Cool Stuff: The Star Wars Vault - “The Coolest Book Of 2007!” We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This Christmas I received one of the coolest gifts I’ve ever gotten from my friend Elaine (not to give her too much credit as I picked it out – it was actually one of those “You show me what you want I’ll show you what I want” type of deals)....

Director Brett Ratner Accused Of Sexual Harassment, Playboy Puts His Hugh Hefner Biopic On Hold [Updated] Update: Playboy tellsThe Wrapthat in the wake of the allegations against Ratner, Playboy Enterprises “is putting all projects with Ratner’s production company, Ratpac Entertainment, on hold.” That includes Ratner’s planned biopic of Playboy founderHugh Hefner, which was slated to starSuicide Squad’s Jared Leto. “We are deeply troubled to learn about the accusations against Brett Ratner....

Early Reaction: Matthew Vaughn’s ‘X-Men: First Class’ On Saturday, I had the opportunity to seeMatthew Vaughn’sX-Men: First Class. Over the last year, we’ve heard about how the film had morphed from the original concept ofX-Men Origins: Magnetointo a prequel/reboot in the same style of whatJJ Abramsdid for theStar Trekfranchise. I can confirm that the completed film is exactly both of these things. It fits right in with Bryan Singer’s first twoX-Menfilms and is probably the second best film in the series next toX-Men United....

Easter Eggs You May Have Missed In The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 3 Happy Boba Fett day, everyone! Episode 3 of “The Book of Boba Fett” entitled “The Streets of Mos Espa” is chock full of Easter eggs, and it’s time to go deep into the Sarlacc pit (that sounded more appropriate than “rabbit hole”) to see what goodies we can identify. Naturally we are going to spoil everything, so please watch the episode before continuing....

Emily Blunt And Christine Baranski Follow Rob Marshall ‘Into The Woods’ Rob Marshallhas directed one really good musical (Chicago) and one not-so-great one (Nine). Presumably it’s the former that has Hollywood’s biggest stars eagerly lining up for his next one.Emily BluntandChristine Baranskihave entered negotiations to team with Marshall for Disney’sInto the Woods, joiningJohnny Depp,Meryl Streep,Jake Gyllenhaal, andChris Pine. The fairy tale mash-up is based on a Broadway musical byStephen Sondheim. More details on their roles after the jump....

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore Trailer: War Is Brewing In The Wizarding World The Wizarding World of “Harry Potter” is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a film franchise this year, and after four years without any movies, it’s finally coming back to the big screen in 2022 with"Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.“Now, the first official trailer for the long-awaited sequel is here. The third entry in the “Fantastic Beasts” branch of the Wizarding World franchise has had its release date shuffled back and forth due to the pandemic and the recasting of its central villain, Gellert Grindelwald....

First Look: Pixar Short ‘Lou’ To Play In Front Of ‘Cars 3’ It’s not like Pixar needs to try that hard to convince people to go and see their features, but it’s always nice when they sweeten the deal with an accompanying short film. A few months ago we got our first little peek atLou, the new six-minute short directed byDave MullinsandDana Murray. Today we’re getting even closer with the mysterious monster of the title, who’ll make his way to theaters ahead ofCars 3....

First Official Photo Of Anthony Hopkins And Tom Hiddleston In Thor; Marvel Confirms Thor And Captain America For 3D First things first: that’s the debut official look atAnthony Hopkinsas Odin andTom Hiddlestonas Loki, fromKenneth Branagh’sThor. Additionally, that’s the first image of Thor (Chris Hemsworth) with hammer in hand. Perhaps more important, there is confirmation thatThorandCaptain Americawill both be released in 3D. But you might remember that despite a brief, erroneous supposition,Thorwasn’t shot in 3D....

Hollywood Idol Rock Hudson Getting A Biopic From ‘Arrowverse’ Executive Producer Greg Berlanti We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Right now, rock legend Freddie Mercury is making waves at the box office in the form of the biopicBohemian Rhapsody, telling the story about how his band Queen rose to fame and would make an impact on music for generations. More importantly, the film shines a light on Freddie Mercury’s sexuality, though the frontman never addressed it out in the open....

Interview: FX’s ‘Better Things’ Creator Pamela Adlon On Louis C.K. And Period Jokes LouieestablishedLouis C.K.andPamela Adlonas a sort of dynamic duo of comedy. Bonus points if you saw them together even earlier onLucky Louie. After five seasons of writing and producingLouie, Adlon developed her own show for FX.Better Thingsis her show, and C.K. still writes and produces with her.Better Thingsstars Adlon as Sammy Fox, a struggling actor and single mother of three daughters....

Interview: John Malkovich Last week we got the chance to sit down and talk withBeowulfstarJohn Malkovich. You can read the round table interview below. Question: Is that one of your own outfits that you’re wearing today? You’ve got a clothing line don’t you?John Malkovich: I did. I don’t anymore.Q: I could never find it.John Malkovich: You and everyone else.ÂQ: This was kind of amazing because we do recognize you in this movie even under the wig and the whatever....

Is Zombieland 3 Ever Going To Happen? Here’s What We Know (Welcome toWill There Be a Sequel?, a series where we answer that question and explore what comes next.) “Zombieland” was released in the fall of 2009 and ended up becoming a bit of a surprise, both critically and commercially. Fun, inventive, and (perhaps most importantly) successful, it paved the way for a sequel. Albeit a decade after the original came out....

James Bond May Face Blofeld And SPECTRE On Film Once More For years, the world has been safe from Ernst Stavro Blofeld (above, played by Donald Pleasence in the first incarnation to show his face) and the evil SPECTRE organization, not becauseJames Bondand his MI6 cohorts arejust that goodat their jobs, but because legal wrangling prevented recent Bond films from using the two villainous names. But things have changed. Kevin McClory, who owns the names to those bad guys, passed away in 2006....