Michael Bay May Not Be The Only One Done With ‘Transformers’ After ‘The Last Knight’ Earlier this year,Michael Bayindicated thatTransformers: The Last Knightwould behis farewell to the franchisebased on the Hasbro toy sensation. This is something that he’s said several times before, only to get behind the camera again for another sequel, but this time it feels like he’s telling the truth, unlesssomeone comes up with a cool spin-off ideathat he can’t resist....

No Time To Die Ending Explained: Daniel Craig’s James Bond Bids Us Farewell After what feels like an eternity for hardcore “James Bond” fans such as myself, “No Time to Die” has finally made its way to theaters. It’s been nearly six years since “Spectre” hit theaters, and 15 years since Daniel Craig made his debut as 007 in “Casino Royale.” With his fifth go-around, Craig is indeed saying goodbye to the role, and the way in which he leaves it behind leaves much room for discussion....

Rob Marshall’s ‘Mary Poppins’ Is Not A Remake, It’s An “Extension” A newMary Poppinsis coming from Disney,that much we know. But exactly what kind of a newMary Poppinsare we talking? Is it a remake? A sequel? A reimagining from a different perspective? One of those weird reboot-quel hybrids that spends the running time of an entire feature film explaining that technically, this reboot is actually a sequel? (Yes,Terminator: Genisys,X-Men: Days of Future Past, I’m talking about you....

Robert Durst Is Dead, And HBO’s The Jinx Has An Ending Now According to a statement toThe New York Timesby his lawyer, convicted murderer Robert Durst has died in custody at the age of 78. Durst’s death finally brings a long-overdue ending to a dark, decades-long story that gained national attention with HBO’s 2015 limited series “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.” “The Jinx” is a groundbreaking work of documentary filmmaking, both because it sheds light on a complex, bizarre, and contradictory true crime story, and because it was directly credited by many as leading to Durst’s eventual arrest....

Sequel Bits: ‘Maleficent’, ‘It’, ‘No Time To Die’, ‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’, ‘The Gallows’ In this edition of Sequel Bits: Maleficent: Mistress ofEvilis definitely a movie that’s coming out this year. In case you forgot about that, here’s a brand-new behind-the-scenes featurette about the “fantasy adventure that picks up several years afterMaleficent, in which audiences learned of the events that hardened the heart of Disney’s most notorious villain and drove her to curse a baby Princess Aurora....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Star Wars: Uncut’, Funny Or Die, Michael Giacchino, Billy Dee Williams, J.J. Abrams We have lots ofStar Wars-related odds and ends for you after the jump, including: I feel very lucky to be involved with both of these stories. They are very very different so I am not worried about any kind of overlap. Abrams recentlyadmittedhe could still directStar Trek 3, though the fact that he’ll be tied up withEpisode VIIuntil 2015 or so could make the scheduling pretty tricky....

Star Wars Bits: Force Awakens Artwork & Toys, John Boyega, Rebels, Boba Fett And More Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule Star Wars Bits as father and son. This edition of news from a galaxy far, far away includes: Header image: Artwork from The Art Awakens contest. See more below! When you get a part in a huge movie franchise likeStar Wars, it completely changes your life....

Stephen King Short Story ‘Strawberry Spring’ Is Becoming A Podcast, Starring Garrett Hedlund And Milo Ventimiglia TheStephen Kingmultimedia renaissanceshows no signs of letting up. We’ve seen plenty of film, television, and comic book adaptations of King’s novels and short stories, not to mention audiobooks read by notable acting alumni from some of those adaptations. Now,Audio Up Media,iHeartMedia, and producerLee Metzgerare about to fill your ears with a new podcast based on “Strawberry Spring,” one of the chilling tales from King’s classic 1978 collection,Night Shift....

Superhero Bits: Gamora Becomes A Disney Princess, Is The X-Men Name Outdated & More Want to see an animatedGuardians of the Galaxyshort whereGamorais basically a Disney princess? How areDark Phoenix’s box office prospects looking? WillBladedebut in one of theMarvelanimated shows on Hulu? Will theBlack Widowmovie take place in the 90s? Should we believe a rumor about a newFantastic Fourmovie coming in 2020? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Nicolas Cage Got His Name From A Marvel Superhero, Echo Begins Filming & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: Nicolas Cage’s name has a surprising, fun tie to the world of Marvel Comics....

That ‘Taken’ TV Series Gets A Trailer With Guns And Punching And A Slowed-Down Cover Song The chief appeal of theTakenmovies wasn’t the action (it was pretty good at best) and it certainly wasn’t any kind of nuanced storytelling. The reasonTakenwas a hit, the reason the first film is still a damn good movie eight years later, the reason they were able to squeeze two far inferior sequels out of a barebones premise, isLiam Neeson....

The Boys Created A Brand-New Language To Let Kimiko Communicate In “The Boys,” Karen Fukuhara’s role as the regenerative, super-strongKimikoinitially drew some criticism for how it seemed to relegate another Japanese actress to a non-speaking part, rendering her non-verbal in the manner of Rinko Kikuchi’s character in both “Babel” and “The Brothers Bloom.” This was not helped by scenes like the one where a white guy (Simon Pegg’s Hugh Sr.) turns to another white guy (Jack Quaid’s Hugh Jr....

The Forgotten Anime Classic That Inspired Akira If you’re an anime fan, you’ve no doubt heard of “Akira.” Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s manga spawned a1988 animated filmthat has since become a cornerstone of the cyberpunk genre, with many TV shows and movies recreating the iconic “bike slide” from protagonist Shotaro Kaneda. Seriously,animators love that bike slide. In an interview withEmpire, Ôtomo discussed his influences for “Akira” and the process of crafting the film (which he co-wrote and directed, in addition to writing and illustrating the manga)....