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Disney’s Seven Dwarves Getting ‘7D’ Animated TV Spinoff With bothMirror MirrorandSnow White and the Huntsmanin 2012’s rearview mirror, you’d think we could leave this particular fairy tale behind us for a little while. Instead, it turns out that even as Disney washitting pauseon its live-action featureThe Order of the Seven, Disney TV was planning its own revisionist Snow White update, titled7D, to air on Disney Junior in 2014. So how exactly does this take on the fairy tale differ from all the other ones?...

Does This 2011 Book Contain Our First Look At Ben Affleck’s Batman Costume? Certain core facts about Batman don’t change much from incarnation to incarnation. You can pretty much always count on his parents being dead, his alter ego being a millionaire playboy, and his costume consisting of a dramatic cape and pointy bat ears. But the details change every time he launches a new comic book miniseries or movie franchise, andBen Affleck’s version in the upcomingMan of Steelsequel will be no different....

Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’: Everything We Learned On The Set Baby Drivertook SXSW by storm this past March, earning such high praise (it’s currently sitting at a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with 22 reviews in) that distributor Sony was inspired to bump its release up from a sleepy August weekend to a prime June spot. But we didn’t know any of that was going to happen in April 2016, when the studio invited us to visit the film’s Atlanta set....

Ewan Mcgregor To Play Batman Villain Black Mask In ‘Birds Of Prey’ Ewan McGregormay play the Big Bad in the upcoming female-led comic book movie,Birds of Prey. TheChristopher Robinactor is in talks to join theBirds of Preycast as the villainBlack Mask, a Gotham mob moss and frequent Batman baddie who will likely turn his attention to Harley Quinn and the members of the titular Birds of Prey in the upcoming film helmed byCathy Yan....

Exclusive: Artistic Poster For Colin Farrell’s ‘Seven Psychopaths’ Character Despite being the star ofSeven Psychopaths, the mental capacity ofColin Farrell’s character is always in doubt. He seems like the normal straight man of the movie, but to surround yourself with the characters played bySam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Tom Waits, Christopher WalkenandAbbie Cornish, you have to be just a little bit mad. Martin McDonagh’s sophomore effort,Seven Psychopaths, opens October 12. Blending multiple characters, stories and perspectives into a strange whole, McDonagh’s film centers on what happens when a dog kidnapper nabs the Shih Tzu of a crime boss, and ends up snowballing into a hilarious, surprising take on the creation of a Hollywood screenplay....

Fox Will Reboot Fantastic Four I find it funny that 20th Century Fox waited until the day when Disneyrevealedthat they would be acquiring Marvel to announce the next step in theFantastic Fourfilm franchise. Or perhaps the information somehow leaked out when everyone was trying to gather all the details of what properties Disneywould have and not havefeature film rights to. Either way, tonight it was revealed thatAkiva Goldsmanhas been hired to produce a newFantastic Fourfilm, a complete reboot....

Gaspar Noe’s 2019 Movie Lux Aeterna Will Finally Hit U.S. Theaters In Summer 2022 It’s been a long road to U.S. screens for Gaspar Noé’s “Lux Æterna.” The movie made its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and was later set to play at the Tribeca Film Festival, until the event was canceled due to the pandemic. The last Noé effort to receive a release stateside was actually “Climax” back in 2018....

Good News, Everyone! ‘Futurama’ Is Coming To Syfy Crack open a can of Slurm in celebration –Futuramais coming to Syfy. The hit animated show fromThe SimpsonscreatorMatt Groeningwill make its way to the genre-centric channel next month. After its premiere in 1999,Futuramabecame a cult hit – an animated series that didn’t do as well in the ratings department asThe Simpsons, yet still grew a devoted, downright obsessive fanbase. Set in the 31st century,Futuramafollowed a colorful cast of characters – humans, aliens, mutants, robots and more, as they dealt with everyday life in the very distant future....

Help Fund ‘I Am Big Bird’, A Documentary About Big Bird And Oscar The Grouch Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Jim Henson’s Muppets are such iconic, indelible personalities that it’s almost easy to forget they are, in the end, just bits of felt and foam brought to life by a team of talented human performers. But while the puppeteers behindSesame StreetandThe Muppetsmay not be as well known as the characters they’ve created, their stories can be every bit as fascinating....

James Gunn Says ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’ Will Be “More Emotional” Between Star-Lord’s mom and “We are Groot,“Guardians of the Galaxyhad plenty of tearjerking moments mixed in among the humor and adventure. But you may want to brace yourself for even more feels in the sequel. DirectorJames Gunnteases thatGuardians of the Galaxy 2will be “more emotional” than its predecessor, with a strong focus on fathers. Read theGuardians of the Galaxy 2emotional comments after the jump....

Jessica Williams Joins ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel; Nicolas Flamel And More Are Cast Joining the hunt forFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themis formerDaily ShowcorrespondentJessica Williams, as well as a bevy of other new and familiar characters fromHarry Potterlore. One of those familiar characters: the renowned Nicolas Flamel, whose Philosopher/Sorcerer’s Stone formed the basis for the firstHarry Potterbook and movie. Now we’ll get to see him as a young and strapping wizard, and hopefully better for the wear thanJohnny Depp’s evil Grindelwald, whose terrorizing presence will be even bigger in theFantastic Beastssequel....

John C. Reilly Replaces Michael Shannon In Adam McKay’s HBO Lakers Drama Series John C. Reillyis being called to substitute forMichael Shannon. The Oscar-nominated actor will be leading the HBO Lakers series cast as team owner Jerry Buss in HBO’s drama pilot, replacing Shannon in the role. The casting reunites Reilly with frequent collaboratorAdam McKay, who is directing the pilot and executive producing the series.Colliderbroke the news that John C. Reilly is replacing Michael Shannon in HBO’s yet-untitled series about the Showtime-era Lakers....

Jon Stewart’s Role In The First Wives Club Was Left On The Cutting Room Floor Hugh Wilson’s 1996 film, “The First Wives Club,” is a hysterical comedy about three middle-aged women who partner up to seek revenge on their ex-husbands after being dumped for younger women. Gentle Annie (Diane Keaton), superficial Elise (Goldie Hawn), and brazen Brenda (Bette Midler) make up the vengefultrio, and their differing personalities clash in hilarious ways that produce comedy gold....