‘The Suicide Squad’ Synopsis Promises A Superhero Film Full Of Degenerate Delinquents The Suicide Squadis bound to be one of 2021’s must-see films.James Gunnhas traveled from the MCU to DCEU to create a film that will hopefully wash the horrible taste of 2016’sSuicide Squadout of our mouths. While Gunn’s film is bringing back several actors from the first movie,The Suicide Squadappears to be a reboot of sorts. Gunn himself has evenconfirmedthat you don’t need to watch the first movie to understand what’s going on here, and that’s a plus, because no one should be forced to watch that terrible first film....

‘Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets’ Trailer: Director Luc Besson Takes Us Out Of This World Even when I don’t loveLuc Besson’s movies, I love that Luc Besson is making movies. I especially love that he’s getting to make another colorful, over-the-top science fiction action movie, his first of this size and scope sinceThe Fifth Element.Valerian and the City of the Thousand Planetslooks absolutely nutty in the best possible ways, with the city of Alpha looking like an ideal playground for Besson to scratch every single sci-fi itch he has left....

‘Veronica Mars’ Season 4 Trailer: A New Mystery In Neptune Veronica Marsis a show that keeps getting back up, no matter how many times you knock it down. The original series was cancelled, but a wildly successful Kickstarter helped continue the story with a movie. Now, the show is getting a second life – on Hulu. InVeronica Marsseason 4, sleuth Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) gets drawn into a new mystery in her home town of Neptune, California....

‘Watchmen’ Trailer Breakdown: “Nothing Ever Ends. It’s Only Just Begun.” The first full-length trailerfor HBO’sWatchmenpremiered during Comic-Con and we’ve been exploring every frame, looking for Easter eggs and hints about what the show’s mysterious plot might entail. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' twelve-issueWatchmenseries is arguably the greatest comic book story ever told. The collected edition is the only graphic novel that made it ontoTimemagazine’s list of the 100 best novels since 1923....

‘Weathering With You’ Trailer: Get Ready To Cry Oceans In Japan’s Oscar-Contending Anime Makoto Shinkai’s films have the ability to impart an immense sadness upon its viewers — but the greatest sadness surrounding his newest filmWeathering With Youis that U.S. audiences have to wait another two months to see it. GKIDS has released yet another trailer for Japan’s Oscar contender, but it’s only a cruel reminder that Shinkai’s highly anticipated follow-up to his sublime 2016 hitYour Nameis not hitting U....

Apple Signs Deal With ‘Friday Night Lights’ Producer Jason Katims, Courts ‘X-Men’ Producer Simon Kinberg For New Sci-Fi Show Apple is continuing to poach talent from all across Hollywood for their nascent film and television division, and they may have just added two names to their ever-growing list of collaborators. The tech company is “near a deal” for a new science fiction series that hails fromSimon Kinberg, the writer/producer who’s been shepherding theX-Menfilm franchise for years....

Casting Bits: Sam Rockwell Replaces Jeremy Renner In ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’, Justin Timberlake Goes ‘Fully Automatic’, Gregg Sulkin Joins ‘White Frog’ So,Jeremy Rennerhas finally given up one of the roughly five million roles he’s been linked to since he became Hollywood’s hottest rising star.The Playlistreports thatSam Rockwellis currently in negotiations to replace Renner as the lead inBetter Living Through Chemistry, an indie drama byGeoff MooreandDavid Posamentier. Rockwell would be playing an unhappily married pharmacist who enters an affair with a trophy wife customer (Jennifer Garner)....

Casting Brenton Thwaites As Dick Grayson Is A Tragic Missed Opportunity (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: theTitansTV series casting of Brenton Thwaites goes against the character of Dick Grayson.) First things first,Dick Graysonis my favorite DC Comics character. So I may be a little protective of the former Robin as he makes his move to the live action realm, subjecting him to the limits of reality....

Casting Notes: Danny Trejo In ‘Tarantula’; Another New Picture For Jennifer Garner; Many Possible Roles For Gemma Arterton The performance of Machete has had a good effect on Danny Trejo. He’s getting cast more often than ever right now. His latest resume addition should be Tarantula, an ‘indie biker thriller’ in which he’ll co-star with Erin Cummings. (And in this case, it’s the movie that is indie, not the bikers. Maybe an important point....

Clark Trailer: Bill Skarsgard Is A Very Likable Bank Robber The latest official trailer for the Netflixcrime biographical drama"Clark" is here, and let me tell you one thing about this trailer — it is chaotic. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund (“Polar,” “Lords of Chaos”), “Clark” chronicles the life of notorious Swedish gangster/bank robber Clark Olofsson, who single-handedly might have been the originator of Stockholm Syndrome. While I am not quite sure how to feel about all that, Bill Skarsgård, who plays the “charismatic criminal,” seems to be having a ton of fun portraying the character’s layered origin story....

Clint Mansell Replaced By Chris Bacon On ‘Source Code’ Clint Mansellis one of my favorite film composers working today, and has been since hearing his first work on Darren Aronofsky’sPi. His incredible score for Requiem for a Dream has been re-purposed in countless trailers and commercials over the years. He has continued to work on Aronofsky’s projects over the years and his Tchaikovsky-inspired score forBlack Swanis nothing less than brilliant....

Clips Round-Up: Dream A Little Dream With Corey Feldman, Cole Hauser Goes To Panama & More! [Exclusive] (Welcome toSlashClips, a series where we bring youexclusiveclips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray, and theatrical releases you won’t see anywhere else!) In this edition: Dream a Little Dream (Vestron Video Blu-ray) TheVestron Video Collector’s Seriesis issuing yet another ’80s cult classic with their new Blu-ray of 1988’s comedy “Dream a Little Dream” starring the two Corey’s (Feldman and Haim)....

Donald Glover On His ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Experience [TCA 2016] Donald Gloverwas on a Television Critics Association panel for his new FX seriesAtlanta, which he created and on which he stars. After the panel, Glover spoke with reporters further, including his work on the upcoming Marvel/Sony collaborationSpider-Man: Homecoming. Of course, he could not say who he plays. “I’m not allowed to say,” Glover said. “Sworn to secrecy.” However, Glover could and did talk a bit more about his general experience shootingSpider-Man: Homecoming....