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Video: Snoke’s Connection To Darth Vader, Darth Sidious And More Revealed Star Wars: The Last Jediis now playing everywhere, and the film features some very surprising moments involving Supreme Leader Snoke, the weird throne enthusiast with a dent in his head. A new video – which is free ofLast Jedispoilers, so you can relax – puts forth some theories involving the Snoke backstory, and his connection to other big bads in theStar Warssaga....

VOTD: ‘Stranger Things’ Kids Sing ‘Uptown Funk’ Before Emmys, Hand Out Sandwiches During Ceremony The 68th Annual Emmy Awardsaired on ABC last night whereGame of ThronesandThe People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Storytook home several big awards, with a variety of other shoes getting some trophies as well. But one show that wasn’t vying for any awards last night wasStranger Things. Don’t worry, it’s not because the show wasn’t nominated, but rather because it debuted after the window for eligibility for this year’s awards....

Westboro Baptist Church Family Attends Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’, Leaves In Disgust After 15 Minutes “This is gonna be like watching STAR WARS with Darth Vader right there in the audience!” Here’s one way to draw a crowd. As per his proposed self-distribution strategy — which is already provingquite promising—Kevin Smithis currentlytouring withRed State, and a recent showing of the flick had a dozen or more special guests: The infamousPhelpsfamily, whose Westboro Baptist Church is the basis for Smith’s film....

Who Watches The ‘Watchmen’ Test Footage From David Hayter’s Unmade 2003 Adaptation? BeforeWatchmenbecame an acclaimed TV series, it was adapted into a feature film by Zack Snyder. But beforethat, Hollywood spent decades trying to bring Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' iconic comic series to the screen. At one point, writer-director (and voice-over artist)David Hayterwas attached to write and direct aWatchmenmovie, and even shot test footage for the project. Hayter’s take onWatchmenobviously didn’t pan out, but the filmmaker was nice enough to release the test footage he shot for all of us to see (viaPolygon)....

‘42’ Star Chadwick Boseman Could Be Marvel’s Black Panther Chadwick Bosemangot a big career boost this spring by playing baseball hero Jackie Robinson in42, and now he may be on the verge of raising his profile even further by playing asuperhero. According to a new report, Boseman is the favorite to take the lead in Marvel’sBlack Panther, long rumored to be part of the studio’s plans for Phase Three. Hit the jump for details....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Trailer: Paul Rudd And Evangeline Lilly Are Partners In Crime-Fighting Right on the heels of fellow Marvel movieBlack Panther’s rapturous premiere, the firstAnt-Man and the Wasptrailer has been released by Marvel Studios. The sequel to 2015’sAnt-ManstarringPaul Ruddas the titular superhero,Ant-Man and the WaspseesEvangeline Lilly’s Hope van Dyne finally getting the chance to step into her own super suit. Ant-Man and the Wasp Trailer The first trailer for the film is snappy and fun, even as Scott, Hope, and Hank Pym are fugitives on the run following Scott’s defeat alongside Steve Rogers' team inCaptain America: Civil War....

‘Antlers’ Is A Horror Movie About What It Feels Like To Live In America Today [Comic-Con 2020] DirectorScott Cooperand producerGuillermo del Torogot together (virtually) at Comic-Con 2020 to discuss their creepy-looking, and delayed, horror flickAntlers. It’s Cooper’s first foray into the genre, although the director is no stranger to dark movies, having helmed the bleak anti-WesternHostiles. During the panel, Cooper and del Toro discussed how they came up with the film’s Wendigo-inspired monster, and more....

‘Batman And Bill’ Trailer: The Truth About The Creation Of Batman Explained In A New Documentary We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Everyone thinksBob Kaneis the sole creator of Batman. What the new documentaryBatman and Billpresupposes is, maybe he’s not. Even though Bob Kane is frequently and historically associated with the creation of Batman, the more educated comic book fans now know that many of the signature elements of Batman’s long comic book history were created by another man namedBill Finger....

‘Black Panther 2’ Director Ryan Coogler Says Chadwick Boseman “Wouldn’t Have Wanted Us To Stop” Chadwick Boseman’s death last summer caught almost everyone off-guard as the actor had kept his colon cancer diagnosis private. AndRyan Coogler, who directed Boseman inBlack Panther, was one of the many people surprised by Boseman’s death, as he had already been working on the script forBlack Panther 2for Boseman to star in. Following Boseman’s passing, there was some question as to how the film series could even continue....

‘Damsel’: Millie Bobby Brown Will Fight A Dragon In New Netflix Movie Millie Bobby Brownis sticking with Netflix. Having just starred in and executive produced the recentEnola Holmes, Brown will now star in and executive produceDamsel, a fantasy flick from28 Weeks LaterhelmerJuan Carlos Fresnadillo. The story reportedly has Brown playing a princess who is set to be sacrificed to a dragon. You know, fun stuff for the whole family. Multiple outlets are reporting that Millie Bobby Brown will star inDamsel, a new fantasy film for Netflix....

‘Delicatessen’ And ‘Amelie’ Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet To Make 3D Film ‘T.S. Spivet’ French directorJean-Pierre Jeunethas a very specific, immediately recognizable visual style as seen in films likeDelicatessen,Amelieand his most recent feature,Micmacs. He takes quite a bit of time between features, and since his 1991 feature debut withDelicatessenhe has made only six films, and one English-language film: the not terribly goodAlien Resurrection. (I think “not terribly good” is being pretty charitable to that movie, actually....

‘False Positive’ Review: Ilana Glazer’s Pregnancy Horror Movie Is A Laborious ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Riff [Tribeca] Why can’t pregnancy horror movies escape the ghost ofRosemary’s Baby? More than 50 years have passed since the Roman Polanski classic hit our screens, but its shadow looms large over many a movie that attempts to tackle the horrifying realities — and fantasies — of childbirth. And it’s a shadow thatFalse Positive, theIlana Glazer-starring horror film directed byJohn Leeand co-written by Lee and Glazer, gets lost in....

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ Trailer: The Baby Face Killer Is Back To Mess With Your Day After saving the day, literally, Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) appeared to have defeated the masked killer who somehow kept coming after her over and over again as she relived the same day. It was like aGroundhog Dayfrom hell. But now her happy ending has been given another twist, because the killer is back inHappy Death Day 2U, and he’s not just coming after her anymore....