How The Adam Project Managed To Dodge Disney's Legal Department

How The Adam Project Managed To Dodge Disney’s Legal Department If you grew up in the ’80s, you’ll want to watch"The Adam Project,“Netflix’s new family sci-fi flick starring Ryan Reynolds. It’s a love letter to the films I watched as a kid, with"Flight of the Navigator"vibes and a plot that’s reminiscent of"The Last Starfighter.” Reynolds stars as Adam Reed, a time-traveling pilot who goes rogue to save the woman he loves, then ends up trapped in his own past....

July 22, 2025 · 5 min · 952 words · Brenda Juarez

Is 'Ant-Man' Marvel's First Comedy? Edgar Wright Screens Test Footage [Comic-Con 2012]

Is ‘Ant-Man’ Marvel’s First Comedy? Edgar Wright Screens Test Footage [Comic-Con 2012] “Ant-Manwill kick your ass, one inch at a time.” That’s what directorEdgar Wrightsaid after lying through his teeth this week that he was in London and then appearing on stage at theMarvel Hall H panelSaturday night atSan Diego Comic-Con 2012. Wright, who co-wroteAnt-ManwithJoe Cornish,shot a short test reelrecently showing how Ant-Man would look in his super small state. Even though there were blue screens and super unfinished effects, we’re happy to report that it works....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Andrea Freeman

John Boyega Signs Deal With Netflix To Make Non-English Language Films Centered On West And East Africa

John Boyega Signs Deal With Netflix To Make Non-English Language Films Centered On West And East Africa Now that he’s done withStar Wars,John Boyegais using his clout to get some new projects off the ground. The actor just signed a deal with Netflix through his production company, UpperRoom Productions, to develop non-English language films, with a focus on West and East Africa countries. The streaming service says its all part of a plan to reinforce its investment in African storytelling with projects developed in African countries....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Jennifer Campos

Joss Whedon Returns To TV With 'The Nevers', A Sci-Fi Series For HBO That May Be His "Most Ambitious Narrative"

Joss Whedon Returns To TV With ‘The Nevers’, A Sci-Fi Series For HBO That May Be His “Most Ambitious Narrative” Joss Whedonis heading back to the small screen. The director of films likeThe AvengersandAvengers: Age of Ultronhas signed a deal to write, direct, and executive produce a new sci-fi series calledThe Neversfor HBO. And in case that simple fact wasn’t enough to raise your interest, Whedon says the show could be the “most ambitious narrative” of his entire career thus far....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 523 words · Ashley Cole

Larry Charles Directing 'A Walk In The Woods' With Robert Redford And Nick Nolte

Larry Charles Directing ‘A Walk In The Woods’ With Robert Redford And Nick Nolte We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The director ofBoratand former writer ofStar Wars Episode VIIare teaming up to bringRobert RedfordandNick Nolteinto nature.Larry Charles(Borat, Seinfeld) will directA Walk in the Woods, based on the memoir byBill Bryson.Michael Arndt(Little Miss Sunshine) adapted the screenplay which follows a travel writer (Redford) who decides to hike the Appalachian Trail with a former high-school friend (Nolte)....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · Andrea Bailey

Marvel Zombies Animated Series Coming To Disney+

Marvel Zombies Animated Series Coming To Disney+ Surprise! As part of the massive onslaught of Disney+ Day announcements, it has been revealed that we’re getting an animated “Marvel Zombies” series. Not too much has been confirmed at this time. However, the fine folks at Disney and Marvel Studios did share a logo for the forthcoming series. Check it out below. Marvel Zombies, an animated Original Series from Marvel Studios, coming soon to#DisneyPlus....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Maria Parker

Nate Silver Predicts The Oscars With Odds On 'Argo' Winning Best Picture

Nate Silver Predicts The Oscars With Odds On ‘Argo’ Winning Best Picture Nate Silveris worshipped in political circles for his uncanny ability to predict election outcomes, and now he’s seeing whether his methods can be applied to the Oscar race as well. The statistics whiz has offered his predictions on who’ll take the big prizes come Sunday night. If you haven’t already resigned yourself to the inevitability ofArgo’s Best Picture win, you might as well do it now — that result is as close to a sure bet as anything Silver found in his numbers....

July 22, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Tracy Acevedo

New On Blu-Ray And Digital: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel', 'Bad Boys For Life', 'The Rhythm Section', 'The Gentlemen'

New On Blu-Ray And Digital: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, ‘Bad Boys For Life’, ‘The Rhythm Section’, ‘The Gentlemen’ Hello, everyone still stuck at home! Are you in search of new forms of entertainment to free your mind from existential dread? Well, you’ve come to the right place. These are the new Blu-ray releases (and digital releases, too) you should check out this week. The Grand Budapest Hotel IsThe Grand Budapest HotelWes Anderson’s best movie?...

July 22, 2025 · 5 min · 921 words · Megan Morris

Rian Johnson Hopes To Find The "Essence Of 'Star Wars'" With His New Trilogy

Rian Johnson Hopes To Find The “Essence Of ‘Star Wars’” With His New Trilogy Rian Johnson’s next movie is this year’s ensemble mysteryKnives Out, but after that, he’ll be returning to a galaxy far, far away for his newStar Warstrilogy. Much of Johnson’s trilogy remains cloaked in secrecy. In fact, the only thing we know about it is that it will be set entirely out of the regularStar Warsmythology. No Skywalkers, no Death Stars, no Sy Snootles....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Desiree Prince

Rumor Mill: 'Pacific Rim' Again Said To Be Tied To 'Godzilla'

Rumor Mill: ‘Pacific Rim’ Again Said To Be Tied To ‘Godzilla’ Pacific Rimis being battered by more rumors. Last year theTravis Beachamscript, in which nations of Earth band together to defeat massive attacking creatures, waspicked upby Legendary Pictures. Rumors soon emerged that it was being refitted as Legendary’s newGodzillafilm, and thatGuillermo del Torohad been offered the picture. Yes, Guillermo del Toro was involved with developingPacific Rim, and ended upsigning to direct ita couple weeks ago whenAt the Mountains of Madnessfell apart, but well before that Travis Beacham took to Twitter to insist that there wasno connectionbetweenPacific RimandGodzilla....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Jennifer Harris

Rumor: Bryan Singer's 'X-Men' Universe Coming To An End With 'Apocalypse' And New 'Wolverine'

Rumor: Bryan Singer’s ‘X-Men’ Universe Coming To An End With ‘Apocalypse’ And New ‘Wolverine’ X-Men Days of Future Pastwiped most ofBryan Singer’sX-Menuniverse slate clean. He’s now filmingX-Men: Apocalypse, which has recast younger versions of many of the mutants who feature in his early movies. After that, the nextWolverinefilm will likely be the last timeHugh Jackmanputs on the adamantium claws. Do you see a pattern here? A new rumor has surfaced thatX-Men ApocalypseandWolverine 3will shut the book on the world Singer created back in 2000....

July 22, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Timothy Gibson

Star Wars Bits: George Lucas Remembers Kenny Baker, 'Han Solo' Directors Visit The Millennium Falcon, And All Kinds Of 'Star Wars Rebels' Chatter

Star Wars Bits: George Lucas Remembers Kenny Baker, ‘Han Solo’ Directors Visit The Millennium Falcon, And All Kinds Of ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Chatter In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Kenny Baker, the actor best known for brining R2-D2 to life in the originalStar Warstrilogy,passed awaya few days ago. In the obituary published atStarWars.com, George Lucas offered this statement: Kenny Baker was a real gentleman as well as an incredible trooper who always worked hard under difficult circumstances....

July 22, 2025 · 5 min · 941 words · Linda Jones

Star Wars Bits: Rogue One X-Wings, Journey To Force Awakens Excerpts, Grand Moff Tarkin And More

Star Wars Bits: Rogue One X-Wings, Journey To Force Awakens Excerpts, Grand Moff Tarkin And More A Jedi Knight? Jeez, I’m out of it for a little while, everyone gets delusions of Star Wars Bits. This edition of news from a galaxy far, far away includes: Header image: Artwork from Deviant artistornicar Production onStar Wars: Rogue Oneis under way across the pond, and some spy photos have revealed temple walls resembling those on Yavin IV inStar Wars: A New Hopeas well as a shrouded X-Wing....

July 22, 2025 · 4 min · 714 words · Latoya Winters