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‘Loki’ Originally Featured A Scene Where Frog Thor Beat Up The God Of Mischief The Marvel Cinematic Universe appears to be moving in the direction of more and more animal superheroes: not just reptiles, but also amphibians. While we wait for the inevitable Alligator Loki spin-off (that’s not seriously a thing … yet), fans will have to content themselves with thehatching of Easter eggs. But one such Easter egg almost had a bigger debut in Loki....

‘Lovecraft Country’ Is Getting A Social VR Experience From HBO One of the most praised elements of HBO’sLovecraft Countryis its interweaving of America’s racist legacy with the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft, resulting in a series that gracefully and powerfully tackles racism in the past and today. So HBO’s next step in tapping into the popularity of its new sci-fi horror series is to…turn it into a VR experience? HBO is launchingLovecraft Country: Sanctum, a series of “exclusive virtual reality events transporting invited guests into a world inspired by the show....

‘Naomi’ TV Series, Based On The Character From DC Comics, Coming To The CW From Ava DuVernay Ava DuVernayis set to direct the DC movieNew Gods, and now she’s developing another DC property –Naomi, the story of a teenage superhero from an alternate Earth that uses energy-based power. DuVernay is developing aNaomiTV series for the CW withArrowwriter and co-executive producerJill Blankenship. The comic hails from writers Brian Michael Bendis and David F....

‘Sinbad’ Movie Coming From ‘Battle Of The Bastards’ Director Miguel Sapochnik Miguel Sapochnikhas a lot of nerd cred going for him at the moment. The director is fresh off of directing two fan-favoriteGame of Thronesepisodes, “Battle of the Bastards” and “The Winds of Winter.” The Emmy-winning director hasn’t made a feature film since 2010’sRepo Men, an entertaining, albeit messy, B-movie that didn’t connect with audiences and was possibly held back by compromises....

‘Slice’ Trailer Serves Up Our First Real Look At Chance The Rapper’s A24 Horror-Comedy Last fall, A24 revealed a teaser trailer forSlice, a long-delayed horror flick starring Chance the Rapper. Since then, all has been quiet on theSlicefront, save for a few pizza-themed posters popping up in the last few weeks. Now, the firstSlicetrailer is here. Dig in below. Slice Trailer What isSlice? The A24 film has remained something of a mystery....

‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Might Add Unknown Oxford Actress Maisie Richardson-Sellers Despite names of every popular actor being rumored forStar Wars Episode VII, there was always a good chanceJ.J. Abramswould cast unknowns. That was the point of widely publicized, worldwide open auditions. Plus, it would be in the spirit of the 1977 original, when actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford themselves were relative unknowns. It’s become very obvious Abrams loves harkening back to the originals....

‘Suicide Squad’ Featurette Brings A Bunch Of New Footage To Make You Love These Villains We’re about a week from seeing whether or notSuicide Squadis as fun as the trailers have made it out to be, hopefully making it the perfect remedy for those who didn’t enjoyBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. There’s not much buzz on the supervillain spin-off of the DC Comics cinematic universe just yet (the embargo on those who have seen it so far breaks in the morning on August 2), but we’re definitely hoping for the best....

‘The Gracefield Incident’ Trailer: A Recording Prosthetic Eye Witnesses An Alien Invasion One of the biggest complaints we tend to have about movies presented in the found footage style is always, “Why would these people keep the cameras rolling in these intense situations?” A new movie calledThe Gracefield Incidentseems to have found a nice way around that pesky problem: the protagonist implants a camera into his prosthetic eye so he can record an upcoming vacation with his friends, but he also manages to witness a terrifying alien invasion during the trip....

‘The LEGO Batman Movie’ Clips: Robin Becomes A Master Builder, Gleams The Cube & More Now that it’s officially February, we just nine short days away from seeingThe LEGO Batman Moviein theaters. And since Ben Affleckrecently dropped out of directingThe Batmanfor Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment, it’s about the only Batman project we’re still pumped for right now. In the last marketing run leading up to the film’s release next week, Warner Bros....

‘The Wall’ Trailer: Aaron Taylor-Johnson And John Cena Are Under Enemy Fire In Doug Liman’s New Thriller If you need some good news today, then here’s some for you: twoDoug Limanfilms are coming out next year. Over a year ago theSwingersandEdge of Tomorrowdirector reunited with Tom Cruiseforthe delayedAmerican Made, but he also has a thriller starringAaron Taylor-Johnson(Nocturnal Animals)andJohn Cena(Trainwreck) coming out soon. That movie,The Wall, is set in one location and about two soldiers pinned down by a sniper....

‘Tron Legacy’ Director Joseph Kosinski Explains The Film’s Reshoots There’s a great deal ofTron Legacyinformation hitting the web this week, because over the weekend Disney showed a chunk of the film to some editors at a press day in Los Angeles. Most of the film’s creative talent was on hand, too. So now we’ve got some new comments from directorJoseph Kosinski, with some of the most interesting being in answer to questions about the film’s recent reshoots....

‘While We’re Young’ Trailer: Ben Stiller Doesn’t Wanna Grow Up What happens when you hit your 40s and realize you still feel “like a child imitating an adult”? Well, if you’reBen StillerandNaomi WattsinWhile We’re Young, you befriend a pair of 25-year-olds (Adam DriverandAmanda Seyfried) and embark on wild adventures like ayahuasca ceremonies and hip-hop dance classes. Then, not surprisingly, you discover that fulfillment doesn’t lie that way. And also that your arthritis will prevent you from keeping up with your cool young friends....

Alexandre Aja To Direct Horror-Hangover Story ‘Horns’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What would happen if you woke up after a big night of partying with a massive hangover, a dead girlfriend and two horns on your head? We’ll soon find out when Stephen King’s son,Joe Hill’s, novelHornsis brought for the big screen byPiranha 3DdirectorAlexandre Aja. Adapted by screenwriterScott Bunin, the film isbeing set up at Mandate Pictureswith hopes that Aja can direct it by summer 2012 before moving onto a sci-fi manga inspired film calledCobra....