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‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Is An ’80s Period Piece, Will Feature Mass Destruction X-Men Apocalypseis more than just that other 2016 Marvel superhero movie. The Fox sequel toX-Men: First Classand this summer’sX-Men: Days of Future Pasthas been quietly building momentum while DC and Marvelprepare for battle with their big filmsBatman vs. SupermanandCaptain America 3.X-Men: Apocalypsecomes out a few weeks after those two, on July 21, 2025.Bryan Singer, Dan Harris, Michael DoughertyandSimon Kinbergare all currently working on breaking down the story, which will probably deal with thesuper-evil mutant of the title....

A ‘Bumblebee’ Sequel May Be In Development Following International Box Office Success Bumblebeemay not have earned the buzz it deserved at U.S. box offices, but theTransformersprequel is seeing major success internationally. Thanks to a boost from the Chinese box office, Bumblebee crossed the $400 million mark worldwide, making it a solid success for Paramount. And we know what box office success translates to: a sequel.A Bumblebeesequel is reportedly in the works at Paramount following its international success, which could get even more fuel when it opens in Japan in March....

Bam Margera Has Dropped His Jackass Forever Lawsuit Bam Margera, one of the creators of the “Jackass” franchise, hadpreviously filed a lawsuitagainst Paramount, alongside franchise founders Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze. The circumstances surrounding the situation were messy, as Paramount claimed that Margera was banned from the set of “Jackass Forever” for testing positive for Adderall during filming, while Margera alleged that his was dismissal was “illegal.” However, Margera has dropped his lawsuit in a filing sent to the Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday (viaThe Wrap)....

Benedict Cumberbatch (Or One Of His Multiverse Variants) Will Return To Host SNL On May 7 Benedict Cumberbatch is set to reprise his hosting duties on “Saturday Night Live,” leading the upcoming May 7 episode, which airs on the opening weekend of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” Everyone’s favorite Marvel wizard is coming off of his Oscar nomination for “The Power of the Dog,” and donning the sentient Cloak of Levitation once again for “Multiverse of Madness....

Comic-Con: Sneak Peak At David Goyer’s New ABC Series, FlashForward; Dominic Monagan Joins Cast If you could know your future, how would you live your life differently? That’s the question that animates David Goyer’s new TV series,FlashForward, which will premiere on ABC at 8 pm on September 24th. Loosely based on the book by Robert Sawyer,FlashForwardis a mind-bending, time-bending new series that takes a lot of inspiration from Lost, but with some new twists....

Don’t Expect ‘Deadpool 2’ To Be Overcrowded Or Overly Expensive After the failure ofFantastic Four, I imagined 20th Century Fox would’ve thought twice about working on a sequel before their newest comic book adaptation,Deadpool, even opened in theaters. ADeadpoolsequel wasreported onbefore opening day, but this time, the studio’s confidence paid off. The comic book character was a huge hit for audiences and critics, having made over $300 million worldwide thus far....

Everyone In Moon Knight Is Bad At Their Jobs (And It Works) “You had one job and you STILL failed.” This sentence has provided an endless amount of memes across the internet for many years and it probably isn’t going away any time soon. Although, as memes are known to do from time to time, this idea can be found in other aspects of life. In this case, it has found its way into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the latest episode of"Moon Knight"on Disney+....

Exclusive: Kevin Smith Reveals ‘Red State’ Distribution Plans, Responds To Retirement Stories, Teases ‘Hit Somebody’ Casting IsKevin Smithplanning to retire from filmmaking following his announced hockey filmHit Somebodyand a third and finalClerksmovie? A few of the blogs are reporting on a selected comment made by Smith from an interview published in this week’s Boston Phoenix (found viaNerdBastards). Here is what Smith told interviewer Barry Thompson: “Red State is done. Next step is the hockey movie, Hit Somebody....

First ‘Crimson Peak’ Footage Teases A Twisted, Sexy Thriller [Comic-Con 2014] Precious little has been revealed so far aboutCrimson Peak, the next feature fromGuillermo del Toro. But that changed Saturday when del Toro took the Hall H stage to unveil the first creepy-sexy bit of footage from the romantic thriller. Hit the jump to get our recap of theCrimson PeakComic-Con footage and panel. Crimson Peak Comic-Con Panel Highlights Comic-Con god that he is, del Toro came out to thunderous applause....

GKIDS Acquires Its First Chinese Animated Film ‘White Snake’ For U.S. Distribution GKIDShas been fast establishing itself as one of the premiere movie distributors for high-quality animated films. And with China beginning to dip its toes into the animated movie market, it was only a matter of time before the two would meet. GKIDS, which has distributed for U.S. release award-winning fare likeThe Breadwinnerand the works of Studio Ghibli, has picked up its very first Chinese animated film,White Snake,a sumptuous fantasy epic loosely based on the ancient Chinese folk tale of the same name....

HBO’s ‘Animals’ Is One Of The Most Unique And Interesting Shows On Television Animalsmight be the weirdest, craziest, most interesting television show in a long time. The new HBO show feels like someone took a funny clever animated short film from the Sundance Film Festival and adapted it into a television series. The result feels like nothing else on television. And maybe that’s why HBO was interested in airing this series, which was produced by indie darlings theDuplassbrothers....

Henry Cavill Concedes That The DCEU Has Had Some Problems It has proven surprisingly difficult for some fans to admit the DCEU has had some problems creating their own cinematic universe. But now, a surprising supporter of this idea has surfaced: Superman himself,Henry Cavill. In a candid new interview, Cavill concedes that the DCEU has made mistakes in the past, and that he hopesWonder Womanis the first step towards remedying them....

Industrial Light & Magic Launches ILM TV, Which Will Handle Visual Effects For ‘The Mandalorian’ Award-winning visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic announced today that they’ve launched a brand new division.ILM TVwill, as the name suggests, serve the “streaming and episodic television market” and expand the ILM brand beyond theaters and the VR projects of ILMxLab. The first shows that ILM TV are slated to work on are SyFy’s Superman prequel seriesKryptonand Disney Play’s upcoming live-actionStar WarsshowThe Mandalorian....