Colin Trevorrow Says It Was J.J. Abrams' Idea To Bring Back Palpatine, Reveals His ‘Last Jedi’ Contribution A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,Colin Trevorrowwas going to directStar Wars: Episode IX, but then it all fell apart. Trevorrow either walked away amicably or was fired, depending on who you believe. In any case, he’s gone – but his presence will still be felt inThe Rise of Skywalker. Trevorrow and his writing partnerDerek Connollywill both have a “story by"crediton the film, which means a large part of the film’s story was taken from whatever Trevorrow and Connolly came up with....

Disney’s Robin Hood Started As A Different, Darker Movie Disney’s 1973 retelling of “Robin Hood” introduced generations of audiences to the sly and suave anthropomorphic fox version of the literary hero, inspiring many to sing the song of “Oo-De-Lally” and countless others to suddenly question why they suddenly feltthose feelingstoward a fox. Walt Disney had wanted to adapt the tale of a wily fox who battles a corrupt medieval king as an animated movie all the way back during the making of his first full-length feature, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” in 1937....

Eric Stoltz ‘Back To The Future’ Footage Might Be Released Sick ofBack to the Futureyet? I hope not, but Back to the Future Day, which celebrated the date Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) traveled 30 years into the future at the end of the first film, is now over. It’s awell known factit was originally going to beEric Stoltz(Mask) going on adventures with Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd), but the actor was recast four weeks into the shoot....

Exclusive: Tom Whalen’s ‘Back To The Future’ Mondo Poster Friday May 22 is one of those great days to be a pop culture art collector. In Los Angeles, Gallery 1988 has Joshua Budich’sFictional Foodas well as Hero Complex’sCraig Drake Solo Show II. Then in Austin, theMondo Galleryis openingPulp Menagerie, a solo exhibit by one of our favorite artists,Tom Whalen. We’ve alreadyrun a few images fromthe ultra-varied show but we can now reveal what’s sure to be one of the show’s most popular posters....

Ezra Miller Cast As WB’s ‘The Flash’ With A Solo Film Out In 2018 The Flashwill hit the big screen in 2018, according to Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara. He’ll be played byEzra Miller, best known for his work inWe Need To Talk About KevinandThe Perks of Being A Wallflower. The news came as part of a major investors event Wednesday morning. Also part of the announcement, andcovered in depth here,Suicide Squadwill followBatman v Supermanin 2016....

Five ‘Terminator Genisys’ Character Posters Are So Metal Five character posters forAlan Taylor’sTerminator Genisyshave just hit the web and they are so metal. Not “metal” in that rocking, awesome way though. I mean literally. Four of the five feature either a terminator, or a piece of a terminator, suggesting the July 1 release is going to be very, very heavy on the metal-to-metal action. Plus, we get to learn the name of the next evolution of Terminator tech....

HBO Cancels ‘Game Change’ Follow-Up After Sexual Harassment Accusations After years of Hollywood turning a blind eye to terrible behavior within its industry, it seems as ifthe Harvey Weinstein scandalis actually inspiring companies to take action and distance themselves from perpetrators of that behavior. Whether they’re doing so cynically out of a sense of self-interest or out of a desire to actually do the right thing remains to be seen, but at least we’re moving in the right direction....

Hulk Hogan Vs. Gawker Movie Coming From ‘Red Sparrow’ Director And ‘Big Short’ Writer The Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker trial is getting the big screen treatment fromRed SparrowdirectorFrancis LawrenceandBig ShortscreenwriterCharles Randolph. The film will dramatize wrestler Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against Gawker Media – a lawsuit that sent Gawker into bankruptcy, and closed down the website for good. The infamous Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker trial kicked off numerous debates about free speech and made huge headlines, so it was only a matter of time before the movies came calling…again and again....

Is Alden Ehrenreich Signed For A Han Solo Movie Trilogy? At Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016, Disney finally confirmed what everyone in the galaxy already knew:Alden Ehrenreichwould be playing a young Han Solo in the yet-to-be-titledA Star Wars Storystandalone film fromLego MoviegeniusesPhil LordandChris Miller. But what we didn’t know at the time is just how many films Alden Ehrenreich is signed on for. A new report claims that theHail, Caesar!star is signed to a three-picture deal, which would bring a Han Solo movie trilogy to life....

James Gunn Reveals New ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Concept Art A new piece of concept art fromGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2is arriving in a new issue of Empire Magazine, but writer/directorJames Gunnhas gone ahead and revealed it online. While this new images doesn’t feature any new members of the team (as revealed in the first piece of released concept art, which sits at the top of this article), itdoesfeature the core team doing battle with some kind of slimy alien menace....

Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness Is Getting Her Own Marvel Disney+ Show Kathryn Hahn has ruled for a while now, but her scene-stealing turn on “WandaVision” seemed to make her more popular than ever. And the folks at Disney and Marvel clearly took note, because Hahn’s “WandaVision” character Agatha Harkness is now likely to get her own Disney+ spin-off series. “WandaVision” showrunner Jac Schaeffer will serve as writer and executive producer on the new show, which is being described as a “dark comedy....

LOL: Shaquille O’Neal Crowdfunding ‘Shaq Fu 2’ Video Game Shaquille O’Nealwants to make a video game. Scratch that. He wants to makeanothervideo game. The star of the 1994 fighting gameShaq-Fuhas taken to IndieGoGo to raise funds for a reboot of that title, calledShaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn. Check out the pitch video, teaser and more below. The full IndieGoGocan be accessed here, but here’s a teaser of the game. And here’s the pitch video: Here’s how the site saysShaq Fu 2will be different from the original, which they truly, truly hate....

M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock At The Cabin Has Begun Filming M. Night Shyamalan quickly became one of the great horror filmmakers of the early aughts, with bangers like “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs” showing great promise. But years before Marvel started handing out multi-million-dollar franchises to indie directors, Shyamalan started going big and making a string of bad blockbuster movies. But Hollywood does love a comeback story, and Shyamalan has been on a welcome home tour the past few years, ever since he returned to the horror genre with “The Visit” in 2015 (no, that is not his only horror movie,no matter what he says)....