Solar Opposites Holiday Special Trailer: ‘Tis The Season For Demented Alien Shenanigans The “Solar Opposites” are celebrating Christmas, baby, even if they have no idea what it means! Later this month, Hulu will release an animated holiday special from the demented minds of “Rick and Morty” co-creator Justin Roiland and series executive producer Mike McMahan (“Star Trek: Lower Decks”). How do you explain a religious holiday that has been commercialized into so many things that have such hollow meanings intended only to sell things people don’t need to a group of aliens?...

Star Trek: Discovery Took A Page From The Mandalorian’s Playbook At first glance, the worlds of “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” couldn’t be more different. One franchise is a science fiction tale about mankind putting aside its petty differences and uniting to travel the stars. The other merges fantasy and sci-fi tropes, resulting in a galaxy with laser swords and space wizards. However, both franchises have found fresh life in streaming, and new technology has been used to bring each franchise’s flagship show to life....

Stephen King Adaptation ‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ Coming From Blumhouse, Ryan Murphy, And Netflix TheStephen Kingadaptation renaissance shows no signs of going away anytime soon. Since King is so prolific and pumps out approximately a bajillion books a year, there will always be material to adapt. Case in point:Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, a short story that appeared in King’s recently published collectionIf It Bleeds, is now becoming a Netflix film. Blumhouse andRyan Murphyare producing the flick for Netflix, withSaving Mr....

Strangest Team-Up Ever: Brett Ratner And Noah Baumbach I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone just typing that title. The other day we told you thatBen Stillerwaslooking to take the leadin a film calledTrump Heist(likely to be retitledTower Heist) which had formerly been conceived as a “blackOceans 11”.Brett Ratnerhas been attached to direct for a long time, and remains so. Now Universal is pushing ahead with the film on a fast track, and reportedly wants a rewrite of the script, originally by Ted Griffin....

Superhero Bits: Adam West’s Batman Art, Marvel Twitter Accounts Hacked & More Want to see some weirdBatmanart created byAdam West? WillCat Grantbe appearing less in the second half ofSupergirl’s second season? DoesDoctor Strange’s UK Blu-ray and DVD release date indicated when we might get it in the US? Did you notice thatMarvel’s Twitter accounts got hacked? WhichMr. Robotstar is campaigning for a role in theDC Extended Universe? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man, Man Of Steel 2, Justice League Unlimited, What DC role didGal Gadotturn down beforeWonder Woman? CouldThor: The Dark World’sZachary Levireturn as a different Marvel character? DoesElizabeth Olsenwant aScarlet Witchstandalone? Who’s the rumored villain ofMan of Steel 2? How long has Spider-Man been around inCaptain America: Civil War? IsJustice League Unlimitedfinally coming to Blu-ray? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 LEGO Sets, Harley Quinn On Gotham, New Supergirl Aliens & More Will we ever seeJohnny Blazeappear onAgents of SHIELD? DoGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2LEGO sets key us into some action sequences in the movie? When will we get to seeHarley QuinnonGotham? Want to see a life-size version ofThe LEGO Batman MovieBatmobile? Who should play theJohn Stewartversion ofGreen Lanternin theDCEU? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Arkham Knight, Captain Marvel, Batman V Superman, Suicide Squad How didTom Hollandbecome the newSpider-Man? IsScott Derricksonready to shootDoctor Strange? Who’s taking over theCaptain Marvelcomic? How hasIron Man’s suit evolved over the years? Want to see another heartwarmingBatkid Beginsclip? What do theFantastic Fourhave to do with Crush soda? (Actually, we still don’t really have an answer to that last one.) Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

SXSW Movie Trailer: Breaking Upwards The reason why I like the SXSW Film Festival is because it contains a lot of smaller films, movies that speak to people of my generation, and the even more technologically hip generation after mine. SXSW is very much what I imagine Sundance use to be 20 years ago, but if it were set in modern times. Inmy review for 500 Days of Summer, I spoke out about the need for a better term for the indie romantic dramedy....

The Batman’s Paul Dano Talks About The ‘Intense’ Experience Of Playing The Riddler Paul Dano’s Riddler now has his ownofficial theme music, courtesy of composer Michael Giacchino and WaterTower Music, and his appearance in the upcoming Warner Bros. film, “The Batman,” is drawing ever closer. Dano is an intense actor who has squared off with even more intense Method actors like Daniel Day-Lewis in"There Will Be Blood,“but for “The Batman,” he’s dressed up like the Zodiac Killer and goes to some dark places, which appear to involve duct-taping people to death, according to thetrailers....

The Best & Worst Sketches From Tom Hanks' ‘Saturday Night Live’ Last nightTom HankshostedSaturday Night Livefor the first time in 10 years, and the energy he brought to the show certainly elevated the writing and cast from their misstep of an episodelast weekend with Emily Blunt. Honestly, I thought there was only one truly bad sketch the entire night, and it wasn’t even downright awful. This actually might be the best episode of the first four to kick off the season....

The Final Season Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Will Be Even Shorter Than Season 7 The upcoming seventh season ofGame of Throneswill consist of only seven episodes, which is a bit of a disappointment after six years of 10-episode seasons that already felt all-too-brief. And now, courtesy of the series creators and showrunners, we know that the eighth and final season will be even shorter. ShowrunnersDavid BenioffandDan Weissjoined series starsMaisie WilliamsandSophie Turnerfor aGame of Thrones-centric panel at SXSW over the weekend, where the masters behind HBO’s massively popular fantasy series revealed that the final season of the show will only have six episodes (viaEntertainment Weekly)....

The Flash Star Grant Gustin Nears One-Year Deal, Opening Door For Season 9 Despite reports of a potentialsale of The CW, the Arrowverse is still trucking along. The network announced recently that the long-running, interconnected DC Comics-based universe would be expanding, thanks to a brand new show starring David Ramsey called"Justice U." After appearing in the franchise’s flagship series “Arrow” for eight seasons and guest-starring on other shows such as “Legends of Tomorrow” and “Supergirl,” Ramsey’s John Diggle (aka Spartan) finally gets to helm his own show....