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Exclusive: Kick-Ass Footage To Premiere At Comic-Con; New Photo Revealed San Diego Comic-Con International will be announcing the full panel line up for this year’s convention next week, but we’re able to reveal that the first footage fromMatthew Vaughn’s big screen adaptation ofKick-Asswill premiere at the convention. The panel will take place on Thursday, July 23 towards the end of the day. Vaughn will be in attendance, along with some of the film’s cast members (to be announced later)....

Finch Director Miguel Sapochnik Didn’t Want To Make A Science Fiction Movie [Interview] Miguel Sapochnik is not known for light-hearted material. Over the past few years, the filmmaker has become most known for his episodes of “Game of Thrones,” including “Battle of the Bastards” and “Hardhome.” Now, the director behind those memorably grueling hours of TV has made, as he puts it, a family film. “Finch” is a road movie for adults, yes, but the original story of a man, his dog, and his robot has emotions and themes that’ll play to a variety of ages....

Four Great Marvel Movie Audio Commentaries Marvel has been a giant machine conquering the global box-office ever since they kicked down Hollywood’s door a decade ago withIron Man. In less than 10 years, Marvel PresidentKevin Feigeand all involved made the Marvel logo mean something to audiences everywhere. It’s quite an extraordinary feat, one that couldn’t have been pulled off without the long, long list of great talent they’ve hired. That talent also produces some fun audio commentaries....

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie Adds Michael Cera, Issa Rae, Hari Nef The “Barbie” movie at Warner Bros. is continuing to add members to its cast, signaling that the studio is all-in on trying to make this movie about the classic toy a big hit. Or, at the very least, they’re stacking the deck in their favor as much as humanly possible. To that end, two new cast members have joined the growing ensemble in the form of Michael Cera (“Superbad,” “This Is the End”) and Issa Rae (“Insecure,” “The Lovebirds”)....

How Robin Williams Got Matt Damon His Saving Private Ryan Role Real-life pals andwould-be kissing buddiesMatt Damon and Ben Affleck broke out as not just actors but also writers thanks to 19997’s “Good Will Hunting,” a drama that landed the pair Oscars for their original script. It also snagged an Academy Award for Robin Williams' performance as Sean Maguire, the haunted therapist who connects with the equally tormented academic prodigy Will Hunting (Damon) and gets him to open himself emotionally over the course of the film....

How The ‘Avatar’ Sequels Shoot Underwater Mo-Cap According To James Cameron Avatar 2will finally hit movie theaters in 2020, 11 years after the firstAvatarwas released in 2009 and three years after the greatSNLsketch poking fun atAvatar’s font. The primary reason for the decade-long delay? The technology required to film directorJames Cameron’s ambitious vision of a world submerged in water didn’t quite exist yet. So they invented it. Cameron had been hinting for years about his grand plan to set theAvatarsequels primarily underwater, and shoot them using underwater motion-capture technology — but no one quite believed him until shooting for all four (!...

How Would ‘Furious 7’ Have Ended If Paul Walker Hadn’t Died During Production? The cast and crew ofFurious 7were thrown a pretty serious curveball whenPaul Walkerdied in a car wreck while the sequel was still in production. Shooting shut down for awhile to allow everyone time to grieve and process this tragedy, but also to allow directorJames Wanand writerChris Morganfigure out how they were going to salvage the movie without one of the main actors around to finish many pivotal scenes that had still yet to be completed....

Hulu Wants Their Own ‘The Last Dance,’ Announces Los Angeles Lakers Docuseries There’s already a series set to dramatize the L.A. Lakers in the works, and now a docuseries is getting in on the action as well. Perhaps realizing they want their ownThe Last Dance, Hulu has ordered an “expansive docuseries” that focuses on the Los Angeles Lakers franchise. The series comes from Lakers' CEO and controlling ownerJeanie Buss, Lakers senior executiveLinda Rambis, and directorAntoine Fuqua....

Joe Pesci Confirmed For ‘Gotti: Three Generations,’ Lindsay Lohan In Talks John Travoltaisalready playing the Donin a film about the Gotti family, and now his extended cast of underlings inGotti: Three Generationsis slowly being filled up. The film, which will tell the story of the complex relationship between John Gotti Sr. (Travolta) and his son John Gotti Jr. has now addedJoe Pescias Gotti’s second-in-command, Angelo Ruggiero, andLindsay Lohanis in talks to play Victoria Gotti, Gotti Sr....

Judd Apatow’s This Is 40 Sequel Officially In Development, And You’ll Never Guess The Title Gather round Judd-heads, we’ve got the Apatow announcement you (might?) be waiting for. A decade after the popular comedy director dropped “This is 40,” thekind of sort of sequelto “Knocked Up,” he’s considering taking us all back into the R-rated minds of his favorite married couple and their grown-up children. That’s right, if Apatow has his way, “This Is 50” could be sliding into a movie theater/onto a streaming service near you … in the next few years....

Kermit Sells Nuts, Miss Piggy Works Emmy Red Carpet In New ‘Muppets’ Commercials Okay, the headline of this post may be a tad misleading. Only one of the two videos we have is an actual ad forThe Muppetsmovie; the other’s just a delightful commercial for Wonderful Pistachios featuring a Muppet. But both fit the characters to a T. Miss Piggy takes on the glamorous job of working the Emmy red carpet, Statler and Waldorf get sassy about the film they’re in, and Kermit snacks on some bright green pistachios....

Listen To The Wolverine “True Crime” Podcast You Never Knew You Wanted The town of Burns, Alaska has been rocked by a series of gruesome murders. The bodies have been sliced and dismembered, and a pair of police detectives are at a loss on how to find the killer. But earlier, residents had spotted a short, hairy man near the docks. Marvel has entered the podcast game with their first scripted podcast,Wolverine: The Long Night, a “true crime” podcast in the vein ofSerialandS-Townwith a dash of the experimental thrillerHomecoming....

Logos Revealed: Maleficent, Tomorrowland, Into The Woods, Cinderella At Saturday’s live-action film presentation at D23 Expo, Walt Disney Pictures revealed the official logos for a handful of their upcoming films:Maleficent, Muppets Most Wanted, Into The Woods, Cinderella,TomorrowlandAND MORE. Check them out now after the jump. Official Info: “Into the Woods,” based on the Tony®-winning original musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, surrounds a baker and his wife’s quest to break a witch’s curse in order to start a family....