Theme Park Bits: Walt Disney World Reopening, Epic Universe Delayed, And More In this edition of Theme Park Bits: First, the good news. As you have no doubt already heard, Walt Disney World in Orlando has submitted a reopening proposal to the Orange County Task Force. UnlikeUniversalStudios Orlando andSeaWorldOrlando, both of which are planning to reopen in the next few days, Disney is taking its time: the Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom willreopenon July 11, with Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios reopening on July 15....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Robin Hood, The Secret In Their Eyes, Community (Season 1), Modern Family (Season 1), And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s.COMMUNITY (SEASON 1) It’s been asserted more than once that Community didn’t start becoming good until well into its first season, and while I’d agree that the series became more assured as it went on, I’d disagree that its early episodes are any less worth watching than its later ones....

Tilda Swinton In Talks For Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ Doctor Strangeis about to get a good dose of strange.Tilda Swintonis in talks to joinBenedict Cumberbatchin the Marvel adventure, which is being directed byScott Derrickson. As if that weren’t insane enough, Derrickson has also dropped a hint that Death itself could stop by the movie. More on the Tilda Swinton Doctor Strange casting, and the possible Death appearance, after the jump. THRbroke the news about Swinton....

Tyler Hoechlin Never Expected To Return For Superman & Lois Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman career had humble beginnings. Before his “Supergirl” appearances and a full-fledged television show based on his interpretation of the Big Blue Boy Scout, the actor had auditioned forZack Snyder’s “Man of Steel"a few years before. The part eventually went to Henry Cavill, but Hoechlinrealized during his auditionthat his understanding of the superhero was at odds with Snyder’s....

Universal Secures Exclusive Rights For Jason Bourne’s Future Recently,Variety reportedthat Universal Pictures has aquired the exclusive rights to Jason Bourne character and has inked a first-look deal for other Ludlum novels. This new deal “paves the way” for future Bourne installments.The fourthBournefilmis currently scheduled to be released in summer 2010, with Paul Greengrass directing Matt Damon as Bourne, with a script by George Nolfi. Jeffrey Weiner, chariman-CEO of Ludlum Entertainment, will now be an active participant in developing the projects....

VOTD: Pixar’s ‘Up’ Live-Action 1965 Movie Trailer What if Walt Disney Pictures produced Pixar’sUpin the 1960s as a live-action feature film? YouTube user whoiseyevan has created an amazing faux “premakes” trailer which imagines this exact possibility. Watch the video now, embedded after the jump. Here is a note from the video editor: Ah, the swinging 60s. It was a time when films were dominated by flying automobiles and flying nannies. It was also a time when live-action Disney films flourished and spawned such hits as “The Love Bug”, “The Absent-Minded Professor”, and “The Monkey’s Uncle”....

Watch Leonardo DiCaprio’s Climate Change Doc ‘Before The Flood’ For Free On YouTube Climate change is one of the more hotly contended topics in the world today, even if it hasn’t been a popular subject during the current nightmare of an election season (which thankfully ends next Tuesday). But to make sure people don’t forget about this important issue,National Geographichas teamed up with producerLeonardo DiCaprioand directorFisher Stevensto make their entire documentaryBefore the Floodavailable to watch for free on YouTube....

Watching Netflix Actually Saves You Time, But How Much? It’s no secret thatNetflixis a service that consumers of entertainment are totally stoked to have. It’s easily the most used streaming service available today, conveniently bringing thousands of movies and television shows straight to your television thanks to the wizardry of the internet. And while you think you might be wasting your life away binging on all Netflix has to offer, the streaming service is also saving you time as well....

What Is Whedon And Goddard’s Cabin In The Woods Actually About? Joss WhedonandDrew Goddardhave done their very best to keep the details of their upcoming “horror movie to end all horror movies"Cabin in the Woodsas absolutely under wraps as they can, but there was always going to be some point when the cover would be pulled back and we’d get a good look at what they’re building. For me at least, that point came this evening....

WTF: More People Have Watched The ‘Venom’ Trailer Than Any Spider-Man Trailer; Todd McFarlane Believes Spawn/Venom Crossover Movie Is Possible In a new interview, comics legendTodd McFarlaneexplains his belief that aSpawnandVenomcrossover movie might happen one day, and he’s already angling to direct it. We’ll get into the likelihood of that in just a second, and also attempt to figure out how the trailer for the upcomingVenomsolo movie has somehow shattered the record of YouTube views for anySpider-Manmovie....

‘A Tale Of Love And Darkness’ Trailer: See Natalie Portman’s Feature Directorial Debut [UPDATED] UPDATE:An updatedA Tale of Love and Darknesstrailer with English subtitles has just been released, and you can check it out after the jump. Original story from 02-08-2025 follows. For her feature directorial debut,Natalie Portmanalso wrote and starred inA Tale of Love and Darkness, an adaptation of the autobiographical novel byAmos Oz, effectively an account of the founding of the state of Isreal as recounted through events in Oz’s own life....

‘A Time Lost’: Millie Bobby Brown And Sister Paige Brown Developing Drama Film For Netflix Millie Bobby Brownmay be a rising starlet with only one feature film and a Netflix mega-hit series under her belt, but the 15-year-old actress is already getting into the producing game. Brown is teaming up with her sisterPaige Brownto develop their original drama film,A Time Lost, for Netflix, marking the first re-team between theStranger Thingsstar and the streaming giant....

‘Bad Day For The Cut’ Trailer: Revenge Has An Irish Accent Much like how the Sundance Film Festival itself helps set the stage for every other film festival in the year that follows, the fest’s Midnight category helps to gauge what we can expect from independent genre cinema over the next twelve months or so. While I’m not attending Sundance (our own Peter Sciretta, Angie Han, and Ethan Anderton will be bringing you reviews over the coming week!...