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‘Tenet’ May Have Enough U.S. Theaters Reopening To Keep Labor Day Release, Even Without New York And L.A. Christopher Nolan’s anticipated new sci-fi action movieTenethas been the linchpin in figuring out when movie theater chains across the United States will reopen. Whenever Warner Bros. Pictures has moved backTenetfrom a previously set release date, movie theaters have pushed back their dates for reopening and other new theatrical releases have shuffled their dates too....

‘The Dark Knight Rises’ - What Did You Think? The third film inChristopher Nolan’s series of Batman movies is in theaters now.The Dark Knight Risesis Nolan’s biggest movie to date, and a particularly ambitious superhero film. This isn’t a movie in which fight scenes substitute for all the usual conversations between characters — in this film Nolan tries to bring everything together, from setpieces to fan service to deep character moments....

‘WandaVision’ Comes To An Emotional Close With Its Series Finale Hello all, and welcome to your weekly recap of whatever wildness occurred on the latest episode ofWandaVision. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep intospoilerterritory. You have been warned! Last Week on WandaVision… In an effort to discover the source of Wanda’s amazing power, Agnes took the character on a tour of the saddest moments in her extraordinarily horrible life, ultimately revealing the origin of Westview in the process....

A Recent ‘Simpsons’ Episode Was Almost ‘The Simpsons Movie 2’ After years of wondering whether we might ever see aSimpsons Moviesequel, it turns out we’ve already seen it. Sort of. In the first episode of 2015, the family was whisked away to Rigel 7, the home planet of aliens Kang and Kodos, where Homer is almost eaten as a meal. Now Simpsons executive producerAl Jeanreveals that storyline was previously considered as a sequel to 2007’sThe Simpsonsmovie....

Adam Driver And Michael Palin Will Star In Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Terry Gilliamis like the human punching bag of filmmakers. No matter how many hits he takes — which has been far too many throughout his bumpy career — he remains passionate, persistent, and unwilling to let go of dream projects, such asThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Gilliam’s long-suffering fantastical adaptation ofMiguel de Cervantes' novelrecentlyshowed new signs of life, when the director acquired financing from overseas, which he couldn’t even get withEwan McGregorandRobert DuVallattached to the project....

Avatar Land Food: This Is What Disney World’s Pandora Food Looks Like Pandora: The World of Avataropens onMay 27, 2017in Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom theme park. Since “Avatar Land” (as we’ll always call it in our hearts) was first announced by Disney, one of the many selling points involved immersing guests in the world of Pandora, from the floating mountains down to the exotic alien food served at the restaurants....

Broadway Musical ‘Jersey Boys’ Coming To The Big Screen One of the biggest and most celebrated Broadway musicals of the past decade is finally coming to the big screen. The film rights to the Tony award winningJersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasonshave just been purchased in an auction that was rumored to have included Steven Spielberg at DreamWorks, Tom Hanks at Playtone, Warner Brothers and Fox....

Colin Farrell Now In The Mix For ‘Doctor Strange,’ Tom Hardy Wanted For ‘X-Men Apocalypse’ [Updated] We’re back here again. It’s been a week full of rumors, as talk swirls aboutwho will be in WB’s next DC movie,Suicide Squad, and whether or not Jena Malone is inBatman v Superman. (As it turns out,she is.) On the Marvel side the talk has all been aboutDoctor Strange. While we once thoughtJoaquin Phoenixmight sign to star in the picture, he moved on....

Comic Con: Saturday And Sunday Panels Announced; Tron Legacy Director Outlines What He’ll Present The Saturday and Sunday schedules for this year’sSan Diego Comic Conhave been released, so now the full Con lineup is available. I’ve excerpted the most pertinent film and TV highlights below. Sunday is fairly slow, with most of the panels oriented around family fare. (There’s good stuff, just not much big-ticket film stuff.) But Saturday features showcases forPaul,Cowboys & Aliens, the newResident Evilfilm,Let Me In,Sucker PunchandGreen Lantern....

Danny McBride Returns To HBO With ‘Vice Principals’ Danny McBridewas destined to be a star before HBO’sEastbound and Down, but the show really shot him into the stratosphere. So it’s no surprise the actor is returning to HBO for a brand new series. This one is calledVice Principalsand was co-created by McBride andJody Hill, the team behindEastbound and Down. HBO has ordered it for 18 episodes with a premiere date to be determined....

Darren Aronofsky In Early Talks To Direct Channing Tatum As Evel Knievel Evel Knievelwas the prototype stuntman for the current age, a media-savvy showman who rode a devil-may-care attitude (and a willingness to endure pain) to fame and fortune. His rise and fall story is unique in its specifics, and woefully pedestrian in its arc of human foibles. Who else has attempted to ride a steam-powered “rocket cycle” across a mile-wide canyon?...

Darth Vader’s Early Years And The Origins Of His Red Lightsaber Will Be Explored In New Comic Written by Frank Miller, illustrated by David Mazzucchelli and colored by Richmond Lewis, the comic bookBatman: Year Onefollows the early crime-fighting career of The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan’s filmBatman Beginsborrowed elements from that comic to tell the origin of Batman, and nowDarth Vaderwill get a similar treatment in comic book form thanks to a new Marvel Comics series....

David Chase Could (Literally) Write The Sopranos In His Sleep The dream-like quality of “The Sopranos” has a simpler explanation than you might think. As the series delved into the Freudian subconscious of its protagonist, it also explored theunconscious mind of its creator, David Chase. Chase is known for writing and producing the smash hit HBO series that changed television forever. For those who (somehow) haven’t heard of it, “The Sopranos” is about a mafioso born into a life of crime living in suburban New Jersey....