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Superhero Bits: Exclusive Set Pics From The Dark Knight Rises, Plus Green Lantern, Thor 2, Gotham City Imposters, Iron Man Want to see an exclusive gallery of behind the scenes images fromThe Dark Knight Rises? How about own a scrapbook ofBatman’s history? What doesKenneth Branaghhave to say aboutPatty Jenkinspossibly directingThor 2? Curious to see one of the extras from theGreen LanternBlu-ray? Find all these things and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Green Lantern, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Stan Lee, Supergirl Will theLuke Cageshow be a little more violent than the other Netflix shows? What’s going on with DC’sGreen Lantern? What’s the name of the latestBatmanmobile game? DoesHugh JackmanthinkWolverinewill cross over withThe Avengers? How can you haveStan Leeteach you about superheroes? Which superhero movies have been nominated for the2015 Saturn Awards? Did the actresses who’ve playedSupergirlmeet each other?...

Superhero Bits: Vintage-Style ‘WandaVision’ Comic Art, ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Making-Of Special & More Want to see some vintage-style comic book cover art inspired byWandaVision? Who wrote theBatmanandJokerscene inZack Snyder’s Justice League? What villain is coming to the second season ofStargirl? What character doesThe Falcon and The Winter Soldierwriter want to bring in to the MCU? What didKevin Feigesay about the rumor ofChris Evanscoming back asCaptain America? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

The ‘Rogue One’ Darth Vader Ending Was A Last-Minute Addition One of the most exciting moments forStar Warsfans inRogue One: A Star Wars Storymust be the ending sequence, which involves an action scene featuring Darth Vader. Now that the film is finally approaching its home video release, director Gareth Edwards has been talking about some of the more spoilery details. In one interview, thewGodzilladirector revealed that the Darth Vader action scene ending was a last-minute addition to the film, and was shot only three or four months before the theatrical release of the movie....

The Batman HBO Max Series Will Feature The Return Of Colin Farrell’s Penguin Colin Farrell is set to star in the TV series spin-off of the upcoming film “The Batman,” according toVariety. He will also executive produce the series. Farrell will reprise the role of The Penguin, which he’ll play in the film. According to the site, the series is going to track how The Penguin becomes a major player in the criminal world of Gotham City....

The Innocents Trailer: When Superpowers Go Very, Very Wrong A dark drama from one of the writers of “Thelma” has just dropped its trailer, and it looks extremely unnerving. The Scandinavian film “The Innocents” played at Cannes and Fantastic Fest — earning a Best Direction award for filmmaker Eskil Vogt at the latter — and now it’s set for a May release with IFC Films. “The Innocents” (aka “De uskyldige”) follows a group of young kids who secretly begin exhibiting superpowers during shared playtime....

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3 VFX Breakdown, What You Need To Know Before ‘WandaVision’ & 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, take a look at the visual effects that brought planets, ships, and more to life in the third season ofStar Trek: Discovery....

The Raw Controversy Explained From the bold filmmaker behind the provocative “Titane,” Julia Ducournau’sfeaturedebut"Raw" uses visceral horror to examine adolescent yearning. The lurid film follows a young vegetarian named Justine (Garance Marillier) who attends veterinary school where she tastes meat for the first time and develops a craving for flesh — including human. After Justine is forced to eat raw rabbit kidneys as part of a hazing ritual to welcome new students, her newfound hunger becomes overpowering, and she finds herself making emergency trips to the gas station for meat and sneaking raw chicken in the early hours of the morning....

These New ‘Zootopia’ Clips Will Melt Your Cold Heart With Pure Adorableness Man,Zootopiasure looks cute. Like really cute. Okay, it looks adorable. Heart-meltingly adorable. Every trailer for this film has made me saw “aww” more than I’d care to admit, because it’s not like an animated Disney film starring a colorful cast of easily merchandisable rabbits and foxes and what-have-you needs my help.Zootopiacertainly looks like it has the potential to be huge without me gushing about nice it looks....

This Week In Trailers: The Transfiguration, Tongue Cutters, The Journey, A Better Man, Spookers Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we look at a different kind of vampire movie, visit some kids who are making it rain dolla dolla bills, get uneasy by an abuser of a woman who makes him confront his past, understand the lives of carnies who work the Halloween circuit, and watch the IRA and the Unionists come to the table....

Trailer: Disney Infinity Video Game ‘Platform’ Announced An imagination is the ultimate playground. There you can take anything you want and make it do anything you want. If you want a character from a movie to fight a character from a video game in the world of a comic book, your imagination can do that, no matter what logistical issues it might present in real life. Disney is now trying to take that limitless imagination and turn it into a video game....

True Crime Series ‘The Staircase’ Enlists ‘Fear Street’ Director Leigh Janiak DirectorLeigh Janiakjust served audiences a slasher trilogy spanning three different time periods and a hell of a lot of nostalgia with her adaptation ofR.L. Stine’sFear Steet.Now, Janiak is joining another Netflix series,The Staircase, that tackles a high-profile death under very mysterious circumstances. Deadlineannounced thatLeigh Janiakis on board to direct two episodes of HBO Max’s upcoming true-crime series,The Staircase. The eight-episode drama series is an adaptation of the 2018 Netflix docuseries by the same name as well as a number of books and reports on the Michael Pearson case....

TV Bits: New HBO Pilots From Alan Ball And Judd Apatow, Michael Gambon Joins ‘Luck’ Alan Ballgoes to the well once again,Judd Apatowmakes a return to TV and Professor Dumbledore bets the ponies. Just another day on the cable powerhouse that is HBO. Ball, the Oscar-winning show runner ofSix Feet UnderandTrue Bloodjust shot a pilot calledAll Signs of Death, based onCharlie Huston’s bookThe Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death,which follows a trauma cleaning unit, much likeSunshine Cleaning, but less cute....