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The Witcher: Blood Origin Teaser: Michelle Yeoh Is A Sword-Swinging Elf In Prequel Miniseries Toss a coin to your witcher and, while you’re at it, chuck one to the minds behind Netflix’s “The Witcher” franchise, who are hard at work expanding the fantasy universe. This year alone has seen the release of"The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf,“an animated film exploring the backstory for Geralt’s mentor, Vesemir, ahead of his live-action debut in"The Witcher” Season 2, which only just dropped a few days ago....

Tron 3 Plot Details Revealed: ‘TRON: Ascension’ Would’ve Been A Real World Invasion Movie TRON3, which had the working titleTRON:Ascension,isn’t dead, according to directorJoseph Kosinski(Oblivion). Every once in a while somebody involved inTRON 3saysnever say never, but two years ago was when Disneypulled the plugon the project. During a recent Q & A forTRON: Legacy, Kosinski said the sequel is in a “cryogenic freeze” in addition to sharing some new plot details....

‘Cooked’ Trailer: Alex Gibney’s Doc Series Urges A Return To Meals As An Institution In today’s fast-paced information age, people are constantly in a hurry, and our attention spans are smaller than ever. While technology has made it easier than ever for us to connect with each other, in a way, more distance has sprouted between not just our interpersonal connections, but our very nature as humans. DocumentarianAlex Gibney(fresh off his stellar Scientology docGoing Clear) thinks that in this world, we’ve lost touch with our primal need to cook and the more meaningful and satisfying way that humans used to prepare food....

‘Detective Pikachu’ Review: The Pokémon Adaptation Uses Heartfelt Nostalgia – It’s Mostly Effective! Detective Pikachuhas one of those premises that is just so absurd, it may actually be a work of genius: A hardboiled talking Pikachu with a talent for solving crimes and pulling off a deerstalker hat? Ridiculous! Amazing! Add on to that the richly realized world ofPokémon, a franchise in which prepubescent children travel the world and battle magical creatures, and you’ve got potentially one of the strangest Hollywood blockbusters this year....

‘Dune’ Adds Oscar Isaac As Duke Leto Atreides, Father Of Timothee Chalamet’s Paul Just when you thought the cast ofDenis Villeneuve’s adaption ofDunecouldn’t get any better,Oscar Isaacjoins the ensemble. The dashing actor is leaping from one galaxy far, far away to another, taking off Poe Dameron’s X-Wing jumpsuit and slipping into the regal robes of Duke Leto Atreides, an essential character in Frank Herbert’s sweeping science fiction saga. Varietyhas the news of Isaac joining the film and, well, I’m just going to be blunt: this is perfect casting....

‘For All Mankind’ Trailer: Apple TV+ Show Imagines What Would Have Happened If The Space Race Never Ended Desire can be a powerful thing, but the desire to be the best can push people to achieve legendary accomplishments. That desire is what drove the United States to win the space race by putting a man on the moon after the Soviets were the first to put a human being in space....

‘Godmothered’ Review: Disney’s Latest Is A Merely Okay Retread Of ‘Enchanted’ And ‘Elf’ Disney cannot resist cannibalizing itself, even after it’s had a good helping. The existence of Disney+ allows the larger company to continue remaking its animated films in live-action form, or rebooting them, or re-imagining them, or re-whatever-ing them. The new Disney+ filmGodmotheredwould fall into the “re-imagining” camp; it’s not officially a remake ofCinderella, the 1950 film that made the concept of the fairy godmother feel like an iconic Disney creation....

‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’ Trailer: This Ain’t Your Average Medieval Monarch Movie Taking on the difficult task of opening the weekend afterGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Warner Bros. Pictures will attempt to wage war at the box office with their medieval action epicKing Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Initially, I only had a passing interest in this project from directorGuy Ritchie, but this most recent trailer for the movie starringCharlie Hunnamas the titular king has officially piqued my interest....

‘Ophelia’ Director Claire McCarthy On Turning Madness And The Male Gaze On Its Head [Interview] Ophelia is one of the most maligned characters in literary history. It’s not entirely her fault — the tragic heroine ofHamletsuffers from being not much of a heroine, but rather a cipher for the purity and virtue of women and all that will befall them when that innocence is corrupted by the world. She’s best known for her descent into madness, culminating in a suicide whose tragic beauty has been enshrined in many an oil painting....

‘Suicide Squad 2’ Plot Focuses On Deadshot, Draws On Classic ’80s Comic Run When Will Smith leftJames Gunn’sSuicide Squadsequel, there was some question of whether or not a new actor would replace him, or if Smith’s character Deadshot would be cut. The answer came quickly, whenIdris Elbatook over the part. Now, we might know why. EarlySuicide Squad 2plot details reveal that Deadshot is a central figure in Gunn’s script, and that the story is drawing heavily from a classic 1980s comic run from Jon Ostrander and Kim Yale....

‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Trailer: Birds And Pigs Must Join Forces To Take On Some Frigid Fowls ThoseAngry Birdsare making the jump from your mobile game to the big screen again with a sequel to their animated feature film. And as the latestThe Angry Birds Movie 2trailer reveals, there’s a new threat that will force birds and the egg-stealing pigs to join forces. The titular birds and their pig enemies discover an icy island, which we became very well acquainted within the teaser trailerthat introduced us toLeslie Jonesas a purple-feathered fowl who is sick of her chilly surroundings....

‘The Happytime Murders’ Early Buzz: This Could Be The Worst Movie Of The Summer DirectorBrian Henson’s name may suggest wholesome family fare, but his new movie is anything but.The Happytime Murdersis a raunchy comedy set in a world where puppets lie, cheat, steal, screw, and commit crimes. Sounds like a recipe for big laughs, right? Well, the first reviews for the film are in and they’re…not good. In fact, more than several critics are calling this the worst film of the summer, if not the year....

‘Wonder’ Trailer: ‘The Perks Of Being A Wallflower’ Creator Stephen Chbosky’s Next Potential Heartwarmer Stephen Chboskyis returning to hallways and homework with his sophomore effort as a filmmaker,Wonder. ThePerks of Being a Wallflowerauthor and director showed a real love and understanding of his young protagonists with his first feature. I’m hoping he does the same for the young leads in his next film, which is a bit of an ensemble story with August “Auggie” Pullman (Jacob Tremblay) at the center of it....