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Star Wars Bits: Seth Rogen, ILM, Potential TV Casting, Wedge And George Lucas There are rumors, jokes and quotes in this edition ofStar Wars Bits. Below, read about the following: Talking toMTVat SXSW,Seth Rogendoes his bestStar Warsimpression in the hopes of impressing J.J. Abrams forStar Wars Episode VII. Movie Trailers,Celebrity NewsCinelixhas an interesting article that says in addition to castingStar Wars Episode VII, casting directors have been looking for actors to appear in “specials and mini-series....

Starz To Delay, And Showtime To Stop, Showing Original Series On Netflix Watch Instand IsNetflixlosing its grip?Mere days after announcingtheir first major gamble by moving into original programming, their on demand service is taking two serious blows. Earlier this week,Showtimeannounced their upcoming deal would not include the rights to show their original programming likeDexterandCalifornicationon the service and thenStarz, one of Netflix’s longest partners, said that beginning withCamelot(above) they’ll begin implementing a 90 day delay before allowing their original content to show up on Watch Instantly....

Superhero Bits: Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Batman, Thor: The Dark World, X-Men: Days Of Future Past We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How prominent a role willBlack Widowhave inAvengers: Age of Ultron? Which actress might have tested forMs. Marvelin the film? How doesElizabeth Olsendescribe herScarlet Witchoutfit? Is it possible we’ll see theBatman vs. Supermancostumes soon? What wouldThor: The Dark Worldlook like ifTom Hiddlestonplayed every role? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

The ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Trailer Also Confused Melissa McCarthy When the first trailer for theGhostbustersreboot debuted a couple months ago, the opening moments confused some fans of the original franchise. While we heard that this new film from directorPaul Feigand writerKatie Dippoldwas supposed to be a reboot with no narrative ties to the original franchise, the first few shots and the bumpers in between referenced the events of the first film that happened 30 years ago....

The Baby Trailer: Parenthood Is A Nightmare Raising a newborn is one of the hardest things a human being can go through, even if the pregnancy was planned, so imagine the difficulty of raising a baby that seemingly comes out of nowhere … and also seems to be a harbinger of freak accidents and deaths. Well, that’s the story behind the new HBO limited series “The Baby.” The series will contain eight episodes in total and stars Michelle De Swarte as Natasha, an unbothered thirtysomething living her life as it comes....

The Biggest Snubs And Surprises Of The 2017 Oscar Nominations The nominees for the89th Annual Academy Awardswere announced this morningand, as usual, there were plenty of moments that made you want to shout “Come on!” And to be fair, there were also plenty of moments where you smirked and announced to the empty room “Well, at least they gotthatone right.” The paint isn’t even dry on these new Oscar nominations, but it’s time to dive in and start picking them apart....

The Matrix Resurrections Trailer: It’s Time To Return To The Source “After all these years, to be going back to where it all started … back to the Matrix.” The release ofthe first trailer for “The Matrix Resurrections"promptly made it feel like 1999 all over again, bringing back Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss well over a decade after we last saw them bow out of their iconic roles as Neo and Trinity, respectively....

Trailer/Featurette For Steven Spielberg’s Alien Invasion Series ‘Falling Skies’ Terra Novamay be sufferingsetbackaftersetback, but theothernewSteven Spielberg-produced sci-fi series,Falling Skies, looks to be right on track. The alien invasion TNT show is slated for a two-hour premiere onSunday, June 19 at 9/8c, and the network has steadily been releasing promos over thelastfewmonths. The latest one is a trailer/featurette that includes brief clips of starsNoah Wyle,Moon Bloodgood, andDrew Roydiscussing the show. Watch it after the jump....

VOTD: See The Full ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Trailer Side-By-Side With Disney’s Animated Original When the first full theatrical trailer forBeauty and the Beastdebuted, one fan was quick to take the trailer and pair it with footage from Disney’s original animated tale from 1991. There were plenty of similarities to be noticed, with some shots in the live-action remake almost exactly the same as they were in the animated adaptation. Now another fan has done the same with the most recently released theatrical trailer, and now we finally start to see more of the differences between the new adaptation and the old....

Warner Bros. Delays ‘Jungle Book: Origins’, Bumps Up ‘Wonder Woman,’ Sets New DC Films Dates All eyes are onWarner Bros.right now and not necessarily for the reasons they want.Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicehas made a ton of cash, but that69% drop between the first and second weekendshas everyone (including people who normally don’t pay attention to box office news) talking. The still new DC movie universe isn’t on fire yet, but it’s definitely singed....

We Need To Talk About Moon Knight’s Great Anime Joke What exactly is anime? Technically, it is just the Japanese word for “animation,” but as the medium continues to grow in popularity around the world, making waves at thebox office, more and more animators worldwide take inspiration from Japanese titles in their work. This asks an important question: what exactly makes something anime? Is it just an aesthetic? A series of tropes?...

We Watched Three Artists Create A ‘Paddington’ Poster Live On Stage At MondoCon One of the most sought after itemsMondocreates are limited edition screen printed movie posters. If you’ve ever tried to purchase one on their website only to miss the opportunity seconds after they drop, you know what I mean. Mondo hires an array of extremely talented artists across the globe to illustrate alternate movie posters that lead fans to camp out for, fly cross country for, and save up paychecks months in advance hoping to secure a print they’ve had their eye on....

Why HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Is 2019’s Most Vital, Terrifying And Relevant Horror Story A week before TV viewers witnessed a dragon burning thousands of people to death inGame of Thrones, and a couple of weeks before Godzilla fought Ghidora and Mothra stole our hearts inGodzilla: King of the Monsters, HBO released not only the best depiction of the dangers of radiation, but also the most terrifying TV series in years.The Haunting of Hill Housemade us cry and scream, butChernobylwill haunt our collective nightmares for weeks to come....