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As always, Warner Bros. went all out with Saturday Hall H presentation at San Diego Comic-Con and they even wound up doing double duty for theAquamanpanel, revealing the first trailer for theJames Wansuperhero epic and closing out the event with an extended look at more footage that promised epic underwater battles, trips through the fluorescent wonderland of Atlantis, and a superpowered rooftop chase scene. The footage begins with a slow-zoom into a snow globe, where Aquaman’s parents canoodle on the gallery....

From writer/directorDavid Michôdand inspired by the bookThe Operators: The Wild & Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan, the Netflix original filmWar Machinefollows fictional four-star General Glen McMahon (Brad Pitt) as he commands coalition forces in Afghanistan, only to be taken down by his own hubris and a journalist’s no-holds-barred exposé. The subversive, satirical film is equal parts comedy and human tragedy, and it illustrates the division between leaders and the ordinary people whose lives they impact....

Decades later, it’s still a telling fact that one ofTom Hanks’ key breakout roles was as an overgrown kid inPenny Marshall’sBig. That’s the Tom Hanks I’ve seen on the late night shows, the one who decides to star in the video forCarly Rae Jepsen’s “I Really Like You” and lip synch much of the cheesy lyrics in the same year that he does some of his best work to date inSteven Spielberg’s undervaluedBridge of Spies....

On the NBC drama seriesBlindspot, things with Sandstorm keep ramping up while Shepherd’s (Michelle Hurd) goals and motives are still mostly unknown. When the FBI team gets a major break in discovering Shepherd’s true identity, it leads Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) to learn just what his connection to Sandstorm is, and that Shepherd believes Weller, Jane (Jaimie Alexander) and Roman (Luke Mitchell) will each play their role when the time comes....

I’ll tell you; it isn’t easy keeping a phone conversation withChristoph Waltzto the allotted time, especially when you’re discussing a new storytelling format like “Movies in Chapters” on Quibi. Waltz leads one of the first Quibi original feature films. InMost Dangerous Game, he plays Miles Sellers, the head of a company called the Tiro Fund. Miles offers to helpLiam Hemsworth’s character, Dodge, out of a very tough spot, but not by giving Dodge the loan he requests....

With less than a month untilCruellahits both theaters and Disney+ Premier Access, Disney has released a fresh set of character posters and a new behind-the-scenes look featuringEmma Stone. In the new video, Stone explains how much of a unique experience it is to play the iconic Disney villain, and presents new footage that shows us more of the fabulous and wicked world ofCruella. The new video opens up to a scene from the upcoming movie, in which Cruella (Stone) seeks revenge....

Deadpoolwas in the works for many, many years before 20th Century Fox finally agreed to greenlight an R-rated, foul-mouthed superhero movie. And even when Fox eventually said “yes”, there were conditions—the film’s budget was a fraction of the size of all the otherX-Menmovies so as to off-set the risk of such an atypical blockbuster. But the gamble paid off in a huge way to the tune of $782.6 million worldwide, and fans were immediately clamoring for more in the form ofDeadpool 2....

Fresh off theannouncementthat Disney will be adaptingThe Graveyard Book, it seems that the studio will be adapting another beloved piece of children’s literature.Eragon, a novel byChristopher Paolini, is currently being developed for streaming, according toVariety. Eragon, originally published in 2002, marked the beginning of a four-book series, collectively called “The Inheritance Cycle”. The television series will be based on these books. Paolini is attached as co-writer and co-showrunner, in a move similar to what Disney+ is doing with Rick Riordan and the Percy Jackson series....

Japan’s Amazon Prime Video (viaAnime News Network) has justreleasedthe new English dub cast for theRebuild of Evangelionfilms, which include:Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone,Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance, andEvangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo,and it looks very different from the recent Netflix cast, and even the Funimation dub of the movies. After Netflix remade the English dub ofNeon Genesis Evangelionfrom scratch when it acquired the show back in 2019, fans were not happy to seechangesbeing made to both the sound of their favorite characters, but also changes to iconic phrases....

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Fate: The Winx Saga.] In Season 2 of the Netflix original seriesFate: The Winx Saga, the fairies at Alfea are trying to find their footing while they’re being pushed to their limits under the harsh authority of Headmistress Rosalind (Miranda Richardson). As Bloom (Abigail Cowen) and her Suitemates – Princess Stella (Hannah Van Der Westhuysen), Aisha (Precious Mustapha), Musa (Elisha Applebaum), Terra (Eliot Salt) and Flora (Paulina Chávez) – become suspicious about who’s behind a very dangerous threat, they realize that they must learn to strengthen and unite their magic, in order to save the Otherworld....

Warner Bros.‘Aquamanhas reporters diving into the bottom of the barrel for ocean puns as it remains at the top of the box office for the third straight week. (How…shell-fish of it?) In a slow post-New Year’s weekend release-wise, directorJames Wan’s DC Comics flick starringJason Momoaenjoyed a $9.3 million Friday night, on track for $25 million in its third weekend in theaters. Yes, the under-the-sea dudebro in orange and green is officially DC’s most profitable movie sinceThe Dark Knight....

When it comes to making movies on the grandest scale for the widest audience, the below-the-line artists and technicians bring the magic to life. Not only can you not see these people on the screen, but oftentimes, their contributions are indiscernible to the average viewer. ForDeep Roy, a veteran actor, stunt performer, and puppeteer in the film industry for decades, his work was destined to be taken for granted.You likely don’t know his name, but you’ve certainly seen Royin multiple things, even if he’s covered in sheets of makeup and costumes....

On the surface, the Fyre Festival seems like a low-stakes disaster. It’s something horrible that happened to rich kids who spend too much time on Instagram, didn’t do their due diligence, and ended up chasing a fantasy to an awful time, but nobody died.Chris Smith’s documentary,Fyre, provides a solid overview of what happened and how it went so wrong. At the center of the controversy is entrepreneur/con artistBilly McFarland, whose desire to live the life of a mogul ended up dragging everybody else down....