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Superhero Bits: Dark Knight Rises, Shazam!, Amazing Spider-Man, Kick-Ass 2, The Avengers, Dredd 3D We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What job didBaneget afterThe Dark Knight Risesand why isChris Kattanplaying him? Want to know the specs and release date forThe Amazing Spider-ManBlu-ray? Is there a new rumor about theDark Knight RisesBlu-ray? WasJoss Whedonupset with negative reviews ofThe Avengers? Just how excited isMark Millarto haveJim CarreyinKick-Ass 2? WouldClark Greggcome back toMarvelin a non-acting capacity?...

Superhero Bits: Early ‘Avengers Endgame’ Box Office Predictions, Designing ‘Venom’ & More What’s up with theJapanese Spider-Man? CouldBatmanend up in theArrowverse? What are the early box office predictions forAvengers: Endgamesaying? What’s the latest comic book related item to makeKevin Smithcry? CouldCaptain MarvelliftThor’s hammer? Would you like to seeBen SchwartzasPlastic Man? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Even though they were asked by no one, Screen Junkies did an Honest Trailer for theJapanese Spider-Man....

Terrence Malick Gives The Title ‘Lawless’ To John Hillcoat For The Movie Formerly Called ‘Wettest County’ A couple years agoJohn Hillcoat(The Road,The Proposition) stared the process of adaptingMatt Bondurant’s novelThe Wettest County in the World. The film starsTom Hardy,Shia LaBeouf,Jessica Chastainand many more in the story of a bootlegging family. The title was soonshorteneddown toThe Wettest County. But now, just a bit prior to the film’s August 31 opening, the movie has a new title:Lawless....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To HBO Max In June 2022 The rumors are true, folks: it’s summertime! Well, maybe not technically (the much-awaited solstice is still about a month away), but it was hot enough here in NYC for this writer to have made it to Rockaway Beach over the weekend—and that’s all that matters in my own personal view of the season. And what’s better than heading home from the beach and sitting on the couch for a few refreshing hours of TV time?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Creed II’ Easter Eggs, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Thanksgiving Music Video & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out if you noticed the variousCreed IIreferences and Easter eggs linked to theRockyfranchise....

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Trek’ Battles ‘Star Wars’, ‘Lost In Translation’ Video Essay & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, the crew of the USS Enterprise comes up against a threat the likes of which they’ve never seen in a mash-up ofStar WarsandStar Trek....

The Oscar-Winning Actresses Who Accepted Their Razzies In-Person The Academy Awards are one of the highest honors Hollywood can bestow, and actors, writers, directors, and other artists have sought recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts. But for powerful good, there must also be a powerful evil, represented in the mostly-harmlessRazzie awards. The self-proclaimed “counterbalance” to the Oscars has conducted a mock awards ceremony — usually just days before the Academy ceremonies — for the past 40 years....

The Russian Communist Party Wants To Ban HBO’s ‘Chernobyl,’ Sue Series Creator Russia is not done being mad at HBO’sChernobyl. On the heels of the Russian government lambasting the miniseries chronicling the events of the horrific 1986 nuclear disaster, the Russian Communist Party is now calling for an all-out ban of the series. TheCommunists of Russia, a Marxist-Leninist political party separate from the larger Communist Party of the Russian Federation, is calling for a ban of the HBO series from airing in Russia, as well as a lawsuit against series creator Craig Mazin....

Trollhunters Season 2 Announced, Anton Yelchin Returns Netflix has announced thatGuillermo Del Toro’sTrollhunterswill be renewed for a second season, which will bring back the late and greatAnton Yelchinas the titular Trollhunter Jim Lake Jr. You might be wondering how that’s possible, full details on Trollhunters season 2 after the jump. Guillermo Del Toro’sTrollhuntersis one of the best animated series now on television. I’ve been slowly making my way through the first season and have been very impressed by the world building, the serialized storytelling and the quality of animation....

TV Bits: ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Archer’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Tron: Uprising’, ‘Shameless’, Wonder Woman, Sam Mendes, Stephen King, And More Based on the header image, can you guess who’s coming back forBreaking Bad’s final stretch? Also after the jump: Despite that fanciful-sounding premise, Showtime president of entertainmentDavid Nevinsexplains that the tone will be “very realistic and very grounded, not Bela Lugosi. All exist in human form in turn-of-century London.” Logan is set to write every episode of the series, as well as executive produce with Mendes....

Twilight Fans Start Mini Riot In San Francisco Last week, I received a phone call from my local Summit Entertainment publicity rep, informing me that the stars ofTwilightwere going on the road for an autograph tour to publicize the release of the film adaptation next week. I posted about the appearanceshere. Before I got off the phone I warned my local rep, “You understand this is going to get out of control right?...

Video Of An Ape From ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Now thatRise Of The Planet Of The Apeshasa new title,release dateand Fox has a major movie opening this weekend, the marketing machine for the summer blockbuster is beginning to ramp up. Up until now, all we’ve seen from theRupert Wyatt-directed prequel toPlanet of the Apesisan official photoof starJames Francoin his lab anda crappy image of oneof the apes from the movie....

Blind Item: Director Can’t Communicate With Actors, Says Rosario Dawson While I’m not a celebrity gossip fanatic, I do love reading the New York Post’s blind items. It’s always fun to try to figure out who they are talking about from the elaborate set of clues. And it also helps that the stories usually involve some really bad stuff (hence being in the blind item section to avoid lawsuits). Anyway, when we were talking with Rosario Dawson aboutGrindhouse, she inadvertently went off on a tangent regarding a director that doesn’t know how to communicate well with actors....