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Cool Stuff: Hot Toys ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Stan Lee Figure Has So Many More Stories To Tell There aren’t many companies that make high-end, detailed action figures on the same level as quality as Hot Toys. The people behind these figures painstakingly recreate the most meticulous details of characters fromStar Wars, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and various other blockbuster franchises, and they give them incredibly lifelike head and face sculpts too....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Reveals Incredible New ‘Batman Begins’ Figure And Batmobile It’s about timeBatman Beginsgot the proper collectible treatment from Hot Toys.Christopher Nolan’s 2005 film gives The Dark Knight a grounded origin story withChristian Baletaking the mantle of Batman, and now the actor’s likeness is being brought to life in the form of a spectacularly detailed 1/6 scale figure from Hot Toys. But that’s not all, because Hot Toys is also relasing a Batmobile that will fit theBatman Beginsfigure inside of it....

Could Joel Edgerton Star In ‘The Bourne Legacy’ Or ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’? Joel Edgertonhas been around for years, but he’s only now beginning to get serious attention. He played Owen Lars in theStar Warsprequels, Gawain inKing Arthur, and had moments inNed Kelley,Kinky BootsandSmokin' Aces. More recently he’s been great in his brother’s filmThe Squareand inAnimal Kingdom. He’s one of the leads ofWarrior(trailer here) and also ofThe Thing, which acts as prequel to John Carpenter’s sci-fi horror standard....

Crossing Swords Creators Share The Keys To Their Deranged, Demented Comedy [Interview] “Crossing Swords” creators John Havartine IV, Tom Root, and Seth Green are no strangers to stop-motion mayhem, but the medieval Hulu comedy is definitely a new realm of insanity for them to play in. The creators, who are best known for their work on the long-running Adult Swim series “Robot Chicken,” created a show about the lives of some very unfortunate peg people, something like “Toy Story” if it were made by sadists....

David Yates Wants Jessica Chastain For ‘Tarzan’ After making four of the most successful films of all time, directorDavid Yatesmore or less had his pick of projects. He was originally looking atThe Standbuteventually jumped ontoWarner Bros. live-action version of the Edgar Rice Burroughs' characterTarzan. Alaundry listof strapping leading men up were up for the title role withTrue Blood’sAlexander Skarsgårdlikely set to don the loin cloth,Samuel L. Jacksonwill also play a prominent role....

Disneyland Surveying Visitors About Possible ‘Star Wars’ Land; Plus, Universal Studios Announces ‘VIP Experience’ Tour The people who runDisney Parkswant to know your feelings onStar Wars. A survey is going around to select Annual Pass holders and other Disney fanatics that asks the question “How interested would you be in visiting aStar Warsthemed land at the Disneyland Resort?” Obviously that doesn’t mean you should book your travel just yet, but it confirms Disney is thinking about taking its new $4 billion toy out for a ride....

Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment Developing Giant Robot Property ‘Gaiking’ With Guillermo Del Toro’s giant robot vs. giant monster filmPacific Rimon its way to theaters, one of its most famous anchestors is now set to follow.Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment, the team behindThe Walking Dead, is teaming up with All Nippon Entertainment Works to develop a film of Toei Animation’s giant robot anime,Gaiking. The Japanese show ran in the late Seventies and eventually made its way into US pop culture as one of theShogun Warriors....

George Lucas Still Hasn’t Seen A Single Frame Of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ George Lucashas been very quite for the past couple years, but over the past few weeks the Star Wars creator has made comments in a variety of publications about the future of the franchise he created. First George Lucas revealed thatDisney was not interested in his involvementinStar Wars: The Force Awakensand didn’t like the stories he outlined for the sequel trilogy....

Guillermo Del Toro To Produce Rodrigo Blaas’s ‘Alma’ For DreamWorks Animation At the 2009 Fantastic Fest in Austin Texas, I sat on the jury for the animated shorts category. It was at this time that I screened awesome animated short titledAlmafrom Spanish animatorRodrigo Blaas. I fought hard for Alma, but when you’re part of a group vote it’s all about compromise. While I was unable to convince my fellow jurors to name the movieBest Animated Short Film, we were able to award the film with a “special mention”, which is basically the runners up prize....

Here’s Exactly What Damon Lindelof And Drew Goddard Changed In ‘World War Z’ Brad PittandMarc Forster’s long-discussed global zombie adaptation,World War Z, is finally hitting theaters this weekend. After a production marred in controversy, Paramount paid formassive rewrites and reshootsto (hopefully) save the movie. The story goes that, during editing, no one was happy with how the film ended. Executives decided that, instead of presumptuously building the film towards a sequel, it would be more beneficial to rein it back and complete a single story....

Here’s What Happens When You Sync ‘Cloverfield’ And ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ It’s been less than three days since Netflix surprised the world by releasingThe Cloverfield Paradoximmediately after the Super Bowl. If you think that’s not enough time to pinpoint incredibly obscure Easter eggs, you don’t knowCloverfieldfans. These people are hardcore, and someone has already discovered a surprisingly cool thing that happens when you sync up the 2008 movie with the latest entry in the franchise....

How A Failed Twin Peaks Spinoff Became Mulholland Drive In a 2016 BBC poll, over 175 film critics from around the world voted David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” thegreatest movie of the 21st centurythus far. However, Lynch’s surreal neo-noir thriller, an American dream turned L.A. nightmare, famously began life as a TV project. He shot much of it as the pilot for a potential television series, and it was only after the network, ABC, passed on it that he re-developed it as a standalone story for the big screen....

International Movie Trailer: Let Me In Ever sinceMatt Reeves’Let Me In(a remake ofLet the Right One In) was first announced, I’ve been simultaneously excited and fearful about the anticipated results. My hope was that an American remake could help bring attention toTomas Alfredson’sSwedish original. But that film was so understated and sublime, I didn’t know if Reeves would trample all over it. Now the international trailer for has hit the web and it looks…surprisingly faithful?...