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‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Reveals A Gruesome Trailer, Pays Tribute To George Romero [Comic-Con 2017] Appropriately,Fear the Walking Deadserved as a warm-up act to its parent show at Comic-Con in San Diego, premiering a new trailer for a packed house of fans. While AMC’s zombie spin-off has never achieved the overwhelming popularity of the originalThe Walking Dead, it definitely offers a different flavor of zombie apocalypse via the Mexican locations and a timeframe that places the action much earlier in the franchise timeline....

‘Geostorm’ Trailer: Gerard Butler’s New Disaster Movie Looks Like A Disaster Of A Movie I caught some ofIndependence Dayon cable during the Fourth of July, and was struck by how Hollywood doesn’t make many movies like that anymore. Sure, massive blockbusters with ensemble casts are a dime a dozen, but the disaster movie genre isn’t what it used to be. EnterDean Devlin, the man who wrote and producedIndependence Day. His directorial debut,Geostorm, looks to singlehandedly resurrect that cheesy, ludicrously-plotted type of movie to theaters....

‘Higher Ground’ Trailer: Vera Farmiga Makes Her Directorial Debut Vera Farmigafirst broke into Hollywood during the late ’90s, but it probably wasn’t until her acclaimed turn inThe Departedthat she truly caught the public’s attention. Since then, she’s developed a reputation (well deserved, IMO) as one of the strongest actresses working today. And soon, we might be praising her work behind the camera as well. Farmiga is making her directorial debut withHigher Ground, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year....

‘Serial Experiments Lain’ Is A Mind-Twisting Sci-Fi Anime About The Horrors Of The Internet (Welcome toAni-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)For a couple of months now, I’ve shared with you some recent anime and a couple of older ones to both showcase the state of anime today and help those of you who unfamiliar with the medium to familiarize yourself with some genres and tropes....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Clips: Miles Morales Tries To Strut To School The year is almost over, but for all you superhero junkies out there, we’ve still got one more major release for you to sink your teeth into. And it might be the most stylish adaptation of a comic book yet. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versenot only brings an animated version of the webslinger to the big screen for the first time, but it also gives fans the Miles Morales version of Spidey that they’ve wanted to see in the movies for a long time now....

‘Stranger Things 2’: The Original Plan For Sean Astin’s Bob Was Very Different InStranger Things 2, the latest season of the hit Netflix seriesStranger Things,Sean Astindelivers a memorable performance as the lovably dorky Bob, boyfriend toWinona Ryder’s character Joyce. Bob’s storyline unfolds in unexpected ways, butStranger ThingsproducersDan CohenandShawn Levyrecently revealed that there was a much different plan for Bob before the show began filming. Get the details below, and beware ofSPOILERS....

‘Supergirl’ Executive Producer Andrew Kreisberg Suspended Due To Sexual Harassment Allegations The nightmare that is Hollywood’s epidemic of sexual harassment continues with another series of accusations surfacing in the world of comic book television. Andrew Kreisberg, the executive producer of the Arrowverse television programsArrow, The Flash, SupergirlandDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, has been suspended after the Warner Bros. Television Group learned of several allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct brought to light by 15 women and four men who have worked with him....

‘The King’s Man’ Will Harken Back To ‘Lawrence Of Arabia,’ Matthew Vaughn Says [New York Comic-Con 2019] Matthew Vaughnis no stranger to taking a beloved property and crafting a fresh, energetic origin story out of it. But this time, withThe King’s Man, he gets to do it to his own movies. Vaughn’sKingsmanfilms, loosely based off of Mark Millar’s comic books, followed a fictional secret service organization that presented a hyperviolent twist on the concept of the gentleman spy....

A Reboot Of The Shield Was ‘Discussed,’ Probably Won’t Happen Reboots, remakes, and sequels are all the rage. No matter what network you turn to, you’re bound to see a schedule filled with them. Disney+ is bringing back"Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers"in the form of a new film.“CSI: Vegas"revisits a number of original cast members from the long-running franchise. And the party is about to start again when"Party Down"gets back to business after a long hiatus....

Barbra Streisand Returning To Directing With A Catherine The Great Biopic After keeping busy in the 1970s with films such asA Star is BornandThe Way We Were, singer-turned-actressBarbra Streisandhas been very selective over the past 20 years, opting to only star in four movies:The Mirror Has Two Faces, Meet the Fockers, Little FockersandThe Guilt Trip. But one of those films also had Streisand behind the camera, and it looks like she’s finally ready to get back in the director’s chair after nearly 20 years with a biopic about famed Russian empressCatherine the Great....

Casting Bits: J.K. Simmons In ‘Contraband;’ Michelle Rodriguez In ‘The Home;’ Robin McLeavy In ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter;’ Mark Wahlbergis starring inContrabandright now — the film is a remake of the well-regarded thrillerReykjavik-Rotterdam, withBaltasar Kormakur, an actor in the original, directing the new version. The film follows a one-time smuggler (Wahlberg) who has taken a straight job as a security guard, but gets pulled back into illegal activity. Now the ever-reliableJ....

Cool Stuff: These Matt Ferguson ‘Infinity War’ Posters Will Make You Want To See The Movie In Theaters 5 Times We’ve been covering the pop culture artwork of UK-based artistMatt Fergusonfor more than half a decade at this point and are always impressed, but this might be his best piece yet. A pentaptych of five interconnected posters forAvengers: Infinity Warwhich will be released exclusively through Odeon Cinemas. So if you’re seeing this event film at Odeon, you might walk home with one of these posters....

Final Two Fast And Furious Films Will Be ‘One Chapter In Two Movies,’ Justin Lin Says Justin Lin isn’t taking anything for granted. With the long-running and much-beloved “Fast and Furious” franchise finally coming to a close, the director of multiple “Fast” films (including the best one, “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” and yes I will fight you about this), is dropping hints about the final chapter of the franchise and getting a little nostalgic at the same time....