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A Full Mandarin-Subtitled Version Of ‘The Farewell’ Is Coming To Theaters This Weekend The Farewellis returning to theaters for a special Grandparents Day release. This weekend,The FarewellMandarin version is coming to theaters, with the entire film subtitled in Mandarin for the film to reach an audience that will get to see themselves in the movie. A24 is releasing a complete bilingual version of the critically acclaimed dramaThe Farewell, with full Mandarin subtitles for the entire film....

Bill Condon’s WikiLeaks Movie Gets New Title, ‘Downton Abbey’ Actor It seems like every studio in Hollywood is rushing to get aJulian Assange/ WikiLeaks movie out there, but one of the first out of the gate will be fromBill Condon. As the film hurtles toward a January start date, it’s picked up a new title and a new star. Downton AbbeyactorDan Stevenshas just signed on for the film, which is now going by the titleThe Man Who Sold the World....

Cool Stuff: Check Out This Superior Custom LEGO Hulkbuster Set If you’re a fan of bothLEGOandMarvel, then you’ve likely enjoyed the two brands teaming up for a variety of LEGO sets inspired by both the comic books and the cinematic universe. However, sometimes the official merchandise for a particular brand can be a little disappointing. And there are some fans who just weren’t impressed with the LEGO set that recreated theHulkbuster armorfromThe Avengers: Age of Ultron....

Cool Stuff: Rhys Cooper’s ‘Femme Fatale’ Art Show In San Francisco Are you a fan of badass women in pop culture? Well then you should check outSpoke Art in San Francisco this weekend. They have the first solo show ever of Australian artistRhys CoopercalledFemme Fataleand Cooper has reimagined the women of comics, fantasy and literature in stunning, evocative color and detail. The show opens May 31 and remains on display through June 21....

Cool Stuff: Sherlock Holmes Concept Art - More Extreme Than The Final Film If you’ve watched the trailers, seen the posters or read the rapidly multiplyingcoverage, you’ll already know thatGuy Ritchie’sSherlock Holmesand Arthur Conan Doyle’sSherlock Holmesare very different men indeed. There’s definitely some core factors that tie them together, of course, such as their almost supernatural powers of observation and, to varying degrees, skill in a fist fight. The conception of this newHolmesstarted beforeRobert Downey Jr’s casting, even before Ritchie’s involvement....

Dwayne Johnson Has Some Good News (And A Punny Holiday Hat) With John Krasinski In the early days of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,John Krasinskishined a light on the uplifting stories of the world withSome Good News, a charmingly lo-fi web series in which theQuiet Placedirector gave the spotlight to good deeds amid the overwhelming dread and rising body count of the pandemic. It was a nice little gesture, and one that was evenEmmy-qualifying, but Krasinski seemingly appeared to wrap it up months ago to package the idea for a more traditional news outlet....

Halsey Hosts An Average ‘Saturday Night Live’ That Doesn’t Rely On The Usual Tropes This weekend brought one of those rare instances where the host ofSaturday Night Livealso doubles as musical guest. Chart-topping singerHalseyjoined the ranks of Justin Timberlake, Paul Simon, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and more with her hosting debut this weekend, where she also performed two songs. Unfortunately, the show around her didn’t really let her break out too much as a commendable comedic presence, but the episode wasn’t entirely a wash either....

Hear Bruce Springsteen’s Harry Potter Song ‘I’ll Stand By You Always’ Bruce Springsteenis a Harry Potter fan. Perhaps the boss isn’t a Potterhead, but he enjoyed readingJ.K. Rowling’s stories to his son, Sam, enough to want to go out of his way and write an original song forHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The song, titled “I’ll Stand By You Always” (which is definitely the title of a Bruce song), was rejected by Warner Bros....

How Serial Killer Ed Gein Inspired Classic Horror Movies In our true crime-obsessed world,serial killershave unfortunately reached icon status. We could debate whether or not the world really needsanother Ted Bundymovie until we’re all blue in the face, but no serial killer can compare to Hollywood’s obsession with the Plainfield Butcher, Ed Gein. A murderer and grave-robbing body snatcher is bound to be newsworthy regardless of criminal circumstance, but the grotesque ways Gein utilized the corpses he collected were so shocking, people couldn’t (and still can’t) stop talking about it....

Interview: ‘X-Files’ Creator Chris Carter On Revisiting Mulder & Scully And The Evolution Of The Conspiracy Theorist Once recent shows likeArrested Developmentand24returned for limited series, networks started looking at older hit shows that could be revived for a few more episodes. Fox had a golden goose in their vaults withThe X-Files, which last spawned the 2008 movieI Want To Believe. Now it’s back as a six-episode limited series crafted byChris CarterwithDavid DuchovnyandGillian Andersonreturning....

Kevin Smith Reveals His Secret Project Is A TV Series Not A Movie Kevin Smithhas come a long way since his days as an indie auteur with his breakout hitClerks. He’s become a movies, television comics, books and podcast maven; he’s created his own mini cinematic universe called The View Askewniverse; and he’s become a prolific geek guru, penning comic books and directing episodes ofThe FlashandSupergirl. But he recently set the geek community afire with speculation over his big new mystery project....

Marvel Is Having Inhumans Kill Off X-Men In The Comics Over the past year, Marvel Studios has plucked theInhumansfrom relative obscurity to give them prime placement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Not only are they gettingtheir own feature filmin 2019, they’re the subject of a major ongoing arc onAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Essentially, they serve as a stand-in for the X-Men, since 20th Century Fox still holds the rights to Marvel’s mutant roster....

Marvel Studios Confirmed For 90-Minute San Diego Comic-Con Panel In Hall H Last month, we got word thatMarvel Studiosappeared to beplanning a returnto San Diego Comic-Con after sitting last year out entirely. With no future slate officially dated or announced by the comic book movie studio, fans are anxious to hear what the next era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will look like. Now we have confirmation that Marvel Studios will be back at Comic-Con to rock the convention crowd with a 90-minute panel in Hall H....