Dopesick Trailer: Hulu Tackles The Opioid Crisis With Michael Keaton And Kaitlyn Dever The trailer for Hulu’s upcoming miniseries “Dopesick” tackles one of the biggest horrors of our present reality: the opioid epidemic. Michael Keaton stars in the series inspired by Beth Macy’s New York Times bestseller of the same name, which chronicles the rise and impact of OxyContin. The trailer shows off the many perspectives at the center of this story — doctors, patients and the makers behind the devastating drug....

Early Buzz: ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ “Free screening ofAnchorman 2this Tuesday!” As a film fan, hearing someone scream that outside a movie theater is like being invited to the ultimate event. As a film journalist, it’s the opposite, because you can’t attend. (Test screenings are typically closed to press.) Last week, I was in Burbank, CA attending a press screening of the awesome horror filmYou’re Nextwhen I heard someone say those beautiful words....

Euphoria Season 2 Trailer: The Kids Aren’t Alright In HBO’s Devastating Series It’s doubtful that many people look back on their teenage years with sentimentality, and quite honestly, anyone that sees high school as their “glory days” is likely someone I don’t want to be around anyway. Even still, HBO’s “Euphoria” hit home not just for their targeted Gen Z audience, but also for older generations of former teens still recovering from the old wounds of yesteryear....

Green Hornet’s Costume, Edward James Olmos' Role Revealed [No photo] We had a behind-the-scenes glimpse at Seth Rogen’s upcomingGreen Hornetproject a few weeks ago,when set photos surfaced. Those photos gave us a taste of the film’s look, and notably revealed what Kato’s costume would look like. Now, courtesy ofSplash News(viaCHUD), we also have a blurry look at the Green Hornet’s costume (above). Moreover, an interview with Edward James Olmos this morning at theLA Timesreveals a few tantalizing tidbits about certain plot elements of the film....

How ‘Candyman’ Director Nia DaCosta Went From Low-Budget Horror To The Marvel Cinematic Universe Nia DaCostais blazing a trail through Hollywood and we’re just grateful to stand in her dust. In a matter of five years, DaCosta has gone from indie darling to blockbuster director, with two upcoming releases based on major studio properties. Her 2018 thrillerLittle Woodshad its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, a haunting debut that told a fraught and grim tale of sisterhood....

International Despicable Me Teaser Trailer Thelast teaser trailerfor Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming computer animated filmDespicable Mehad a lot of people scratching their heads. Who are these little yellow guys with glasses, gloves and blue overalls, and what do they have to do with a film about an evil villain who is plotting to steal the moon? One of the many things I learnedduring my visit to Illumination Entertainment’s Santa Monica-based officesis that the moo cow trailer was originally supposed to be the initial teaser trailer, which might have made a lot more sense....

Is Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets Being Developed As An HBO Series? We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Y: The Last Manwas my gateway drug back into the world of comics after doing a stint in the superhero books in the early 1990’s. And while I loved superhero stories, I wasn’t that into superhero comics (or at least not the ones being published at the time) so I was hesitant to jump back into the world of colored pictures and word bubbles....

JCVD Director Adapts Graphic Novel The Insiders; Jessica Alba Still Attached Back in June, we told you thatRobert RodriguezandJessica Albahad optionedThe Insiders, a French spy thriller comic book series featuring a female lead character that definitely harkens back to Alba’s career-originating turn on the seriesDark Angel. At that point the whole thing was just a rights option with Rodriguez set to produce. Now there’s a director, and one that makes the whole package a little more intriguing:JCVDhelmerMabrouk el Mechri....

John DiMaggio On Not Returning As Bender For Futurama Revival: ‘It’s About Self-Respect’ Hulu announced last week that the beloved adult animation series “Futurama” was set to return, and fans were immediately thrown into a celebratory frenzy. That is, until we all read the fine print and realized that the voice of the iconic Bender “Bending” Rodríguez, John DiMaggio, was notably absent from the cast list. Bender is synonymous with “Futurama” and once word got out that DiMaggio was not going to return, the excitement quickly turned into disappointment....

Kevin Feige Explains Marvel Studios' New Logo And Fanfare [Video] In front ofThor: The Dark World, you saw a newMarvel Studioslogo, which retains the old “flipping comic pages” concept, but adds a new 3D element to the studio’s name, as well as a studio fanfare, byBrian Tyler. The original logo animation has become very familiar over the past decade, but Kevin Feige now explains why the studio thought it was time to move forward with a new design....

Live-Action Star Wars Series In Pre-Production In Australia? Remember the time when rumors that alive-action Star Wars television serieswas in pre-production would have ignited swirls of fan frenzy? How things have changed. NowSciFiWire’s report that writers are being assembled down under is just another line item in a crowded RSS feed. The show has long had a planned start date of late ‘09, so this report goes along with what we’ve already known....

MGM Options ‘Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of NIMH’ For New Adaptation The children’s bookMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMHhas been adapted to film once before. When Don Bluth and his compatriots broke away from Disney to form their own animation studio in the late ’70s their first feature effort wasThe Secret of NIMH, which adapted the book. (And did so pretty liberally in some ways.) Now MGM has picked up rights toRobert C....

Nintendo Worlds Coming To Three Universal Studios Theme Parks Back in 2015, we first learned thatUniversal Studioswas teaming up withNintendoto bring the video game company’s iconic characters and games into their theme parks. Details were scarce – which parks would feature Nintendo characters and how they’d be utilized remained unknown. Today, the first official details have been revealed. Entire Nintendo-themed lands are being planned for Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Studios Orlando, and Universal Studios Japan and adjectives like “expansive,” “immersive” and “interactive are being tossed around....