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Episode 8 Bits: Mark Hamill Says A Little Too Much, Dubrovnik Goes Neon, And A Few Probably Fake Titles Hit The Internet “Space Bear,” otherwise known asStar Wars: Episode 8, has been filming for a few weeks now and the slow trickle of news has become a steady trickle. In today’s edition of Episode 8 Bits: Although he’s been busy filmingEpisode 8, Mark Hamill took some time to appear at the Oxford Union and he said something…well,he said something very interesting....

Force Awakens Bits: Marvel Comic Adaptation, Behind-The-Scenes With John Williams, And Cool Art I squeezed in another viewing ofStar Wars: The Force Awakenslast night and guess what? It’s still good! Anyway, in today’s edition of The Force Awakens Bits: Marvelhas announcedthat they will be publishing a five issue adaptation ofThe Force Awakens. NovelistChuck Wendig, who recently penned the novelStar Wars: Aftermath(the first book set in the new post-Return of the Jedi canon) will script and Marvel veteranLuke Rosswill provide the art....

Halo TV Series Set To Premiere On Paramount Plus In 2022 “Halo” may bear the name of a ring of light around an angel’s head, but as a would-be screen property, it’s been stuck in development hell for years. Now, fans of the Xbox video game series who have been hoping to see “Halo” adapted are drawing closer to the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. ViacomCBS Streaming has again verified that a TV series based on the game will premiere on Paramount+ in 2022....

Here’s Where You Can Watch Star Wars Celebration Live For eager fans ofStar Wars, theStar Wars Celebrationconvention is a haven of pop culture news and geekdom. This is where Lucasfilm and Disney debut new footage of upcoming movies and television series (along with panels covering all kinds of minutiae related to the saga), making it one of the most anticipated pop culture events of the year. But for the unlucky majority of us who can’t make it down to Florida for the three-day convention, which starts today and lasts through Sunday, Disney is thankfully providing an official livestream of the biggest panels...

Hulu Has Got To Get Ron’s Howard’s New Beatles Documentary Into Your Life There are two pieces of big news here. First:Huluhas acquiredThe Beatles: Eight Days a Week, a new documentary about the greatest musical group in human history (sorry, everyone else) directed by Academy Award winnerRon Howard. Second: this purchase has signaled the launch ofHulu Documentary Films, a new arm for the streaming service that will, as its name implies, will focus on building a library of non-fiction movies....

Is Paramount Rebooting The ‘Transformers’ Cinematic Universe? WhenTransformers: The Last Knightdebuted witha series-low opening daylast year, it was the latest signal that theMichael Bayera might finally be coming to an end after a full decade of cinematic chaos. Now it seems as if Paramount is ready to make some changes: a new rumor indicates that theTransformerscinematic universe may be getting a full reboot. TransformersWorld(viaCollider) reports that, at a Hasbro Toy Fair Preview 2018 event today, the company “specifically stated that a new team at Paramount will reset the Transformers Live Action Movie Series” afterBumblebee: The Moviehits theaters later this December....

Jake Gyllenhaal And Denis Villeneuve Are Working On A Mystery Project Together DirectorDenis Villeneuveis spending some time in the world of Arrakis with his two-part film adaptation ofDune, but it sounds like he might be working with a familiar collaborator again soon.Jake Gyllenhaal, who starred in Villeneuve’s one-two punch ofEnemyandPrisonersin 2013, revealed that the two are teaming up again for a mysterious new project. I’ll cut to the chase: we don’t have any details about what this forthcoming collaboration might be....

John Carter Of Mars Begins Production, Daryl Sabara To Play Edgar Rice Burroughs Walt Disney Pictures has sent out a press release announcing to start of principal photography onAndrew Stanton’s big screen adaptation ofJohn Carter of Mars. The release has full details on the cast and crew, including a few new details which hadn’t yet been reported in the trades: The creative team includes Oscar®-nominated production designerNathan Crowley(“Public Enemies,” “The Dark Knight,” “Batman Begins”), costume designerMayes Rubeo(“Avatar,” “Apocalypto”), cinematographerDaniel Mindel(“Star Trek,” “Mission Impossible III,” “Spygame”) and video effects supervisorPeter Chiang(“The Reader,” “The Bourne Ultimatum”)....

Netflix Films Banned From Competing At The Cannes Film Festival The French would gladly die for love, but apparently not for streaming services. TheCannes Film Festivalhas officially bannedNetflixfrom submitting films to future competition lineups. Now, Netflix joins the ranks of flats for women, selfies, and Lars Von Trier as some of the many things that the prestigious film festival has banned. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Netflix and other streamers can show their films out of competition at Cannes, but they won’t be eligible to win the Palme d’Or, the fest’s prestigious top prize....

New ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Clips, A Possible Episode VIII Connection & More The clipsare starting to pour in forGareth Edwards’Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. After plenty of welcomed secrecy, just two short weeks before the movie finally comes out, we’re seeing more and more footage. Yesterday brought usa clipin which Stormtroopers have yet to master the art of simply aiming, while today brings us a new clip showing Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) trying to get on the same page and another with a character you’ll remember from the prequels....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Professor Marston And The Wonder Women’, ‘Drag Me To Hell’ And More (Welcome toNot Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to what’s new on Blu-ray and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) Welcome back, physical media fiends. As we close out January 2018, here’s a round-up of some new Blu-ray releases you’re going to want to check out....

No, The ‘Candyman’ Cast And Crew Won’t Say “Candyman” Five Times In A Mirror As anyone who’s seen the original 1992Candymanmovie knows, saying Candyman’s name five times in front of a mirror will summon the hook-handed killer’s presence. He’s like Bloody Mary, only bloodier. Maybe you’ve tried the mirror invocation, or maybe you’ve just heard about it through pop culture osmosis. The cast and crew of the newCandymanmovie, however, were having none of it....

Road To Endgame: ‘Black Panther’ Is Afrofuturist Fantasy That Reveals The Best And Worst Of America (Welcome toRoadto Endgame, where we revisit the first 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In this edition:Black Panther, a Marvel film that finally tries to be honest about American politics)Black Pantheris a sprawling superhero epic, the likes of which American cinema has never seen — or heard, for that matter, given the prominence of its African accents, treated anywhere from average to heroic; a far cry from the usual villainous or derisive framing of non-western voices in Hollywood....