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The Batman TV Spot Teases The New Reboot, New Full Trailer Coming Next Month We have been waiting for “The Batman” for a long time. Even after director Matt Reeves took over for Ben Affleck, and once Robert Pattinson became our new Bruce Wayne, it took a bit. But the DC Comics adaptation is finally coming out early next year and the hype train is about to leave the station, as evidenced by this new TV spot which, fun fact, contains 0 percent new footage....

The Morning Watch: The Motion Capture Of ‘Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness’, ‘Fear Street: 1978’ Scene Breakdown & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, go behind the scenes of Netflix’s motion capture animated productionResident Evil: Infinite Darkness....

The Tragedy Of Macbeth Trailer: Denzel Washington And Frances McDormand Scheme Their Way Through A Shakespeare Classic The ire of superstitious theatre kids and the sworn enemy of high school English classes everywhere, William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” has been interpreted in every way imaginable, including a fan-favorite episode of “The Simpsons.” Now, Academy Award-winning director Joel Coen has tackled the tragic behemoth with “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” In his second feature directorial effort without the assistance of his brother Ethan, the highly stylized thriller tells a tale of “murder, madness, ambition, and wrathful cunning....

This Week In Trailers: The Last Rites Of Joe May, Island, Behind The Walls (Derriere Les Murs), Becoming Chaz, Blood In The Mobile Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Tina Fey Wraps Up ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 43 With A Cavalcade Of Celebrity Cameos This weekend brought the 43rd season ofSaturday Night Liveto a close with beloved cast member Tina Fey returning to host the finale. Whenever a cast member comes back as host for the season finale, then we’re usually in store for a ton of cameos from former cast members coming to play around on the show. But last night’s finale brought so much more than that....

Tom McCarthy Was A Screenwriter On Pixar’s Up Many people don’t know that Joss Whedon wasone of the screenwritersonToy Story. Pixar often brings in “a stranger from the outside” to help with various aspects of development. Sometimes they are credited, sometimes they aren’t. Some might remember that eight-time nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins was wrought in to help develop WALL-E’s real-life visual aesthetic. I thought I’d bring up a little trivia tidbit about the creative team behind Pixar’s new film because most people don’t know this yet (it isn’t even on IMDb)....

TV Bits: ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘The Killing’, Dwayne Johnson Netflix reveals posters, stills,anda clip from the new season ofArrested Development. Also after the jump: io9got their hands on a script for the original pilot, which featured a slightly different cast, had a totally different credits sequence, focused far less on the Starks, and gave a much nicer wedding to Dany.Click overto read their rundown. Starting this fall, anyone looking to relive Christoph Waltz’s “Djesus Uncrossed” or Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin impression will have to turn to Yahoo for their fix....

TV Bits: Tricia Helfer Goes To Work For ‘The Firm’, Bryan Cranston To Make ‘Simpsons’ Guest Appearance, Ryan Reynolds Sells Comedy Script, Showtime Greenlights Three Pilots Battlestar GalacticastarTricia Helferhas signed up for NBC’sThe Firm, based on the bestsellingJohn Grishamnovel of the same title. (The book was also turned into a 1993 film starring Tom Cruise.) Helfer will be playing Alex Clark, a senior partner at the central law firm of Kinross & Clark....

Upright Citizens Brigade Shutting Down New York Theater And Training Center Locations Permanently When the coronavirus pandemic started shutting down various entertainment venues, the famedUpright Citizens Brigadeimprov and sketch comedy theater was quick to shutter their doors. But it also came with unfortunate layoffs for theater employees in Los Angeles and New York in order to save as much money as possible while there weren’t any shows to bring in revenue....

‘Blackcoat’s Daughter’ Director Oz Perkins To Helm ‘Gretel And Hansel’ Oz Perkins, who helmed the disturbing slow-burn horror filmsThe Blackcoat’s DaughterandI Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, is setting his sights on a fairy tale. The filmmaker will directGretel and Hansel, an adaptation of the famous Brothers Grimm fable about a pair of siblings dealing with a very hungry witch. You know the story ofHansel and Gretel, right?...

‘Captain America: Civil War’ Bloopers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes Flub Their Lines Captain America: Civil Warwas a somber affair, and understandably so — the film rocked the very notion of the Avengers to its very core by pitting hero against hero and friend against friend. It was downright heartbreaking to see Steve and Tony come to blows despite their own best efforts to reach a common ground, and then to see the rest of the Avengers forced to pick sides....

‘Doctor Who’ Rewrites History With The Introduction Of A New Doctor In “Fugitive Of The Judoon” Well, that certainly was a lot.Doctor Whohas been firing on all cylinders this season after a lackluster season 11, and the latest episode"Fugitive of the Judoon"was the most explosive yet. It’s a wildly marked difference between seasons for showrunner Chris Chibnall, who seems to be taking critics' words to heart after his inaugural season of underwhelming standalone episodes; this time, it’s all season-long mysteries and arcs, baby....

‘F9’ Cast Will Feature Vin Diesel’s Son As Young Dominic Toretto Here’s a pitch for you:Furious Babies. It’s likeMuppet Babies, but with theFast and Furiouscrew. If no one wants to take me up on that idea I guess I’ll have to be content withF9, which is going to feature a mini-Dom Toretto played byVin Diesel’s sonVincent Sinclair.F9is exploring Dom’s backstory even further and introducing his brother, played byJohn Cena. So it stands to reason we’re getting some sort of flashback to Dom’s youth, and maybe we’ll see him stealing bikes or remote control cars or something like that....