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‘Captain Marvel’ Origin Story Will Be Changed A Bit Thanks To Another Superhero Origin Story Now thatBrie Larsonhas been officially announcedto take the lead role in the forthcoming cosmic superhero flickCaptain Marvel, we can start talking about the finer details of the movie. The good news is we’ll get to seeCaptain Marvelin action inThe Avengers: Infinity War, something that wasaccidentally revealed by Anthony & Joe Russoawhile back. But what about the hero’s own film?...

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Doesn’t Try To Break Stereotypes — And That’s Good Crazy. Rich. Asians. Every adjective in the title ofCrazy Rich Asianssounds loaded at best, distasteful at worst. When trailers forJon Chu’s movie started hitting the web, cries of racism inevitably began to surface. Why did it have to beAsians? Doesn’t that generalize an entire population of people? And does this mean that they’re crazy? Or crazy rich? What about poor Asians?...

‘Death Wish’ Trailer: Eli Roth’s Latest Gets The ‘Grindhouse’ Treatment Eli Roth’sDeath Wishis an ill-advised remake, but the film is essentially finished and ready to hit theaters sooner rather than later. In a new tongue-in-cheek attempt to sell the film to a new audience, aGrindhouse-inspiredDeath Wishtrailer attempts to highlight the lighter side of shooting a bunch of people. The last thing we all need right now is a new movie about an angry white guy buying a bunch of guns and mowing people down, but that won’t stop shock master Eli Roth....

‘Harry Potter’ Writing/Directing Team Steve Kloves & David Yates Reunite For Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2is the biggest movie of the year, with a$1.1 billion-dollar take worldwide. We’ve known for years that Warner Bros. was anxious about this point in time because, withoutPotter, what will the studio be able to rely upon as a guaranteed cash cow? And with the afterglow of that billion-buck figure starting to fade like the taillights of a truck hauling off WB’s money-printing press, it is time to take action....

‘Joker’ Won’t Have “Anything” From The Comics, Says Director Todd Phillips Joaquin Phoenix’s aspiring comedian won’t be using any old material — this is an all-originalJoker.DirectorTodd Phillipsrevealed that his upcoming feature film about the Clown Prince of Crime’s origin won’t be drawing any inspiration from the comics. The lack of Joker comics inspirations is intentional, Phillips said, becauseJokeris exclusively “about this man,” not the Batman rogue he will become. In an interview withEmpire, director and co-writer Todd Phillips revealed thatJokerwill be comprised of all fresh material....

‘Magic Mike’ UK Trailer - Less Furniture Building, More Beefcake Now this is what I’m talking about. Whereasthe first U.S. trailerforSteven Soderbergh’s male stripper flickMagic Miketook pains to frame Mike (Channing Tatum) as just a sensitive furniture maker searching for something more than the seedy life of an exotic dancer, the new U.K. trailer plays up the sheer entertainment value of watching these guys get down and dirty. And along the way, it even reveals a bit more about the mentor-protege relationship between Mike and The Kid (Alex Pettyfer) that comprises the main storyline....

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Featurette: The Story Continues For The Magical Nanny How do you recapture the magic of a classic movie likeMary Poppins? By casting a lead actress who is practically perfect in every way.Emily Bluntgets the spotlight in the latestMary Poppins Returnsfeaturette released by Disney, which delves into how the story continues for the magical nanny and the Banks children. Mary Poppins Returns Featurette No one can replace the unmatchableJulie Andrews, but Blunt is a worthy successor....

‘Mindhunter’ Season 2 Release Date Confirmed By David Fincher Fire up the tape recorder and get ready to buddy-up to some serial killers all over again.Mindhunter, the excellent Netflix series from producerDavid Fincher, is finally coming back for a new season – and soon.Mindhunterseason 2 will debut on Netflix next month. It’s been over a year since the first season, which debuted on the streaming service in October 2017. Minhunteris one of my favorite shows – not just on Netflix, but in general....

‘Silicon Valley’ Season Four Teaser: Richard Looks Unwell Silicon Valleyreturns forseason fouron April 23rd. Former Pied Piper CEO, Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch), is still a nervous wreck. After all these seasons, he’s probably been nervous for good reason. A lot goes wrong for Richard on this show. Sometimes conflicts are quickly wrapped up, maybe a little too quickly sometimes, but each episode seems to provide him with a whole mess of problems....

‘Steve Jobs’ Early Buzz: The Tech Genius Finally Gets A Proper Biopic The simply titled biopicSteve Jobspremiered at theTelluride Film Festivalover the weekend, and the first reviews coming from the mountains of Colorado seem to indicate that we have our first Oscar frontrunner. Michael Fassbendertakes the titular role as the Apple co-creator and tech genius who brought us innovations such as the iPod, iPhone and perhaps most importantly, the first mainstream home computer....

‘The Collector 3’ Will Keep The Home Invasion Horror Series Alive The CollectorandThe Collectionare both nasty, effective horror films about one seriously twisted killer. They came on the heels of theSawtorture-porn horror trend, but are much better than mostSawknock-offs. The second film ended with a direct set-up for a third…but that thirdCollectornever materialized. But it looks like that’s about to change. A poster has arrived forThe Collector 3, and it’s been confirmed that this isn’t some photoshop trickery – the movie is indeed really happening....

‘The Grey’ Theatrical Trailer: Liam Neeson Vs. Wolves Round 2 The teaser trailer forThe Grey,Joe Carnahan’s man vs. wolf survival action story starringLiam Neeson,concluded with an epic showdownfeaturing Neeson getting ready to fight a wolf with broken mini-bar booze bottles taped to his hands. Basically, it was amazing. This brand-new theatrical trailer ends the exact same way but, before it gets there, we’re given a much better sense of the scope of the story and fear that the characters played byDallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Nonso Anozie, andJoe Andersonmust face....

‘The Overlook Hotel’: Mark Romanek Provides Info On His Abandoned ‘Shining’ Prequel HBO Max is moving forward withOverlook, a TV series spun-off fromThe Shining. But at one point we could’ve had a completely different piece of entertainment bearing theOverlookname. That wasThe Overlook Hotel, aShiningprequel that was supposed to be directed byMark Romanek(One Hour Photo) and written byGlen Mazzara. The script for that film exists and even got the blessing of Stephen King himself, but it ultimately never came together....