Sigourney Weaver Could Imagine ‘Alien 5’ Happening In The Future By now, most fans have come to terms with the fact that Ripley’sAlienstory is over. After four films, the character has been put through the ringer numerous times. She’s lost everyone she ever loved, died, been resurrected, and more. It seems the people who control the franchise had long since moved beyond her story, instead focusing on prequels inPrometheus. But the star herself doesn’t think it’s over....

Sony Pictures Picks Up ‘Shrink’ From ‘Deadpool’ Creator, A Story About A Psychiatrist For Superheroes Rob Liefeldis best known for creating the fourth wall-breaking, wisecracking mutant mercenary known as Deadpool. But soon he’ll be responsible for another unique superhero project heading to the big screen. Sony Pictures has picked up the original comic by Rob Liefeld calledShrink, which focuses on a female psychiatrist who offers therapy to various superheroes. The project was previously developed by Sony in the early 2000s, but it never went anywhere after that....

Sony Readies A Rollercoaster Tycoon Adaptation Ever played the “Tycoon” series of video games? Games such as “Railroad Tycoon,” “Transport Tycoon,” and “Rollercoaster Tycoon” were like “SimCity” on a smaller level, allowing you to manage one company and compete for world domination in its business. The “Rollercoaster Tycoon” series was particularly popular, spawning two sequels, several expansion packs, a board game, and a book series. Now aspiring Rollercoaster creators can look forward to one more spin-off: Sony Pictures Animation has picked up the rights for a film adaptation of “Rollercoaster Tycoon” with directorHarald Zwart(director of Sony’s upcomingKarate Kid) executive producing and possibly directing....

Streaming Services Are Destroying Hollywood’s Middle Class With nearly 500 scripted shows airing on television last year, you may think this is a Golden Age for actors and writers. But while it may be a renaissance for things like creativity and expression, Hollywood’s middle class has taken a huge financial hit because of increased competition brought on by streaming services like Netflix. FastCompanypublished a great article that explores the new normal of how creatives are attempting to make a living amid a shifting entertainment landscape....

StubHub Wants To Sell Movie Tickets: Why This Could Be Great And/Or Horrible If you’ve used StubHub before, then it was probably to buy overpriced tickets to a sold out live music or sports event. Well it looks like the eBay-owned ticket seller wants to expand beyond the music and sports category into theme parks, museums and movie theaters. But how would StubHub movie tickets sales even work? And would people be willing to pay more for movie tickets to sold out movie screenings?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Captain Marvel’ Doesn’t Need To Smile, ‘Spider-Man’ PS4 Breaks Records & More How many copies didSpider-Mansell in the first three days of release? How didBrie Larsonrespond to fans who saidCaptain Marvelneeds to smile more? How long is the runtime forVenom? Would you believe a Marvel executive has no idea whatAnthony & Joe Russoare teasing in thatAvengers 4set photo? Where can you get the flyingSupergirlFunko POP figure? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

The 15 Best Body Horror Movies, Ranked Body horror is without a doubt one of the most viscerally affecting subgenres in cinema. In an essay forThe Rumpuson body horror and its relationship with later period capitalism, Davey Davis wrote, “Far more than being merely stomach-turning, [body horror] runs fantastically and viciously rampant with the anxieties we all have about our own physical vulnerability.” Part of what makes body horror films so effective is their obsessive preoccupation with the corporeal, the carnal, and the contaminated....

The Morning Watch: ‘Coraline’ And Ancient Storytelling, The Williams Of ‘Almost Famous’ Reunite & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch a video essay that explores howCoralineuses ancient forms of storytelling like fairy tales and ghost stories to enhance the film’s central themes....

The Morning Watch: Breaking Down The Best VFX Oscar Nominees, Margot Robbie Does Hot Ones & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, a visual effects supervisor walks us through the movie magic for this years nominees for Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards, includingStar Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerandAvengers: Endgame....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To More Movies, Dramatic Actor Roundtable & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch as VFX artists react to the visual effects in movies likeGreen Lantern, Avatarand more....

The Real Life Inspiration Behind Forrest Gump “Forrest Gump” famously inserted Tom Hanks into old archival footage, interweaving moments from real U.S. history with the fictional story of his character: A simple yet sincere man, sharing homespun wisdom on a park bench to different strangers while recounting the story of his ever-so-charmed life. Director Robert Zemeckis andILM(Industrial Light & Magic) employed digital compositing and othergroundbreaking visual effectsto give Forrest’s tale a true-to-life veneer....

This ‘Sausage Party’ Alternate Ending Was Just A Little Too Weird To Exist It’s hard to believe thatthe final twenty minutes ofSausage Partyactually exist. Up until that point,Conrad VernonandGreg Tiernan’s R-rated talking food comedy is ambitious and weird and uneven, often hitting scenes of genuine brilliance and occasionally getting bogged down in material that doesn’t quite work. But then the ending happens and your jaw hits the floor and you start to wonder if someone has been pumping noxious fumes into the room for the past hour and you’re just in the midst of a pre-death hallucination becausehow else could this possibly exist....

Three CGI Images From An Alternate Version Of ‘Prometheus’ Action Scene Want even more evidence thatRidley Scottcreated multiple variations of hisAlienprequel,Prometheus? Several images have now come online that show a completely different version of one of the film’s major set pieces. In the theatrical version of the film, the scene was played with practical effects. However, the entire scene was also completed with a CGI villain in case the practical version didn’t work....