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Dan Stevens To Lead FX’s X-Men Spinoff ‘Legion’ Cousin Matthew is going to be a superhero.Downton Abbeyalum andThe Gueststar Dan Stevens has just been cast to lead FX’s X-Men spinoffLegion, alongsideParks and Recreation’sAubrey PlazaandFargo’sJean Smart. The trio joinFargobreakoutRachel Keller,who was cast last month. Varietyreports Stevens will play main character David Haller, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age. He’s spent much of his life going in and out of psychiatric hospitals, trying hard to recover, but he’s just about to give up when he meets the girl of his dreams....

End Of An Era: Miramax President Quits, Disney All But Shutters The Label This has been coming for some time, and after recent shakeups at Disney, is really no great surprise. NowDaniel Battsek, the current president of Miramax, has announced that he’ll step down at the end of January 2010. At the same time, Disney will relocate the label from New York City to Disney’s headquarters in Burbank, CA, where they’ll reduce Miramax’s output to just three films a year....

Ethan Anderton’s Top 10 Movies Of 2015 You know the drill. 2015 had plenty of great movies hit the big screen, and it was pretty difficult to whittle this list down to what you’ll see below. Surely your favorite movies are not the same as mine. My list is by no means meant to be definitive, especially since there are some movies I’ve heard great things about but just haven’t seen yet (my apologies toCarolandThe Revenant)....

Ethan Coen Doesn’t “Want To Make Movies Anymore,” According To Coen Brothers Collaborator Carter Burwell In news that is sure to send cinephiles sinking to their knees, shouting “No!” to the heavens, writer-directorEthan Coenappears to be done making movies…for now, at least. Let’s all take a deep breath and try to process this rationally. The news comes thirdhand from a reliable source: specifically, composerCarter Burwell, a frequent collaborator of Ethan and his brother,Joel Coen’s, whose long filmmaking partnership together has produced such modern classics asFargoandNo Country for Old Men, to name but two....

Exclusive Extended Scene From ‘X-Men First Class’ Features More Of Shaw’s Plan NOTE: Because we experienced some issues with our previous exclusive clip, Fox has asked that we remove that one and replace it with this one. Our apologies for any confusion this might have caused. One of the biggest surprises of the summer wasMatthew Vaughn’sX-Men: First Class. A film that was rumored to be rushed and have all kind of production issues turned out to be the bestX-Menfilm since Bryan Singer was behind the camera....

First ‘Batwoman’ Teaser Trailer Released As The CW Picks Up Series Order The firstBatwomanteaser trailer is here to signal the beginning of a new superhero in Gotham City, and the series order from The CW. The teaser trailer is loaded with a sense of importance, which is fitting:Batwomanwill be making TV history as the first live-action superhero series with a gay lead character. Watch theBatwomanteaser trailer below. Batwoman Teaser Trailer The CW has released the firstBatwomanteaser trailer, just as the network officially picked upBatwomanto series, according toDeadline....

First Look: Hiccup And Astrid In ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2;’ Plus Plot Description There’s just under one year until the adventures of Hiccup and Toothless continue inHow To Train Your Dragon 2. Set for release June 21, 2025, star Jay Baruchel seemsincredibly confidentin the film saying, “It’s going to be pretty incredible in every way.” Our first glimpse at what exactly that could mean has been revealed. A new licensing magazine has a ton of images of the new character designs from the sequel as well as some a new plot description....

First Looks: Daniel Craig And Rachel Weisz In ‘Dream House’ And Ryan Reynolds And Jason Bateman In ‘The Change-Up’ Here are two first looks, one ofJim Sheridan’s domestic thrillerDream House, withDaniel Craig,Rachel WeiszandNaomi Watts, and then one of the ‘body-switching’ comedyThe Change-Up, in whichJason BatemanandRyan Reynoldsfind their personalities swapped into one another’s bodies. The second image and info on both films, after the break. That’s theDream Houseimage above, and here’s the synopsis:...

For $40,000 You Can Watch First Run Movies In Your Home Hollywood and the movie theaters have finally figured out a system they agree on to screen first run movies in your house. It costs $35,000 for the hardware and a $500 per rental. A company calledPRIMA Cinemahas created a system that allows people to watch movies opening in theaters in their homes. The $35,000 hardware includes multiple failsafes to ensure the film looks and sounds great....

Fox’s Mutant Drama Adds ‘True Blood’ Alum Stephen Moyer Fox’s Marvel mutant drama has recruited a former vampire.True BloodalumStephen Moyerhas just been cast as the lead in the series, joiningJamie ChungandBlair Redford. The kinda-sortaX-Menspinoff centers on a family that goes on the run after the kids are discovered to have superpowers. Deadlinereports Moyer will play Reed, described as “an ambitious attorney trying to balance the demands of his job at the DA’s office with his responsibilities to his family....

Get In The TARDIS, Whovians: ‘Doctor Who’ Is Moving Exclusively To HBO Max As a time-traveling alien, the Doctor’s life is one that’s always on the move, but at this point the number of streaming services that have housedDoctor Whois starting to get ridiculous. After “exclusively” streaming on Netflix, following by Amazon Prime Video a few years later,Doctor Whois moving toHBO Max. The WarnerMedia streaming service has acquired the exclusiveDoctor Whostreaming rights, along with a slew of other impressive BBC titles includingThe Office, TopGear, andLuther....

Golden Trailer Award Nominees Include ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’, ‘Godzilla’, ‘After Earth’ A well crafted trailer is a thing of beauty. It boils down the essence of a 100-minute movie into 120 action-packed seconds, leaving you both satisfied and eager for more. It makes a mediocre film look intriguing, and a great one look like the nextThe Godfather. Needless to say, putting these ads together isn’t easy, and the annualGolden Trailer Awardsacknowledge the hard work that goes into them....

Guillermo Del Toro Discusses R Rating For ‘Crimson Peak,’ Still Hoping To Make ‘The Witches’ AsGuillermo del Torodoes press rounds for the disc release ofPacific Rim, naturally he’s talking about other films. He mentioned the ongoing screenwriting efforts forPacific Rim 2, for instance, and in another interview he was questioned about his upcoming haunted house moveCrimson Peak. The director says that one is very much designed as an R-rated piece of horror, which should please fans of the genre....