Movie Trailer: Emily Haggins' ‘My Sucky Teen Romance’ This weekend at Austin Comic-Con, teenage filmmakerEmily Hagins' premiered the trailer for her new movie,My Sucky Teen Romance. Some of you might remember Emily from the popular filmmaking documentaryZombie Girl: The Movie, which chronicled Hagins attempt to film a feature length zombie movie at the age of only twelve. Now eighteen years old, Emily has just completed her third feature — a teen vampire comedy....

Neil Gaiman Continues His Warm Up For Feature Directing With Another Short Film Courtesy ofhis wonderful blog, as readable as it is popular and probably the most popular individual’s blog in the world,Neil Gaimanis currently in London in pre-production of a silent short film for British TV. This will be his second outing as director after the wonderfulA Short Film About John Bolton, a documentary (ahem) about the famed comic artist and his uncommonly powerful paintings of vampires....

No Metal Gear Solid Movie Anytime Soon, Says Producer Mike De Luca For years now, we’ve been reporting on the potential film adaptation of the Konami game seriesMetal Gear Solid. Last year,we reportedthatEquilibriumdirector Kurt Wimmer was talking with the studio about adapting the game, and there were alsorumorsabout Paul Thomas Anderson directing as well (we think they really meant Paul W.S. Anderson). Now we have more of a concrete update from producer Mike De Luca — it’s most likely not happening at all....

Only Murders In The Building Season 2 Teaser: Steve Martin, Martin Short, And Selena Gomez Have Another Mystery On Their Hands It’s almost time to head back to the Arconia for your favorite true crime show about a true crime podcast … and actual true crime! If you haven’t yet watched the Hulu series “Only Murders In the Building,” please call out sick from work, abandon your children to their own devices (they’ll be fine), and ignore your responsibilities to watch....

Patty Jenkins Suggests She Won’t Make ‘Wonder Woman 3’ Unless A Theatrical Model Exists Wonder Woman 1984finally arrives later this week, but what aboutWonder Woman 3? Will directorPatty Jenkinsreturn to craft a trilogy? Jenkins, who recently revealed that she has put the development of a thirdWonder Womanmovieon pause, suggests in a new interview that she might not makeWonder Woman 3unless a theatrical model exists – and presumably exists in such a way that’s more in line with the robust model of years past instead of the limp, scattershot, life-support existence of movie theaters as they’ve been during 2020....

Photos: The Cast Of ‘Suicide Squad’ Got Matching “SKWAD” Tattoos Forget the Avengers, the Justice League, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. Cinema’s most tight-knit superpowered crew is the cast ofSuicide Squad, as evidenced by the fact that the actors have elected to give each other matching “SKWAD” tattoos. Not get matching tattoos, like from a tattoo parlor — actually give them to each other. See photographic evidence of their brand-newSuicide Squadtattoos after the jump....

Qi’ra Is A ‘Star Wars’ Character Who Demands Future Adventures (Welcome toA Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters of theStar Warsuniverse and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)Star Wars, at its core, is a family story about generations of the Skywalker family. Or, at least it used to be. But now that Lucasfilm is under the Disney umbrella, a wider audience is being exposed to the variety of stories that can exist in a galaxy far, far away....

Release Dates: ‘Apollo 18’ And ‘Warrior’ With Tom Hardy ConsideringApollo 18hada release datebefore it hada director, and that release date was four months away, it’s not that big of a shock that theTimur Bekmambetov-produced film has been moved from its original March 4 release date. What’s more surprising is that it only moved back a month, to April 22. The film, which is a found footage tale about a secret moon mission which resulted in an alien encounter, is directed byGonzalo Lopez-Gallego....

Rian Johnson Shares New ‘Star Wars: Episode 8’ Set Photos Like withStar Wars: The Force Awakens, production onStar Wars: Episode 8has managed to keep its veil of secrecy almost completely intact. Other than distant photographs of the sets being constructed in Ireland andblurry photos of aliens and stuntmenin Dubrovnik, Disney and Lucasfilm’s investment in extensive security (which reportedly includes drones designed to take down other drones equipped with cameras) has paid off....

Rian Johnson Turns To The Sacred Jedi Texts To School ‘Last Jedi’ Complainers Well, well, well. Look what we have here!Rian Johnson, director ofStar Wars: The Last Jedi, has spent a lot of the promotional time for his hit newStar Warsfilm having to deflect fan outrage. Long story short: some hardcoreStar Warsfans are angry that Johnson took liberties with what they consider to be establishedStar-lore. While some of theseLast Jedicomplaints may be valid, there’s one in particular that Johnson just dropped the mic on....

Sequel Bits: Justin Lin Denies ‘Terminator 5’ Casting Rumors; ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’ Script Is Done The fifth movies in two franchises both have significant updates today.Justin Lin, who just finished another fifth franchise movie withFast Five, exclusively spoke to MTV about his plans forTerminator 5,which he’ll direct withArnold Schwarzeneggerreprising his role. Not not only did he denyrecent reports that the original castwill be back for the new film but hinted that he doesn’t want to be beholden to the continuity of the third and fourth films in the series:Terminator: Rise of the Machinesdirected by Jonathan Mostow andTerminator Salvationdirected by McG....

Showtime Ending ‘Weeds’ After Season 8 Enjoy theWeedsseason premiere when it rolls around in a couple of weeks, because it’ll be the show’s last. Showtime has just announced that theMary-Louise Parker-starring pot comedy will end for good after its upcoming eighth season. The news doesn’t come entirely as a surprise. While it continues to pull decent ratings, its viewership has been declining and fans have long complained about the creative decline of the series....

Spielberg’s Lincoln Revving Up, Ready For Oscar Season? Playwright and screenwriterTony Kushnerlast night took part in a panel discussion at the Harvard University Institute of Politics under the rather prolix heading ofLooking For Lincoln: In his Time and Ours – A Conversation on the Meaning of Abraham Lincoln. Kushner’s invitation was most likely on the basis of his longterm engagement, scripting a Lincoln picture forSteven Spielberg. Present at the event was a wonderful snoop who chose to confide inJeff Wellsvia cellphone e-mail....