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‘The Devil Inside’ Trailer: “You Need A Better Understanding Of Exorcism” After the success ofParanormal Activity,Paramount created a small division called Insurge. The purpose of that company offshoot was to make or buy several ‘micro-budget’ films each year — essentially movies made for about a million dollars that could (hopefully) replicate some of the success ofParanormal Activity. The first Insurge effort is this:The Devil Inside, in which a young woman named Isabella visits her mother, who has been held in what seems to be a Vatican-run institution after killing three people during an exorcism....

‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel Has A Villain: ‘The Square’ Star Claes Bang The Girl With the Dragon Tattoosequel is expanding its growing web of cast members, this time tappingThe Squarestar Claes Bang as its villain. There’s no word on what role Bang will be playing inThe Girl in the Spider’s Web, but it’s certain that he will be facing off againstClaire Foy’s goth hacker Lisbeth Salander in some capacity....

‘The Grudge’ Reboot Will Terrify Audiences Earlier Than Expected With New Release Date Sony has enough confidence in theirTheGrudgereboot that they’ve decided to move the release date up several weeks. TheNicolas Pescedirected horror show will now arrive in theaters in June of 2019, instead of August. The reboot starsAndrea Riseborough,Demián Bichir,John Cho,Lin ShayeandJacki Weaver, and takes the story into the heart of American suburbia. More on the newGrudgereboot release date below....

‘The Tick’ Will Put Peter Serafinowicz In The Big Blue Suit A couple of weeks ago we got the exciting news that Amazon’s revival of cult superhero comedyThe Tickwas on,with an official pilot order and everything. There was just one big catch:Patrick Warburtonwouldn’t be filling that big blue suit again. Instead, the team involved (including Tick creatorBen Edlund) would go on the hunt for a new lead. And now they’ve found one inPeter Serafinowicz....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Photos Reveal A Colorful, Cosmic New World For Marvel To Play In As we saw this morning,Entertainment Weekly’s cover storyis all aboutThor: Ragnarok, the third film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that we’ll be getting this year, which also happens to be the third film in the God of Thunder’s own film franchise. We knew we’d be finding out more about the sequel soon, but we didn’t think it would be this soon....

‘Thoroughbreds’ Featurette Explains How A Play Evolved Into A Movie Focus Features' upcoming thrillerThoroughbredsmay seem like it’s being helmed by a long-time filmmaker with plenty of features under his belt, but it’s actually the debut movie for writer/directorCory Finley. We’re debuting a brand newThoroughbredsfeaturette in which Finley explains how the story morphed from its original form – a stage play – into a wholly cinematic experience. Throughbreds Featurette The movie tells the story of two childhood friends, played byOlivia Cooke(Ready Player One, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) andAnya Taylor-Joy(Split, The Witch, Morgan), who team up with a local hustler (Anton Yelchin, in one of his final roles) and plot to kill Lily’s stepdad....

/Answers: Our Favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe Characters Every week in/Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, we celebrate the release ofAvengers: Infinity Warby asking"Who is your favorite character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?" Ben Pearson: Spider-Man My favorite MCU character has only been a part of the MCU for about two years. It’s Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, who is unquestionably the best Spider-Man ever committed to film thus far....

Andrew Garfield Joins Jennifer Garner And Marcia Gay Harden In ‘Back Roads’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Man, thatAndrew Garfieldhas really got it tough. First he gets to fall in love with Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan inNever Let Me Go, then plays a key role in a soon to be classic,The Social Network,he’sSpider-Manfor crying out loudand now he gets to sleep withJennifer Garner. Garfield, Garner andMarcia Gay Hardenare all attached to star inBack Roads, an adaptation of a best-selling book byTawni O’Dellthat will be directed byAdrian Lyne....

Are These The Final Four ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part Two’ Posters? “It all ends.” So says the latest round of advertising forHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, which hits theaters July 15. The phrase obviously has several interpretations: the end of thePotterstory, the finalPottermovie, etc. But the one thing that “It all ends” apparently doesn’t mean is the end ofthe posters Warner Brothers is putting outto publicize the film....

Bret Easton Ellis Says Roger Avary Will Direct ‘Glamorama’ Next Year The association between authorBret Easton Ellisand screenwriter/directorRoger Avarygoes back a decade. Avary directed a film version of the Ellis novelThe Rules of Attraction, released in 2002, and used footage shot for that film to create another movie,Glitterati, which is tangentially related toThe Rules of Attraction. Glitteratihas never officially been released, and probably never will, which I’ll get into in a minute....

Chris Pine Says The Dungeons And Dragons Movie Is A Mix Of Game Of Thrones, Princess Bride, And Monty Python Get our your d20s and figurines, tabletop role-playing fans! There’s a “Dungeons & Dragons” movie on the way starring Chris Pine, and it sounds like it might actually be pretty good. While the 2000 “Dungeons & Dragons” movie is only watchable with a group of friends and a lot of mead, thenew onefrom “Game Night” writer-directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley has some real promise....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Star Wars’ LEGO Y-Wing Is The Latest Ultimate Collector’s Series Addition While most toy collectors are satisfied with your average LEGO sets, there are the more serious aficionados who would prefer sets of a little more quality with greater detail and a higher degree of difficulty when it comes to building. That’s where the LEGO Ultimate Collector’s Series comes into play, and a new addition has been announced that will makeStar Warsfans very happy....

Corey Stoll And Billy Magnussen Are The Latest Wiseguys To Join ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie Cast The Sopranosprequel movie cast continues to expand like someone’s waistline after eating a whole tray of baked ziti. The latest:Corey StollandBilly Magnussenhave come about the film, titledThe Many Saints of Newark, in undisclosed roles. They joinAlessandro Nivola, who is playing Dickie Moltisanti, andJon BernthalandVera Farmiga, who, like Stoll and Magnussen, are playing parts currently under wraps....