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‘Making A Murderer’ Part 2 Trailer: The Convictions Were Only The Beginning Netflix’sMaking a Murdercaused a sensation in 2015, telling the story of Steven Avery, who is either a killer or an innocent man framed by zealous cops, depending on who you ask. The Avery story continues withMaking a Murderer Part 2, which delves into the case following Avery’s conviction. Is there still a chance Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey could be cleared?...

‘Operation Avalanche’: Faking The Moon Landing Is An Absolute Blast [Sundance Review] People don’t seem to be all that impressed with found footage movies anymore, especially in the horror genre. But directorMatt Johnsonhas done something clever with the narrative style in his Sundance selected comedic conspiracy theory thrillerOperation Avalanche. We all know that the United States was the first country to step foot on the moon after Russia beat us to space with Sputnik....

‘Shazam!’ Chinese Trailer References Other DC Heroes And Shows Off New Footage We are now officially in the eye of theShazam!marketing storm. Anew clipdebuted yesterday, ticketswent on sale this morningfor early screenings, and now a new international trailer is here that shows off even more footage from Warner Bros. and DC’s upcoming superhero film. Like most of the snippets we’ve seen thus far, there’s a heavy emphasis on comedy in this trailer, including a fun little Aquaman reference and an amusing joke I’ve never seen in a superhero movie before....

‘Sister Act’ Remake In The Works At Disney Imagine we’re inside a secret Hollywood office building. “Okay, so we’ve gotThe Fugitive, The CraftandBig Trouble in Little Chinaremakes on the way. What’s next on the list?” “Um, let me see….Sister Act.” “Wait, we’re going to remakeSister Act? Do people even rememberSister Act?” “No, they mostly rememberSister Act 2: Back in the Habitbecause it’s never not on TV, but hey, we’re out of ideas and it’s next on the list....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Set Visit: Everything We Learned About Mysterio, Nick Fury, MJ, And Peter Parker’s Globetrotting Adventure Tom Hollandsprints around a Venice street corner, skids to a stop, and turns to shield himself as a blast of water slams into a nearby bridge, blowing it into pieces which whiz past him. Peter Parker is facing off against a villain made of water, and our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man isn’t exactly in familiar territory – the streets of Italy are a far cry from Queens, New York....

‘Suicide Squad’ Creator John Ostrander Thinks Critics Just Really Wanted To Hate ‘Suicide Squad’ Unless you’ve been living down in the sewers, Killer Croc-style, for the past week, you’ve surely heard by now thatSuicide Squadwas not much loved by critics. One logical explanation for this is thatSuicide Squadjust isn’t a great movie — that it’s too messy or overstuffed or ugly. But some people have a different theory.John Ostrander, creator of theSuicide Squadcomics, thinks it’s because critics just “came prepared to hate” the movie....

‘The Flash’ Looking To Oscar-Winner Robert Zemeckis To Direct Robert Zemeckis, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker behind movies likeBack to the Future,Who Framed Roger Rabbit,Forrest Gump, andContact, is apparently Warner Bros.' new choice to directThe Flash. The news arrives at a crossroads for both of them: the studio really needs to find a filmmaker for this troubled project and Zemeckis, while highly regarded, could really use a hit. The news comes our way viaThe Wrap, who report that Zemeckis the current frontrunner for the job (in other words: take this with a grain of salt for now)....

‘The Magicians’ Delivers One Of The Most Heartbreaking Moments Of The Entire Series In “The Mountain Of Ghosts” Grief is a lonely thing—something deeply painful and personal that can’t be fully shared with anyone, even if you’ve both loved and lost the same person. But even if grief can’t be completely shared and understood by another, it can be helpful to mourn with others. Alice and Eliot are the two characters onTheMagicianswho are suffering the most from losing Quentin....

‘This Is The End’ Gag Reel Somehow Even Sillier Than The Movie Of all the reasons to loveThis Is the End, the amazing cast is by far the best. As hilarious asSeth Rogen(who also co-directed withEvan Goldberg),Jay Baruchel,Jonah Hill,James Franco,Danny McBride, andCraig Robinsonare individually, they’re even better together. The gang has been tight for years, and it shows in every perfectly silly riff. We can only assume that that set must have been a hoot, what with all of these comedians trying to outdo each other....

‘Twin Peaks’ Adds Amanda Seyfried And Balthazar Getty In Mystery Roles Two more are enteringTwin Peaks.Amanda SeyfriedandBalthazar Gettyhave just signed on for Showtime’s revival of the ’90s mystery series, joining returning starKyle MacLachlan. Get details on theTwin PeaksAmanda Seyfried and Balthazar Getty casting after the jump. Details on Seyfried’s character are being kept under wraps, but she’s described as a “major” character who serves “pivotal” role in the narrative.TV Line, who broke theTwin PeaksAmanda Seyfried casting news, speculates she’ll play Dale Cooper and Annie Blackburn’s daughter....

‘Wolverine 2’ Shaping Up To Shoot In New York And Japan Starting In March We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact thatDarren Aronofskyis going to directWolverine 2. But success and doing a big film with an actor you like (Hugh Jackman) has to be appealing at this point, and after a run of very well-liked movies in the indie realm, why not jump up into the studio arena?...

‘X-Men: First Class’ Probably Killed ‘X-Men Origins: Magneto’; Wolverine 2 And Deadpool Updates Discussions ofX-Men Origins: Magnetostopped about the same time thatX-Men: First Classwas announced. Last we heard about it,Bryan Singerwas still signed on to directFirst Class, and he said that the filmmight supersedetheMagnetoprequel. Now we’ve got an update from producerLauren Shuler Donner, providing a slightly more definitive answer on the matter, as well as a few details onDeadpooland the sequel toX-Men Origins: Wolverine....

Akiva Goldsman And Jeff Pinkner Are Writing ‘Transformers 5’ YesterdaySteven DeKnight, former showrunner onDaredeviland current member of Paramount’sTransformerswriter’s room, told us about the arrival of the Punisher to the second season ofDaredevil. Today he has talked to other outlets about theTransformersproject, and his comments help us understand who’s doing what (such asJeff PinknerwritingTransformers 5withAkiva Goldsman) and how the whole system is laid out. DeKnight is part of the writer’s room along with Pinkner, Zak Penn, Robert Kirkman, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Andrew Barrer, Gabrial Ferrari, Christina Hodson, Lindsey Beer, Ken Nolan, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet....