Legendary Pictures Launches Legendary Comics With Bob Schreck As Editor In Chief The line between some movies and comic books is getting more blurry. Disney is using Marvel comics to promoteTron, and Marvel plans comics set the the Marvel Movie Universe. DC Entertainment seems poised to bring the DC comics and movie universes closer together, too. Other comics companies seem to exist solely to create comics that will be raw fodder for film....

Michael B. Jordan Is Bringing A Superhero Drama To Netflix Michael B. Jordanis getting back into the superhero game, and maybe this time, the project won’t stink! Netflix has just ordered a 10-episode season ofRaising Dion, a new superhero drama that Jordan will executive produce and appear in. Get the fullRaising Diondetails below. Michael B. Jordan has a history with superhero projects. He appeared in Josh Trank’s pretty-good superhero flickChronicle, where he played one of three young men who suddenly discovers they have super powers; and also in Trank’s not-so-good superhero movieThe Fantastic Four, where he played Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch, and gave pretty much the only good performance in the film....

More ‘Cars 2’ Voice Cast Confirmed: Emily Mortimer, Jason Isaacs And Joe Mantegna Among Others One of the great pleasures of theCars 2trailer we saw yesterday — likely the greatest pleasure for many — was the surprise appearance ofMichael Caine. The actor voices one new character, a British spy named Finn McMissile. His presence in the cast led many to closely examine the rest of the trailer in order to discover what other new actors are part of the sequel....

Netflix To Release ‘Roma’ And Two Other Oscar Contenders In Theaters Before Streaming The critical hype aroundRomais drivingNetflixto break its own rules on theatrical releases. The streaming giant, which was once so uncompromising about its day-and-date theatrical and online release stance that it got banned from the Cannes Film Festival, is making a dramatic move for three of its biggest Oscar contenders this year. The Netflix theatrical releases forRoma,The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, andBird Boxhave be set several weeks before the three films' streaming debuts....

New ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Photos Reveal Neil Patrick Harris As Captain Sham & More Not too long ago,a new trailer forLemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Eventsintroduced us toNeil Patrick Harrisplaying the dastardly Count Olaf, desperate to get his hands on the inheritance left to the orphaned Baudelaire children. Now some new photos give us our first look at some characters we haven’t seen yet, including the second role played by Neil Patrick Harris....

Photos: Woody Harrelson And Kat Dennings In The Indie Superhero Dramedy Defendor Defendoris a superhero dramedy which premieres at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Written and directed by Peter Stebbings, and starringWoody HarrelsonandKat Dennings, the story centers around three characters: an everyday guy who comes to believe he’s a superhero, his psychiatrist, and the teenager he befriends. Here is the official plot synopsis: Reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson), a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor, and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie,’ ‘Delicatessen,’ ‘Scissor Seven,’ And More (Welcome toPop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) In this week’s Pop Culture Imports, the French would gladly die for love…and liberty, equality, and a good apartment building. This week’s column is dominated by films that come from the land of baguettes and biting social satire. Some of the best foreign movies and TV streaming now include Luis Buñuel’s surrealist masterpiece,The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s bizarre post-apocalyptic black comedyDelicatessen, Roman Polanski’s psychological horror filmThe Tenant, as well as two collaborative Netflix titles that give refreshing spins on anime and the crime drama....

Star Wars Bits: ‘LEGO Star Wars’, ‘1313’, ‘Saber III’, Daisy Ridley Happy (upcoming) Star Wars Day to one and all! After the jump: Meanwhile,Daisy Ridley’s dadChris Ridleysounds even more thrilled to have his daughter inEpisode VII. “She is an extraordinary lady, though not an easy one,” he said. “But if anyone can handle it, she can.” He also gushed about one of Ridley’s famous future co-stars. She came home and said she’d had coffee withHarrison Fordand he said, ‘Don’t call me Mr Ford!...

Stranger Things Spin-Offs Teased By Netflix Head Ted Sarandos How much stranger can things at Netflix get? Ted Sarandos, the streamer’s co-CEO, certainly seems to think there’s room for more strangeness in the form of one or more “Stranger Things” spin-offs. Sarandos recently spoke at the Code Conference in Beverly Hills (via Deadline), where he revealed some interesting data about Netflix’s most popular series and films. “Stranger Things” naturally ranked in the top five, with views from 67 million accounts over 582 million hours....

Superhero Bits: ‘Green Lantern’ Super Nintendo Game Footage, Magneto Voice David Hemblen Passed Away & More Need to learn a little .O.D.O.K.before his animated show premieres on Hulu? Want a first look atStarfire’s new look in the third season ofTitans? Ready to buy yourSpider-Boteven thoughAvengers Campusisn’t open? Want to see footage from a canceledGreen Lanterngame for Super Nintendo? What was the first movie score released with a parental advisory label? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: A Doctor Strange 2 Cameo Is Ruled Out, The Long Wait For The Flash Movie & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: James McAvoy says he’s not in “Doctor Strange 2....

Superhero Bits: Alternate Mysterio Designs, The Difference Between The Blip And The Snap & More What did Kevin Smith think ofSpider-Man: Far From Home? Did you know there’s a difference betweenThe SnapandThe Blip? Why was “Peter Tingle” used to describe theSpider-Sense? Want to see some alternate designs forMysterio? What other weird hairstyles were considered forAunt MayinSpider-Man: Far From Home? WillKip Parduebe fired fromRunaways? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Tales From The Box Office: How Wes Craven’s Scream Saved The Slasher Genre (Welcome toTales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) Horror is truly one of the mainstay staples of Hollywood and, in many ways, its ever-reliable backbone. Slasher flicks, specifically, feel as though they have always done particularly well. It’s a genre where an investment of a few million dollars can eventually lead to the “Halloween” franchise taking in over $700 million at the global box office....