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‘Toy Story 4’ Will Be The First Pixar Movie In Decades To Not Feature An Animated Short For more than two decades,Pixarprovided two rare constants: high-quality animated films that appealed to kids and adults, and envelope-pushing animated shorts that would air right before those films in theaters. But now, over 20 years after Pixar debuted its Oscar-winningGeri’s Gamein front ofA Bug’s Lifein 1998, the animation studio is breaking tradition withToy Story 4, which will not feature a preceding Pixar short film....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Casts Lana Condor As Jubilee As if the cast ofX-Men: Apocalypseweren’t big enough already, one more fan favorite will be on hand to throw some sparks. DirectorBryan Singerannounced today thatLana Condorhas signed on in the role of Jubliation Lee, a.k.a. Jubilee. More on theX-Men ApocalypseJubilee casting after the jump. Singer shared the happy news onInstagram. I’d officially like to welcome our newest mutant #JubilationLee, #Jubilee @LanaCondor to #XMEN #Apocalypse...

A Sopranos Actor Is Ready To Haunt Your Lunch Meat This Halloween As The Gabaghoul Happy Halloween! You know, sometimes I feel a little bad for some of the supporting “Sopranos” actors. Many of them are stuck playing wiseguys for the rest of their lives, and I have to imagine that they sometimes get a little tired of that. But hey, work is work, and Vincent Pastore, who memorably played Big Pussy on “The Sopranos,” is now out here hocking lunch meat as a spooktacular character named the Gabaghoul....

Andrew Garfield Suggests It Doesn’t Matter If He’s In ‘Sinister Six’ You’d thinkAndrew Garfield’s involvement would be crucial to the Spider-Man franchise, seeing as he’s, y’know, Spider-Man. But as Sony makes plans to expand the universe, it seems Spidey won’t be the star of every show anymore. Indeed, according to Garfield, it doesn’t even matter whether he shows up in the upcoming spinoffSinister Six. Read his comments after the jump....

Brad Anderson And Christian Bale Plan To Reunite For Adaptation Of J.G. Ballard’s ‘Concrete Island’ Brad Anderson’s most recent film isVanishing on 7th Street, but he’s best known for two other films: the abandoned mental hospital ghost storySession 9, andThe Machinist, in whichChristian Balewastes away into madness before our very eyes. (He also directed a couple episodes ofThe Wireand several ofFringe, among other things.) Because of Christian Bale,The Machinistis probably his most-seen film....

Clash Of The Titans International Trailer: Behold The Fury Of Zeus And Hades We’ve seen a couple trailers for theLouis Leterrierremake ofClash of the Titans, but they’ve been mostly monster and action shots so far, seemingly aimed at those who know the original film. A teaser isn’t meant to give any indication of story, so we’ll givethat onea pass, but watch thefirst full length trailerand you’ll see little that gets across any story besides, “hey, monsters!...

Cool Stuff: McFarlane Toys Reveals 1966 ‘Batman’ Playset, Action Figures, And Batmobile McFarlane Toys has been churning out tons of action figures inspired by the DC Comics Multiverse, ranging from characters inspired by feature films to animated shows and everything in between. Now the toy company is digging back into theBatmantelevision series from 1966 to deliver a new wave of action figures, as well as a Batcave playset and classic Batmobile....

Debunked Rumor: Indiana Jones And The Bermuda Triangle? Update:DEBUNKED– USA Today writer Anthony Breznicantweeted"Lucasfilm tells me flat-out: #IndianaJones 5 rumors, Bermuda Triangle, etc, are completely bogus. Not happening." In June of 2009,Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skullco-starShia LaBeouftold reportersthatSteven Spielberghad “cracked” the story forIndiana Jones 5and he thinks “they’re gearing that up.” But as far as I can tell, no screenwriter has been hired to turn that idea into a script....

Dirty Dancing Gets Rereleased In Movie Theaters For 20th Anniversary Lionsgate is celebrating the 20th anniversary (God, are we that old?) ofDirty Dancingby rereleasing the film in over 300 movie theaters for a special two night engagement. I really wish they would do this sort of thing for other movies. Back To The Future, Goonies, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Ghostbusters are some that immediately pop into my head. Check out the full press release after the jump....

Disney Parks Closing All Hotels And Stores Amid Coronavirus Concerns Even the most magical place on Earth is not immune to the coronavirus pandemic. Four days afterDisney Parksfully suspended operations at Anaheim’s Disneyland, Disneyland Paris and Florida’s Walt Disney World theme park, the company announced that its Disney Parks hotels and stores will be closing until further notice, starting March 17. This includes all resort hotels and Disney-owned and operated locations at Disney Springs, as well as the Disney-operated locations at Downtown Disney....

Eli Roth Talks Stephen King’s Cell At the Grindhouse Junket we were able to grill Hostel 2 director Eli Roth about his big screen adaptation of Stephen Kin’s The Cell, which is currently in development. Question:What’s going on with Cell?Eli:Cell, the writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are writing it. They wrote 1408, Ed Wood, and The People vs. Larry Flint. And now that I’m getting closer to locking picture on Hostel 2, I’ve been meeting with them more regularly....

Emily Blunt’s ‘Jungle Cruise’ Character Is A New Take On The Action-Adventure Movie Damsel [Set Visit] Disney’sJungle Cruisehas its roots in history, but it’s focused on being a little more female-forward. The movie focuses on two leads, curmudgeonly steamboat captain Frank Wolff (Dwayne Johnson) and scientist Dr. Lily Houghton (Emily Blunt). Inspiration for the film comes from both the original Disneyland theme park ride and the 1951 filmThe African Queen. In both, a tenacious woman hires a cynical man to help her travel down a dangerous river....

First ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Poster Brings Back An Iconic Object Remakes sometimes elicit knee-jerk irritation from moviegoers tired of seeing the same dreck over and over. But when done right, they’re not so bad and can even be kind of great. And maybe no one is doing them better right now than Disney. The studio has been on a tear lately, dishing up new versions ofCinderella,The Jungle Book, and more for audiences and critics to gobble up....