Sequel Bits: ‘The Expendables 2,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ Possible ‘Dredd’ Sequels, And ‘The Bourne Legacy’ That’s a new banner forThe Expendables 2, above, and it does just about as good a job as it could possibly do informing audiences of who is in the film. Click for a larger version, and break out the measurement tools to check out the photoshop work that seems to have re-sized a few of the heads....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Rogue One’ Seeks Science Help, Carrie Fisher Autograph, Lando And ‘Aftermath’ There’s lots of fun stuff to discuss in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following. We know a little about the story ofStar Wars Anthology: Rogue One, but now we know there are some science themes as well. The film’s writer,Chris Weitz, took to to Twitter to throw out a hail mary to noted astrophysicistNeil deGrasse Tysonfor help on the film....

Superhero Bits: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Changes, Batman Unburied Is A Hit & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” changed a lot during filming....

Thandie Newton To Play Condoleezza Rice In Oliver Stone’s W. Iaon Gruffudd In Talks For Tony Blair Oliver Stone’s Dubbya biopicW.continues to stack on cast members like intelligent pancakes, with the latest editions beingIaon Gruffudd(Mr. Fantastic inThe Fantastic Four), who’s in the final stages of signing on to play former British prime ministerTony Blair, and British actressThandie Newtonas Bush’s long-time Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice. You may have heard that Rice is now in therunningto be presidential hopeful John McCain’s VP running mate, so Newton’s portrayal could become that much more relevant....

The Apocalypse Now Easter Egg You May Not Have Noticed In Sonic The Hedgehog People sometimes forget that the creatives behind family films aren’t also the same age as the children who will fall in love with their work, and in fact have their own collection of personal favorite films that aren’t always kid-friendly. Patrick Casey and Josh Miller are the screenwriting team behind the “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie, and will be joined by John Whittington of “The Lego Batman Movie” and “The Lego Ninjago Movie” for the sequel, “Sonic the Hedgehog 2....

The Book Of Boba Fett Confirms That Jawas F*** “The Book of Boba Fett” is set on the sandy desert planet of Tatooine, and that means getting to see more of its regular residents, like theTusken raiders,rancorsand their handlers, and theHutts. The series has also given us a bunch of information on the planet’s bright-eyed brown-hooded thieves, the Jawas. After a gang of off-world Jawas gave Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) a tough time on “The Mandalorian,” the Tatooine Jawas of “The Book of Boba Fett” robbed Fett of his armor,leaving himon the sand in his space undies....

The Daniels Know That Being On The Internet Is Like Everything Everywhere All At Once [Interview] Speaking to the Daniels is a little like watching “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The directing duo, composed of Daniel Scheinert and Dan Kwan, are excitable lovers of movies, pop culture, and everything in between, often interrupting each other and going off on colorful tangents that give just a tiny glimpse of how their wild brains work....

The Morning Watch: The Lost Version Of ‘Planes, Trains & Automobiles’, Tour Walt Disney’s Office & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out about the much longer cut ofPlanes, Trains, and Automobilesand what ended up on the cutting room floor....

The PG-13 Rating Has Become Meaningless “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” has created someonline hubbubwith regards to its rating, with some viewers claiming that the film was “too dark” and violent for its PG-13 rating, while others felt it was perfectly appropriate. Here’s the thing: regardless of whether the latest MCU entry should have been rated PG, PG-13, or R, the ratings system is inherently broken. The ambiguous and often arbitrary decisions of the ratings board, the Classification and Ratings Administration (CARA), mean that PG-13 has become a meaningless designation that doesn’t actually offer much help to parents....

TV Bits: ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Revolution’, ‘Smash’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Hannibal’, ‘The Mindy Project’, Hugh Laurie Norman and Norma Bates' twisted relationship is the stuff of cinematic legend, but apparently things weren’t always so weird between them. In fact, the first photo fromBates Motelhas them looking downright relaxed together. Also after the jump: TheBryan Fuller-created series follows FBI agent Will Graham and Mads Mikkelsen as psychologist/cannibal Hannibal Lecter in the early days of their relationship....

Video: A ‘TRON’ Update Is Coming To ‘Grand Theft Auto Online’ Today is going to be a long day, as we wait for the 2016 election results to be tabulated, so it’s nice to know that we can go release some stress by taking advantage of a new update forGrand Theft Auto Onlinetoday. Some of you out there maybe haven’t playedGrand Theft Auto Vin awhile, but this update just might get some of you back online for a bit....

VOTD: Jim Jarmusch Sings Neil Young’s ‘Cortez The Killer’ DirectorJim JarmuschlovesNeil Young. The venerable singer/songwriter masterfully scored Jarmusch’sDead Manand with the band Crazy Horse was the object of the filmmaker’s follow-up, the tour documentaryYear of the Horse. Jarmusch also seems to love the New York edition of the All Tomorrows Parties music festival which, for the past couple years, has taken place in the Catskills each September. In 2008 as friends and I strolled around ATP one of them said, “hey, there’s Jim Jarmusch having a picnic....

Watch A Clip From ‘The Lion King’ Sequel ‘The Lion Guard: Return Of The Roar’ Just last week,we got a first lookat the forthcoming Disney Channel TV movie and animated series kick-offThe Lion Guard: Return of the Roar. An extended sneak peek of the TV movie portion of this follow-up debuted at D23 this weekend, and it’s now available for you to check out. InThe Lion Guardclip, we see Simba and Nala’s second-born cub Kion (voiced byMax CharlesofPeabody & Sherman) having some fun with his friends in the Pride Lands, but then he’s forced to show why he’s been tasked with being the protector of his home turf when his best friend Bunga, a feisty honey badger, gets into some trouble with some hyenas....