What If Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher Didn't Want To Return For 'Star Wars: Episode VII'?

What If Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher Didn’t Want To Return For ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’? Last night the Salt Lake Comic-Con kicked off over in Utah, and one of the first guests of honor wasStar Warssaga starMark Hamill. The actor took the stage for a panel that he wanted to be “more like an intimate conversation.” As Hamill said to kick off the panel, “I want to talk to you like you are sitting in my living room....

July 1, 2025 · 5 min · 932 words · Crystal Terrell

Wonka Footage Reaction: Timothée Chalamet Inspires More Pure Imagination [CinemaCon 2022]

Wonka Footage Reaction: Timothée Chalamet Inspires More Pure Imagination [CinemaCon 2022] Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it with chocolate, and a miracle or two? Apparently, Timothée Chalamet can! Willy Wonka, the beloved, eccentric chocolatier from Roald Dahl’s 1964 children’s novel, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” has made his way onto the big screen twice before, with Gene Wilder in 1971 and Johnny Depp in 2005. Both films were an adaptation of Dahl’s book, but the upcoming Warner Bros....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · Lisa Jackson

WTF: Environment-Focused 'The Lorax' Pushes SUVs

WTF: Environment-Focused ‘The Lorax’ Pushes SUVs So much for that liberal, pro-environment, anti-industrialist agenda Fox NewsaccusedThe Loraxof pushing. In a truly WTF bit of cross-promotion, the title character ofDr. Seuss' nature-friendly fable is shilling for the 2013 Mazda CX-5. That’s right: The feisty Lorax, who famously “speaks for the trees,” is promoting an SUV, and not even a hybrid at that. This makes even less sense than the time China Glaze encouraged us to identify with the dangerously frivolous Capitol folks by buyingHunger Games-themed nail polish....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Mark Miller

'A Bad Moms Christmas' Trailer Has Plenty Of Holiday Spirits To Go Around

‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ Trailer Has Plenty Of Holiday Spirits To Go Around Hot on the heels ofyesterday’s new trailer forDaddy’s Home 2, which sees parents visiting their grown up kids for the holidays to silly comedic results, this year’sotherChristmas comedy has debuted a trailer, but with much raunchier laughs. A Bad Moms Christmasis the follow-up to the R-rated comedyBad Momsfrom last year. After the movieraked in $113.2 millionon a budget of just $20 million, STX Entertainment fast-tracked a sequel and added some holiday spice....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Kimberly Stevens

'A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III' Trailer: Roman Coppola's Wacky Take On A Relationship Breakdown

‘A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III’ Trailer: Roman Coppola’s Wacky Take On A Relationship Breakdown A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, the second feature fromRoman Coppola,runs a breezy 85 minutes. With the release of its first trailer, we can see just what the regular Wes Anderson collaborator has in store to follow up his feature debut from 2001. That debut film,CQ, was an illustration of romantic longing and personal disillusionment filtered through the swinging sci-fi weirdness ofBarbarellaandDanger: Diabolik....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Crystal Johnson

'Aftershock' Trailer: Eli Roth, Actor, Deals With An Earthquake In Chile

‘Aftershock’ Trailer: Eli Roth, Actor, Deals With An Earthquake In Chile A new trailer has dropped forEli Roth’s latest horror project, but this time he’s not the one behind the camera. Roth stars inNicolás López’sAftershockas one of three friends (withAriel LevyandNicolás Martínez) who hit up a Chilean nightclub for a wild night out. Their evening takes a turn for the worse when a serious earthquake hits, and then gets downright deadly when the city begins to panic....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Barbara Smith

'Birds Of Prey' Clips And Featurette: See Life From The Perspective Of Harley Quinn

‘Birds Of Prey’ Clips And Featurette: See Life From The Perspective Of Harley Quinn This week sees the release ofBirds of Prey, a spin-off ofSuicide Squadthat brings back Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. But this time, she’s not desperate to get back in the arms of The Joker. Instead. she’s just broken up with the madman, and that has some of Gotham’s deadliest criminals after her, including none other than Roman Sionis, aka Black Mask (Ewan McGregor)....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Jacqueline Blair

'Blue Beetle' Movie Coming From 'Charm City Kings' Director Angel Manuel Soto, Will Introduce First Latino Lead To The DC Movie Universe

‘Blue Beetle’ Movie Coming From ‘Charm City Kings’ Director Angel Manuel Soto, Will Introduce First Latino Lead To The DC Movie Universe Angel Manuel Soto, the filmmaker behindCharm City Kings, will directBlue Beetle, the first DC Films and Warner Bros. superhero movie starring a Latino character.Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, who wrote the upcomingScarfaceremake andMiss Bala, penned the script, based on the character who first appeared in the pages of Fox Comics in 1939 before moving to DC comics....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Joshua Garcia

'Challenger: The Final Flight' Trailer: A Netflix Docuseries Investigates The Challenger Disaster

‘Challenger: The Final Flight’ Trailer: A Netflix Docuseries Investigates The Challenger Disaster On August 14, 2025, all eyes were on the launch of the Space ShuttleChallenger, which was notable for many reasons, including the inclusion of a civilian passenger, Christa McAuliffe, who was destined to be the first teacher in space. But at 11:39 A.M. EST, the world watched in horror as theChallengerbroke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Kathleen Gonzales

'Doctor Strange 2' Up In The Air, But Screenwriter Has Ideas For Sequel's Villain And Story

‘Doctor Strange 2’ Up In The Air, But Screenwriter Has Ideas For Sequel’s Villain And Story Marvel Studios seems to be setting up Doctor Strange to be one of the new leaders of the Avengers, so it’s a little — forgive me —strangethat aDoctor Strangesequel has yet to be confirmed. But while things don’t look so good for him in the trailers forAvengers: Infinity War, it’s still likely that Stephen Strange will return to fight another day....

June 30, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Jared Lindsey

'GLOW' Season 2 Trailer: The Gorgeous Ladies Of Westling Are Back

‘GLOW’ Season 2 Trailer: The Gorgeous Ladies Of Westling Are Back The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are back in theGLOWseason 2 trailer. Netflix’s comedy series set in the world of 1980s women’s wrestling returns later this month, with a whole new season full of body slams and emotional stakes. Watch the high-energy trailer below. GLOW Season 2 Trailer GLOWis one of Netflix’s best shows for several reasons: the writing is smart and funny, the cast is great, the premise is enjoyable, and, perhaps best of all, the show never overstays its welcome....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 326 words · Dawn Harrison

'Grease' Prequel Series Slides From HBO Max To Paramount+

‘Grease’ Prequel Series Slides From HBO Max To Paramount+ Grease is the word over at Paramount+. The CBS All Access streaming service ischanging its name to Paramount+early next year, and it has just picked up a new show to add to its roster.Grease: Rydell High, a prequel series set before the events of the 1978 classic musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has received some rebranding of its own: the show is now calledGrease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, and it is moving from HBO Max over to Paramount+....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Todd Bradley

'Holmes And Watson' Clip: Selfies Do More Harm Than Good

‘Holmes And Watson’ Clip: Selfies Do More Harm Than Good Even the greatest detective of all time struggles a bit with a selfie. The latest clip from the upcoming comedyHolmes & Watsonshows the titular mystery-solving duo (Will FerrellandJohn C. Reilly) requesting a picture with Queen Victoria (Pam Ferris), and possibly inventing the selfie long before the word entered today’s lexicon. But as the clip continues, we learn that perhaps there’s a reason that Watson’s newfangled invention never caught on....

June 30, 2025 · 2 min · 318 words · Heather Williams