Joe Johnston Wants To Make Films Featuring Marvel’s Winter Soldier And Boba Fett Joe Johnston’sCaptain America: The First Avenger, hitting theaters this coming week, has great early buzz and sequel talk is heating up.Christopher MarkusandStephen McFeelyare starting to map out the script for the follow-up, though they’re being understandably circumspect about the possible plot and characters. Will the sequel be set in WWII, the modern era, or both? And will Joe Johnston direct?...

Judd Apatow’s ‘The Simpsons’ Episode Script Being Produced, Twenty Years Later Let’s say you’re one of the producers ofThe Simpsons, still on the air after an astounding 24 seasons. For years, you’ve ignored spec scripts and story pitches from pretty much everyone possible. And then you learn thatJudd Apatow, who is now kind of a big deal,wrote aSimpsonsspec scriptas his first-ever stab at writing for television. The smart move would be to make sure that thing gets made, even if it is an early effort from someone who was at the time an unformed talent....

M. Night Shyamalan Responds To Last Airbender Race Issues I have a feeling that the controversy surroundingThe Last Airbender’scasting won’t die down anytime soon. At a recent round table event, several journalists gathered to chat with Shyamalan about the film. He answered some general questions about it (check outio9’s full coverageof the event), but inevitably the conversation steered towards the race issues surrounding the casting of the film’s leads. Specifically, the casting of white actors in the roles of Sokka and Katara, and Dev Patel in the role of the villain....

Men Early Buzz: Alex Garland’s Latest Is A Surreal, Unsettling, And Surprisingly Funny Frightfest Do you have a moment to talk about the good news of our lord and savior Alex Garland? The masterful director behind such modern classics as “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation” (as well as the writer for other brilliant movies like “28 Days Later…,” “Sunshine,” and “Dredd”) is back with his latest horrifying original film: “Men.” Most moviegoers who’vecaught the trailerfor the latest A24 film probably have stories of the footage eliciting plenty of wryly amused laughter from audiences once the cheeky title card revealed itself, with poor Jessie Buckley (“Chernobyl,” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” “Fargo,” “The Lost Daughter”) undergoing some serious gaslighting and chilling scares from various characters played by Rory Kinnear (“The Imitation Game,” “Penny Dreadful,” “No Time To Die,” “Our Flag Means Death”)....

Netflix’s ‘Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts’ Is One Of The Most Exciting Animated Shows In Years Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeastson Netflix feels like a pastiche of everything recognizable in thelast decade of the greatest children’s animationand it achieves a refreshing mix. I sensed the cryptic spirit ofOver The GardenWallandInfinity Train, the post-apocalyptic chill vibes ofAdventure Time, and the kick-butt humor like its fellow DreamWorks TV seriesShe-Ra and the Princesses of Power,all with their overlapping traits of weird musicality, priceless zingers, life lessons, and optimism....

Netflix’s Live-Action ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Series Finally Has A Cast We already know that everything changed when the fire nation attacked, that’s old news now! There are bigger things happening in the world ofAvatar: The Last Airbender— like Netflix finally nailing down a cast and giving us our first hint at the newATLAseries to come! Based on the hit animated Nickelodeon series from 2005, this newAvatarseries reimagines the world of benders in live-action....

No Seriously, Why Isn’t The Penguin Being Played By Richard Kind? A lot of publicity surrounding the release of “The Batman,” which just hit HBO Max, has focused on the “unrecognizable” performance of Colin Farrell as the Penguin. It’s undeniable that the actor, a notoriously handsome and charming gentleman who has topped many a Sexiest Man Alive list, looks nothing like himself in character as Oswald Cobblepot. He’s balding, scarred, has a large nose, and crooked teeth....

See A Red-Band Blooper Reel / Trailer For ‘The Watch’ With just two days til itsJuly 27premiere,The WatchdirectorAkiva Schafferhas pushed out one last red-band trailer. Or maybe it’s a blooper reel. However you want to categorize it, it may actually be one of the funnier bits of marketing that have come out for the movie. Ben Stiller,Jonah Hill,Vince Vaughn, andRichard Ayoadestar as a quartet of suburban guys whose neighborhood watch group is mostly just an excuse for them to get out of the house and engage in some quality male bonding....

Sequel Bits: ‘Creed 2’, ‘Aquaman’, ‘Mission: Impossible - Fallout’, ‘Rush Hour 4’, ‘Ghostbusters’ In this edition of Sequel Bits: Ryan Coogleris on top of the world now thanks to the smashing success ofBlack Panther. Coogler’s film beforePantherwasCreed, and while it would’ve been nice to have the filmmaker back forCreed 2, Coogler says it just wasn’t in the cards. Speaking withVariety’s Playback podcast, the director said timing got in the way of helming the sequel:...

Sequel Bits: ‘Pacific Rim 2’, ‘Ted 2’, ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Star Trek 3’, ‘Blade’ You want more of the kaiju world? You got it.Guillermo del Toropromises we’ll see more of that inPacific Rim 2, though not necessarily in the way you think. Also after the jump: The new series will arrive in late 2015 or early 2016. That should give fans plenty of time to catch up on the last one, which hits DVD, Blu-ray, TV, VOD, and download-to-own October 28 in the U....

Shawn Levy Could Potentially Leave ‘Fantastic Voyage’ If Will Smith Doesn’t Star After going throughseveral potential directors, it didn’t seem like development on the James Cameron-produced, 3D remake ofFantastic Voyagecould get any more complicated. It has. According toThe Hollywood Reporter,currently attached directorShawn Levy(Real Steel, Night at the Museum) is considering leaving the project if he can’t land a major star. Unfortunately, Fox would rather not pay for a major star. The exception to that might beWill Smith, who will soon meet with Levy about the project....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, TMNT, Hulk, Wonder Woman How can you vote on whichDark Knight Risescar will race in a NASCAR race? DidStan Leemake a ton of money onThe Avengers? Want to see the newDark Knight Risestrailer cut with footage formBatman: The Animated Series? What doThe Avengerslook like made up of Post-It notes? Can you help make aWonder Womanfan film a reality? How much did the originalTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesdrawing sell for?...

SXSW Day 5: ‘Villains’ Is Your New Favorite Comedic Thriller, ‘Olympic Dreams’ Puts An Indie Drama In An Incredible Location, And ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Is An Unlikely Winner (Welcome toThe SXSW Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the Austin-based film festival.) Welcome to SXSW 2019 day five. In this edition:Villainsrecalls the best of the early Coen brothers,Olympic Dreamsis a standard story set in an extraordinary location, andThe Peanut Butter Falconis a quirky but winning blend of comedy and drama....