/Film Exclusive Photos: ‘Aftershock,’ An Earthquake Thriller Presented By Eli Roth Eli Rothis making the earth move.The man behindtheHostelseries, co-star ofInglourious Basterdsand producer ofThe Last Exorcismhas teamed up with successful Chilean filmmakerNicolás Lópezto makeAftershock, an English-language action-thriller inspired by the Chilean earthquake. It follows a group of six friends (including Roth, several international movie stars and a cameo by pop superstarSelena Gomez) struggling to survive after a massive earthquake hits their city and society crumbles around them....

A Non-‘Rick And Morty’ Fan Goes To A ‘Rick And Morty’ Pop-Up Bar I have never seen an episode ofRick and Morty. The only impression I have of this series (which plenty of people with great taste have told me is “really good, you should watch it!") is an unfortunate one involving Szechuan sauce and a viral McDonald’s video. You know theone I’m talking about. But a few bad fans don’t a bad show make, so when I heard that aRick and Morty-themed pop-up bar was opening in Washington, D....

Archive 81 Trailer: There’s Nothing Scarier Than Old VHS Tapes In Netflix’s New Horror Series Archive 81 Trailer Among the many lessons the horror genre has taught us is this important nugget of wisdom: VHS tapes areterrifying.Sadako hammered this homevia a cursed image of her crawling out of a TV in “Ringu,” then the “V/H/S” franchise came along with another powerful reminder. You could argue that analog video recording has faded into obscurity because of technological advancements, but nah — it’s definitely because of all the horrific possibilities....

Ben Affleck Keeps Jerking Us Around About The State Of ‘The Batman’ Another day, another remark fromBen Affleckhas come regarding the state of development on what is meant to be he first turn directing himself as The Dark Knight in the DC Extended Universe movie that may or may not be calledThe Batman. Ben Affleck has consistently said that he wouldn’t direct a solo Batman movie unless the script was good, but more recently he sounded a bit more optimistic....

Ben Affleck Weighs In On The Very Mixed Reactions To ‘Batman V Superman’ Batman and Superman’s actual battle inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicemay have been over in minutes, but the debate over the movie has raged on. It’s certainly one of the most divisive films of the year, drawing both fervent critics and passionate defenders. But what does Batman himself make of the movie? In a recent interview,Ben Affleckshared his thoughts onBatman v Supermanand the severely mixed reaction it’s received since it opened in march....

Cara Dune-Centric Star Wars Show Rangers Of The New Republic Has Apparently Been Scrapped Based on comments by Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy, it sounds like the Disney+ show"Rangers of the New Republic,“which was announced during Disney Investor Day 2020, is pretty much dead. In fact, there were never even any scripts written for it. “Rangers of the New Republic” was set to centre on the character of Cara Dune, played by Gina Carano in “The Mandalorian....

Casting Bits: Bill Murray Confirmed And Laura Linney Added To ‘Hyde Park On Hudson;’ Vincent D’Onofrio In ‘Mall’ The best news in March might have been thatBill Murraywaslikely to playPresidentFranklin Delano Rooseveltin a film calledHyde Park on Hudson, which is a slight fictionalization of the first visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to America. Now he is confirmed andDeadlinereports thatLaura Linneywill play Daisy, aka Margaret Suckley, a distant cousin and good friend of FDR with whom he was enjoying an affair as the royals were visiting....

CBS On ‘MacGyver’ Pilot Problems And Why They’re Still Sticking With The Property [TCA 2016] CBS will present a panel on their newMacGyverseries later today and we have an interview with creators of the new series,James WanandPeter Lenkov. In his executive session beginning the day of Television Critics Association panels, CBS President of EntertainmentGlenn Gellaraddressed troubles and delays with the pilot. There is currently not a pilot available to screen, and the show premieres this fall....

Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried And Chiwetel Ejiofor Cast In Sci-Fi Adaptation ‘Z For Zachariah’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In a post-apocalyptic world, one girl believes she’s the last human alive. Then she sees some smoke on the horizon, and a man appears. She and the man fall in love, assuming they’re all that’s left. Then another man emerges. That’s the plot ofRobert C. O’Brien’s ’70s sci-fi novel,Z For Zachariah, which is about to get the big screen treatment....

Cool Stuff: ‘Alternate Endings’ Art Show At Bottleneck Gallery In Brooklyn, NY Movies, in general, have happy endings. The hero triumphs over adversity and the audience leaves the theater feeling good. But what if the bad guy won? What if the bomb went off? While the happy ending dominates cinema, some of the best movies of all time have taken the ‘dark ending’ route, and now some that did not have been reimagined with new conclusions....

Gladiator 2 Will Be ‘Ready To Go’ After Ridley Scott’s Next Movie, Apparently What we do in life echoes in eternity, and director Ridley Scott is making sure that he crams as much into his life as humanly possible. The 83-year-old filmmaker has two major movies coming out this year (“House of Gucci” and “The Last Duel”) and a Napoleon-centric drama called “Kitbag” lined up to film next. But he’s not slowing down: after “Kitbag,” Scott is going to travel back to the Roman Empire to direct a sequel to “Gladiator” that’s been more than twenty years in the making....

Here Are The 20 Official Contenders For Best Visual Effects At The Next Oscars (And No, ‘Detective Pikachu’ Isn’t Among Them) When I think of the Oscar for Best Visual Effects, I often think of the loudest and most cacophonous movies to play in a theater in a given year. But perhaps that’s unfair, because upon closer inspection, it seems that those types of films are rarely rewarded with the actual prize....

How Jason Momoa Used A Dune Scene To Sneak In A Message To His Son Jason Momoa, known as Aquaman in the DC movie universe and Khal Drogo in “Game of Thrones,” got to add another incredible role to his roster this weekend in the form of Duncan Idaho. The actor appears as the badass fighting machine in"Dune,“director Denis Villeneuve’s big-budget adaptation of the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic. Momoa, ever the charmer, has revealed that he managed to sneak in a secret message to his son in the movie — rather amazingly — in one of these badass fight scenes....