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WarnerMedia Streaming Service Will Be Discounted For HBO Subscribers, Beta Launch Planned [TCA 2019] TBS/TNT PresidentKevin Reillypresented his vision for the yet unnamed Warner streaming service during the Television Critics Association presentation on Monday. Warner Bros. wants in on those sweet, sweet streaming dollars, so they’re going to use their library and forthcoming original programs to launch their own answer to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, CBS All Access, FXNow and the upcoming Disney+....

Watch: RedLetterMedia’s ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Review RedLetterMedia has finally posted their epic feature-length takedown ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens. You might remember that independent filmmaker Mike Stoklasa’s 70-minute video review ofStar Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menacewent viral in 2009. The review was posted in seven parts on YouTube, and presented from the point of view of his character “Harry S. Plinkett.” Mr. Plinkett followed up those reviews with take-downs of the other George LucasStar Warsfilms andIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....

We’ve Seen The First 10 Minutes Of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Marvel loves to leave fans wanting more. Thats the reason the credits of every satisfying-on-it’s-own movie from the company contains a tease of what’s next. In that grand tradition, during a fan screening of the newMarvel One Shot: All Hail the Kingin Los Angeles, CA Monday night, Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigethanked attendees by screening the first 10 minutes ofCaptain America: The Winter Soldier....

West Side Story Trailer Breakdown: See How Spielberg’s Remake Compares To The Original Steven Spielberg, arguably the greatest filmmaker alive today, is taking on a fascinating challenge for his next project: he’s remaking a classic. Anew trailerfor his version of “West Side Story” dropped this morning, so let’s take a closer look and compare and contrast some of Spielberg’s choices with those of director Robert Wise, who helmed the original 1961 movie....

When Woody Met Dory: Watch Tom Hanks And Ellen DeGeneres Act Out A Pixar Crossover If you’re a big fan of Pixar Animation, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard ofThe Pixar Theory. Originally created by Jon Negroni, The Pixar Theory proposes that every single movie from the animation studio actually takes place within the same universe by finding little threads to connect each and every movie to each other somehow....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Director (Nicely) Kicked Ridley Scott Off His Set Imagine the pressure of directing a cinematic sequel to one of the most visually iconic science fiction movies of all time, one crafted by a master filmmaker widely considered to be one of the best craftsmen the industry has ever seen. Imagine that very same master filmmaker is executive producing your sequel, and he drops by the set to visit for a day....

‘Candy’ TV Series: Elisabeth Moss To Play A Real-Life Killer In 1980s Texas Elisabeth Moss, one of the best actresses of her generation, is set to play a real-life killer in a new TV series. InCandy, a limited series currently being developed by Universal Content Productions, Moss will play Candy Montgomery, a Texas woman who murdered her friend Betty Gore with an ax. After breaking into the mainstream with her portrayal of the timid-secretary-turned-eventual-advertising guru Peggy Olson on AMC’sMad Men, Moss established herself as one of the preeminent performers who’s capable of excelling at playing increasingly frantic characters....

‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Poster Teases Actual Costumes For The Punisher And Elektra The first season of Netflix’sDaredeviltook ages to putCharlie Coxin costume, only giving the devil of Hell’s kitchen proper superhero duds in the season finale (and for a single action scene). And even then, the outfit was controversial, with some fans grumbling that he should have just stuck with the pirate pajamas look from the rest of the season....

‘Jack The Giant Killer’ Writer Darren Lemke Tapped For ‘Carmen Sandiego’ Since co-writingShrek Forever Aftera few years ago,Darren Lemke’s built himself a nice career adapting classic kid-friendly fare into big-screen features. He’s one of the scribes behind the fairy tale retellingJack the Giant Killerand has worked on reinterpretations of bothThe NutcrackerandThe Wizard of Oz. Outside of the fairyland, he’s doing a fresh draft of the R.L. Stine-basedGoosebumpsfor Columbia — and now he’s added theJennifer Lopez-producedWhere in the World is Carmen Sandiego?...

‘Prometheus’ Gets A Slightly More Revealing Plot Synopsis Details aboutRidley Scott’sPrometheushave been kept under such tight wraps that after years of reporting on the project, we still don’t have a whole lot of specifics on what it’s actually about. Even theofficial synopsisposted by Fox a few months back gave away next to nothing in terms of plot; it confirmed only that the film would be a “science fiction epic” about a group of characters taking some kind of journey to an unspecified world....

‘Russian Doll’ Will Likely End After Season 3, Natasha Lyonne Says Three seasons, what a concept. But it’s the concept that creator and starNatasha Lyonneis envisioning for her high-concept sci-fi seriesRussian Doll, which debuted to rave reviews this past February and has already been renewed for a second season. But Lyonne says that theGroundhog Day-esque series likely won’t go much further than that, based on her plans for theRussian Dollending....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Partners With Solo Cups In A Genius Marketing Move It’s a match made in branding heaven. Lucasfilm has announced that it will be partnering with six different companies in anticipation of the release ofSolo: A Star Wars Story. And one of those six films is none other than Solo cups. Han Solo is a great name, one that immediately brings to mind the most famous space smuggler in cinematic history....

‘Star Wars Episode 9’ Secrecy Is Like Being In The CIA, Says Mark Hamill It’s no secret that secrets ofStar Warsmust be kept secret, for fear of the secrets secreting and ruining everything (especially the secrets). But the secrecy aroundStar Warshas gotten even more extreme than you might realize. There are criminals in movies that get transferred between prisons that don’t have as much security as the secrets ofStar Wars....