Sam Mendes Explains Why ‘Preacher’ Never Happened, Says He Turned Down Chance To Pitch ‘Avengers’ After 2009’sAway We Go,Sam Mendestook a little bit of time in choosing his next picture — which, as we all know now, turned out to beSkyfall. But during that gap, there were other projects he almost wound up helming. One wasPreacher, which Mendes had actually been attached to in 2008 before he dropped out to pursue Bond instead....

Satoshi Kon’s ‘Tokyo Godfathers’ Is Returning To Theaters 10 Years After The Anime Master’s Death While it’s a bit late to be a Christmas present, GKIDS is bringing backSatoshi Kon’s anime classic (and all-time great Christmas movie)Tokyo Godfathersto theaters for a limited time. TheTokyo Godfatherstheatrical re-release comes as the venerated anime director is soon to be rewarded a posthumous Winsor McCay Award at the upcoming 2020 Annie Awards for lifetime achievement in animation....

Sequel Bits: ‘Fast 8,’ ‘Inferno,’ ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ ‘Pitch Perfect 3,’ ‘The Predator,’ ‘The Wolverine 3,’ ‘Finding Dory’ In today’s edition of Sequel Bits: Fast 8is the first major Hollywood movie to shoot in Cuba, which was placed under a commercial and economic embargo by the United States in 1960. Now that relations between America and Cuba have finally started to relax, we can expect to see more movies start to film there…and as you can see in the video below, the cast and crew of the latestFast and Furiousmovie aren’t being shy about their enthusiasm for shooting in Havana....

Sequel Bits: ‘John Wick: Chapter 3’, ‘Lethal Weapon 5’, ‘Paddington 3’, ‘Bond 25’ And More In this edition of sequel bits: Be seeing you… 5.17.19. –#JohnWick3pic.twitter.com/UN2US3UYnf — John Wick (@JohnWickMovie)June 03, 2025 John Wick: Chapter 3is currently filming, and we’re all pretty excited about that. We won’t see an actual teaser or trailer for a while, but here’s a motion poster to keep you satisfied for now. This tweet also confirms what you probably could’ve guessed already: the film is calledJohn Wick: Chapter 3....

Shane Black Signs To Direct Manga Adaptation ‘Death Note’ Fans ofShane Blackget to be very happy today: the writer/director has just signed with Warner Bros. to direct an adaptation of the mangaDeath Note, thereby increasing the chance that we might see a follow-up to his utterly wonderfulKiss Kiss Bang Bangsometime before the Mayan-predicted apocalypse. But fans of the man as a writer/director have to take a step back: he won’t write the script....

Spider-Man: Freshman Year Will Explore Peter Parker’s Early Days In Disney+ Animated Series Over the past few years we’ve watched Tom Holland’s Peter Parker grow up in the MCU, going from a bubbly kid with superpowers to a full blown Avenger. It went so fast that we forgot to savor his childhood! But now that Marvel is in full-on powerhouse mode, churning out not just movies but new series, they have just enough wiggle room to jump back in time....

Superhero Bits: ‘Infinity War’ Harder To Make Than ‘Avengers 4’, Actors Who Were Almost Marvel Heroes & More WasAvengers: Infinity WarorAvengers 4harder to make for theRussobrothers? Why didn’t Comcast win the bid to pick up 20th Century Fox? Want to see someLEGO The Incrediblesgameplay footage? Did you hearAvengers: Infinity Waris now the second most expensive movie ever made? Did you knowAdam Sandlerwas considered for the voice ofRocket Raccoon? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Rumored ‘Avengers 4’ Trailer Surfaces, ‘Venom’ Plot Hole Has No Explanation & More What can we expect fromBatman’s suit in the final season ofGotham? Who is voicingScarecrowin theHarley Quinnanimated series? What doesVenomdirectorRuben Fleischerhave to say about a certain plot hole in the movie? Has a description of the first trailer forAvengers 4surfaced online? Could aSinister Sixmovie still happen? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. SyFy Wire takes a look at some of the best cosplayers attending New York Comic-Con 2018 last weekend....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Spider-Man, Archie, Dark Knight Rises, Man Of Steel Want to see some rumored concept art of the Quinjet inThe Avengers? What would theJustice Leaguelook like if they were in Japanimation? Still confused as to what happens inThe Dark Knight Risesprologue? When didArchie Comicsget so controversial? What do thePunisherandStar Warshave to do with each other? Is there an update on yesterday’sNemesisnews? Why are there two separate posts having to do withSpider-Manand bathrooms?...

Tales From The Box Office: 10 Years Ago The Avengers Redefined Blockbuster Filmmaking (Welcome toTales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) There are moments in cinema history that, when it really comes down to it, are part of a relatively small collection of moments that helped to truly define movies as we know them....

The Batman Features A Killing Joke Homage That You May Not Have Noticed This article containsspoilersfor “The Batman.” Proceed with caution. In the months leading up to the release of “The Batman,” we knew that the film would feature three quarters of the classic “Batman” 1966 villain line-up: Catwoman, the Riddler, and the Penguin. With director Matt Reeves' film now in theaters, it turns out the story actually has the complete set....

The Daily Stream: Disclosure Should Be Mandatory Film Education (Welcome toThe Daily Stream,an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie:“Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen” Where You Can See It:Netflix The Pitch:Hollywood has a historically terrible relationship with the transgender community, and there is a direct correlation between the way the transgender community is depicted in entertainment and the general public’s understanding of what it means to be transgender....

The Most Anticipated Batman Comics Of 2022 We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nirvana’s haunting track “Something in the Way"underscores the first trailerfor director Matt Reeves' “The Batman,” which finally swoops into theaters on July 03, 2025 on a cresting wave of hype. Matching the trials of young Bruce Wayne with the words ofa legendary iconwhose pain consumed him is masterstroke stuff, an early reminder of why it’s worth returning to the well of The World’s Greatest Detective over and over again....