like a long line and more like a storytelling experience that brings park visitors through many different environments. Also, word has it that the Stormtrooper Battle Escape ride will involve you having to abandon your ride vehicle mid-ride and make a run for it away from oncoming First Order Stormtroopers....

The Best Streaming Horror Movies You Should Watch Right Now (Welcome toNow Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt:Welcomeback to Now Scream This, your one-stop shop for streaming horror recommendations. The haze of summer swelter is upon us, and for those days where air conditioner breezes better combat Mr. Sun’s rays, we’ve got some cool-down entertainment picks....

The Crown Trailer: Netflix’s Epic Series Provides A Look Behind The Curtain At Queen Elizabeth II It seems like every week now, Netflix releases a new trailer for a new original television series that seems too good to be true. The level of talent and material they are producing is just unmatched, even by HBO at this point. Today’s trailer is forThe Crown, a new original series which reunites Academy Award-nominated writerPeter Morgan(The Queen, Frost/Nixon) with three-time Oscar-nominated directorStephen Daldry(Billy Elliot, The Hours) and producerAndy Harries(The Queen)....

The CW Plans ‘Batwoman’ And ‘Superman & Lois’ Crossover, But New TV Season Won’t Start Until 2021 The CW has plans to welcome the upcoming DC Comics seriesSuperman & Loisinto the Arrowverse in a big way. After giving the show a full series order recently, it has been confirmed thatSuperman & Loiswill have a crossover event with theBatwomanseries, which will be wrapping up its first season this weekend and has been given a second season order....

The Daily Stream: An Ode To Tony Leung’s Face In ‘Chungking Express’ (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie:Chungking ExpressWhere You Can Stream It: Criterion ChannelThe Pitch: Two separate love stories unfold amid the bustling noise of Hong Kong. At night, a cop (Takeshi Kaneshiro) mourns his break-up with a woman named May when he runs into a beautiful blonde woman (Brigitte Lin) who happens to be a drug smuggler....

This Week In Trailers: Scandalous, Blood Machines, 24/7 College Football, Letterkenny, The Cave 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? This week, we muckrake for funsies, go back to war, trip the light fantastic with an indie sci-fi gem, go North of the border for a good laugh, and try to figure out exactly why again student athletes aren’t paid....

Thomas Jane And Jeremy Piven Set For Thriller Directed By Mark Pellington While I went in hopeful, I ended up hatingMark Pellington’s last film,Henry Poole is Here. Hated it enough that hearing that the screenwriter, Albert Torres, had beenhired to rewritethe live-actionAkiraadaptation all but killed my scant interest in that project. But I’ve heard very good things about Pellington’s work onU2 3D(maybe not a surprise, given his music video background) and thought there was potential on display in earlier features likeArlington RoadandThe Mothman Prophecies....

Trick ‘R Treat Director Talks Sequel Michael Dougherty’s semi-anthology horror filmTrick ‘r Treathas been the subject of a lot of blog talk over the past two years, and now thanks to this week’s DVD release, everyone can see it. So, of course, Dougherty is talking about the sequel. In this case, it’s one I’m very interested to hear more about. Dougherty tellsMTVthat he’s got part of the first sequel mapped out....

Wes Anderson’s Retelling Of Bottle Rocket’s Premiere Is Like A Nightmare Before Wes Anderson was a hit director withan uncanny visual style, an army ofrepeat actors, and a fanbase full of folks who dress like they’re trying to get cast into theirvery own Anderson flick, he was just some guy trying to make a movie. When his first film “Bottle Rocket” debuted in 1996, Anderson and his stars Owen and Luke Wilson were all unknowns who were lucky enough to be playing around with a $5 million budget and a production deal with Columbia Records, allbased on the strength of a short filmthey worked on together straight out of film school....

Who Is Sarco Plank And Was He In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’? Earlier we wrote aboutConstable Zuvio, a character that was featured in a lot of the earlyStar Wars: The Force Awakensmarketing but didn’t feature in the finished film. The other character that fits that bill is a guy named Sarco Plank. While he didn’t have an official photo released like Zuvio, he did have an action figure, book, and is featured in a bunch of other merchandise — yet no one can seem to find him inThe Force Awakens....

‘A Dangerous Method’ Domestic Trailer: Less Kinky, Still Beautiful Oh, I can’t wait for this. Here’s the second trailer we’ve seen forDavid Cronenberg’sA Dangerous Method, which tells the story of Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), who both fall into a web tethered by Jung’s patient Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley). Theprevious trailerwas just a bit more explicit — as you’d expect from the intersection of Cronenberg and early psychoanalysis, there is some kink ahead....

‘A Quiet Place’ Spin-Off From ‘Midnight Special’ Director Set For Release In Spring Of 2023 AfterA Quiet Place Part IIstormed back into theatersand had no trouble topping the box office charts last weekend, you might expect Paramount Pictures to immediately getA Quiet Place Part IIIon the fast track. However, it sounds like the studio wants to give directorJohn Krasinskiand starsEmily Blunt,Noah Jupe, andMillicent Simmondsa little bit of a break, because they’ve actually scheduledA Quiet Placespin-off movie for release in the spring of 2023 instead of a new sequel....