Star Wars Bits: Phil Tippett Provides Old-School Revival For 'The Force Awakens,' Plus New Art, 'Rogue One' Rumor, And A Charity Auction

Star Wars Bits: Phil Tippett Provides Old-School Revival For ‘The Force Awakens,’ Plus New Art, ‘Rogue One’ Rumor, And A Charity Auction In a video interview from Comic Con, MythbusterAdam Savageteased having had the opportunity to watch part ofThe Force Awakensfilming that calls back to the original trilogy, and the details will probably excite fans. In addition to that video, this edition of Star Wars Bits features the following: Here’s the video interview with Adam Savage, viaio9: SoPhil Tippettbrought the chess game on the Millennium Falcon back to life, with old-school animation effects....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 630 words · Brett Whitehead

Star Wars Toy Documentary 'Plastic Galaxy' Now Streaming

Star Wars Toy Documentary ‘Plastic Galaxy’ Now Streaming One of the best/worst things about being aStar Warsfan is the merchandise. There’s just so much of it. You can try and avoid it, tell yourself you aren’t going to buy it, but eventually someone is going to make that exact piece you’ve always dreamed about and you have to have it. That’s because, in one of the most famous business deals ever,George Lucasturned down a significant chunk of his salary on the original film in exchange for rights to anyStar Warssequels and merchandising....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 321 words · Cassie Hoffman

Superhero Bits: Arrow, Fantastic Four, Supergirl, Agent Carter, X-Men, Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Superhero Bits: Arrow, Fantastic Four, Supergirl, Agent Carter, X-Men, Avengers: Age Of Ultron Which comedian almost had a cameo inAnt-Man? Want to see some new footage fromFantastic Four? What do theAgent Cartershowrunners have to say about Darkforce? Which superhero does possibleDoctor StrangestarRachel McAdamsreally want to play? Will the Weapons Clans ever make it toArrow? HasZack Snyderweighed in on the Marvel / DC rivalry? Who’s playing Reactron onSupergirl? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Angela Holt

Superhero Bits: Dave Bautista Wasn't Asked To Voice Drax In 'What If...?', 'Venom 2' Is Getting Energy Drinks & More

Superhero Bits: Dave Bautista Wasn’t Asked To Voice Drax In ‘What If…?’, ‘Venom 2’ Is Getting Energy Drinks & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: America Chavez Joins Marvel Contest of Champions For all youMarvel Contest of Championsout there, the mobile fighting game is addingAmerica Chavezbefore she makes her debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by way ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

July 1, 2025 · 5 min · 857 words · Daniel Obrien

The Latest 'Watchmen' Trailer Unlocks A Vast And Insidious Conspiracy

The Latest ‘Watchmen’ Trailer Unlocks A Vast And Insidious Conspiracy Things start to get out of hand in the latestWatchmentrailer, giving us yet another look at what HBO has in store for their take on the iconic graphic novel. And if you had any lingering doubt about whether or not this show was going to be a traditional adaptation of the comic, this footage puts things to rest. Everything here is new – which means audiences really have no idea what’s coming....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Zachary Mcdaniel

The Makeup Process For Seven's 'Sloth' Was Torture

The Makeup Process For Seven’s ‘Sloth’ Was Torture Note: This article will containspoilersfor the film “Seven.” David Fincher’s 1995 serial killer tragedy “Seven” is one of the more bleak and nihilistic films to emerge from the post-“The Silence of the Lambs” crime boom. Taking place in a city overrun with filth and brown haze (the actual city is never explicitly stated), “Seven” is about a pair of police detectives (Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt) who are on the trail of a murderer who has been committing a string of carefully constructed kills, each one modeled after one of the Seven Deadly Sins....

July 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1099 words · Austin Kelly

This Child Actor Had No Idea They Were In A Horror Movie

This Child Actor Had No Idea They Were In A Horror Movie Horror movies cover a wide spectrum of the things that scare us, and creepy kids are responsible for some of the most haunting and iconic moments in movie history.Linda Blairterrified audiences as Regan MacNeil in “The Exorcist,” Lisa and Louise Burns as The Grady Sisters in “The Shining” are so recognizable, even people who have never seen the movie are afraid of them, and most people can’t look at Haley Joel Osment without thinking of his memorable line, “I see dead people,” from “The Sixth Sense....

July 1, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words · Mary Fox

This Week In Trailers: Fanny Lye Deliver'd, Fan Level Midnight: Devoted To The Office, Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible, Tommaso

This Week In Trailers: Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Fan Level Midnight: Devoted To The Office, Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible, Tommaso 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?...

July 1, 2025 · 5 min · 947 words · Katelyn Brown

This Week In Trailers: You Said What?, The Names Of Love, Dam 999, How To Cheat, Rio Breaks

This Week In Trailers: You Said What?, The Names Of Love, Dam 999, How To Cheat, Rio Breaks 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

July 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1783 words · Sean Martinez

Tobey Maguire's Nick And Elizabeth Debicki's Jordan Take The Spotlight In New 'The Great Gatsby' Character Posters

Tobey Maguire’s Nick And Elizabeth Debicki’s Jordan Take The Spotlight In New ‘The Great Gatsby’ Character Posters Only time will tell howBaz Luhrmann’s ostentatious modern sensibilities will mesh withF. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classicThe Great Gatsby, but if nothing else, the film seems to have the characters down pat. Yesterday, we gotpostersfor two key figures fromThe Great Gatsby: Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton) and Myrtle Wilson (Isla Fisher). Today, Warner Bros. has revealed two more, of narrator Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) and Jordan Baker (Elizabeth Debicki)....

July 1, 2025 · 3 min · 438 words · Thomas Reyes

Watch The Full 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High' Table Read With Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston & More

Watch The Full ‘Fast Times At Ridgemont High’ Table Read With Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston & More As promisedlast month, a star-studded table read of the classic coming-of-age high school comedyFast Times at Ridgemont Highunfolded this past week to raise funds forCORE(Community Organized Relief Effort), a nonprofit charity co-founded bySean Penn, one of the film’s co-stars. But the cast of the table read didn’t include any other actors from the original movie....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Holly Fowler

Watch The Full Pilot Episode Of Shawn Ryan's 'Last Resort' And The First 20 Minutes Of 'Homeland' Season 2

Watch The Full Pilot Episode Of Shawn Ryan’s ‘Last Resort’ And The First 20 Minutes Of ‘Homeland’ Season 2 Each fall’s crop of freshman shows contains a few bona fide hits, and judging by the buzz surrounding it, ABC’sLast Resortmay be one of this year’s. Created byShawn Ryan(The Shield,The Chicago Code), the naval drama has earned high compliments for its attention-grabbing premise, snappy pacing, and interesting characters. The familiar cast helps as well:Andre Braugher,Scott Speedman,Robert Patrick, andAutumn Reeserare all among the leads....

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Kristina Chavez

Watch: 'Avengers: Endgame' Cast Recaps The MCU With A Superhero Cover Of Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start The Fire"

Watch: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Cast Recaps The MCU With A Superhero Cover Of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start The Fire” TheAvengers: Endgamereactions are in, and they’re through the roof. It’s pretty much a given that this movie is going to be a blockbuster cultural event, but as the 22nd movie in a long-running cinematic saga, it comes with a lot of baggage. Who has the time to rewatch every single one of those movies before seeingEndgamethis week?...

July 1, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Dennis Novak