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Sequel Bits: ‘Tron 3’, ‘Expendables 3’, ‘Boondock Saints 3’, ‘Veronica Mars’ We’re sure to have tons of sequel-related news coming up later this week from Comic-Con, but in the meantime we have a bunch of other, non-SDCC news to share with you. After the jump: I’m still working on the third film too. I’m trying to find my way through that plot. […] I’m about halfway done [with] the script. So ya, that’s definitely on the front....

Star Wars Series Ahsoka Adds Hayden Christensen To Its Cast Hayden Christensen is once again returning to a galaxy far, far away. The actor, who portrayed “Star Wars” character Anakin Skywalker in 2002’s “Attack of the Clones” and eventually became Darth Vader in 2005’s “Revenge of the Sith,” is now set to appear in “Ahsoka,” the upcoming live-action Disney+ streaming series centering on fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano. Wait, Isn’t Darth Vader Dead?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Fortnite’ Announces Marvel Crossover ‘The Nexus War’, ‘The Flash’ Villain Rumors & More How much isBatman: Egogoing for on eBay now that it’s been mentioned as an influence onThe Batman? What is the massiveMarvelcrossover event coming toFortnite? Did you hear the original iteration ofThe Boyswill appear in the second season? WillReverse Flashbe the main villain inThe Flashmovie? Want to seeThe New Mutantsat a drive-in at The Rose Bowl arena?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Titans’ Casts Superboy For Season 2, Matt Murdock Spotted In ‘Spider-Verse’ & More What happens whenRed HoodandNightwinggo on a stakeout together? Who is playingSuperboyin the second season ofTitans? Did you noticeFisk’s son turns intoMatt Murdockbriefly inSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? DidPaul RuddandSeth Meyersreveal theAvengers: Endgametitle last summer by accident? WasJoaquin Phoenix’s laugh as theJokercaptured during production? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Red Hoodgoes on a stakeout withNightwing, but they have difference opinions on how to deal with things....

Tarsem Singh To Direct Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Panopticon’ When is a panopticon not a panopticon? When it is the new movie fromImmortalsandMirror MirrordirectorTarsem Singh. The filmmaker has signed to direct a film calledThePanopticon, called an “original action-thriller featuring sci-fi elements” and scripted byCraig Rosenberg(After the Sunset). The Wrapreports that the plot follows “a seemingly ordinary man who receives a mysterious package containing a pre-recorded message from himself, warning that the world is about to end and only he can save it....

The “Crazy Rumors” Of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Revisited Here on /Film, interest in the sequel toChristopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knightwas so high, we began covering it whenthe previous film was still in theaters. For years, crazy rumors would pop up on a weekly basis and once the film was titledThe Dark Knight Risesand casting began, the rumors got even more wild. This site alone has run almost 600 articles on the project....

The 14 Greatest Thrillers Of The 21st Century The thriller is one of the hardest genres to define, because thrillers cross over so much with other genres. From the erotic thriller, the psychological thriller, the cold war thriller, the detective thriller, and all the way through to the action thriller — and let’s not forget to take a detour into the seedy underbelly of the neo-noir — this really is the genre that has something for everyone....

The Book Of Boba Fett’s Teasers Are Deliberately Hiding Something Major “Star Wars” fans have something big to look forward to in the not-too-distant future, as “The Book of Boba Fett” is making its way to Disney+ in less than two weeks. The show has been hyped up ever since that surprise post-credits scene that was attached to “The Mandalorian” season 2 finale. Now, director/producer Robert Rodriguez has pulled back the curtain a bit … by explaining just how little they’ve actually pulled back the curtain....

The Problem With ‘Loki’ Is Simple: How Do You Trust A “Bad Guy”? Warning:spoilersfor theLokiseason 1 finale ahead. In the first season finale of Marvel Studios’Loki, Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) find themselves disagreeing after they’re presented with significant information that they’ve been searching for. “Why aren’t we seeing this the same way?” Sylvie asks. “Because you can’t trust,” Loki replies, “and I can’t be trusted.” This dialogue is presented as a sad realization....

Tim Burton Set To Begin Stop-Motion Work On Frankenweenie 3D? Last week there was some confusion when a Deadline report suggested thatTim Burtonwould shortly begin work on a stop-motion animated film based onThe Addams Family. That report was quickly denied by Burton’s publicist (in a way that still leaves us wondering if it is a film that will happen) but there’s another animated movie that Burton has been gearing up to make: an update of his early shortFrankenweenie....

Video: See How Disney World’s Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Hotel Will Immerse Its Guests We’ve known for years that Disney’s plan forStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edgewas to make it as immersive as possible, and that they would eventually create a hotel that’s themed to look as if guests are actually staying on a spaceship. We got our first look at that hotel atlast year’s D23 Expo, and today, the company released a video that basically presents all the relevant information about the upcoming hotel so far, as well as unveiling a new piece of concept art of the shuttle that will give fans the illusion of whisking them to a galaxy far, far away....

Watch: Banksy’s Dismaland Is Closed, But You Can Still Experience It With “The Official Unofficial Film” Banksy’sDismalandis closed for good. The dark twist on Disneyland — or an honest depiction, if you loathe the place – highlighted the works of artistsDamien Hirst,Jenny Holzer, and others. It’s one big interactive art piece. For all of you who were lucky enough to have visited Dismaland, damn you. For those of us not fortunate enough to have attended, thankfully there’s plenty of photos and videos for us....

Zoë Kravitz Reveals The Hilarious Part Of Working With Her Feline The Batman Co-Stars The latest “The Batman"trailer, “The Bat and The Cat,” highlights the complicated relationship between Zoë Kravitz’s Catwoman and Robert Pattinson’s Batman, and it gives us a hint at just how much of Selina Kyle we’re going to get in Matt Reeves' upcoming film. If there’s going to be a Catwoman, there have to be cats, and the trailer gives us aglimpseof some of Kyle’s furry friends....