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Cool Stuff: These ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Animated Series Action Figures Are Bodacious There have been hundreds ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesaction figures released over the years But I don’t think I’ve seen any figures that are as beautiful as this new line fromBandai, especially for fans of the animated series from the late ’80s/early ’90s. Part of their Figuarts line of figures, these fourTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesare bright, vibrant and just plain perfect....

Darren Aronofsky To Take On Noah’s Ark Last we heard, Darren Aronofsky was planning a biblical follow-up to the 2006 financially-unsuccessful cult filmThe Fountain. We now know that the plot involves the extinction of mankind and more importantly Noah and his life-preserving Ark. “Noah was the first person to plant vineyards and drink wine and get drunk. It’s there in the Bible – it was one of the first things he did when he reached land....

Doctors Say You Should Probably Skip Returning To Movie Theaters Anytime Soon Movie theaters in the United States are gearing up to reopen.The New Mutants,Unhinged, and of course,Tenet, are all set to hit movie theaters in the upcoming weeks, but these titles arrive under an umbrella of uncertainty. Because, as I’m sure you’re well aware, the coronavirus hasn’t gone anywhere. And there doesn’t seem to be any plan in place at the moment to deal with that....

Early Buzz: Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ (Spoiler-Free Video Blog And Reactions From The Web) Ridley Scott’s science fiction 3D thrillerPrometheusscreened for the first time yesterday in London and France, and I was in attendance. 20th Century Fox doesn’t want me to review the film just yet (they’ve asked all the American journalists to hold off a week), but they’ve granted me permission to write/tweet/record a first reaction. After the jump you’re able to find my thoughts in short, a video blog reaction I recorded with Alex fromFirstShowingand quotes from my colleagues that have also seen the film....

Frank Miller To Direct Buck Rogers Remember last May whena rumor began to circulatethatFrank Millerwould directBuck Rogers, only to bedenieddays later? Well turns out it was true after all. Odd Lot Entertainment, the production company behind The Spirit, wants to reteam with Frank Miller to helm the sci-fi adventure flick. Odd Lot is in talks with Nu Image/Millennium for the rights to the property.THRreports that Miller’s take is expected to be “darker” and will likely include “Miller’s signature visual elements and themes, such as corruption and redemption....

Funko Continues To Tease ‘Stranger Things’ POP Vinyls With Fan Favorite Character Barb UPDATE: Funko has released another hypothetical POP! Vinyl figure, this time giving a fan favorite character their own figure. You can check it out after the jump. Our original story follows.Funkohas turned any and nearly every kind of character from pop culture into one of thePOP! Vinylfigures. Disney, Star Wars, Batman, Ghostbusters, Family Guy, The Avengers, Gremlins, Futurama and tons more movies and TV shows have had their characters turned into the adorable little doe-eyed collectibles....

Guillermo Del Toro Will Follow ‘Pacific Rim’ With Haunted House Movie ‘Crimson Peak,’ Hopes For ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’ Revival WhileGuillermo del Toro’s biggest movies (prior to next year’sPacific Rim) have been derived from comic book characters (Hellboy and Blade), his best work to date has been sourced from a certain supernatural influence.The Devil’s Backbone,Cronos, andPan’s Labyrinthare either literally ghost stories, or very much kin to them. And now the director is going back to ghosts afterPacific Rim....

How Pixar’s ‘Luca’ Took Inspiration From Studio Ghibli And Aardman To Create A “Handcrafted Feel” [Interview] Lucais probably the closest Pixar will get to making a Studio Ghibli film. That’s probably not a huge swing to make — the creatives at Pixar have long been fans of the works of Hayao Miyazaki and the anime studio that he co-founded, frequently citing films likeKiki’s Delivery ServiceandSpirited Awayas influences for their own award-winning films....

How Todd Strauss-Schulson Meticulously Planned The Beautiful Shots Of ‘The Final Girls’ Last week we brought youan exclusive batch of postersfromThe Final Girls, the absolutely fantastic horror comedy with a whole lot of heart from directorTodd Strauss-Schulson. If you haven’t seen it yet, I can’t overstate how much you need to stop what you’re doing and go see this movie on VOD right now. Otherwise, for anyone out there who has seen the movie and/or may be an aspiring filmmaker, the director sent over to us what is basically his making ofThe Final Girls– but from before the film was even shot....

Mark Hamill Had A Different, More Emotional Ending In Mind For ‘The Force Awakens’ The end ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensdealt quite a blow to fans with the death of Han Solo at the hands of his son Ben, who turned to the dark side as Kylo Ren. Sadly, the death of Han Solo means that fans won’t get to see a reunion between their favorite smuggler and his old pal, Luke Skywalker....

Nicolas Winding Refn No Longer Making ‘The Equalizer’ That didn’t last long. Right at the end of last year word hit thatNicolas Winding Refn(Drive,Bronson) hadtaken up interest in directingDenzel WashingtoninThe Equalizer. The film is meant toreinventthe ’80s TV show that starred Edward Woodward as a former black ops agent who begins to work pro bono for people in need. He creates a classified ad: “Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer....

Possible ‘Thor 2’ Director Brian Kirk Circling Tom Cruise Project ‘Paper Wings’ Brian Kirkhasn’t totally sealed the deal forThor 2just yet, but he’s eyeing another new project that could come afterward. Kirk has entered talks to direct a rodeo romance titledPaper Wings, whichTom Cruiseis developing and will probably star in. WriterLeslie Bohem(Dante’s Peak) and producerMarty Boweninitially developed the idea in 2005, and set the film up at New Line in 2006, but progress has been slow-going since then....

Revisiting “The Story Of The Animated Drawing,” Disney’s Early Look At The Evolution And Power Of Animation (Welcome toOut of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)The earliest days of the Walt Disney anthology TV series aired among the earliest days of television itself. So just as television as a medium was trying to figure out what it could be, the concept of what the show could be was equally flexible, changing from week to week....