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‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Director James Gunn Talks Star-Lord’s Father Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2has already resolved one big mystery left over from the last film — the question of Star-Lord’s true parentage.As we learned over the summer, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) is actually the son of Ego, the Living Planet, played by national treasureKurt Russell. But while discovering you’re descended from anactual planetis the kind of thing that could only happen in the Marvel universe, directorJames Gunnindicates the father-son relationship will be rooted in more grounded emotions....

‘Jackass Forever’ Trailer: It’s Time To Get Back Together With Some Old Friends It’s been over a decade since we’ve gotten a new installment of theJackassfranchise. But that changes this fall when the gang gets back together for a whole new array of wild, stupid, and dangerous stunts inJackass Forever. Johnny Knoxville,Steve-O,Chris Pontius,Dave England,Wee Man,Danger Ehren, andPreston Lacyare back in action, and they’re much more mature now. Just kidding. They’re still hitting each other in the nuts, putting themselves in front of wild animals, and throwing themselves around in innovative ways....

‘Mission: Impossible 5’ Takes Production Break To Rework Ending [Updated] We’re getting mixed messages fromMission: Impossible 5. On one hand, Paramount moved theTom Cruisefilm up from a Christmas 2016 release to a July 31 date. (No doubt partially inspired by fear ofStar Wars.) But that doesn’t mean that everything is going perfectly well with the film, and reports now say theMission Impossible 5ending needs some work, and so the movie has taken a break from production in order to rework the ending, which “was deemed unsatisfactory....

‘Possessor’ Director Brandon Cronenberg Turning J.G. Ballard Novel ‘Super-Cannes’ Into Limited Series Brandon Cronenbergis following in his father’s footsteps and adapting a J.G. Ballard novel. Cronenberg’s dad David helmed the brilliant, disturbing car crash sex movieCrash, based on a Ballard novel of the same name, and now Brandon is going to turn Ballard’s bookSuper-Cannesinto a limited series. The story is set in a multinational business park that “is a virtual city-state in itself, built for the most elite high-tech industries....

‘Price Check’ Trailer: Ugly Betty’s Boss Gets A Raise From Parker Posey Parker Poseyis one of those actresses you can count on to turn in an arresting performance even in the clumsiest of movies. So if nothing else,Michael Walker’s Sundance comedyPrice Checkhas that going for it. The film centers around family man Pete Cozy (Ugly Betty’sEric Mabius) struggling with rising debt and an uninspiring career in grocery store pricing and marketing....

‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: A Deeply Unsettling Horror Movie With A Brutal, Necessary Message In the grand tradition of movies that are hard to write about without spoiling, this one comes out a frontrunner. Trust me when I say you do yourself a disservice to ask too many questions before seeing the film. Go in as blind as possible, dear reader, and pay close attention to your response.Promising Young Womanisn’t what you’d expect....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 4 Is When “You’re Really Gonna Start To Get Answers”, Says Giancarlo Esposito Don’t expect many huge, universe-shaking answers to be revealed during the course ofThe Mandalorianseason 2 – it seems as if showrunnerJon Favreauis going to keep fans on the hook for a few more seasons until he starts dropping any truly major revelations. In a new interview, actorGiancarlo Esposito, who plays the Darksaber-wielding villain Moff Gideon, says thatThe Mandalorianis developing not only a third but a fourth season, and season 4 is “where you’re really gonna start to get answers....

‘The Trip To Greece’ Is Finally Going To Serve Us Some Good Food (Again) It’s time to pack up to head for the sunny shores of Greece, becauseSteve CooganandRob Brydonare back for a fourthThe Tripinstallment. The incandescently great British sitcom in which Coogan and Brydon play exaggerated versions of themselves while eating delicious food is back forThe Trip to Greece, which has begun filming this week. Coogan and Brydon are both returning, hopefully with a few new Michael Caine impressions up their sleeves....

‘Us Again’ First Look: Disney’s First Theatrical Animated Short In Five Years Is An Ode To Dance It’s been five years sinceWalt Disney Animationlast released an animated short to be paired with one of its feature films (that excruciatingly longFrozenshortthat wouldn’t endwas from Pixar, not WDA). And it’s been even longer since Disney earned acclaim for one of its original shorts, like the exquisite Oscar-winning 2012 shortPaperman, which screened in front ofWreck-It-Ralph....

Box Office: Taken Grabs $9.8M Friday, Targets $24M Super Bowl Weekend Liam Neeson is officially a full-fledged action star. The Irish-born actor has often played heroes, whether it was Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece Schindler’s List, the wise Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace or determined sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in 2005’s biopic Kinsey, Neeson has always had a knack for playing the earnest-but-flawed good guy....

Bryan Singer Boards ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ Now thatBryan Singeris done grappling with ancient godlike mutants for the time being, he’s ready to dip his toe into another epic sci-fi universe. TheX-Mendirector has announced his next project will be20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, an adaptation of the classic novel byJules Verne. Get all the details on the Bryan Singer20000 Leaguesmovie after the jump. Like pretty much all Bryan Singer-related news lately, the original source on this one is Singer’s ownInstagram....

Chadwick Boseman Is ‘Black Panther’ On August 11, 2025; Check Out Official Concept Art It’s been rumored for years but it’s finally happening. Marvel has announced theBlack Pantherrelease date: the film will hit theaters on July 27, 2025.Chadwick Bosemanhas been cast as the character, and he will make his debut in costume in the third Captain America film,Captain America: Civil War. See some official concept art, tweets and the full press release below....

Cool Stuff: How Many Of These Famous Movie Outfits Can You Identify? No matter how individualistic he seems, in truth an iconic movie character is the product of lots of collaboration — between the cinematographer who shoots him just so, the set designer who gives him a proper backdrop, the screenwriter who feeds him witty lines, the actor who breathes him to life, and let’s not forget the costume designer who curates his eye-catching ensembles....