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AMC Theatres Wants To Block MoviePass And That’s Just Plain Stupid (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about about anything and everything. In this edition: AMC’s plan to block MoviePass is utterly moronic.) Yesterday, some great news came for moviegoers.MoviePassannounced that their movie theater ticket subscription service that has flown mostly under the radar since launching in 2011 was looking to increase its customer base in a big wayby only charging $9....

Brad Bird To Write And Direct Animated Feature Ray Gunn For Skydance Skydance Animation has nabbed the rights to “Ray Gunn,” an animated movie from writer/director Oscar winnerBrad Bird. This is a project Bird has been wanting to make for a very long time, and he’s finally set to direct and produce from his original story, according to Deadline. He wrote the script with Matthew Robbins. Bird is best known for his work with Pixar with films like “The Incredibles,” “The Incredibles 2,” and “Ratatouille,” but he also directed the excellent animated feature “The Iron Giant” and stepped into directing live-action with “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” and “Tomorrowland....

Breck Eisner Talks Escape From New York Remake, Will Timothy Olyphant Be Snake Plissken? In Aprilwe learnedthatBreck Eisner, director of The Crazies, had signed on to direct the remake ofEscape from New York, set up with producerNeal H. Moritz’s Original Films. The report claimed that Eisner would be developing based onAllan Loeb’s draft, which sounded horrible. Earlier this year welearned a bitabout the rewrite by the21/Wall Street: Money Never Sleepsscribe, which is a Snake Plissken origin story combined with some of the plot of the 1981 original....

Catherine Hardwicke 101: Diving Into The Emotionally Captivating Work Of The Director Of ‘Miss Bala’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Catherine Hardwickehasn’t exactly gottena fair shakein Hollywood. Despite directing several indie favorites and turning the firstTwilightbook into a goldmine, she’s gotten relatively little credit. Hardwicke tends to direct films aimed at feminine audiences, which are traditionally looked down upon by (overwhelmingly male) critics. She’s a true indie director who understands the power of storytelling, even on a shoestring budget....

Christopher Lloyd Will Return As His Roseanne Character, Lou, In The Conners Living acting legend and borderline national treasure Christopher Lloyd has really been racking up the even more impressive additions to his resume as of late. Last month we learned that everyone’s favorite time-traveler would be joining theseason 3 cast of “The Mandalorian,“and today we’ve learned that Lloyd will be reprising one of his fan-favorite TV characters, with “Lou” set to return for the upcoming episode of “The Conners....

Del Toro Double Coming To DVD Update:As Brendon suspected, this was an April Fools gag. He seemed to be the only suspicious voice out there, and it turns out he was right to be doubtful. Not only have Criterion announced their edition ofGuillermo Del Toro’s debut featureCronos, but Dimension have scheduled a release for the Director’s Cut ofMimictoo, to take place on July 8th.Cronosis currently out of print in R1 but thetheatrical cutofMimiccan be picked up very easily everywhere....

Did Mark Hamill Hint That ‘Episode VIII’ Might Be His Last ‘Star Wars’ Movie? Of Course Not! At a charity event in London this past weekend,Mark Hamillmade a comment that has led many fans andsome news outletsto believe thatStar Wars: Episode VIIImay be Luke Skywalker’s last appearance in the Star Wars saga. We originally weren’t even going to cover this story but some rather big sites picked up on it so now it’s time to debunk the reports....

Exclusive: Check Geoffrey Rush On Poster For ‘The Best Offer,’ From Director Of ‘Cinema Paradiso’ From the director ofCinema Paradiso, featuring the music ofEnnio Morriconeand starringGeoffrey Rush, Jim SturgessandDonald Sutherland,The Best Offerhits theaters and video on demand January 1. The film follows an art dealer (Rush) who is asked to sell the possessions of a woman who refuses to be seen. While researching her incredible collection, he falls deeper and deeper into a mysterious puzzle....

First ‘Daily Show With Trevor Noah’ Promo: “Same Chair, Different A**” August 6 was the end of an era, asJon Stewartaired hislast-ever episodeas host ofThe Daily Show. But as they say, the show must go on. And so, after waiting several days to let us finish drying our tears, Comedy Central is pressing onward with the first teaser for the next chapter in the series:The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Watch theDaily Show with Trevor Noahpromo after the jump....

Germain’s Top Ten Films Of The 2013 Sundance Film Festival Any film fan should make it a point to attend theSundance Film Festivalat least once. Words can hardly describe the beauty of Park City, the camaraderie of the attendees, the smooth running machine that plays dozens of movies a day on screens all over town. And those movies. Oh, those movies. Some of the best films of the past 25 years have debuted at the Sundance Film Festival....

HBO Max Is Working To Save ‘The Venture Bros.’ After Its Recent Cancelation By Adult Swim These days, there’s always the hope of a second life for a canceled TV show. Especially if one has as long a run and as passionate a fanbase asThe Venture Bros.,which was recently canceled by Adult Swim after 17 years (but just 7 seasons) on the air. And it seems that the #SaveTheVentureBros. campaign has reached the ears ofHBO MaxheadAndy Forssell, who teased that the streaming platform is “working on” ideas to revive the envelope-pushing animated series....

HBO Max’s Wonder Twins Movie Finds Its Stars In KJ Apa And Isabel May Wonder Twins, activate! The upcoming DC film from Adam Sztykiel (“Rampage,” “Scoob!,” “Black Adam”) has found itsZan and Jayna. KJ Apa, who plays Archie Andrews on “Riverdale,” and Isabel May of “1883” and “Alexa & Katie” fame will be playing the titular twin heroes, with production on the HBO Max exclusive due to begin this summer in Atlanta....

Hulu Rolls Out Subscription Service Preview Beginning Today Hulu, the free web portal that offers ad-supported content from News Corp., NBC Universal and Disney to viewers in the US, has beenplanning for monthsto launch a paid subscription version of the service. A preview of the new paid iteration, calledHulu Plus, is being rolled out today. The LA Timesreports that the subscription service will cost $9.99/month, and “offer the full run of current prime-time shows such asFamily Guy,Glee,Modern Family,30 RockandThe Office....