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How Star Wars Failed Kelly Marie Tran, And Why There’s Still Hope For Vietnamese Representation The Resistance and the First Order battle it out, continuing the big-screen war among the stars both their forebears had started in 1977. But in the opening minutes of “The Last Jedi,” the eighth installment of the Skywalker Saga, writer-director Rian Johnson introduces finality. A victor shall emerge, and it won’t be the good guys. Only bombers can damage the Dreadnought, and just one is left....

Jamie Foxx Will Star In The ‘Spawn’ Reboot For Director Todd McFarlane That long-gestatingSpawnreboot is finally happening, and it’s found its lead:Jamie Foxx. Foxx will star as Al Simmons, a CIA black ops member who dies and ends up in Hell, only to be sent back to earth as a demonic warrior.Spawncomic creatorTodd McFarlaneis helming the film. If you were one of the people hoping for thatSpawnremake, you’re in luck: the film is starting to pick up speed....

Jason Clarke Cast In Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden Film The Hurt Lockercollaborators and Oscar winnersKathryn BigelowandMark Boalhave been moving forward with plans to shoot a film, once called a ‘black ops thriller’ about a Navy SEAL operation meant to killOsama Bin Laden. The film was already well under development when Bin Laden was actually killed earlier this year. Trouble was, the film ended with a failed operation, and in light of real-world events that didn’t seem likely to go over well with audiences....

Kevin Feige Says Marvel Studios Will Bring Longform Narratives To Disney’s Streaming Service While fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are rabid with curiosity about whatAvengers 4will bring to the big screen next summer, they’re also wondering about the growing slate ofMarvel Studiosprogramming that is being developed for Disney’s upcoming streaming service. Thankfully,Kevin Feigehas provided a little bit of insight, albeit cryptically and vaguely. Speaking withThe Hollywood Reporterduring a roundtable discussion with some of Hollywood’s biggest producers, Feige addressed what kind of content Marvel Studios hopes to bring to theservice reportedly being calledDisney Play:...

Kevin Smith Recorded A ‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Commentary Track, And Put It Online For Everyone Kevin Smith’s recent movie,Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. It’s also on Blu-ray and digital. But none of those versions of the film come with a commentary track. So Smith, good egg that he is, decided to record one and upload it to YouTube for fans. It’s totally free, too – you don’t have to plunk down extra money or anything like that....

Let The Right One In Director To Adapt John Le Carre Novel According toTHR,Tomas Alfredson, the director ofLet the Right One In, has been signed to adaptJohn Le Carre’s cold war novelTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The novel is the first of the informal ‘Karla Trilogy’ that also featuresThe Honourable SchoolboyandSmiley’s People. Le Carre is working on the screenplay with playwright/screenwriter/directorPeter Morgan, and the reputable Working Title is putting it all together....

LOL: Jon Snow Is The World’s Worst Dinner Party Guest Game of Thrones’Jon Snowhas plenty of good qualities. He’s clever and strong, loyal and courageous to a fault. And even his less pleasant traits make sense in context. You’d be a wet blanket, too, if all of your loved ones were dead and ice zombies were coming for everyone else. All in all, his intense personality makes him pretty well suited for his current job as a brother of the Night’s Watch....

Marvel’s What If…? Writer Explains A Presumed Infinity Stone Plot Hole Last week, Marvel’s “What If…?” animated seriesfinally tilted its handto reveal the endgame that’s in store for the first season. Though the series was initially presented as an anthology series that kept each story contained within its own universe, fans had long expected thatsomethingwould end up bringing the universes together. That something ended up being a terrifying version of Ultron that inhabits the body of Vision and wields all of the Infinity Stones....

Mondo’s ‘First Man’ Vinyl Features Gorgeous Artwork For Justin Hurwitz’s Score Mondo has done it again with theirFirst Manvinyl. The company enlisted artistMarc Aspinallto create a beautiful piece of art that captures the essence ofDamien Chazelle’s new Neil Armstrong biopic, and the moon-themed design of the record itself and the eerie interior photo makes this presentation arguably even better than composerJustin Hurwitz’s score. Take a closer look below. First Man Vinyl Damien Chazelle’s new moviedidn’t exactly light the box office on fire this past weekend, but things like box office returns and awards consideration melt away in the face of this beautifully-crafted vinyl cover by Marc Aspinall....

More Images Of Vision Revealed In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Promo Art Marvel has yet to reveal, or barely even acknowledge, the factPaul Bettanyplays Vision inJoss Whedon’sAvengers: Age of Ultron. Unfortunately for them, as they try and hold back a big, official reveal, they can’t help that the character is all over promotion, marketing and licensing tools for the film. Sowe’ve already seen a lot ofwhat Bettany’s character will look like in the movie....

Movie Theaters Are Talking With Studios Again About A 17-Day Theatrical Release Window As the playing field for media has changed in recent years, with exponentially much more content becoming available to stream by way of the internet, the distribution model for theatrical releases has been a hotly debated topic between movie studios and movie theaters. While movie studios have expressed interest in making movies available on VOD much sooner than usual, movie theater chains have pushed back with threats of refusing to show movies on their screens....

Netflix Willing To Make ‘Master Of None’ Season 3 If Aziz Ansari Desires, But Unsure About ‘Arrested Development’ [TCA 2018] Netflix Vice President of Original ProgrammingCindy Hollandmade her first appearance before the Television Critics Association to take questions from reporters about some of their upcoming programming on the streaming service, including a couple shows whose future has remained somewhat uncertain. During the session, /Film asked if they’re still in the market to makeMaster of Noneseason 3, and the sensitivity with which that might be required to launch it following a controversial story about star and creatorAziz Ansari....

Picard Season 2 Trailer Breakdown: Boldly Going Into The Nightmarish 21st Century Star Trek Day 2021 brought anew trailerfor season 2 of “Star Trek: Picard,” which is flying across space right now, on its way to you via Paramount+ in February 2022. The trailer gives us our first official glimpse at Annie Wersching’sBorg Queenand a whole lot more. Is there a time travel plot this season? Does Q snap his fingers?...