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David E. Kelley Bringing ‘Wonder Woman’ Back To Television Once upon a time, before superhero films became big business, television was the primary means by which comic book superheros reached the masses. Batman and The Incredible Hulk became pop-culture icons thanks largely to television. As did Wonder Woman, thanks to a television movie that spawned one short 1940s-set season on ABC and two 1970s-set seasons on CBS. Now, after years of development have failed to bring the character to movie screens, producerDavid E....

Dear J.K. Rowling: Please Don’t Try To Defend Johnny Depp’s Casting As Grindelwald (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: why J.K. Rowling and the crew of theFantastic Beastssequel should not try to defend the casting of Johnny Depp as Grindelwald.) I’m disappointed. I’ve long upheldHarry Potterto be a series that explores the devastating consequences of domestic abuse and encourages tolerance and empathy....

Deconstructing Comedy With Christopher Storer, Director Of ‘Make Happy’ And ‘Homecoming King’ [Interview] There’s a joke a few minutes in towhat, Bo Burnham’s 2013 comedy special (now on Netflix) that’s almost elegant in its simplicity. The comedian, then twenty-three, begins talking about how he hates video editors before the special cuts abruptly to later in the routine, skipping over the bit entirely, as if the filmmakers, not the comedian, are in control....

Disneyland’s Spider-Man Ride Will Let You Fire Webs From Your Wrists Via Immersive Technology If you’ve ever thrust your wrist forward while pretending to shoot a web from it, Disney’s upcoming Spider-Man ride is going to try to give riders that sensation courtesy of some new technology. We’ve known for a long time that a new ride was in the works, but thanks to a recent panel at New York Comic Con, a couple of Imagineering executives revealed that it will give each guest the feeling of having Spider-Man’s web-shooters on their wrists as they try to wrangle some Spider-bots that have gotten out of control....

Four Sweet And Simple New Posters For ‘The Muppets’ Unveiled I’ve loved all thegoofyparodytrailers, eaten up everyplot detail, and followed each bit of celebrity casting, but at the end of the day, the real reason I’m so eager to seeThe Muppetsdoesn’t have a whole lot to do with famous stars or pop culture gags. My excitement all boils down to the something much more basic: the Muppets themselves are just plain freakin' lovable....

Gameplay Footage From ‘Star Wars 1313’ Revealed; Think ‘Uncharted 3’ Meets ‘Empire Strikes Back’ The Internethas been abuzz this weekwith the news ofStar Wars 1313, a video game that’ll provide a more mature look at theStar Warsuniverse. You star as a bounty hunter working in the underworld of Coruscant sometime between the events ofStar Wars Episodes IIIandIV. Initially, several images were released but it was unclear whether they were concept images, gameplay or cut scenes....

Guillermo Del Toro Talks The Haunted Mansion, Logo And More Info Revealed On Thursday,it was reportedthatGuillermo del Torowould be producing a new version ofThe Haunted Mansion, but now we have the full discussion of the project from the man himself. Check out everything he had to say at Comic-Con after the break. Guillermo del Toro:I went to Disneyland the first time when I was three years old, and I was a lump of fat about this big....

Help Upgrade A Unique Movie House: Contribute To The Brattle Theatre Kickstarter Campaign We don’t think much about the expense incurred when theaters have to upgrade or change their equipment to stay current with new exhibition technology. It’s one thing to assume that upgrading is simply a matter of course for chains like Regal and AMC, but for operators of single theaters, making the move to digital is no easy task....

If You Believe Bruce Campbell, Doctor Strange 2 Has Been Chaotic To Make Every day that passes brings us ever closer to the premiere of “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the superhero movie sequel that pretty much every invested fan has been eagerly looking forward to for years. The blockbuster promises to throw open the doors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe even wider, introducing more multiverse-related chaos, thrilling action sequences with some prettygnarly new monstersripped straight out of the pages of Marvel Comics, and appearances by new and returning characters alike — hopefully including a few, ah,outside-the-box choices, too....

Is This Official Concept Art Of The Red Skull From ‘Captain America’? We’ve seen a bit ofHugo Weavingsporting his real face in some images of his character the Red Skull, fromCaptain America: The First Avenger. Marvel has been very good about preventing any leaks of the character as he’ll appear ‘unmasked’ in the film. But now there is purportedly official concept art showing the character in all his red skulled glory....

James Horner Says ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Producers Didn’t Want Marc Webb’s Input “Creative differences” is that oft-cited reason that people bail on movie projects, but that can also be a big problem when making any film, especially one with a hefty financial burden. Look at the Spider-Man series of films from Sony. Sam Raimi’s third film was evidence of heavy arguments and influence from producers who wanted one thing and a writer/director team that wanted others....

Jason Reitman’s ‘Breaking Bad’ Live Read Featured Sharp Writing And Deleted Scenes From The Pilot Episode “If you’re a writer tonight, you might want to hide your knives,” saidJason Reitmanat Tuesday night’s special summer live read. “This script is so good you’ll never want to write again. You f***er, Vince.” The script Reitman was referring to, the script that could get the writer/director to come back and do a live read in July when he’s notscheduled to come back until October, was the pilot of AMC’sBreaking Bad....

Jennifer Lawrence To Star In ‘Savages’ For Oliver Stone We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. At this time last year, the nameJennifer Lawrencemeant very little to casting directors in Hollywood. Now she has an Oscar-nomination under her belt,is about to be a super heroand is set to top line anOliver Stonemovie. Lawrence is in final talks to star inSavages, based on a critically-acclaimed book byDon Winslowthat waspreviously announced to be directed by Stone....