This ‘Rogue One’ Shot Was Created, Animated, Rendered & Released In Under A Week Industrial Light and Magicis at the top of their game when it comes to technology and advancements in visual effects. The work onRogue One: A Star Wars Storydone by John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould was even nominated for an Academy Award this year, though sadly they didn’t walk away with the trophy. Now we’d like to offer a sneak peek at some of the tools they use to bring Star Wars to life....

This Week In Trailers: Sparrows Dance, Powder Room, Silence, Orenthal: The Musical, Muscle Shoals Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we find tenderness in the tail end of summer, question what in the hell is going on in Ireland, spy on ladies as they hit the head, get funky down south, and have a laugh at OJ Simpson’s expense....

TV Bits: ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘King Of The Hill’, ‘Being Human’, Jamie Foxx, Ryan Murphy Netflix’s awesomely playful campaign for Season 4 ofArrested Developmentcontinues with a banana-flavored Easter egg. Also after the jump: In happier news, Starz’Magic Cityis coming back, and now we know when. The network has announced aJune 149 PM bow for Season 2 of the midcentury Miami series.James CaanandEsai Moralesappear in the new episodes. [Deadline] Also set to return isBeing Human, which Syfy renewed this week for a 13-episode fourth season....

TV News: J.J. Abrams Wants To Direct NBC Pilot Undercovers, Cartoon Network Adds Live Action Shows, Comedy Central & The Onion Team Up For Pilot, HBO Developing Transgender Series We have a bevy of TV updates tonight: First up, it appears that J.J. Abrams is intalks to directthe pilot of his newest series on NBC, a spy drama entitledUndercovers. Wepreviously reportedthe fact that he was developing the show, and that it seemed to be strikingly similar toMr....

VOTD: ‘Nuka Break,’ A Fan Film Based On Video Game Series ‘Fallout’ I’m surprised we haven’t seen a lot of fan films based on theFalloutvideo game series since it was revived a couple years back by publisher Bethesda Softworks.Fallout 3and the many expansions that followed are set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland around Washington, DC (with the exception of the Las Vegas-setFallout New Vegas) and the violent, weird, mutated denizens of the landscape are the sort of thing budding filmmakers might have a great time making in their spare time....

VOTD: Russell Crowe & Ryan Gosling Go To Therapy Before Promoting ‘The Nice Guys’ The Nice Guysis coming to theaters in just one month, which means we’re going to seeRyan GoslingandRussell Crowemaking the rounds on late night television and various other promotional avenues to help build the buzz around the movie. The latter is justcoming off hostingSaturday Night Live(whileGosling hosted late last year), and now the two are making more comedy together with a series of webisodes following the two actors as they go into therapy together....

Watch This ‘Dolittle’ “Auditions” Video And Remember That This Movie Had A $175 Million Budget Robert Downey Jr.’s first post-MCU film isDolittle, a remake ofDr. Dolittlethat’s undergone heavy reshoots and seems about as ill-advised as the 1960s adaptation of this same story. In lieu of a new trailer, we instead have aDolittleauditions video, which features Downey acting alongside some questionable-looking computer-animated animals. Nothing here looks very convincing, which is all the more disheartening when you realize this movie apparently cost $175 million to make....

Why Nightmare Alley Star Willem Dafoe Hates Day One Of Shooting [Interview] The masks people wear is one of the themes explored in Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” but if there’s one character in the lavish film not disguising their true nature, it’s Clem (Willem Dafoe). He’s the man in charge of the carnival, and he’s responsible, as he describes in one bone-chilling sequence with no blood or graphic horror, for breaking in a new “geek,” a down-on-his-luck alcoholic who’s given a few drops of liquor in exchange for eating a live chicken in front of a repulsed crowd at the carnival....

‘Disobedience’ Review: Rachel McAdams Thrillingly Rages Against The Patriarchal Machine [Tribeca] It’s easy to rememberRachel McAdams' most iconic performance, Regina George inMean Girls, as little more than the ruthlessly hilarious one-liners and cutting GIF-worthy glances on the surface. But there’s so much more bubbling underneath in her performance that makes it iconic. McAdams is a master of presenting a confident, assured front while meaning or feeling something entirely different. The gulf between what she says and what she wants gets played for laughs inMean Girls, but in her latest film,Sebastian Lelio’sDisobedience, it’s played for tension and tragedy....

‘Dora And The Lost City Of Gold’ Trailer: ¡Vámonos! Dora and the Lost City of Gold, the live-actionDora the Explorermovie where Dora is much older than she ever was on the cartoon series, has a new trailer. In this new adventure film, young adult Dora, Boots the monkey, Diego, and more get caught up in a big, dangerous adventure. Lots of yelling and falling down follows. Watch theDora and the Lost City of Goldtrailer below....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Star Ezra Miller Serves Up A 60-Second ‘Harry Potter’ History Lesson In just over two weeks, we’ll see theHarry Potterfranchise reignited withFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. That’s good news for Warner Bros., because the studio and author/screenwriterJ.K. Rowlinghave big plans for Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), likefour moreFantastic Beastsfilms. Before we see more of J.K. Rowling’s world of wizardry, though, let’s take a quick look back at the Potter series withEzra Miller, the co-star of directorDavid Yates' latest film....

‘Friends From College’ Canceled At Netflix After Two Seasons The big news from Netflix yesterdaywas the cancellationofJessica JonesandThe Punisher, bringing an end to Marvel shows on the streaming service. But it wasn’t the only Netflix original that got the axe. Netflix announced that the comedy seriesFriends from CollegestarringKeegan-Michael Key, Fred Savage, Cobie Smulders, Nat Faxon, Annie Parisse, Jae Suh ParkandBilly Eichnerhas been canceled after two seasons. Here’s the official statement from Netflix (viaVariety): “Friends from College will not return for a third season....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 7 Will Bring Back A Long-Lost Character, But Where Will They Go Next? With just two seasons left to go, it’s time forGame of Thronesto start tying up loose ends — including one pretty big one in the form of a certain character we haven’t seen in a while. Though HBO hasn’t yet confirmed this person is returning, the actor has been spotted on set as shooting gets underway in Spain....