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‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Trailer: Who Ordered The Elektra Natchios? Keen observers probably noticed that the previous trailer for the second season ofDaredevilhad the designation of being “part one” and now we know why. A second trailer for the new season of the Marvel Studios TV series has just arrived, and just like thefirst one was all about The Punisher(Jon Bernthal) coming to town. This one brings us a full plate of Elektra Natchios (Elodie Young), who breaks into Matt Murdock’s (Charlie Cox) apartment to meet him....

‘Eternals’ Will Set Itself Apart With Gemma Chan’s “Nuanced Female Superhero” Eternalsis sneakily one ofMarvel’smost exciting projectscurrently on the docket(as “sneaky” as any $200 million blockbuster with the full might of Disney behind it can be, anyway), with a truly ensemble cast of superheroes unlike any other seen in the MCU before. It doesn’t hurt that directorChloé Zhaois calling the shots this time around, bringing all her instincts and filmmaking ability that led to such acclaimed efforts such asThe Riderand the 2021 Best Picture winner,Nomadland....

‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Character Posters Are Full Of Little Details Were just over a month away from the expansion of the wizarding world on the big screen with the arrival of theHarry Potterspin-offFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Themost recent traileris what finally got me excited about what this franchise starter has to offer, and now a new batch of character posters offer some interesting details that provide some insight into the new characters we’ll be meeting, includingEddie Redmayneas New Scamander....

‘Girl In The Spider’s Web’ Casts ‘Get Out’ Star Lakeith Stanfield And ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Replicant Sylvia Hoeks Sony Pictures continues to fill out the cast ofThe Girl in the Spider’s Web, their relaunch ofThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoofranchise, with some impressive talent. The CrownstarClaire Foyisalready locked downin the lead role of hacker Lisbeth Salander, and Swedish actorSverrir Gudnasonisplaying her journalist companionMikael Blomkvist. Now the film has landedGet OutandDeath NotestarLakeith Stanfieldin a key role, andBlade Runner 2049co-starSylvia Hoeksas well....

‘Gotham’ Showrunner Answers Burning Questions About Batman Prequel Series This week’s release of theGothamtrailer raisedas many questions as it answered. The upcoming Fox TV show set in the world ofBatmancertainly had that gritty, Gotham City, Dark Knight look. But it also seemed to be set a little further away from the canon than fans expected. The original pitch was a show about Jim Gordon (Benjamin McKenzie) investigating the murder of Bruce Wayne’s parents, telling a cross section of the city years before Batman shows up....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Has The Most On-Screen Deaths Of Any Movie Ever Since violence is so prevalent in today’s movies, you might be surprised to learn that at one time, violence wasn’t so rampant. There was even a time when a movie like the originalScarfacefrom 1932, directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Howard Hughes, was almost withheld from release because of the presence of violence. By today’s standards, the movie is remarkably tame, but at the time, it was almost offensive....

‘Jurassic World 3’ Won’t Feature Hybrid Dinosaurs Good news for people who hate hybrid dinosaurs:Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdomwill apparently be the last entry in the franchise to feature hybrid dinos. DirectorColin TrevorrowsaysJurassic World 3will be hybrid dinosaur free. Are you sick of all the super-charged hybrid dinosaurs in theJurassic Worldfranchise?Jurassic Worldhad the Indominus rex, and the upcomingJurassic World: Fallen Kingdomhas the Indoraptor. What happened to thegood old daysofrealdinosaurs, like the T-Rex?...

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ VFX Reel: Look Upon The Digital Stitches That Hold Those Practical Effects Together Countless gallons of digital ink have been used to write about the special effects ofMad Max: Fury Road.George Miller’s masterpiece is a throwback in many ways, utilizing practical effects, old school stunts, and some seriously deranged working vehicles to craft action set pieces that are just plain jaw-dropping. However, not enough time has spent praising the special effects that are often hidden in plain sight....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Reflects On A Weird Year With Anya Taylor-Joy, Gets Excited About Movies & More Saturday Night Livebrought their 46th season to an end last night withSplitandThe Queen’s GambitstarAnya Taylor-Joymaking her hosting debut. The show kicked off by reflecting on one of the weirder years in the show’s history, which returned to production with strict safety measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. Weirdly enough, it’s a bit nostalgic for how COVID-19 ended up bringing them (and us) closer together, even as we had to literally be further apart....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Character Bios Tease Fascinating Plot Hints We’re less than two months away from the release ofRian Johnson’sStar Wars: The Last Jedi, and it won’t be long before we’ll be all caught up with the adventures of Luke, Leia, Rey, Finn, Poe, and the rest of the gang in a galaxy far, far away. We already know a considerable amount about what to expect from the new film thanks toan extensive EW cover storyandour breakdown of the most recent trailer, but some new character bios from the film’s official Japanese website have surfaced and they tease some intriguing plot hints that are worth further examination....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Merch Reveals Snoke’s Mega Star Destroyer Supreme Leader Snoke has to have a ship befitting his title, and now we have further confirmation that this ship will be theMega Star Destroyer, purported to be the largest starship we’ve seen in theStar Warsuniverse (no the Death Star doesn’t count). Details emerge thanks to the release of the BB-9E Sphero toy, which came equipped with an app that gave us some more technical details on the ominous-sounding Mega Star Destroyer that we will see inStar Wars: The Last Jedi....

‘Succession’ Season 3 To Premiere In October Trust no one. Ever. Except maybe when it’sthe officialSuccessionTwitter accountgiving us a more concrete timeframe for when to expect the season 3 premiere of the wildly popular and award-winning HBO series. And wouldn’t you know it? That just so happens to be the case here, as we can now update our previous expectations of “The Fall” to the still vague but slightly more pinned-down month of October....

‘The Black Hole’ Remake Might Be Too Dark For The Colorful World Of Disney (Right Now) Seven years ago the team behindTRON: Legacy, directorJoseph Kosinskiand producerSean Bailey, started working ona remakeofThe Black Hole. The screenwriter behindPassengers,Jon Spaihts, was later hired fora rewriteon the sci-fi project. It’s been a while since we’ve heard any news about Disney’s reimagining ofGary Nelson’s 1979 film, but Spaihts recently informed us of the project’s current status....