M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Tales From The Crypt’ Series Will Adapt Stories From The Comics From 1950 to 1955, EC Comics published 27 issues ofTales from the Crypt. When a new reboot ofTales From the Cryptwas announced, the word was it’d be influenced more byWilliam GainesandAl Feldstein’s stories than the HBO anthology series that aired from 1989 to 1996. According to the man spearheading the reboot, directorM. Night Shyamalan(Split), the new series will adapt some stories from the comics....

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ Teaser Poster Martin Scorsesehas taken his first plunge into both family filmmaking and 3D withHugo, which adapts theBrian SelznickbookThe Invention of Hugo CabretwithAsa ButterfieldandChloe Moretzin the lead roles. We’ve got a look at the first teaser poster for the film, in advance of the upcoming trailer release. Appropriately for something arriving the same week as the finalHarry Potterfilm, there’s a serious Potter influence here. But as this is one of the first official images we’ve seen forHugo, which also happens to confirm therecent title change, I’ll accept that for now....

Marvel’s ‘The Eternals’ Adds Kumail Nanjiani, Angelina Jolie Apparently Playing Sersi Kumail Nanjianiis continuing a stellar year with an interstellar trip to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. TheBig Sickactor and Oscar nominee is reportedly in talks to star in Marvel’s ambitious cosmic filmThe Eternals, joiningAngelina Jolie, who has already been cast as Sersi. With this news, Nanjiani adds one more exciting title to his hot streak of projects, having recently come off an eye-opening performance in CBS All Access’The Twilight Zone....

Matt Reeves Wants To Make A ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Sequel And Has Ideas For What It Would Be About WhileThe Batmanis clearly the next priority for directorMatt Reeves, the filmmaker behindDawn of the Planet of the Apesand the upcomingWar For the Planet of the Apesisn’t ready to leave that franchise behind. He wants to make more movies set in that universe and already has ideas for what they’d be about....

Ridley And Tony Scott To Produce TV Mini-Series Called ‘Pyrates’ Whether it be Johnny Depp, Matthew Modine or Walter Matthau, we’ve become accustomed to seeing pirates on the big screen. However, hot off the financial success ofPirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, it seems as if those peg-legged, eye-patched, parrot-shouldered scoundrels could be soon making it to the small screen too. Fox is in negotiations for the rights to a mini-series tentatively calledPyrates, created byBarry Schindel(Law and Order, Numbers) with24directorStephen Hopkinsattached to do an episode....

Roger Ebert And Richard Roeper Leave Ebert & Roeper It was only a matter of time…Richard Roeperannounced on Sunday that he is leaving the nationally syndicated Ebert & Roeper movie review television show. Apparently, Disney-ABC Domestic Television and Roeper were unable to come to an agreement on a contract extension, so Roeper’s last appearance on the show will air the weekend of August 16th. And with thatRoger Ebert, who has been sidelined from the show for almost two years due to heath issues, has announced that Disney has decided to take the show in “a new direction” in which he “will no longer be associated with it....

Script Left At Beverly Hills Talent Agency Blown Up By Police A new screenplay blew up in Los Angeles Thursday. Literally. In an almost absurdest twist of events, a Los Angeles bomb squad blew up a briefcase that an aspiring screenwriter left at a Beverly Hills Talent Agency in the hopes someone would read the script inside. The man left the case in the lobby, a security guard moved it out back, and the unmanned case was then reported to police....

See A Scene From The ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Rogue Cut Fans who really wanted to see more ofAnna Paquin’s Rogue inX-Men: Days of Future Past, and Fox bean-counters who are always happy to see a film earn extra revenue will all be happy in a couple weeks when the Rogue Hit hits blu-ray. This new cut of the film will feature a whole Rogue subplot that was trimmed from the final release, in addition to a few other new bits....

Sequel Bits: ‘Bumblebee’, ‘Frozen 2’, ‘Jurassic World’, ‘It 2’, ‘Creed 2’, The Grudge' And More In this edition of Sequel Bits: John Cena, who can currently be seen trying to stop his teen daughter from having some sex inBlockers, spoke withEntertainment Weeklyabout theTransformersspin-offBumblebee. As Cena tells it, the film is going to be a “wonderful piece of this franchise” and that the role he plays is “intriguing”: Bumblebee: The MovieopensDecember 21, 2018....

Star Wars Bits: Gary Whitta Writing On ‘Rebels,’ Rian Johnson, John Williams And BB-8 Star Wars Bits is back and packed full of interesting stuff. Below, read about the following: Seems there are no hard feelings over at Lucasfilm. ThoughGary Whitta, the original writer ofStar Wars Anthology: Rogue One, is not screenwriter going forward,he did reveal that he’s writingonStar Wars Rebels.Whitta is most likely working on season 3 sinceSimon Kinbergtold us he was writing the finale of season two last month....

The Classic Star Trek Episodes That Inspired Strange New Worlds Episode 4 This post containsminor spoilersfor episode 4 of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” The Latin phrase “memento mori,” often seen on tombstones, is intended as a grave, humbling reminder. The translation is simply “remember that you will die.” The fourth episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is called “Memento Mori” and, if I may begin this article with a personal preference, I love when “Trek” skews classical....

The Gilded Age Review: Earnest Escapism That Ticks All The Period Piece Boxes Julian Fellowes has a penchant for tossing together top-quality costume drama ingredients, finessing his way past oppression, sweetening wealth porn to perfection, and ultimately whipping up the most sumptuous comfort food you’ve ever laid your eyes on. The creator behind whip-smart period pieces like “Downton Abbey,” “Belgravia,” and “The English Game” has walked this road many times before, so it’s no surprise to discover he’s up to his old tricks with HBO’s “The Gilded Age....

The Last Airbender Teaser Trailer The official teaser trailer forM Night Shyamalan’sThe Last Airbenderis now online. On display are M Night’s signature extended seamless single takes (which I’ve always loved), ILM’s amazing air-bending effects and a logo that looks very similar to the Harry Potter series. Overall, it does a great job at teasing the big picture. I’m suddenly excited to see if this is the film that all the Avatar fans believe it can be....