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Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, R.I.P.D., The Amazing Spider-Man, Man Of Steel How doesRhys Ifansview his character, the Lizard, inThe Amazing Spider-Man? What didHenry Cavillhave to say about those shirtlessMan of Steelset pictures that have been floating around? Want to see more images ofMatthew ModineandJoseph Gordon LevittinThe Dark Knight Rises? CanJonathan Nolancomment on that film and when might we see the next trailer? Read about that and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Synopsis For Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ Whets Our Appetite For The Sci-Fi Survival Thriller There was a lot of public talk about the casting process forAlfonso Cuarón’s filmGravity, but once the cast was locked down —Sandra BullockandGeorge Clooneyare the two key players — the film went pretty quietly intro production and we’ve heard little about it since. The film is in post-production now, and there could be a way to go yet, as the film is said to be heavily based in CGI, potentially with only a handful of ‘shots’ making up the final cut....

The 15 Best Spider-Man Villains, Ranked Merriam-Webster defines a rogues gallery as “a collection of pictures of persons arrested as criminals.” Think “The Usual Suspects” poster. Think “Guardians of The Galaxy.” Think, the many spectacular foes of Spider-Man. The web-headed wallcrawler has faced scores of bad guys since his inception in 1962, many of whom have captured audience’s imaginations on both the page and silver screen. Especiallythe silver screen. Yes, there can be no doubt about it: The MCU and DCEU wouldn’t have dominated the multiplex for decades if Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” trilogy hadn’t kicked off in 2002, and scores of films (from 2006’s “Batman Begins” to 2019’s “Shazam”) would not have succeeded as well as they did without the blueprint laid out by that trilogy’s villains....

The 2014 Summer Movie Wager: A Game Of Box Office Predictions Its that time of year again.Jeff Cannata(formerly of the Totally Rad Show, now host of NLB and DLC, and a frequent co-host of the /Filmcast) has thrown down the gauntlet, and once again challenged /Film to compete with him in what has become an annual tradition: the Summer Movie Wager. Every year in the past I would make a guest appearance on the Totally Rad Show for this segment, but with that show now disbanded we have taken on the job of hosting this contest on /Film....

The Everdeens Go Gothic In New ‘Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2’ Poster Hunger Gamesfans are everywhere, and some in France are going to get something pretty interesting. A brand new “commemorative"Hunger Gamesposter has been made for the Cannes Film Festival, featuring the Everdeen sisters, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Prim (Willow Shields), in a stoic,American Gothic-influenced pose. It’s a striking, odd image that’s sure to give fans pause as we approachThe Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2....

The Fight For ‘Wynonna Earp’ Season 4: Why The Hit Show Isn’t Back To Filming And What Fans Are Doing About It Production on season 4 of SYFY’s hit seriesWynonna Earpshould be chugging along right now. Melanie Scrofano should be swearing in new and creative ways. Creator and showrunner Emily Andras should be wrangling cast, crew, and production staff. Fans should be clamoring for pictures and sneak peeks and any little bit of information they can glean from their favorite show on television....

The Vampire Diaries Franchise Finally Bites The Dust Well, here’s some sadly apropos news for this Friday the 13th. In case you missed it, yesterdayThe CW enacted a full-scale guttingof their own network, canceling an entire swath of shows ranging from “Dynasty” to “Charmed” to Ava DuVernay’s superhero drama “Naomi.” As we speculated in this round-up of the news, this sweeping measure to clean house almost certainly comes as a result of thenetwork’s impending sale– all rumors currently point to an acquisition by Nexstar Media Group, which would in all likelihood spell the end for The CW as we know it....

Three More ‘Game Of Thrones’ Spin-Offs In Development At HBO Another week, another slew ofGame of Thronesspin-offs that are in the works at HBO. As cameras are set to start rolling on the prequel seriesHouse of the Dragon, HBO is reportedly developing three newGame of Thronesspin-offs, each expanding a new corner ofGeorge R.R. Martin’s fictional fantasy world. Deadline reports that HBO is developing three new projects set within the world of Westeros and Essos (and maybe beyond)....

TV Bits: Is This The Leaked Script For The Season 5 Premiere Of ‘Breaking Bad’? Plus: ‘The Newsroom’, ‘True Blood’, ‘24’, ‘Saturday Night Live’, ‘Sons Of Anarchy’, And More There’s atonof TV news coming down the pipeline, so let’s get right to it. After the jump: The Fox Network commemorates its 25th birthday this year, and as part of the celebration it’s bringing back stars from some of its greatest hits....

Viola Davis And The Power Of Removing Annalise Keating’s Wig On How To Get Away With Murder Back in the heyday ofShondaland’s TGI Thursdays, just when “Scandal” and “Grey’s Anatomy” were ruling cable at their heights, a third melodrama swept in to steal the show. Shonda Rhimes' “How To Get Away With Murder” (or “HTGAWN”) quickly established itself alongside itssister series', offering dramatic courtroom monologues, a mystery worth solving, and huge twists around every corner....

VOTD: ‘Captain Marvel’ VFX Featurette Showcases Goose The Cat, Skrull Transformation & Super Powers Every single Marvel Studios movie is a blockbuster spectacle that is chock full of visual effects that bring the fantastical world of Marvel Comics to life on the big screen, and the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is no exception. A newCaptain Marvelvisual effects featurette from Marvel Entertainment dives into the post-production process for creating the titular superhero’s photon energy blasts and other superpowers, the transformation of Skrulls, and the scene-stealing character Goose the Cat....

VOTD: Real Life ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Short Film Barely Discernible From The Video Game Whenever a new installment of the popular, violent video game franchiseGrand Theft Autois released, gamers marvel at the graphics, realism and gameplay (even though the latter is pretty much always the same). And as video game graphics continue to improve with each next generation gaming console, we’re getting closer and closer to copying the real-world in video game form....

Warner Bros. Approaching Ben Affleck To Direct ‘Justice League’ Another day,another hugesuperhero team up update.Varietyreports Warner Bros. has approached actor/directorBen Affleckto direct their DC Comics superhero team up film,Justice League. He’s the first director to seeWill Beall’sscriptand will discuss the option and possibilities of the project in the coming weeks. Read much more after the jump. InVariety’sstory, they point out Warner Bros. was (obviously) hoping Christopher Nolan would help out with this massive film....