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How Well Do Today’s Teens Know 90s Cartoons? We’ve seen how clueless some teens can be when it comes to theoriginal animated iteration ofTransformers, but also how excited they get about something likeThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.Now we get a mixed batch of reactions as the folks over at theReactYouTube channel sets out to answer the question, “Do teens know 90s cartoons?” However, it’s a little more complicated than just showing them footage of the cartoon as the video has them trying to guess the 90s cartoons just by hearing their respective theme songs....

Incognito Doritos Packs The New ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Suit Into A Doritos Bag, And You Can Get One Spider-Man: Far From Homehits theaters in a couple weeks, and in case you haven’t noticed, the Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures co-production has a big cross-promotion deal withDoritos. You might have seen bags of the tortilla chips on shelves with Spider-Man’s face on them. But you haven’t seen what Doritos sent us in the mail this week....

Internet Rumors May Get Michael Bay To Put Mark Wahlberg In ‘Transformers 4’ After All You may recall recently thatMark Wahlbergwasrumored for a big roleinMichael Bay’sTransformers 4. While Bay quickly killed the rumor, saying that he and Wahlberg were developing a different film together after working in tandem on Bay’sPain and Gain, now there’s life to the story once again. And the new energy comes directly from Bay, who says that “internet chatter” gave him some ideas about putting Wahlberg in the fourth giant robot movie....

Is Quinn Still Alive For ‘Homeland’ Season 6? AsHomelandseason 6 is gearing up to return, many fans are wondering ifRupert Friend’s character Peter Quinn will be part of the next adventure. I’m sure all will be revealed in the marketing for the upcoming season of this Showtime original series, but you have the choice of learning the answer now after the jump. At the conclusion ofHomelandseason 5, CIA badass Peter Quinn was exposed to sarin gas and suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, making his chance of recovering any brain function minimal....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Is Attracted To The Atypical Grand Scale Of ‘Sandman’ Why wouldJoseph Gordon-Levittsign on to be involved with the Warner Bros. film based on Neil Gaiman’sThe Sandman? The obvious overarching answer is that WB has been wanting to put the actor/filmmaker in an even bigger role than he had inThe Dark Knight Rises, and withSandmanhe gets to be one of the people calling the shots. But more specifically, whySandman? It’s a property with a large, dedicated and detail-obsessed fanbase....

LOL: The Time In 2003 When A Movie Studio Head Said Superhero Movies Were A Fad There are almost two dozen superhero movies scheduled in the next four years. Not all of them will happen, but even that tentative schedule shows Hollywood’s massive continued commitment to the genre that continually brings in hundreds of millions of dollars for studios like Disney, Sony and 20th Century Fox. That’s a stark contrast to a decade ago when comic creatorRob Liefeldtook at meeting at Paramount....

New ‘Kong: Skull Island’ TV Spots & Poster Show Man Is No Longer King Of This World Kong: Skull Islandarrives in one month, and we’ll get to see what Legendary Pictures has done with one of the most iconic movie monsters of all time.Kings of SummerdirectorJordan Vogt-Robertsis behind the camera, making a jump from indie to blockbuster in the same way that Colin Trevorrow did fromSafety Not GuaranteedtoJurassic World. Can he deliver an action adventure worthy of the name King Kong?...

POTD: This Miniature Video Store Replica Perfectly Captures VHS Glory Days In recent years, video stores have gone by the wayside as streaming services like Netflix and Hulu continue to captivate our attention and digital film libraries replace our physical movie collections. Gone are the days when families would head to the local video rental shop to pick up a tape or even a DVD for the weekend. But one effects designer is trying to keep the nostalgia alive with a cool creation....

Scott Derrickson And C. Robert Cargill Offer ‘Deus Ex’ Update: “It’s Moving Like A Rocket” It’s a truism that good video game adaptations are hard to come by, but as long as studios smell franchise potential they’ll keep trying. That’s turning out to be good news for fans, as “trying” in this case means hiring interesting talents to tackle favorite titles. One of the particularly intriguing ones coming up is theDeus Exmovie, which reunitesSinisterdirectorScott Derricksonwith writerC....

Seth MacFarlane Gets Drunk, Channels Daniel Day-Lewis In New Oscar Promos The Academy isn’t known for its unpredictability (well, this year’s snubs for Best Director notwithstanding), but it came as a big surprise when it was announced last year that they’d selectedSeth MacFarlaneto host the awards ceremony. TheFamily Guycreator is well loved among the younger set but little known among the older-skewing Oscar audience. In any case his “edgy” humor seems like an odd fit for a typically tame event....

Star Wars Bits: The Return Of Force Friday, The Secret Identity Of Boshek, And The Most Detailed Study Of The ‘Star Wars’ Universe Ever What? Theofficial announcementthatStar Wars: Episode 8has begun filming wasn’t enough for you? Okay. Fine. Sheesh. Here’s some more Star Wars Bits. In today’s edition: Remember last September when you lined up for hours to spend hundreds of dollars on merchandise for aStar Warsmovie that nobody had seen yet?...

Superhero Bits: Agent Coulson’s Origin, Arrow’s 100th Episode, Stan Lee Cameos & More Want to see a live performance of theLuke Cagescore? Which ofMark Millar’s comics may be getting a TV series adaptation? WasAgent Coulsonadded toThorbecauseSamuel L. Jacksondeclined to appear asNick Fury? Which ofThe AvengerswouldJoss Whedonvote for as president? Who is the special guest appearing on the 100th episode ofArrow? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. I don’t know who made this, but thank you....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man, Arrow, The Flash, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Agent Carter, Doctor Strange Which actors have just been announced forAnt-ManandAgents of SHIELD? What’s going to happen whenArrowandThe Flashreturn? Where can you get yourGuardians of the GalaxyBlu-ray signed byJames Gunn? Does Gunn have good things to say on the film’s director commentary? Want to read about the first two episodes ofAgent Carter? Did you miss the big fight onArrowthis week? What does theAtomsuit look like?...