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Robert De Niro And Frances Conroy In Talks To Join ‘Joker’ Opposite Joaquin Phoenix [Updated] Update:The Wrapreports thatFrances Conroy(Six Feet Under, American Horror Story, The Tale) is in talks to play the Joker’s mother, Penny, in WB’s upcoming movie. No other details are available about her character at this time. Our original article follows. We knew Warner Bros.‘Jokerorigin movie was going to be taking cues from Martin Scorsese dramas likeTaxi DriverandThe King of Comedy, but this takes things to an entirely different level....

Sequel Bits: ‘Skyfall’ Set Photo Shows James Bond’s Beloved Aston Martin, Plus: ‘Human Centipede 3’, ‘300 2’, ‘Avengers 2’, ‘Green Hornet 2’ (Or Not) Disgusting as theHuman Centipedefranchise is, I’ve gotta hand it to director Tom Six. Most sequels attempt to go bigger and better, but few try to go50 timesbigger. After the jump: Six has previously said that — in the same way that, according to him,Human Centipede 2madeHuman Centipedelook likeMy Little Pony—Human Centipede 3would makeHuman Centipede 2look like a Disney film....

Shawn Levy Won’t Direct ‘Minecraft’ Movie Last month it was reported thatReal Steel/Night at theMuseumdirectorShawn Levywould helm a big screen adaptation of the popular video gameMinecraft. Now it turns out that Levy won’t direct the movie after all.Justin Krollhas learned that “Levy and writersKieran MulroneyandMichele Mulroneyhave decided to leave” after the filmmaker and writerspresented a new idea to Warner Bros last month but “it didn’t mesh with what the video game developers were looking for....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Concept Art Reveals Another Supervillain Almost Appeared “Spider-Man: No Way Home"was a whole ordeal, wasn’t it? Tom Holland’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man had to deal with the fallout from Mysterio unmasking him to the whole world with essentially a really convincing deep fake. He also had to worry about getting into college after half the world turned against him for “killing” Quentin Beck. Oh, and he had to rehabilitate and return a cadre of displaced supervillains to their own universes before they caused the entire multiverse to collapse in on itself....

Star Trek Teaser Trailer Description Someone has posted the description of the JJ Abrams Star Trek teaser trailer over on theHollywoodChicago message boards, and I have confirmed through multiple sources that this is legit. If you don’t want to know, don’t read any further: Paramount logo. Bad Robot logo. Black, suddenly some sparks (very saturated, Michael Bay looking cinematography) We hear an old NASA radio countdown: “30 sec and counting.” Close up of a timeless guy with goggles leaning down doing some weilding and sparks flying around....

Star Wars: Visions Funko Pop And Bandai Figures Are Now Available For Pre-Order We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If the “Hawkeye” Funko Pop and Marvel Legends figures haven’t floored you, you’re in for a treat.StarWars.comhas released new “Star Wars: Visions” Funko Pop and Bandai figures. There are a bunch of really fun ones, and they’re available for pre-order. Here is the info on the Funko Pop figures from “The Duel:”...

Studio Ghibli’s 2014 Film, ‘When Marnie Was There,’ Based On English-Language Children’s Novel We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As audiences continue to digest Studio Ghibli’s 2013 film,The Wind Rises, the studio’s 2014 film has been revealed. It’sWhen Marnie Was There, directed byYonebayashi Hiromasa(The Secret World of Arriety), based on an English language book byJoan G. Robinson. Robinson’s book is number 18 on Hayao Miyazaki’s top 50 recommended children’s book and follows a young girl who learns about friendship from a ghost....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Panther’ Box Office Predictions, John Cena Joins New ‘TMNT’ Series Is there any chance thatYonduwill return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Which villain isJohn Cenagoing to voice in Nickelodeon’sRise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? How much couldBlack Panthermake in its opening weekend? What do the prison stripes on theGuardians of the Galaxy’s prison jumpsuits mean? Want to seeThe Dark Knightin theaters again next month? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Deadpool Blu-Ray & DVD, Tom Hiddleston Forecasts The Weather & More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What are the best superhero video games ever made? When can you getDeadpoolon Blu-Ray and DVD? How didRobert Downey Jr.celebrate April Fools Day? What doesZack Snyderhave to say about the Knightmare sequence inBatman v Superman? Can you guess whoTom Hiddlestonblames for rain on a local weather forecast? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

This Week In Trailers: The Secret In Their Eyes (El Secreto De Sus Ojos), American: The Bill Hicks Story, The Square, Jake, Kajínek 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’ Needs More Peculiarity [Review] On paper,Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Childrensounds like a perfect combination of talent, material, and timing. It’s essentially an X-Men movie, in keeping with the current craze for superhero films, but one with a fanciful gothic vibe. It is directed by the master of fanciful gothic vibes,Tim Burton— who knows a thing or two about superheroes and big-budget blockbusters already....

Time Has Been Kind To Disney’s ‘Hercules’, A Flawed But Fascinating Attempt To Recapture The Magic Of ‘Aladdin’ (Revisiting the Renaissanceis a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of the 13 films of the Disney Renaissance, released between 1986 and 1999. In today’s column, he discusses the 1997 filmHercules.)One of the best qualities of Disney feature animation is that it can be timeless. Some of the studio’s most charming masterpieces don’t feel like cinematic time capsules; they can be experienced at any age without the audience feeling lost....

Was Ahsoka’s Fate Revealed In The ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 4 Trailer? The fate of fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano has been kept a mystery since that climactic confrontation in the season two finale ofStar Wars Rebels. A whole season has gone by, and it seems like we are no closer to getting any answers. But did theStar Wars Rebelsseason 4 trailersecretly reveal the fate of the former Jedi? Let’s dive into a new theory that involves some exclusive comments from executive producerDave Filoni....